Category:Daily Eugene Guard (1907)

From Lane Co Oregon

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1-11-1907

COBURG BUTCHER FINED FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY William Fay, a butcher of Coburg, was fined $40 by police judge Dorris this morning for being drunk and disorderly. This is the heaviest fine imposed in the Eugene municipal court for such an offence in many years.

Fay came to town yesterday and proceeded to fill up on soft drinks then he went to Barnard and West's stable last night about 12 o'clock to get his horse and go home he became very abusive to the stableman and created a big disturbance. He was placed under arrest by officers Corner and Purdy and taken to the city jail where he deposited $40 with the officers to insure his appearance in court whereupon he was released and allowed to go home. L.L. Walker appeared for him this morning and entered a plea of guilty, and the Judge placed the fine at $40, remarking that it would have been $50 had the deposit been that much. He sent word to Fay that if he is found in town again he will be arrested upon charges of resisting an officer.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1-23-1907

HARRISBURG BANK CASHIER IN SERIOUS TROUBLE Arrested On Complaint of Miss Avis Tantom who Says He Promised To Marry Her

A press dispatch from Albany says: John L. Norwood, cashier of the bank at Harrisburg, and one of the leading citizens of that place, was arrested yesterday afternoon on complaint of Avis Tantom, a girl about 19 years old, and a daughter of William Tantom, of Harrisburg, who says Norwood promised to marry her. Norwood was released on his own recognizance, and will be arraigned before Justice of the peace Levi Douglas at Harrisburg today. Because of Norwood's prominence in the business and civic affairs of Harrisburg, the arrest has caused a sensation in this county. Norwood's friends maintain that the charge has been made with ulterior motives.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1-24-1907

JASPER WILKINS DIES AT HIS COBURG HOME Jasper Wilkins, one of Lane County's foremost citizens, died at his home near Coburg last Wednesday evening, January 23, 1907 at the age of 56 years, 2 months and 21 days. The cause of death was tubercular peritonitis, from which he had been ill for some time past, but had been confined to his bed for only a few days. Mayor F. M. Wilkins, of Eugene, Amos Wilkins of Coburg, and Mrs. S. D. Holt, of Eugene, his brothers and sister, were at his bedside at the time of his death. He also leaves an aged mother, Mrs. S. Y. Wilkins of this city. The funeral will be held Friday at 1:30 p. m. from the family home to the Coburg cemetery, the services being conducted by the Coburg Odd Fellows. Jasper Wilkins was born November 2, 1850, on his father's donation claim, ten miles northeast of Eugene, near Coburg. He received his first schooling in Linn county, walking 4 miles to school; afterward attending school at the VanDuyn schoolhouse near Coburg, three months out of each year. In the fall of 1870 he entered the Christian College (now the state normal school at Monmouth), remaining there that winter.

The summer of 1874, Mr. Wilkins spent about the head of Crooked River in Eastern Oregon, a chain carrier on government surveys for J. M. Dick of lane Co. In the spring of 72 he received the nomination for county surveyor and was elected by a 108 majority. For several years after this Mr. Wilkins looked after the farm, did survey work, etc. Mr Wilkins was a delegate to the Republican state convention in 1880, 82, and 86. On Feb. 1, 1888, Mr. Wilkins married Miss Carrie A, Seavy of Lane Co., and their home was blessed with four children. Mr. Wilkins was elected to the state legislature in 1890, by a 112 majority, and again in the next election by a 350 majority.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1-31-1907

FIVE HARRISBURG BOYS FOUND PLAYING CARDS LATE AT NIGHT Harrisburg, Ore., Jan. 30.- Five boys are held at the city jail for alleged violation of the curfew ordinance. It is said that they had been in the habit of skating on roller skates in a large room on the second floor of the Mendenhall building until about 8 o'clock, the curfew hour, and then would turn out all the lights but one, which they would place on the floor so as to give the room the appearance of being deserted, and would then play cards until midnight or past. The marshal, hearing of this, mounted the stairs last night and on becoming satisfied some of the boys were in there, again descended and preceded to the jail, a short distance away, unlocked the door and returned. He Knocked on the door, and on being admitted he requested the boys to accompany him, which they did. It is said two boys made an exit by way of a back window, reaching the ground by way of a porch post, thus giving the marshal the slip for the time being.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2-6-1907

SPRINGFIELD JUNCTION TO HAVE DEPOT AND TELEPHONE LINE AT S.P. MILLS J. b. Eddy, right-of-way agent for the Southern Pacific Company, appeared before the county commissioners' court this forenoon and announced that the company intends to erect a depot at Springfield Junction, formerly known as Henderson Station, but in order to do so it is necessary to encroach upon the county road. It is proposed to build the depot 440 feet west of the box car that is at present doing duty for a depot, and it will be located south of the track. The road that will be affected by the building of the depot is the one leading up to Laurel Grove cemetery. Mr. Eddy also presented a petition for a telephone line to be built along the county road between the company's sawmills Nos. 2 and 3 on the Mohawk, and for the privilege of building a lumber flume over certain county roads between Marcola and Mabel and Marcola and Wendling.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2-13-1907

