THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUAR D, THURSDAY. FEB 17. 1910
; it need not go into the
order to it flc > "people
THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUAM
who sold lightning rot’s before they moved West to ply a not hero.
The Guard would emphasize th«' fact, I'gain and again, that
dissimilar vocation here. They camp on the trail of those dollars
whut
Eugene needs most—what it absolutely must have before
contributed by the progressive element of that community until
i'.nit-red at hMQP'lie. < tregua, itustufflee aa M*e<>ll<l-eiass mailer
it
can
become a real city is additional transportation facilities.
PubIMied «very Thursday at Fusene. Oregon.
it is garnered iuto the capacious treasury at San Francisco and
If
these
cannot be furnished by the Southern Pacific Company
their commission rake-off jingles in their pockets. Portland will
Su'urtcrlptiou prive, >1.6U per year. It p«ud In advance; H.uu at end
we
must
unite in an untiring effort to reach the coast, only sev-
grow in the future in spite of its advertising by the railroad—
I
enty
or
eighty
miles distant, aud thus put an end for all time to
and we sincerely hope Eugene will do so. However, it is au old
THURSDAY. FEB. 17. 1910
railroad
monopoly.
Eugene and Lane county,with over $23,000,-
saying that where one partner furnishes the experience and the
000
of
taxable
property
and several millions of deposits in the
other the money, at the end of the partnership the relative posi
PROMOTER FREEMAN’S STATEMENT
banks,
would
have
no
difficulty
in building or securing the means
tions are frequently reversed. Eugene, we gravely fear, is buy
to
build,
such
a
road
if
the
people
would get together and pull in
ing experience.
a single direction.
The Guard prints today a statement, written by Promotei
The "Eugene way" should be a high’way of steel to the coast,
Freeman, and signed by the members of the board, in which an
The official statement neglects to say so, but we presume
attempt is made to justify the turning over of the entire mattei that in this comprehensive contract with the Southern Pacific, and cannot be construed to mean an advertising and printing
of printing and advertising to the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. which includes about everything except our reciprocal tariff re partnership with the Southern Pacific Company as long us that
We hope the statement will be carefully read because it fullj lations with foreign countries, that the corporation guarantees corporation is admittedly the greatest obstacle in the way of our
justifies the criticisms made by this paper.
to prevent the secession of Nesmith county, which is about the permanent growth and advancement.
The Guard took this matter up because it was a subject o most vital matter confronting Eugene at present. The local pa
grave public interest, and not from any desire to personally at pers might, with considerable loss of business to themselves, be
VIEWS OF A SUCCESSFUL •‘BOOSTER”
tack any man or set of men. In fact, we were disinclined to induced by the patriotism that is characteristic of such institu
enter into the discussion, having no desire to engender discord tions. to bear the brunt of this campaign, but, since the printing
The growth of Boise, Idaho, has been one of the marvels in
in the work of promoting Eugene's progress, and furthermore and patronage of the Commercial Club is now placed solely at Western city building, and this fact makes the views of its Com
because the matter of printing and advertising is something in the disposal of the Southern Pacific Company, we presume this mercial Club manager, Reilly Atkinson, of special interest to nil
which we are directly interested, and we have made it a rule sacrifice will not be required of them. Thus every cloud has its ambitious towns. Speaking before the Walla Walla Commercial
not to air our private business grievances through The Guard. silver lining, even for the newspaper man, who is popularly sup Club recently Mr. Atkinson said:
Were it not for the fact that a principle was involved, as well as posed to receive the reward for his many trials and tribulations
Booster Is u word I do not like, but I do not know of a synonym. It
the most effective method of continuing Eugene s publicity cam-j only when he shuffles off this mortal coil and joins the invisible , uieunu putting the truth about a country before a whole lot of people and
I lotting them act according to their convictions.
I hail a Icier from Mr
paign, we should have been satisfied to let the transaction pass choir in those regions where promotion committees are un
1 Mea ham a few days ago which made me sore, it said that some people In
and allow those responsible for it to learn by experience that known, and railroad railroad corporations cannot break in and | Walla Walla were sore because there had not becu a large Influx of settlors
partnership with a railroad company is generally beneficial only swipe his harp and crown.
In Walla Walla during th« past year
A letter like thut always makes me
the corporation.
