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THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD 1 NO. 49 RUGENB, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 2, 1909 I FARMERS GREAT Bi MATLOCK Man Who Killed Member Charivari Party Found Guilty Annual Report of Secretary of Young Man Accused of At Agriculture is Pub tempted Criminal Assault, Spokane, Dec. 1.—Freight traffic is completely tied up to day on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern main lines. lished Fails to Appear for Trial McMinnville, Or., ts«e or the St."/“ V« Jesse Townsend, tbe Jury returned a verdict of man slaughter a* charged In the Itxllrt- nietit The case went to the Jury y ester day afternoon Trsllinony of witnesses were In (•balance that » party of men and •oaten, neighbors of the defendant, assembled nt hl* house on the night o! September 28. bringing with them an accordion, some cow bells, horn« I and lnctrum< nf« by which noise could be made. Defendant had married, for the second time, a couple month* before, and bad r<*eently moved with M» «i»» *o their horn**, the crowd being bent on giving them a chari vari Townsend's aon-ln-law, Dietrich Oliver. Invited the women Into the house, and shortly thereafter the men and iHiys followed, and went upstair* to the bedroom of Townsend and his wife He ordered them down, and I •mphadxed hl« order with a chair. I wbl< h he had pushed them along, and threw out the front d air after them. Ils. then returned to the house and »«cured a rifle. Defeudant testified ELIZABETH BRADFORD DU PONT, SUED POWDER KING. limn tbo l>u Politi* ut Ki UradtordN several I other wealthy Delaware hniilht**« hi ». Itivolvwl In (tie NlHnder milt br<mxht by ______ , J Alfred 1. Du Pont against Mra Elizabeth Kradford Du Pont. Tbs case has stirred society cirri«*« mi over the east. Mr Du Punt. who Is vice presldaot and the active hoitrl *»i the Im Pont powder company. charge« that Mrs. Elizabeth Brad- i«»wt | mi i i > i > i in-uiated storie« derogatory to ths character of his wife, who leipiilar with film hl« rviattwm. relative«. Mrs a i Du Pom murrled (be ........ . hern IH»|»ulsr kiiiy utter «he had utitiiined it <Uvt>ree from ber firm LuMbsud, who was bu t'out't secretary. Joseph F. Matlock, accused of at- tempted rape upon the person of Clara Nirschl, failed to appear for hi« second trial when the case was called in the circuit court th'*> morn ing at 10 o'clock, ana nis bond of *1500 put up by his father, J. D. Matlock, and brother, E. D. Matlock, was declared forfeited. Judge Harris, when he adjourned the trial jurors several weeks «go. ¡did bo with" the Instruction to report again today, when the second« trial was to have been begun. The jurors reported, but Matlock did not. As there were no other cases to try to day, Judge Harris dismissed the ju rors again until January 12. A bench warrant was issued for the young man'B ai rest, and the sher iff was directed to apprehend him at once if possible. J. U. Sutherland, after a visit with friends and relatives in the Siuslaw country, left last night on his return that he thought to frighten them gun; that some person grabbed the 1 trip to the Galice mining district in Josephine county. (Continued on page 12) away, and worked the lever of the «* rincipal ainstakinc P Do Your Christmas Shopping Here KOGRESMVE R jGGEST US1EST EST DO IT EARLY «mg the me holiday purshases before the great rush is upon us. Our stock is com- Wr ennnot urge too strongly the great Importance of making you get what yon want without being confused by eager crowds sure to make píete. We heve more tit»» to atteud to your every want. Now U naay «hopping an impossibility. New Silk Waist Patterns' F ancy Open Work and Embroidered Linens A very appropriate gift would be one of our new silk waist patterns received Monday morning, the most exquisite de signs and colorings ever laid on our counters. They are eharming beyond description. We take pleasure In showing them. The Pattern......................................... $6.00 to $9.00 Japanese drawn work • Dolile« and other pieces, Si ». 25c Japanese drawn work Doilies and other pieces, . 12112 35c Japanese drawn work Dollies and otter piece«, 18x18.. 