Category:Daily Eugene Guard (1911)

From Lane Co Oregon

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-13-1911

MOHAWK FARMERS JOIN WITH OTHERS AGAINST PHONE RATES

Donna, Ore., Jan. 12.- The members of the Mohawk Grange at this place, at their regular meeting on January 7, took up the matter of raising telephone rates for switchboard privileges, and after a long and thorough discussion, by an almost unanimous vote, decided that the $5.00 rate now charged, is more than the farmers ought to pay, and that they were strongly in favor of a combination of farmer's lines for the purpose of united action of some kind, to protect the telephone user. We look with alarm at the constant rise in the charges for switch privileges, and it is safe, judging from the expressions, freely given here, that the farmers in the Mohawk valley are ready to do almost anything that offers a chance of escape from the excessive charges of these buccaneers. I am informed that several Mohawk farmers have refused to pay $5.00 and the general opinion is that $3.00 per year would be about right. There is something certain - we will get no relief unless we do something for ourselves,. Unless we do, we will find those rates still climbing up, as long as we are willing to pay then they will be willing to raise the price. Now is the time to say no.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-24-1911

COBURG NEWS

Merchant A. J. Hicks is preparing to move his stock of goods into the building purchased by Mr. Frank Skinner which now stands beside the See and Chalouqka store. The new location will be, in many ways, a convenience to many of Mr. Hicks customers as well to the business trade of the town. Mr. Skinner is having the building put in first class shape for Mr. Hicks, and as soon as spring opens he expects to build an addition to the rear thus making, a fine business house.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-6-1911

COBURG Business NEWS

Sometime during the first of the week, Mr. A. A. Low sold his business to Mr. W. E. King of southeastern Kansas. Mr. King, is a baker by trade and will run a first class restaurant. He reports that a friend, Mr. Marlow, also of Kansas, will come out here and assist in the business or go into some other line. Shortly after Roy Pirtle arrived in Coburg the first of the week, he purchased the stock of groceries and goodwill of our merchant H. C. Bishop. On the tenth of the month Mr. Bishop and Mr. Pirtle will invoice the stock and Mr. Pirtle will assume charge of the business. Ray Pirtle who his been with Mr. Bishop for the past three years will continue with the new merchants at least for a time. -Journal.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-13-1911

GEORGE MACY FORMER LANE COUNTY MAN IS SUICIDE

The following is in account of the suicide of George Macy, a former resident of Coburg and Harrisburg: Salt Lake Utah, Jan. 30.- dead from chloroform, self administered, the body of George Macy of Oregon was found in his room at the home of his Mother-in-law Mrs. M. F. Marsh, in this city today. Macy married Mrs Marsh's daughter Cecilia at Cordova Alaska six years ago. It is understood that the couple separated in December. This separation , added to difficulties in disposing of some telephone patents, preyed upon Macy's mind. He had been in Salt Lake but a short time. His age was 44 years. He formerly was in business in Shaniko Oregon.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-16-1911

ELMER YARNELL DIES SUDDENLY FROM LA GRIPPE

Elmer Yarnell, died this forenoon at 10:45 at the Eugene hospital, after an illness of only two or three days, from La Grippe. He was taken to the hospital yesterday ,afternoon , and his condition was not considered serious. He was taken by ambulance from, his room in the Smeed hotel. List night Mr. Yarnell became worse and the hospital attendants and physicians realized that his condition was serious. He gradually grew worse until the end came this forenoon. Mr. Yarnell was aged about 47 years and had lived in Lane Co. many years. He formerly conducted a farm in the Mohawk valley, but had lived in Eugene for the past few years. He built one of the sorority houses at the University and owned much other property in the city and vicinity. He leaves seven brothers and sisters and two sons, one in Alaska and the other in Boise Idaho.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-20-1911