BAD FUEL CAUSES POOR TRAIN SERVICE ON WENDLING BRANCH The fuel shortage is having its effect on the operation of trains on the Wendling branch. A Eugene resident had occasion to make a trip to Wendling one day this week and made a few observations; The train was an hour late in leaving Springfield, because steam could not be raised sooner with the green slab wood obtained at the Booth Kelly sawmill. In making the return trip the train ran very slowly, and finally came to a dead standstill and could go no further, the steam gauge registered only 30 pounds pressure. The fire was stirred up and after a wait of half an hour the train resumed its journey. It is said that this experience has been quite frequent lately. Green slab wood makes very poor locomotive fuel, but it seems to be the only kind the company can get for the Wendling branch.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2-18-1907

S. P. GETS READY TO OPERATE SAWMILL FLUMES The S. P. Co. filed papers today wherein, Rose Baxter and J. L. Renninger and wife agree to give the company the right of using the waters of the streams on their premises in sec. 13, 23, and 24, Tws. 16 S. Range 2 W. in the Mohawk country for fluming and other purposes, annual rental to be $10 in each instance. The water is to be used in the operation of the Co's flumes which are to be built in connection with the 3 new sawmills in that location. The agreement provides that enough water shall be left in the stream for domestic purposes and that 24 miners inches of water shall be left at such times as the owners of the land make known their need for irrigation purposes. The agreement also gives the company the right to cross the lands with telephone lines.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2-28-1907

COBURG MAY HAVE A GLASS PLANT There are very bright prospects for the establishment of a glass factory in the little city of Coburg within a few months. The matter has been talked over a great deal during the last few weeks, and the project has now reached the stage when publicity of the plans of the promoters of the enterprise can be given. The promoters are A. A. Stoneburg, a well known farmer residing near Coburg, Gus Mathison, recently from the East, and John Hedburg, who has resided at Coburg for the past three of four years. They have prepared articles of incorporation of the Mathison Glass Factory, with a capitol stock of $100,000, and will file them with the county clerk in a short time. They claim to have ample capitol to back them. Land for the factory has been secured, the citizens of Coburg donating it, thus showing their faith in the promoters of the enterprise. The plant will be located in the southern part of the town, in Jarnagin, an addition, near the railroad, and only a spur will have to be built so that the factory's product can be loaded on the cars. Mr. Mathison left a few days ago for Ohio to make

arrangements for obtaining the necessary machinery for the factory and to obtain material with which to manufacture glass. Upon his return, the work of erecting the necessary buildings will begin. The main building, will be 48 x 90 feet in dimensions, and there will be several other smaller structures. The plant will employ about 40 men at first, but it is the plan of the promoters to increase its capacity so that it will require at least a hundred men to operate it. The principal reason Coburg was chosen for the site for the plant is the cheapness of fuel at that place. Thousands of cords of good wood are burned and thrown away each year by the Booth Kelly Co. sawmill there, but hereafter it is the intention of the promoters of the glass factory to utilize that fuel that is now wasted. Contracts have already been entered into with the sawmill people to furnish the new factory a certain amount of wood each month, and the price to be paid for it is said to be ridiculously small.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-1-1907

MARCOLA NEWS Marcola, Feb. 28.- The S. P. Company lumber yards at Marcola were begun yesterday. The Jap cook house on the section burnt down Sunday morning. Charley Piquet, who was running the log haul at the S. P. mill No. 1, received a broken knee last week by being struck by the limb of a tree. The railroad company has had to put on a coal burner, as they are unable to obtain wood between Coburg and Wendling. Our ten-cent jewelry man left us last Saturday, as he had obtained most all the dimes that Marcola people were willing to give him.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-13-1907

ALBERT McPOLAND KILLED BY FALLING TREE AT SAGINAW Albert McPoland, a young man employed by the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. in the logging camp in the mountains above Saginaw, was killed this morning by being struck by a falling tree. Particulars of the accident are hard to obtain, and little is known, other than as a huge tree began to fall he ran, thinking he was getting out of harms way, but the tree fell in a different direction than expected, and young McPoland was crushed beneath its limbs. He was about 25 years of age and formerly lived at Springfield, where he conducted,the Oregon Hotel until about three months ago. It is said that he was to be married in a few days to a Springfield girl.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-19-1907

WENDLING MAN HIT IN FACE WITH BOARD

Constable Plank went to Wendling this morning to arrest Fred Shepard, a sawmill hand here, for assault with a dangerous weapon upon John Downs on March 14. Downs and Shepard became engaged in a quarrel with the result that Shepard became enraged and struck Downs across the face with a board. The latter is now in the Eugene hospital receiving treatment for his injury, which, while not serious, is very painful. The constable is expected down from Wendling, with his man tonight. He will be tried before Justice of the Peace Bryson tomorrow.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3-21-1907

