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THE EUOBira DAILY GUABD, BATPBDAY, MARCH 13, 1809
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD
UVAUU I'KIXTINO OO., 1HC
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the streets, a saving of several hundred dollars monthly, and be
productive of revenue or savings to the taxpayers from many
sources.
This is a plain statement of the facts in the case, and to the
intelligent taxpayer and voter it should be sufficient to show that
the city of Eugene is not only financially solid, but in the hands
of a practical, business administration, whose only sin is that the
interests of the taxpayers are placed above those of a private
corporation.
COTTAGE GROVE FRUIT
GROWERS' ASSOCIATION "
HOLDS MEETING
Evaporator Will Be Placed on a
Paying Basis Other
Notes
MKM1IU1I OK ASHOC'IATKD l'KKHS
Entered at the Eugene. Oregon, postofflce as second-ciass matter.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1909
.
MOTH Klt'S HOXO. .
I heard a song a song that thrilled my heart.
Though J have heard fair Pattl and the rest
Of all the world's great singers,
On the 'bream
Of a young mother In a gypsy's cart,
There lay a black-eyed . ; without art,
untrained as In the wild birds' song at best.
Was that sweet voice 'ac crooned toe child to rest,
And soothed my pain, coding my heart's hot smart.'
No songs of earth nor of the heaven above.
Nor melody, nor human v.ice, nor bird,
Nor Instrument that mortal ever heard,
Was like that mother's voice attuned by love,
The angels tarried In their flight to hear
The simple song; for, tones, ueaven was near.
Henry Coyle.
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REISNER JUGGLES THE FIGURES
' In a recent issue of the morning paper appeared the follow
ing: ' From Frank Reisner, treasurer of the city of Eugene, we get
a few figures that may be of interest to our readers. On March
6 he had figured up some balances and found that the outstand
ing warrants on the city general fund were $143,167.96, and
there are outstanding sewer warrants to the amount of $6621.
65. In addition to this, the city general fund owes the water
.fund, from which it was borrowed, $42,700.14.
There are now unpaid assessments for street paving $94,
278.18, and in addition to this there is $9510.85, which the
county court has allowed for paving its share of the Park streets
but the warrants for which are still in the hands of the county
clerk, as he will not give them up until the court decides who is,
de jure, treasurer of Eugene. The unpaid sewer assessments
.mount to $3619.07, and the unpaid street assessments for
grading and graveling amount to $3944.17.
. The city has still left unpaid of the old issue of sewer bonds,
which bear 7 per cent interest, the sum of $5000. There are
later sewer bonds out to the amount of from $22,000 to $24,
000, on which the city pavs $880 interest annually, and this last
issue is held by local oitizens. Then there is the $300,000 water
bonds, of which $200,000 are outstanding and bearing interest.
From these figures taxpavers can get some idea of the ctiy's
finances. Our readers will also notioe in another column that
the treasurer has lust made a call for warrants which will
amount to over $10,000. i 1
The publication of this statement has attracted the attention
of the state newspapers to the extent that Eugene is being re
ferred to as a city hopelessly in debt and over-boomed. This
will not help us abroad, but little the knookers who compose the
corporation party in Eugene care, so long as it serves their sel
fish purposes at home. It is in line with the policy pursued when
the sale of the city bonds were "knocked" to the extent that
nearly $30,000 of premiums were lost to the taxpayers.
Mr. Reisner's figures are, like most of the. campaign matter
advanced on that side, intended to fool the ignorant and un
thinking voters. He does not say specifically that the city is
in debt the full amount that appears on a casual reading of the
list some $621,142 but leaves it to be inferred, although a
schoolboy of average intelligence should know than many of the
items given as indebtedness are in reality assets of the city.
