Category:Daily Eugene Guard (1916)

From Lane Co Oregon

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-1-1916

Springfield News Bart McKibben, of Wendling, was taken to the Eugene hospital Wednesday to receive treatment for an injured foot. The injury was caused a few days ago while he was working with machinery at the mill. Ivan Yancy, machinist for the Booth Kelly Company at Wendling, is in Springfield doing some repair work at the company's plant.

The Eugene Daily Guard 1-10-1916

MABEL MILLWRIGHT HERE (Springfield News)

J. B. Campbell, head millwright at the Coast Range Lumber Company of Mabel, spent the week-end here with his family. Mr. Campbell states the mill and the camps will be shut down for about two weeks to make extensive repairs. A large force of men will start to work at once building about two miles of railroad into new territory, and the mill will be given a general overhauling. Business is picking up with the company as they are overstocked with orders at this time.

CLEANING OUT SPRINGFIELD POND A crew of about forty men worked all day Sunday clearing bark and drift wood from the Booth Kelly mill pond. It was necessary to let the water out of the pond as some of the water soaked bark had sunk to the bottom.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-15-1916

BOOTH KELLY MILL CLOSED AT SPRINGFIELD The Booth Kelly mill was closed last night for an indefinite time because of log shortage caused by the heavy snow at the camps above Wendling. It is reported that the snow is about four feet deep at Camp No. 10, which is about seven and one-half miles above Wendling. The mill will be given a general overhauling and some improvements will be made during the shut down. The Wendling mill was closed several days ago and a large force of men is at work doing general repairing. Officials of the company state that they have plenty of standing orders.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-20-1916

SAMUEL TAYLOR OF COBURG DEAD Samuel Taylor, aged 70 years, a resident of Lane Co. for the last 32 years, died at his home in Coburg yesterday, after an illness of but two days. Mr. Taylor was born in Iowa in 1846. He spent his early life in the East, coming to Portland in 1880. Soon after his arrival in Portland, he opened a grocery business, which he continued until 1884. At that time he moved to Coburg and has been a resident of Lane county ever since, having been engaged in farming the majority of the time. In 1902, Mr. Taylor and family moved to Eugene, living at eleventh and Lawrence street. Three years ago, he moved back to Coburg, where he has resided continuously. Mr. Taylor was a member of the local J. W. Geary post, G. A. R. He is said to have attended every meeting of the G. A. R. held in Oregon since 1880. Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife and two sons, Homer Taylor and Harry Taylor, all of Coburg. The funeral services will be held at the family residence at Coburg, Friday afternoon, at 1 p. m. Interment will be made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Coburg.

EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-22-1916

OLD HOG BLOWS UP (Springfield news)

What might have proved a serious accident to the working men at the Oregon Power Co. plant yesterday just a few minutes before the noon hour, resulted only in a bad scare to those working near the old "hog", which had been pressed into service since the mill closed down. The "hog" had not been used for more than a year past, and is maintained only for emergency purposes to grind the slabs into chips and furnish fuel for the lighting plant when the mill is not in operation. In feeding the large slabs into the "hog', which is of the old rotary cast iron type, it became clogged in some manner and without any warning its weakened condition from long service, gave way and the mammoth rotary contrivance seemed to break into a thousand pieces. Bits of broken castings, bolts and knife blades were hurled through the roof of the old building in every conceivable direction. Only by a miracle no one came in contact with the flying plunder and no serious damage was done further than putting the "hog" out of commission for all time to come and frightening the workmen to almost insensibility. The accident will in no way interfere with the operation of the Oregon Power Company's plant.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-22-1916 MARCOLA NEWS A wendling logger here Tuesday reported snow six feet deep at Camp 2 in the mountains, and the man coming down on snowshoes for provisions. The log train has made several futile attempts to reach the snowbound camps. The body of Francis Frost, an aged former resident, was brought here from Eugene Thursday for interment in the Marcola cemetery. M. J. Arnal has sold his house and lot on main street to L. M. Duguid. Walter Trotter met with an odd accident in a snowballing frolic with his wife Monday. In a struggle to wash Mrs. Trotter's face with snow, he was struck so hard by her elbow as to break one of his ribs. The Bally logging camp near Fischers mill is to be reopened Monday after having been abandoned for several years.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 1-24-1916

SPRINGFIELD NEWS Tom Billings, head faller at the Booth Kelly camp above Wendling, spent last week with his family here. Mr. Billings a short time ago cut the tops from several trees about 120 feet above the ground. The trees are used to support a sky line for hoisting logs. Mr. Billings states he stood on a spring board two inches thick and six inches wide while sawing the trees. MARCOLA LUMBER MAN HERE E. C. Martin, employee of the Fischer Lumber Company, at Marcola, spent the week-end with Springfield friends and looking after his property interests. He says mill operations are closed down, owing to the heavy snow, nearly two weeks ago, but the planer has only been idle for ten days. As the snow is fast disappearing he thinks it will be possible to resume operations by the middle of the week.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-7-1916

COBURG BURNS

BURNED AREA COVERS ALMOST AN ENTIRE BLOCK. DRENCHING RAIN STORM SAVES TOWN AND THE BOOTH-KELLY MILL FROM WHAT SEAMED CERTAIN DESTRUCTION. FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT IS VIRTUALLY WORTHLESS AND HOSE TOWER BECOMES MENACE TO TOWN, DURING THE CONFLAGRATION, AND HAS TO BE CUT DOWN.

APPEAL FOR AID SENT TO EUGENE Department in City Fails To Respond After Receiving Report That Road, Owing To Flood Conditions, Was Impassable. A. C. Dixon, Manager Of Lumber Company, And Residents Of Eugene, Owning Property In Town, Make Hurried Trips In Motors, Fording Water On Way to Scene -

ESTIMATED LOSS Dr. M. E. Jarnegan, drug store building and stock $4,400.00 Vogt Bros. Confectionery store....................$2,200.00 Building occupied by Vogt Bros....................$1,200.00 Cook and Rice Hardware stock......................$4,200.00 Building occupied by Cook and Rice................$2,000.00 Postoffice building owned by M. J Skinner.........$1,000.00 United States Government, postoffice supplies........$15.00 Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co............$50.00 Telephone building owned by Lock and Washburne......$500.00 E. L. Tonnesen Feed store, including buildings....$1,500.00 Hotel building, damaged, Mrs. Fred Higgenbothem.....$500.00 .Total $ 17,565.00 Practically the entire business section of Coburg, seven miles northeast of Eugene was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at about $17,565.00 with $9,000 insurance. Booth Kelly Lumber company's mill which is located directly across the street from the burning section, was not damaged by the fire, the fire having been confined to the original block in which it started. The origin of the fire is problematical, but according to Edward Crandall, night watchman for the Booth Kelly Company , the man who first discovered the blaze, the fire started from a defective flue in the rear of the Vogt Brothers pool room and confectionery store. Crandall says at 5:30 a. m. he was on the main street and there was no smoke. Fifteen minutes later, he says he saw smoke coming from the rear of the Vogt's pool hall.