ANOTHER SAWMILL MILL THE MOHAWK Marcola, March 21.- Mr. Spencer, of Linn county, is clearing off the ground near Marcola upon which to erect a sawmill to saw up the timber purchased of Mr. Cole. The S. P. mill No. 3 will start as soon as the knees for the carriage arrive. A new donkey engine for S. P. camp No. 2 arrived last week. They are working on the dam at S. P. mill No. 2, as it is not properly built.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-24-1907

MARCOLA HOTEL TO BE ERECTED The bids for the erection of O. Cole's three-story frame hotel at Marcola were opened at the office of the architect, John Hunzicker, in this city last evening. There were only two bidders, Garrison and Mummey, of Eugene, and John R. Chezem of Springfield, although more were expected. The Eugene men were the lowest bidders, the figure being $3,256, and they were awarded the contract. Mr. Chezem's bid was $3,300. The work of erecting the building will begin at once, and will be completed sometime during the summer.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-25-1907

COBURG GLASS FACTORY BUILDING NEARLY COMPETE George A. Drury, ex-mayor of Coburg, was in the city last evening and called at the Guard office. He says that the roof of the Mathisen Glass Company's new factory building is now about on and it will not be long until the building is completed. Some of the machinery for the plant has already arrived from the East, and the remainder will arrive at intervals during the summer. The main building is 48x90 feet in dimensions and it has required 50,000 shingles to cover it. It is the plan of the promoters of the enterprise to have the factory in operation by the first of July, and they will employ about 40 people at the outset, although the number may be increased to 75 within a short time. The Company recently elected officers as follows:

J. D. Pirtle, president; John Hedberg, vice president; A. A. Stoneberg, secretary and treasurer. The directors are: J. D. Pirtle, John Hedberg, A. A. Stoneberg, Gus Mathisen and Fred Johnson.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5-2-1907

MARCOLA LOGGER KILLED BY DRINKING JAMAICA GINGER Jack Burnett, the young logger who was taken from Eugene to Portland one day last week, having been brought down from Marcola, where he was working in S. P. logging camp No. 3, died in the hospital there two days after entering the institution. When he was taken to that city it was reported that the man had typhoid or some other kind of fever, but it now developed that in the absence of liquor he drank a large quantity of Jamaica Ginger, resulting in his death. This information was obtained from an intimate friend of Burnett's who was down from the camp yesterday, and who received word of his death soon after it occurred. Some loggers will obtain liquor somewhere or somehow, and if they fail, sometimes, as in the case of Burnett, will drink almost anything that is strong, hoping to quench their thirst. It is said that Burnett was not the man's real name, and little or nothing is known of his relatives. He appeared to be fairly well educated but told little of his past life. He was aged perhaps thirty years.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5-28-1907

SUNSET COMPANY BUYS HYLAND SAWMILL The Hyland Sawmill property at Mable, on the Mohawk, which was purchased last August by T. R. Yerger of Los Angeles, today changed hands again the Sunset Lumber Company being the purchaser. This company was incorporated at Portland two or three months ago and has had this purchase in view since. H. C. Mahon, of this city, is president and general manager: E. O. Samuels, of South Bend, Wash., is superintendent and I. W. Lane, of Texas, is secretary and treasurer. The company is well financed and will operate the plant to its full capacity. The property that has just changed hands consists of a first class mill with a capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber every 10 hours, 2300 acres of fine timber, a provision store with a $4,000 stock, two miles of tramway from the mill to the railroad, docks for loading the lumber on the cars, logging outfits and everything that goes to make a complete plant. The mill is situated at Mable post office, three miles above Marcola and two miles from the Wendling branch of the Southern Pacific railroad. A steel rail horse tramway conveys the lumber from the mill to the docks at the railroad. Mr. Yerger, from whom the new company purchased the plant, came here from Los Angeles last summer and has operated it since, but seeing another business opening at Portland that would be a profit to him, sold out at a good advance over the price he had paid for the plant.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5-31-1907

MARCOLA NEWS The train has been from one to five hours late the last week, but to make up they bring more cars to haul all the lumber. A new donkey engine for S. P. camp No. 3 arrived yesterday. J.B. Cox, the blacksmith of the S. P. camp No. 3, has resigned and will move to Springfield to build on and improve his lots. S. G. Squires is building a new barn. The relatives of the late Austin Root have put up a monument this week to his memory.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-5-1907

YOUNG MAN'S ARM SAWED OFF AT MARCOLA MILL Harry Hanson, aged 17 years, was the victim of a serious accident at the Southern Pacific Company's sawmill No. 3 at Marcola yesterday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock. He was working about a saw while it was not in motion and it suddenly started up without any warning being given, with the result that the boys left arm was sawed off near the shoulder and the scapula sawed in two. He was at once started for Eugene, the company surgeon there binding up the wound as well as possible, however, before he left. He arrived in town between 8 and 9 o'clock last night and was taken to the Eugene hospital, where Dr. Paine, assisted by Dr. Kuykendall, dressed the wound. He is getting along very well today although he is still very weak from shock.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-5-1907

