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THE EUGENE DAILIf GUARD
GUARD PRINTING &J 1NO.
Clmiles II. Fisher
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Eugene, .egou. ,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1908
The recent death by suffocation of two young sisters in a
poor lodging house of the East Side, New York, was surrounded
by unusually pathetic features, according to the papers of that
city. The two girls, one seventeen, the other nineteen years of
age, came to the United States from Russia to make a living for
themselves, and eventually to prepare the way for the emigra-'
tion of the other members of their family from Russia. All day
they worked in a sweatshop and at night they studied English
and other things. For themselves they spent only enough of
their meagre earnings to keep them alive; the rest they placed in
a savings bank, with a view of sending for their folks when the
hoard had grown to adequate proportions. Eagerly they await
ed the time when they could bring about the reunion of the fam
ily and at last they had saved enough for that purpose. They
had written a letter to their parents in Moscow, in which they
informed them that, the money for their journey was ready.
It was their intention to so time the letter that it would reach
their parents at Christmas. The letter was never sent. The
other night one of the girls, before going to bed, accidentally
turned on the gas in their room and when they were found in
the morning both girls were dead. .Thus the happy Christmas
time has its tragedies, and of these the most pathetic are en
acted in the crowded districts of the city only a few minutes'
"walk from the crowded pavement of Broadway, with its glare of
lights and glitter of diamonds.
BIG UNION REVIVAL MEETING
BEGINS .- MONDAY. DEC. U
. H. 'y2 Jonas:, T.ha, with his Bln
gcrs, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spear,
will conduct a union evangelistic
meeting with the Presbyterian and
Baptist churches, beginning Monday
morning, Dec. 27th, is one of the
most widely known and successful
evangelists on the Pacific coast.
More than three thousand have made
public profession in the short time
he has worked on the coast and in
the East. Mr. Jones was known as
an unusually successful pastor of one
of Buffalo's (N. Y.) large churches.
Mr. Spear, who directs the chorus
work, is a graduate of the Moody
school of music and comes highly
recommended' by the great evange-
llst, Dwight L. Moody, and Prof. D,
B. Towner, the successor or Ira u,
Qnnlrav
So successful has been Mr. Spear
bun in hi meetings for boys ana
girls, where his abilities as singer
and chalk artist find ready appreci
ation, that he is called the children a
evangelist. Mrs. Spear Is a singer of
rare power and will add much to the
musical attractions of the meetings.
v aiTl HATS REDUCED.
Miss McCallum. the milliner, with
rooms at 12 and 14 First National
Bank Building, announces a sweep
ing reduction in all lines of hats. It
will nnv vnn tn buV HOW.' tf
Before the Ways and Means Committee of congress recently
the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, of this city, made an argu
ment against the entrance into this country, duty free, of Cana
dian Lumber. They contended that such foreign competition
would tend to reduce prices and the result would be a great
waste of our. forest, resources. The company contends that at
the present time oyer 40 per cent, of the forests of Oregon and
Washington are wasted, owing to the inability to find a profit
able market for the common grades. Additional competition,
they argue, would not tend to a reduction in the already enor
mous waste. They exhibited photographs of lands logged off
while the lumber was at a fair price, and also those worked
over when the market was at a lower level, in order to illustrate
their contention. t
EUGENE AND
ALBANY HE IN
BASKETBALL
GAMMA PHI BETA
SORORITY IS INSTITUTED
AT STATE UNIVERSITY
:Only Girls' Sorority in College
Affiliated With Nation
al Organization
MORNING PAPER
REPUDIATES IIS
OWN PLATFORM
Corporation Organ Condemns
Council for Acting Upon
Its Own Advice
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Some persons have the most wonderful, almost indecent
luck. They fall into a sewer and are pulled out with a gold
watch and chain in their mouth; they are laughed at because
they bought some apparently worthless stofik for thirty cents a
share and a few days later the same stock leaps up to $50 a
share. To that class of favorites of Dame Fortune evidently
belongs the New York shop girl, who was robbed of her week's
wages, amounting to $10, the other day while she was riding
home on the car. Strange to say, the girl carried her wealth in
a pocket in the lower part of her dress. When she reached her
home she found the pocketbook with the ten dollars gone, and
in its place a big $200 diamond, which had dropped out of the
thief's ring while he was picking her pocket.
Probably it will prove a very good thing in the end that the
city council has been enjoined from going ahead with the instal
lation of a power plant. ' If the city must always pay tribute to a
private corporation, it is a good time to find it out and then we
can accept the inevitable and bow our necks to the yoke without
nope or reiiel for all time to come. There will be some satisfac
tion in having the suspense ended. If, on the other hand, the
people reauy have a legal right to help themselves, the courts
will probably, in due course of time, define that right so that
something definite may be accomplished. Therefore let the le-
gal inula proceed to grind.
Dr. Lyman Abbott is a strong advooate of football as a de
veioper of manliness and courage. In a sermon to Yale students
'tho nthpr rln.w ha anlrl nwmn u t.i n ...
,luuUg uluol iuiujs, : you can i develop a
maniy courage without facing perils, and it is worth all it costs
if it is necessary in order to get that courage." By "real perils"
he meant the perils of the gridiron. Perharjs the WneH
tleman is right, but how would it do to use a milder and less
deathly method to develop courage among the college students?
Would it not do to put the young men to work in a dynamite fac-
wj, ut mine unaer irust management, or a submarine boat?
1
"Oood-morning; have the secret service men rot vou vt9
may become a regular before breakfast salutation between
'vuugieHamen.
. The basketball game last evening
played before a large crowd at the
armory between the Albany and Eu
gene high schools, ended under pro-j
test.
The score was a tie, 14 to 14, but
the Eugene team claims a point,
which should have been awarded, on
a foul. It seemB that the Spauldlng
official rules say that if a man 1b
"hacked" while attempting to tnrow
a basket the referee shall award one
point to the side fouled and shall al
low the basket, if thrown. Umpire
Stine called a foul on Albany for
hacking Koch, Eugene's forward.
Referee Marquem ignored Stine and
refused to award the point, claiming
that the Eugene man was not trying
to throw a basket. Now, the Eugene
man was close to the basket and
could easily have thrown one from
that point. It seems ridiculous that
a man with .easy reach of his own
basket should have had any purpose
for throwing the ball away from the
goal.
Numoroiis times, throughout the
game the Eugene rooters bit their
lips, endeavoring not to show their
dtsgiiBt at rank decisions Dy tne Al
bany referee in favor of his own
team.
The Eugene school has a reputa
tion nf always Bhowing their visitors
a good time, and dislikes wrangling,
often preferlng to lose a point in
order to keep good Bpirit. Not-only
by decision, tout the attitude or tne
Albany rooters Bhowed the school's
poor sportsmanship. For instance,
when the Eugene man was throwing
a foul they would try to disconcert
him. The Eugene hoys aid not re
taliate but simply overlooked It and
showed perfect respect when their
opponents were throwing.
To say the least, it is too bad this
has happened, yet at the same time.
those who were present realize tnat
the Eugene boys took and stood as
much as anyone could.
During the game It was easily.
seen that Albany was outplayed. The
local boys seemed to have a streak
of hard luck In throwing gaskets,
but the team work they did didn't
give Albany a chance to fry for many
more than they threw. It Eugene
can do better on basket accuracy they
hnve a team that will be hard to de
feat. Watson, although he had bad luck
when throwing baskets last evening,
was probably the star. He seems to
be wound up and always alert to the
ball. Mummy showed himself to be
a star last night on defensive work
nnd is un exceedingly bright player.
Koch also deserves special note for
brilliant playing. Burton easily out
classed his man It center. Young
and Green played alternated In the
first and Becond half.
The points were made as follows:
Watson, 2;. Mummy, 4; Burton, 4;
Koch, 4. . . . .
There was a large crowd in at
tendance. Although there Is a return game at
Albany already scheduled, this tie
will probably be played out in an
other game here. The mistake made
Inst evening was in allowing the
teams' coaches as officials.
in the first half the score stood
9 to 6 tn Eugene's favor.
i A chanter of the Gamma Phi Beta
sorority, a national organization,
was instituted at the Tau Pi sorority
house last night with twenty-three
local members, the organization of
the latter, a purely local society, be
ing merged into that of the national
association. Miss Edith Prosch, of
Seattle, had the work of Initiation in
charge and she was assisted by Miss
Carolyn Benson, of. Stanford; Miss
Alice Benson, of California; Miss
Tessie Preston, of Seattle; Miss
Helen McDonald, of Seattle; - Miss.
Lilian Beisenheis, and Miss Ruth
Guppey, of Ann Arbor.
Tonight at Otto's grill the new
chapter will hold a banquet at which
several alumni members, besides the
local members and those who had
change of the initiation work, will
attend. Covers will be laid , for
about thirty-three.
