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About The Twice-a week guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1910-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1911)
I ■ Guard Siteclal Service. , that the paper could never get out New York. March 11. —To raise a 1 wi bout w r.istance. I determined tullliin dollars in twelve days may , to resell the office or die In the nt- seem to bu a feat bordering on the ’ t- nipt. The f'tow was drifted in th« miraculous, but it is a commonplace ,'treets so us to render them almost to C. 8. Ward, the "short campaign" ‘ Inipa —aide, but 1 bundled myself tt| organizer of the Y sung Men’» Chrls- us wartnl.» as possible aud started tian association. ' to wallow through the drifts. I had •ion takes him to to -top nt every corner saloon and the country, where his mission is to drug store to get warm, so that at persuade folk w ho have monev to ni;:ht I found l"ss than a third of donate a goodly part of it to the V nn journei accomplished. 1 stop uceeed»— ped at a hotel over uight and early M. C. A. And ho alw.ty not always at the rat? or a million next morning started out on the sec dollars in a dozen day s. it la true, ond leg of my journey down town but always to the grea tost capacity 1 did a little better that day. hut the of the fluid in which he works. He coming of night fouud me entirely than $12,000.000 worn out. and I had to spend auother has had no 1 given him for carrvir g on th« Y. M. nigh’ at a hotel. On the third day C. A. work during th« Inst five years. I reached the office, but I a as so A. lead- Just now N< w York Y. M. C. stiff and cold and sort' that I could consiaenng a plau for en accomplish nothing. There was lit ers an* considering gaging his servi« — in a campaign tle need of gettiug out newspapers. that will break ill r««e >rd«v ■however, as practically none of them It was in Pniladelphla t’.'.r’.t th«* could be delivered. Such reporters whirlwind campaign to raise a mil as had reached the office were lion was carried to successful com i able to go out on their beats. pletion un.hr th- d iction of Mr. ¿1 telegraph wires were down, and Ward. Wh.n te anni -.-.need that he' the first two days of the storm had set twelve days da vs a as the limit for been no news to print. If there raising a million in the Quaker City been, there were only three printers his associates we re fearful that he on hand to set the type, and no had at last "bit off more than he pressman to run tbe presses, F!u- Philadelphia is ally, there were ■jioue to read the could masticate." notoriously slow, but on this occa- paper it they had been printed." sion the charge of slowness was prov- When Joseph Petrosino, tbe great ed to be a libel, At the wind-up of Italian detective of New York, was tbe campaign it wa found that »25.- slain in Palermo. Italy, two years 663.72 over the round million had ago this month, his brother sleuths J been colie of the metropolitan force registered a solemn vow that, s«x>aer or later, Another disciple of international' they would capture and bring to peace is due to arrive in New York justice th«* assassin. Since then the tomorrow in th« person of Baron detectives have been busily at work d’Estnurnel'i s de Constant, a mem following up every |>oseihle clue and ber of the senate of France. The in Italy today there are a number baros is admittedly the foremost ot detectives from New York and European advocate of the policy of other American cities busily engage«l international good will and was the in rhe will never , man hunt that originator of the plan for informal cease until Petrosino has b«vn ' and neighborly visits by groups of i avenged. The trial of the Camor- : lawmakers from one country to an rists. beginning today in Italy, is ex-' other. pected to rev .»al the slayer of Petro Upon his arrival in this city Baron sino. as many believe that Enrico de Constant will be received by An Alfano, the Camorra chief, was in drew Carnegie and the trustee of th« some way implicated in the crime, i Carnegie endowment for interna , After the murder of Cuoccolo. for th nal peace. Later he will visit which Alfano is now on trial fcr his ' Washington, where he will be enter- life, the Camorra leader fled to New t o.ed by President Taft, and he will York to escape arrest ami prosecu-; then make an ex'.'tiled tour of the tion by the talian authorities. He United States. The 'rip will be un was arrested here by Lieut. Petro- do;- the auspices of tb • American as .dno. in April. 