MISTAKEN FOR DEER CLARENCE PHIPPS SHOT DOWN The same old story - mistaken for a deer- is the cause of the tragic death of Clarence Phipps, aged 17 years, in the hills four miles northeast of Coburg Sunday afternoon. He was shot and killed by Harvy Sutherland, about the same age, about 2:30 o'clock. Young Phipps Who was the son of Ira Phipps residing on a farm two miles north of Coburg, accompanied by Rex Green, another boy, left the Phipps home Sunday afternoon for a trip to the hills to hunt for small game. Young Sutherland, son of G. M. Sutherland, residing in Coburg, left home that morning to look at his traps which he had set the day before expecting to catch small animals overnight. While he was walking along in the thick timber and brush during the afternoon after he had made the rounds of his traps, young Sutherland saw something move about 250 yards in front of him, and thinking it was a deer, aimed carefully with his rifle and fired. He was horrified upon approaching nearer to hear young Green calling out not to shoot any more as he had killed Clarence. The Sutherland boy ran at once to where the Phipps boy lay prostrate, and found that his bullet had entered the latter's head just below the left nostril and lodged somewhere in the brain. Death was instantaneous. Neither of the boys knew the other was in the mountains, and young Sutherland says he did not know any human being was within miles of him. The weapon with which the boy was killed is a 32-40 rifle of a late pattern. Soon after he had seen what he had done young Sutherland proceeded to Coburg, where he told his folks and others of the tragedy. A party of men at once proceeded to the scene of the killing, and brought the remains of the young, man home. The Phipps and Sutherland boys were well acquainted with each other and were good friends. On that account there could hardly be any suspicion that the killing was intentional, and the further fact that the Sutherland boy was ignorant of the presence of the other two in the hills would seem to preclude such suspicion. The Sutherland boy takes the killing very much to heart and declares that he will never again go hunting, or if he does, he will be absolutely certain what he is shooting at. A DIFFERENT STORY The coroner returned from Coburg this afternoon. He reports that the Sutherland boy tells the story that he saw Phipps' dog, and thinking it was a coyote, fired at it, but that his bullet went wild and killed his friend. The inquest will not be held until tomorrow, and the body will be interred immediately afterward. Rex Green, who accompanied young Phipps, is the latter's nephew.

THE MORNING REGISTER Wednesday, 2-22-1911

JURY CENSURES LAD SEVERELY

Declare Shooting Act Of Extreme Carelessness

DISTANCE IS 75 YARDS

JURY AND WITNESSES GO TO SCENE OF TRAGEDY AND INSPECT PREMISES County Coroner W. T. Gordon returned last evening from Coburg where he spent the day holding an inquest over the remains of the late Clarence Phipps, who was accidently shot and killed by Harvy Sutherland Sunday afternoon and is directing the funeral of the deceased. The inquest was started soon after he arrived at Coburg by impanelling a jury which consisted of C. B. Allingham, W. E. Wilcox, Elmer Healy, P. L. Barber, C. H. Lewis, and Wesley B. Beeson. The testimony of the witnesses was first taken, and after hearing it the jury concluded it was somewhat conflicting and decided they better go to the scene of the shooting to satisfy themselves fully on the premises. Teams were procured and the jury and the witnesses went as far as they could with them and climbed the mountain the balance of the way on foot. They found the place where Sutherland stood when he shot, by the shell thrown out of his gun which was still there, and paced the distance to where the young man, Phipps, received the bullet fired and found the distance to be just 75 yards. A man was placed where Phipps stood when he was shot and he could not be distinguished at that distance by those who stood where Sutherland shot. The jury concluded it was important that Sutherland should have known what he was shooting at before he fired the fatal shot. The report of the jury was something to this effect: We, the jury, duly impanelled and sworn to inquire into the death of Clarence Phipps, 18 years old, etc., do find: That Clarence Phipps came to his death five miles northeast of Coburg in Lane County, in the mountains. That the cause of death was a gun shot wound in the head. That the shot was fired by Harvey Sutherland, who evidently took the deceased for a deer or some other animal, which could not be distinguished at the distance of 75 paces, being the distance the deceased was from Harvey Sutherland when he fired his gun, on account of bushes in the way. We consider the shooting an act of extreme carelessness on the part of said Sutherland. This verdict was duly signed by the jury after they returned to Coburg and made it out. In the absence of the jury and witnesses on the mountain the funeral service for the unfortunate victim was held, it being conducted by the Methodist minister. There was an immense crowd at the funeral. The families of both boys are greatly broken up over the unfortunate accident and there was much sympathy for the bereaved parents.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-9-1911

SUNSET SAWMILL AT MABEL SOLD TO NEW COMPANY The big sawmill owned by the Sunset Lumber Company, at Mabel, which has Been idle for a year or more and which has been tied up on account of numerous financial difficulties, has changed hands and will soon be operated again. A new company has been organized in Portland, known as the Coast Range Lumber Company, and the plant, together with all the timber holdings of the company, has been transferred to the new company. The purchase price given in the deed, which has been filed for record with the Lane Co. clerk, being $60,000. It is understood that the company will also purchase a lot more timber and it is possible that the plant, which is now 50,000 feet of lumber every 24 hours, will be increased. H. C. Mahon, who was at the head of the Sunset Company, is also connected with the Coast Range Company. The property has been bonded, the bonds being placed with a Chicago firm, and the new company is now on a solid foundation.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-17-1911

SUNSET SAWMILL PLANT BONDED FOR $350,000 A trust deed from the Coast Range Lumber Company, which recently took over the Sunset Lumber Company's mill at Mabel, on the Mohawk, made out to the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings bank, a big concern of Chicago, was filed for the record in the office of the Lane County clerk today, to secure $350,000 first mortgage 6 per cent gold bonds, which have been issued by the new company. The deed is a bulky affair and cost $33 to record. It is in pamphlet form, printed, and covers 42 large pages. It is signed by G. W. Wentworth, president, and William T. Brown, assistant secretary, for the Coast Range Company, and by John J. Abbott, president, and Frank H. Jones, secretary of the trust company. The deed covers all of the timber lands owned by the old Sunset Lumber Company, together with the mill and logging plants, recently taken over by the Coast Range Lumber Company.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-6-1911

