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Wednesday; December 27i 908
TUB GATE OP DREAMS.
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An Idle youth one summer day
Wont wandorlw? aflold
Nor east or west or any quest
That eye or thought revealed
But on and on through bloom and shlno
. And down by shady streams,
Through lane and wood, until he stood
Ilcsldo the Gate of Dreams.
What saw ho there? Nay, rather nak
4- What saw he not and heard,
Hath mind perceived? Hath heart received?
Hath soul been deeply stirred
By radiant things, by whisperings
From better lands? It seems
All these he snw and heard in awe
Beside the Gate of DreaniB.
. What brought he back that summer day
From a wandering afield?
" X' ..1. V, non tall T Irnnw
. Of things on earth revealed . -r
Bui more than gold a million fold
': And all the world esteems
He holds the day he strayed away
, uesiues tue uate or j-ireams. i-
', Clarence Ausley.
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"The Eugene way" has paved five miles of streets, bulit an
. electric street railway, secured a $yu,uuu puduc Duiiaing,
. pledged $52,000 for a Y. M. 0. A. building, and added 5000 to
the population of the city in three years. But there is still work
n ha atmnl1a1ial nlontv nf It A mnilem hntpl ft. T1PW Pit V
hall, and the extension of electrio lines over the city and sur
rounding country ought to mean a busy yoar during 1909, and
the Eugene spirit must rise to .the occasion and secure all these
things, while incidentally adding another 5000 to our popula
tion. The success of past efforts should only prove as a spur to
greater activity in the future,
There is nohing growing faster in all the great Northwest
than Eugene except The Guard's subscription list. We are
printing 2200 dailies and 1800 weeklies, making a combined
circulation of 4000, which means 20,000 regular readers, based
upon the approved estimate of five readers to each regular sub
scriber a pretty big family that awaits each day or week, as
the case may be, the arrival of The Guard with its budget of
local and general news. A newspaper can always be relied upon
as a pretty good barometer of business conditions, and in this
connection The Guard will say that November's business was
largest in amount of cash receipts this paper ever handled, and
that this fall's busings has been 25 per cent greater than that
of a year ago. These facts lead us to the conclusion that busi
ness in Eugene generally is very much better now than it was
during the same season of 1907. . -
The United States government is at the present time a large
owner of water power privileges, and investigation of these priv
ileges is a matter of publio duty. In the absence of specific in
tnrmatinn nnncerninsr its value, a water cower may be easily ac
quired, and water power rights have thus gone from the control
of-the government for a fraction of their real value, noi ior use
ful development, but for speculative holding, which involves
keeping them for long periods in an unproductive state. Enor
mous water powers outside of the public domain are being
procured at extremely low valuations, and although the develop
ment of these nowers will undoubtedly be of ultimate value to
the people at large, their extent and value should be matters of
public record.
Champ Clark says the result of the election in Missouri may
safely be attributed to an "unusual concatenation of unfortunate
circumstances, which on the doctrine of probabilities will not be
duplicated in forty years." Now that is just exactly what we
have thought about Missouri all along, and we took it for grant
ed that everybody else knew that it was an unusual concatena
tion or words to that effect, which had happened to that state
in the last presidential election.
"The wages of sin is death," says the good book, and the
San Francisco situation only tends to emphasize this fact.
What a trail of murder, suicide and misery has followed the ex
posure of corruption there I Chief of Police Biggy is the latest
victim of the inexorable scriptural truth.
A Cleveland man, explaining the failure of the 3 -cent street
car fare campaign in Cleveland, declares that it was due to the
fact that 3-cent coin is not minted by the government, and he
proceeds to urge the country's crying need of the "trickel," as
he proposes to call the new coin. There is a suggestiveness in
the word that might not add to its popularity.
a mile of wire, but no mainemawcian nas yei iigurea out the ex
art number of hours of torture it is capable of administering.
under the hands of a robust performer. O
There is a suspicion that Mayor Tom Johnsoj announced that
he was "broke" just to try out tne naeiny oi nis inenfls. Better
go slow in that line, Tommy, unless you Really wish to be friendless.
Another sign of prosperity is the scared look in the eyes of
tim nifimhera of the amalgamated order of work dodeers when
they meet a man who looks like he might offer them a job.
No, Algernon son, the electoral college has neither yell nor
athletics, but it gets there just the same, and ite diploma carries
$60,090 per. .
We shouldn't be surprised if the Statement No. 1 legislators
proved veritable stand-patters.
