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TO
THE DAILY
Mr.
J. C. Goodale, of the
THE DAILY
MABEL MURMURINGS
The number of hogs have diminished and the
larders are replenished of late.
Bob Fields has been repairing the house on
his claim, and last week he moved his earthly possessions thereto. Can it be possible that Bob is going to live
a bachelor's life? Alfred Drury
visited his daughter at Lewisberg last week. A petition has been circulated and
readily signed asking that the mail on this route be increased to three times a
week instead of the two as we have now.
This is a move in the right direction and one that will be beneficial to
the people along the Mohawk. The county
papers would then reach this office on Saturday; now they won't get here till
Monday.
Mrs. Pike died at an advanced age, at the
home of Mr. Arnold, her son‑in‑law, Monday night of last week. The
deceased has been an invalid for several years, and during her last illness she
was almost devoid of reason. The remains were
interred in the Isabel
graveyard Tuesday. Thus the old land marks are falling and ere a few more years
those who viewed
This week closes out our correspondence
from Mabel. For the past, four months we have endeavored from week to week to
report the constantly murmured chain of murmurings and in so doing to have been
fair with all and impartial to none.
THE DAILY
HARD DRINKER
frothing at the mouth. It is said that he drank over fifteen bottles
of whisky in two or three hours time.
THE DAILY GUARD 1‑14‑1892
Last Friday a man named, Hatfield, from
McKenzie river. He went out
hunting and did not return when searching parties went out to hunt for
him. They found his tracks in the snows
and also where he had slept one night, having cut some fir boughs to make his
bed out of. He had plenty of cartridges, a gun, a small axe and a few matches.
The search has been continued daily until last evening, and it was intended to
continue the same today. Since writing the above, we have learned that Hatfield
has returned to his home at
THE DAILY
MOHAWK ITEMS
Will Casterline, who has been working for
Mr. Skinner the past winter, is staying with Mr. George Drury and attending school. A very wise move, Will.
The mail comes three times a week now, but
no more to the satisfaction of the citizens than before, as they all wanted
their mail on Saturday instead of Friday.
Mr. A. Wilson is preparing to erect a new
residence on his premises the coming summer.
It will add greatly to the
appearance of their place, as
their present house is hardly viewable from the road.
We learn that Mr.
The other Mohawk teachers are employed as
follows; Miss Rena Spores at Cottage Grove, Miss Clara Stafford at Lorane, Miss
Kate Drury at Star and Miss Anna Drury at Thompson. THE DAILY
ISABEL ITEMS
I will endeavor to give a few Mill Creek
and Mohawk items, as I think they are both deserving of, praise.
Mr.
C. Cole contemplates building a new store and I.O.O.F. hall this summer,
as we are in need of both greatly.
Mr. Franklin is making a drive of 10,000
ties down the Mohawk. Logging is all the rage on Mill Creek. The Mill Creek
Lumbering Company, is going to do a good business this summer. Messrs. Wood,
Whipple and Lilly Bros are on the way to the mouth of the Mohawk with a drive
of logs from upper Mill Creek. They are
driving them with a flood dam 18 feet high. Another dam will be pushed to
completion at once,Henry Franklin engineering it, which will be 24 feet high
when completed.
A. L. Montgomery say's he is going to
drive a million and a half feet of logs to market early this fall, "if he
doesn't get too fleshy", as he has 500,000 feet cut. He is fitting out one of the best logging
teams on the river.
Mr. Irving Lilly lost a valuable horse out
of his logging team a few days ago.
Mr.
Harshberger and Beebe Smith are busy filling an order for 5000 ties.
Mr. Hank Martin, a responsible land
locator went up Mill Creek the other day with a man to locate. He was from
This will be on of the greatest on the
coast in another year without doubt. The timber is said to be the finest yellow
fir on the coast and the easiest to get out. There is talk of a large sawmill
going up at the mouth of Mill Creek. But it is no
surprise, as it is one of the best places for one in the
county, as the backing will last for years.
THE DAILY GUARD 6‑29‑1892
MOHAWK ITEMS
The hoodlum element still exists in our
land on last
Saturday night some person or
persons removed a burr from the axle of Monroe Hill's wagon which was left
standing near the road loaded with lumber.
They also unloaded a part of the lumber and scattered it in bad shape. It is already pretty well known who the
parties are and Mr. Hill says he will
prosecute them.
THE DAILY
George Drury has improved his lots by
setting out some maple trees around them.
John Holt is the new nightwatch at the mill, and as it is the
nightwatch's duty to fire up in the morning, John thought he would try it, so
went to work about 4 o'clock and when found at half past six by some of the
workmen, he was all in a lather and only had about 10 pounds of steam. He tried to raise steam with all the drafts
open, see?
For the last 10 days a flock of from 1500
to 3000 wild geese have been making the night hideous with their squalling, in
coming to and going from their roosts, which is located in a pond about a
mile,south of town. Several of our
hunters have gone out after them, but owing to the dark nights have failed to
get many. The old mill shed has been
overhauled, and now instead of the buzzing saw the hum of two monstrous planers
can be heard. Will See expects to
open up his new store about the 1st of January. Last Thursday the engine in the
new mill broke and causes quite a delay in the work for a day or two.
THE DAILY
Our blacksmith, Mr. Cox, left for
intends to keep a boarding
house.
Old Mr. Canterbury was taken to the poor
farm Tuesday, and Rev. Tillman has sold his meat shop here to Henry Philippi,
who will continue the business at the old stand.
We understand that Rev T. has purchased a
shop in
Mr. Jackson will move his family to
John Cochran and Tom VanDuyn shipped a
fine lot of butchered pigs to
It is told as a fact that a certain man
entered the
postoffice, threw down ten
cents and asked for five 2‑cent stamps.
Five bright new Columbians were passed out to him which he promptly
pushed back with "you can't bunko, me Mr." The postmaster insisted
that they were good, but he refused to receive them, and would not be satisfied
with any but the old style. Counterfeit dimes, composed of antimony and tin are
said to be in circulation here. We
haven't seen any, but heard of a man that saw a $2 bill raised to a $10.
With no church in town, and everybody
moving out, and no one coming in,
THE DAILY
A FORMER
Friday's Salem Journal; J. E. Baker,
manager of the Goodale lumber yards in this city, was yesterday arrested by
constable Beach of Woodburn, on a charge of forgery.
It
seems that last spring Mr. Baker signed the name of his employer, Mr. Goodale,
to a bond for Messrs Plumber and Ault, who were erecting a building for
Cochran, Ford and Mack, of Woodburn. When the work was finished the contractors
were in debt to the Woodburn firm about $800, and now an effort is being made
to hold Mr. Baker, he having signed his employers name without power of
attorney. This he did in the best faith,
as he is in the habit of thus signing on liens, checks, receipts, contracts,
etc.
Every bank in town honors a
Goodale check signed by Mr. Baker, and this attempt to make him trouble is
largely a bluff. Mr. Baker was placed
under $200 bond by Justice Johnson yesterday, which was duly furnished. This
morning the constable called for Mr. Baker before he was up and insisted upon
taking him to Woodburn before he consulted an attorney, where he was again
placed under $800 bond.
THE DAILY
THE
This mornings Register has the following
concerning the Spores bridge over the
"We are informed by parties who came
over the road yesterday that the bridge across the Mohawk, near the Yarnell
place, is in a very dangerous condition, so that it is unsafe for teams to
cross. Our informant states that the
foundation has settled so that the bridge leans about 18 inches out of plumb at
the top. The settling has loosened some of the braces, and
the whole structure seems in danger of
falling at any time."
There is likely some mistake about the
matter, as Judge Fisk informs us that no notice has been received by the
county court of its unsafe
condition. He also informs us that
the bridge was evidently built
slightly on a slant, and that in nothing out of the ordinary has happened it is
in no more danger of falling at present than when it was first built; about
two years ago, however, to prevent it
slipping any further in the way it now leans, strong rods and braces were put in. If anything serious affected the bridge, or
it was in a. dangerous condition it is
very probable that the county court would
receive immediate notice as the road is traveled considerably and the public can not afford to
long have the road in an
impassable condition,
especially when knowing that by informing the court it would be speedily
mended.
THE DAILY
MOHAWK
Myron B. Wood, of Mill Creek, was
arrested this morning by deputy Marshal George Humphrey, of
THE DAILY
J. C. Goodale's mill is running steady.
Mr. Charles Powers has returned from
THE DAILY
MYRON B. WOOD CONVICTED
Myron B. Wood was convicted yesterday in
the
This is the first conviction for this
offence in this district in seven years.
On
16 south, range 1 east. He never paid anything on the land, and in
October, 1893, allowed his pre‑emption to expire.
On
THE DAILY
Last night about
The following property was destroyed in
Mr. Holt's barn; 2 buggies, 400 bushels of oats, 50 tons of hay, 30 of which
belonged to William VanDuyn ,
one stage hack, 6 sets harness, 2
saddles and other minor articles used about a livery stable. In the barn two cows, some
chickens and four head of hogs were burned up. Mr. Holt's loss will probably
amount to $1,500; insurance $1,000 in the Norwich Union. It is thought the fire caught from a
defective flue, although nothing is positively known about the matter, as when
it was discovered the barn was all ablaze. A fire had been built in the stove
in the evening to heat water for washing
harness.
Henry Phillippi's barn was also destroyed.
Loss about $150; no insurance. By hard work the residences of Henry Phillippi
and Mr. Holt and the large railroad warehouse were saved from
destruction, although the
roof of the warehouse caught fire a number of times. Sam Holt, a son of the
proprietor was sleeping in the room from which the flue led. He knew nothing of the fire until his father
ran from his residence near by and awakened the young man barely in time to
escape with a pair of overalls on. His
trunk of clothing and other possessions in the room were destroyed.
We understand Mr. Holt will rebuild
and continue the business. The light
from the burning building was plainly visible from
THE DAILY
THOMAS J. EVANS, A
Thomas Jefferson Evans, an old and well‑known
resident of the
home,yesterday evening about
While they were cutting up and playfully
hallood or screamed several times, Mr. Evans heard them from the house and,
thinking some trouble had befell them, hurried to the scene, greatly exerting
himself in his efforts to reach them. Arriving, he found the girls all right,
and sitting down on the bank of the creek, threw his hands to his breast with
an exclamation which indicated he was suffering great pain. He afterwards got up, remarking that they had
given him a terrible fright. The party
then walked to the house. Reaching the porch, Mr. Evans stepped upon it, then
suddenly threw his hands to his breast and fell to the floor dead.
Thomas Evans was born in Edgar county
Illinois,
Parrish. He served through
the Rogue River Indian war under Captain King and during the Civil War was
employed by the
The funeral will be held tomorrow at the
Isabel cemetery at 11 a. m.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑1‑1895
UP THE MOHAWK
A few days ago Deputy Game Warden
McClanahan made a trip up the Mohawk, at the request of a citizen who made complaint
that the saw mills in that section were dumping all their sawdust into
the stream. Mr. McClanahan found that every mill in that
valley was violating the law, but as they promised hereafter to forbear, no
arrests were made. However future violations will be
prosecuted.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑21‑1896
BURGLARS AT COBURG
Country stores are robbed very frequently
these days. The last one occurred at Coburg last night. It appears that
burglars broke into the general Merchandise store of VanDuyn Bros.
sometime during the last
night by breaking open the front doors.
They went to the rear portion of the store
and started to drill into the safe, but probably became scared, and gave up the
job. As a precautionary measure the
burglars had opened the rear windows which had been nailed down.
The money drawer
was broken open and the change, amounting to three or four dollars was taken:
Nothing else was missed.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑28‑1896
DEATH OF EDITOR CARTWRIGHT
Today's Albany Herald; The sad
intelligence of the passing away of one of the brightest and most highly
esteemed young men of Linn County, was brought to us yesterday by the following
telegram: Harrisburg, Oct. 27 ‑ John E. Cartwright died at
2:30 p. m. He was sick only
six hours. The doctor pronounced it chronic poison from printers type.
Mr. Cartwright had established the
Harrisburg Review upon a firm basis, had recently married, and was considered
one of Harrisburg's best business men.
His loss will be most sincerely mourned.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 10‑31‑1896
BURGLARS PENETRATE
W. M. VanDuyn's
Tracks about the building indicate that
the deed was
committed by two men. An
entrance to the store was effected by removing two panes of glass from the sash
in one of the rear doors. Tools were procured from J. C. Goodale's blacksmith
shop with which a hole was drilled through the outer door of the safe and the
combination broken. The lock on the inside door was broken and access was
gained to the safe without the use of explosives.
Mr. VanDuyn had left no money in the safe
and the burglars got nothing for their trouble.
They removed the books to an adjoining room and tore up some papers, but
so far as can be ascertained did not molest anything else in the store. A
partially rolled cigarette
was left in the building.
There is no definite clue to the would be
burglars, though the store and safe were
doubtless broken into by local talent.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 11‑10‑1896
TWO BOYS DROWNED
Last Sunday afternoon two small boys of
Mr. Vansycle, fell off of a foot log at the Mill Creek Saw mill, in Mabel
precinct and were drowned. The entire
community were out searching for the bodies yesterday, but were not successful
up to last evening. Our informant could not give us any particulars of the
unfortunate affair neither
the ages of the children nor the initials of the father.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 12‑29‑1896
THE GREAT COYOTE HUNT
May 1st 1897: Embracing territory
commencing where the state road forms a junction with the Eugene road north of
Doak
Zumwalt's, thence up the
north fork of the Coyote, crossing over into Fox Hollow, and on across to Camas
Swale, and on north to the Willamette river; thence on down the river to the
railroad; following the railroad to Eugene, thence on out west to the Cantrel
Lane; thence on across to the Coyote; thence on to the place of commencement.
We the undersigned agree.. to be on hand,
rain or shine, providing there are 250 names or more enrolled, on or before the
10th of April 1897. The Guard will notify from time to time. If
said 250 names are not enrolled by the 10th of April, 1897, said hunt
will be declared off. There will be a committee appointed to select grounds to
drive to. Proceeds will be disbursed according to the vote of the crowd.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 2‑22‑1897
A TWELVE YEAR OLD
George Shaub, aged about 12
years had the whole top of his head crushed in by a kicking horse.
Shaub is the stepson of Lafe Hendricks.
The family resides in Coburg. One of Mr. Hendrick's daughters left this city on
last night's overland train for California. The family accompanied her there
and were all away from home when the accident happened. It is supposed that young Shaub went to the
barn about
THE DAILY
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT
Last Tuesday Mr. Hopkins, who lives on the
John Diamond place, at
It was found that his left foot was badly
mashed and his leg to the knee badly bruised, although no bones of the leg were
broken. Dr. Kuykendall dressed the
wounds and reports the patient now
getting along nicely.
THE DAILY
William VanDuyn, the dry goods merchant,
visited
Tuesday afternoon one of the cylinder
heads of the big engine in the saw mill blew out, and was shipped to the Albany
Iron Works for repair, but luckily they are still able to run with one cylinder
until the other is repaired.
Will Goodale is home from Mill Creek where he has been getting out
shingle bolts for his father's mill.
THE DAILY
DAYS WHEN WHITE SETTLERS OF
From the Salem Journal‑ " I met
Charles Spores, a son of Met Spores, who lives up on the Mohawk, above
neighbor was Eugene Skinner,
after whom the town was named. He thought he was the only white man in the
county until some indians told him that a
The journal man should have got that other
pioneer story about Uncle Elias Briggs, who took a donation land claim where
Springfield is built; going over to the McKenzie one morning early after he had
been made aware of the presence of a camp of white people on the bank of that
stream, nearly three miles from his claim, he found the old pioneer, William
Stevens at work on a cabin.