,
hot. What would you do with a big influx of settlers? How would such a
CIIAIU.ES II. FISHER. Editor and Publisher
AN INUEPENDENT P a FKR
condition help your city ’ What would the people do after they had arrived
here? You must have employment for the bom»-seckers who cot»« to your
The explanation that the railroad company will spend five
locality, or they will turn around and go right out again
dollars for every one it receives from Eugene sounds like a
Eugene s woolen mills are making the finest blankets ever
"This cannot be accomplished lu a single year, any more than a man can
clumsy attempt tef be funny over a serious question. Railroads put on the market in the West. That may seem a broad state build up a gigantic clothing business, shoe trade, or any other commercial
are not in the habit of doing such things and philanthropy is ment, but an inspection of the goods will prove that it is not establishment In that length of time. A publicity movement muât grow
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a ¡from the foundation up. and uol from th«> top down. There are people w ho
not a common virtue among them—at least, it is not of such a l overdrawn—ai * *
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believe publicity means a bourth of July celebration, with lots of noise
pronounced character as to be visible to the naked eye. We There is too much of a tendency to undervalue the work going)
—
_ | an accompaniment, but I wish to tell you that such is not the case. It
know that the railroad is interested in bringing homeseekers to on around us, or to overlook it entirely.
the same ns any commercial enterprise, aud must be built up gradually.
the coast, to the extent that it is after their fares and freigh'
Gne way to build up a city Is to (>ull<l up the territory ut>on which It de
Eugene has, in fact, many industries worthy of support and
business, but that it will spend its own money to work up busi encouragement. Those of her people who indulge in the smok- ,,en,la for «upport. You do not want more merchants uutll you have the su-
burbau residents to buy their goods. We have absolutely cease.l advertls-
ness as long as the gullible communities will foot the bill, is ing habit will find no better domestic cigars anywhere than | ¡¿
K
’1
, Ing Boise City. I would not give |5 for the twist ma.ailno advertisement
passing belief. In fact, it is the rule of the railroad to pluck the those turned out in Eugene—and those are brands the local ¡ _ n ___
¡he _______
country
for ____
our ____
city,
, __
. Wo are featuring our surrounding territory
newcomer, as well as the community which invites him. Scarce smoker ought to call for.
So you must proceed In the upbuilding of Walla Walla Increase tbo uutn-
ly a car of household goods is shipped into Eugene from the
We have an excelsior factory that runs night and day, and ,M‘r of r.sid. uts in your territory, and they m turn mi « bound to help th<
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES
Stops Lameness
Much of the chronic UrnenaM
iu horse« is due to neglect.
See th»t your hor»e is not »1-
loweti to go lame. Keep Sloan’s
Liniment on hand and apply al
the hrat aign oi still new
It'«
wooderfully penetrating — r*»
right to the »i»ot — relieve« th«
sorsMas —limtara up the jolAt«
and makes the niuadc« elastic
and pliant.
Here’» the Proof.
Mr O. T. Robert* of K«»« Ga,
RED No. i, H ob 4 i, writ««
” I h-***
uwh I v»ur l.inlmanl on a I ioiw t w «»«*-
n«v and •flatlod 4 thorough curu. I al-
•o r*n»ovu«l a »pavln on 4 niuW I hie
t|uvin »4« 4« U'ge a« a guinea rgg In
my v«tiui4li<>n the lml rankly fur Liida-
nett an ! ttuauaaa it
Sloan’s
Liniment
Mr II M Glbba.ol I *«»»•«• K«»r,
H V 1» No. j. »rllM
“Your I IM-
nunl 1« llu I«« «!>•« I haro
u«“l.
I Iva I a mars with an al**««» ««> I*» o*- b
an.1 >na ¡0« ta-ola U *>ki««'» I lauiwol
aotnah cur«d hr» I k«r,,ll aiimn.1 all
thr linu f..< galla arul ««all »wvll.nga
auJ lor «»«rrUMU« alaait th« rt.-vk ’
Sloan'» Liniment
will kill a spa via,
curb or «plint, re
duce wind pull» anti
swollen joints» anti
la a aurc and »¡reedy
remedy for tntula,
sweeney, founder
and thrush.