COST RANGE COMPANY BUYING MUCH TIMBER LAND Have Enough Now To Keep The Mill Running 15 Years And Are Securing More The Coast Range Lumber Company, which recently took over the holdings of the Sunset Lumber Company, including the big mill at Mabel, on the Mohawk, is buying much timber land in addition to that already owned by the old company. Yesterday afternoon a deed for the transfer of 692 acres by John F. Kelly, of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, and Mrs. Theresa Jackson, his sister, to the new company, was filed with the county clerk for record. The consideration given in the deed is $45,000. At the same time several other deeds were filed conveying smaller tracts from different persons to the company.

The company has bonded its properties for $350,000 and now has ample money to operate on a large scale. All of the claims against the old company have been paid off, and the work of taking extensive improvements in the sawmill plant has begun.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-8-1911

20 RANGERS AT WORK CLEANING UP B.K. BRUSH AND SLASHINGS Twenty forest rangers in the employ of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company are systematically covering Lane county forests where timber is owned by this lumber company and are burning up every bit of underbrush, rubbish and slashings in order to prevent repetition of the disastrous fires which swept Lane county forests last summer. The rangers of Booth Kelly company are working under the direction of M. J. Skinner. These operations will continue up to the first of June, when the fire season begins, and by that time, it is thought that the forests owned by the company will be as clean as a park. "More money for prevention", is the slogan of the lumber company, and every effort is being made to eliminate all possibility of fires this year. The work is being done with the co-operation of the government forestry service, and with the farmers, A. C. Dixon, manager of the company, said.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-17-1911

CLARENCE GRUBB SHOT IN GUN ACCIDENT Clarence Grubb, a young man residing on the Withers farm, on the Coburg road, north of Eugene, is confined to his home as the result of the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of a companion, the shot striking his right ankle. Dr. Scaiefe, the attending surgeon, says there will be no serious results unless he finds that some of the shot entered the ankle joint, in that case the limb may become stiff or it is possible that amputation may be necessary. Grubb and his companion were out in a field Sunday setting poison for gophers. His companion had an old-fashioned shotgun and as he was passing through some brush behind Grubb, the hammer of the piece caught on a small limb which pulled it back far enough that when the hammer dropped the load in the gun discharged. Grubb was taken to the house and Dr. Scaiefe called. He dressed the wound and left the patient resting easily, but he cannot yet tell how serious the injury is.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-20-1911

B. K. LOGGER LOSES MONEY AND PAIR OF SHOES

A logger named Hodges, employed on the Booth Kelly Company's McKenzie river, reported to the officers in Eugene today that someone had stolen from him at the camp near Deerhorn something over $60 in money and a new pair of shoes which he had left in his bunk. Sheriff Bown at once began an investigation and took into custody a young Englishman as a suspect, but as yet no evidence has been found against him. It is probable that the suspect will be turned loose, as Hodges says he does not believe that this man is the thief.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-21-1911

BIG OPERATIONS HAVE BEGUN AT MABEL The Coast Range Lbr. Co. began operations this week at Mabel, to rebuild its big sawmill to a capacity of 100,000 ft. daily and to build nearly 4 miles of railroad. 65 men will be employed between now and August 1st, on this work. Mabel is to be given electric lights and a gravity water system. A reservoir will be built 200 ft. above the place and fed by pure Mtn. water. New houses will be built for the workmen. Already a complete department store has been stocked. Mabel will be connected with the Wendling branch of the Southern Pacific by a 1 1/4 mile branch, and a logging road is to be built into the timber owned by the company on Shotgun Creek. This road penetrates 20,000 acres of timber, which is the best in the county. About one-fourth of this is owned by this company, and is expected to keep this sawmill running every day for fifteen years.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-25-1911

MAYOR BROWN OF Coburg RESIGNS At the Coburg council meeting last Monday night, Mayor C. W. Brown tendered his resignation. Mr. Brown said he had several reasons, and gave as one that his wife's health was not very good, and that she desired him home in the evenings. A general remark on the street the first of this week was that Mr. Brown had made a good officer, and his resignation was a great surprise. The council elected councilman Zook to fill the vacancy until the next regular election, when a mayor will be elected by the voters. -Journal.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-2-1911

COBURG WATERWORKS TO HAVE NEW TOWER H. F. Bucknum was interviewed regarding his new tower which he is constructing on his lot in the southern part of town. Mr Bucknum is bound to keep his business abreast of the town's other improvements. The modern tower and tank will be a great improvement in the city's water system. The tank will be 75 feet from the ground, sitting on a steel tower whose base is 19x19 feet. The pressure received from the newly installed system will be 53 per cent greater than the present system, and the new tank built of California redwood, will hold 34,000 gallons of water. COX SHOOTS HIS FOOT Mr. Cox, the Booth Kelly Company's Bookkeeper, while out shooting, Sunday last, accidently discharged his 22 caliber rifle, the ball passing through his foot.