The story goes that he vehemently
expostulated with Stevens for "crowding" him; and that was in 1847,
when the only white settlers within the present borders of Lane county were
Skinner on the present site of Eugene, Briggs and Stevens in Springfield
precinct, Spores near Coburg, and Bristow on Pleasant Hill; but the old pioneer
had a horror of being Crowded.
THE DAILY
This morning about
The barn of Henry Phillipi, situated just
north, caught fire also and soon succumbed to the flames.
Mr. Phillipi's residence caught fire a
number of times and it was saved only by hard work of the citizens who turned
out to help. As it was, the residence
was badly damaged.
From
insurance, but the amount is
not known. The cause of the fire is unknown.
THE DAILY
Workmen who live near the mill heard two
distinct
explosions, but did not
attach any importance to the same and no investigation was made at the time, so
that the matter was not discovered
until this morning. So far as could be
learned no clue to the robbers has been discovered.
THE DAILY
UNCLE JOHN DIAMOND OF
The Albany Democrat has been raking up
some pioneer history, and mixed up our friend Uncle John Diamond with past
events. From Linn Co. records it appears
that the boundary between Lane and Linn counties was the McKenzie river,
instead of a line about 6 miles north of the point where the
The Democrat gives the names of election
Judges of "Spores" precinct as follows:
Spores M. Wilkins, Isaac Briggs and John
Diamond. The name of this last precinct
and the names of the judges prove that the southern boundary of the county at
that time was the McKenzie River This election was just a little bit irregular,
or we would now consider it so. If an
election should be held now in the same way, the probability is that some
unsuccessful candidate would ask to have
the vote of the Spores precinct thrown out.
Uncle Johnny Diamond, who is still living on his old claim near
follows:
I do solemnly swear that I renounce all
fidelity and
allegiance to all foreign
princes and states, and declare my intention to become a citizen of the
JOHN DIAMOND
There is no doubt that Uncle Johnny
exercised the right of an American citizen in the case above while he was yet
an
Irishman.
Old age has dealt kindly with John
Diamond, he is 82 past, and the old man yet delights his friends with his
cheery cordial disposition and presence and undimmed mind. May his days yet be
long in the place he has seen grow from a wilderness to a land of homes blessed
with all the conveniences and luxuries of modern civilization.
M. Wilkins and Isaac Briggs, the latter
the original owner of the Springfield Water Power, and located on a donation
land claim of which the site of
THE DAILY
It is reported that the company has
secured the refusal of the George H. Armitage farm, four miles north of Eugene,
or as much of it as may be necessary for use in erecting mills,
creating and building canals
and booms for the retention of
logs. R. S. Booth of the company and A. H. Tanner, of
BRANCH RAILWAY
Looking over the proposed millsite on the
Armitage farm, in company with Messrs Tanner and Booth, were R. Koehler,
manager of the S. P. Oregon lines and M. Valk in charge of their tracks. The Booth Kelly Company
desires a line of railway to tap their new mill and connect with the main line
of the S. P. and the Woodburn branch. In this connection it is understood that
the S.P. considers the matter very favorably and will connect either at
THE DAILY
THE ENTERPRISE
The mill has a cutting capacity of 100,000
feet of lumber a day. The consideration
for the plant, which includes only the machinery, was about $8000.
THE DAILY
BOOTH KELLY LEASES COBURG
SAWMILL WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE
The Booth Kelly Lumber Co. today closed up the lease of the Coburg
sawmill, owned by J. C. Goodale, for the term of twelve months, with the option
of purchasing the same at any time, at an agreed price, during the life of the
lease. This property
is a valuable one on account of its
adaptability for holding logs
safely during the winter months. It is estimated that with a moderate expense,
10,000,000
feet can be stored in the
ponds.
The Booth Kelly Company takes possession
of the mill June 1st, and will immediately operate the present mill to its
greatest capacity. In the meantime they will purchase new motive
power, and all other machinery necessary to do first‑class and rapid
work.
Logging contracts will be let at once. In
a few days we hope to be able to chronicle more enterprises of the company. It
is a great thing that men representing so much capitol have located in
THE DAILY
MEMBERS OF BOOTH KELLY CO.
VISITING THEIR RECENT PURCHASE
Members of the Booth Kelly Lbr.
J. F. Kelly, Z. S. Collier,
Hechtman, Herbert
Flelshhacker, San Francisco, F. H. Buck, Vacaville, R. A. Booth, H. C. Kinney,
Grants Pass. Members
of the party speaking to a "Guard reporter today said the object of the trip
was merely to inspect the timber on their recent purchase on the Mohawk and
Mill Creek. They left by private conveyance this morning and will return
to this city tomorrow
night.
THE DAILY
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOHAWK
RAILROAD DEPENDS ON THE MOHAWKERS
For a number of years the people of the beautiful Mohawk valley have
prayed for a railroad with little or no hope of being rewarded. At last they can procure a railroad if they
will only be liberal. Will they do it
?
A railroad to that valley from the main
line of the S. P. R. R. will enhance the value of every farm lying within it
from $5 to $10 per acre.
During the winter months it is a great
struggle for a two horse team to draw a light loaded wagon to
If
the people of that section will give the proposed railway a right of way, it
will be built at once, as will also large mills in the neighborhood of Isabel.
Thousands of dollars will be distributed among the people of that section.
Mohawk has it in her power to procure this
railroad or to lose it probably for years and years. Now is the time to act. A month from now will
be too late.
THE DAILY
THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY ASKS
FOR THE RIGHT‑OF‑WAY The Booth Kelly Lumber
Company some days since purchased‑‑ from the S. P. R. R., timberlands in the
upper portion of the Mohawk precinct amounting to perhaps $150,000, and since
that time they have purchased from other residents in the same belt amounting
to quite a large sum. They also secured the right of Lane Co. to improve the
After fully examining the
Committees from
conveyances to interview the
owners of property through which the line runs, to sign right of way contracts.
In four days every foot of the right of way should be obtained. The railroad estimates
that the building of the road alone will cost $200,000, which includes bridges
across the
THE DAILY
SOME INCIDENTS OF THE EARLY
SETTLEMENT OF
Skinners wigwam was at
Skinners butte, now
In 1846 the venerable old patriarch Elijah
Bristow settled on a ranch about twelve miles southwest of Eugene and built the
first log cabin in Lane County, which was in the fall of 1846. This house was
built of hewed logs and the floor and loft
were made of boards sawed
with a whip saw that Uncle Elijah brought with him across the plains. The saw
was used by himself and his wife in sawing out these boards. A few years after this Mr. Bristow and others
built on this place the first log school house in
preservation and ought to be
purchased by the Lane County Pioneer Association and preserved as relics of the
past. Uncle Elijah Bristow in after
years gave several acres and deeded it to school and church purposes and named
it
It was in April, 1848, that a band of
Klamath Indians came into the vicinity of
Mr. Ferguson says that a force of
seventeen man was raised. Seven of them going from between
beautiful butte, someone in
the crowd, Mr. Ferguson thinks it was Mr. Bristow, proposed that they name it
Butte Disappointment, which has ever borne that name.
Mr. Ferguson in company with Joshua
Herbert, ascended the butte and on top of which they found a level place of
many acres in extent. This was in April 1848, and Mr. Ferguson thinks they were
the first white men that were ever on the butte. Some of the crowd returned to the
log cabin of Mr. Bristow and after resting a while, all returned to their
respective wigwams. They were never troubled with the Indians again in this
part of the valley.
THE DAILY
THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY
WRITTEN UP IN THE
From the Salem Statesman, June‑ 28‑1899
‑ One of the largest business
concerns of Oregon is the Booth Kelly
Lumber Company which owns a box factory at Grant's Pass, four or five miles
in Josephine county, sawing mostly sugar
pine, and the three mills, two at
Saginaw and one at Coburg, Lane county sawing fir timber. This company is
turning out about a million feet of
lumber every four days. It is the
largest shipper over the Southern
Pacific lines in
Two representatives are employed at
satisfactory, though the
freight charges are enormously high the
But this will give the Southern Pacific
connection of its Springfield Woodburn branch and the main line, saving a good
deal of round‑about and profitless hauling.
The work of construction on this sixteen
mile feeder will begin July 1st, and the road will be in operation in four
months from that time. The big sawmill
of the Booth Kelly Company on the Mohawk will soon thereafter be in
operation. Part of the machinery will
come from the
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑21‑1899
HE BUYS CHITTIM BARK
Fridays Albany Herald,. Dr. J. A. Lamberson, of Lebanon, was in the
city yesterday, returning from a trip to Eugene, where he made extensive
purchases of chittim bark from dealers in that
city. The Doctor has been engaged in buying and shipping Oregon
medicines, including grape root, saparilla and chittim bark, or as it is known
by its medical name, cascara sagrada, for a number of years and also
manufactures the various oils and extracts at his laboratory in Lebanon. His
principal business at present is buying all the chittim bark he can, but he
also expects to ship a car load of pine pitch in a few days. His activity at
present is occasioned by the San Francisco syndicate trying to keep the price
low and the doctor is buying all bark in sight and not allowing the cheap bark
to get on the market. He is paying $60 per ton for bark at Lebanon, Albany and
Eugene, and has 88 tons in the Albany freight house for shipment. He is a small
trust all by himself and has succeeded in cornering nearly the entire output
from the upper valley.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑26‑1899
BRANCH RAILROAD UP THE MOHAWK
The branch railroad of the Southern
Pacific from Eugene through Springfield and up the Mohawk to Isabel, is now
assured, and the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, prime movers in the
enterprise, will by this
means secure rapid transportation for
the marketing of their product.
The Booth Kelly Company
purchased from the O & O
R R, one block of 20,000 acres of fine timber land on Mill Creek and the
Mohawk, afterward 10,000 acres, and other small lots, aggregating nearly 40,000
acres of land in this section.
With possibly a few minor exceptions, the
route of the road will be as follows:
From Eugene to Henderson Station on the S.
P. main line, thence across the Willamette river, either above or below the
steel bridge, to be determined in few days upon engineers report of foundation
for piers; thence to Natron track and along same three miles to Gorrie's farm,
where new track will again be built; thence across the farms of Messrs Henning,
Beard, Comegys, Ebbert and Vitus to a point where the McKenzie river will be
spanned 50 Ft. below the Hayden Bridge; thence along the Mohawk to the Spores
farm where a bridge will be erected across said stream 350 feet below the wagon
bridge; the next crossing will be just below the mouth of Mill Greek, which
stream will be ascended to the old mill site, the present terminus of the road.
The branch will be about 18 1/2 miles long.
The right of way and the ties will cost the Booth Kelly Company app.
$23,000, the cost of the former alone exceeding $12,000.
Several sections of land have been secured
at the terminus, Isabel, and here the company's mill, store, hotel and other
buildings will form the nucleus for a thriving village, having as its start a
steady pay roll for 300 men in regular employment. The Booth Kelly Company mill at
commenced sawing ties for the
new line, and the bridge timbers will likely be furnished from this point.
Work on the railroad and the new mill and
buildings will be carried on with all possible speed. It is expected the trains will be running to
the mill and that the mill will be in
operation by
The work of erecting the buildings at the
mill site will be in charge of George Kelly of the firm., They will include the
main mill, stores hotels, dry kilns, planing mills, bunk houses, cottages, etc., and is of itself a task of no
small importance. For this work about 75
Mechanics will be required for several months.
The mill at Isabel owned by C. Cole is
getting out the lumber for these buildings.
LOGGING OPERATIONS
The Booth Kelly Co. was recently granted a
franchise on Mill Creek and will use it for logging purposes. The logging will be operated by flush dams of
the time.
As the timber is consumed it is the
intention to extend the road further along the Mohawk. The company estimates they have enough timber
on hand to last 50 years.
Trains will run on the branch daily except
Sunday. Members of the company have been
in conference in this city today and sent out an order for new machinery, which
is expected to arrive soon. The order includes six boilers for the mill, having
a capacity of 500 horsepower, and two boilers for the planing mill having a
capacity of 250 horsepower; also four planers capable of smoothing down a stick
24 by 30 inches, 100 feet long.
Machinery for the dry kiln will guarantee the drying of 50,000 ft.‑
of lumber in 12 hours.
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BOOTH KELLY COMPANY MEETING
WITH GOOD SUCCESS IN SECURING RIGHT OF
WAY
The Booth Kelly Co. are busily engaged
securing the right of way for the railroad that will bring out the timber
wealth of the upper
C. Cole, of Isabel, was in Eugene today,
and informed us that from his sawmill, one mile below the mouth of Mill Creek,
to the site of the proposed Booth Kelly mill, three miles up Mill Creek from the mouth, the right of way has
practically been secured.
FOUNDATION ORDERED
The order for the foundation timbers has
been placed with Mr. Cole's mill.
Our people will probably more fully
realize the extent of this industry that is certain to become a very important
factor in the development of Lane County for years to come, when we tell them
the ground plan of the mill is 60 x 180 feet, and that this order all for
foundation and floor, figures UP 75,000 feet of lumber. The Booth Kelly Co. are making preparations
to take out millions upon millions of feet of lumber.
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CONTRACTS FOR GRADING BRANCH
RAILROAD WILL BE LET
The Southern Pacific expects to have all
grading and bridges finished by
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TWENTY FREIGHT TEAMS
Several millwrights arrived from
Twenty wagons are already engaged in
hauling freight to Coles. Various
supplies are being hauled today including one carload of nails and one carload
of cement to be used in
constructing the
buildings. The first carload of
machinery is expected to arrive
tonight. The mill will be completed by
January 1st. A number of contractors are
expected from
The contract for grading the railroad will
soon be let.
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THE BOOTH KELLY CO.
Today W. E. Brown and wife deeded by
quitclaim the mill and all rights and privileges owned or vested to construct,
enlarge, maintain and operate mill race running to the mill; all of the J. C.
Goodale sawmill property at Coburg, together with the sawmill, planing mill,
blacksmith shop and offices situated on the
premises, together with all tools, implements and machinery now on hand;
also office safe; all supplies on hand for the mills and shops; also all
logging tools, ropes and supplies on hand, to the Booth Kelly Company for the
sum of $15,000. The
mill has been remodeled and an electric light plant is being placed in to
permit the mill to run night and day. It
is expected that it will saw 100,000 feet of lumber, per day, when it starts
up.
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STEEL BRIDGES WILL
It is expected that before Saturday night
the contract for grading the Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad
will be let in
B. K. BUILDINGS BEING ERECTED
About fifty men are at work in hauling and
erecting
buildings at Coles for the
large Booth Kelly sawmill.
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FORREST
Malor L. D. Forrest and Attorney A.
C.Woodcock have just received a new contract to furnish the
They have ordered a portable engine and
will use a cable in the woods hereafter. This contract will give employment to
a large number of men.
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He will first grade the road
where the branch leaves the Natron line, and the crossing of the
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THE MOHAWK RAILROAD
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COBURG ITEMS Nov, 1, 1899‑
Henry Philippi had the misfortune to lose a valuable cow last week, she having
someway become fast in the mud in the mill pond, and was not discovered until
it was too late to save her life.
Someone spread the rumor among the
"rising generation" that Sam Mathews had taken unto himself a wife,
and an a matter of course, they proceeded to make the night hideous about the premises,
but the rumor being false, Sam soon dispelled the musicians, causing great
consternation among them.
Mr. Teeter and daughters have purchased
the hotel, and took possession Monday.