Going carefully over the list given by Mr, Reisner, they
should be segregated substantially as follows:
Debts
$143,167.96
42,700.14
6,621.65
5,000.00
22,000.00
$219,499.75
$123,352.23
Assets
94,278.14
9,510.85
3,619.07
3,944.17
$123,352.23
Balance. . .$ 86,147.52
Regarding the $300,000 water bonds, there are msold
$100,000, and $47,000 in the treasury, a total of $147,000 in
round numbers, represented by money in the city treasurer's
hands or bonds still unsold, the city having used $163,000 of the
total bond issue of $300,000 in the purchase of the water plant,
correct, merely seeking to explain their significance. ,
Of the remainder of the city's debt, $86,147.62, there should
be deducted the $47,000 in the sewer and general funds. This
leaves an actual city debt of $39,147.52, outside of the $300,
000 water, light and power bond issue.' ' .
The Guard will not vouch for the exactness of Mr. Reisner's
figures, as published in the morning paper, but assumes they are
correct.
For the $163,000 in bonds which have been issued and soltl
the city has the present water plant, which will take care of the
interest and pay dividends besides,, as is already evident from
the record made since it passed into the hands of the city. The
remaining $147,000 of the bonds, when sold, will be sufficient
to install the municipal power plant, which will reduce the ex
penses of the water system, now largely increased by the exor
bitant charges of the Willamette Valley Company for furnishing
power to operate the pumps. It will also enable the city to light
O
The Fruit Growers' Association
met Wednesday evening this we?k for
the purpose of electing new officers
and to discuss the business of that
Institution for the coming reason.
The general Idea in management
will be changed, and "the plant will
be placed upon a paying basis. The
past year the plant did net mate-
If the platform of the candidates opposed to Mayor Matlock
and his associates is as sincere as the professions of their news
paper organ are, it will be given little consideration by the vot
ers. It will be remembered that the morning paper opposed the
gravity water system and printed "our platform" daily, for two
weeks, advocating a municipal pumping plant on the MoKenzie
river, urns plan is now being carried out by the city aaminisira-
tion, yet the" same paper and the crowd of obstructionists it rep-1 riaiize as was anticipated, and the
resents, are opposing it just as vindictively as they did the pro-' ndtvIerend This TeX ZoT
posed installation of a gravity system. Therefore, the only rea
sonable conclusion that can be reached in the premises is that
the scheme is to oppose anything and everything that tends to
destroy the monopolistic hold of the Willamette Valley Company
upon the city of Eugene. The promises and pledges made in each
campaign by these corporation allies have the sole intent of
fooling the people into voting against the men who have a defi
nite plan for relieving the public of its burden of monopoly and
are honestly endeavoring to carry it out.
Looks like the opposition candidates, were trying to steal
Mayor Matlockf's thunder. If they really mean what they say
why not let the present administration go ahead with the work?
Hon has a good market to look for
ward to and they will make an ef
fort to secure a3 much fruit as can
be handled by the dryer. The otfi
cer3 elected were:
John Spray, president;
Ben Lurch, treasurer.
Bert l.awsbn, secretary.
J. I. Jones, manager.
Dute Changed1.
The Callapooia Poultry Associa
tion of Cottags Grove met Tuesday
evening and in crder to ai?Hln secure
the services of H. H. Collier of Ta
coma, as jud.43 of their forthcoming
second annual poultry show, were
compelled to change their dates from
the last week in December to the
second weK In January. The new
dates selerted are for Wednesday
morning to Saturday evening, Jan.
12-13-14-15, 1910. This will enable
all of the fanciers to get their birds
up to full standard weight, perfect
plumage end excellent show condi
tion and should enable them to get
some high scores.
. Get Ilusy. .
City Marshal Snodrass I3 In re
ceipt of an anonymous letter which
is spicy ar.d ?ensational and sug
gests that if he don't take the tip
and get buty he will bao his job.
