Category:Daily Eugene Guard (1909)

From Lane Co Oregon

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1-22-1909 Drs. Atwood Sent To Jail At Portland


Drs. 'I. H. and C. H. T. Atwood, father and son, were sentenced in the circuit court by Judge Poland yesterday afternoon to serve five months in the county jail. They were recently convicted of having maintained a nuisance in conducting the Atwood Maternity Hospital at Fremont Station on the Mt. Scott car line. Neither of the defendants were in the court room when sentence was pronounced, being represented by their attorney, W. B. Meacham. Neither were they present when the jury returned its verdict recently, though the elder Atwood appeared at the courthouse less than an hour later to inquire if the verdict had been returned. They both are out on bail. Their attorney asked for an arrest of Judgement, which was promptly denied. The convicted men have ten days in which to file a motion for a new trial. - Oregonian -


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2-1-1909

EUGENE STREET DIRT WORTH FIFTY CENTS A LOAD The dirt and filth of Eugene's streets is the best fertilizer,in the town, according to the man who runs one of the wagons which gathers up the manure. "We get fifty cents a load for it, and it is so well liked, that one man took two hundred loads of two and a half cubic yards each." The city does not get the money derived from this source, but it goes to the contractor who takes the dirt off the street. Four loads a day, for the waste, gives an income of $2 from the streets. One wagon is used constantly in carrying off the sweepings of the bitulithic pavement, and part of the time two are employed. This waste swept from the paved streets is good fertilizer, and while the price paid for it does not suite pay for the hauling away, in London or some of the American great cities, the value would more than equal the expense. Gardeners whose soils are worn out find the filth to be especially good for their crops. In the Atlantic states and in Europe the cost of replenishing the ground frequently equals that of cultivation.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2-23-1909

"COUGAR" WANTED HIS DOG ON TABLE Hugo Brehem, a farmer residing in the McKenzie valley, commonly known as "Cougar", was fined 430 in the police court this morning on a drunk and disorderly charge.


Brehem came to town yesterday with his faithful dog, which had been with him on many a trip to town to see the sights. The canine is evidently much beloved by Brehem-- at any rate he thinks it should have the privileges the human race is entitled to in public eating places. Last night Brehem went into the "Dago restaurant on West Eighth street and insisted on putting the dog on the table and letting it eat out of the same dishes as he was. When requested to put the dog on the floor he refused, whereupon he was escorted to the front door of the restaurant and put into the street. Brehem then went to Vincent's restaurant(formerly White's), where he repeated the performance. The police were sent for and the dog and man were taken to jail. Brehem, who was pretty well under the influence of bootleg whiskey, made considerable resistance and it took three officers to land him in the lockup.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-8-1909

DEATH OF TWO HARRISBURG MEN Two prominent citizens have been called to cross the dark river, Samuel R. Scott and W. N. Bucknum. Uncle Sammy Scott, as he was familiarly known, was a pioneer of 1853, first settling in Josephine county, he represented that county in the last Territorial Legislature of Oregon. He was a prominent Mason. His life in Oregon was strenuously applied to the upbringing of the state and the moral betterment of its citizenship. His life was full of good works and the world is better by his having lived. He lacked a few days of being eighty six years of age. The remains were taken to Salem and buried by the Masons beside those of his wife, who died there in 1872-


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-13-1909

B. K. Springfield mill his accidents T. A. Rathbun, an employee at the Booth Kelly mill at Springfield , was seriously hurt Monday afternoon, and perhaps received one of the most painful accidents that has ever happened at the mill during, its operation, and those that witnessed the accident say that it is miraculous how he escaped sudden death. He was employed as an edgerman and was assisted with his work by R. P. Thurman who reversed the roll causing the timber that was being run through the machine to take a sudden backward shoot, and not being on the lookout Mr. Rathbun was struck in the face a glancing blow which nearly ended his career for this earth. As he was standing sideways to the machine the large board struck him on the bridge of the nose, smashing that member almost to a pulp, he was at once taken to the hospital and two large slivers were removed from his nose. Had he been standing half an inch to the right he would have been instantly killed. Two months ago he was quite badly hurt by getting the fingers on one of his hands badly cut, which placed him on the disabled list for some time. Arthur Kirkland met with an accident at the Booth Kelly mill last Saturday that put him out of commission for several days. He was walking under what is known as the log slip, when a large timber struck him on the back of the head inflicting a very painful wound and rendering him unconscious for in hour or more.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-20-1909