It is rumored that
Some one evidently took electric lights as
a danger signal, and reported that diphtheria was prevalent here. The report has no foundation. We haven't the diphtheria, smallpox, scarlet
fever, or anything else, except a sawmill, and neighboring towns need not
boycott us on account of it, as it is not contagious.
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WENDLING TO
Altogether there will be about a dozen
boilers of different sizes, used in the mill.
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LOGS LOST AT
William VanDuyn was in Eugene today,
and informed us that through faulty guy
ropes the boom across the river at that place yesterday forenoon swung around
and could not be replaced on account of the rise in the river. He said that men with the drive estimated
that between 500 and 1000 logs passed down the river.
If this estimate is correct this will be a
heavy loss on Forrest and Woodcock, the owners, as the logs would easily
measure 1500 feet on the average and were worth $5, once safely in the
Coburg race.
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We have a new station agent again,
Mr.Pearson the former agent being called to
It is said that a number of young men in
town came out of the billiard hall with considerably less cash than they had on
entering. It is to be deplored that such
an establishment finds support here.
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The mill hands had a short lay‑off
last Thursday, owing to a breakdown, but repairs were made in time for work to
begin the next morning.
Robert Carey our former station agent, has
a position as night operator at
Frank Taylor now runs a stage from
George Drury has returned from a visit to
his father on the Mohawk. The Eugene Register had an agent over here Saturday
"doing the town" for their daily. He tried to convince us that it was
better than the Guard, but having a mind of our own, we failed to see it that
way.
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MOHAWK BRANCH RAILROAD
About 20 men arrived at
THE MOHAWK CASE; LEWIS NOT
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED
Dr. W. L. Cheshire arrived home this afternoon from Mohawk, where he was
called to attend Alec Lewis, who was stabbed
yesterday by Marcellus Arnel,
in a fight resulting from some past
trouble. Dr. Cheshire reports Mr.
Lewis's condition quite bad, but the wounds are not considered dangerous. On the right shoulder is a cut six inches
long, on the left arm across the
elbow is a cut four inches long, and in the back, on the left side, in a
stab between two ribs which fortunately failed to reach any vital part. Mr. Lewis is now resting easily and will get
along all right.
Sheriff Withers arrived yesterday with Mr.
Arnel and the examination will be held before Justice Wintemeier. The advance stories about the trouble differ somewhat, Arnel claiming he
did the cutting in self defence and Lewis claiming he was attacked by Arnel and
his,father. As only the three were
present, the examination may not result in much satisfaction in clearing up the
matter. The fight evidently resulted from trouble over a beef contract held by
Arnel with the Booth Kelly Company.
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We had a railroad wreck right in town last
week. The engine was pulling loaded cars
out of the lumber yard when, on reaching a slight curve on the switch, a box
car, which was loaded too heavily on one side toppled over, leaving the wheels
on the track. The section men with the
very efficient aid of the pile driver, now at work at the McKenzie bridge, righted the car during the day and reloaded
the lumber. We may be a false
prophet, but we believe what
we say, when we give our opinion that it in going to snow. The walks are icy and the pumps are freezing.
A little snow and we would call it winter today.
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The train was wrecked for the third time
in the last few weeks, last Wednesday night.
No one was injured.
Workmen have been repairing the breakwater
at the wagon bridge across the McKenzie, but have suspended the job until the
road settles a little.
The body of John DeLaney, who died in the
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The population of
We are sadly in need of hotel
accommodations and a public hall. This town would support two or more fraternal
societies as well as several social clubs if only we had a suitable place
to hold the same.
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FROM
The Booth Kelly Company shipped 105 car
loads of lumber from here for the month of January, and about 90 up to the 16th
of February. These car loads ran from 10,000 feet and upwards to the car.
A source of curiosity to the visitor here,
among other things, is the Booth Kelly Company's pack train, which delivers
supplies to the sawmills four miles up in the mountains. A string of horses are packed with
provisions, beef, machinery, wire cable, or any old thing used in a logging
camp or saw mill. They are then tied in a string, each to the other's tail, and are skillfully piloted by a
gentleman who leads them through the straight and crooked way, through mud
holes and brush, where no wagon could follow.
They make a trip every day, and a worse mud bespattered outfit than
these old steeds and said gentleman could nowhere be found.
Miss Ethel Menton, of mill 2, had the
misfortune to lose her purse here near the depot a few days ago, containing
$11. It was found by Frank Kennedy and
returned intact.
That's right Frank, you will receive your
reward in heaven for that!
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THE
The
The boom is strengthened and
protected by wings.
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There in a movement on foot to erect a two
story building here for public purposes, the ground floor for a city hall and
the upper story for a lodge room for fraternal societies. It is a laudable enterprise and should
receive the support of our citizens.
Vern Hines of mill 2, had the misfortune
to sever two toes from his right foot with an axe while sniping the end of a
log today. He took the south bound local
for medical attention.
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WENDLING
He has trade a contract with the Southern
Pacific for a telephone line connecting
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Many improvements are being made on the
mill property here. A new
blacksmith shop and a dry kiln are being erected. The old planer is being torn down. The
millpond is being cleared of rubbish, and will be enlarged to meet the demands
of the growing business of the Booth
Kelly Company.
Frank Taylor had a narrow escape last week
while hauling logs from the pond. A lever gave way throwing him about eight
feet against a timber. He sustained
quite severe injury by the fall, but is able to be about now.
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MOHAWK VALLEY RAILROAD
superintending the
construction of : railroad up the Mohawk valley from‑
The Mohawk valley road is to be connected
with the Southern Pacific at
The
plant of Mr. Bays is now under attachment and work on the road
suspended.
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practically no payments while
here. It is most unfortunate, as Bays has unquestionably lost money on the
contract, and even the workmen do not question his honesty, or willingness to
pay, if he could secure the money. Virtually everything has been attached.
Attorneys Thompson and Hardy and L. Biyeu have over $1000 for collection, and
are doing a work for charity in trying to get something for the men.
The Southern Pacific should see that these
laborers receive their pay. It is a duty
the company owes to the men who have built their road. It is believed that this
will be brought about, and that the men will receive what is justly due
them. It has been
reported that Mr. Bays has given up the work, having sank all he had in this
job, every phase of which has been disastrous to him. About 20 of the men went
to
the laborers will remain here
in the hope of securing work of some
kind, and will also be on hand to give what aid they can in the collection of
claims.
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will at once move his
supplies here, including 100 teams. He expects to complete the work in 60
working days,
beginning Monday.
The grading contract on the Mohawk
railroad has been let to Archie Mason of this city, who will commence on the
work at once. Mr. Mason shipped and carload of flour yesterday from
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CONTRACTOR MASON PUSHING
The material for the railroad bridge
across the McKenzie is expected to arrive at any time. The first shipment
consisting of nine carloads of steel has left the
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JOHN HIGGINS STRUCK BY
FALLING
In company with another man Higgins was
working about two miles above the mill, and stopped on a log to await the
falling of a tree which they had just chopped down. Turning he saw that the
limbs would strike him, and started to
run along the log out of danger, but he
was too late. The limbs hit the man
between the shoulders, knocking him down, and an ax which was sticking in the
log cut his arm quite severely.
Higgins was about 40 years old, and so far
as is known at the mill, held no family.
He came out from the east several months ago.
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IRON FOR THE
Archie Mason the contractor received
another carload of horses today. It is
reported that he expects to receive 60 Japanese, to arrive by this evening's
train, to be turned loose on construction work.
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WENDLING SAW
The Booth Kelly Co. has a contract for
10,000,000 feet of ties, for the S. P. R. R. The large mill at Wendling is at
work on the contract now. Put out 90,000 feet Saturday easily and expects to
cut from now on 100,000 feet each day. A platform, 700 feet long
has been laid near the mill to load cars from; twenty cars can thus be loaded
at one time.
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MEN KILLED
The boiler which exploded had not been
used for about three weeks, and the water gage had become stopped up. The men built a fire under the boiler and
went about some other work. The result
was that enough steam was generated to blow the
boiler sky high, which it did literally. The boiler was one used to haul
logs to the mill and was across the lake
from the mill about 500 feet distant.
When the explosion occurred the boiler was lifted into the air, carried
across the lake and lit on the roof of the mill, falling from there to the
platform, where it now rests. The other
boiler alongside was not injured. The men were terribly
injured. Frederickson, the man killed
outright, received a large fracture on the skull, and beside was virtually
mashed all over. Anlauf, who died about
recovering was injured in the
chest and burned over various parts of the body, besides having his right arm
fractured.
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CONCLUSION OF SAGINAW BOILER
EXPLOSION
REPORT OF THE CORONER'S
JURY
We, the coroner's jury, having been
summoned to investigate the boiler explosion, deaths and injuries occurring at
the Booth Kelly mill No. 1, find that said explosion occurred about 10 a. m.,
and was probably due to overpressure; and that Otto
Fredrickson was killed
outright by a fracture of the skull.
Otto Anlauf was injured by a stroke on the head, from the effects of
which he died about 14 hours later, and Herman Rudolph was injured on chest,
burned on various parts of body, and
received a fracture of the right am, all due to said explosion.
Coroner
Not since the explosion of the boiler in a
harvest field in the west and of the county in the summer of 1896, has a
disaster of such proportions occurred in
Lane Co. and the sad accident has cast a gloom over all who know the
unfortunate men.
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MORE PARTICULARS CONCERNING
(
The boiler that blew up was an old boiler,
but was
considered safe and had been
fired up for putting another one out of the way, which had been condemned. It was stationed at the opposite
end of the mill pond from the mill, about 450 feet distant and when the explosion
occurred the boiler which weighs about 5,000 pounds, was blown across the mill
pond in the
direction of the mill, a
distance of 330 feet before it struck, then bounded 100 feet further up the
hill, and now lay in the mill.
The cause of the explosion in practically
unknown. There were four men working around the boilers, all engineers, and the
only one who escaped uninjured was Mr. Harry Wynne, of this city, who says the
last time he noticed, the gage registered 60 pounds of steam. The machinery in the engine room is a
complete wreck and was valued at about $3,000.
However the Booth Kelly Company, we understand, had expended about
$10,000 experimenting on this log pulling station, before they got it so that
it could be successfully operated. At last report the unfortunate Mr. Rudolph
was resting as easy as could be expected and there is some hope for his
recovery.
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GRAWFORDSVILLE
E. S.
Marsters, who resides on his farm near
Crawfordsville, heard his
chickens making a horrible noise Thursday morning at
Mr. Marsters remained under the trees with
his dogs until daylight, when he took deliberate aim and brought down a
yearling cougar. A little later he fired
another shot into a tree nearby and brought down another cougar, about the same
size. They measured about
five feet. Mr Marsters prizes these
young fellows very highly; says it has, cost him about $20 worth of chickens
and turkeys to raise them.
Judge Potter and Dr. L. A. Paine returned
from
The doctor fumigated the places
thoroughly and left
instructions for
disinfecting. The gentlemen went from here to
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pontoons moored in the river
by steel cables fastened to the banks on either side above. Work will be commenced on the bridge Thursday
of this week. The material, nine
carloads, has already been delivered in the
The first bridge across the Mohawk, a span
of 100 feet, is also at
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THE MOHAWK RAILROAD
Archie Mason is crowding, work on the
Mohawk railroad and has now raised the
wages of common laborers to $2 per day.
It is stated that the steel rails will probably not be laid before
the 15th of September. the grade will
not be completed for several weeks
yet. The track will be ballasted with gravel taken from the river at the
Amitage place. The workman on the McKenzie bridge are now building the pontoons
for the false work to rest upon. It will
take several weeks to complete the structure.
The poles for the telegraph line from
The mill at Wendling is cutting about
80,000 feet of ties daily. The railroad
company this week accepted 40,000 of the ties. They will all be shipped to
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The McKenzie bridge on the Southern
Pacific Mohawk branch was swung from the false work Wednesday, and will be
ready for trains in a few days ‑ This bridge is a single span steel
bridge, being the only one of its kind on the Southern Pacific lines in
Oregon.
The grading on the road is nearing
completion, it being estimated that about 15 days work will complete it. The track
laying gang, consisting of about 100 men, will arrive and
commence work in a few days.
it is thought that trains will be in operation to Wendling by August 15th.
A report is current that the Natron
terminal will be
abandoned, not using track
east of the Mohawk Junction. Instead,
the trains will make their terminal at Wendling. There is no news
concerning a railroad bridge across the river at
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THE MOHAWK BRANCH
RAILROAD
The grading of the
structures along the line,
and when these are done, track laying will be put through with vigor. The town of
A post office has been established at
Wendling and a daily stage from
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OFFICES OF THE BOOTH KELLY
CO. TO BE LOCATED IN
company. He informs us
they will be located in
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TRACK WILL BE LAID TO
WENDLING BEFORE AUGUST 5th
Track
laying on the new steel bridge across the McKenzie river will be
completed today. The construction train
in charge of W. R. Bullis, will commence work Thursday, the 12th, and surfacing
the roadbed and track laying will be rushed.
The intention of the track laying outfit is to complete one‑half
mile of track a day. If this is done the
track will be laid to Wendling before August 5th.
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NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
The Mohawk bridge is now done excepting
the painting, and a crew of painters are now at work on the same. A work train is now being
employed on the branch, surfacing. Work
will be commenced on the first Mohawk bridge soon. All the timbers are now framed.
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DAVID KAUBLE WOUND AROUND
SHAFT AT
employee they rushed to where
the unfortunate man was, but found life extinct. According to testimony of Dr.
Cheshire, who went with coroner G.W. Griffen to the scene of the accident, the
injuries were terrible. All the bones of the cheat were broken, and the
sternum mashed in several pieces. All the ribs were crushed in. The right arm was torn off at the
elbow and badly mangled. The left arm was almost severed at the shoulder, the
bone above the elbow was broken in two places and the forearm badly crushed and
mangled. The right thigh was broken in two places, and the right leg broken in
several places. The left leg was broken in several places and the foot
crushed. A small fracture of the left
temple was found and the neck was broken.
Aside from Dr. Cheshire the following
witnesses were
examined, all being employee
of the company, and working near Kauble when the accident occurred:
A. C. Wheeler, W. T.
Hawthorne, Carp Gray, Herbert Jones, Geo. W. Catching. Their statement is that Kauble must have gone
below to throw a belt to save stopping the engine, and was caught on the
belt. It was done so quickly that no
one saw him drawn around the shaft.
Kauble had been cautioned several times to
not throw a belt in this manner, and was not required to do so. It was evidently a case of carelessness on
his part, made so by long use of machinery.
Mr Kauble had been working in the mill at
89. In the Woodman he carried
$2000 insurance. It
is a singular coincidence that Mr. Kauble
was killed within 10 feet of the place where a sister , Mrs. Sam
Skinner, was killed about 15 years ago when the sawmill was owned by Hiram
Smith. The following is the coroners Jury
report: We, the
undersigned jury called to investigate the death and cause of death of David
Kauble, find that the body before us in the remains of the said David Kauble and that he came to his death by
being caught and crushed on a counter shaft on the lower floor of the planing mill
belonging to the B. K. Lbr.
W. M. VanDuyn (Foreman)
H. A. Macey
E. P. Coleman
H. C. Owen
M. L. Hendricks
Benjamin Feeder
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CHARLES
A telephone message to the head office of
the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. in this city about
Wendling brought the news of
the accidental death of Charles Holt, a 15 year old boy in the employ of the
company, and a request for the
coroner. Coroner G. W. Griffin started
for the scene of the accident at once,
accompanied by Dr. W. L.