East upon which the newcomer is not handed an extra charge of
about $50 before he is allowed to unload his goods, although he
may have a receipt for his freight paid in full from the shipping
point. . Most of these immigrants pay this excess charge,
rather than celebrate their arrival among strangers by the insti
tution of a lawsuit with the railroad. If it is really true that
the company loves Eugene so dearly that it purposes to spend
five dollars in order to get one dollar of our money, it may be it
has created a deficiency fund to meet the outlay with the money
filched from the immigrant on his arrival among us. If this be
true we should think it would inure more to the benefit of Eu
gene to spend our own money for advertising and if possible at
tempt to secure a pledge from the railroad company to treat the
strangers fairly and honestly when they arrive here.
employs many hands. Some of the finest cutlery in the world?“' I’,irlng ,l“‘
>,,,r wo
•,“1
‘‘,lb
J
—
—
,
...I llcity in the following wav»
First, for the exploitation of th« lie He valley
is made in Barr Bros, knife factory, and its product
is
in
de-
a
«
1 Second, for the Impruvemeut of bouthern Idaho
Thia territory, as It BIG CEMENT PLANT
mand and is shipped to foreign countries. Incubator factories grows iu population and Improvement win throw money into Bolao. through
FOR MAKING TILING
are exporting large quantities of goods, and we have iron foun-1 the wholesaler and retailers, and that’s building a citj.
dries and machine shops, flouring mills, sawmills, planing mills
Mr. Atkinson called the attention of Commercial Club mem
/ND BUILDING BLOCKS
and sash and door factories, creamery, fruit canning and packing bers to the vacant land available for fruit growing in that valley,
tn T •»» Guard** rrport ot th«» m«»rt-
house, which combined employ many hands, and in the aggre and said.
Ing of ’*»«• East Euson«*
rnier
gate furnish an extensive payroll.
evening« a<o It «#<
If we hail that land In the Bolnc valley It would be «up|x>rtlng 500 fam Glut» n
that a gentleman desired t »
To these industries may be added the printing offices and ine«. nil malting an easy, comfortable living You have the acboola. th« Mated
lorn to i* factor» here for th«» manu
churches, the theatre« everything that make« for enjoyment of life and
newspapers, with a combined payroll of at least $500 a week,
facture Of Crmon! r< wer Ule at I
contentment. For heaven'a sake forget Walla Walla. Tell the world that bulldlm* block*. Thi* gen’’.e;uan !•
and probably a number of other industries that have been over you have ten and twenty-acre tracts for sale at reasonable figure« Th« Tbo*.
Faller», a resident of Eugene,
looked in this hasty summary.
bought property ht»rn A nd
easterners want to come—but they must know whut you have before they who he hough:
Will become
n per ft .meni elHrrn.
hwt.m«
a
For our building operations local brick plants have been will venture the change
Hr haw a pialli that w
ft a k •• *
When
u
man
tells
tue
I
’
m
a
hot
air
artist
I
feel
like
tt'lling
him
he's
n
»r w • r lie as I ......... I-. tnndt*
kept more than busy in the past three years, and to meet the
| pressing demand the FairmounF Prick Company ts installing the liar. It’s m> duty to let rteiee Easterners know bow they <a»n better tb«lr coujuo und h< r al na * I» » 11
11 *i •
bow they cun give their wtvee end children a wjuure deal
Ikit *uprrh> ’ to the
As to the value of railroad advertising for a town, a friend most modern machinery it is possible to secure, and will employ condition.
The |OI
It tuk.« money to do tlxwo things.
Ki »und
at our elbow suggests that if he is feeling ill he may take his a force of fifteen or twenty men when they are in running order.
«ht*« the
It must be admitted there is a good deal of originality, and a Mr 8
choice of paying 50 cents or $1.00 for a bottle of patent cure-
► contrat*
What The Guard desires to impress upon its readers is that whole lot of horse sense in what this practical “booster" says. to give
th«» tile
now
W
all, or go to a physician, possibly pay more, but receive a reme we have already in Eugene the foundation laid for a large man
Fairmount and hr «ay* r
dy for his particular case. In its action, the promotion board ufacturing business that should grow with increasing popula Like Walla Walla and many other Western cities, Eugene needs tile I a alien n
has decided to buy a treatment of “Dr. Wm. Bite-em Weils' Gen tion, and that it is the du?y of every resident of the city to en more prosperous people on small farms. A Lane county ranch htmln«»** with
if bin product
eral Restorative for Run-Down Towns; warranted to produce courage such enterprises with his patronage whenever it is pos of 52 5 acres was yesterday sold to an Eastern man, when such a test
he will b
tract
should
really
provide
homes
for
at
least
ten
families.