CRANDALL GIVES ALARM "I immediately ran three blocks distant." said Crandall, " and started the town pumps, gave a general fire alarm and

telephoned the Eugene fire department." By this time the blaze had assumed such gigantic proportions that nearly all the residents of the town were in the streets and assisting the volunteer fire department. A fire tower, used to drain the hose became a menace to the city. It was thought the tower would carry the flames to other buildings. When the townspeople realized the danger, a crew of men was put to work to chop the tower down. It was dragged to the middle of the street and out of the path of the flames. A drenching rainstorm, and the absence of wind, saved the entire town, including the Booth Kelly mill, from being completely destroyed. The water pressure was not great enough to throw water on the burning buildings. A bucket brigade was formed by the citizens and water was taken from the hose at the curbing to fill the buckets. Manager A. C. Dixon, of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co., and people owning property in Coburg, were notified early yesterday of the impending danger to the entire community. Many made hurried trips in motor cars to the town over roads flooded with water. In many places the motor cars were compelled to ford through pools of water. It was owing to the condition of the roads that mayor W. A. Bell and Councilman B. F. Goodpasture, of the fire and water committee, decided not to send the Eugene fire fighting apparatus to Coburg to assist in extinguishing the blaze. The only truck which could have been used was the large Knott fire engine. The excessive weight of this machine made it prohibitive to attempt a trip to Coburg, it was stated.

DR. JARNEGAN'S LOSS GREATEST Dr. M. E. Jarnegan, owner of the drug store stocks fixtures and building, was the largest individual loser yesterday. Dr. Jarnegan estimated his loss to be $4400, none of which was covered by insurance. A file of prescriptions was saved. In speaking of his loss, yesterday morning, while portions of the buildings were still smoldering. Dr Jarnegan said he did not feel so bad. "Things have been happening since the time of Adam," he said. Cook and Rice, hardware dealers, were the next largest losers in the early morning blaze. Mr. Rice said the firm's loss would reach $4200. Some of the stock was saved by carrying it to another building, but the blaze was so rapid in its destruction that only a comparative small amount of stock on hand was saved. Edward Vogt, one of the proprietors of Vogt Brothers, said his loss would amount to $2200. Included in this are the pool and billiard tables, stock and fixtures. Vogt Brothers building was owned by Mrs. Lucy Sodders, of Minnesota. The loss is estimated to be about $1200. It was insured for $800. The Vogt Brothers stock was insured for $1500. The building which Cook and Rice occupied was owned by N. J. Nelson and the loss is estimated to be about $2000. This is partially covered by insurance. S. L. Tonneson feed store, building and stock, sustained a loss of $1500. Mr. Tonneson said he carried $1500 insurance on his stock and fixtures. M. J. Skinner, owner of the building occupied by the postoffice says he valued his property at $1000. Partial insurance was carried. The loss of the United States Government was small, due to the quick work of Miss Vera Powers, acting postmistress, all of the registered mail, stamps, money order blanks and cash, was removed to a building across the street. Miss Powers estimated the governments loss not to exceed $5. Most of the loss was for report blanks and other

miscellaneous supplies connected with the postoffice. Miss Powers enlisted the aid of Abe Coke and other Coburg residents in removing the mail to places out of danger. The Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company's loss was $50. The telephone building was owned by Look and Vashburne and the loss on this structure is $500. It was insured. A switchboard valued at $600, belonging to the telephone company, was saved. The hotel owned by Mrs. Fred Higginbotham, and leased by L. B. Lock, was damaged to $500. Some of the damage was to the furniture, but the majority was for the building. Slight damage was done to the Oregon Power Company's electric lines at Coburg, but superintendent Burke said today the company would not be able to determine the extent of the loss until further investigation has been made.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-9-1916

Springfield News Items

ROADS TO COBURG IN BAD SHAPE Dale Mummey, local manager of the Oregon Power Company and R. Jenkins went to Coburg on business yesterday. They started with a rig and experienced much difficulty in an effort to reach the McKenzie bridge. From the Armitage place to the bridge there were a half dozen flooded places in the road which were nearly deep enough to swim the horse and at the bridge the water was so deep it was necessary for them to turn back, leaving the horse at the Armitage farm. They walked the railroad trestle in to Coburg. The volunteer firemen at Coburg are erecting a new bell tower in the south end of town. They started to work on the structure yesterday. When the work is completed the town will be provided with two fire bells which will be convenient in the event of a fire at night, after the closing hour of the telephone exchange at 9 o'clock.

STEAM FEED BROKEN AT SPRINGFIELD MILL At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a large drum on the steam feed at the Booth-Kelly mill broke. The company sent an order this morning to an iron works in Everett Washington, for a new casting which is expected to arrive here Friday night. The mill will probably resume operations Saturday morning.

CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS A number of Coburg citizens were busy yesterday clearing away the debris from the street at the scene of the fire Sunday morning

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-10-1916

B. K. MILL AND CAMPS WILL RESUME WORK

The Booth Kelly lumber camps, at Wendling, will open Monday and the mill will resume work Tuesday or Wednesday, according to A. C. Dixon, manager of the company. The mill and camps have been closed during the last month on account of the heavy snows. Practically all the snow has disappeared, but in some places still measures over a foot deep. A 50 foot trestle on the Booth Kelly logging railroad, recently washed away by the high waters, has been repaired and trains will be able to reach the camp. Several slides will have to be cleared.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2-18-1916

MARCOLA NEWS It is rumored that a new sawmill is soon to be built in Marcola, to get its material from Camp 2. The shipping crew of the mill here were laid off Wednesday on account of a lack of cars. The shortage, it in said, is due to the fact that thousands of cars all over the country are being used to carry war supplies to the ports. Work has begun in the Booth Kelly mill at Wendling Wednesday after a six weeks lay-off on account of snow in the mountains. At Mabel a railroad is being constructed back into the hills and the opening of the mill is postponed til some time next month. William Chapman is moving his family into Clay Sheldon's home in the north end of town. Miss Pauline Duguid has been out of school on account of an attack of tonsillitis. M. A. Arnel brought over twenty-three head of beef cattle from Camp Creek Wednesday.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-4-1916