From information received at the head
office of the company it is learned that Holt was found dead a distance from
the mill lying under a sled with which he was using to haul water. Holt had
been away much longer than usual and some of the other workmen started to look
after him. The boy had been in the habit of riding on the front of the sled,
and it is presumed that the horse started suddenly, the boy slipped and fell,
the sled ran onto his body in which condition it was found.
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THE MOHAWK BRANCH
RAILROAD
Reports from the Mohawk branch are, as
usual, not
encouraging. On account of lack of rails no steel has,
been laid during the past few days, but
nine carloads of heavy steel rails arrived last night and were taken to
the front at once.
Twenty‑six carloads of
rails are expected to arrive this week. The fencing crew will commence building
the fence along the right of way this week and will finish the work on the..
Mohawk line before quitting. There are
17 miles of road to fence yet. Mr.
Freeland the engineer in charge says the
road to Wendling will be ready to turn over to the operating department
about September 25. This means that the road will be graveled and in first class condition at that
time.
NEAR WENDLING 8‑23‑1900
Lumber will be hauled out on railroad car
by September 1st. The tracklayers on the
Southern Pacific branch railroad from
Track‑laying has been delayed by a
strike. Forty men of the experienced track‑laying gang went on a strike
last Saturday and quit the company employ. The remaining force lack experience
in this line, delaying the work to a considerable extent.
The Southern Pacific give out that the
lumber output will be hauled out as soon as the track is completed to Wendling
but passenger and mail trains will not be put on until the roadbed has been surfaced and graveled.
Roadmaster Walt has assumed charge of the
Branch road and has been examining, the same during the past few days in order
to get an intelligent understanding as to the needs thereof.
Conductor Bullis has been
superseded by Conductor LaForest, recently promoted.
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LUMBER CAPITALISTS
Messrs G. X. Wendling, of
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ACCIDENT AT WENDLING
Glen Anderson, who has been engaged in
felling trees for the Booth Kelly mill at Wendling, met with an accident this
morning, about two miles from the mill.
A large tree which he had felled struck a
smaller one, breaking the top of it off. This tree struck
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The Southern
Pacific Company expects to have regular train service to Wendling, the terminus
of the Mohawk branch, by November 1st.
The train has been used in hauling ties, rails, act, and has now been
converted into a gravel train, and last
Wednesday commenced hauling gravel to ballast the road with. The gravel
is obtained at the Armitage gravel pit, three miles south of
Early in the spring a bridge will connect
the line between
Wendling will then go via
this connection. All
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The mills here and at Wendling are
temporarily happy
again. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday no cars arrived for loading. The yard here was completely cleared of
cars on Saturday, but last night's train brought eight for Wendling and six for
This will relieve matters for
a day. The railroad company is now furnishing coal cars of the Gondola
type. These are hard to load and can be
used for ties only, and even they are a scarcity. It is reported that the Wendling,
train has not arrived at
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THE RAILROAD OVER THE RIVER
DOING BIG LUMBER BUSINESS
The Booth Kelly sawmills at
The car famine lasted but a few days, not
as long as the annual car famine, and no further trouble is anticipated about
cars. Apart from lumber shipments there
is practically no freight moving on the across‑the‑river road.
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ACCIDENT AT WENDLING
Sam O'Brien, an employee of the Booth
kelly Lbr.
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THE MOHAWK BRANCH RAILROAD
The Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific
Railroad from
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ACCIDENT AT
James Miller, an employee of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Company was the victim of an accident today near mill No 1, about
five miles from Saginaw. Mr. Miller was felling a tree and in falling it struck
a sapling which rebounded back, the top striking Mr. Miller across the
spine. Information received at the head
office of the company in this city, states that the unfortunate man is
paralyzed from the hips down, indicating that his spine received a severe strain or a break. He is about 35 years of age, and has been
employed by the company for some time.
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THE MOHAWK BRANCH
The Mohawk branch of the S P R R between
A special recently went over the Mohawk
branch and from observations Messrs Kosher and Fields think, by slow running,
the road will be all right for regular trains. On the 15th the pay car also went over the
new branch. The filling of the high
trestle east of
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THE
Complete arrangement to have been made for
the establishment of the Booth Kelly company's
Hospital in
conference between a
delegation of employees from the various mills and the company held this
morning, an agreement was reached
in the matter and the hospital will be open and ready to receive patients by
The plan decided on is this in brief Each
employee of the company is to pay a stipulated sum monthly for the maintenance
of the hospital and when one becomes ill or injured he receives medical and surgical treatment free. A board of managers to be selected jointly by
the company and employees will have entire control of the hospital and will
handle all sums contributed by the men for its maintenance.
Aside from the central hospital to be
located in
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THE MOHAWK BRANCH TURNED OVER
TO THE OPERATING DEPT. OF THE
Manager Koehler and
superintendent Fields, accompanied by other S P R R officials, returned to this
city early this morning after an inspection of the new Mohawk branch. It was
formally decided that the road would be accepted by the operating
department.
It was also decided that for the present
the Natron mail train will not run to Wendling as the track is not in fit
condition for Passenger
coaches to run over. The operating department will ballast this road,
commencing at once, and as soon as
the roadbed is in proper condition the terminus of the mail train will be
Wendling instead of Natron. The company has experienced considerable trouble in
finding gravel to ballast the road, but for this fact the road would have been
in proper shape some time ago. This difficulty has now been overcome as the
company has now found a good gravel bed on high dry ground, about a mile north
of
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MARCOLA THE NAME OF THE
STATION EXPLAINED
The following from the Sunday Oregonian concerning the change in name of
the
interesting: Marcola, the euphonious name of the station
on the new Wendling branch of the Southern Pacific, is made up from
the name of the wife of a
prominent settler there, Margaret
Cole. It is a happy combination,
uncommon enough to be
distinctive and beautiful
enough to adorn a novel or attract home seekers. It is the custom of the Southern Pacific to
respect local preferences in naming
new stations, due regard being had for the utilities of the case. For example, it would be
confusing to give a new
station the name of an old one in the same state. Indeed it is undesirable to give a new
station the name of any other station in the
system. It is also advisable to
have short names. Not long ago the Southern Pacific revised its station names,
cutting off the plurals, villes, burgs, and other useless parts, wherever
practicable. Thus comes Marcola, rather
than Marcolaville or Marcolaburg. The shorter names save ink and time and
reduce the number of errors. The other station names have been the result of
combinations, but none is more pleasing than Marcola.
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DEATH OF PIONEER P. V.
CRAWFORD
P. V. Crawford died shortly after
six of whom now survive. They are: H. P. Crawford, a farmer of
Crawfordsville; Mrs. M. A.
Dunlap, of Waltsberg
Mr. Crawford will be interred at
Crawfordsville by the side of his wife who died
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BOOTH KELLY LUMBER CO. SUED
FOR $25,000 damages
A
suit has been commenced in Lane county circuit court wherein George W. Vaughan,
father of John L. Vaughan, a minor, asking for $25,000 damages from the booth
Kelly Lumber Co. for injuries received
by the young man while in the employ of the company.
The complaint, which was filed with the
county clerk today states that John L Vaughan, aged 18 years, was employed by
the Booth Kelly Lumber Company as hook tender with the company's logging crew near Wendling. That said
occupation is hazardous and dangerous and that the company was fully aware of
the fact. That the young man was ignorant of the danger and unfamiliar with the
work. That on the 16th day of October,
1900, while engaged in this work, the young man was struck on the leg by a log
and injured in such a manner that amputation of the leg was
necessary. The plaintiff asks
for a judgment of $25,000 and costs of the suit. L. Bilyeu and Thompson and
Hardy. appear as
attorneys
for the plaintiff.
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YOUNG
The particulars of the accident are not
obtainable. The only information received
is that he had became entangled in the shafts at the mill and was quite badly
bruised and mangled. The young man will be brought to
and placed in the company's
hospital in charge of Drs. Paine and Kuykendall.
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CONTRACTOR T. L. GILLIAM
LOSES 2,000,000 FEET OF LOGS
It is estimated that Thomas L. Gilliam has lost 2,000,000 feet of
timber, between 2,000 and 3,000 logs since he commenced on his last Mohawk
contract for the Booth Kelly Lumber Company. The waters have been quite high
and the booms have been unable to hold the logs. However, it is expected that a large number
of the logs will be recaptured between
misfortune.
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SMALLPOX AT WENDLING
Dr. L. A. Paine visited Wendling Saturday
and brought back the information that several cases of smallpox in a mild form
exist there. Dr. Paine informed a Guard reporter today that the
disease was first brought to Wendling about December let by a man from
No deaths have occurred from it yet but one
or two cases are quite severe and may result seriously. Dr. Paine says the disease is in just such a
form as it was out west of
Dr. Paine will return to Wendling tomorrow
when all the employee of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company will be
vaccinated.
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MOHAWK ITEMS BY A
Everything quiet at Ping Yang at present.
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MOHAWK ITEMS BY HAY SEED
Mrs. Max Jackson of Ping Yang has a new
wheel. We hope the lady won't have any
trouble in learning to ride it. Walter Sharp is carrying the mail again.
Charley Hayden can find his lost cat
by inquiring at Mr. Fawvers. The party
who spoke of Ping Yang needing, a missionary is off. Ping Yang don't need a missionary, but the
people that live around Ping Yang do, and we hope they may be able to have
one.
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THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY'S
INCREASING BUSINESS
George H. Kelly of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co., one of the largest
manufacturing concerns in the United States, operating some 20 mills and owning
perhaps the choicest timberlands in Oregon, is in the city for the purpose of
purchasing some engines and making other preparations to increase output of
their
mills.
Mr. Kelly purchased two donkey engines
this morning and is negotiating for another. He says that it in the purpose of
his company shortly to work night shifts at the mills at
mentioned, day and
night. This will mean an increase in the
working force of 250 men, 200 at Wendling and 50 at the
There being some difficulty in procuring
experienced mill hands, it may be several weeks before the operation of these
mills with full night shifts can be begun. The larger part of the
output of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company goes to
repairing, which is
considerable of an item in itself. The Booth Kelly Lumber Company
owns 100,000 acres of the best timber land in
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MOHAWK NEWS
Smallpox at Wendling will soon be a thing
of, the past, the quarantine will be lifted next week if no more cases are
reported.
Walter Boggs was thrown from his wheel
last Sunday,
dislocating his left
wrist.
Last week this residence of Andrew Cox on
Parson Creek was destroyed by fire
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MOHAWK ITEMS
Otto Darelius has nearly completed his saw
mill on Parson Creek. Mrs. Jackson, of Donna, is suffering from injuries
received in a fall from her
bicycle. C. Cole's brother and family from
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A SERIOUS RUNAWAY
Shortly before
frightened and started to
run, throwing Mr. Reninger to the
ground.
He alighted on the back of his head and
the fall rendered him unconscious. He was carried into the store, and Dr.
W. Kuykendall was summoned and
attended his injuries. The fall was a very hard one, and it will be some time
before Mr. Reninger will entirely recover from the effects of it. His wife being in town, he will remain here
until he is better able to be moved home. The team ran down the alley to
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southwest corner of the
building. The organ, the desks, and all other furniture and apparatus were
blown to atoms, the floor and
sleepers of the building were
completely splintered, the sides of the building were blown out and all that
remains Is the roof with part of the frame work to support it.
This is the fourth attempt made to destroy
this school house. First an attempt was
made to burn it; about three years ago dynamite was used and the building was considerably damaged,
the benches, etc, destroyed; and again about a year and a half ago dynamite was
placed on the organ and exploded but not much damage was the result. This time however,
the fiend who is so bent on demolishing the building was more successful than
at any previous attempt.
The Ping Yang school house was built some
six or seven years ago at a cost of $400 or $500, it being about 25x30 feet in
dimensions and a good building for its class.
It contained about $75 worth of apparatus. Just before it was built the district WAS
divided and there was considerable trouble over the location of the new
building.
One faction wanted it in one place and
another wanted it somewhere else. It was finally built on its present site, but
there has been constant dispute in that locality over the matter ever since its erection.
The sheriff was notified of the explosion
this morning and he will look into the matter and do all he can to find the
guilty party or parties. Suspicion points to certain persons as the perpetrators of the crime, but no
tangible clue of their guilt can be obtained.
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A BIG CONTRACT AT
WENDLING
The Booth Kelly Lumber Company has just
closed a contract with J. M. Eddy, the contractor and builder, for the erection
of 20 five room cottages at Wendling.
These cottages will be occupied by the company's employee, and Mr. Eddy will
immediately put a force of men to work on them. They will be one‑story in
height and will be neat and convenient structures. They will represent an outlay of about $8000.
Mr Eddy has several contracts in
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BOOTH KELLY COMPANY WILL
OPERATE THE SPRINGFIELD PLANT
The Booth Kelly Company which now owns extensive lumber mills at
Saginaw, Coburg, and Wendling, in this county and which is one of the largest
shippers in the Pacific Northwest, has
gained control of the sawmill at Springfield owned by Rufus Mallory,
Senator Joseph Simon, O. A. Dolph and Henry McGinn, of Portland, and which has
been operated by H. A. Skeels & Co. for some time past.
This afternoon in this city, contracts and
agreements were signed which give the company an option of 40 days on the mill,
which practically means an outright purchase. When the title, which is
pronounced perfect is examined and other minor details are attended to the
company will take full possession of the mill.
After taking possession, the new owners
will make extensive improvements on the property. They will double the capacity of the mill,
which in about 30,000 feet per day at present, making a capacity of 60,000 feet
per day. After these improvements are
made the Booth Kelly Company will be able to cut the immense amount of 325,000
feet of lumber per day of 10 hours each at their mills in Lane county.
We are glad to announce the change in
ownership of this mill. It will mean
much for the town of
incidentally to
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The Booth Kelly Company began work today
on extensive improvements to their
improvements a company store
will be inaugurated. Seven
carpenters arrived today and commenced
work. Several more are wanted, as
it in desired to rush the work.
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PIONEER THRESHER
Gimple Bros. have the oldest
threshing machine in
everyone who has ever heard
it, and it may be heard any day a few miles west of town as it is busy rolling
out the grain as it has been for over a quarter of a century.
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DEED TRANSFERRING
trustee, transfer to Booth
Kelly Got the Springfield sawmill property and lands connected therewith,
mention of which the Guard has made before, and a large number of acres of land
in and adjacent to Springfield heretofore held by the grantors. The price named in the deed was $9000.
The deed as it reads, conveys to the
company all lands and premises which the sawmill, machinery, water power and
ponds are situated on, and all lands and premises used in connection therewith and for lumber yards, ect. Also the Springfield water power and all
water rights and powers and privileges pertaining thereof; all ditches, dams,
gates, ponds, and all rights of way; rights to take earth, brush, timber and
gravel; right to enlarge said power by cutting and constructing
additional channels; to erect
additional dams, gates and levies for the purpose of increasing said water
power and all the other rights and
privileges connected with said water power.
The company has already taken charge of
the property and we are informed that next year extensive improvements will be
made.