FISCHER and BALLY MILL WILL SURELY GO TO SPRINGFIELD


The Fischer Bally mill will positively be in operation on the site recently purchased in Springfield, within the next six months and that the work of excavating on the new site will be commenced at once. Springfield- Ed Dompier, our genial west side blacksmith is again able to be without the aid of crutches, having been crippled last week by a kick from his favorite cow. We did not learn whether Ed was trying to shoe the bovine or milk her. if the latter he got his just desserts, for its the wife's duty to milk the cow and chop all the wood.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-8-1909

JOHN HUGHES CRUSHED TO DEATH BY HUGE LOG AT WENDLING John Hughes, an employee of the Booth Kelly Co. at Wendling, was instantly crushed to death late yesterday afternoon, by a large log, while unloading a car. When he had released the chain that bound the log it stuck to the car. He went to the open side to remove the hinderance, and before he could escape, he was caught beneath the log. The coroners jury found that the death was purely accidental. From letters found in the pockets of the man, it is thought that he has a sister at Fairfield Maine, and other relations in Canada.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-9-1909

BOOTH KELLY LUMBER CRUISERS KILL BEAR WITH AXES On Wednesday, March, 31, George Willoughby and Elmer Lee, Booth Kelly timber cruisers while in the woods about four miles west of J. L. Palmer's ranch on Brumbaugh creek, found a hollow log which seemed to be inhabited. On looking in they found Mr. Bruin at home. Willoughby wanted to leave him alone, but Lee wanted to kill him. Upon careful examination the entrance was found to be large, as Mr. Bruin could get out easily, so Willoughby watched the bear while lee cut some logs from a fallen tree, and placed them in such a manner as to partially fill the entrance, He drove some stakes to hold them there and partially filled the two smaller side openings. Two axes, the only weapons at hand, weighing about one pound each and carried in their belts, were made ready for use. Mr. Lee opened the fight by jabbing Bruin in the eye with the compass staff. Then a rush was made for the entrance, where the bear received a blow from the axe. This only angered him and he ran his big feet out through the bark and slivers in a way that made his opponents feel anxious. He would gnash his teeth and stir up such a dust they could not see him, and thus the battle went on until Bruin threw himself on his back, biting and clawing at the small openings, thrusting his head out far enough that Mr. Lee was able to deal him a blow between the ear and eye, sinking the axe to the handle. Bruin turned, pulling the axe from Lee's hand and landing it in the nest behind the bear, thus leaving them with but one axe and the compass staff to fight the bear with.


Willoughby then proposed giving up the battle, but Lee had to have his axe, and the only way to get it Was to kill Mr. Bear, so the fight continued, Bruin getting more enraged at every turn. Finally he started out and Lee, seeing the advantage, let him come until he was well out of the tree, and then called to his partner, who was instantly on the spot, and dealt him a blow full in the face, which ended the conflict. The bear proved to be one of the largest the two men had ever seen.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-16-1909

PIONEER OF 52, JAMES MADISON STAFFORD, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE DIES J. M. Stafford, another pioneer of 1852, died yesterday at his home on the Mohawk of Bright's disease, after an illness of five months. He settled on the Mohawk, as soon as he arrived in the Oregon country, and has been prominent in local affairs during his earlier life. James Madison Stafford was born in the state of Missouri, May 18, 1842. He crossed the plains with his parents in 1852 to Oregon, settling in the Mohawk valley, Lane Co., where he still resided at the time of his death. He was married October 25, 1866 to Miss Sarah E. Fordham of Albany, Oregon, who died four years ago. Eleven children were born to them, ten of whom are still living. A son, Fred died Nov. 8, 1896. In 1907 he was married to Mrs. Ellen Guilliford, who survives him. During his last illness all the children were with him except Mrs. J. J. Finley and Mrs. F. Y. Spencer of Mexico City. He was an honored member of the Oregon Legislature in the house of representatives, serving two terms, elected in 1885 and 1887, serving with integrity and honor. Funeral and interment at Stafford cemetery, Mohawk, Saturday, April 17th, 4 p. m.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-20-1909