SPRINGFIELD AND WENDLING MILLS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF SNOW The Wendling and Springfield Mills of the Booth Kelly Company ceased operations last night because of the snow storm. The mills will not reopen until the snow has disappeared or the working conditions permit, according to L. L. Lewis, general manager of the company. The company camps at Wendling have been closed since Wednesday. Hyland'e camp on the Willamette, Nettle's on the Mohawk, and Fischer's at Marcola, have also been shut down. Mr. Lewis said today that there was a foot and a half of snow at the mill at Wendling, and practically six feet at the camps. Orders that have been placed with Booth Kelly may be cancelled because the company cannot deliver the lumber, said Mr. Lewis. The Springfield mill will start as soon as the weather conditions will allow but the Wendling mill will be unable to start until the camps are reopened as there are no reserve logs. A shipment of logs, recently purchased from Siuslaw district for the Springfield mill, was expected to be delivered Monday, but the present conditions make the delivery uncertain.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-9-1916

Springfield News COUGAR SHOT W. L. McFarland was called over the phone Tuesday afternoon by people residing near Hendricks park and was told that cougar tracks had been seen near the park that morning. Mr. McFarland went at once to that vicinity and after hunting for several hours, located his game about one mile south of the Laurel Hill cemetery. His attention was attracted by the strange actions of his dog and upon investigation saw the cougar crouching in a small clump of rose brush near the edge of the timber. Mr. McFarland shot the animal and he said that it gave one jump and disappeared in the timber. He traced the blood stains to a thicket of underbrush in the timber and there lost the track. Mr. McFarland and R. Jenkins resumed the hunt today.

HAYDEN BRIDGE The recent heavy snowfall caused several barns to collapse in this vicinity. One on Camp Creek about two miles from Hayden Bridge collapsed, killing two cows. D. T. Spores shipped another car of wood to Eugene today, this making the fourth car this winter.

EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-14-1916

WALTER SPORES OF COBURG, DIES IN PORTLAND The remains of the late Walter Spores, aged 38 years, arrived in Eugene this afternoon at 5 o'clock, from Portland, where Mr. Spores died yesterday following an attack of heart failure. Mr. Spores had been a resident of Lane county for many years, having resided on his farm near Coburg until about two years ago. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ethyl Albro, of Eugene; four brothers, Melvin Spores, of Washington; Carson Spores, of Coburg; Edgar Spores of Harrisburg; and Elmer Spores of Eugene. The funeral services will be held from the Gordon and Veatch chapel tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be held in the Gillespie cemetery near Eugene.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-16-1916

MAN COMES WITH LIVE BOBCAT TO COLLECT BOUNTY How would you like to have a position in the county court house of inspecting all the bobcats which are brought into the office and perforate holes in the ears of the skins to show that the bounty had been paid? Suppose you had this position, and a man brought in a live bobcat, and asked you to pay the bounty on the animal and before you could pay a bounty legally, it was necessary that you perforate two holes in each of the animal's ears.

Would you do just like Claude Lee, deputy county clerk, did this morning? He suggested that the animal be sold to the city park. He did not want to pay the bounty. Lee Land, of Vida, came into the county clark's office this morning with a bob cat and a porcupine, and both were alive. He said the porcupine had been caught by his dog, while the bobcat he said had been trapped. "The bobcat was caught in a trap", explained Mr. Land. When I went to the trap I found him practically uninjured. I tied his legs and then took my coat off and placed it over his head and mouth, so he could not bite. I carried him this way until I got a sack, into which I placed him, and later transferred him to this box. Mr. L. decided to place the animal at the Home restaurant, at the corner of Ninth avenue and Oak street. He will endeavor to sell the animals to the city.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-18-1916

BOBCAT ON EXHIBITION The bobcat which was brought in a few days ago by Lee Land is on exhibition at the Beaver and Herndon hardware store for a few days.

Marcola News Fritz Fischer and Lee Schroeder have bought new Overland automobiles in Eugene. A. J. Price and son Walter, will go to Eugene Friday to bring up a new Maxwell, which the former has just purchased.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-25-1916

COBURG STUDENTS TO GROW POTATOES In order to raise sufficient funds for the building of a play shed, the students of the grade and high schools at Coburg, will cultivate five acres for the growing of potatoes, according to professor Alfred Skei, principal of the Coburg high school. Mr. Skei, who is in Eugene today, said that no financial support has been given by the parents or the school board and that the boys are determined to have a play shed. It in estimated that the shed will cost $150 or $200. The plan of the students is to cultivate the land in the afternoon after school and on Saturdays and be prepared to have the play shed constructed next fall.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 3-31-1916

MARCOLA WOMAN WHIPS AGED MAN

MRS. GEORGE WALKER ALLEGED TO HAVE ATTACKED HENRY ROYER 70 YRS. WITH WHIP A promise that she would get a new dress is said to be the reason which prompted Mrs. George Walker, of Marcola, to attack Henry Royer, aged 70 years, with a horse whip yesterday afternoon, at Marcola. As a result, Royer is in Eugene today and says a warrant will be issued charging Mrs. Walker with assault and battery.

It is said the trouble started when Royer recently accused Mrs. Walker of taking some chains from his livery stable. It is said Royer, when he would meet Mrs. Walker on the street would say "Hello Buck Chains" This situation began to prey on Mrs. Walker's mind. Yesterday she was in the humor for thrashing Royer when two transients in town told her they would buy her a new dress if she would horse whip Royer. She accosted Royer near the station at Marcola and it is alleged she whipped him until she drew blood. Royer managed eventually to take the whip from her. Then bystanders state she took a club and continued her assault. Mrs. Walker in said to be exceptionally strong for a woman, as she has been driving a wood wagon all winter. No complaint was issued up to a late hour this afternoon as prosecuting Attorney J. M. Devers was in Cottage Grove on business. Today, the men who offered to buy Mrs. Walker the dress, are said to have failed to fulfill their promise.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-3-1916

ACCIDENT AT PARSON GREEK BRIDGE What might have been a very serious accident occurred Friday noon at the Parson Greek bridge near here when A. J. Price, driving the new automobile he purchased last week, broke through the railing and went into the water, a fall of about eight feet. In the car besides Mr. Price, were his wife, his son, Alvin and little granddaughter. The car was considerably damaged but fortunately the occupants were unhurt. The river is several feet deep at the scene of the accident. Walter Price, assisted by Warren Price, came to the rescue and with his little Maxwell, towed out the big new Maxwell.