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THE
We have been reliably‑informed by
railroad officials that the building of a railroad bridge at
exception that it will be a
three span bridge. The bridge will be removed from the main line, having served
as a crossing of the
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WOOD SAW EXPLOSION
A wood saw engine, while at work four
miles east of
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JOHN STINNETT DROWNING VICTIM
AT BOOTH KELLY
Last evening the news was received in
Eugene of the sad drowning of John Stinnett, an old employs of the Booth Kelly
Company, which occurred about three miles above Wendling
yesterday afternoon about
The unfortunate man was engaged as head
hook tender at one of the donkey logging machines on Mill Creek. At the time of
the accident the crew was flushing a jam of logs. Stinnett was standing on a
log at the edge of the stream when the water in rising set the log to rolling,
precipitating him into the stream. The water in the creek is very swift,
especially during the flushing process, but with seemingly herculean strength,
the man succeeded in swimming down about 150 yards and clambered upon a log near the shore. Again he was thrown off and again he swam
about 100 yards and succeeded in grasping some brush along the bank, but before
assistance could reach him he was once more swept away by the turbulent waters
and this time sank and was drowned. The body was recovered about an hour after
the drowning occurred and taken to Wendling.
Mr. Stinnett was aged about 28 years and
leaves a wife and family. He was one of
the oldest employee of the company, having been with them ever since they
commenced operations in
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YARNELL RAILROAD WRECK
November 13.‑ The
Wendling train due here at 6‑p m last night was an hour late caused by
the train being ditched near Yarnell's.
Four lumber cars were ditched and damaged considerably. The engine and head cars were cut off and
came on in, and engineer, train crew and section men returned and worked till
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The constant downpour of warm rain has
caused the rivers and creeks to rise rapidly and is a great blessing to those
engaged in logging.
Before this rain set in the streams were
lower than they had ever been before and it was impossible for the loggers to
float logs to the mill. Last evening the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. flushed a jam
of about 800,000 feet of logs in Mill Creek above Wendling, and this morning
another lot of about 400,000 feet was floated down.
Tom Gilliam had a huge jam of 3,000,000
feet in the Mohawk which was expected to be started down today, and probably
dynamite would have to be
used to give it a start.
A number from
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BOOTH KELLY LUMBER COMPANY
PURCHASED
John F. Kelly, president of the B. K.
company this afternoon stated to the Guard, that he thought the company would
not operate the mill, which has a capacity of about 25,000 feet of lumber per
day, but that he would be able to give out for
publication in the near
future, something interesting in regard to the property. Mr. Kelly stated that
the report that 3000 acres of timberland in the cascade mountains were included
in the deal is untrue.
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PIONEER UNCLE JOHNNY DIAMOND
DIED AT COBURG
Another of the honored pioneers of Oregon and Lane County passed away
this forenoon at 9 o'clock, from typhoid fever, after an illness of a couple of
weeks, at the age of 88 years, 5 months, and 18 days. We refer to that noble
old gentleman, John Diamond, of
Mr. Diamond was very popular with everyone
acquainted with him, for he was a perfect gentleman. He had no relatives in
He has a number of relatives in
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JOSEPH HUGHS OF COBURG NOT
LOST
The people of
mountains to die.
He went to the mountains, but not to
die. He was found to be very much alive
in a cabin on his claim about six miles from
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REPORTED THAT BOOTH KELLY
WILL REBUILD AT
The Booth Kelly's sawmill here closed down
Wednesday, the supply of logs having given out at that time. The mill will remain idle for an indefinite
period.
It is authentically reported that the
company intends to erect in the place of the old mill this summer, a fine new
up‑to‑date mill with a capacity of 60 or 70 thousand feet of lumber
every 10 hours.
The old mill has been in use many years,
and the machinery is pretty well worn, and it has a capacity of only about
30,000 feet per day. It is expected that the new mill will be ready for operation before another winter.
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R.A. DUFF
hospital, suffering from
injuries received while
working on the log boom.
The unfortunate man fell off of a log into
the water, and in coming up to the surface, his head was caught between two
logs, mashing his nose, fracturing his upper jaw and causing concussion of the
brain.
He was taken to his lodging house and Dr.
D. A. Paine was called, and the injured man was brought over to
well as could be expected
today.
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THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY (From
the Oregon Timberman)
The Booth Kelly Lumber
A new planer has been ordered for the
logging engines now employed
by the company in their logging operations.
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BOOTH KELLY TO ERECT BIG
For the past two or three days, the Booth
Kelly Lumber Company has had surveyors at work locating a site for a large new
sawmill at this place. The new mill will
be located Just south of the S. P. depot, and will have a capacity greater than
the Wendling mill which is 150,000 feet every 10 hours. The new on will probably have a capacity of
200,000 feet.
It
is stated that the mill will be rushed to completion. The old mill here is now sawing out timbers
for the new plant. The erection of this
mill means that there is now no doubt of the railroad bridge, and connecting
branch being built this year.
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President Kelly and manager Booth of the
Booth Kelly Co., are out of the city today, and the above could not be
verified, but it in certain that the mill will be built. In our interview with
Mr. Booth at the time the company purchased the military wagon road grant of
over 1,000,000 acres, he stated that one or more large mills will be erected
soon and this is one of them.
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The Booth Kelly Company have a planing
mill here on the track, with a sawmill six miles up in the timber. Lumber is carried down in a flume. Their mill
at this point has a daily capacity of 85,000 feet of lumber with a planing mill
capacity large enough to handle the stock that requires its attention. Their
timber planer will surface timbers 20 x 30, which is a recent addition to their
plant. The have a shingle mill near the factory, and are prepared to furnish
fir and cedar lumber and shingles. L. M. Freeman is foreman of the plant; F. L
Kennedy superintendent of the planing mill, and Henry
Jerrot, superintendent of the
sawmill. These are experienced and practical men, who turn out stock that is up
to date.
The Booth Kelly Lumber
Company have a water‑power saw mill here, which has recently been repaired
and overhauled. The capacity of this
mill is from 25,000 to 35,000 feet of lumber a day. E. C. Martin is foreman of the plant, and G.
W. Catching millwright for the company.
The only information as to the mill at
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A SMOOTH STRANGER WORKS W. M.
VANDUYN AT
a worthless check, and all
through a pretty scheme that
would catch the most cautious
man. It happened on May
30th, a stranger driving into
the little sawmill town in
a buggy. He put the team into the livery stable, then
talked lumber to the mill salesman. Country stores keep open late, and as Mr.
VanDuyn was getting ready to close his place about nine o'clock in the evening,
the stranger made his appearance,
professing satisfaction at finding a place open where he could make some
necessary purchases while on the road home.
Then he got a dollars worth of nails, a washboard, ladies shoes, and a
few small articles, in all worth $4.95. He then produced a check on the
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Junction City for $37, signed by G. W. Overton,
a substantial, farmer living 16 miles below Coburg, for payment, professing to
have no other money. Mr. VanDuyn thought
nothing was wrong, and seeing, the check was indorsed with the name of W. S.
Cookwell, in which name it was drawn asked him if that was his name, to which
he responded in the affirmative. He then paid him the balance of $32.05 The check was presented to
the bank which informed Mr. VanDuyn that Mr. Overton had no account there, and
the check was probably a forgery. Mr.
Overton on being informed, disclaimed having signed it.
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BOOTH KELLY TAKES POSSESSION
OF
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The flue of Y. H. Skinner's residence
burned out last night and caused a great deal of excitement. Considerable
damage was done by axemen cutting through the ceiling, thinking the garret of
the house was on fire.
The mill dam of the Booth Kelly Company at
this place is undergoing repairs. Quite a large hole was washed through last
night, perhaps caused by muskrats, and it will take several days to repair the
washout.
George Moore the night foreman at the
planing mill, had the misfortune to cut his hand quite badly on one of the
planer knives last night.
O. L. Parsons is circulating a petition
for a saloon in this town, also a remonstrance is being circulated against the
saloon.
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BRAKEMAN NOWLES DEAD FROM
INJURIES RECEIVED AT MARCOLA
Word was received here this morning from Portland that J. G. Nowles, the
S. P. brakemen who fell under the wheels of a freight car at Marcola on the
morning of the 4th and had both legs so badly crushed below the knee that
amputation was necessary, had died at the hospital Sunday evening about 6
O'clock, not being able to survive the
shock of the operation. His wife was with him at the time of death.
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BOOTH KELLY
Two days ago work on the new Booth Kelly
Springfield
sawmill was commenced. It will be located on land owned by the
company near the S. P. depot, and will be of about 100,000 feet capacity per
day.
According to George Kelly it will be
completed in about six months. The new
plant will be operated by steam and will be fitted throughout with the latest
improved machinery. When asked what
disposition will be made of the old mill at
They furnish material for railroad
construction to the following lines; Southern Pacific, Fremont and
Western,
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partially completed next to
the butte on the south, far enough away from the mill to be safe from fire in
case of accident. Adjacent to the north a mesa house with sleeping quarters
will be provided, while the
engine and boiler rooms will be built on the south. The pond, which must at one
time held the logs required to operate the mill for the spring and winter seasons,
is laid off east and south of the mill, extending to the butte on the south,
comprising twenty‑five acres.
Machinery will be supplied the mill
capable of cutting 150,000 feet per day of 12 hours, or 250,000 feet if run to
its full capacity of 22 hours, allowing probably two hours for making changes
of workmen and the two meals in middle of shifts. Two
railroad switches will be built for the accommodation of the mill; one
along the mill structure directly on the north for banding the bulk of the
products the rough and unfinished lumber, lath, ect. The other around the edge of the hill by the
shed that will hold the finished lumber.
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BOOTH KELLY LUMBER SHIPMENTS
LIGHTEST FOR MANY MONTHS
The month of August was a comparatively
light month for the shipment of lumber by the Booth Kelly Lumber Company ‑
The
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BOOTH KELLY COMPANY FIGHTS
This morning about 3.30 the entire crew of
man working for the Booth Kelly sawmill at Wendling was aroused, and summoned
to fight fire on the company's property five miles up the river. The crew
hurried to the scene of the fire and found some of the best timber belonging to
the company being girdled by the
consuming elements. They
surrounded the fire and cut a trail, trying to confine the blaze to a certain
area.
The work is of the hardest kind and
the company pays extra wages
to its men for fire fighting.
No word was obtained this afternoon as to the success of the fighters,
but it in to be supposed that they are fighting with all energies and sending
few messages.
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A SQUAW
Thrown From A horse, Dragged
And Kicked, And Dies All Alone
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SAWMILL ACCIDENT THIS MORNING
AT
Frank R. Jones, an employee in the Booth
Kelly Co's
His part of the work was the pulling of
logs from the pond to the mill floor and placing them convenient for the sawyer
and his assistant. He had pulled a log
onto the skids, across from the saws, and in attempting to turn it the
handspike slipped, throwing him towards the saw. A fellow workmen caught the
falling man just in time to save him from falling on the rapidly turning lower
saw, but he fell so his left foot came in contact with it, the smaller toes
being cut off the wound angling towards the and of the big toe which just
escaped injury. Mr. Jones was brought
here and placed in the hospital.
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W. M. VANDUYN OF
COBURG, Sept 23.‑ W. M.
VanDuyn has sold his stock of merchandise to F. B. Sackett, of Jefferson, Mr.
Sackett has taken possession of the store and we bespeaks for him the same
success that Mr.VanDuyn has enjoyed for the past 17 years. George Drury will
remain chief clerk for Mr. Sackett. Mr.
VanDuyn and family are moving to
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DEATH NEAR MOHAWK
Mrs. Harriet Cowgill, an aged lady of
Mohawk, was thrown from a buggy last week while driving and received such
injuries that she died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N.
M. Van Buren of Mohawk. The occupants of
the buggy were hurled to the ground by the breaking of the front axle. The
deceased was 76 years of age and a well beloved old lady whose unfortunate
death is a shock to her friends and relatives.
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MOHAWK ITEMS
Columbus Cole has sold his sawmill and it
is being moved out of the valley.
The Seventh Day Adventists have left the
valley, but leave many people as believers in their faith. They expect to return within a few months and
establish Sabbath school.
Pete Darelius who has been sick the past
month is slowly improving.
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BOOTH KELLY MAKES TIMBER
PURCHASE
The long expected permission to announce a
large timber deal which has been on the table for some weeks between Amos L.
Hyland of
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As will be seen by the transactions among
the courthouse items the Booth Kelly
Lumber Company, has secured right‑of‑way for a flume which they
will build from Gettings Creek to
MOVING THE
In our article concerning the moving of
the Saginaw mill property to Gettings creek, in yesterday's Guard we should
have stated that there are two mills near Saginaw owned by the Booth Kelly Company, and that the one to be moved
now is the one east of Saginaw, which has been idle two years. The two mills are of about the same capacity,
we are informed. The other mill will be moved next year to some other part of
the company's holdings.
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SAMUEL M. STIERS
Samuel
Stiers, residing in the Fall Creek country in the vicinity of
Wednesday.
Word has been received here that while at
work in the Trent Lumber Company's camp at Mabel, his life was nearly crushed
out by a huge log rolling over him. It seems he was driving a
four‑horse team when a
log in some manner became loose and rolled down the hill, striking the team and
driver, killing two of the horses outright and would have killed Mr. Stiers had
he not been between the horses some way. As it was his life was despaired of
for awhile. His injuries were very bad.
he was hurt internally and several bones were broken. Dr. H. F. Ong, of
Wendling, attended him.
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LOGGING IN THE WINTER TIME
The Booth kelly Lumber Co. is taking
chances this winter in the matter of
driving logs which nobody heretofore has been willing to take. It had a drive
on the Mohawk which was turned into the McKenzie yesterday, and is being driven
to the
The running of logs in these streams in
the winter season is attended with much danger which loggers have chosen heretofore
to avoid. Should heavy rains fall and
suddenly raise the water to flood stage, it would be almost impossible to boom
the logs to their destination, however the drive can be made much more quickly
and with less expense than in the summer.
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A
MOHAWK, Dec. 31.‑
Mohawk will soon have another sawmill. Mr.
Briggs, the enterprising sawmill man and former manager of the Hyland mills at
three‑quarters of a
mile northeast of Donna with a store and lumber yard on J. Huddleston's place.
Such an enterprise should receive the approval and hearty recommendation of the
Mohawkers.
THE DAILY
It seems that Getts and O. C. Hartwig
borrowed the mules from a man by the name of Durman to haul some furniture and
other things down to
THE DAILY
THE MARCOLA
Last Monday the Fischer Mercantile Co.
started its new mill at Marcola, according to the
The mill is located just three miles from
Marcola in a vast and almost unlimited amount of timber. The lumber after it is cut in transported to
Marcola station by flume.
THE DAILY
Little Mike Kelly, seven year old son of
George Kelly, who resides at
at
over his head, crushing his
skull and almost instantly
killing him.
The details of the accident are
harrowing to the extreme.
Little Mike
had been accustomed to taking
rides on passing wagons
and today as a passing hay wagon
was going along 11th
on the side of the load. He lost his hold and fell in
front of the rear wheel of
the vehicle, which passed
entirely over the little boys
head crushing it into an
unrecognizable mass.
Some playmates gave the alarm and he was
taken to his home but a block away, where he ceased breathing but a few minutes
later. The mother is prostrate with
grief at the accident. No blame is attended to the driver. whose name could not
be earned. He professed to bystanders that he did not know that there were any children about his
wagon and did not know that the awful accident had happened until alarmed by
the cries of the boys playmates.
THE DAILY
BIG
COTTAGE GROVE, April 13.‑
The Booth Kelly Lumber Company's big
sawmill east of Saginaw has about sawed out all the good timber within reach,
and is soon to be moved to Mosby Creek and the mill on Gettings creek, will
send out lumber in the flume to Saginaw. The companies big planning mill at
They offer for sale all the lumber in
their big shed there.
THE DAILY
A BAD
N. T. Bridges, an employee of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Company in Lane County, who came down to Roseburg a few days ago
to visit his family, apparently became dissatisfied at something while playing
cards at C. L. Reed's saloon last night, and holding Bud Thomas, the dealer, back with one hand, raked
in all the cash in sight with the other.