ABEL TROTTER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME ON THE McKENZIE Walterville April 19.- Abel Trotter died Thursday night at about 10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Craig. The family had been to a revival service at the Camp Creek church, and were accompanied home by the minister. They were kneeling at prayer before retiring when Mr. Trotter suddenly expired; he was quite in aged man. He leaves two sons, Walter and Warden, and two daughters, Cars Crag and Mrs Hileman. There was another death in our neighborhood Easter Sunday. Frank Stormant, one of the pioneers of Lane, county, died after a lingering illness. Mr. Stormant was born in Jefferson Co. Ill. in 1842, and came to Oregon in 1853, making him one of the oldest settlers.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-4-1909

AUTOMOBILE CAUSES HORSE TO RUN AWAY AT HARRISBURG


Just before noon yesterday H. C. Perry, who was driving to town, met with what might have been a serious accident. Just after crossing the-railroad track coming into town on Smith street, he met W. L. Wright's automobile and his horse became frightened and started to run. When about halfway down the block the Douglas machine came down Fourth street and turned into Smith, going west. The animal thought this was the limit, and was doing its best to get away. Mr Perry thought that if he could get his horse around the corner and away from the eight of the machine, he could get him stopped. However in making the turn, the buggy lurched to such an extent that he was thrown out and struck on his head and shoulder on the sidewalk beside the M. E. church. Here the horse got entirely away and ran to the livery stable with the front wheels still trailing behind him. Mr. Perry's scalp was cut about six or seven inched. He was carried to the hospital where the wound was dressed, and he is able to get around and attend to the business which brought him to town. He started with nine dozen eggs and says he got 75 cents for what was left and that was better than he expected.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-7-1909

F. SMITH DROWNED IN WENDLING POND WHILE ALONE F. Smith, a logger, was drowned Saturday afternoon at Wendling in the Booth Kelly mill pond. When last seen he was working among the logs at 4 o'clock. he did not come to supper, and his wife at once gave out the alarm and the searchers found the body in the pond. He probably slipped and was stunned, so that he could not swim and save himself. Smith is survived by a wife and mother. He has lived in Wendling for a considerable length of time. The burial will be held in Laurel Hill cemetery. An inquest was held over the body by the justice of the Peace at Wendling, the jury bringing in a verdict of accidental drowning.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-15-1909

DONNA NEWS A number of automobiles were seen in town Sunday. The condition of our roads probably accounts for their presence. The cigar and candy store recently put in by T. --. Smith, of Marcola, has changed hands, Mr. Branson being the purchaser. Mr. Branson will continue to operate his store in connection and will run a barber shop, something which has long been needed. While working at the dock at the Auld Bros. Lumber Co. the other day, J. Jensen had the misfortune to get two of his toes quite badly mashed. The Auld Bros. have started up their new boarding house, with Mr. and Mrs. Whitsel of Springfield, as proprietors.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-16-1909

COBURG MAN SUES BOOTH KELLY FOR $1,700 WAGES


More trouble is being had between Booth Kelly Lumber Company and a citizen of Coburg, over the alleged fact that the water from the company's log pond encroaches upon private land. Today Fred Deffenbacher began suit in the circuit court to recover $1,700 damages from the company on this account. In his complaint Deffenbacher alleges that he is the owner of 7 1|2 acres near the company's mill pond, and that the water from the pond overflows upon his land by reason of the dam built by the company, thus rendering the land-unfit for cultivation. Hewitt and Cox of Albany, are the attorneys for the plaintiff in the case.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-17-1909

O. Royer Killed By Falling Limb Near Marcola C. Royer, a farmer aged about 40 years, was killed on his farm a mile and a half northeast of Marcola this morning about 8 O'clock by being struck by a limb of an oak tree which he was felling. He was cutting down the tree for cordwood when a huge limb which had been loosened, fell without warning and struck him across the small of' the back. He lay in an unconscious condition for some time before he was found by the members of his family and about an hour after he was taken to the house he expired. Royer leaves a wife and nine small children, He had been residing in that vicinity only a few weeks, having come from Myrtle Point and bought the place where he was living from C. Arnel. He was an industrious man and a good citizen.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-18-1909

MARCOLA BOOZE SELLERS ARRESTED Jesse Eddy, Pearl McDonald, Benjamin McCollum and Mart Endicott were arrested late yesterday afternoon at Marcola, charged with selling liquor, and were brought to Eugene in an automobile. They were arraigned and will enter pleas tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-19-1909

NEW SPRINGFIELD SAWMILL WILL BE RUNNING BY JANUARY 1 Fischer and Bally, who are building a new structure near the railroad track running down the east side of the Willamette valley will have the machinery moved from Marcola some time this fall and begin to turn out their thirty thousand feet of lumber a day before the first of the year.