MARCOLA NEWS Mrs. Groshong, the cook of S. P. camp No. 3, has resigned on account of the foreman not allowing them to keep dogs in camp. The building of C. Cole's new hotel at Marcola will begin soon, as the material is being put on the ground. The flume from S. P. mill No. 3 has begun to grow under the supervision of Abe Tidd. S. G. Spicer has the frame work of his new barn all up.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-14-1907

JOHN FORD KILLED BY WILLIAM BUTLER AT WENDLING

W. L. butler shot and killed John Ford at Wendling this afternoon at 1 O'clock and immediately afterward gave himself up to the constable there, who will bring him to Eugene on this evening's train and place him in the county jail. News of the killing was received in Eugene shortly after it occurred, and the Guard telephoned for particulars, but owing to the fact that the line was in very bad order it was very difficult to hear anything. However, after having the conversation repeated through the Springfield office, a meager account of the killing was obtained. Ford and Butler were both employed in the Booth Kelly logging camp at Wendling. Ford's wife secured a divorce from him at Oregon City about a month ago, and he came to Eugene and secured employment of the mill company at Wendling. A few days ago the woman arrived in Eugene and in company with Butler who is said to be from Portland, went to Wendling. There Ford saw them and trouble ensued, resulting in the murder. Ford was on the train at the time Butler entered the car where he was sitting and fired three shots at him at close range, all of them taking effect. Ford died in a few minutes. Butler then gave himself up to the constable, who handcuffed him and will take him to Eugene there to be turned over to Sheriff Fisk. There is great excitement at Wendling over the affair. Ford is the man, who with the woman that was the cause of the shooting, then Stella Ridgeway, was arrested in the Siuslaw country over a year ago for lewd cohabitation. He was committed to jail for the offence on February 8, 1906, and liberated upon marrying the girl on February 15. They went to Portland and the next heard from them was when Mrs. Ford was granted a divorce at Oregon City, the Guard printing an account of the case at the time. Ford was seen here a few days ago, as was also his divorced wife. Ford's body will arrive here on the same train which is carrying the constable and prisoner. Both men are about thirty-five years of age and Butler is single.

LATER REPORTS INDICATE BUTLER SHOT IN SELF DEFENCE The stage carrying Butler and the Ford woman arrived in Eugene at 4:40 this afternoon and Butler was turned over to Sheriff Fisk. The later details of the crime differ from the first reports in that Butler, it seems, killed Ford in self defense. Butler had entered the train to come to Eugene when Ford, in a drunken condition, followed him and began firing. Two bullets struck Butler in the left arm, inflicting flesh wounds. Butler then opened fire on Ford, killing him. He denies that he had given Ford any just cause for attempting to take his life.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-2-1907

LOGGERS TAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PORTLAND A large number of loggers from the Mohawk country arrived in Eugene last night, and more will be down tonight on their way to Portland to celebrate the 4th of July. Each man has from $50 to $200 in cash and they declare they will spend every cent of it before returning. One bank alone cashed over $15,000 worth of checks for the loggers yesterday. On account of prohibition in Lane Co. every bit of this money will be spent in Portland, whereas in former years it was kept in Eugene, and surrounding towns. The loggers are all free spenders and create prosperity wherever they do their trading.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-3-1907

DR. J. RANDOLPH BARR MARRIES ADA SMITH AT MARCOLA A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith at Marcola Ore when their youngest daughter, Ada, was united in marriage to Dr. J. Randolph Barr, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Edward Gittings of the Leslie M. E. church of Salem. The ceremony was witnessed only by immediate relatives and intimate friends. The bride was attended by her sisters, Mrs. J. H. Barr, Jr. and Mrs. Willie C. Barr, while the groomsmen were J. H. Barr, Jr., and Willie C. Barr, brothers of the groom. The guests were; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barr, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Smith, Mrs. M. S. Gum. Mrs. D.B. Kennedy, Miss Lola E. Barr, Dr. W. H. Pollard, Mr. Alvin Clearwater, and Misses, Vera Edwards, Essie Nicholson, Anna Hills, Lucy Ramsey, Edna Mcpherson, Alice McCornack, Alta Dodd and Ruby Edwards. The bridal couple will reside at Wendling where they will be at home to their friends after July 8th.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-15-1907

THE COBURG GLASS FACTORY The Matheson Glass Company which for some time has been erecting a glass factory in Coburg, expects to begin blowing glass August 1, and thereby start the first glass factory in Oregon. This concern expects to employ about thirty people at first and to make every kind of glass except plate. As glass in the West is twice as high in price as in the East, the company should be a success, and upon this fact the company intends to enlarge the plant, as soon as it is practical. J. D. Pirtle, who for eight years has been a resident of Coburg, is at the head of the business end of the enterprise.