Then despite Thomas' struggles he forced
open the drawer in front of the dealer and took out a loaded revolver, with
which he kept everybody at bay until he had pocketed every cent that lay before
him. When this was done he emptied the
revolver of its contents, throw it on the table and walked out of the saloon
unmolested.
It is estimated that Bridges secured about
$160. He has since not been seen.
THE DAILY
BOOTH KELLY COMPANY NEEDS
MORE
The Booth Kelly Company is just now in a
position where it is very uneasy about the shortness of rainfall. The reason is that on account of scarcity of
water in the mountain streams the big new mill at
The logs are in the creek, supplies of
provisions are in boats for the men on the drive, and the men are kept right at
hand ready to start the moment the logs will move, but there seems no prospect
of their being able to move. Without these
logs the
THE DAILY
MR. BOOTH INFORMS THE
THE DAILY
MOHAWK LOGS FOR
A
THE DAILY
CHARLES VANDUYN ARRESTED AT
Saturday evening Constable Smith arrested
Charles VanDuyn at
VanDuyn claimed that he intended nothing
wrong, that he had given a friend a check for $50 and had at the same time
telegraphed to his brother in
Sumpter for the amount.
The officers however claim that he did
not telegraph. Chief of Police of The
Dalles arrived Sunday and took the young man back.
THE DAILY
Booth Kelly Logging Crew out
On Strike
The force of about 80 men employed in the
Booth Kelly Lumber Company's logging camp near Leaburg on the McKenzie, quit
work yesterday on account of some difficulty with the bosses of the camp, and most
of them are now in Eugene, a part of them having arrived last night and more
coming down today. One of the strikers
informed the Guard that there was nobody left except the two
"Bosses".
THE DAILY
The ten year‑old son of I. E.
Earnest, who resides near Marcola, is dead as the result of an accident last
Friday
afternoon. He was running a hay rake with two horses on
his father's place and while raking close to a fence ran a wheel into the
fences breaking the tongue of the rake and frightening the horses. He
endeavored to control them but with the unwieldy rake jumping he could do
nothing. The horses started to run and
the boy was thrown to the ground with the lines entangled about him. He was thus dragged to his death never
regaining
consciousness. The funeral
was held on July 4th and interment was made in the home cemetery.
THE DAILY
THE
The Booth Kelly Company is advertising to
sell one of their sawmills. The mill in question is the
WILL NOT
Mill No. 2 of
mill and it will be some time
yet before it is moved to a new location.
THE DAILY
BEFORE
Thomas Jefferson Vaughan, of Coburg,
who distinguished himself in the hold‑up
legislature of 1897 by getting up on his "hind feet", making a speech
in favor of organizing the house and proceeded to business, was in Eugene a few
days ago taking in the circus and comparing the town with what it was, or
rather was not, when he first knew the place where it is now, says the Oregon
State Journal.
AN EARLY ELECTION
He said he attended an election at the
lower end of Skinners butte in 1851, when all the voters had assembled to elect
a member of the legislature. There was
just 41 persons present at that election, and he thought it was the biggest
crowd he had ever seen in
A
"Tom" Vaughan was a regular
Buffalo Bill, in the early settlement of
destinies of
He has many friends who wish the old
pioneer many happy and successful years among the scenes of his boyhood in the
beautiful
THE DAILY
THE
The big bridge across the McKenzie this
side of
cross the river is to go up
to Deadmond's Ferry,
several miles out of the way.
An easy ford has been discovered near the
THE DAILY
ALLEN BURRILL
He was brought to the Pryor home at West
Eighth and Lawrence streets, the following Sunday and he died Sunday
afternoon Sep. 27. He was aged 30 years, 1 months and seven
days, and leaves a wife and three children, Frank, Mabel and an infant child.
The family came to
THE DAILY
B. K. SPRINGFIELD
company's two largest mills
now idle, the one at Wendling having closed down several days before work was
stopped at the
The reason given for closing down the
latter mill is lack of logs, and the reason as given to the Guard for the
closing down of the Wendling mill is lack of cars to haul the lumber away. A number of prominent loggers have been in
the city since the Wendling mill closed down, and say that this is the
beginning of a long period of idleness among the loggers employed by the Booth
Kelly Company, and that the Wendling mill instead of commencing operations
again within 10 days an stated by the company
officials here, will not
start up again for many weeks and perhaps months. They do not state the reason
for this, but one thing which they claim points that way, is that all the men
in the logging camps adjacent to Wendling have been laid off.
THE DAILY
JOHN THOMPSON HANGS HIMSELF
ON THE MOHAWK
Word was received last evening about five
o'clock that the body of John
Thompson, a young man
residing with his father,
Johnson Thompson, on the
Mohawk, near Marcola, had
been found dead. The young man had hanged himself.
Coroner King and the suicides brother,
Walter Thompson, left here last evening
about
The lifeless body was found yesterday
afternoon about
THE DAILY
The county bridge over the McKenzie river
near
The entire cost of the new bridge will
amount to less than $1400 and on account of delays in lumber and high water the
cost is from $150 to $200 higher than it would have been had all circumstances
been right.
THE DAILY
THE
Harrisburg Bulletin, Dec. 17: R. A. Booth,
George Kelly, Attorney A. C. Woodcock and Surveyor Simon Klovdahl, of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Co., are here for the purpose of closing contracts for their
sawmill site and right‑of‑way for floating logs to their mill here
when in operation. Mr. Booth stated that
the present intention of the company is to build a sawmill on the Davis site
and have it running some time during the coming summer, provided they can
obtain the needed rights‑of‑way to reach their mill with floating
logs.
THE DAILY
A DEAD BEAT STOPPED
J.
C. Rane, an employee at the Booth Kelly mill,
after getting his monthly pay check last evening, packed his few
belongings and proceeded to shake the dust of
Marshal Humphreys was at once notified and
with the
assistance of the Eugene
Marshal and the
Telephone, the would be dead
beat was spotted at
Tourist laborers should either be made to
pay board in advance, or the Booth Kelly Company hold their board money back.
This is quite a frequent occurrence and should be prevented in some way. ‑
THE DAILY
BOOTH KELLY NEEDS WORKERS
The Guard has obtained information through
persons of the Booth Kelly Lbr.
From the same source the Guard learns that
the company has a fund of $750,000 which it will soon expend in the operation
of its big milling and logging systems. It is stated that one or more
additional mills may be erected. The company holds large tracts of fine timber
in the Mosby Creek and Row river countries above Cottage Grove, and it may be
that it intends to erect a mill in that vicinity. About two years ago it was announced that the
company would build in that section, but the
depression in the lumber market came about that time and the project was
temporarily abandoned.
The lumber market has picked up
wonderfully in the
last few months and every
sawmill of any consequence in
the state is now rushed with
orders. A man brought down from the
The Booth Kelly Company's operations have
always been a great factor in the prosperity of
THE DAILY
MORE
A few days ago the Guard printed an item
to the effect that a ledge of gold‑bearing quartz had been found near
Fischer's mill in the vicinity of Marcola, but later printed a communication
from a well‑known citizen of that place that assays of the quartz showed
no gold at all. In contradiction to the letter the Guard today received a
report from a reliable source that the Hyland brothers, who operate a sawmill
on the Mohawk had found a 32‑foot ledge, and assays of the rock taken out
showed that it contains from $1.50 to $7.50 worth of gold per ton. This would
indicate that the find is worth something, but it is not learned whether the
property will be developed or not.
THE DAILY
UP THE MOHAWK AFTER A CRAZY
Deputy sheriff Bown is up the Mohawk after
a supposed crazy man by the name of Gusty.
H. E. Phettyplace who resides at Thurston, last evening telephoned to
Chief of Police Stiles that there was a man there who was acting strangely and
was thought to be insane. The Sheriff's
office was notified and Mr.Phettyplace was asked if he could keep him there
overnight and bring him to
THE DAILY
Fred Long, a young man employed at Fischer
Bros. sawmill at Marcola, was killed at that place last Saturday. The crew had been putting logs in the race
and Long was down the embankment when two logs began to roll toward him. One of the proprietors of the mill saw the
situation and called to Long to lookout, but the warning came too late. The logs caught the unfortunate man, both
passing over him and crushing his hips in a horrible manner. He was conscious
and said,"all this suffering in awful, awful, I wish it had done a good
job and killed me." He died a few hours after the accident, bleeding to
death.
Long came from
THE DAILY
MOHAWK
The Jeremiah Yarnell farm of 687.14 acres,
excepting the S.P. right of way through the land, was sold this afternoon at
referees sale to J. E. Yarnell for $6200.
This farm lies in the Mohawk valley and in
said to be one of the best in the county.
THE DAILY
BOYS KILL A BIG BROWN
Orby and Tom Lowell, residing north of
The boys were out hunting on
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑20‑1906
FIFTY SCANDINAVIANS IMPORTED
BY B. K. CLIMB OUT OF
The guard yesterday told of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Company, importing over 100
Scandinavians from Chicago to work in the sawmills in this county. It
seems that all of them did not reach
here. The following is from the Portland Telegram:
East Portland population was added to the
presence of 50 Scandinavians Saturday
night, when that number escaped from an O. R. & N. train. A party of 120 were going from
Chicago to Eugene
to enter employment of the
Booth Kelly Lumber Company, and on reaching the East Side depot of the line
decided to leave the car. Instead of choosing the usual route, they went
through the windows, and the last seen of them was as they disappeared in the
darkness. The rest were transferred to the Southern Pacific immediately on
reaching the Union Depot and taken to Eugene on a special.
Two weeks ago arrangements were made with
the Danish and Swedish consul at Chicago for a crew of men. It was stipulated that the Booth Kelly Lumber
Co. was to provide transportation, and the money expended was to be repaid on
installments from wages earned at the plants in the vicinity of
Eugene. While enroute to the city, some
of the laborers talked of taking French Leave here, and it was evidently agreed
between one‑third of them that it would be a good move. Five of the crowd got off at Pendleton and
said afterward they missed the train, but this story is not believed. It was
the intention to ship men regularly in order to provide sufficient help to
avoid closing down the mills, but experience with the first crowd spoils the
plan.
OTHERS SKIP OUT
It is reliably reported here today that
those who reached Springfield have all, except three, skipped out after eating
off the company for a day or two and without doing a stroke of work. This in
proving to be an expensive experience for the
company.
It is said that in order to hold their men
better, the company will at once advance wages.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑23‑1906
GOOD SIZED B. K. CREW ARRIVES
FROM PORTLAND LAST NIGHT
L. B. Hill, employment manager of the Booth Kelly Co. arrived up from
Portland last night with about 20 men whom he had secured in that city to work
in the company la logging camps. The
men are a good looking lot as far as the ordinary sawmill hand goes. Upon
their arrival on the 9 O'clock local, they were taken to the Encore
Hotel, where they were given a nights lodging, and this morning were driven in
special vehicles to Fall Greek to be put
to work in the logging camps there.
Since a band of Swedes, who were brought out from Chicago at the
company's expense, left without doing a stroke of work because the wages were to low, the company,
it is said, have made a material advance in wages and no doubt will hereafter
be more successful in holding men. The
men brought up from Portland last night by Mr. Hill are all of the better class
of workingmen and will prove of benefit to the company.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑25‑1906
LOGGER INSULTS WOMAN
A young logger by the name of W. R. Park,
employed in the Hyland logging camp, was fined $25 by Police Judge Dorris this
morning, charged with using frightening language to a woman. Last night about 9 o'clock young
Park accosted Mrs Henry Kissinger on West Eighth street, near the post office,
and asked her to take a walk with him. She ran back to her husband, who was
going in the opposite direction, having just left her at the postoffice and told him of the circumstance.
Kissinger caught up with the fellow and proceeded to give him a good basting.
Chief of Police Farrington heard the disturbance and ran to the scene. He
pulled Kissinger off Park, and took the latter to jail. For the past several
nights a number of girls and young women have been insulted on the streets by
men and Park may have been one of the guilty parties in those instances.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑27‑1906
BIG LOG DRIVES IN THE RIVERS
The Booth Kelly Company now has two big log
drives on the way down from the camps to the mills. One of them contains 6,000,000 feet, and is
in the McKenzie at the mouth of the Mohawk, on its way to the Coburg mill, and
the other is now in Fall Creek at the Unity bridge on its way to Springfield. It consists of 8,000,000 feet.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑24‑1906
ORDER PLACED FOR THREE
SAWMILLS
Southern Pacific Company
Purchases Machinery For Its Plants On Mohawk
The Southern Pacific Company has placed orders with Tatum and Bowen, of
Portland, for the machinery for three of the sawmills
which the company intends to
erect on its timberlands in Lane County.
Each of the mills will have a capacity of 40 thousand feet of lumber daily.
The work of clearing the ground for the
first mill to be erected, which will be near Marcola, has been completed and
the structure is now ready to be erected. It in expected that at least one more
mill will be erected on the Wendling branch this summer.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑25‑1906
S. P. LEASES
contract specifies that
construction work on the spur shall begin within three months from the date of
signing the papers.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑26‑1906
L. P. FAWVER KILLED IN A
MOHAWK
L. P. Fawver, employed at the Mohawk
Lumber Company mill near Donna station, was accidentally killed yesterday
evening between 5 and 6 O'clock. He was working on the trimmer when his
clothing caught on a rapidly revolving
shaft and he was whirled around the shaft a number of times. The clothing finally gave way and he fell to
the floor and was dead. Every effort was
made to revive him, but in vain.
No bones were broken and but few bruises
shown on the body, the death resulting from internal injuries. Mr. Fawver was
aged about 53 years and was a well known
resident of the Mohawk
valley. He leaves the following
children: Mrs. Lucy Steuben, of Marcola; Sam Fawver of Harrisburg; Maude, Edith, Archie and Sylvia
Fawver of Donna.
The deceased was a member of The Woodmen
of the World, holding insurance in that order.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the remains
interred in Baxter
cemetery.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑29‑1906
COBURG VOTES ITSELF TO BE A
MUNICIPALITY
Coburg is now a city, the election
yesterday having gone heavily for
incorporation. The vote was: For incorporation 85; against, 20.
George A. Drury is the first mayor, and
the selection in a good one. Mr. Drury
has resided at Coburg many years and is one of the town's most prominent
citizens.
He will fill the office with credit to
himself and the people of the new city. The councilmen elected were as
follows: B.C. Bond, John Harden, H. F.
Bucknum, John Matthews, Thomas VanDuyn and Lea Jarnigan,‑ Recorder,
Lester Stacey ‑ Marshal, Robert Ingram ‑ treasurer, G. B. Brentner.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑30‑1906
S. J. JONES KILLED AT
WENDLING
S. J. Jones, employed at the Booth Kelly's
mill at Wendling, died about 11 o'clock last night from injuries received at
2:30 O'clock yesterday afternoon.
Jones was working on the lathe machine
when in some manner a slab flew out and struck him in the pit of the stomach;
He was taken home and lingered in agony till eleven o'clock at night when he
expired.
The unfortunate man was aged 40 years and
leaves a wife and seven children. He had been working at the mill about seven
months, going there from Saginaw. He was
a member of the Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World, carrying insurance in the
latter. It is said that he carried a total life insurance of $5000.
His body was taken to Cottage Grove for
burial.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑4‑1906
GEORGE DRURY OF MARCOLA DIES
George Drury, who departed this life May
11, 1906 was born near Sheffield England June 21, 1830, and came to America in
1845, settling with his parents in the state of Wisconsin, where they remained
until the year 1854,when he moved to Minnesota,
where he engaged in farming.