He, in company with a few friends, had just shortly left the club when Mr. Cox, in putting a shell into his gun, in some way discharged it. Mr. Cox was carried back to his comrades and Dr. Jarnagin dressed the wound. He is back to work since Tuesday. - Journal.

THE, ROSE LUMBER COMPANY Wednesday arrangements were completed whereby William Sidwell became one-third owner in the Rose Lumber Company. We are informed that the balance of the mill machinery is ordered and on the mill site except the big saw. Several men have been employed and the contracts let for the falling, cutting up of the timber, hauling, in the logs, etc.. In two weeks the mill will be in running shape.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-6-1911

WENDLING DEPOT ROBBED OF $160 LAST NIGHT

While William. Beede, agent for the Southern Pacific Company at Wendling, was away from the depot at that place last evening between 6 and 7 o'clock, someone entered the depot and extracted from the till at the ticket window a sum of money thought by the agent to be about $160. Agent Beede left the depot about 6 o'clock to go to supper. The robber or robbers had evidently been watching him and took note of his departure, and while he was gone for an hour they did their dirty work. They entered the depot through a rear door, breaking off the lock. It was then an easy task to locate the cash till. They emptied it of every cent that it contained. The exact amount is not known, but it is very close to $160 the agent says. The sheriff's office was notified of the robbery soon after it was discovered and Deputy Fisk was sent up this morning to investigate it. A number of laboring men have been seen around the depot during the day yesterday, but as this is a common occurrence and as there are a great many there working in the mill and looking for work, it would be hard to pick any of them out as the probable thief.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-2-1911

GIRL DROWNED IN WILLAMETTE NEAR COBURG

This afternoon about 2 o'clock Miss Ella Clark, aged 22 years, daughter of William Clark, residing three miles below Coburg, was drowned in the Willamette river near her home and back of the Monroe Leach farm. She and Miss Edna Riddle were boating on the river when their craft struck a sunken log and capsized. Miss Clark immediately sank to the bottom, but Miss Riddle clung to the upturned boat and floated down stream for some distance before her rescue was effected.

The news of the drowning soon reached Coburg and a large crowd of men and boys reached the scene in a remarkably short time. Up to a late hour this afternoon, they had not been successful in locating the body, although the bottom of the river at the scene of the accident and for some distance below has been thoroughly dragged.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-13-1911

MORE IMPROVEMENTS BY BOOTH KELLY CO. AT WENDLING Architect J. R. Ford, of this city, has been engaged by the Booth Kelly Lumber company to draw plans for the erection of a big addition to the company store building at Wendling and to build a refrigerating plant to be used in connection with the store. Mr. Ford visited Wendling yesterday, returning home on the evening local. While there he made measurements of the ground on which the new buildings are to be erected and began getting out his sketches today. The addition to the store building will be 14x91 feet in dimensions and will give much more room for the increased business there.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-24-1911

MARCOLA MAN ARRESTED FOR SELLING LIQUOR Frank Smith of Marcola, is under $500 bond to appear in the Eugene Justice Court Monday for trial on the charge of selling liquor in violation of the local option law. Smith has been suspected for some time past of violating the law. District Attorney Bryson has gathered enough evidence against him to warrant prosecution and had him arrested this morning by the constable of Marcola, who brought him to Eugene on the forenoon local train from there. Smith appeared in the justice's court this afternoon and was placed under $500 bond to appear for trial in that court Monday at 9 a. m.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-27-1911

MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA LOG ROLLING HELD AT MARCOLA The Modern Woodmen of America had a genuine old-fashioned log rolling at Marcola Sunday night. Forty tyros sawed and chopped their winding way through the forest, stopping, only for refreshments at 11 p. m. Those eatables by the way, were of a class seldom encountered, and all did justice in full and praised the Royal Neighbors for their excellent way of entertaining the weary Woodmen. Thirty-five members from Eugene camp were on hand, and a large delegation from Coburg spent the evening there. Camp closed at 5 o'clock next morning.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-3-1911

B. K. logging foreman routes 3 men

Three loggers came to Eugene to celebrate the fourth and well along toward the early stages of the celebration, found that they had made a mistake when they talked back to a foreman of the Booth Kelly Company, lumber camp, from Wendling, in the Naylor cigar store on Willamette street about 11 O'clock last evening and will probably be more discreet in the future. It seems that the three of them were abusing a young fellow who had worked in the lumber camp at Wendling, and who had been in the Eugene Hospital with a broken arm for several weeks. The hero of the affair the boy's foreman at Wendling, happened along and upbraided the trio for their actions. They then turned their abuse on the foreman, and in the events that followed, one of the loggers picked up a chair and with great force was about to bring it over the head of the foreman when the latter caught the chair in his hands. The three loggers then ran behind the store counter, followed by the foreman, and each at a time were lifted over the counter and literally thrown out into the street by the husky lumberman, with no especial gentleness. The three men decamped with their bruises, and the police have not been able to locate them.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-8-1911