The men who will run the actual process of manufacturing are Norwegians, most of whom are almost directly from Norway. They bring with them all the skill that European artificers possess, and claim to have the best glass blower in America in the person of Gustav Matheson. These men have been blowing glass since their childhood and claim to have learned much in advance, of the methods of Amerisa's, manufactured in the Eastern states. This superior knowledge is demonstrated by the cost of the present plant at Coburg, only $6,000, while an American plant in the East would require the sum of $30,000. There are in the plant one smelter, four coolers, one temporary kiln, besides the necessary apparatus. The smelter is something new to this country, being constructed to burn wood. The expense is only $2,000 for the furnace, though the others in the United States that do the same work are valued at many times that sum. The smelter is being constructed by two of the workmen themselves, since the form is so peculiar that an American mason would have to be shown every step. The furnace, the proprietors claim, is the only one of its kind in the country. It also has such efficiency that it will make glass six times as cheaply as those used in the East. One reason for this is that the fuel-wood is so much less expensive. The ingredients that will go into the glass will come from California and Oregon. The sand will come from the southern state, while the rest, as lime, will be purchased where cheapest. The reason that the factory was located at Coburg was on account of the abundance of wood, the waste from the Booth Kelly sawmill being contracted for. The building which covers the works is a large, barn-like structure, which was put up to cover the works until the property is proven a success. The men who will do the blowing are largely of one family, and seem to be of the very best class of immigrants.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-18-1907

MARCOLA WILL HAVE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE Marcola in to have a fine new school house, to be built this summer. Architect Hunzicker, of this city, has begun the plans for a four room, one-story wooden structure which the directors of that city have ordered. It is planned to have the building completed by the time the fall term of school opens. Marcola has grown during the past two years from a hamlet consisting of a store and a half dozen houses to a flourishing town of several hundred people, and the old schoolhouse has become inadequate.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-23-1907

THREE MEN HURT AT MARCOLA IN ONE DAY Marcola, July 23.- Friday, George King, who was employed at the S. P. camp No. 3, was struck across the back by a line, hurting him seriously. He was taken to the hospital in Portland. Charley Anderson, a timber faller employed at S. P. camp No. 3, received a seriously sprained ankle the same day by jumping from a high springboard. John Jacobson, also a timber faller employed at S. P. camp No. 3. was struck on the head by a large limb, making three large gashes in his head. He was unconscious for about an hour. Dr. W. H. Pollard of Marcola, was called to dress his wounds, and reports the skull not broken, but it may turn worse.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-3-1907

COBURG GLASS WORKS TO START NEXT WEEK The glass works at Coburg did not start as expected on August 1, because some of the machinery was not done. A hood for one of the furnaces and some wheels are being made here in Eugene and held back the opening of the factory. All of the workmen from the East are not expected to arrive until Monday, which will also held back the initial blowing until the middle of next week or perhaps later. The factory promises to become an enterprise of importance to Coburg, and is said to be the first one west of the Rocky Mountains.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-5-1907

MARCOLA VERY BUSY PLACE THIS SUMMER

The third flume into Marcola, from Southern Pacific camp No. 2, will be finished within a couple of weeks, according to the estimate of the foreman. They are now at the crossing of the Fischer flume. Several months have been spent upon the work, which has entailed considerable expense. The flume is fifty feet high in some places, the end of it coming into the same yard as the one from No. 4, they entering from nearly opposite directions. The hotel which has been constructed by C. Cole will be ready for opening in about ten days. The building is a three-story frame structure, containing 32 rooms. W. C. Seelye will be manager of the establishment, which has been greatly needed in the thriving town of Marcola. W. W. Coffey, who has been working for the Sunset Lumber Co. of Mabel, had his head split Saturday, and came down to have the injury dressed Saturday night. Just a year ago he received serious injuries from which he was laid up for many weeks. Garrison and Mummey today began construction of a new four room school house at Marcola. The branch of the Axe Billy Department store at this place is also having a new building, erected. George Sabocski is finishing a five room cottage, and several other buildings are reported as being built at Marcola.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-15-1907

S. P. MILLS HAVE $30,000 YEARLY WASTE THREE MILLS AT MARCOLA HAVE WASTE OF $100 A DAY - CANNOT SELL BECAUSE OF LEGAL QUESTIONS 4 S. P. RR. GETS ANOTHER BIG ENGINE Because the Southern Pacific Company has no right to sell timber, lumber or wood to the public, at least $100 worth of slabwood or timber is being wasted each day, at the three S. P. mills near Marcola, says G. F. Hurd, of this city, who has just returned from Marcola. Some time ago a man offered the company $100 a day for their waste timber, but because of a legal reason the timber is burned. The company has use for a great deal of timber, but all that is sawed must fit the company's expressed purposes, and that which does not goes into the burner. In this way much waste timber that could be made up into lathe, various sizes of lumber, and much slab wood is a total loss so far as supplying the big demand for such things is concerned. Mr. Hurd believes that such waste is criminal, for since twenty-five cords of wood, counting all the waste, good as firewood only, in burned at one mill alone each day, the conservative estimate for all three mills is fifty cords a day, worth at least $100, $20,000 a year is lost in wealth to the country.