40c Japanese drawn work Dollies and other pieces. ItlxlO SI.25 Japanese Embroidered Centre Place. 30xtu $2 25 Renaissance Dresser Scarf, 17x Mufflers for W omen or Men Train crews and office men are doing a little switching to take care of livestock and perishable freight, but no effort is being made to move ordinary freight. Passenger business is moving about as usual. BUSINESS SLOW AT SEATTLE Seattle, Dec. 1.—Railroad traffic here is seriously handi capped by the strike. Freight shipments will be delayed, and passenger service will probably be operated on a slow schedule. It looks as if there will be no attempt to break the strike for the time being. Portland, Dec. 1.—The Northern Paicfic and Spokane, Portland & Se attle railways are today refusing to receive perishable freight of any kind, and are only accepting carload shipments of other commodities. No open shipments are to be handled un til the strike situation improves. All freight is subject to delay. Passen ger business is not yet seriously han dicapped. but trains are being oper ated on an emergency schedule. The fact that the Northern Pacific will not accept shipments of meat for Pu get sound may cause a meat shortage at Seattle, Tacoma and other places north. Large quantities of fresh meat leave this city daily for the north. NO STRIKE BREAKERS ARF FMPI rtYFR Rnt LmrLUl St. Paul. Dec. 1.—Both sides to the controversy, the railroads of the Northwest and the Switchmen’s Un ion of North America, which resulted in a walkout of the switchmen be tween here and the Pacific coast last night, claimed the situation was well in hand today. Very little freight was handled anywhere between the Great Lakes and the Pacific coast. I Passenger traffic was also delayed. So far as can be learned no attempt i haB been made to employ strike I breakers, and the railroads claim they have enough old men left, together ~ «W---- -- ■ rfr------------- — $ 15 Silk Bath Robes $ 11 A Stock of Ribbon Which Has No Counterpart In Our City Thousands of yard« of new, beautiful shade«. In plain taffetas and sat in*. Exquisite d.wlgns and coloring« In fancy ribbons. With this im mense stock your every want can be supplied. The yard, 5c to $1.00 Special C hristmas R;bbon Ribbons for fancy work, hair bows. <*tc.. In plain colors, plaids »nd fancy, floral patterns; worth regular 25c Co 40c; special, yd.......... 20c Gordon Furs Are Best For long-continued service, reliability nnd style there is no fur that give« the satisfaction that a "Gordon" does After 11 years ex perience with this matchless make of fur. we know. We also guaran- N«k'pi"c<«... $2.00 to $80 Muff«........... $4.50 to $80 Pillow Covers Make Suitable Presents Pillow Covers of tapestry, both Htrlped and figured, all ready for the (ill Io W ' 11 ............ ,,,»»••••••»•••••••••••••••••••• Z OC Pillow' covers of velour burlap. In fancy effect»; great assortment; each ...................................................................... 50c Japanese quilted «ilk and silk-lined Bath Robe; black and light color«; regular prise *15; special price f«r a few days, each ............ SH.00 Shopping Bags to Supply Everybody An endless assortment this much-in-demand article; many’ we can well «ay we are headquarters for Christmas shopping bagB and purses, each, from............... 50c to $12.50 Special value Is one 9x12 inches, like'eut; each................. $1.50 New York, Dec. 1.—The opening of the blds for the Johnson-Jeffries fight scheduled for noon today was defer red to a later hour on the request of Eiddie Graney, of San Francisco. Later the bids were opened in the presence of Jack Johnson and George Little. Johnson's manager; Sam Ber ger. representing Jeffries, who was absent; Thomas J. McCarey, of Los Angeles: Edward M. Graney, of San Francisco; John J. Gleason, of San Francisco: E. M. Rickard, of Nevada, and many well-known sporting men. Hurt Schaffner and Marx Clothing » the Standard BL 1 n * J Is the standard of value by which all others are measured. You will hear said, “They're as good as Hart, Schaffner & Marx Marx clothes.” That may be honest talk, but—well, as long as you can get H. S. & M. made clothes, and you can get get them here, you then get the best. We can sell you suit, overcoat or raincoat from. - S18t0 S30 Then we have another make of clothes; comes next in good clothes values, but cost less. These cost from • • S10 to S15 and styles, and are good, too. They come in all tbe new shades Long ones—the kind to keep the legs dry and warm; real foxy garments and colors; each................................ SI 2.50 to S5 00 Copyright Hart Schaifher « Mart Always wear a Grodon n.ii, Hat; they Vtruuon vnwj never cost but $3.00 AU Out At Tacoma Tacoma. Dec. 1.—Practically all switchmen went out last night. The Northern yardmasters are assisting in the local movement of trains, and the railroads are not accepting live stock or perishables. A . Duluth Is Tied Up Duluth, Dec. 1.—Only two switch engines are working today at the head of the lakes. Ten thousand men will be out of work within 48 hours. A great variety ia price, color and quality. A mercerized muffles, all color«, each................ 25c Silk muffler, assorted eolors, each................. 5 0o to $1.25 Long, ’heavy mufflers, light and dark colors, extra heavy, each................................................................................................ $1.25 5®...................................$1.25 V J with others that can be pressed into service, to do their work. No freight was handled out of St. Paul last night or this morning, and only one train left Minneapolis. Railroad of ficials, train dispatchers and mem bers of the train crews did the neces sary switching in the Twin City yards. The freight handlers did not report for work this morning. Big Mills Will Close Business in many lines is being in terfered with by the Switchmen’s strike, and Minneapolis millers are quoted as saying they will close all their big flour mills by tonight. The switchmen declare that if the rail roads attempt to use non-union switchmen the locomotive firemen will refuse to handle the cars, and it is reported that the firemen have been Instructed by their leaders not work with non-union men. BVJGENE SPRINGFIELD ’on/xtrr? COTTAGE GROVE HAMPTONS S Dutchess Trousres; 10c a button; $1.00 a rip. $1.25 to $5.00. The bids were at great variance, and each of the promoters offered several options for the choice of the two men, ranging from all of the gate receipts and half the moving picture privilege down to a guarantee of *75.000. The largest purse offered was *125,000, by Gleason & Coffroth, of GIFFORD PINCHOT WILL APPEAL TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Washington, Nov. 30—Gifford Pin- chot, supervisor of the forestry de partment. has thrown down the gauntlet to Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, in regard to the conserva tion policy. He declared that con gress must decide at its next session whether the great coal fields of the country shall remain in the hands of the people or be gobbled up by mon-< opolles, and whether great waterpow er sites shall be given away to special Interests or be controlled by the peo ple. Mr. Pinchot makes known his views upon these two chief sources of power of the present and future in a letter to Dr. Lyman Abbott, of New York, in response to a series of ques tions asked by the latter on the na tional conservation policy. Referring to the development of waterpower and coal fields, the chief forester declares that in most cases actual development of the former can best be done by private interests acting under public control, but that it is neither good sense nor good mor als to let these privileges pass from public ownership for nothing and for ever. LYMAN GAGE DENIES STATEMENTS OF MR. HOWELL THOMAS DIXON, JR Thomas Dlxou. Jr., author of "The Leopard's Spot«," “The Clansman” and other popular novels which have been dramatized. Is a clergyman turn ed novelist and playwright. He Is also a lawyer. Mr. Dixon was boru in North Carolina and make« bis home Iu New York city. San Francisco, who offered *125,000 cash and no picture privileges. Tex Rickard, of Ely, Nev., offered a cash purse of *101,000 and 66 2-3 per cent of the picture privileges. i Washington, D. C. Dec. 1.