This
huwInrM thKt
lor
immigrants, start industries, kill mossbacks, banish that tired sible to do so. Take these industries away from Eugene and
feeling, prevent the organization of Nesmith county, pave there would be little left here. We have the raw material at it can do, however, only when better means of transportation are
streets, and, in fact, cure all the ills from which the Oregon hand which will justify otbe- industries, and have only one seri acquired. Not only do we need a steam railroad to the ocast in
country suffers; warranted to stand in any climate, and mixed ous handicap—that of unjust discrimination in freight rates on order to reduce freight rates, but we must build or secure lhe
Ul<i l>n
to the queen's taste, requiring no shaking before taking; manu the part of the Southern Pacific Company. This drawback must building out of Eugene as a centre, in order to make a city h re,
t field
factured and guaranteed solely by the Philanthropy Department be overcome by a fight for better treatment that will last until of electric railways, which will place the farmer close to mark ’.
of the Southern Pacific Company, U. S. A.” Possibly this nos it is settled right, and in our favor, or by standing together in fa Not till that time comes will the cultivation of small tra ts pay
used
trum will hit the right spot—sometimes these cure-alls do vor of a railroad to the coast, which will effectually settle the sufficient returns to justify the sub-division of large tracts
The
keynote
of
Mr.
Atkinson's
address
is
that
if
you
develop
Eugene took $600 worth of it a few years ago and lived through problem for all time to come.
Wil-
the resources of a community and its people are prosperous and
Iler II
it. Roseburg’s treatment lasted two years and at the end of
It is along the line of the building up of our present indus-)
contented,
that
fact
a
an
advertisement
which
will
bring
con
that time that city was strong enough to take up publicity work tries and the securing of new ones that our commercial bodies
on its own account. This remarkable testimonial is given freely ought to work untiringly. When the people all come to realize stantly increasing peculation, and consequent growth of busi
and permission is granted to use it in any of the company s publi that we must have railroads and industries to make a real city, ness.
cations. Some communities have never used any other tonic, and the two must come together, then the btatle will be more
and are said to have lost all desire for publicity since using thus than half won.
prescription.
The worst trouble we have to contend
with now is that so
I
many people do not recognize that fact; they seem to think that
As for the beneficent Southern Pacific Company spending , in some way, they hardly know how, the city, like the irrepress
part of this money in Eugene, after they get it into the treasury, ible Topsy, will “just grow up.” They must come to understand
it will be awful nice of them to do it. We, of course, should be that it must be built up by determined and concerted effort.
thankful for small favors; but why should the promotion commit
tee delegate the spending of money in Eugene to the Southern
SOUTHERN PACIFIC HINDER’S EUGENE’S PROGRESS
Pacific Company? Do they feel the need of a guardian to handle
the money
- of the people? If local . people are to be employed,
«■
What
wnai the
vne oouinern
Southern raciiic
Pacific t/ompany
Company snouiu
should ao
do ior
for ziugene
Eugene is
Kansas City, Mo., Fib. 15. MlruJ
Washington, Feb. 15.—The pro 1
why does not the committee employ them direct, instead of re- to substantially recognize the city by giving it adequate train
ceedingH of the Bullinger-PInchot in Poarl Kellar, the nurse, who gave III«
quiring them to deal with the railroad offices in San Francisco? t , service.
BCiv»uc. The Wendling branch trains should be operated out of veatlgation today were dull. Vertoes, most damaging testimony at tn« In-
And then some of the printing is to be let to competitive bids in Eusrene.
Snrinorfirdrl counsel for Ballinger, continued the qii.-Ht over the body of < olonel 'I bos
Eugene, as well as the trains over the Woodburn.