It alias 's t-at a certain young man's
wife has left her country aboda and
Is conducting herself In a manner
net to the credit of .herself nor said
city and It Is sugirs-.ted to the mar
shal that he apprehend this obstrep
erous young woman and send her
ini nnA i, . ...... . nome tortnwtn. ine maranai is
to eat and to wear, was preaching to a lot of rich fat-heads thi.king it over and win get busy
consoling them. enough if he finds matters as re
lated by this timid and somewnat
ooscuro correspondent.
Itasoball Team.
The Cottage Gr've baseball fanf
If the weather bureau was as good at guessing the weather
as it is at makinig explanations of its failures to do so, it would
be a' jim-dandy guesser. ,
The worst legislature is always in the next state. Even
the Kansas City Star should have known that when it asked
which had the worst.
If the ancient advice were to be given now, it would be re
vised to "Fill the public eye with good advertising and the public
will fill thy purse."
The preacher who said, "Genius is eclipsed by having plenty
Everybody is on general principles always ready to kick on
any old tax, but there's a lot of us -who will never kick on an in
heritance tax. -
Excepting the twenty-odd "insurgents" the maioritv of the
Republicans of the new house are all singing "Two years mo' of
Old Jo'."
Maybe Fate chooses our presidents, as the Hartford Courant
says, but if so, Theodore Roosevelt must be one of the aliases of
Fate.
"THIS IMTrJ TN" HISTORY."
DAYLIGHT BURGLARY
AT JUNCTION CITY
Last Saturday Per
' sonal News
March 13.
1621 Magellan discovered the Phll
. Ipplne Islands.
16T6 Indians attaoked Groton,! i - .
Mass. , 'jltesidence of J. C. Burns Robbed
1764 'Karl Gray, prime minister of
England, by whom the first
reform bill was carried, born.
Died July 17, 1854.
1821 Victor 'Emnuuel of Sardinia
abdicated.
1862 The Confederates evacuated
their works at New Madrid,
Mo.
1868 President Johnson asked for
ty days' time to prepare hlf
answer to the articles of Im
peachment. 1874 Body of Charles Sumner lay
In the capital at Washington.
1875 First iRsue of the Philadel
phia Times.
1884 System ol standard time es
tablished in America.
1895 Two Italians killed In a Den
ver jal by a mob.
190i 'Benjamin Harrison, twenty
third President of the United
States, died In Indianapolis.
Born In North Bend, Ohio,
Aug. 30. 1833. t
Two Million Bottles,
of Perry Davis' Painkiller sold every
year. Think of It! And every bot
tle Is lessening suffering and help
ing some human being to health and
happiness! This wonderful husehold
remedy stops the pain of sprains,
burnB or bruises. It relieves rheum
atism or neuralgia. It cures colds,
cramps, colic, diarrhoea. There ought
to be a bottle on your shelves Just
now, ready for the first sign of trou
ble. The new size bottle is 35 cents
and there Is also the 50-cent size. Be
sure your drugjist gives you Perry
Davis'.
"THIS IS MY 45th BIRTHDAY."
Oustav A. Auclm-n.
Dr. Gii9tav A. Anilreen. president
or Augustana Collego at Hock Island,
Illinois, was born In Porter, Indiana,
March 13, 1864. He graduated
from Auguslana College In 1881 and
later studied law. Ha abandoned
his plan to becom? a lawyer, how
ever, In favor of a rnrper as an edu
cator. In 18X6 he joined the faculty
of Bethany College In Kansas and
remained with that Institution seven
vears. Krcm 1S94 to lson ho was
an Instructor In German at Yale Uni
versity. The next two .wars he spent
as a student In Kttropt'an universities.
I'lHin his return to America he was
chosen president of AuituiUiina Col
lego. Recently he has been ensaurd
In a movement among the Swedish
Lutherans all over the country tc
raise the endowment fund of .u;;us
tana College to JiOit.uuo.1
It Saved Ills U-g
"All thought I'd lose my leg."
writes .1. A. Swonson. of jWnlertown.