OTHER SPRINGFIELD AND MARCOLA NEWS Floyd Bartlett of this city sold a live bobcat to the Washington park board at Portland a few days ago. The cat was caught during the winter by Lee Land of Vida. Henry Royer went to Eugene Friday to consult Prosecuting Attorney Devers regarding the assault committed upon him Thursday. The five members of the Dial family who are suffering from typhoid fever, are reported to be slowly recovering.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-5-1916

D. A. Holland Injured At Wendling

D. A. Holland of B street Springfield, was painfully injured Saturday morning. He was employed at Wendling driving a dock horse and while moving a heavy load of 6x6 timbers, the right wheel of his truck broke through the dock and about two-thirds of the load fell off the truck upon Mr. Holland, breaking him down in the back and bruising his right leg about the knee quite badly. This is the second misfortune for Mr. Holland since the middle of February. While working at the same place Feb. 22 he received a severe sprain in his hips which laid him up for over a month. It is impossible to tell the extent of his present injury. He is at home in Springfield at present.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-5-1916

BOOTH KELLY SLIDE BEING SLUICED AWAY Ten thousand yards of clayey hillside is being moved by the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. to relieve the pressure on one of the storage buildings from a landslide at the south side of its Springfield mill. The slide is being sluiced away and deposited on a fill in the lumber yard, fire hoses and sluiceway giving the appearance of placer mining. The hill first began to slip and give trouble in December by causing the ground to bulge up under the storage building and so twist it out of shape. The damage was inconsequential, but there were possibilities of the hill moving in and the mill being forced to move out, so that early in February, men under the direction of E. E. Martin, a graduate of the University of Oregon in 1913, began to move the slide. A centrifugal "By wash" pump runs 1000 gallons per minute along the foot of the slide, and into this stream the slide is washed by three fire hoses squirting 600 gallons of water at 110 pounds pressure. The mud is run through a sluice box to a fill about a hundred yards away, where a workman keeps the deposit leveled.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-15-1916

JAMES L. TOLLMAN DIES AT YARNELL James Lane Tollman, a resident of the Mohawk district for the past twenty-eight years, died at his home at Yarnell this morning at 5 o'clock following an illness of several weeks. He leaves a wife and four children, Miss Mary J. Tollman, Mrs. Charles Hayden, Mrs. J. Shannon and Ustel Tollman. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 Sunday morning. Interment will be made in the Bexter cemetery. Mr. Tollwan was a member of the Christian church for thirty-one years. He was born in Indiana, October 11, 1855. At the age of six months his parents moved to Illinois where he lived until he was 21 years of age. He then went to Kansas, where he lived until 1888, when he came to the Mohawk. He was a farmer all his life.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 4-21-1916

MARCOLA NEWS The body of J. L. Tallman was brought here from Donna Sunday afternoon and interred in the Baxter cemetery. A large crowd attended. Rev. Norman Workman conducted the funeral services at Donna.

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Cobb got a bad scare late Saturday night, when the entire front porch of their store was knocked down by a drunken man's lurching into it. A horse hitched to the porch barely escaped injury in the crash. Edward Hamlin is building a new porch for the store.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-3-1916

MARCOLA NEWS William H. Beardon, aged about 60 years, met with a very serious accident near Donna Monday afternoon. He fell from a load of loosely piled hay and was picked up unconscious. Dr. Southworth of Eugene, was summoned and brought the injured man home to his family here. The doctor was unable to state Tuesday whether the skull was fractured or not. John Downing is enjoying his recent purchase of a new Chevrolet automobile.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-4-1916

SPRINGFIELD NEWS

HOOKS MOTORCYCLIST Robert McDonald had an exciting adventure Tuesday evening with a cow. As he was returning home from town about 9:30 he met the cow near his home on Mill street. He turned out for the cow, giving her plenty of room, but the bright headlight, enraged her and she charged. Hooking her horns on the front wheel she overthrew the machine and Mr. McDonald, who succeeded in getting away, but sustained a dislocated elbow.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-5-1916

Y. M. C. A. CAR OPENED MONDAY AT WENDLING The first Young Men's Christian Association car in the state for loggers will be formally opened at the Booth Kelly plant at Wendling, Monday night. It is the forerunner of numerous similar cars which it is hoped to establish in various parts of the state, according to J. A. Goodell, industrial secretary of the Y. M. C. A. The car, which is to be fitted up with all sorts of conveniences and games, will be for the benefit of the men at the mill at Wendling and at the two large logging camps in the vicinity. The plan is to move it from the mill to the camps and back again by rail, remaining a week at a time at each of the camps and at the mill. D. G. Bennett, who has had experience in similar cars in Montana and Washington, will be the secretary in charge. The equipment of the car will include a billiard table, checker table, reading table, victrola, reading matter and boxing gloves. Free stationary will also be furnished to the men.

The car is fourteen feet wide and sixty feet long. The car itself is furnished by the company and the equipment was purchased by the men, who donated $200 in one day for the work. It will be maintained partially by memberships purchased by the men.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-10-1916

SPRINGFIELD BOOTH KELLY NEWS The Eugene retail yards of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company are to be abandoned June 1, J. A. Griffin, manager, will continue in charge of the Eugene retail business, with offices at the general office of the company at Springfield. John Tomeeth, former superintendent for the Booth Kelly, company, now superintendent of the Weed Lumber Company , arrived home yesterday for a few days visit with his family.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-12-1916

HAYDEN BRIDGE NEWS W. C. Myers expects to cut 400 cords of balm wood for the excelsior mill in Eugene soon. W. C. Myers cut his right foot seriously with an axe Monday while working on some new ground. Dr. Robham of Springfield was called and he found it necessary to take 10 or 11 stitches in the injured foot. Several teams are busy hauling lumber from the Booth Kelly mill at Springfield for the church.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-18-1916

WENDLING NEWS The Y. M. C. A. was opened a week ago Monday night by a house warming attended by 15 appreciative men. Mr. Bennett was in charge of the car and reports excellent attendance for every evening since the opening. The car will have alternate time between the camps and Wendling. Tuesday and Friday afternoons will be devoted to the ladies and it is hoped that they will attend and enjoy the privileges