He was married to Miss Catherine Pfremer
July 4, 1858. In 1863 he enlisted as a
private in Company K, Sixth Minnesota Volunteers and served in the war
of the rebellion until its close. He was
discharged in Fort Snelling in 1865, returning to his farm, where he lived
until the fall of MI. Coming to Oregon that year he purchased a farm in the
Mohawk valley, where he resided until a few months before his death, when he
decided to visit his old home in Minnesota where he died. His wife died Jan.
14, 1898. Thirteen children blessed their union with seven yet living, who are Geo. A Drury of Coburg, Robert L. and Marion J.
Drury of Marcola, Mrs. Minnie Fischer of Marcola . Mrs. Lizzie Broadwater and
Mrs. Mary Broadwater of Preston Minn.
and Mrs Anna
Ogg of Minneapolis.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑12‑1906
LUMBER BUSINESS LIVELY ON THE
MOHAWK
Phillip Workman, a well known citizen of
Mabel, in the Mohawk valley, was in Eugene yesterday. He says the work of putting up the Southern
Pacific Company's sawmill near the Arnel place at Marcola is being rushed and
preparation for building a second mill to be located two miles from the first
one are being made. He thinks the other two announced to be built by the
company will go up soon.
Mr. Workman says the sawmill and timber
business is very lively up the Mohawk. The big Wendling mill is running it's
its full capacity and the Hyland mill at Trent Siding is rushed all the
time. He predicts that many more mills
will be built in that country within the next few years.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑13‑1906
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. WILL
BUILD FLUME ON MOHAWK
The Southern Pacific Co. is preparing to
build a long flume from its second sawmill to be erected in the Mohawk to
Wendling branch railroad for the purpose of carrying lumber from the mill to
the cars. To the first mill, which is
now being erected near the Arnel place, a spur will be constructed but the site
of the second mill is near a good stream of water, which can easily be utilizes
for fluming purposes. A deed conveying
the right‑of‑way for the flume from R. A. Neil, of Yakima county
Washington, through whose land it will extend, was filed for record with the
county clerk yesterday after‑noon. The land in question lies in section 17, to
16, south of range one west.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑18‑1906
MEN AT
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑ l,‑1906
MANY EMPLOYEES OF BOOTH KELLY
CO. QUIT
A report from Springfield is to the effect
that quite a number of the employee of the Booth Kelly sawmills at that place and at Wendling
and a larger number of the employee of the logging camps up the Willamette and
McKenzie rivers have quit work because of the existence of prohibition in Lane
county. It is said that many more of
the mill hands will quit tonight when
they receive their pay.
It is a well known fact that a large
number of loggers are drinking men and those who think they cannot get along
without liquor are not going to work where they can secure none. These men quitting may inconvenience the
Booth Kelly Co. to a
considerable extent, but the
company is now paying good wages and may be able to secure a better class of
men to fill the places of those who quit.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑5‑1906
LUMBER BUSINESS ON THE MOHAWK
BOOMING
C. Arnel was down from Mohawk yesterday.
He informed the Guard that the Southern
Pacific sawmill No. 1, which is being erected near Marcola will be completed in
a short time and it in expected that the mill will be sawing lumber in about
three weeks. The mill in being built in a first‑class manner and the
machinery is of the best.
The work of clearing the site for mill No.
2 has been completed and some of the timbers are now on the ground. A cook house has been erected and everything
is in readiness for active building operations at once. Work has not yet begun on the third mill.
Mr. Arnel says the Booth Kelly Company's
big mill at
Wendling is running on full
time and putting out lumber in immense quantities. The Hyland mill is also
running on full time and is overcrowded with orders.
The price of lumber is steadily advancing,
and all the mills in the county are kept busy filling orders. The San Francisco fire is partly responsible
for this big demand.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑7‑1906
MANY LOG DRIVES UNDER
WAY
The Booth Kelly sawmills, logging camps
and drives will all resume operations next Monday, after the usual Fourth of
July shutdown of a weeks duration. A
full force of men will be put to work again, and the absence of those who quit
because the county went "dry" will not be felt. A reporter called at the Booth Kelly office
this forenoon and was given several interesting logging items as follows:
The Spalding logging Company's drive of
6,000,000 feet, coming down the McKenzie, is now at the mouth of the Mohawk.
Three million feet of these logs consists of cottonwood and maple, and the
other 3,000,000 feet are fir. The
Spalding company furnishes logs for several mills down the valley.
The Booth kelly drive on the McKenzie, for
the Coburg mill, is now a short distance below Major Forrest's place, which is
about 22 miles from Eugene. There are 7
million feet of fir logs in this drive.
C. L. Williams drive of 3,000,000 feet for
the Eugene Lumber Co. has reached the head of the millrace, between here and
Springfield, and will be in the boom at the mill within a few days.
The Booth Kelly Fall Creek drive of
7,000,000 feet for the Springfield mill is now at the Unity bridge, 18 miles
from here. Hills Bros. drive of
7,000,000 feet for the Springfield mill is between Hyland's ferry and the mouth
of Fall creek.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑28‑1906
W. J. WYCOFF DIES FROM
INJURIES RECEIVED AT MABEL
Wesley J. Wycoff, who was injured in the
Hyland Lumber Company's sawmill at Mabel Tuesday by being struck on the head by
the flying crank of a windlass, and a part of whose brain was removed by the physicians,
died at the Eugene hospital at 1:30 o'clock this morning. He did not regain consciousness after the
accident.
The body will be taken to Leaburg tomorrow
and buried in the Greenwood cemetery. He was about 45 years of age and
single. The deceased was a well known resident of the McKenzie valley,
having resided in the vicinity of Leaburg for thirty years.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑8‑1906
MOHAWK
Constable Plank left this morning for the
Mohawk country, armed with a warrant issued out of Justice of the Peace
Bryson's court for the arrest of Edward Lewis, aged about 18 years, son of John Lewis, charged with assault with intent to
commit rape upon the person of Bertha , the ten year old daughter of Frank
Spores, residing near Donna.
Mr. Spores came to town last evening and
swore to the complaint. According to his
story his little daughter was going along a tramway in that vicinity yesterday
when Lewis jumped out of some brush nearby and carried the girl into the brush
with him.
Just then a car came in sight along the
tramway and Lewis ran and left the girl where he had taken her. The constable arrived here with his prisoner
late this afternoon and took him before
Justice Bryson. He was lodged in the
county jail, his examination to be held in two or three days.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑10‑1906
HYLAND BROS. SAWMILL AT MABEL
BOUGHT BY T.R.YERGER OF LOS
ANGELES
A deal was consummated in Eugene today
whereby The Hyland Lumber Company's sawmill near Marcola, a large amount of
timberland and other property
passes from the hands of Earnest E. Wilbur H. and Ira D. Hyland to T. R. Yerger
of Los Angeles. The sale was engineered by H. O. Mahon, the well known timber
and mining broker of this city, who has been working on it for some time past.
The consideration is $60,000.
Mr. Yerger is now in Eugene and will take
possession of the property immediately. When seen by a Guard reporter today he
expressed himself as being very well pleased with his purchase and thinks there
is a bright outlook ahead for a splendid
business.
Included in the deal is 2300 acres of fine
timber
land, all contiguous to the
mill, and two miles of
tramway, leading from the
mill to the Wendling branch
of the Southern Pacific
railroad. The mill which is located three miles above Marcola, has a capacity
of 40,000 feet of lumber every day, and is equipped with modern machinery
throughout. It was built only a few years
ago and has been making money for its owners ever since. The three Hyland brothers above mentioned
purchased the Plant a year or two ago from their brother, N. G. Hyland, who
with his father the late Amos D. Hyland, built it. Mr. Yerger will make his home in Eugene. He intends to make a number of improvements
to the sawmill, but to what extent is not determined, as he is not yet
acquainted with surrounding conditions.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑11‑1906
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY WILL
BUILD FLUME
Papers were filed in the county clerk's office today
granting the Southern Pacific
Company the right to construct and maintain a flume across the premises of the
following residents of the Mohawk valley: John D. Burns, C. and Mary Cole, J.
T. and Nellie Whitmore, C. and M. J. Arnel and William and Josephine
Cries. This flume is to be used in
connection with the company's sawmills, which are now being erected in that
vicinity.
The land in question is in township 16,
south of range one west.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑13‑1906
BIG FOREST
Forest fires are burning in the vicinity
of Mabel, above the Wendling Mill, and near the mouth of Winberry Creek, on
Fall Creek. Both are near B. K. timber, but so far no great amount of damage
has been done. Both fires started about
the same time Saturday evening. A
veritable army of men has prevented the fires from spreading to the green
timber.
The fire up the Mohawk destroyed several
hundred feet of logging road and chute belonging to Renninger and Button, but
aside
from this no damage has been
done, as dead trees and underbrush have
been the fuel for the flames.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑13‑1906
LATER REPORTS OF
Renninger and Button's log chute, which
was 4000 feet long and which was recently built at a cost of nearly $4000, has
been almost entirely destroyed. It had
been in use only three days. The firm had 15,000,000 feet of logs yarded in
that vicinity and the fire has spread over them entailing a big loss, the
amount being hard to estimate, but it is thought to be in the neighborhood of
$7000. The fire started near to 12
o'clock Saturday night, supposedly from one of the donkey engines, but the
engineer states that before quitting work he put out every spark of fire. The
alarm was given and soon a large number of men from the Wendling and Hyland
mills were on the scene doing their best to stay the flames, but with little
success. The Eugene man say it is about
the worst fire they ever saw. The roar
of the flames could be heard several miles and the heat felt hundreds of yards.
The loss on the logs falls on Renninger and Button, as they
had not yet delivered them to
the mills.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑15‑1906
TWO ACCIDENTS IN SOUTHERN
LANE
Harvey LaJoie, the 16 year old son of
Henry LaJoie, residing near Walker, was accidently shot in the right leg with a
pistol Sunday. He had cocked the pistol
to shoot at a squirrel and placed the piece back in his pocket without
unlocking it, when it discharged. Drs. Kime and
Hockett removed the bullet, which had lodged under the bone back of the
knees. The wound is not dangerous.
Fred Jones, a young logger working for the
Chambers Lumber Co. at Dorena, had a bad accident about ten o'clock Tuesday
morning. He was going up the log chute
and stopped to cut a young maple out of the way, but his ax caught in another
tree and descending struck his right
foot completely severing the big toe and the two toes next to it, and badly
cutting the fourth. He was brought to town where Drs. Job and Oglesby dressed
the foot, sewing the toes back in place. (From the Cottage Grove Nugget)
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑25‑1906
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bally and son Ray
arrived on the evening train from Carlton Tuesday night. Mr. Bally informs us
that he will go to Marcola and in partnership with Carl Fischer will build and
operate a sawmill which will have a capacity of 20,000 feet per day. The machinery has been ordered and is
expected to arrive in a few days.
The work of building the mill will be
started in a few days (Springfield News)
SCIENTIST CHURCH OF COBURG
INCORPORATED
The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, of
Coburg, filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk today. The
incorporators are; Mrs.A. Y. VanDuyn, Mrs. Mary Zachary
and Mrs. E. J. Deffenbacher,
trustees; Mrs. Ella Macey, Mrs. Clara Naylor and Mrs Arabella Leonard,
directors.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑1‑1906
COBURG NEWS ITEMS
F. R. Sackett is moving into
his new store. Dr. Jarnagin left Tuesday morning for a months outing at his
island near the coast.
Dr. Best of Cottage Grove, is
in charge of his practice while he is away.
At the regular meeting of the council last
Monday evening the resignation of Marshal Ingram was accepted and James Evans
was appointed in his place.
Vernon Brentner returned from a hunting
trip on the hills east of Coburg at noon today. He was gone overnight and could
stand it no longer.
Billy Woods the night engineer at the mill
left for Portland this morning. He goes
by wagon, taking his family.
The Booth Kelly people are installing a
new loading crane to use in loading cars with timbers. There seems to be plenty
of time to put it in, as they are receiving only two or three cars a day. There
were no loads taken out yesterday.
Notices are out announcing that the night
crew will resume operations again
September 3rd. It will seem good to hear
the customary noise when one wakes up at night.
H. W. Mahon, a member of the militia from
Eugene, who has been working at this place for the past year, returned Tuesday.
He reports a good time at the encampment, and says that the maneuvers were
instructive for the boys. The only thing
for which
he feels sorry is, that on a
chicken ranch where there were about fifty chicken houses, there was not a fowl
to be found.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑4‑1906
DONKEY ENGINE BURIED
Fred Hills in well known in Corvallis,
having graduated from O. A. O. in the class of 05. His home is near Springfield, Lane county,
and his father Jasper Hills, logs on the Winberry, a tributary to Fall Creek.
Last Week a fire broke out in that section
and swept onward at a fierce rate. It consumed a lot of logs that meant money
to Mr. Hills, and it finally became apparent that the donkey engine and the
rest of the logging paraphernalia would be destroyed. That was no place to get
out with the machine, and the owner decided to bury it. All hands fell to work
and the donkey engine was soon
underground, and the fire later swept on, doing no harm to the outfit. All of which tends to prove that
"necessity is the mother of invention." ‑ Corvallis Gazette.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑7‑1906
C. Cole Sells Store And
Devotes Time To Selling Town Lots At Marcola
C. Cole the veteran merchant of Marcola,
has sold his general store at that place to J. D. Fields, Robert Gano and Frank
Trueman, proprietors of the Ax Billy department store in this city. They will
take charge October first,and one of the three members of the firm will conduct
the store.
Mr. Cole has been in the mercantile
business on the Mohawk for the past 30 years. He will hereafter devote his
entire attention to the sale of lots in the townsite of Marcola which he
owns. With the advent of the Southern
Pacific Company's new sawmills in that vicinity, quite a town is expected to
spring up there.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAWMILL IS
IN OPERATION 9‑10‑1906
A. Wilcox, who formerly conducted an
employment bureau here, but now employed as millwright on the S. P. Company's sawmills
near Marcola, spent Sunday in the city. He reports that mill No. 1 is now
operating steadily, having started up last week.
The frame work of mill No. 2
is up and the plant will be rushed to completion. An engine has arrived for mill No. 3, but no
work has been done on the plant. As soon
as mill No. 2 is completed, work on mill No. 3 will begin. The company will erect a 4th mill somewhere
in lane county.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑13‑1906
COBURG NEWS
Coburg, September, 12.‑ Ed Cooper
had the misfortune to have the ends of two fingers of his left hand cut off in
the gearing of the edger Saturday evening about ten o'clock. Hugo Hallin, who had three
toes cut off by a truck running over his foot two weeks ago, is at work again.
The funeral of William Allingham., the old
pioneer, was held Sunday. The Odd
Fellows service was used.
The mast for the new loading crane at the
Booth Kelly mill, is now in place. It is
about seventy feet high.
