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i feated. There is a desire that congress shall become more rep
resentative of the people and less cabalistic. The insurgency of
last year may have been overdone in spots—may have beeu in
tended for Chautauqua spectacularism, rather than for «olid ef
fect, but the fact remains that it was founded in a correct idea:
the idea of less individual domination and more popular expres
sion. The congress just convened will be judged by the couutry
as much on the influences which appear to dominate it as ou
the legislation it passes.
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For His
Christmas
CONGRESS GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS
A Gillette Safety Razor
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would
be a most useful and
THURSDAY, DEC EMEER 16, 1909
In former times the news descriptive of a new session of con practical gift for a man.
gress was cumbered with detailed accounts of the flowers heap ¡ Something he will use every
CONDITIONS WHICH RETARD GROWTH
ed upon the desk of this or that senator or house member. Of- day of the year and every
I ten it happened that the floral tributes piled on the desk, in sen day of his life. Something
A special dispatch to The Guard today from Boston tells of ate or house, were in ludicrous contrast with the relative esteem
he will treasure. The Gil
the Oregon Electric Railway bonds having been placed on the in which the occupant of that desk was held by the country.
lette
is as compact and as
market there for the purpose of raising money to extend the line
Then, too, these costly displays, which made business brisk handsomely finished as a
from Salem to Albany and Eugene. This is encouraging ne<rs and profitable for many florists, were the avenues which led, in
because it holds out at least a hope for the betterment of trans instances, to an amount of very earnest fireside talk aud heart piece of jewelry.
portation facilities in the Willamette valley. Naturally it will burnings. The query was, in the ease of flowers which did not Standard Set, leather
case................ $5.00
follow that once the era of railroad building begins more than come from home, whether they came from lobby frequenters or
one corporation will invade the field, now controlled by a single from a more ofensive source. At length the whole silly flower Standard Set. metal
case................ $5.00
railroad.
business was cut out; there are no floral offerings in Monday
The Willamette valley has unquestionably been held back in evening s story of the first day in congress.
New Pocket edition,
point of development many years by railroad monopoly, and the
in gun metal, sil
It appears that during the brief time they were in session
greed of Portland jobbers, who seem to think it their special the members took serious account of the new way of shaping up
ver and qold cases.
privilege to milk this section as dry as possible. This matter estimates for the departments. Under the instructions of the
S5.00 to......... $7.50
appeals very forcibly to The Guard just now, because we re president, these are submitted this year, not on the basis of Auto-Strap Razor.. $5.00
ceived a carload of news print paper this week from a New York standing a cut-down in committee, but as a summary of each de
Enders Safety Razor SI,00
mill. Although we paid nearly $400 freight on this car, we were partment's absolute needs.
Gem Safety Razor.. $¡,00
enabled to save $200, compared with the price quoted by the
By this process at least one good end will be served—a vast
Portland jobbers, who are in a combine which has eliminated amount of time hitherto spent by senate or house in the prun Torrey Safety Razor $1,00
competition. They go further than this, and have established a
‘ dead line," through an arrangement with San Francisco, by
which the territory is so divided that there is no competition in
this part of the state. Yet these same Portland jobbers ship this
paper to Boise, Idaho, and undersell Eastern mills, and into
Washington in competition with Seattle, quoting prices for below
those demanded of the consumer in Western Oregon. We speak
of the fper situation because we have personal knowledge of
that line, but the condition, we are reliably informed, is true of
groceries and all other lines jobbed out of Portland.
As to freight rate, The Guard paid $1.08 per hundred on
this carlcad shipment from Watertown, New York, almost en
tirely across the continent, and of this total rate 33 cents per
hundred, nearly one-third of the total, was charged by the S. P.
Co. for hauling the car from Portland to Eugene, a distance of
124 miles.
Is it any vender that the Willamette valley has developed
slowly in such adverse circumstances? It emphasizes the cry
ing necessity for more railroads, not only north and south
through the valley, but more important still, across the country
to Coos Bay. The latter line would not only free us forever
from transportation monopoly, but would emancipate us from
the robbery of the Portland jobbers, who are forcing us to pay
higher for the goods we buy than any other section of the
Northwest. In fact, railroad monopoly plays into the hands of
the Portland dealers by shutting out competitive centres of
trade.
To remedy these conditions is the great work that lies before
the booster organizations of Eugene and other Western Oregon
cities during the coming year, and for all time in the future un
til the object has been fully accomplished.
P'”_u T03ETHER DURING NEXT YEAR
MONEY IN DAILY TOIL
Prize fighting of course may not be as elevating in some cir
cles as preaching, or editing a newspaper, or being a policeman,
but there appears to be fully as much money in it, and after July
next Messrs. Jeffries and Johnson may be able to take a day off
from their daily grind and possibly enjoy a little excursion into
the country. The bid for their fight, which will be held probably
July 4, next, in or near San Francisco, specifies that they are to
receive $101,000 and two-thirds of the moving picture pro
ceeds, which will amount as their part to from $200,000 to
$400,000, so that there will be from $300,000 to $500,000 to
divide between the two scrappers, the winner to take 60 per
cent and the loser 4 per cent. In addition to this, they have a
$10,000 bet with each other. The pay, as will be 3een, is not so
bad, and by pulling off a fight of that kind every year or so a
pugilistic gentleman ought to be able to make a fairly good liv
ing and buy Christmas toys for the biby.
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THE DUTY OF CONGRESS
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The present congress will have many things to do. The
president's program for internal improvements will be submitted
and < or.sideration will be given to it. But the question with the
country is not so much the amount of legislation, or even the
kind, as the spirit with which that legislation is enacted or de-
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The independent paper nowadays is a paper that commands
confidence, because it is realized that a paper to be worthy of
confidence must to a large extent be independent, says Dr. Ham
ilton Holt, editor of the Independent, recently. The successful
papers, the papers of standing, are losing their allegiance ot the
political parties. It is no longer popular for a newspaper of
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Democrat. That day has gone by. People are too intelligent. Christmas
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least, not very many of them do. The growth of the independent
newspaper is the best evidence that this policy pays.
BOWERS DRUG CO
Albany may be slow in some respects, but they have set the !
pace for Eugene by voting bonds for a $4 0,000 city hall.
Looks like there will be some more electric railway building
in Eugene and its suburbs next year.
As a mud-scow the United Slates auxiliary cruiser Prairie
seems to be a blooming failure.
Up to the hour of going to press Mr. Zelaya has not plugged I
up the Panama canal.
The surest way to make a city of Eugene is—just to vo
ahead and make it.
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It you want a Job well done, do I’
yourwlf, says the egotistical self-
community, always give your street yourself,
ma<: man.
car seat to a woman.
The only difference between a
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The world may owe you a living
Bryan may not be as popular with but there is no court in which you
the voters as others, but he has ? can collect it.
«peaking acquaintance with most of
One dispatch Raya Abdul Hamid
them.
has gone crazy; another Ray» he In
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It is said that historic Adam was a writing a book, There may be Rome
democrat. That’s once when the connection.
democrats had an overwhelming ma
jority.
Tnr> railroads have put a lid on
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booze employes.
Investigation dis
A country editor wrote of Chica closes the fact that a majority of the
go’s uniformed police. The lntelll- I accidents have been caused by men
gent compositor set it up “unInform- indulging.
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TELEPHONE
An Irresistible Bargain
Notice how steady the earth appears? Congress is at the
helm again.
o ed,” which probably covered them
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THINGS WE THINK
The -oir.ing year should he one of great growth and progress
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and
A Chicago girl balled a boat out
in Eugcac, and it will be if the people stick together and boost
with her sllpjier and saved the lives
WHAT OTHERS THINK
of several people. Immense.—Austin
good a .d hard along all lines of endeavor. During the past three
Transcript. What did she bail her
By Elbert Bede
years Le foundation
been laid for a splendid city, and its i o---
slipper out with?
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popula ion Las grown from 6000 to above 12,000. Many sub- o ---------------------------------------------- ---- O
The Cleveland leader says that a
st’rtial ir prevements Lave been made, streets graded and
You can never succeed by nursing scientist states that when people kiss
they should use a strainer to prevent
paved, and substantial buildings, public and private, erected in defeat.
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contagion. We would suggest the Ju
l-rge numbers. The era of railroad building, steam and elec The beef trust is capable of toot- dicious use of chloride of lime when
openlatlng, which might prove an ex
tric, seems to have opened, and Eugene’s greatest effort at this Ing its own horn.
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cellent means of sanitation.
time should be to secure the greatest possible benefit from this
A jury of your peers is not always
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ilbltlon might put the liquor
movement. We want more suburban electric lines, a steam road equal to the case.
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business on the hog.
to the coast, and the greatest possible benefit in the operation Some people cast their bread upon
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the waters in Che hope
The centipede ought to be able to
of train service over the Natron extension now building across come
back buttered.
stand on Its own feet.
the mountains to Klamath Falls. These are the things which will
make Eugene a commercial centre of importance, and render
permanent the growth of the past three years.
A steady pull, altogehter, for everything which makes for
the general good is what we need, and if a united effort is
made throughout the coming year the results will be greater
than in the past because of the solid foundation that has been
laid.
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