LOGGER MAKES GOOD VIOLIN WITH JACK KNIFE J. H. McCain, a log scaler who has been working at the Booth Kelly mill at Springfield, brought to this city today a violin which he made entirely himself with a jack knife. From a woodworkers standpoint it is almost perfectly made and as smooth and symmetrical as an expert could make with tools.It also seems to be an instrument valuable for its musical qualities, although Mr. McCain made it with no musical knowledge and with no model other than his mental picture. He is very handy with a jack knife and came to make the violin just to while away the time. It contains several kinds of wood which he cut from growing trees.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-18-1911

FIRE AT WENDLING IS OF ALARMING CHARACTER

Forest fires of an alarming nature started yesterday in the vicinity of Marcola and around the logging camp east of Wendling. The whole crew of loggers at the Booth Kelly camps No. 3 and 4, over 200 men, worked until past midnight in well directed efforts to save and protect property, and were called out again soon after 2 a. m. by the fire watchers, who feared further spreading into the camp works. As it was, about 400 feet of the logging chutes were burned out, and quite an amount of felled timber burned over. The crew have worked desperately to protect their works and a large amount of their lines have been taken in, in time to save them. There is very little wind, but a sudden rising of the wind may yet cause sweeping destruction and possibly the wiping out of Marcola in manner as disastrous or more so than the Wendling fire of last year.

7-19-1911 DANGER FROM FIRE NEAR WENDLING SEEMS PAST The alarming forest fires in the Booth Kelly logging camps, about 7 miles east of this point were checked by getting into green timber yesterday afternoon and the force of watchers along the line of fire ditches fought back all small starts into the possibly dangerous tracts in the immediate vicinity of camp No 2. Superintendent Clyde went up to the fire lines, accompanied today, by Civil Engineer Miles, and they put in the greater part of the afternoon directing movements and assisting in saving and protecting the logging outfits and properties. One of the donkey engines was hastily moved out of the burning district. Several hundred feet of new chutes burned and a large quantity of fallen timber was in the path of the fire, but no great amount of loss is reported.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-20-1911

SWITCH ENGINE AT SPRINGFIELD EXPLODES Switch engine No. 2196, stationed at Springfield, was wrecked this morning, in the Springfield railroad yards by an explosion in the boiler. L. R. Johnson, who was blown out of the cab door, and only slightly bruised, as well as four other men who had been working about the engine, had a narrow escape from death. The cause of the explosion is thought to have been due to an absence of water in the boiler on account of the negligence of an attendant to fill the boiler. When the fire was built, preparatory to taking the engine to Eugene for switching purposes the small amount of water in the boiler was turned into steam so rapidly that the crown plate could not stand the unusual pressure. The boiler blew out at the cab end. The door was blown off the fire box and pieces of boiler plate were hurled for yards. One piece weighing four or five pounds, was hurled through the air and buried itself in a tree to a depth of four or five inches, 75 yards from the engine. A few moments before the explosion Mechanist L. R. Johnson with a crew of men had been making minor repairs on the engine. The other men had left and Johnson was in the act of stepping out of the cab when the explosion took place. Johnson was hurled to the ground by the force of the explosion. Had he or the other men been inside the cab at the time. They would have been horribly mangled by the flying pieces of iron and scalded by the steam. The explosion occurred at 7:15 a. m.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-21-1911

NEW LODGE BUILDING AT MARCOLA WILL BE COMPLETED SOON

The new lodge being erected here by the Odd Fellows is rapidly approaching completion and if present plans carry, the regular meeting of the Mohawk Lodge No.200, I.O.O.F., Saturday evening, July 29, will be held in the new hall. Appropriate dedication ceremonies and exercises are being arranged, to be participated in by the local lodge and its auxiliary, Mountain Home Rebekahs and invited guests, to take place about the middle of August. The present joint membership here is nearly 150, the rolls showing 87 Odd Fellows and 57 Rebekahs. The new building stands upon the site of the old hotel which was destroyed by fire and as it is centrally located the ground floor will make a fine store location, and we understand it has already secured an occupant, although it will be perhaps 60 days before the finishing work can all be completed. The hall to be used as a lodge room is 40x45 feet, and the ceilings 14 feet with large and convenient ante rooms and property rooms and a large kitchen off the 20x36 dining room. The trustees of the local Odd Fellows lodge, J. S. Churchill, H.M. Anderson and F. F. Hubbard are deserving of much credit for the work in hand. The Odd Fellows of Marcola organized in October 1908, and the Rebekahs in June of last year, and they have up to the present time had a leased home in the M. W. A. hall.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-21-1911