J. D. Wigle has his house enclosed and
says it can rain now if it wants to. There are several new buildings going up
in town, and there will yet be a scarcity by the time the fall rains set in for
good, and people come to work in the mill. A good rate of interest can be made
by building houses to rent in Coburg.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑15‑1906
THE DEATH OF CHARLES BRIGGS
AT MARCOLA
Charles Briggs, head sawyer in Fischer Bros. sawmill at Marcola, died
this morning at 6 o'clock of jaundice, following typhoid fever. He was aged about 50 years, and leaves a wife
and one son, besides two step sons. He
has been employed in the Fischer mill for the past two years, coming from
Myrtle Creek. He was a good workman,
honest and industrious, and will be greatly missed by his employers. The funeral will be held Monday morning, with
interment in the Dexter cemetery.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑21‑1906
COBURG NEWS
F. B. Sackett has sold his stock of
general merchandise to M. C. Bond, George A. Drury and Lee Jarnigan, all of
Coburg. Mr. Bond is at present station
agent for the S. P. Mr. Drury has been with Mr. Sackett as clerk since the
opening of the business under Sackett name, and Mr. Jarnigan has owned and run
the city drug store for three years. They are all tried business men, and we
expect them to do a good business. They
will take possession as soon as an invoice is taken.
Harry Coleman brought in another bear
yesterday. This makes three for him this
week. Clive Taylor and wife returned from a trip up the McKenzie river this
week. They had been gone for about a
month. It will be remembered that Mr.
Taylor had his leg broken in June and when he left on his trip he was just able
to get about on crutches, but a few days before he returned he walked two
miles, killed a deer and packed it to camp.
The Christian Science Church is going up
quite fast. Mae Burns is doing the work, with the assistance of Mr. Hoeflin and
son.
Sidewalks are beginning to appear in all
parts of town. The people are responding
to the calls of the council quite readily.
Professor Maxwell, who will have charge of the Coburg schools the coming
year, is in town getting his house in order for the reception of Mrs. Maxwell.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑27‑1906
Marcola Sep. 27.‑ R. Kohler, of the
Southern Pacific Co. has been here the past few days looking after the
company's business and inspecting the work that has been done on sawmill No. 2,
which the company has erected in this vicinity. This mill will start up in
about two weeks. Work has been started on mill No. 3 with a large force of men
and they expect to complete it in
much quicker time than they did the other two.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑4‑1906
Southern Pacific Co. Asks
$10,000 damages
The Southern Pacific Company today
instituted suit in the circuit court against Earnest E., Ira L., and Wilbur H.
Hyland, doing business under the firm name of Hyland Lumber Company, to recover
$10,000 damages for the alleged nonperformance of a contract to deliver to the
plaintiff 50,000 first class red or yellow fir sawed cross ties. The railroad
company alleges that on or about January 4, 1906, the plaintiff and defendants
entered into an agreement in writing for the purchase of the ties; that on or
about September 13,1906, the defendants delivered to the of the ties, but have
refused to comply with and carry out the plaintiff 27,753 terms and conditions
of the contract. The railroad company alleges that it has been damaged in the
sum of $10,000, and asks for a decree against the defendants for the sum,
together with costs and disbursements. The Hyland Lumber Company
until recently conducted a sawmill up the Mohawk, selling out to a Mr Yerger of
Los Angeles.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑4‑1906
COBURG NEWS
School began Monday with the usual amount
of disturbances among the unwilling small boys.
The new firm of Drury, Bond and Jarnagin
has taken up the responsibility of the business formerly owned by F. B.
Sackett. M. C. Bond had the
misfortune to step through a hole in the depot floor last Saturday. A badly
sprained leg was the result, which necessitated his asking for an assistant
agent at the depot to help with the
work. The new man came this
morning. Spriggs Bros. have opened a
blacksmith and wagon shop, three blocks east of the Booth Kelly office.
The marshal is now busy in putting in
crosswalks.
John Macy is moving into his new house,
which has just been finished. The old
one will be occupied by one of the young men of Coburg after he gets his double
harness.
The wood saw is busy in town these days,
getting the work done before the weather gets any wetter.
Superintendent Bassett is in Portland,
where he is
undergoing an operation on
his left eye.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑6‑1906
MARCOLA GIRL ELOPES WITH
OLDER
Sheriff Fisk returned last night from The
Dalles, where he went to bring back Floyd Dubois, charged with the abduction of
14 year old Mabel Conrad from Marcola about a week ago. He brought the girl
along and they were met at the depot by her mother and step father, who at once
took her in charge.
The Dalles Chronicle tells of the capture
of Dubois by Sheriff Chrisman and his deputy, E. R. Wood, as follows:
" The officers kept their weather eye
open all day and finally about 10 o'clock last night saw a girl of the
description given standing about the Umatilla House corner. She soon crossed
over and further up the street was met by a young man. Believing that they had secured a clew the
officers followed them up third street to W. A. Johnson's corner, then on to
Fourth and up the grade leading to the bluff. There they were accosted and asked
where they were going. "None of your
‑‑‑‑‑
business" responded Dubois. "Well, we'll make it our
business", said the officers, and then he explained that he was taking the
young lady to the home of his sister on the hill. But that explanation wasn't
sufficient and the pair were taken to the sheriff's office, where Dubois was
put in jail. During the time that the sheriff was dealing with the man, Wood
got hold of the girl, who had given a fictitious name, and succeeded in getting
her to confess that she was Mabel Conrad and that she came to The Dalles with
Dubois Monday. She is a sweet looking
girl about 14 years of age and seems to have no realization of what she had
done, not the fate that awaited her in the hand of a villain, whom the officers
are convinced, from letters found in his pocket, is but a procurer for houses
of ill fame, in which he intended to place her. Dubois, who is 25 years of age, has
respectable relatives in this city, though he has always been a profligate.
THE DAILY
SPUR TO MARCOLA
The mile of railroad track from the
Wendling branch at Marcola to the Southern Pacific Company's sawmill No. I has just been
completed, a number of
transportation of the output
of the mill to the outside world. The
plant has been in operation for the past several weeks, employing 75 or 80 men
at the mill and in the woods. Thirty‑five or forty
thousand feet of lumber is being cut every day. Mills Nos. 2 and 3 are well under way, but the work is handicapped
by the failure of the company to receive its machinery on time.
THE DAILY
VERITABLE "HELL
HOLE" AT MARCOLA
Marcola is reported to have a "booze
joint" of the very worst description a perfect hell hole. It is claimed
that liquor is dished out over the bar by the proprietor of the joint until he
in totally unable to wait on his patrons, and then his loving and devoted
spouse assumes charge and proceeds to satisfy the cravings of those who are yet
able to navigate. It is also reported to us by a citizen of Marcola that his
seven‑year‑old son came home drunk and claims that he was given the
drink by this same degraded, law‑breaking degenerate. How can true
American citizens tolerate
such conditions of affairs when they are so conspicuous. It is said that this proprietor of this dram
shop has openly defied arrest. If the
reports that come to us are true, and no arrest is made, then the citizens of
Marcola are equally bad as the lawbreaker.
A coat of tar and feathers is far too good for such individuals. ‑Springfield News.
THE DAILY
LUMBER BUSINESS ON THE MOHAWK
IS PROSPEROUS
G. Arnel, the well‑known Marcola
resident, near whose farm the Southern Pacific Company's new sawmills are
located, is in the city. He informs the
Guard that Mill No. 1 is running on full time and cutting about 35,000 feet a
day on the average. One day though, Superintendent Whitstone put the machinery
through to its full capacity and cut 52,000 feet in ten hours.
Mill No. 2 has started to saw and is
operating steadily. The bridge across the Mohawk river for the lumber flume has
been completed. It is 52 feet
from the low water mark to the top. A full crew of men is working on Mill No.3,
which will probably be ready for operation in about two months. Mr. Arnel says the Booth Kelly Company's Wendling
mill is now working on full time, cutting about 100,000 feet a day.
Fischer Bros. mill is also running on
full time. Mr. Arnel recently sold 2,000,000 feet of saw
timber to M. S. Barker of Eugene, and says he has about 20,000,000 feet more
which is on the market.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11‑13‑1906
F. M. SMITH OF MARCOLA FINED
$200 FOR SELLING LIQUOR
F. M. Smith of Marcola, who had pleaded
guilty to the charge of selling liquor in violation of the local option law,
was this forenoon fined by judge Harris $200.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑12‑1906
MOHAWK LUMBER COMPANY WILL
HAVE FLUME
John F. Kelly and J. S. Magladry, doing
business under the firm name of the Mohawk Lumber Company, today filed with the
county clerk notice of the appropriation of 500 miners inches of the waters of
McGowan creek, a tributary of the Mohawk river for the purpose of generating
electrical power and for floating timber, piling, wood, and lumber. The point
of diversion of the proposed flume is at the mill dam of the Mohawk Lumber Co.,
the general course east and southeast along the north side of the creek and the
terminus at the Southern Pacific railroad, where McGowan creek crosses it.
These men have also filed on 200 inches of
water from Allison creek, a tributary of McGowan creek. The point of diversion of this flume is at
the junction of the two creeks, and the terminus is at the mill.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑27‑1906
M. J. Arnel, of the firm of Arnel and
Evans, who has the contract for furnishing meet for the S. P. mills on the
Mohawk, was transacting business in Eugene today. He says that times are pretty lively in that
little valley. Mills Nos. 1 and 2 of the
S. P. Company are running to their full capacity and that No. 3 is well under
construction. No. 2 is situated near the head of Cartwright's Creek, about
three miles from the town of Marcola.
The lumber will be flamed to Marcola from this mill, the bridge across
the Mohawk for their flume having been completed last week. It crosses the
river on the old Evans place a few hundred yards above the town. Mr. Arnel
predicts that Marcola will be the busiest little lumbering town in the state
next summer. People are arriving daily
to make permanent homes in different sections of the valley and the price of
real estate, especially in the town of Marcola, is steadily on the increase.
The Booth Kelly mill at Wendling is
undergoing repairs during the holiday season, but operations will be resumed
early in the year. The Hyland mill still continues to grind away and the
Brookmeyer and Mohawk Lumber Company's plants will start up at the close of the
holiday season.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑11‑1907
COBURG BUTCHER FINED FOR
BEING DRUNK
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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
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
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.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑3‑1908
ENGINE ON MOHAWK BRANCH TURNS
TURTLE
Yesterday evening about 5 o'clock a locomotive on its way to Wendling on
the Mohawk branch left the rails from some unknown cause and running along the
ties and tearing up the track for a distance of nearly 100 feet. It turned
turtle. No one was
seriously hurt, although
Fireman McCullough suffered severe cuts on his right hand.
Both the engineer and fireman jumped
before the locomotive turned over. The locomotive whose number is 2196, was
pulling a caboose and was on the way to Wendling after a number of cars of
lumber. As it reached a point near Yarnell Station, something went wrong with
the result as stated.
The Eugene‑Wendling, local passenger
train was at the Wendling end of the line at the time of the wrecks and it was
unable to make its run to this city. An
extra train was sent up from Albany to transfer the passengers for this city
and
Springfield.
A crew of men was put to work this morning
to repair the track and right the engine, but up to a late hour this afternoon
the train had not been able to pass the wreck.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑4‑1908
THE SPRINGFIELD MATCH
FACTORY'S FIRST SHIPMENT
The Oregon Match Company is now running
full blast, and yesterday shipped their
first consignment to Portland, which consisted of fifty cases. Manager Duffie
informs us that they have orders for three hundred more cases, and are working
from eight to ten people steadily.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑6‑1908
S. P. BRIDGE NEAR COBURG
COMPLETED
The southern Pacific bridge across the
McKenzie river near Coburg has been entirely completed and the crew and outfit
were in Eugene today on the way to Portland. The Eugene Coburg train brought
the work cars and other paraphernalia over to the main line and the first
freight train going north took them on toward Portland.
The bridge is a splendid structure and
replaced an old wooden one that did service for many years. When the recent financial flurry came on the
company ordered work on the bridge stopped, along with the curtailment of a
great deal of other work, but in a week or two afterward the crew was ordered
back to finish the bridge, as it was very near completion.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑31‑1908
THE DEATH OF PIONEER,
ALEXANDER SEAVY
Alexander Seavy, a Lane county
pioneer, died at the home of
his daughter in Eugene, last evening at the age of 83 years, 9 months and
29 days. The funeral will be held at the
residence of J. W. Seavy at the corner of West sixth and Lincoln streets,
Saturday afternoon at 1 O'clock, with interment in the Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Seavy was born at Rockland Maine,
April 1, 1824. In early manhood he followed the occupation of a seaman, and
taking passage on a sailing vessel at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1849 he came
around Cape Horn to San Francisco. From there he went to the mines in Trinidad
County California, and from there came to Oregon and started a store at
Althouse, then a prosperous mining camp in Josephine county. He was successful in this venture,
but sold out in 1855 and came to Lane county, taking up 160 acres of land
several miles northeast of Eugene and there engaged in stock raising. He added
to his holdings till at the present time the farm owned by him amounts to 1100
acres. He started to raise hops in 1883
and ever since then the Seavy hop yards have been famous all over the upper
Valley.
Through his marriage to Sarah A. Blachley,
the following children were born to Mr. Seavy:
William C., Thomas E., J. W., J. H. and J. A. who are farmers of Lane
county; Anna, wife of E. T. Bushnell; Clara, widow of the late Jasper Wilkins,
and
Sophronia, deceased.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑31‑1908
SAW
The boy to whom it is alleged that
Brookmyer sold the tobacco is Archie Hill, the 15 year‑old son of Charles
Hill, residing in the vicinity of Spores. Brookmyer conducts a store in
connection with his sawmill, and it appears that the Hill boy has bought a
large number of cigars there and had them charged to his father's account. His father swore to the complaint against
Brookmyer, who has promised to be down on the evening train. It is the policy
of the Juvenile officers to enforce the law against selling tobacco to minors,
and other arrests way soon follow.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2‑15‑1908
STAFFORD PAYS TAXES FIRST AS
USUAL
The tax rolls were open for payment of
1907 taxes this morning, and as usual J.
I. Stafford, of Mohawk, secured receipt No. I. The amount of his taxes this year was $128.04. George Yarnell, formerly of the Mohawk
valley, but now residing at Brickelton Wash, was the second to pay his taxes. The rush at the Sheriff's office was not great today for the
reason that the notices sent out by the sheriff telling each taxpayer the
amount of his taxes, have not all been received.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2‑24‑1908
SERIOUS RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
OCCURS THIS MORNING
L. S. Hill, logging superintendent for the
Booth Kelly Lumber Co., and Fred Brockman, foreman of the Foss logging camp on
the upper Willamette River, were the victims of a serious runaway accident this
morning. They started out from Eugene in a buggy for the Foss camp, leading,
Brockman's saddle horse behind. As they reached Judkins Point, between Eugene
and Springfield, a freight train came
along and frightened the saddle horse, which became unmanageable, and
surmounted an embankment Jumped in between the two horses hitched to the buggy.
This caused the other two horses to run, and the occupants were thrown forcibly
to the ground and dragged a considerable distance. Hill's right leg was broken
just above the ankle and Brockman was badly bruised and scratched, but his injuries were not
serious. A telephone message was
sent to the Booth Kelly office immediately after the accident, and George H.
Kelly, and H. A. Dunbar secured a cab and drove to the scene of the runaway.
They brought the injured men to town and Mr. Hill was placed in the Eugene
Hospital. Brockman was taken to his home.
One of Hill's horses hitched to the buggy
was badly hurt by being cut with barbed wire, the team having run into a fence
along the roadside. The animal received
terrible cuts on one side of its body, and it is thought that its usefulness is
ruined.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑2‑1908
MARCOLA HOTEL DESTROYED BY
Marcola, March 2.‑
The Marcola Hotel was destroyed by fire
this morning between 12 and 1 O'clock.
The building is a total loss and all the contents except a piano and two
or three chairs were burned. The
origin of the fire is a mystery. It caught in a room that had not been used for
some time, and as no one had been in that room as far as known during, the day
or evening, it is thought that the fire might have been of incendiary
origin. The building was erected last
summer by C. