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SATURDAYrFEBEUARY 13, 1909.
OREGON'S DAY TO JUBILATE.
The State of Oregon wi'l be fifty years old tomorrow, having
been admitted to the Urion on February 14, 1859. Exercises
commemorating, the semi-centennial were held in the State
legislature and today the celebration is being continued in va
rious forms throughout the Commonwealth, especially in Eu
gene. Especially notable are the celebrations arranged by the
State Historical Society and the University of Oregon.
"... Oregon feels that she has every reason to be proud of tbe
record of her progress and development during the half century
that has elapsed since her admission to statehood. Her early
history is identified almost wholly with the fur trade. Astoria,
the great centor of the fur industry in early days, was founded
in 1811. It was mair.ly set'tled by immigrants from New Eng
land, and from that section of the country many settlers have
'"continued to come even up to the present day.; ' .-.,
, .In its natural resources Oregon is almost without a rival
among the states of the Union. Minerals abound in great nuiri-
;' bes and variety while one of the greatest sources of her wealth
;ia'in her forests. The gigantic and valuable yellow pine is ex
. J'ortfd to all parts of the world. In the catcjiing and canning of
aajfjion, Orpgon leads the world. Farming, stock raising,. fruit
growing.and dairying are'eonducted on a large scale. Manufac
turers have beer, of recent but rapid development .promoted
-largely by abundant waterpower.
Oregon, at 'the time of her admission to statehood, had a
population of about 50,000 white people At the present time
her population, is estimated at 7130,000, and the total assessed
yalution of property is close to $190,-000,000.
' . "
The state printer has issued aVeport, printed, of .squrse, at
the expense of the state, .in which he shows that the regular ap
propriation of $60,000 for the expenses of his -office, made two.
years ago, is not enough by over $25,000 on account. of "new
work." This means that' the state printer's bills have aggre-
gated over $8.5,00.0 in two years; of which it is safe to say fully
$50, 000. is net profit to him, as he admits in his report that the
rates established in 1878 are unreasonably high, No' wonder
the present Incumbent is willing to quit at the end of his term,
because with two years more of this rich picking he will leave
the office a rich man and probably have influence enough to sell
his plant to the state for more than it is worth. A legislature,
which claims the right to raise the salaries of officials at will
during their terms of office, has altogether too much regard for
the technical legal points involved to cut off the state printer's
graft before the expiration of Dunniway's term, although the
latter was aware when he accepted the office that the people
had voted, under the initiative system, by an overwhelming ma
jority, to put the state printer on a flat salary.
The unique idea of placing temperance upon u commercial
basis, of considering the difference between the actual cash
value of a man who drinks and the man who abstains, is car
ried all thidugh Professor Hopkins' latest book, ' Profits and
Loss in Man," which has just come from the press of Funk &
Wagnalls Co., a New York publishing concern. Professor Hop
kins claims that each man twenty-one years of age represents
to socioty a cost of two thousand dollars. Since there are in
this nation two and a half millions of drunkards of that age
the stupendous sum of five billions of dollars invested in fail-
- ures men who are not qualified to earn enough money over
and above living expenses is the result. The professor's idoa
is quite new, and for that reason no doubt his book will be read
, with considerable interest.
The funny pnragraphers who perpetrate alleged jokes re
garding tho bad aim of tho gentler sex when handling firearms
or throwing stones at a marauding hen in the back yard, can
write any amount of funnyisms over the incident of the wife of
the Oakland (Calif.) detectivo who shot her husband in the back
of the head tho other night in an effort to save his life from the
attacks of a highwayman. Of course the thug got away while
the husband is in the hospital, and it is said to be doubtful
if he will rocovor.
tion of importance received the people ji Eugene comes NESMITH COUNTY
through the Daily Guard, and they appreciate tbi? fact in a-sub- . d,00MERS WILL FIGHT
stantiaf way. . j . ,
. Commonwealth day in Eugene is likefy to become a great
annual event, as it was auspiciously inaugurated today . It is
an idea conceived by the faculty of the State University and is
in all respects a good orA. ...
Newspapers and magazines are showing what a strenuous
time the Lincoln scrap books have been having. Yet, not even
Roosevelt has bee.n more abused than was Lincoln when he was
President.
All the other Stat.es are becoming panic-stricken for fear that
Nevada ,the giant of the Union, may take a notion to give them
aspanking, instead of" merely taking their money for mining
stocks that forget to pay dividends.
A lady writer says "Americans should visit Europe to gather
wisdom." Perhaps they should, but the evidence shows that
they visit it to scatter good money mostly.
Some men will never be convinced that $33 per capita is
right, until -the Secretary of the Treasury backs up the official
statement by giving them theirs.
Sure; let the eagle scream . Native Americans beat the
world even in law-breaking , according to the court statistics
of New York city for 1908.
Chauncey Depew has told us of Lincoln as he knew him, but,
alas, Lincoln cannot tell us of Chauncey as he knew him, if he
ever did.
"THIS DATE IN HIHTOItV."
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1883
0 Samuel W. Dana, who served
eleven years as U. S. Senator
from Connecticut, born In
WulllnKford, Ct. Uled In
Mlddletown, July.' 31; 1S30.
Americans defeutod the Brit
ish at battle of Moore's Creek,-
N. C,
-University o North Carolina
opened.
-Davkl Dudley Field, eminent
lawyer,' born in Iludduin,
Conn. Died In New York
Cily, April 18, 1834.
-Tho American Temperance,
'Society founded In Boston. '
1 Aot establishing the .Univer
sity of Minnesota passed.
2 Assault on fort Donelson,
Tenn.. bewail.
3 Four lives lost by the falling
of a bridge into t'iie James
river, Kichmond.Va, ,
-Alexander H. Stephens deliv
ered the oration in Savannah
at the 150th anniversary cele
bration of Jhe settlement of
Georgia.
Oklahoma Territorial bill
passed by the Senate. -
Tke want ads. probably have
a few messages for you to-day.
Some of them, pwrtaps, will not
"wait," either. ,
SIgfrled Maurer is up from O. A. j
C. at Corvnllls to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Maurer.
The Cottage Grovo Leader discuss
es the county division situation and
expresses the sentiment of Its city in
the following editorial, which will be
of Interest to our people:
"The Saturday Eugene Guard con
tained a very well written concitia
ioTy editorial, counselling Cottage
Grove to forget It, contending that
we had lost in our county division
contest and should take our bitter
dose without making an ugly face
. i-hn r-narrf rpflnons well
aooui it. u "
but It is wasting its sweetness on the
desert air, as it were We are not
licked yet! We are only sparring for
wind The scrap has only just be-
gun and as Lawyer Williams and oth
er esteemed Eugene citizens told the
committee on counties at Salem, It
Is a fight to the last ditch." and as
.... vol ti the last d tell.
. i .,un c..ivfi.t flimi-fl .
we can only regain mo -
editorial as a kind of a flag of truce,
-ni... a a nr. Irvine to en-
gender a hatred that is sure in time
to be reciprocatea. mui is nw"i
Eugene can't hate us any harder than
we can hate her. That paper also
lays great stress on "fighting fair."
Aye, there's the rub! Does the Guard
regard the curt and discourteous
manner In which the Cottage Grove
r..,Qoi..t Plnh'a coiintv division
conference with the Eugene club was
brought to an anrupi ciose, us"""
fair? or the numerous misrepresen
tations to the legislative committee;
Bean's attempt to Intimidate his col
leagues In the house, who showed a
disposition to favor county division
and the creation of Nesmlth county,
we ask, is all this "fighting fair?"
No, it looks more like "anything's
fair, in war campaign anu as umi i
what Eugene seems to have . been
seeking from 'the first, for the next
year and a half, we will try and ac
comodate her. In the meantime, we
do not care to read any more rose
water obituaries for Nesmlth county,
nor select prose about what a gallant
fight we put up. Walt until the fight
is over. ' We object to flowers and
sweet incense until such time as we
..II -n,n and nut Rl-nllioi- FUll-
er. the campaign for Nesmlth county
is still on. the fight waxeth warm,
and we are going to lead our hosts to
Absolutely
maac irora royal Urape (
Royal does not nmu...
which is the product Jc
in sulphuric acid) or Q
substances adopted f J
powders because of thetj
victory In 1910. It has been well said
that Oregon would.be the better and
greater with the creation of ten new
counties. We will endeavor to sturt
the ball to rolling in this direction
by the creation of Nesmith.