BIG DONKEY ENGINE The Southern Pacific Company has just brought to camp No. 3 a big combined donkey and traction engine. The outfit has 4000 feet of wire cable for hauling logs, and a return cable 9000 feet in length.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-22-1907

FISCHER BROTHERS MILL RESUMES OPERATIONS AT MARCOLA Marcola, August 21.- Fischer Bros. have got their mill overhauled and have resumed operations once more. Dave Hill, who was hurt at Fischer Bros. mill is not improving very fast. Munroy and Garrison are progressing nicely with the new schoolhouses. The two old schoolhouses are for sale. Mr. Tidd has nearly finished the flume from S. P. mill No. 3. The S. P. bought a team for camp No. 1, paying $600, and have got a new road donkey for camp No. 3. Mr. Gilbert has been engaged for principal of the Marcola school.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-5-1907

MARCOLA NEWS J. S. Churchill, the bookkeeper of the Fischer Bros. Lumber Company and Postmaster of Marcola, has handed in his resignation as bookkeeper. Ralph Buchanan, employed at the Fischer Bros. as ratchet setter, was badly hurt last week by striking his head on a brace over the carriage track. As Abe Tidd has the flumes of the S. P. Company complete, most of the crew have gone to Portland to get work.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-9-1907

COBURG GLASS PLANT IN FULL OPERATION The glass factory at Coburg is now in full operation with twelve or more men employed. It is turning out lamp chimneys at present, but later other articles will be manufactured and a larger work force employed. This is destined to be one of the principal industries of the county. A ready market for the produce of the factory is found and as the fuel is cheap, the plant can be operated on an economical basis. The owners of the plant are old hands at the business, being employed in glass factories in Norway.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-13-1907

TWO MARCOLA WOMEN ARRESTED The proprietor and an inmate of a house of ill fame at Marcola were arrested by constable Plank, charged with selling liquor in violation of the state law.

Those arrested are Mrs. Allie Cruzan, of Fairmont fame, and Mrs. Pinchnott, one of the inmates of her house. There have been many complaints to Deputy Distinct Attorney Skipworth in regard to Mrs. Cruzan's house at Marcola, and her arrest has been contemplated for some time past, but it has been difficult to secure the consent of any one to appear as witness against the place. Besides the sale of liquor at the house, it is said there are nightly carousals there which greatly disturb the peace of the community. The two women will be brought down from there on the evening train. There are two cases each against the Cruzan and Pinchnott woman.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-21-1907

FATAL PISTOL DUEL OCCURS AT MARCOLA One man killed, another mortally wounded, and a third slightly wounded is the result of a shooting affray at Marcola about 3:30 this afternoon. The affair was between Charles Crowley and Bert Nunn, who met at Price and Weber's store and emptied their revolvers at each other. Crowley died soon after receiving his wounds and Nunn is said to be in a very serious condition. A man named Ireland, who it seems, was a bystander, received a wound of a minor nature. Crowley who was a single man aged about 30 years, lived at the house kept by Mrs. Alice Cruzan, who was tried and convicted in the Justice court in Eugene this morning for selling liquor in violation of the local option law. He was known as a bad man and apparently had no means of livelihood. Nunn was a respectable citizen, a man of family, and has been working at one of the local camps at Marcola for some time past. He was a witness against Mrs. Cruzan in her trial this morning, and on that account had trouble with Crowley. It is said that Crowley made threats against Nunn several times during the day, and while they were on their way from Eugene to Marcola this afternoon. Nunn was shot through the abdomen and it is probable that he will not recover from his wounds. It could not be learned how many shots entered his body, nor where the shots fired by Nunn entered the body of Crowley. It was first reported that Crowley had not been killed, but afterward it was learned that he expired a few minutes after the shooting. Nunn will be brought to Eugene on this evenings train, and his wounds attended to at the Eugene Hospital. It is probable that "Crowley's body will be brought down on the same train for the inquest.

MRS. CRUZAN FINED $250(for selling liquor) 9-21-1907 Mrs. Alice Cruzan, keeper of a questionable resort at Marcola, was fined $250 and costs in the Eugene Justice court today for selling liquor in violation of the local option law. Her trial came up at 9 O'clock in the forenoon and the courtroom was filled with witnesses and idle a spectators. The jury that had been chosen the night before consisted of the following. P. D. Newett, G. E. Kress, W. W. Hains, A. O. Jennings L. L. Cartwell and Samuel Taylor. The state examined a number of witnesses, including the two detectives who have been testifying in other cases during the week, and several citizens of Marcola. The defense offered no testimony at all. The jury returned a verdict of guilty without leaving the jury box. The defence waived the time for sentence and Judge Bryson imposed a fine of $250. Mrs. Cruzan's attorney, J. M. Pipes immediately filed a notice of appeal to the circuit court, and the woman's bond was fixed at $400. Mrs. Pinchnott, who was arrested at the same time and on the same charge, is not in the city and cannot be found.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-23-1907

BERT NUNN DIES FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED AT MARCOLA W. G. (Bert) Nunn, who was shot by Charles Crowley in a pistol duel at Marcola Saturday afternoon, in which Crowley met his death, died at the Eugene Hospital at 1:55 this afternoon. The wound was a very bad one and the physicians from the first gave no hope of recovery. The bullet entered his right side, passing directly beneath the liver, and, and came out on the left side, just under the stomach, barely missing both of these organs. The intestines were not penetrated. Nunn's family was at his bedside at the time of his death. While it was considered that death was inevitable, it came sooner than the physicians thought.

STORY OF THE TRAGEDY For some time before the shooting occurred there had been trouble between Nunn and Crowley, and Nunn had made the remark that he believed it would result seriously some day. The fact that Nunn and Richard Harold, who was also shot in the leg by Crowley, had testified against Mrs. Cruzan, with whom Crowley lived, in her trial for selling liquor, aggravated the trouble between them. When they reached Marcola Saturday afternoon, after having been in Eugene attending the trial, Nunn and Guy Cruzan, son of Mrs. Cruzan, became engaged in a fist fight. Cruzan was knocked down and his face disfigured. Shortly afterward Crowley came out of the Cruzan house with a revolver strapped on his hip. Seeing Nunn in Webber and Price's store, he called out to him to come out you _ _ _ I am going to kill you." Nunn started out and at the same time drew his revolver. He had not more than reached the door, when the shooting commenced. Both seemed to begin shooting at the same time. After both men had emptied their revolvers Nunn went into the rear part of the store and sank to the floor. Crowley went around the corner of the building, reloaded his revolver and coming back again shooting at Harold, who was back in the store some distance. Two bullets struck him in the right leg, inflicting only flesh wounds. After the shooting Crowley retraced his steps toward the "Cruzan home and called to Guy Cruzan to shoot in the air and shout "Hurrah for the victory". Young Cruzan did so, and soon afterward Crowley sank to the ground and died about half an hour afterward. Several shots that Crowley fired at Nunn barely missed Walter Price, one of the proprietors of the store who was leaning on the show case at the time two shots entered the show case right under his arms, another struck the counter, and a fourth struck a tobacco box near his head. A piece of glass from the broken show case struck him on the nose and he thought for a second or two that he had been shot. Upon examination of Crowley's body it was found that he was struck by three bullets, one entering his breast very near the heart, another in the abdomen and the third in the right leg above the knee.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-25-1907

CRUZAN PEOPLE ORDERED OUT OF MARCOLA

The Guard is informed that a vigilance committee has been organized at Marcola, among the best citizens of that place, and if Mrs. Alice Cruzan and her followers, who were mixed up in the double killing there the other day and who were largely responsible for the trouble, return and continue their residence there they will be ordered out of town, and if they refuse to go they will be summarily dealt with. The citizens will use no violence unless it becomes necessary to eject them bodily from the town. As an indication of the feeling against these people one of the merchants there refused to sell the daughter of Mrs Cruzan and another girl a loaf of bread the next day after the shooting and ordered them out of his store. Mrs. Cruzan and her associates are in Eugene today, having attended the funeral of Charles Crowley, which was held this afternoon. It is not learned whether they intend returning to Marcola or not. Of course they will be allowed to pack up their belongings there, but the citizens will not tolerate their remaining there any longer than necessary.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-26-1907

NEW SAWMILL TO BE BUILT NEAR COBURG The Fitzhenry-Bean Lumber Company today filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk, the incorporators being N. L. Fitzhenry of Deerhorn; Frank L. Bean, recently from Montana, and W. Schornig, a well known logger of Vida. The Capitol stock is $10,000 and the principle place of business is at Coburg. It is the intention of the company to at once erect a sawmill of about 20,000 feet capacity, on a tract of timber recently purchased from Jesse Hopkins about a mile from Coburg. There are about 18,000,000 feet in the tract and the company has a contract to log it off inside of six years. The mill will be in operation by January 1, 1908.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-9-1907

COBURG WOMAN HURT IN RUNAWAY This afternoon at 3:45 o'clock the street car frightened a horse hitched to a buggy being driven by Mrs. Madsen, of Coburg, and a lady friend, and the horse ran away. The horse ran east on East Eighth street to Oak, and north on that street to fifth. Turning west on Fifth Street the animal ran into a tree near the Charles Croner residence and demolished the buggy, throwing the occupants to the ground. They were not badly injured, but received severe bruises.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-12-1907

SAGINAW SAWMILL CLOSES DOWN INDEFINITELY

George H. Kelly and E. H. Cox, of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, visited the company's big sawmill at Saginaw yesterday and ordered the plant closed down at once on account of the car shortage. It is absolutely impossible to get cars enough to fill one-twentieth of the orders the company receives. The date of the reopening of the mill for business depends on the car supply, and the final decision in the new rate matter. If the proposed rate on lumber shipments from the coast to the East is put into effect, the mill will remain idle for a long time to come, and it is likely that the other plants of the company will also close down. The mills at Springfield, Coburg and Wendling are each operating a day shift, but are shipping very little lumber for the reason that cars are so scarce.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-19-1907