Wis., "as ten years of eczrma. that
15 doctors could not cure, hnd at Inst
laid me up. Then Bncklon's Arnica
saivo cured It sound and well. ' In
fallible for skill eruptions.' eczema,
salt rheum, bolls, fever sores, burns,
scalds, cuts and piles; -25c at V. A.
Ku.vkendall's drug store. . .
"The 'Moore' you've had
The 'Moore' you want."
MOORE,
The Carpet-Cleaner. Phono
lied 66S1.
The home of J. C. Burns was
robbed In broad daylight Saturday
afternoon. Mrs. Burns came up
town and was .absent only about two
hours and when she returned, she
found the bureau drawers pulled ou
and rummaged and everything about
the premises overhauled. The boys
had two hanks containing their sav
ings of months. These were broken
open and the contents taken One
contained $8 and the other $3. The
thieves also visited the barn and
discovering a tool chest locked, thev
l the ha9D an1 went through
that. Nothing, however, was missed.
It s presumed that the premises was
visited by hobos tftid finding no one
at home, entered In quest of money
8?..?otnln8 e,a8 was missed. It is
difficult to Identify money and they
did not promise to take any chances.
A gold watch was passed unmolested
Mrs. Bessie Strome was operated
upon In the hospital at Portland Mon
day and survived the operation splen-
umiy ana is now out of danger. She
has been afflicted for some time with
a goiter and it was found that an op- J
aiation was absolutely necessarv and X
even then tlie results were conslrt-
ered doubtful. Her manv friends t
will be glad to know that she ha I
found relief. Mr. Strome returned
rrom Portland Monday cvoinir.
Mrs. Alton Hampton of Eugene, i
mm .luss uuey Vaughn, her cousin
ot Seattle, were in the citv Tnesdav
visiting .Mrs. Ceo. Young. Mrs
Hampton and Mrs. Young are old
Unie .elira-!a Irlends and school
mates, and M!s Vaitchn was former
ly a mini! of Mr3. Young's 111 Stan
ton. Nebraska schools.
Mr. and Mrs fcV.H FMrtmMW
! children of Albanv. and K. V. I.ee
and family of Eugene, were the
I guests of Dr. Ie and family over
r Sunday. Ii was regular family
reunion us all the members of the
family were present.
We learn :;at John Harnison has
! t-tHed his farm on the river road for
SOU acres of l.rhd In Morrow countv.
I '"'s land, we understand, Is near
, that owned by the Hotel companv
I of this place
Jesse Miller and family of North
Yakima. Washington, arrived here
Tuesday and expect to make this
place their permanent home. Mr
Miller Is a son of E. 3. Miller.
oorn To Mr. and Mrs.
Browning, March 7, 1909 a
ter. Times.
: I fi'il ,'tjxjrJ!!3 Ear
The Boyd Tea wagon ealli at ytrar
uwr visa Dreamy roasted ooSm.
Thoroag-hly gd(whlle green.
No younfirauy coffees. A rich,
aullev btt jr.n11 aotlea thi dlf
fu.no visa jn taato It rips and
vsry aa aabtaatal faUnass tf
iarar that Wlaaga uahulnly toaa
aed eoffae, flaahly toasted.
uWaUh ft tU Wagon"
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16 and 18 W. Seventh Strsat,
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met Wednesday night and are con
sidering prospects for a whirlwind
team this summer. There is some
talk about an outside battery, but
nothing definite has been determined
upon. Most of the old members will
play and wi'h the new men, which
have good reputations as . playersi
Will elvo thn
111. , OPl!.
, de:n, of
nice coop ot ChlneL
t" his farm. ,1, 5
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This FORD C
made the tria from Eugern to Junctlo 1, via. Irvinzia
wt i FOUR MN as oassenrcrs. Therun w ,
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B ememb-r this car fl Q tA Af
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Ford Runabout, 2 passenger, $700.1
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Is situated close to the
State University 1
' and on the electric car line
making it the most dest-aU
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. for a horre,
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