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THIS IS MY 47TH BIltTHDAY."
Denis T. l'ljiin.
Denis T. Flynn. for many years
prominent In public affairs In Okla
homa, was born February 13. 1862,
at Phoenlxville, Pa. His boyhood I
was spent lu Buffalo, X. v., and he
received his education in the public
schools of that city. In 1880 lie re
moved to Riverside. Iowa, where he
studied law and was admitted to the
bar. Lntor he removed to Kiowa,
Kansas, where he engaged In the
practice of law and at the same time
edited a newspaper. He went to Ok
lahoma in isms, locating at Guthrie,
and for several years he was post
master of that city. He Identified
himself with the Hopublican party
and soon became an acknowledged
leader In Oklahoma politics. Ho was
elected delegate from Oklahoma to
the Fifty-third Congress and contin
ued to servo eight years.
MOMiOi; ITKMS.
Knni-l.,t Invnr tu until in hiit-n hrnlrun
out ill Monroe and school lias been
closed ror a lew days.
Mrs. Conger and Mrs. Frazer. or
lCugene, visited their sister Mrs. It.
H. Howllt, who has been seriously
111 for some time.
A daily train in Monroe Is now an
established fact. Several car loads
of freight have been brought over
Ilia llti.. fiM- A VVIIhnltn A Qnn un.l
several loads shipped from there.
.Mr. siuuiey imd family trom Kan
sas, have moved on the Claude llug-
Klns properly which htv have lust
purchased for J2.500. Junction
'rimes.
Hy a vole of 17 to 8 the Idaho sen-'
ate has passed a local option bill pro-,
vtdlng for county elections on the
question of prohibiting tho sale of!
liquor. The hill differs materially i
from that passed by the house. !
The hotiFu commit too on (he w hole
has recommended for passnge he dl-i
rec primary law. i
Anyway, that movement toward the building of state rail
ways may hurry up some of the private corporations ,and we
predict that if nothing is done to relieve the situation within
tbe next two years another legislature wil hake positive action.
Oregon is far bohind Washington in railroad development and
the impatience of the people cannot be much longer curbed.
THE SLEEPING SICKNESS
WHICH MEANS DEATH
Eugene draws the people. The town is filled continually
with men and women who canio frim tlV F.st to buy some little
tract of land and make, their future home in the mild climate of
. the Willamette valley. Many of these people will lead ot from
. Eugene to the smler towns. Incidental Hunisburg will get a
few of giem, says tho Bulletin.
The Gurd is receiving in:uiy congratulations upon its sple'a
did legislative report .which gfCes a complete resume of tho pro
ceedii.fj every day. The first news concerning legislative ac
How many readers have heard of this
terrible disease? It prevails In that
far-away country Africa especially
the Congo district, it Is caused by
the bit of the tsetse Hy. When It
bites a person, th sleeping symotomi
begin and finally the sufferer sleeps
until death otcura.
Contrast this with the peaceful,
balmy sleep of health. Is there any
thing mora wearlug than to lie awake
at nlchl. tossing about, nervous, with
cold f. ct. hot head and mercy knows
what else? Short of letting the tsetss
y bite us e would do almost any
thing fur relief. How can we pre
n: .Mr. ueorga Haves, of
I'nlon Cltr. I'a.. writes: f had lot
! my appetite, was all run-down, could
not siecp nlKhts. I had tried everv
Ihtnu without relier. Vlnol was rec
ommended and to my surprlee. It
helped me Ounce: gave me a splendid
appetp and nnir I sleep soundly"
Wl.tjjTinol IW for Mr. Have. It will
do for every run-down, nervous and
overworked person who Qaot Bleep,
Viiud N Mild In Kimono i.y tin
Cn Drug Conuiuuy.
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"'"-"S ionaay.el. I5tb, We will place on sale our entue
New Muslin Underwear at a reduction of 20. The variety of style
I ! S"'B " l,.,c wav lrom e simplest to the most elaborate. V
ment, however little its price, has an extra care in its making, fashion
T , lSt'n CCUrate'y 7 ""I Sized and tastefu11 trimmed." Evenlc
a full third better you could not better the quality.
Sale Closes Saturday Night, Feburary 20th
Sale
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Feb. 20