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-19-1916

DONNA W. K. Zumwalt fell from the top of his barn last Saturday while taking down some rafters and received several bruises about the head and a gash on his leg. Dr. Johnson of Marcola was called and dressed the wound and several stitches were required to close it up. Hardy is able to get around and is none the worse for his experience.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stafford were called to the bedside of Mr. Baxter of Marcola who passed away Thursday morning. Mr. Baxter was Mrs. Stafford's brother. A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spores Wednesday evening, in honor of their son, Charles Spores. Quite a number of young people were present. Mrs. Leonard Stephens is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs J. H. Kennedy. The patron teachers meeting will be held at the school house Saturday evening, May 20. The program is planned as follower Song, "America," all; recitation, Elsie Hock; reading of minutes, secretary; debate, "Resolved that a bachelor obtains more pleasure from life than a married man" Affirmative, George Hill, Lee Seavy, Frank Spores. Negative, John Adams, Alex Lewis, Frank Rohne. A ciphering match for all will conclude the program. Mrs Frank Spores and sons, Van and Fred, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Spores of Yarnell.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-23-1916

MYSTERY SOLVED WHEN SKELETON IS FOUND IN WOODS NEAR MABEL Forest, After 18 Years, Gives Up Dead, And Good Name Of Man, Once Suspected Of Murder, Is Cleared

BONES ARE IDENTIFIED AS THOSE OF J. R. BUCKNUM C. A. MORRIS, COMPANION WHO STARTED WITH HIM FROM HARRISBURG ON HUNT EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO VIEWS REMAINS A skeleton was found in the forest, bordering Cash creek, above Mabel, 40 miles from Eugene, yesterday and was brought here by sheriff James Parker yesterday afternoon. Today it was identified by C. A. Morris, of Harrisburg, as that of J. R. Bucknum, who was lost while hunting 18 years ago. On November 18, 1898, the two men left Harrisburg together. Bucknum never returned. Morris was suspected of his murder, although he was never charged with the crime. The theory was that they might have quarreled. Following the disappearance of Bucknum, who resided with his family at Harrisburg, where he was one of the owners of the Harrisburg Sawmill company, a reward was offered for the recovery of his body in the amount of $250, or evidence which would establish that he was still alive. Large searching parties were formed and for eleven weeks 36 men crossed and recrossed the territory into which it was believed the missing man might have wandered. Morris was one of the searchers. For days and days, after the others had given up hope, he hunted for the body of his friend. For thirteen weeks, he continued his search in vain. He wanted to clear his good name. The gossips had said that he must have buried the body, or it would have been found. He wanted the world to know what had become of Bucknum.

LOGGER FINDS SKELETON

Yesterday John Cocoll, a logger employed by the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, stumbled onto the skeleton while walking in the forest. He hurried back to camp to tell of his ghastly discovery, a remarkable feature in connection with which was the fact that the bones as they lay upon the ground were in perfect human form, not having been disturbed by predatory animals which are common in the region. When Cocoll reached camp, the authorities in Eugene were notified by telephone. The disappearance of Bucknum had always been a mystery and it occurred to them that the skeleton was his. Throughout the long search, the newspapers in this section of the state gave accounts of the work of the searchers. It was a topic discussed everywhere, and the announcement that a skeleton had been found was immediately coupled with the incident which had been of such great interest 18 years ago. Morris, who had been Bucknum's companion on the day he disappeared, and who is now in business at Harrisburg, was notified. He came at once to Eugene, where he identified the skeleton by the things his friend had with him on the morning they started to hunt. Conspicuous among them was a beer check "Good For One Drink" at"George Macey's". Macy was engaged in the saloon business at Harrisburg at that time.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5-25-1916 MYSTERY SOLVED WHEN SKELETON IS FOUND

WATCH IS IDENTIFIED Bucknum carried an Elgin watch. It was found. Morris identified the time piece. It had stopped at 10 1/2 minutes to 10. The jeweler at Harrisburg, who had repaired Bucknum's watch at various times, is dead. C. H. Madsen, a jeweler at Cottage Grove, is known to have done some work upon it at one time. The watch was sent to him today for further identification, by number if possible. A Winchester gun was found by the skeleton, which is perhaps the most conclusive means of identification. It in a 40-65 very uncommon calibre. Bucknum, just before he started on the hunt, Morris relates, complained because he could not get the shells to fit it. Seven shells, one of them empty, were found, indicating that he had but few in his possession at the time of death. In addition, Sheriff Parker, in removing the skeleton, picked up a lumbermans rule. Bucknum was actively engaged in the lumber industry.

GOOD NAME IS CLEARED A sight which was ghastly in itself, brought joy to the heart of Morris when he entered the sheriff's office today to view the skeleton. He was convinced that it was Bucknum's. There were no marks of violence. He felt that after all these years, his good name had been cleared. Morris stated that on November 17, 1898, early in the morning, he and Bucknum had left Harrisburg. There was 16 inches of snow on the ground at the time that they entered the mountains to hunt... The following, day, when they separated, the weather was "squally" and it was still snowing. He never saw Bucknum again.

His theory is that his friend lost his way, and being without food, perished. The spot where the skeleton was found yesterday is about three and one half miles from the point where the men had made their camp. That the body had not been found is accounted for by the fact that it was located at an almost inaccessible point on the bank of Cash creek, and, in recent years, had been almost covered by undergrowth. Since Bucknum disappeared, his wife died. He is survived by three daughters, and four sons. One son, Delbert Bucknum, is an employee of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, at Springfield; The other sons are: Lucien Bucknum, California; Herbert Bucknum, Santa Rosa California; Claude Bucknum, of Emmett, Idaho. Bucknum was a member of the W. C. W. lodge. Among his effects found in the forest was his lodge knife. Two dollars and fifty-five cents in money was also found, one of the dollars bearing the date of 1898. There were no coins of later date.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-2-1916

MARCOLA NEWS A large crew of men is busy dismantling the machinery of S. P. mill No. 2, and loading it on cars to be shipped to Portland. From there it will be taken on and set up again in Tillamook county. Modern Woodmen, Camp 9849, took in five candidates for membership Saturday night. Kenneth Barber of Wendling, Bert Fox of Mabel, and the three Willey(Wiltse?) brothers who recently moved here from Natron. After the goat had been led back to its stall the crowd enjoyed an oyster supper and general good times till 2:30 a. m. Walter Trotter is preparing to leave Saturday for Eastern Oregon, where he will look for a homestead. In spite of the unpromising weather, preparations are going on for the big school picnic to be held Saturday in Baxter's grove south of town.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-9-1916

SPRINGFIELD NEWS Melvin Fenwick yesterday met with a very painful accident. He had been using a garden disc on his ranch east of town, and having finished for the day, started to unhitch. A chicken ran in front of the horses frightening them, causing them to run. Mr. Fenwick was thrown to the ground, the disc, a 20 inch, 400 pound one, was drawn over him, causing several bruises. Nothing but the soft earth saved Mr. Fenwick from certain death. George Spores of the upper Mohawk yesterday afternoon purchased a Ford from a local garage.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-9-1916