The sawmill part of the structure will be 120x24-30 feet, and the planing mill 90x30 feet. The pond is dug, and the well drilled to furnish water for the pond and engine. The logs will be brought down from the Mohawk.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-30-1909

COBURG PEOPLE FRIENDLY TO BOOTH KELLY The Booth Kelly Lumber Co. Eugene,Oregon. Knowing that at various times a few individuals have sought to harass the Booth Kelly Lumber Company by demanding exorbitant recompense for slight or imaginary damages, and in order that the community as a whole may not be judged by the attitude of the few, we (citizens of Coburg), take this method of attesting our friendship toward your company. It is with pleasure, that by affixing our signatures herewith, we are enabled in this slight manner to express our appreciation of the benefits derived by the community through the presence and operation of your plant in our midst, and to assure you of cur loyal support at any time in furthering the interests of your company.

SIGNED: T. Van Duyn, J. D. Pirtle, C. C. Smith, real estate; Lester Stacy, jeweler; J. G. Henderson, H. C. Bishop, grocers A. C. Harden, J. H. Harden, general merchandise; N. J. Nelson, E. Cook, hardware and furniture; Frank Bittis, confectionery and cigars; M. J. Skinner, post master; M. E. Jarnigan, M. D.; Herbert F. Buchaum, manager Coburg Water Works; I. A. Zook, Agt. S. P. Co.; Cleek and Swager, bakery; C. P. Clover, barber; H. L. Van Duyn, W. E. Shannon, grocers; W. Bartholomew, Ray Pirtle, D. M. Skidwell, H. E. Allingham, J. A. Hanna, H. F. Durkee,


George L. Hunt, L. Ward, C. W. Brown, J. D. Wigle, H. A. Daniels, R. Jones, Robert Catlin, Vin Williams, Frank Vaughn, N. N. Mathews, F. T. Mendenhall, M. D. J. F. Wigle, George H. Ditto, C. Gray, P. O. Bettis, J. P. Green, C. E. Tyler, Dale Buson, E. D. Sherwood, J. L. Renninger, Clive Taylor, Clyde Sidwell , J. O. Wolfe, R. N. Peters, A. Lesley, G. H. Barnard, M. C. Bond, Lea Jarnagin, George A. Drury, Coburg Mercantile Co.; J. A. Higginbotham, hotel; W. N. Tripp, H. Frum, W. A. Sidwell, Dick Green, J. S. Lusby, Bert Harper, W. Wilcox, John C. Burns, John Wilkinson, Charles Powers, Scott Wilkinson, Leo Sidwell, H. R. Nolleth, H. L. Reid, George Cox, J. J. Dirickson,


G. F. Brazelton, A. V. Betterly, W. J. Hay, A. E. Dyer, L. P. Simonson, Hugo Hallin.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-24-1909

THE BOOTH KELLY SPRINGFIELD MILL The Booth Kelly mill is now getting fifteen cars of logs daily from Wendling. They are hauled to the company's siding and dumped into the pond. There are no drives in the river this year. The company has several men at work cutting into the hill back of the planer to make more room for piling their lumber. The dirt that is excavated is used to fill in under the docks. Several hundred feet of fire hose has been received at the mill to replace the present which is quite rotten. This hose was put in scarcely three months ago, but has been carelessly handled so that the new hose is necessary.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-28-1909

JOHN MATHEWS OF COBURG IS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHILE HUNTING Another man shot for a deer by mistake lies on a cot in the Eugene Hospital, and the attending physicians are not certain whether or not he will recover. John Mathews, of Coburg is the unfortunate victim of a friend's mistake this time said Virgil Clover is the man who fired the shots. Mathews and Clover accompanied by Enoch Stewart, and a young man named Beeson were hunting in the mountains east of Coburg, and about three miles from Donna, on the Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific railways The shooting occurred about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The men had spent the day on the mountain without success. Clover was alone, the men having separated earlier in the day, and he had no idea that any of the other men were near. He suddenly heard the snapping of twigs and saw a form moving a short distance away through the thick brush. He took careful aim and fired. His bullet went true, but he was horrified to hear a human voice cry out in pain. Clover quickly ran to the man's assistance and was greatly surprised to find that it was one of his companions, Mathews. After Beeson and Stewart had been summoned, the men rigged up a litter and started with the injured man for Coburg. He was taken care of as well as possible before they could reach a Jarnagin temporarily dressed the wound. An ambulance was sent for from Eugene, and the injured man was brought to the Eugene Hospital.