NEW ENTERPRISE AT MARCOLA IS PORCH COLUMN FACTORY A new enterprise is being carried out here by Duncan Bros., who deserve encouragement and certainly merit the success that is coming their way. Nearly a year ago they entered into an arrangement with the Fischer Lumber Co. and began manufacturing porch posts and fancy columns. Their factory is in connection with the company's planing mill, using the same power, and gets its material from the company. Already about 20 carloads of finished work have been shipped to eastern points, some as far east as Pittsburgh, Pa., and orders keep coming in so that the factory has its output spoken for ahead all the time. They are planning extensive factory additions, the putting in of more improved machinery and employing a larger force of skilled workmen. The present output is chiefly in the smaller sized columns, and their new machinery will equip them for making colonial columns and other larger patterns. They are now using three turning lathes and one boring machine. We are informed this is the only establishment of its kind in the state of Oregon. Marcola may justly boast of a very valuable addition to its already well established reputation as a point of more than ordinary industrial activity.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-25-1911

FARM NEAR MARCOLA SOLD FOR $6,000

H. O. Hysom's farm of 160 acres near Marcola, was sold today to W. J. Hennis, a recent arrival from Oklahoma, for $6,000, and the new owner, who recently arrived here to reside has taken possession of the place. Mr. Hysom and family are expected to leave soon for their old home in Kansas, but their friends are predicting that they will be back to Oregon in a year or so.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-29-1911

$250,000 Loss As Booth Kelly's Springfield Mill Burns

In almost less time than it takes to write it, the Booth Kelly sawmill at Springfield, Lane county's biggest factory was destroyed by fire, which started about 6:30 o'clock last evening and raged all night, although the plant itself was destroyed in a very few minutes. Between 125 and 150 men are thrown out of employment and a payroll of between $10,000 and $15,000 a month stopped. The whole city of Springfield was threatened for a time, but the wind blew away from the business district and no buildings outside the mill yards was destroyed. The company carried $105,000 insurance on the plant. Besides 5 million feet of lumber destroyed, 5,000 cords of slabwood to be used as fuel for the Oregon Power Company's big steam plant adjoining the mill were destroyed. The transmission wires leading from the power plant and supplying light and power to the cities of Springfield, Eugene, Albany, Corvallis, Brownsville, Halsey, Harrisburg, and Junction City, were burned off soon after the fire started and those cities were in darkness a part of the night. About 3 o'clock this morning, connections were made with the auxiliary steam plant at Albany, and a small amount of power was then transmitted to this city, but not enough for all purposes. The big fire attracted thousands of people who flocked over there in automobiles, livery rigs, bicycles, afoot or any way they could get there. It was one of the most spectacular fires in the history of this part of the state, and the loss entailed is greater than at any previous fire in Lane County except in the big forest blaze at Wendling last summer. The night watchman who was on the planer side of the mill yard saw the flames before they had hardly started, yet before he could run across the yard he was met by the hot blast which entirely enveloped the mill.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-11-1911

BOY DROWNED IN COBURG POND YESTERDAY Bryan Shirey, a 12-year-old boy, was drowned yesterday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock in the Coburg mill pond. He was swimming with a small companion, a boy named Peters, when he found himself in water beyond his depth. He could swim but very little and went down before the eyes of his companion who could not aid him other than run to the mill, some distance, for help. A number of mill hands reached the place a few moments later and several dove for the body. It was nearly half an hour before it was recovered. By this time life was extinct and the efforts to revive him were in vain. He was drowned in about 6 feet of water and only a few feet from the shore. The boy was the son of Mrs. A. J. Leonard, his father having died several years ago. The funeral will be held in Coburg tomorrow.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-29-1911

SEAVY HOP YARD WILL USE 700 PICKERS Hop picking in the yards of Lane county is beginning generally this week, and by the first of September and for three or four weeks thereafter, 3 to 4 thousand pickers will be

employed. In one yard alone, that of the Seavy Brothers on the McKenzie, five miles from Eugene, 700 pickers will be employed. This is the largest yard in the county, or in fact the entire upper Willamette valley. The crop in very heavy this year, and will average over 2,000 pounds to the acre in the Seavy yard. The price to be received for the hops this year has exceeded 40 cents and local contracts have been made from that figure down to 20 cents. The quality of the hops all over the county is exceedingly good and practically every yard is free from all vermin. There is said to be scarcely any lice in the county. The red spider threatened early in the season, but the growers exterminated it. Hop picking is a great social leveler, and persons of every type work and joke side by side in the yards, and persons can earn from $2.50 to $3.50 a day. At Seavy Brothers yard, there is a dance hall, and other pieces of entertainment, and after working hours there is ample opportunity for recreation.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-31-1911