19101 and departed to sociation for international concilia- Italy. •tion. ‘ Not today or tomorrow, perhaps," The fiercest blizzarl in the hi3- vowed Alfano, as the steamer railed trfry ef the United States swept the away, -‘but some day, I will be country twenty-three years agi to avenged on Petrosino. If not by my ’ day, and old-timers never tire nt h; ad. there are plenty to obey my telling of the suffering and incon orders ” in 1309 Petrosino went to Italy ■ venience experienced by New York A 'o study tl;e methods of tbe crim-' ers in that memorable storm, story having to do with tl.e I J tiri bauds com os'ng tbe Mafia and wr.s related today by an editor who Cam« ,ra 1« ties, and while In Pal- was at that time a reporter on a ermo the long hand of his arch-toe Nev York poper. I reached out. sileutly and secretly, •’All car lines were put out of btisi- ar.d struck him dead. Hilt the arm and the □css by the blizzard,” he said, "and of the law is also long. for two or three days not a wheel brothers of Petrosino on the New moved on any of the transportation; York police force are grimly deter lines in Manhattan. I was then liv-i mined upon justice—‘ not today or ingin Harlem, and. feeling certain tomorrow, perhaps, but some day.” I CUTS HIS WIFE OFF WITH ONLY FIVE DOLLARS PLANT SOLD Iß Thomas Bowers Wills Most of Property to His Sister and Her Son Thomas Bowers, who died at Cot tage Grove. February 27, 1911, left his wife only $5, bequeathing the r-mainder of his property to other | relatives. The will was admitted to probate today, He left personal 1 property valued at »600 and real property the < estimated value of which is »400. He appoints bls bro- ther, Solomon Bowers, as executor .and the court today made an order to that effect, He bequeaths to the brother $100, bis wife, Nancy Ellen. The big sawmill owned by the $5; his son, Fred, and daughter. El Sunset Lumber Co., at Mabel, which ia. »1 each, and the remainder of the has been idle for a year or more and property share and share alike to his which has been tied up on account sister, Mr.-. Elizabeth Allen and her of numerous financial diffi«'ultiee, son. Dan Allen. has changed hands and will soon be - < . «L. operated again. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and "12, of block A new company has been organiz numbered 4, of replat of lota H and ed in Portland, known as the Coast I. in Sunset row in nine county, Ore Range Lumber company, and the gon. plant, together with all the timber Also lots numbered « and 2 of holdings of the company, has been block numbered 5. of replat of lots transferred to the new corporation, H and I, In Sunset row in ,Lane the purchase price given in the deed, county, Oregon. which has been filed for record with Also lots 1 and 2 of block 6. of the Lane county clerk, being »60.- replat of lots H and I in Sunset row f'OO. It is understood that the com in I ,an«* county, Oregon. pany will also purchase a lot more All as described more definitely timber and it is possible that the in said replat as recorded on page capacity of the plant, which is now 58 of plat book number 4, of Lane 50,000 feet of lumber every 24 county r«*cords. hours, will be increased. against H. C. Mahon, who was at the head Henry Schober. defendant, all to of the Sunset company, is also con- whom it may concern take notice. nected with the Coast Range com That on the 10th day of March The property bus been bond A. D.. 1911. an application was filed ed, the bonds being placed with a by said Clara Reta Brackett In the Chicago firm, aid the new company! circuit court of Lane county, for Ini is on a solid foundation. tial registration of th«* title of the land above d«-«cribed. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Now. unless you appear on or l»e- STATE Id OREGON FOR fore the fifteenth day of April A COUNTY OF LANE. D.. 1911, aud show cause why such In the matter of the application application shall not be granted, the of Clara Reta Brackett to register same will be takep as confessed, and the title to tho following described a decree will be entered according premises: to the prayer of the application, and Lots numbered 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6, 7, you will be forever barred from dis 8, 9, 10. 11 and 12 in block num- puting the same. beretl 1, of replate of lots H and I .STACY M. KU8.SELL, In Sunset row, in Lane county, Ore Clerk, gon. C. A. WINTERMEIER. Also lots numbered 1. 2, 3, 4. 5. Applicant's attorney, 8, 7. N, 9, 10, 11 and 12, of block Soil of the circuit court. wkly. numbered 2. of replat of lotti li and I, in Sunset row, in Lane county. The Willamette University glee Oregon. club is ambitious. It 1» contemplat- __ __ Also lots ntimbered 1. 2, 3, 4. 5. Ing a trip east as far as Chicago. fi. 7. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. of block They will need a big pocketbook. numbered 3. of replat of lot» H and An exchange tells of some hens J, in Sunset row. In Lane cousty, whose product was $9.00 apiece. Oregon. What other thing in the world can Also hits numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, do that well? i Big Mill at Mabel Will Be Bond ed and Will Soon Resume Operations AGAINST COUNTY HAS BEGUN Baron Uchida Make Emphatic Ministor of Fi .ance Accepts Assiit antes the ington Mrs. Madalon Leffingwell, O\v ner of Timber on McKenzie Seeks to Enjoin Another suit against the county to restrain it from collectii'; road tax« yesterday afternoon I was filed Mrs. Madalon Leffingwell. who own large tracts of tlml er Uuds aloi : th«' M Keuxle river in tho vicinity ot G^te Creek The plaintiff cont<Mls the paymci of tax on her property In road di trict No. 55. of which ! F. Minuev 1» supervisor. »nJ v hicli district levi ed a ten-mill tax. I'n«l-.- that levy her share of the taxes In that dlstrle for road purposes would bo $3S (5 upon su assessed vaiustien of »:!8, 945. Th«* pla'ntlff »lieges that the 'prop erty is wrongfully aasessod for the rcMSou that tlie county comniHsio ers' court made uo levy whatever f special roau taxes or ro.i I t ix • of any kind lu said road d.strict, also alleges that by virtue of wrongful entry of said lew on tax roll there ‘s an apparent against her land ami th«* same cloud against the title of th«* land: that said pretend«*d tux levy ».is not made pursuant lo ihe authority con tained in the statutes. She ur i.-s for a judgment that the «utri of th«' said alleged special rord tax ■ ppo «c ch« description of h«*r property be ' old to be wrongful and without authority of law and that the s:.; le b«' < ,u? ■ 1 led; that tho city shall have no rljth title or lien in or upon said property: that the title to the land be quiet« ed from any claims arising aut of said pretended levy and that the defendants be restrained fro n rU- forcing or attempting to enforce the alleged special road taxes against the lands. 8. D. Allen is counsel for Mrs. Leffingwell in this case. * AI>\ EllTISED I.ETTFRS. BOHN. Mar h 8. 1911. Allen. Gjggrge Anderson. Elmer V. A reus, Jacob Baker. Rev. Chas. Mr» Baker. Mrs. Lillie M Barker. Mrs. Luther Bartlett. Arthur Bear. Frank Brown. E. B. Burgeis. J. II. Campbell A. J., 2 Ewers. Mrs. Priscilla Gcng. Al. Gibson, Mrs. N S. Gilbert. Miss Pearl Holt. Lester Hopp. Rev. C. Host lek. Mrs. Mary Irwin, Mrs. Lizzie Jones, Mrs. Nannie. Kolsay, C. I-. Landers. E. L. Ijinkford. Geo. Larson Claf Lasain. P. C. Laws, L. L. Matlock. Miss Arlie Moone. 