Mathews is about 35 years old and has a wife and five children. He has been employed as sawyer in the Booth Kelly sawmill at Coburg. Clover is also an employee of the mill and is about 30 years old. The hospital surgeons found that the bullet had entered the right groin and inflicted a very serious wound. At a late hour this afternoon Mathews was still in surgery.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-9-1909

JOHN W. NETTLETON KILLED AT B. K. MILL AT SPRINGFIELD John W. Nettleton, of Springfield was killed this morning at the B. K. sawmill, when his Jumper caught and wound him around a shaft under which he was working, whirling him against the ceiling and heavy timbers, tearing him to pieces. The accident, which is the most horrible in the history of the mill, occurred a few minutes before 9. Nettleton's position in the mill was on the transfer between the first and second saws. He manipulated several levers which raise and lower a set of rollers, which this morning did not work well. He had evidently gone beneath the floor to adjust these, for when a few minutes Fireman Frank Lenhart came by he noticed his absence, and seeing the work piled up stepped over there and started to work the lever. At this point he heard a tremendous thumping, and went under the mill to see what was wrong. Seeing the whirling object on the shaft, which was revolving at 400 R.P. he ran to stop the engines, scarcely realizing that the object was a human being. As soon as the shaft stopped the men made their way to where Nettleton's lifeless body was hanging. It Was a most gruesome sight. The body bore the resemblance of one mass of flesh wound around the shaft. Mr. Nettleton worked in the plant since it started seven years ago. At the time of the accident Mr. Nettleton's family were all at the Yarnell hop yard on the Mohawk. Word was sent them and they arrived about noon.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-15-1909

BOOTH KELLY BARN AT WENDLING BURNED WITH WINTER'S HAY Last evening about 5 o'clock the Booth Kelly barn at Wendling was discovered to be on fire and was totally consumed, together with a large amount of hay and grain, the winter's supply having been stored away. The origin of the fire is not known. It started in the mow and had gained such headway when discovered that it was impossible to extinguish it. The horses and harness were taken out before the flames reached the bottom portion of the structure. The barn was large and was located only a few rods from the company's store. Hard work on the part of the sawmill force and the citizens saved that building and other property. The loss is $2000 or more.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-16-1909


ATWOOD'S WILLING NOW TO SERVE OUT TIME

themselves to Sheriff Stevens this morning to serve their terms of five months each on a charge of having maintained a nuisance in operating a maternity hospital at Fremont. They were tried by a Jury in Judge Cleland's department, and a verdict of guilty was brought in January of this year. They were sentenced to serve five months each by Judge Cleland. The case went to the Supreme Court and was confirmed early this week.-- Portland Telegram.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-20-1909

THE BOOTH KELLY MILLS FROM THE OREGON TIMBERMAN Booth Kelly Lumber Company of Eugene, is operating its four sawmills, located at Springfield, Coburg, Wendling, and Saginaw, steadily. Considerable improvement in the equipment and general facilities of the plant is being made. The company is conducting extensive logging operations in the vicinity of their Wendling plant, their new logging road being in operation. A. Mallett compound locomotive for use in their logging operations is being built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Operations at the forest camp, on the McKenzie, will continue, but no logs are being put in the river. Operations at the sawmills are being carefully looked after by A. M. Hagan, assistant to Manager George H. Kelly.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-26-1909

DROWNS IN SIGHT OF HIS FELLOW WORKERS Edward McDonald, a deaf mute, aged about 30 years, was drowned in the McKenzie river, near the old Dutch Henry place yesterday, while working on the Booth Kelly log drive. He slipped off a rock into about 20 feet of water in sight of a number of fellow workmen, but he sank to the bottom and the body was not recovered for over half an hour later.. Coroner Gordon was notified of the drowning by telephone and that official left at once for the scene. He met the party bringing the body to town. McDonald came here some time ago from Falls City.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11-26-1909