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BUY IT IN EUGENE.
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Of the stores and Shops Advertising In The Guard.
IT WILL, PAV YOU
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY."
- Some rather queer stunts have been pulled off in Kentucky
courthouses, but the turning of one into 'a cockpit, in connection
with a poultry show to determine the best game cock in the state
is about the limit, especially when it is remembered that a state
law makes cock-fighting a felony.
1554 Ferdinand Cortez, the con
queror of Mexico, died.
1697 St. Paul's Cathedral, London,
first opened.
1794 The United States concluded
a treaty with the Tuscarora,
Stockbridge and Oneida tribes
1825 Dom Pedro . II, emperor of
Brazil, born In Rio de Jan
eiro. Died In Paris. Dec. 5,
1891.
1846 Ferdinand of Austria ab
dicated and was succeeded by
Francs Joseph.
1852 Louis Napoleon became Em
peror of France.
1S6S L-retta, a small town in Cali
fornia, destroyed by an earth
quake. 1S79 Sceamer Borussia, of the Can
al:; and Mississippi line, foun
dered at sea, with a loss ot
203 lives.
eral Presbyterian assembly of 1900
he was chosen vice moderator, and a
year ago, he originated the move
ment for a world-wide evangelistic
campaign to be conducted under the
auspices of the Presbyterian church.
A Dangerous Operation.
Is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon. No one who takes Dr.King's
New Life Pills is ever subjected to
this frightful ordeal. They work so
quietly you don't feel them. They
cure constipation, headache, blllious
ness and malaria. 25c at W. A. Kuy-
kendall'8 drug store.
I CALL FOR COUNTY WARRANTS.
I Eugene, Nov. 30, 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that all
County Warrants previous to Regis
ter No. 6421, registered on June 13,
, 1908, will be paid on presentation at
this office on December 3, 1908. Iu-
1 terest will cease on that date.
I R. E. EASTLAND,
I Treasurer of Lane County, Ore.
the MICHAEL
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'his brand iionej
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know what good
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311 Qrades and pricejJ
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weknowourpriiesy,
ihat tho rmwi ..!,,'
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Dleasure in
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goods whether you i,
not. I
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nisnmgs is complete
in shirts, mfor
neckwear we are sun
nave jusi what j
looking for.
ED. HANSfl
East Ninth Sires'
A sure cure for the automobile speed mania is announced by
members of the Ithaca, New York, board of road supervisors
shooting those attacked with it.
Somebody has figured out than an ordinary piano contains
"THIS IS MY 08TH BIRTHDAY."
John H. Converse.
John Herman Converse, a leader
In American industries and one of
the owners of the Baldwin Locomo
tive Works of Philadelphia, was born
in Burlington Vt., December 2, 1840,
and received his education in the
University of Vermont. He began life
as a newspaper man. Subsequently
he went to Chicago and entered the
service of the Northwestern railroad.
Later he joined the Pennsylvania sys
tem at Altoona, and in 1870 he en
tered the employment of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, becoming a mem
ber of the linn three years later. Mr.
Converts has been conspicious in
many beenvolent and philanthropic
enterprises. 3n church matters he al
so has been prominent. In the gen-
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
Is the date for the big Woodmen of
the World entertainment. Come out
Neighbors and bring your friends. A
good time is assured.
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, STONE'S HEAVE J
Large shipment of 30-lb. Silk
Floss Mattresses just received,
whloh we will sell for $10.00, while
they last; this Is a savin got J2.&0
Chambers Hardware Co.
WATTS FOR WATCHES
OABTCHIA.
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Buy Christmas presents now, when the
stock is 'complete, and before the rush be
gins. This year we have many fine Christ
mas goods all of the useful kind that
please and are lasting useful remembrances
of the day. Soe us ane we will help you.
Christmas Presents
For the wife, mother, sweetheart, boy, girl, husband and the baby We have them.
You purchase now and we set them aside, delivering them when you desi-e. By
making; a small cash payment you can pick out your present and reserve it till you
are ready for it.
It will pay you to buy your goods of us
we can furnish your house complete from
cellar to attic. Anything you want for any
room in the house. It will pay you to read
our ads carefully and buy from us at all
times. See our stock, get our prices, and
always remember your credit is good.
Buffets... t
This weok we give many specials of value to you. In
our Buffet Department we have many attractive designs
and this week they sell for less than actual factory price.
Cash must be paid on these at time of sale at these prices.
'Mission weathered or quartered oak finish, size of
top 20x40, with fine large French plate mir
ror, a cash bargain at. .... ..... . . . . . .$9.95
A handsome quarter-sawed oak,-three drawers, :
collarette shelves and best French plate mir
ror, worth $28.00, special $18.20
Large solid oak, with roomy, lined drawers, top
19x48 in., leaded glass cellarette high shelf
and large French plate mirror, easily worth
$50.00, special $37.35
Something fine: best quarter-sawed oak, solid oak,
very large and roomy, with shelves, drawers,
etc., and two fine French plate mirrors. Met
ropolitan houses sell these for $75.00; our
price, special $17.10
WE HAVE A BIQ VARIETY FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM,
ALL AT SPECIAL PRICES NOW
Extension Tables...
We are headquarters and carry over twice the selec
tion you can find elsewhere, This week we offer them all
at special prices. See these prices. .
We have for this sale every extension table in our
. stock; special, as tow as. $4.90
Round top, pedestal tables, "well made and well '
finished, a big bargain at only $9.00
A handsome quarter-sawed, golden or weathered
oak finish, dividing pedestal, round or square
top, at the unheard-of price of, special. . .$10.20
Fine weathered or golden oak pedestal table, round
or square top, piano polished; a good value
at $28.00; special ; . . '. ....... . .$19.75
Quarter-sawed, piano polished pedestal table, claw
feet, handsome flaked top; a big bargain. .$25.60
A handsome Circassian quarter-sawed oak, beau
tifully flaked, a .beauty at only $27.50
New Departure .
("lirNtnma In m-iirly lictv mill uur big Mock I hill of u-4't.'l
t'lirlmn iiM'iit, lncluilinK rorki-rt, rlix'kx, Nltlfltonnli, ilivtHiug
tnhlPN, etc.. I'nr thr ojgvrnli'iirv of our riistomi'n wo ham n Mori'
room n lu-rc e ran plncv itixxli anil ilrllvi-r thcut on t'lirNinuit lnora
liiK or ml nny lime ilrslml. Wo Imvo ouiO,n uVlhvrjr mxl run iU-Hv-or
at nny time. You ran make a miihII mini'iit down mul tho 1ml .
nnco In iiiNlnllnionl.i, or to milt your convonli'iirt'. Iltiv )ur I'hrlit
iiuta prCM'tit. now whin the utoi'k are full.. We lw you tlu kihmIs
on eaxy payment anil take rare of them umQ yuu uiiut thorn il.lt v
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CAMPBELL
FELLMAN G?.
The Complete Hbusefurnishers
Cor. Olive and 8th St s.
Phone Irtain 43
Other Bargains... :v- :-:.
Gale prices are strictly cash, but your credit is always
good at regular prices.. We have the largest stock in Eu
gene and give you better prices and terms." Some specials
this week: x - u
Genuine Feather Pillows, pair. . .V;'. -99
Brooms, 35c kind,each. . ... . . .. . .j, :r: H
Lace Curtains as low as, pair. . 35?
9x12 Axminster rugs ...... ... . . . ,. . . . ;. .$22.00
8V2XI6V2 Axminster Rugs $20.00
6x9 Axminster Rugs $13.00
9x12 Seamless Brussels .$12.15
Couch Covers as low as, each. $1.00
Imported Inlaid Linoleum, yard 7712
Nairn's Inlaid Linoleum, yard . T-'. SS
Wild's Inlaid Linoleum, yard $1.20
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SPECIAL PRICES THIS WEEK ON ALL GOODS AT
CASH PRICES
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In Upholstering and 0
Furniture Repairing
1 Vc rcnpholster. renfike and nfinish nil grades of furniture,
chairs, mnttrr.. etc. If yr ,Vovon wlre 0attrcss ,las 9ag8l,,i,
bri..R it rc and neill reMrotol, It and make it as good a, new,
. If you have a hair, silk floss, wool or any other kind of mattriss
Ihat you have used six or seven year. It should be cleaned and re
made. You spend one-third of your life In bed, and tho mat! res
should be the best article In your hou...
Greatest known mraybkJ
Highland, Cr,0cU
This is to certify tbit i mi
mare one boitk of raoeihoi
Drops" and cured ho d M
This was last winter ud ai
oot been allectediiQct-Ola
PR.S.C.SrONESiWJ
For sale by all drag
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F'ftv-tliree styles, tttiiii
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