MARCOLA NEWS The removal to Portland of the machinery and equipment of Camp No. 2, abandoned several years ago, is expected to be completed by Friday. The bad condition of the road from the camp has offered great difficulty as some of the machinery is

extremely heavy. Miss Mary Baen Wright went to Mabel Tuesday, where she joined the Misses Maude Allen and Ruth Paris in a ten-mile hike into the forest above Mabel. The party visited the place where the skeleton of J. R. Bucknum lay for eighteen years prior to its recent discovery. One of the loggers in the vicinity had just found two overlooked bones and buried them on the spot. F. C. Maple, the local druggist and postmaster, took a jolly crowd of boys on a ten days trip to the coast Saturday. All rode bicycles.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-10-1916

BOOTH KELLY EMPLOYEE AT SPRINGFIELD MEETS WITH FORTUNATE ACCIDENT A pair of baggy overalls last week caused Cal C. Burns, an employee of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company of Springfield, to get a raise and a vacation. Burns is employed as a "monorail chaser" at the Springfield mill, and it was his duty to tend the hook at the and of the cable and release the lumber. Burns had just signalled Bennie Skinner, the operator of the crane, to return for another load and thinking to rest in the meantime he stooped over for some whittling material. He was in this position when the hook on the cable swung and caught him squarely by the "galluses" of his overalls. Before Skinner had noticed the predicament, Burns was dangling, like a spider 12 ft. above the lumber pile. At this point the weakest link, namely the suspenders,let go and Burns fell to the lumber alighting on a tobacco can in his hip pocket. He was at work again in a few days

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-17-1916

MOHAWK NEWS Last Sunday there were five or six separate brush fires in the McGowan creek basin and brush fires in the hills and mountains caused the smoke that has settled in the valley. Farmers are burning slashings and deer hunters are burning out the fern openings in the timber, as the deer come to the smoke to keep off the flies. J. B. Robertson has been running his donkey engine for several days, yarding in logs to his mill. He expects to move his machine to Fischer's logging Camp soon. Frank Stafford, road supervisor for district No.3 has quite a number of teams busy hauling gravel.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-19-1916

CAR SKIDS AT SPRINGFIELD An automobile driven by Mrs. John Seavy yesterday afternoon in making the turn from main to sixth street, skidded and Mrs Seavey lost control of the machine which ran up the sidewalk and crashed into the brick wall of the Oregon Power Company's

substation. The fenders of the machine were twisted, the lights broken and the wheels somewhat damaged. The machine was towed to the garage. A party of friends accompanied Mrs. Seavey at the time of the accident which occurred about two o'clock.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-23-1916

MOHAWK VALLEY FREIGHT CROWDED WITH TOO MUCH WORK A special log train to handle shipments for the Booth Kelly company from the camps in the Mohawk valley was put on yesterday by the Southern Pacific company to relieve the crew of freight Nos. 245-246, which had been handling this work. The new train crew ties up in Eugene, and makes the run from here to Springfield, leaving at 5:30 in the morning, and returning in the afternoon when the log trains have been brought down. These logs are brought from the Booth Kelly Company's camps beyond Wendling; from Nettles camp a mile this side of Wendling, and from Fischer's Camp at Marcola. Hyland Bro. Camp, recently moved from Landax on the Oakridge line to Noti creek in the coast range, will be ready to ship about July 1. The purpose of the special log train put on yesterday is to relieve the regular Mohawk Valley freight, which had so much work to do it did not finish until late in the evening. The log train not only has to haul the loaded cars to Springfield, but it has to take the empties back, and it has to dump the logs into the pond by shoving the loaded cars onto an inclined track alongside the pond. As the cars are tilted, the logs are released and roll into the water.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-27-1916

WOMAN ATTACKED BY CHICKEN (Springfield News) Mrs. Nelson Kester sustained a very painful injury to her hand last Saturday, when a chicken which she was trying to catch flew upon her, tearing quite a gash in her hand with its talons. The wound required the attention of a physician.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6-27-1916

GASOLINE LAMP EXPLODES AT WENDLING Friday evening Fred Shepard and Adolph Weber were severely burned when a gasoline lamp exploded at Mr. Shepard's confectionery store. They were attempting to repair the lamp while burning when they accidently broke a piece out of the bowl by screwing a cap too tightly. The released pressure, forced the gasoline into the blaze, causing the explosion. Their burns were attended by Dr. Patterson.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 7-3-1916

Springfield News Dr. William Pollard Saturday purchased a new light Buick six. He will retain his old machine to use in the country and to make long drives with.

MARCOLA MAN INJURED N. F. Newhouse of Marcola, last Friday sustained a badly cut foot, when the axe he was using struck a small bush which turned the axe, striking Mr. Newhouse with full force in the foot. He was brought to the Springfield hospital, accompanied by his wife. Twelve stitches were required to close the wound.

HAYDEN BRIDGE HOGS C. Meyers Saturday brought in a fine load of hogs from his ranch near the Hayden bridge for the Swarts and Washburne packing plant.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-3-1916

SEAVY FAMILY HAS ITS ANNUAL REUNION More than forty members of the Seavey family, one of the oldest in Lane county, assembled at the summer home of J. W. Seavey on the McKenzie near Springfield, Sunday, July 30, for the fifth annual family reunion. The reunion began with a dinner, served on the lawn under the big cedar trees. Mrs. Clara Wassom read the minutes of the last years meeting, concluding with a few suggestions suitable to the occasion. A letter was read from J. C. Bushnell, a pioneer, telling the story of crossing the plains, and of the hardships of early pioneer times. Two of the younger representatives of the family, Dorthea Bushnell and Seretha Wassom, gave a reading, which was followed by the singing of the song, "Tell Mother I'll Be There," by Seretha Wassom and Dorthy and Wilbur Bushnell. Those present were:

Rev. H. W. Davis W. M. Blachly A. E. Blachly S. B. Simmons H. R. Cooper(Corvallis) J. C. Bushnell T. E. Seavey Herman Wilkins Mrs. H. Coffman(Portland) Alice Seavey Mrs. Theresa M. Jackson W. C. Seavey, Mrs. W. M. Blachly Mrs. Anna Bushnell Mrs. Belle Seavey Mrs. D. R. Cooper(Corvallis) Mrs. W. T. Simmons Mrs. M. Wilkins