PLANING MILL HAND SHOT BY THE FOREMAN AT WENDLING


E. G. Hurst, who up to yesterday afternoon was an employee at the Booth Kelly Lumber Company's planing mill at Wendling, was shot in the right arm and the left hand yesterday afternoon by Al Seekatz, foreman of the mill, but the injuries are not serious. The trouble arose over Seekatz discharging Hurst from the mill. According to the story received at the offices of Sheriff Bown and Deputy District Attorney Skipworth today, Hurst and another employee of the mill named Wright had some trouble between themselves, and Wright told the foreman a lot of things about Hurst, reflecting on his character. Seekatz, believing Hurst to be a bad man, discharged him yesterday afternoon, Whereupon Hurst knocked the foreman down. Seekatz, who was armed with a revolver, pulled the weapon from his pocket and begin firing at Hurst, the first shot striking him on the right arm, between the wrist and elbow, and the second shot grazing his left hand. Another shot went through the coat of a bystander, but did not injure him. There was great excitement at Wendling at the time, and there was a report in Eugene that the man who had been shot had been killed. Hurst came to Eugene this forenoon and had Dr. Kuykendall dress the wounds, which were pronounced not serious. No complaint has yet been sworn out against Seekatz, and Deputy District Attorney Skipworth stated this afternoon that he did not know whether there would be one or not.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-3-1909

PAUL KING IS KILLED TODAY IN LOGGING ABOVE WENDLING Paul King, a young man whose home is in Eugene, was instantly killed just before noon today while at work in the Booth Kelly logging camp about seven miles above Wendling. Young King was working on the line at the time of his death. He placed the hook on a log which was on top of another, and gave the signal to the donkey engineer to start up. As the log started to move it rolled off the other one and on to King crushing his body into almost a shapeless mass. Life was extinct when his fellow workmen reached him. The coroner will investigate the death and will bring the body to Eugene The unfortunate man was aged about 21 years, and has a mother who lives in Fairmont. He also leaves a father, who is now in the East, and several brothers and sisters. As far as reports are received here the death of the young man was the fault of no one, and was only one of those accidents that often occur unavoidably in all lumber camps. King had worked in the camp above Wendling about three months.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-4-1909

MINISTER HAS BAD ACCIDENT SPRINGFIELD MILL Rev. Levi Day, a former Methodist preacher living in Springfield, received a bad fracture of the collar bone while working in the saw mill this morning, when he was struck by a flying piece of slab wood thrown by the trimmers The wood hit him full in the chest and chin. The force of the blow knocked him to the floor, and his collar bone was badly shattered. he was carried to his home where his injuries were cared for by Drs. Barr and Pollard.


The cut at the saw mill was 145,000 not 170,000, as stated. Towards the end of the afternoon the logs became poorer and less heavy timber was cut and the last three hours pulled the figures down, so that the figures given for last friday were incorrect. The snow is disagreeable to the train men. It is necessary to have several men in the yard, constantly clearing it from the frogs of the switches, or they would freeze together. The tops of the cars were slippery and the signs for the engineers are whitened.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-17-1909

S. P. SAWMILLS ON MOHAWK SOON RESUME WORK There is a general report that cannot be confirmed that the three Southern Pacific sawmills at Marcola, will resume operations shortly after January 1, 1910. The company has maintained these big and costly plants in idleness for about two years, but it is thought by the people of Marcola and others who have observed the actions of certain railroad officials lately that they will not remain idle much longer. The company already has a force of twenty-five or thirty men employed at the mills and in the woods, and has during the last few days employed Dr. T. K. Johnson of this city, to act as company physician at Marcola. His duties begin next week. This indicates that a much larger force often will be soon employed there, as the few who are already working could easily be taken care of in a medical way by the local physicians, or those in Eugene. Then again there are reports of the construction of donkey engine sleds in the woods near the mills, which looks as if there is going to be considerable activity in the logging camps soon. When these three big mills and the logging camps are in full operation, a thousand or more men are employed, which means a big payroll and greater prosperity.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-20-1909