8. A. Morse. Herman Nelson & Son. Power. W. W. Rauch. Henry Richman, Mr. Rickman. A. T. Roberts. C. Schreiber. J. M. Smith, Cleve Smith Mr Mattie. Sperger. Mrs. M. M. Taylor, Master Harry N. Thompson. <rant Thompson. W. A. Walcott. Miss Mary Waldon, Mrs. Clare.. Walker, Mrs. H. C. Wilkins. Ed Young, Miss Lucy li. a V In Eugene. March 9, 1911, to Frank Benzon, a d «lighter. ‘J? ------------ At Crow. March 1. 1911, to .John Hooker and wife, a son. Near Eugene, March 3 1911, to C. Christensen and wife, a son. ami i Henry Moot th« mon arre» I * ■ Chicago, .March I’ol'.r Charle' E. Merriam, the republican ____ nominee ________ for Ing by Chief i mayor of Chicago, i Mrs. Merriam arc well-known In «du«allouai and charg'd »•1 with society circles. Mr. is a member of the faculty of fitting« l>< lottiti the University of C! ; >. lie first came into public notice as a man of sawmill, wi-re market! ability when chairman « f n con mission th;.t Ittevsltgaied |i>il*ll< < Dry.vm. of the expenditures h«’ utt ed several «it ••« ->t contract «rutting Ills otpon- • pitear for tria iiutr-.t, Ur . ter I! Harrison, four times c!»<tej tho >nt in (lie mayor-l.i circuit court T ehiuf executive . , ii setting it hot pace for the younger ma.? The jourtird for ti t < let tion ret urn .41 It. Carter I. u'..uiin fatlitr «as el« ■»•»’ maybr oft th •Mr t-UM-H cun the city fl time til the next I« Mr. Merloni ha- de« >d« il thxt hl « »uipaign for •lariion »hall bA con- ¡'acted along the *am< line:« :i:id Under th«- natu«« management aa was his fixed nt Itati, »rlmary ca ign for th«* nomination tu»d nut by the regula' republican to raise It. Aft<-r the esaminati >n be t I» ■’lachitte. w I Ä . ngry al tills «ourse. His beadquarlera In Ib«« G • nd concluded Moore told th" court Pacific hotel will '■ 1 MtiBU i «b- rgptobli« ««i . 'iidty ex»HUti«<- i < out n'ttne. which vc * none of Its organization support to the Seventh i ward Helals that Io riot." » *» r ii that his companion httl no hnol .Ids rtuan. will not be intrusted »Ith his fortunes, The novelty of the Chit:.go r I.I_ mayurrlilv candidate conducting his o’» ti the theft. They hat anipaign Instead < t l«-ivlng II to the org.uiiution chief» startled the |M>il- It up to make this i ma, but moxt cf tht. t agr< c l that It w<>ul I prove to be h |x>f>tiiar movi* that one of them t ■cause it raves the nominee f-om becoming obligated to the party ma- liberated, but th" vinco«) that uniti hi hitte that oppoM-«! him nt the primaries. — WttC.i-, theft, 4<* B that both pr>.««iii caalir gs st man fish it The chai larrsny lu An Organisation Similar to the penitentiary offen»« STEEL TRUST ORDERS New York. March ‘0 — Tin- Unit- J Stat- ■; Steel Cor poration announce 1 today that th<- unfilled tonnage <«i its hooka February 2 th to il tailed 3,loo..*>43 tona aga'nat 3,1 I0,918 on the last day of January. For rams Me ïnctant Relief” “I f- tn«i ipraint-d my arm in terrible pain. I use my ban«i «ir arm tv ithout tense suffering until a neigh r told me to use SI«?-.-Yr, niment. The first npph'-at: gave me instant ' .in now relief :u.< cru v. could r ;n r s Hora St In Eugene, March 6. 1911, to Alex Hammerickxon and wife, a son. Near Eugene, March 6, 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Swart, a daughter. In Eugene, March 7. |9I1, to H. McElroy and wife, a son. At Lowell, March 1, 1911, to Wil bur Hyland and wife, a gon. FIRE DEPRTMENT WANTS MORE PAY Springfield, March 9—The volun teer fire department has asked the city council that tne pay for flush ing hydrants, which is done periodi cally, be Increased from »l.Ofl to »3.00. The matter has been refer red to the street, committee. A light has lieen ordered placed at the corner of Seventh and C streets. The city council has also ordered a new sidewalk constructed along the west side of Mill atreet between I) and M atreet». 11 m«ti»i Ill« |O(|^ uHux st. i&trii». U '"III h»v« l"-f«ota t« r I'lxb ut- “ K'tntji ' "«•»r 1». h»«iu ■I »Mlhjfl. « In. 1 "It'Utto, «Utt'tulUg r -«r»t «. -n raM I, ' !llx pot M«'ti«p "«• I tn,. nif c»u- is an excellent antiseptic and germ killer — heals cuts, burns, wor.nth^ and contusions, and will draw Hie poison from Min* of p->i- sopous insects. PJc., 50c ari &Ì.00 honk on linr*.rm, < t’tlr. »h«-e*« mil poultry w«-ni Adihem Dr. Earl 8. ß!oan, Boitas, Mai«., U.S.A. PATRON-TEACHERS OF SPRINGFIELD MEET I Th«1 ifulnea I tiende [rf the he hni ONE BRASS THIEF OM IS GUILT ANO TRIES TO CLEAR HIS COMPANION Bas, Andrer Erickson, A. M. Klauiats, R. It. One letter for the three. J. L. PAGE. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ : Nung : Nuna ♦ » » Washington. Mar bus nevi r tnad<* H>«* to olitalo front m«* lor a coallng station ut Magdalenu or t'ha •r polnt oli Hir eoa«’1 Tlils loday » « • laratton of Baroli I uuthassador ut Wu.'.illil attenti >« « ' statement« H>»t litro ile», or oth< r arrang-■».«• l'rt-vldi-i.t. Dia« »«>’• mi vlthrr hn<l acqulred or ■ ac«|ulre n «««sling »tall buse oli till» »Ide of the luslsted that any arran < «tallug mad«* l«v the lilies betw • U .trxl « I north anil l*r«u <m Hit e«l by JapaiO'se Inter« ly on u coniuicrct I Japanese gov«rnment nny attempt to vxt«n «'relgiilty to nny Mell a commercial line st« coat llnrou U' lil«ln deilltal I any »perint urrungr government and tbe tnent rclatiug i railroad we wi track! tury r nltivr« »«•lit It « ert w friend on th' I lews, Tb» Baiti- ’«•tl hl* til* Kl neat» T. a i >urto, K the tl well » lay tx them that I bui tu le harr pre lu.nrrectloii f t'hikaahu I It to malair si l tuyo- tbit wc- ■ h ' «a trona miry er«- i he ptib'!f • accerto» >tn Wole l<).'t»t Tilt'« that ther. One in Eugene Will Effected Sprfntfleld. March 9. A number of pa'rotis of the Springfield xchtoll met at the new bit1»', ng Friday. !■ Invlt: tot of the t«»ach"ra to dlacina the qtt< : lion of organizing a patron- tc'thir association. I’li' meeting »as well attended and many points were brought out concerning the good it would do for both h >m« tiid school. f'ity S:t|M .“intend r.g Stockton of r.t.;;-; e. gave a ver.- h.te. ■•ttllug talk n th.- benefit» derived iron? such an e.nnizatlou, and the good that had i -n aeconipll'h<*d in Eugen« by ii 'i h '-. ih liitlon. Others »ho spoke a tin- aubj.-i't were bupeiintrnd'-tt > J iii . i :■ yd Principal Mun.i.i irpet of Springfield. After tbe fol »Ing program was rendered th •«•ting cloned, to me» t Mat« h 10 ■ ' «t offlc«*ra. and fully organize I tron-Tcii'h«-r association of prinxfield: llc< Sat ion.......... "Merritt’s Ambition" Merritt McPherson. Flag exercise............ First-grade boys, .imitation.......... "The Bicycle flld«' Ione Matthews. . qnq -"Won't You Come Over M' House?" Mub<*l Fsndruiii. Bills higraui, Terry Rlvett. itccltation............. Th«- Spring Song.” Samuel Benton. Days of February" Carmen Har wood. Audrey Perkins, Margaret Too »th, Ulemmle Ko»«-, Dutee Fish*r. Recitation................ "Spelling Down Avia Thompson. MUCH STREET WORK TO BE DONE AT SPRINGFIELD THIS YEAR Springfield, March 9.—After ma cadamizing ov«r 20 block» of Its street» last fall liefore th« winter set In. the city of Springfield Is pre paring to resume active operations and continue th<> work until nil lhe street» are Improved. A force of tii'n will be sent to the rock quarry during the next few day«, and aa soon as the weather permits th-- crew of 30 or more men, wirh teams and scrapers, will be placed upon the streets. As effort i» being made to again »entire the services of Frank Baker, the railroad builder employed by the Portland. Eugene and East ern. The city own» its street roller, scraper, sprinkler, rm k quarry and all quarry equipment. Th« paving of Main street Is now practically assured. The difficulty with the street car company, In ex tending Its tracks, has been adjusted through the Portland office, hy the Universal Paving company, who have agreed to transport crushed rock over the railroad to Eugene where considerable paving la to be done thia summer. Overlr g'XXl t worn I of troi waatei •Ottlpi Fira rags, 1 hnps c tires t from i tage I dasher the rr for Jut both c of the wreck long < •ment cuttini • nd cl fore' ui ,We From gantle er our Hetty her ch a brln with t Hie eff Turkic In t itati in a well orrrpr atid oi Nu»v v side f coniti en «sii befell ehnnet nnd cl wlshei abend.