This is the first 'national sorority
to be organized at tfie University of
Oregon,' and is the thirteenth' in the
United. States. It is the fourth-on the
coast, the others being at University
of Washington, Stanford University
and University of California. The
Gama Phi Beta is a very conserva
tive organization and Is foremost
among the sororities in the United
States. The local members are aa
follows: Misses Neita Harding, Jen
nie Perry, Gladys Farrar, Jessie
Hurley, Blanche Huston, Vivian
Holmes, Ruth Hansen, Ruth Dunnl
way, Mary Steiwer, Gertrude Holmes,
Pearl Wilbur, Edith Woodcock,
Helen Beach,: Erma Clifford, Javlna
Stanfleld, Pearl McKenna, Grace
Grey, Jean Gray, Mary .Grey, Edna
Caufleld, Clara Caufleld, Constance
Covell and Josephine Cameron.
The following "platform" of the
Morning Register was run practical
ly the entire month of September,
preceding the late bond election: No
comment 1b necessary except to call
attention to the fact that the morn
ing paper has again' repudiated Its
pledges to the public and Is opposing
the pumping plant proposition that
It then declared itself unequivocally
in favor of. It was then anything to
defeat the bonds," now it is "any
thing to defeat the power plant," be
cause It has been ordered by the
corporation that controls it to break
faith with the puDllc. Tne "local
capitalists" who were then pledged
to "snap" up the $160,000 bond issue
have not yet appeared on the scene
unless the snappy way In which they
have rushed the injunction proceed
ings may be 'construed as the carry
ing out of this fledge- Out of Us
own mouth comes the condemnation
of its acts, and It places the 'brand
Ananias upon Its own utterances In
today's editorial. The Register's
platform follows: ,
No gravity system until the city
can go to the snow line beyond
small, foothill streams for its sup
ply. No gravity system from any sec
tion whore the watershed can not be
controlled.
Opnosed to the proposed Rltchey
en kschonie because; first of Insuf
ficient supply to meet present de
mands of the city; second, tho water
f. 1 . 1 1 T .. .1 it mnn..
clud iieiiks; third, the watershed is
$ 1
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Sampson at The Bell Theater next week. Monday: n
son will lift a horse and six men, an aggregate weight of 1
CITY NEWS
The stores will remain . open till
nine' o'clock each evening from now
until after Christmas.
Mexico, from Rn.
been visttinz hi. j
has been very ill n(
puai.
Today was tie colds
winter, tne tleraome:
at me treezine point
day. A hea?j it(st
night and-has renuiiai
kind of weaihergitad
a reminder ol lone.
A number ol (HiiiM
iated a subscript.)
PERSONAL t
Machen & Cobb, of Springfield, are
not in the reserve ami with its 200,- shloDine from Euger- today a car-
000,000 feet of merchantable timber load of fat hogs to Portland,
owned by corporations and private . , t
individual! cannot be controlled,, Airea(jy chicken coops are being
therefore ennnnt be kent free from j ... t .1 t , t
cpiitaminutKm by logging camps, wis- ; th. ., m. i,i,,t f. (h- nnirv bonelit of Ira BijreJ,
tiiniBC. etc. . I next week. ' hand tora o hief
OpMsc issuing the $100,000 bnl-' ery at me sprastaa.
mice of the S30O.O00 to be expended 1 ' . ' .' . . : ago and who ii tot it
in whole or in part on said ltitchcy . 1 ne. to.l.al numDer or scnool cnii- hospital.. He wild
creek system until the tax-paycrs nnd, aren in tne f u gene ... . . . ...y deserving of thea
voters generally first are alowed to r"""""""""' " " " : " " " '
express themselves nt the polls on ! 176, enumerated last year.
October 1 for or against making the
marriage licenses were iueu tu-
day to the following: Samuel G.
Spicer and Miss Virtue M. Gay; Earl
Miles and Miss Lottie Austin
JULIUS GODSMITH SELLS
HIS RETAIL CIGAR STORE
Will Engage in the Wholesale
Business Exclusively
Hereaftor
Julius Goldsmith, who Is consld-
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t AMUSEMENTS i
sampson. the Murium n 1
will he the star attrarliun at the Hell
theatre fur four nights next week
commencing Monday. Ho lift3
ordinary sized horse with ease and
l.nriorins many other routs equally
as woudcrtul.
Tonight's bill is reflneit vriviii
ered the pioneer cigar d.-aler of lhi- I'lctmvs and Illustrated
gone, has Just sold his retail bust-;
now, to Ralph Blanchard and 1-! "Tho Tramp and tho Waif " Ho.os
Main Naylor, who took charge of the ! H run at the Orphenm with toninhfs
storo this morning. Mr. Goldsmith '""''i'"''e, having played to good
""" r"r ""'o nights next week
E. Ii. Cannon, of Roseburg, is In
the city on business.
Joel Richardson left for his home
at LaGrande this noon.
Mrs. W. H. Piatt went to Portland
today to visit a few days.
C. C. Hammond returned this af
ternoon from a trip north.
Chas. Neal, of Vlda, spent last
night in Eugene on business.
S. A. Pease and wife; of Jefferson,
arrived here yesterday afternoon.
Walter Carroll, the Junction City
druggist, was in Eugene today, re-!
turning home on the noon train.
Rev. A. O. StIIlman returned home j
this afternoon from a trip north.
Bert Wood, arrived here last night
from Raymond, Wash., on business.
Hon. and Mrs. J. K. Weatherford,
of Albany, were in the city yester-
I day.
Miss Ora Jackson came up .from
Junction City this afternoon on a
visit.,' ' , . c'- ' .
Rev. M, C. Wire went to. Ha.lsey
today. 'to held services there'-lbmor-J
row. ' -., '
F. MacFarlane, of Grants Pass, was:
an arrival in Eugene on this mbrnr,
lng'a train. - ' ''-' -,
F. E. Cox and wife, of Crystal
Lake, Ills., were arrivals- in Eugene
last night. .
Mrs. Wlnfleld Bennett went to
Portland yesterday to spend a few
days there.
L. A. Chastaln and wife, of Hal
sey, after a short visit here, returned
oonie lonay. ,
Arthur VanDusen left today for
the national conclave of the Sigma
Nu at Chicago. 1
F. C. Walters, the enterprising
young Elmlra lumberman, spent last
night In Eugene.
Gilbert Tyson arrived up from
Astoria today to spend a few days
with Mrs. Tyson.
E. C. Lake returned home this af
ternoon from a business trip to A1-'
buny and Corvallis. .
-Mayor J. D. iMatlock went to Port
land today on business expecting to
be gone several days.
i Mrs. Baldwin, of n.lamath Falls, ar-
llorhrrt 1 Tr, , 1 . : rlven here today and is a guest ofcher
n inert 1.. Truver, formerly In the 1 uncle, Harry Dunbar. , .
mercantile business with A. 4. Tol- Miss Frances Oliertautfer was
riile on East Ninth street. In Eucone 'among the students going to tfielr
itii.l Ul.. 1 n.. I ...l .. . . i hnmA In Dn.lU.J An W
...... ....b imuia ki wiiei , who ciorKed ,uuaj
bond issue to further the plans of
tlio promoters of said Hitchey creek
scheme. - -
Favor issuing $1-10,000 in bonds
to tho Willamette Valley company at
onco without regard' to whether or
not the additional $100,000 is tak
en, tlier. providing for a water com
mission to take immediate charge of
tho local, municipally owned system
in accordance with the plain and un
equivocal provisions of the city char
ter as enacted by the people when
thoy voted overwhelmingly to take
over the present plant.
Favor water commission taking
clutrge of all extensions and improve
ments of said system as further pro
vided for by the said city charter,
placing water mains in those parts
of the city now badly in need of them.
providing a well or wells as a basis i
of supply, installing the city's own I
Mwcr plant for pumping purposes
as soon as possible, all of which cam
lie done ror loss than the $100,000,
and if foreign bondholders do not
want the $100,000, or any part there
of needed to equip this kind of a sys
tem, local capitalists can be found
who will snap (hem up in a hurry
and be glad i.-f the chance.
In this way Kugcnu can provide
Michael W. Wi
pointed guardian ol -i
choldren, Garrett m
and Michael Ralph We.
property b yvirtue ol 1
their mother, Mamie I
ed. Walter Price,
C. Cole, were apM
of the propeny.
The entire - front of E. Dodge's 1
store on West Eighth street was cov- j
ered with dressed turkeys today, ,
presenting an interesting spectacle! The Christian ttal
and a splendid display. revival meeting on Jul
' . ! Dr. S. M. Martin In !
State Dairy and Food Commission- Kartln conducts! 1 fi
a,. .T w- Rsllpv haa mirchftseri from : tne&tiuz at the church &
Alt Walker, Geo. H. Smith and C. A. ; was engaged it thit til
Hardy YUU acres or stump ana pas- nere tue mai .
ture land on the Mciienzie opposite De assuiea ? '
Walterville for $7,000 and will place lug evangelist oi
stock on the place after fencing it.
. ; At the home ot If-
Prof. John Straub has let the con- ster in Eugene. Da!!
tract to Husby & Hamlin for the erec-1 m. were married,
itnn nf n flno rpslrience on his lot nnri MigS Ethel h. SpS
on East Eleventh street. It will con- B. C. Tabor, of CiW
tain thirteen rooms and will be mod- will reside at Mem.
arn It, Qiroru roonopt The residence . th ffrnom iS en?SS 11
now 'occupying the lot will be moved ri3 a native sonotOnso!
elsewhere. ly lived at Blahlef, M
also liven. um'
SALEM WINS DEBATE
FROM CHAMPIONS
Sulem. Or.. Doc. IS. In the first
dolmte of tho Oregon High School
Debating League, Salem defeated
Lebanon this evening. The judges
voted two for Salem and one for Leb
anon. Lebanon won the champion
ship or the state last year, but Is
eliminated .In the first debate of the
.series this year.
t . MARRIED t
Hnhns are numerous these cold
rrv.,r nA rrinri t crat a nifrht'fli rtn. Frldav
lodging in the city jail, hut each , Osburn entertained
morning, mey are turiieu ivu .. ; t,i- i" - . .
.....iljAn ii, ,.. Hinit: Usual vhnml. Mrs. Ehotls nt.
they keep on going but occasionally
the police find that some of them
come back Into town.
itself with ii water system the sillier-;
lor of any on the coast umFsave the!
additional but den proposed by thej
amended bond issue of $500,000. i
Tins Is The Hegistcr's platform i . . - . '
on the water question. . Cottage' Grove' Leader: A. J.
I gtewart( of Mexico, a brother of our
E. R. Spencer and N. R. Godard, ' townsman,-C. E. Stewart, spent Tues
of Myrtle Creek, are In Eugene for. day -in this city a guest of his broth-
a tew days. ; or vhlln on his return nome to
nlcht for Son
to his marriage .
AftmHorttlpd. Oil lC
g.lests invited jo f
were. rrui. - v
Prof, and Mrs.
Mrs. Alton HampM
Washourn ouu
oeginning .Momlav tl, iiii,i..k
?,"?-lt, CV'- wl" Present "The Little
Kobel, with a very strong cast.
CAHII Of THAMvs
retains his wholesalo business, to
which he will devote his entire time
.and attention. He has built up a
good wholesale business as well as
' splendid retail trade.
Messrs. nianchard and Naylor are i.rJni'ktV !',!,",- "r1,";",", "r eui'ltoiy
well known In Eugene and through- j WilKr "'!,T
JoVd coun,Jo'nd Wl" doub,,'"6,r.:;y,:sv.i,v1.5.,,,,.';h,iv',h J"ui"
MUM. Ii. C. I.AKUO'1! A.l! I AM 11 Y
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Miss Kate Fullerton went to her' Roy n son of the editor of
home at KoBeburg yesterday to spend j the AlbSiv Democrat, arrived here
thirVnlldiiys with her parenta.Oudge today nnd will visit friers at the
an u Mrs. Fullerton. Sigma Nu fradO.itty house.
In the store for several voara worn
married at Seattle a few days ago,
Mr. Traver having come down from
Alaska nnd Miss Irimer having
gone from here to the Sound city
for thnt purpose. This Is quite a
em-prise 10 ineir. many fr onds In
C. A.. Schafer' nnd Geo. Povskv
were among the students leaving for j
ineir nomes in t'ortland today.
Jesse NIcolle. J. H. Bagley, Chas.
Neal and ' O. S. Porter were stage
passengers J or Vlda this morning.
Give a Victor Talking Machine
If you want to make a Christmas gift that will be a never
ending source of pleasure. Come and listen to the various
styles. They range in price from $12.50 up and are as
easy to buy as they are to operate. You can give a Victor
Talking Machine and never feel the outlay.
Eugene. Tho lle, since Tolmle & ! onn Hlln,pr wen' i Salem to-,
Truver wont out of business here ' y t0 8',end ,ne vacs Wn with his i
was tMiiptO'd at AxBill iilenart-. parcnt9, Mr- and Mr9- H- H- Hunter.
incnt store until a'short time before ', AT- Wv Weber :Ol wife. Dr. W. H.
I the marriage. PWnrd and wife and Mrs. W Price.
. wot .Marcola, spent last night In Eu-
-tuuTlnfe'K noo0"8,8!!!'- A,y I-t,." 'n En-i
today. She went to McMmnvll l to 1 J Is l ,he TJ1 l.odajr t0 vlslt
spend the holidays wiu ? Natives. A.h.8 daUght"- ' 1
If SANTA CLAUS Rocea
, i. i.nf'l
I iko rti.r new model bicycles he would k
twice a'year instead of only once, as a v fi-j
anybody you would like ro w'. " aift in every
ours if you want to make a first-cias re;
No wheel could be hanasomei,
in price.
GUN
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