CHARLES JONES WHIRLS AROUND REVOLVING WHEEL AT WENDLING Charles Jones, a millwright, working for the Booth Kelly company at Wendling, nearly met his death when he was caught in a rapidly revolving cog wheel this morning. His injuries, though only bruises, are Quite severe, but not dangerous unless internal trouble is located. He was brought to the Eugene Hospital this morning. He was working about some gearing on a revolving shaft when his clothes became caught in some manner. Instantly he was jerked off his feet and wheeled about. The fact that his clothing tore saved his life. Nearly every shred of clothing was torn from his body. No bones were broken and it is thought that there are no internal injuries.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-28-1909

COBURG, LIVE AND GROWING TOWN About four years ago Coburg was incorporated under the general laws of the state of Oregon. Since the incorporation was formed there have been built a sidewalk at least on one side of every on both sides. Every lot in the Dixon and Jarnagin addition has been sold to persons who have built and settled here for a home.


We now have a park, a beautiful addition to the city, and it is being sold and will soon be included within the city limits as a part of Coburg. The addition contains 143 lots and several acreage tracts. The business houses of Coburg have been largely increased since the incorporation. Several large places have been sold bringing in several new settlers to this section. The Booth Kelly Lumber Company are continually improving their plant here and it is one of their best mills. The company employs up to 200 men at good living wages and where economy is practiced some money can be saved, as many who work here have bought, built and own their homes. For the laboring man we consider Coburg one of the best locations to be found in the state. Good men can always secure steady work at good wages. If you want a place where you are sure of a good living come to Coburg. Some of the improvements we need are a better telephone system in the city. The farmer lines running into the city are sufficient at present, but the city is very poorly supplied. We also need a better mail and train service and a rural free delivery. We realize that Coburg is somewhat in its infancy and these higher improvements are not fast in coming. Yet there is certainly no reason, with the improvements of the past four years, but what we will have all the improvements other sister cities have within a few months. With the amount of logs coming in, the lumber going out, and the amount of merchandise shipped in, say nothing of the wheat, cream and other agricultural products being shipped both in and out, and the pay roll Coburg has, we will have one of the most thriving and busiest little cities in the western part of Oregon-- Journal.


THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-30-1909

SPRINGFIELD AND MOHAWK ROADS BAD The roads up the Mohawk, which are usually good, are very bad. It takes the mail carrier from six to nine hours to cover the trip, which is twice the time it takes in the summer. The Christmas mail bore heavily on these deliveries this season, and for several days the light wagons were filled full of packages. The Springfield streets are very muddy now. Main street might be improved if some of the sand and water mixture could be scraped off.

HAY VERY SCARCE AT SPRINGFIELD Hay is so scarce that it has been necessary for a local feed store to ship it in from Eastern Washington. This is being sold at $22.50 a ton, a very high price for this tire of year. The farmers realize that they have no more than they need to last them through the winter, and will sell none. Other feed is also high. Shorts are hard to obtain, and mixed feed is high. The Utah construction Co. taking advantage of the fact that the farmers will not sell hay, is making money off its sub-contractors by shipping the hay in and selling it at an exorbitant price. Above Natron it retails for $2---t a ton. This is the same hay that can be bought, shipped and sold in Springfield for $22.50. The muddy condition of the roads make it impractical for the teamsters to buy it in the valley.



THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-30-1909

BOOTH KELLY BLACKSMITH HAS ACCIDENT AT SPRINGFIELD Herman Bucholtz, blacksmith at the Booth Kelly mill, had his right eye seriously injured, both hands badly cut, his face cut in many places, and has a deep wound in the fleshy part of his left leg as a result of the explosion of gas in a closed cylinder head that he was heating, in his forge yesterday. Two other men that were in the room with him miraculously escaped injury from the flying bits of metal and coals. One piece of the iron weighing several pounds, flew across the room and imbedded itself in the wall. Bucholtz was repairing the cylinder head for a logging firm up the river, and placed it in the forge to heat it. The head was hollow and some gas which had found its way in, exploded when heated. Buckholtz was standing close to the fire with his hand on the blower, talking with two mill hands when the accident occurred. The report of the explosion was so loud that it could be heard all over the mill, even by the men working around the machinery. The room was filled with smoke, and the two mill hands rushed outside, scarcely knowing what had happened. Bucholtz was knocked down, and they went right back after him. His eyes were closed and blood was flowing from his face and legs. Three stitches were taken in his leg. Unless blood poisoning or inflammation sets in, his injuries will not prove serious, although they are very painful.

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