SPLENDID LODGE INSTITUTED LAST NIGHT AT MARCOLA Mohawk Lodge No. 200 was instituted last night with the best prospects of any Odd Fellows organization ever instituted in Lane county, said W. V. Green last night at Marcola, when 46 new members were initiated and seven admitted by card, making a total membership of 53.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-25-1907

S. P. COMPANY BEGINS MARCOLA DEPOT Marcola, Oct. 25.- The S. P. Company has at last started working on the depot at Marcola. The surveyors were working on the site Friday. The steam wood saw that cut wood for J. F. Volgamore has returned to Springfield. Dave Neely hauled several loads of lumber from John Brookmyer's mill last week. School has not begun in the new schoolhouse as expected. There was a moving picture show in town Wednesday and Thursday night. There was a large attendance and "The Montana girl" was fine. There have been about two cases of typhoid fever this summer at Fischer Brothers mill.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-29-1907

NELSON COFFEY INJURED IN MOHAWK LOGGING COIF Nelson Coffey, employed in one of the S. P. logging camps near Marcola, was brought to Eugene last night suffering from serious injuries. Coffey ran the donkey engine in the camp. The cables pulling a log became twisted, and in trying to straighten them his thumb was caught between them and he was drawn into the drums of the cylinders on the donkey before the engine could be stopped. His chest was crushed, and other injuries were received. He is now in the Eugene Hospital, and while he is in a very serious condition there, the chances are for his recovery.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11-2-1907

THE STRANGE CASE OF THE HALSEY MAN Halsey Ore. November, I. Claude Hedgepath, a section hand, quarreled with his wife Wednesday, and because she told him that she hated him, borrowed money from an acquaintance and with his trunk boarded a southbound train for an unknown destination. He leaves behind also a fourteen-month old child. There are some strange features in the case. Hedgepath and his wife are second cousins. His mother-in-law, who lived with the couple, is his guardian until next Monday, his 21st birthday, when he will receive $104 from his mothers estate. His wife will endeavor to secure this, as she is in ill health, with no means of support. The strangest feature of the case is that this is the fourth member of the family to leave by train from this place in the same manner during the last two years. The first to go was Mrs. Hedgepath's father, monroe Miller, who eloped with her uncle's wife, Florence Allen, taking Mr. Allen's 11-year-old daughter. Then Vincent Holgate, who is married to her aunt, disappeared, and now her husband has followed their mode of settling family infelicity. When Mrs. Allen, who is mother of the deserted Mr. Allen, of Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Holgate and the grandmother of Mrs. Hedgepath, was interviewed on the subject she replied: " My sister of Eugene was treated the same way, but law, they can't hurt us we're above reproach."

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11-12-1907

CHARLES KING KILLED AT FISCHERS CAMP Charles King who resides at 892 Pearl Street in this city, died at the Eugene Hospital this afternoon about 2 o'clock from injuries received near Fischers mill, in the vicinity of Marcola, yesterday afternoon.

THE DAILY GUARD 11-13-1907

MARCOLA NEWS The postoffice was moved last Saturday from Fischers office to Price and Weber's store. Walter Price, the new postmaster, has had considerable experience along that line and will no doubt give good service to the public. In spite of the wage cut of 25 and 50 cents per day made by the S. P. and Fischer Bros. mills, all of the hands continue to work. Quite a commodious depot is being built at this place, work beginning last Tuesday. Robert Whitbeck came down from Wendling and bought a lot from C.J. Cole, paying $100 for it. Robert Drury and daughters, Nellie and Maude, after a few days visit with friends and relatives at this place, returned to their home at Pleasant Hill.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-12-1907

TWO LOGGERS BADLY INJURED AT MARCOLA A. Almasi and J. W. Wheeler, loggers employed by the Southern Pacific Company at mill No. 3 near Marcola, were badly injured yesterday afternoon about 10 o'clock and they were taken to Portland on the flyer last evening to be placed in a hospital. Almasi and Wheeler were working on a log chute when a log was being pulled down, when the log struck something and whirled around, striking the men. Almasi's head and shoulders were badly bruised, and he seemed to be hurt internally. He was unconscious at the time the train left for Eugene at 5 o'clock, and it was thought his injuries were serious. Wheeler was caught between the log that jumped the chute and another one, bruising him up quite badly, but no bones were broken. The men were brought to Eugene on cots and kept at the depot until the flyer came along about 7 o'clock and then taken to Portland.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-14-1907

BOOTH KELLY MEN PAID IN GOLD Tuesday was pay day at the Booth Kelly mill and $20,000 in gold coin was distributed among our citizens. Last month the company paid off their help with San Francisco clearing house certificates, but this month were fortunate enough in getting the gold from their bankers in California. As the crew at the mill has been considerably reduced during the past week, the payroll will be correspondingly smaller next month.

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