Mitchel Wilkins Herbert A. Stoneberg, Walter Blachly Master Dale Blachly Hazel Seavey Elizabeth Kelley Seavey Mrs. Althea Stoneberg Alice Bushnell Alexander Seavey Holey S. Seavey Lorenda Stoneberg Dorthea Bushnell Wilbur Bushnell J. D. Wassom Clara Wassom Johnnie Wassom Seretha Wassom Westa Wilkins Lealand Cooper

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-4-1916

LOST HUNTER'S GUN FOUND ON MOHAWK (Springfield) Carson Kendig of Brownsville, who was here Monday night, has just returned from the North Fork of the Mohawk and reports the finding of a gun which belonged to his father-in-law, John C. Morgan. Mr. Morgan, who was lost four years ago, was one of the best hunters and woodsmen in the state. The gun was found by some fishermen lying on the ground covered with leaves near the bank of a creek. The search for his body, which is believed must be near the spot where the gun was found, will not be made until Fall.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-10-1916

B. K. LUMBER AUTO TRUCK RUNS 13 HOURS A DAY The Auto Truck carrying lumber for the Booth Kelly Company from Springfield to Eugene in being run 13 hours a day and is carrying enough lumber to load two box cars in that time in the endeavor to relieve the shortage of cars that is so hampering the mills in their work, according to A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth Kelly mills. Mr. Dixon states that never before has the car shortage been so noticeable, and that it is becoming daily more and more acute without the prospect of relief. The chief source of inconvenience from lack of shipping facilities is the southern railroad lines, whose cars are being employed in the moving of crops in the south, and with the carrying of sugar beets from California, says Mr. Dixon.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-12-1916

MOHAWK NEWS J. B. Robertson commenced running his saw mill again Thursday after a shut down of several months. M. S. Cassill of Yarnell Siding will run the saw mill engine. Victor Hammitt was hauling lumber from Marcola to lay a new floor in the ware room of the Donna store. H. W. Swafford loaded a car of wood to the Eugene fuel company, Wednesday. The Mohawk Lumber Company has completed a new intake to their flume at the saw mill dam. M. D. Weatherman is very busy completing a new barn at his place on McGowan Creek.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-15-1916

COOS RANCH TRADED FOR MOHAWK PLACE

E. L. Roberts has traded his 296 acre dairy ranch on the Coos river to J. C. Gordon, a Newberg banker, for a 318 acre farm known as the Swarts place on the Mohawk near Donna, and will move to his newly acquired property immediately to engage in the stock raising business. A consideration of $8000 in cash and in mortgages entered into the sale. Mr. Roberts has been residing near Springfield on a rented place, where he has been experimenting to find products best fitting to this vicinity. He receives the full equipment of the Swarts ranch in connection with the transfer.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-24-1916

MARCOLA PROPERTY SOLD Martin Endicotte, Tuesday afternoon sold his residence property in Marcola to Sid Savage, of Bend, the consideration being $ 4000. Mr. Endicotte still retains interests in Marcola.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-25-1916

MRS. F. B. TITUS OF SPRINGFIELD, DIES Mrs F. B. Titus died yesterday morning at her home on East Main Street, after an illness of nearly four years, aged 58 years, 11 months and 15 days. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Christian church. Mrs Titus leaves, besides her husband, three children, Mrs. A. E. Pratt, of Springfield; Mrs. J. E. Adams, of Parker Washington, and Earl Titus, of Marcola.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 8-26-1916

SPRINGFIELD NEWS Miss Spores Has Accident

Mrs. John Spores, who lives above town, was hurt yesterday afternoon, when the automobile collided with a wagon. Mrs. Spores was driving and as they were going up the east approach of the bridge enroute to Eugene behind another auto it stopped suddenly. To avoid a rear-end collision Miss Spores turned out and ran into the heavy wagon. The sudden impact, threw Miss Spores against the door injuring her hip severely but not seriously. The car was badly damaged.

JUST ESCAPED DROWNING Mrs. Guy Noble narrowly escaped drowning while in swimming in the river Thursday afternoon. She got in a deep hole and the undercurrent drew her down. She was going down for the third time when the attention of Fred Knox was attracted. In trying to get her ashore she pulled Fred in, and Frakie DePue came to their assistance. With many struggles all three managed to gain the shore. Fred Knox of the three, is the worst off for their plunge.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 9-9-1916

SPRINGFIELD NEWS George Revert, C. Bell, H. Ellison and H. Jones, dry kiln builders of Seattle passed through here yesterday en route from Wendling to Silverton. They have just completed the building of four dry kilns for the Booth Kelly Company at that place. Mr Revert was here two years ago, when Booth Kelly Lumber Co. put in the new dry kilns here.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 9-22-1916

A. C. DIXON OF THE BOOTH KELLY CO. SPEAKS OF CAR SHORTAGE Portland, Ore., Sept. 22.- A recital of the acute distress of the Willamette valley lumber producers, caused by the car shortage and alleged lax methods of distribution of cars for loading, was given by A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth Kelly lumber Co. " We kept the mill running at Wendling as long as possible but were compelled to close because of inability to get enough cars to send lumber to markets," said Mr. Dixon. "Five hundred men are employed at the Springfield mill, but it will be closed tonight, throwing all out of employment." "The industrial life of the Willamette valley depends almost entirely on lumber. It brings the only payroll of value from outside the state. When the mill at Coburg was closed the little town of 700 or 800 people went to ruin and property there became valueless." "Our company now has on hand about 20,000,000 feet of lumber, about 800 cars. We have orders for 350 cars but cannot ship because of having no cars. Our storage space is filled and there is nothing to do but close down. As a means of relieving ourselves from liability by not filling orders for lumber, we have bought in the state of Washington 100 cars of lumber and shipped it east."