YOUNG MAN DISTURBS MORMON MEETING AT SPORE'S SIDING

Springfield. August 31.- An unusual case was tried before Justice of Peace Totten at Springfield yesterday and today when Alvin Hewlit, a young man living near Spore's Siding on the Mohawk, was accused of disturbing the religious meetings of the "Latter Day Saints or Mormons, which were being held in a tent at that place last Thursday, August 24. The young man was arrested on the complaint of the pastor or leader of the Mormons, named M. H. Cook. He demanded a jury trial, and the jury, after hearing, the testimony all yesterday afternoon and this morning and until two o'clock this afternoon, after being out 10 minutes, found him not guilty. It seems that several boys with their young lady friends enjoyed the Mormon meetings to such an extent that their laughter and their boisterousness severely vexed the "Latter Day Saint preacher. Out of the several young people Hewlit was arrested. He is 21 years of age. A dozen or more members of the congregation appeared against him at the trial, which attracted considerable interest at Springfield. The jury, which was selected with difficulty, consisted of Welby Stevens, Frank Lenhart, H. E. Pitts, N. W. Gay, W. F. Walker and J. C. Carsal.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 9-27-1911

WOMAN LIVED 49 YEARS AS A MAN Lebanon Cobbler Goes Insane And Her Sex is discovered Salem Oregon, Sept. 27- For nearly half a century Ray Leonard was thought to be a man.

This woman's queer story came to light last evening when she was brought to the insane asylum from Lebanon Ore., where she has been known for the past 49 years as a man, and as a cobbler by trade. Her sex was discovered when an attendant at the asylum was giving her a bath. She told the story of how she decided, when she was a 13 year old girl in the state of Maine, to masquerade as a man, that she might help her parents more effectively. She learned the trade of shoe making from her father and has followed it since that time. Eight years ago her father died and she has since been running the shop in Lebanon alone. Although violently opposed to entering the woman's ward last night, she was resigned this morning. The only thing she complained of was trouble in lacing up ladies shoes which were given her instead of a heavier masculine boot. Miss Leonard is 62 years old, very grey, and slightly bald. Mrs. Eugene Hume of Salem, who formerly lived at Lebanon, says she had her shoe repairing done by Ray Leonard for years and was astonished to find the congenial old cobbler was a woman. She said Leonard was never very talkative, but spoke indifferently and cordially when spoken to.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-3-1911

ZUMWALT FAMILY HOLDS BIG REUNION AT DONNA The second annual reunion of the Zumwalt family was held Saturday October 30 at the Donna Grange hall on the Mohawk. A permanent society was organized to be known as the Zumwalt reunion. A. J, Zumwalt was elected president; L. H. Potter vice-president; Mrs. F. C. Bean, secretary. A talk by A. J. Zumwalt on pioneer events was greatly appreciated by all. C. W. Zumwalt, William Potter and each sister present made some very touching and interesting remarks. Of the sons and daughters of Solomon and Nancy Zumwalt, seven are living and all were present with the exception of Mrs. E. L. Warren. Those signing the roll were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Zumwalt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Potter, Mrs. Mary Conrad, C. W. Zumwalt, Mrs. Ardella Walker, Mrs. S. F. Hammitt, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Potter, Mr. and Mrs E. O. Potter, Mr and Mrs. William Seavy, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Zumwalt, Mrs. Laura Frazier, Miss. Lucile Frazier, Mrs. B. F. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bean, Mrs. F. H. Barger, Miss. Leone Barger, LaVelle Barger, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Robertson, Miss. Zura Robertson, Eugene Robertson,

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Robertson, Miss. Alice Robertson, Dorris Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hammitt, R. G. Hammitt, H. K. Zumwalt.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-19-1911

BAD ACCIDENT AT DONNA TARGET SHOOT Raymond Perdew was seriously though not dangerously wounded by a glancing bullet from the rifle of Walter McCornack, at a target practice of company C. O. N. G., at the range near Donna yesterday about 4:30 p. m. Perdew and Captain George F. Willoughby were manipulating the target and keeping score in the pit when the accident occurred. Perdew was sitting on the bottom round of the ladder marking the scores, his left side being within two feet of the target. McCornack who was shooting at skirmish practice, fired at the target at 400 yard range. It is not known what part of the target this bullet struck, but it deflected and struck Perdew on the wrist, severing the main artery. The back of his neck was also slightly cut and it was at first assumed that the bullet flew upward and then struck his neck at a glancing angle coming down. A telephone message was sent to Kompp garage and a car went out and brought in the wounded man. Dr. Selover dressed the wound which, while painful, is not dangerous no bones being broken.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-6-1911

B. K. WORKERS MIND BLANK AS TO THE PAST In the appearance of her son, unkept and unshaven and with the cool gaze of a stranger as he knocked at her door and asked for work a few days ago, Mrs. C. E. Leiberg is convinced that the young man, who was graduated as a civil engineer at the University of California several years ago, has lost his identity. No sign of recognition could the mother draw from her son when she told him that he was her own child. " I am a logger," he said, "My name is George Lewis and I am going to a sawmill where I am to work.' Mrs. Leiberg is a practicing physician, living 30 miles up the McKenzie River from this city. She and her son are staying at a Eugene hotel. The young man was brought here after he had fled from the home of his mother when she questioned him and vainly tried to impress upon him that he was Bernard Marvin, her son by a former marriage. "You are Bernard Marvin, my boy," said Mrs Leiberg when she saw him. The young man remained obdurate and declared that he was not a civil engineer, but that he was a logger, and that he did not remember back many months, but he thought that his mother was dead.