—Most prosperous of all years is the place to which 1909 is entitled in agricul ture, declares the Secretary of Agri culture in his Thirteenth Annual Re port last evening. The vaiue of farm products is so incomprehensibly large that it hi« become merely a row ct flgurec. For this year it 1« »8,760,000,000, -gain cf *869.000,- 000 over 1908. The value of the pro ducts has rearly doubled in ten years. The report says "Eleven years < t agriculture, beginning with a production of *4,417,000,000 and ending with *8,760,000,000! A sum of *70,000,000,000 for the period! It has paid off mortgages, it has es tablished banks, it has made better homes, it has helped to make the farmer a citizen of the world, and it has provided him with means for im proving his soil and making it more productive.” Farm Production of 1009. The most striking fact in the world’s agriculture is the value of the corn crop for 1909,which is near *1,- 750,000,000. It nearly equals the val ue of the clothing and the personal adornments of 76,000,000 people, ac cording to the census of 1900. The gold and silver coin and bullion of the United States are not of greater value. It has grown up from the soil and out of the air in 120 day: 115,- ? *. 000,000 a day for one crop, nearly enough for two Dreadnoughts daily ior peace or war. This crop exceeds in value the average of the crops of the five preceding years by 36 per cent. Cotton is now the second crop in value and this year's cotton crop is easily the most valuable one to the farmer that has been produced. With cotton Unt selling at 13.7 cents on the farm November 1, and with cot ton seed selling for about *25 per ton, the lint and seed of this crop are worth about *850,000,000 to the farmer. No cotton crop since 1873 has been sold by farmers for as high a price per pound as this one. Third in value is wheat, worth about *725,000,000 at the farm, and this largely exceeds all previous val ues. The November farm price was almost an even dollar a bushel, a price which has not been equaled since 1881. This is the third wheat crop in point of size, with 725,000,- 000 bushels. The hay crop is valued at *665,- 000,000; oats at *400.000,000; po tatoes at *212,000,000; and tobacco at nearly *100.000,000. Beat and sugar cane and molasses and syrup, from farm and factory, will reach the total of about *95,000,000. The barley crop is worth (88,000,000, flaxseed »36,000,000 and 1.000,000,- 000 pounds of rise, *25,000,000. Comparison with Former Years. The production of all cereals com bined is 4,711,000,000 bushels, an amount considerably greater than that for any other year except 1906. It exceeds the average of the proceed ing five years by 6.5 per cents. The value of all cereals in 1909 has never been equaled in a previous year. It Is almost exactly *3,000,000,000, or 34 per cent above the five-year aver age. This is the year of highest produc- SECRETARY AHL8ON. Retaining Secretary Wilson in his position as head of the department of agriculture, Mr. Taft enables the Iowa man to break the cabinet record for length of service. Mr. WUson has been secretary of agriculture since Denver. Nov. 30.—"Even though 181)7. Mr. Howell's testimony might be con strued to prove me a rascal, which it tion for potatoes,tobacco, beet sugar, won't, I will bear witness to his truth all sugar and rice: next to the high and honesty. If he says I sent Wake est production for corn, oats, and all man to Havemeyer, a man whom, by cereals. Compared with 1908, gains the way. I have never seen, then I In value are found all along the line, undoubtedly gave such a direction to the exceptions being barley, buck Wakeman," declared ex-Secretary of wheat, rye and milk. The increase for the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, who is cotton, lint and seed, is *208.000.- in Denver today, accompanied by his 0OO; wheat. *107.000.0000; corn, *105,000.000; hay, *29,000,000;’ bride, on their honeymoon trop. W. B. Howell, when Mr. Gage was oats, *22.000,000: tobacco. *18,000.- in the cabinet, was an assistant sec 000: potatoes. *15,000.000. The increase in the value of farm retary of the treasury, and now is general appraiser of the customs de prdoucts this year over 1908, *869,- partment. (Continued on page 1Z>