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 9-25-1916

COBURG JITNEY MAN WATCHING ORDINANCE I don't know just what effect the new licensing ordinance of the city of Eugene will have on my business of bringing Coburg people into Eugene to trade," says R. Jones of Coburg, who operates an automobile more or less regularly between the two places. "I do not believe I am operating a stage line, for I make trips only on order. Sometimes I...make one trip and sometimes two or three from Coburg to Eugene. Now and then Coburg people want to come over in the evening, and often there are no evening trips." "My car is the only convenient way the people of Coburg have for coming to Eugene, for the only train through Coburg to the south goes to Springfield at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the return is made in the morning about 8.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 9-26-1916

SPRINGFIELD YOUTH KILLED NEAR MARCOLA Ole Carson, son of George Carson of Springfield, was

accidently killed shortly after 1 o'clock today at the Fischer Boutin logging camp, two miles south of Marcola, when a limb of a tree fell on him and crushed him. Coroner Veatch was at once notified and left for the scene to investigate the death. Mr. Carson was 27 years of age and unmarried. His brother Charles Carson, was in charge of the camp in which the accident happened.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 9-27-1916

ACCIDENT VICTIM TO BE BURIED IN EUGENE Funeral services will be held at the Christian church in Springfield at 2:30 O'clock tomorrow afternoon for the late Ole Carson, who was killed yesterday in an accident at the Fischer Boutin logging camp near Marcola. The body was brought to Walker's undertaking parlor in Springfield last night, and the body will remain there until 1:30 tomorrow morning. Rev. Mr. Hogan of Eugene Bible University is to conduct the services and interment will be made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery in Eugene. When Coroner Marion Veatch reached Marcola yesterday afternoon he found that the fatal accident had been caused by the tightening cable of a log haul breaking down a small maple tree, which struck Carson on the head. When the log had been hauled a short distance it became stuck and when Carson did not signal the donkey engineer to stop, other workmen investigated and found Carson dead. There was little outward evidence of the injury. Besides his parents, Mr. Carson leaves three brothers and two sisters.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-2-1916

Clay Whitacker Hurt At Springfield Mill

While working on the carriage at the Booth Kelly mill Friday, Clay Whitacker was painfully but not seriously hurt. When he was turning a log on the carriage a slab came loose and struck him alongside the head and bruised one arm.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-5-1916

PARTY OF MEN SEE BOOTH KELLY CAMPS A score or more of Eugene and Springfield business men visited the Booth Kelly camps beyond Wendling yesterday, and from the top of Mt. Nebo had looked out over the 135,000 acres of timber land that is being harvested by the company. Up there in the mountains 4000 feet above the sea, a magnificent panorama of mountains and valleys was spread out before the spectators. The guests of the logging company were astonished at the magnitude of the operations they witnessed in the camps and along the 25 miles or more of standard gage logging railroad, equipped with its 100-ton Mallet compound engine, and its long string of logging cars. The logging operations are now being carried on at camp No. 10, which is twelve miles east of Wendling, and near the base of Mt. Nebo, where a new spur a mile long is being constructed to reach present logging operations. The visitors were given the

opportunity to see the big trees come down under the axe and saws of the falters, and see the buckers cut the trees into logs of suitable length to be taken to the mills at Wendling and Springfield. Huge donkey engines snaked the logs out of the woods to the loading skids, where other engines loaded the logs onto flat cars. The visitors were taken to the camp cook house, where they were given a dinner of beans, roast beef, potatoes, biscuits, and lemon pie. In the afternoon the visitors inspected the Y. M. C. A. car, which is under the direction of Secretary Bennett, and makes trips from camp to camp. There are between 300 and 400 men employed in the mill and the woods about Wendling, and the output is some 250,000 feet a day.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-10-1916

SEARCHING PARTY FAILS TO FIND BODY OF JOHN MORGAN ABOVE WENDLING The searching party, composed of Carson Kendig, and Thurston Morgan, who went into the woods above Wendling , to search for the body of John Morgan, returned Sunday night without having found him. John Morgan disappeared four years ago, when in company with Carson Kendig and others. No trace of him had been discovered, until two months ago when his gun was found. The search was put off until the vegetation was thinner in the woods. The searchers spent three days and nights, but found no trace of the body. Carson Kendig was interviewed, and stated that there would be a reward offered for the finding of the body. Thurston Morgan is a son of John Morgan and lives at Astoria.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-19-1916

Marcola Man Enters Not Guilty Plea F. S. Gourley, of Marcola, entered a plea of not guilty this morning to indictments charging with selling and giving liquor to a minor, selling liquor to a minor, and allowing a minor to play pool in a public place.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-28-1916

GASOLINE TRACTOR IS USED IN LANE COUNTY The gasoline tractor is now being used in Lane County in a number of localities for various purposes, according to F. J. Berger, of 659 Willamette street, who states that it has been found that the expense of ploughing large tracts of land is reduced about one-half by the use of the tractor. At present Mr. Berger has leased three tractors to parties in the upper Willamette valley. One of these has been used by Carpenter and Chamberlain, of Junction City, in making railroad ties. This machine was recently moved to a new mill at Bear Creek but was found to be too small to handle the work, and so a new two-cylinder 25 horsepower Garr-Scott engine has been

substituted.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10-30-1916

HAYDEN BRIDGE NEWS George Spores of Yarnell fell from his gravel wagon while hauling gravel, falling on his head and shoulders, rendering him unconscious for over two hours, though not seriously hurt. Miss Maude Drury is spending the week-end with her sister, Mrs D. T. Spores.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-20-1916

WENDLING MAN WINS VERDICT AGAINST DR. PATTERSON After deliberating about two hours, a jury brought in a verdict in the circuit court of Douglas county, and late Saturday afternoon awarded F. W. Howes, of Wendling, Lane county, a judgment in the sum of $1050 against Dr. O. E. Patterson, of Sutherlin. Mr. Howes brought the suit to recover damages in the sum of $20,000 from Dr. Patterson on the ground that the physician alienated the affections of his wife. Five Wendling women testified on behalf of the defence to the effect that Mrs. Howes' reputation for truth and veracity was bad in the vicinity where she resided. Doctors E. V. Hoover, and A. C. Seeley, of Roseburg testified on professional matters. Dr. Patterson formerly lived at Wendling, but recently moved to Sutherlin, where he is engaged in the practice of medicine. The verdict will be appealed.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-22-1916

Francis Piquet Crushed By Tree At Mabel Coroner Marion Veatch returned last evening from Mabel where he had been called by the accidental death of Francis Piquet. No inquest was held, as the nature of the accident was clear. The accident was caused by the uprooting of a fir tree some 40 feet tall when it was struck by a log that was being hauled in by the donkey engine. Piquet was warned of the danger, and he ran, stooping low, but the falling tree caught him, pinning him to the ground, and crushing the body badly. Funeral arrangements have been delayed, waiting for his sister to come from California, but is believed the services can be held tomorrow at Mabel.

THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11-28-1916

MANY TURKEYS SHIPPED (Springfield News)

The Swarts and Washburne Packing Company this morning shipped to the Booth Kelly Lumber Company at Wendling six hundred pounds of turkeys, and also to the Coast Range Lumber Company of Mabel who ordered three hundred pounds for their employee Thanksgiving dinner.

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