Mrs. Leiberg argued with the man, but he finally became angry and ran away. She is positive that she is not mistaken in the identity of her son. With her husband, who is Marvin's stepfather, she attempted to follow the man and induce him to return. He was seen a time or two in Springfield, but disappeared before he could be found. After some time officers got word that he was in Wendling, where they found him bucking lumber in the yards of the Booth Kelly mill. He denies that he is a civil engineer, or that he has ever been to college, and maintains firmly that he is a logger. Beyond a few months back, the man's memory is a blank. When questioned about events occurring before that time, he says he cannot remember. Mrs, Leiberg has come to the conclusion that his condition is the result of a blow to the head, which caused memory loss.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-13-1911

COBURG'S $20,000 SCHOOL COMPLETED At last we as citizens of district No. 43, are permitted to look upon the completed last large stride of school improvement in our district -- the $20,000, 10-room school house. The several rooms were occupied Monday by teachers and pupils, and they are nicely settled, with good light and plenty of room. Final arrangements were made on Saturday last whereby Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wilkinson became owners of the John Burns place on the county road east of the Church of Christ. They have made repairs and moved in this week.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-15-1911

MABEL BOY KILLED IN GUN ACCIDENT Particulars of the accidental death by shooting of Donald, the six year old son of T. B. McCloud, of Mabel, last Saturday, have just reached this city. The boy was killed with a shotgun in the hands of a boy playmate about his own age. As near as can be ascertained the two were playing alone in the house and in some manner, the gun was discharged while in the hands of the other boy, the full charge of bird shot in one of the barrels entering the McCloud boy's side. Assistance was soon at hand, but it was seen that nothing could be done to save the lad's life. A physician was sent for, but he did not get there till after death had ensued. The remains were buried in a cemetery in the vicinity of Mabel Monday.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-18-1911

LOGGER DROWNED IN CALIPOOIA Brownsville, Oregon, Nov. 17-- Ralph Newton, who was working on a jam, with eight others, on the Calapooia river near Crawfordsville, was drowned Wednesday. Owing to the high water the jam gave way and he was pulled down under the logs. his body has not been recovered. He was employed by the Calapooia Lumber Company.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 12-13-1911

MAN THROWN OFF HAND CAR AT MARCOLA Springfield, Dec. 1,.- Drs. Barr and Pollard were called to Marcola Monday to attend William Bundy, who was run over by a hand car. The car was running at full speed, and Mr. Bundy and his companions were riding on it when an attempt was made to apply the brakes suddenly. The car jumped the track, throwing, Bundy off in front of it, and then ran over him. He was scratched up quite a bit, but not dangerously hurt.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 12-26-1911

B. F. CARTER OF MARCOLA TAKES CARBOLIC ACID Last evening a telephone message was received by Coroner W. T. Gordon from Marcola, informing him that the body of B. F. Carter, the transfer and liveryman and boarding house proprietor, had been found about a mile below town in a log cabin belonging to Nicolle Bros., and that he had committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. Family trouble led to the tragedy. Saturday night on returning to his house from his stables, Carter is said to have caught his wife in a compromising position with a young logger named Frank Moreland. Moreland always stayed at the Carter home when in town and it is said that the husband did not suspect anything wrong until his unexpected entrance Saturday. The couple Quarreled over the matter Sunday and remarking to his wife that she could easily be rid of him, the husband left the house. He was seen around town as late as 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. When he did not appear Sunday night or Christmas morning, a party was organized to search for him, as it was known that he had carbolic acid on his person, and fears were entertained that he had made away with himself. Tracks were finally found on the river bank and being followed, led to the log cabin where the body was found. A letter on his person explained the cause of the act. He laid the blame entirely on the logger and forgave his wife for her alleged unfaithfulness. Mr. Carter was a man of means. Besides his business interests at Marcola, he had a large farm at Lebanon. He left four children, a daughter and three sons. Coroner Gordon telephoned to Jerry Walker, Justice of the Peace at Marcola, to go to the cabin with witnesses and collect evidence. Coroner Gordon visited the scene this morning. He summoned a jury and the testimony indicated the facts to be substantially as stated above. The jury found that the deceased had come to his death by carbolic acid taken with suicidal intent.

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