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About The Twice-a week guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1910-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1911)
TWICE VOLUME 44 EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, EVENING, MARCH 6, 1911 ADJOURNED Texas Statesman Makes Explanation of Action Man Arrested at Los Angeles Municipal League Will Take Up Pleads Guilty—New Trial Matter of Utilizing the in Strawberry Case County Park PERMANENT TARIFF BOARD The bill for tho creation o! ■. permanent tariff board passed the senate this morning amidst turbulent scenes. Gore, of Oklahoma, sought to offer the Canadian reciprocity treaty as a rider and he was shut out. When he was declared out of or der Gore uttered protests so loud that the resnunsee to ?hc roll cal lcould be heard with difficulty. The vote on the tariff board bill was: Ayes, 56; noes. 23. allea gues recount«!- PRIZE WINNER IN RED GOOSE CONTEST F. E. Dunn Distributes $30.00 Among Youngsters for Drawing The Red Goose" drawing contest conducted by the F E. Dunn store was «leclded today anil prizes amounting to 130 wil be distribut ed among IT» Eugene youngsters un der the ages of 14. The contest ad vertised the Red Goose shoe, which is handled by Mr. Dunn, and was participated in by many school pu pils. There were 242 entries, which offered it wide range of artistic tal ent. There were son««' very good Van Svarvcrud Appointed First Sergeant and Others Are Advanced ACTRESS WHO WEARS NEW HAREM SKIRT TO APPEAR IN EUGENE noon Strongly Against New Rates names ■ were ering of Fruit Growers in PAGE RETAINED IN THE EUGENE POSTOFFICE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Washington. D. C.. March 3. The president today nomi- nated the following post- masters: Oregon Thomas Rancnll. Oregon City; Tames Pago, Eugene: John R. Casey, Ash- land. Mr. Page is re-ap- pointed. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4> ♦ TWO INDOOR BASEBALL GAMES AT Y. M. C. A. THIS EVENING To make a huge playground !» which people of all agea can ronig and take recreation is the plan which the Municipal League of Eugene hag under consideration, with the county park across the Willamette river to the east of the county bridge in view as a site for the grounds. The play ground Idea for cities Is one that I* spreading throughout the country and receiving much popularity. Cities are paying enormous prices to get sufficient land on which to establish such grounds and professional play- ' ground architects are being employ ed. The members of the Municipal League of Eugene believe that use can be made of the county park tract near the city and that this Is the opportunity to establish such a place here. Their plans, which will be fully and definitely discussed at a meeting of the league Monday night. ; are very elaborate. It is proposed i to secure the services of an eastern playground architect, who Is now b«*- ing employed by the city of Port- j land. There will be tennis courts, i croquet, grounds, baseball diamonds, a boat house on the river and the deep slough that borders on the tract and a swimming pool with dressing rooms and accommodations which can be used during the summer. A part of the tract will be placed Into lawns and shrubbery and walks and for ISO was given the drives will be laid out. The case was then ap- Begin Work at One«* tbe circuit court and the It is proposed to, start this work them a ‘.»rdict for 1124. , at once.' "The necessary money to be- tylal wac granted on the : gfn the work is to be raised by popu- hat the vOTdict was exces- , far subscription, not only among the I members of the Municipal league but ease of Goosen Bros. vs. A. from the Eugene citizens at large. J. W. Walters and Rachel After the playground proposition Is foreclosure, a decree for j well under way, it is thought that was granted this afternoon. the city itself will pay for its main tenance. as many eastern cities ara doing and several western elites in cluding Portland, are now taking up. It Is also proposed to enlist the help of the numerous boys' organizations of the city as well as that of the public schools. It is remembered that Will Fill Engagement at Aloha this park area, when the plan of creating a park there was taken up Theatre First Days of by the Fortnightly club, was cleared of its undergrowth and rubbish in Next Week but one day by the High school boys, Eugene people will be accorded the who worked In the morning and pic privilege next week of seeing one of nicked in the afternoon. the much-talked-of harem skirts worn on the streets. Gertrude Dun lap, the vaudeville artist, who creat ed such a furore on the streets of Portland when she appeared wearing the harem skirt, has been secured by Manager Walker, of the Aloha the atre, for a three nights' engagement, beginning Monday. Miss Dunlap is a comedienne of some note and has the distinction of being one of the few women actresses who can really make the public laugh. The harem skirt. In which she appears on the streets occasionally, will be the at-, traction and will draw the crowds to the theatre. Her picture, taken while she was attired in these trou- serlets. will be on display at the the atre while she is here, and If you don’t happen to see her with them i on you may get an Idea of how she looks by glancing at her photo. To form a more perfect farmer^ DIED. telephone organization among the ru At her home on East Thirteenth ral phone users of Ixtne county and street tn Eugene. March 4, 1911, at then to Install a telephone exchange nt.. Mrs. R. M. Newman, aged of their own was the sense of a meet 43 years, of appendicitis. She leaves ing of the Farmers Telephone asso a husband, a grown son, Percy, in ciation held In the Commercial club Portland.’ Miss Alice, at home, be parlors this afternoon. The farmers sides three small sons and a daugh not only object to the inequality of ter. They have lived here about four tho rates charged, but intimate that years, having come to this city from, they will not stand for the $5 rata Lents, Oregon. Funeral arrange-’ that the company has decided upon. ments have not yet been made,; They dcamnd the $:t rate which a awaiting the arrival of relatives. • number of them are now paying. ---------- - Since the Pacific States company haa refused to do this, and as was stated last week by W. J. Philips, is Intend ing still further advances, the only thing left for the dissatisfied phone users is an exchange of their own. They own their lines into Eugene and an exchange would be all that is nec essary to make them Independent. Evety farmer’s telephone line In the county will be Instruited to elect delegates to meet in Eugene the first Monday in April, and a committee was appointed to interview the busi ness men in Eugene In regard to sup porting the new switchboard. This ag< <ii<'oniOilttee insists of Mr. McPherson neral Springfield and Ole Holdersoa Sun-jaud C. E. S< hwai /. of Eugene, dent Happens Near Estacada Portland, March 4. At Estacada, fitfeen miles from Portland, today while a number of employees of the logging company gathered about the engine used for logging off land to work, the boiler exploded. Five men are dead: James Pit- man. foreman: Richard White, R. W. Smith. — Watch anti an unknown man. Four men were seriously in- jured, but wll Irecover. The cause of the explosion has not been ascertained. considered the There are two Important games In walnut for Ore- the Indoor baseball church series at the Y. M. C. A., when the Christians iplnion held by play the Methodists tonight and the de lured that Baptists meet the Presbyterians, re not as great These teams are at the head of tho its. such as ap- indoor league and much interest is -r acre, but he being taken. The championship pen 's of cultivation nant will be hung in sight of the ul one man can winning teams. To pay expenses of iroa. the league, a ten-rent admission will also of O. A. C.. be charged. The following 1s the blight and gave ! standing of the five teams: I San Diego. March 4.—At least one g the lM'St. He W. L. P.C. month overdue, the American steam Christians .............. er Arion, now 24 days out from Phil Methodist» ............. adelphia with coal for this port, has Presbyterians . not been heard from and ts believed Baptists to be lost. She carried a crew of Congrcgationalista thirty.. I STEAMER ARION SUPPOSED TO BE LOST ceive Instructions ELMER COLWELL AGAIN APPOINTED ♦ ♦ O ♦ ♦ W;shin•:> on, . ■ h 4. Among the nominations made by President Taft today was that of Elmer H. Colwell, to bo I’nited Stalo» marshal for ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