Woodburn-Springfield
of Glavis, and the
Portland. Glorious news! Portland needs Eugene’s money, I branch. Further than this, Eugene should be made the actual cross-examination
committee was In executive session H. Swope, was the first witn. - hr called
tudny by th« special grand Jury In
since the supply is short there—they are making loans at 4 per construction headquarters of the Natron extension. The rail- forty minutes discussing the admis vestigating
the death Of the million-,
sibility, at this time, of a report from
cent. In Eugene we pay 8 and 10 per cent—because, of course, ■ road company professes to be interested in the upbuilding of the Seattle, giving details of the alleged alre MI hh Kellar will probably b«
uie Jury two days.
we are richer here and can afford to pay higher rates. Every Oregon country. Its representatives urge the people in every discovery among Glavis* effects of 2 4 before
The testimony of l»r' Frank Ilnll 1
letters, which
have
been missing bacteriologist, who asHlsted In th«
subscriber to the fund will be tickled to death to know officially town to wake up, improve their streets, advertise for people and from the official files of the land of
autopsy of <'olonel Swope's body giv
that the Portland printing houses were taken care of in the deal industries, and in every way to be enterprising and progressive. fice there. No decision was an en yesterday In a deposition In the
nounced, but a number of subpoenas ( office of Frank |>. Walsh, has added
—a less considerate board might have had all that work done in Then it.proceeds to make their work next to impossible by dis for Seattle people were Issued.
a new element of doubt to the Swope
Eugene and not once thought of those poor printers in Port I criminating freight rates that allow no factories to exist outside Glavis fenced with the attorneys mystery which It Is believed will
skillfully and apparently Is a match
land. Foreign missionary work is one of the noblest attributes of Portland, and by refusing to help with train facilities citie for all of them. He parries their cause th« prosecuting attorney to sub-'
Ject every witness before the grand
and when directed to an
of modern civilization.
Jury to a severe course of question-1
like Eugene, whose people during the past three years hav< questions,
swer "yes” or "no” he always stands Ing.
upon
the
right
accorded
him
to
fol
spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in public and private im
Ilnll admitted yesterday that
this up with an explanation, the Ilr. vital
Portland is, after five years of original and effective adver provements. If the Southern Pacific will not give the people low
organs of Kwope w.-re not A CLEAN GROCERY
which may run on five or ten min
normal when removed. 11«:
tising, to take up the railroad scheme, we are told. This does proper train service over its main line and the branches center utes or more, and In the course of entirely
du.tm’i m'...' ......
«"
which he usually takes advantage of said the brain was “cracked” slight
A vMt to this satabllshMM «III
not mean that Portland has not been remarkably successful in ing at Eugene, how can we expect to secure the enlarged trade the
ly. and that the kidneys were not1
opportunity to say that he was
Munn« clrnn K o .,<| h . <00(J(| th ,
admitted
that death!
its methods of the past five years—its growth has been the area necessary to justify increasing population?
thus convinced that "Ballinger was
might have been cnusetl from ura«ml<-
'_""u
ab*oltlie|y of th,. . ,.J
unfit
for
the
office
he
holds.
Is
un
marvel of the country. It does mean, however, that it has taken
polsonlng. Il« ,,|R(( Rnld ln
((f
l*rb tlMnlln<-M of it
„ml H|,„
If the railroad company will only give Eugene the practical faithful to his trust and not loyal strychnine
poisoning
death
ensued
In
five years for the railroad to secure influence enough in the ’> recognition its situation and importance among Oregon towns to the interest« of the people.”
Beller rtm’1"’’’."'*" ,,f o,lr
h T" T'a.“’/11 h"nr" ‘ olonel ...........
’ Ä trial piircha*«* will
board to make a get-away with the promotion fund, just as it deserves, no one here will ask them to spend five dollars to ont
' ii a'l rtJ" ,or 'l, v, n hours after Ur
ET-
J. H. and F. J. Bartels today be-
Hyde
had
given
a
certain
white
cap
has taken two years to accomplish the same purpose in the of ours for advertising purposes. We are willing and able to dr -•" «"'t In the circuit court against sule, said to contain strychnine. * 1
Herren for the restitution of
smaller city of Eugene. Let the papers report that any town on i our own advertising in our own way, if the railroad as a common Fred
Miss Ina Cramer of Portland Is
certain personal property o rto re I
the coast has raised a promotion fund of any size worth while, , j carrier will but do its duty to a town that is paying its tens oi cove damages In the sum of «200. J.
s
ra-
C. Johnson Is attorney for plaintiff. few a.V
days. l'"lt,,‘l frl,'Ul1» here for a
»V. M. GREEN
Fhon, Main J5
619 W'ltame««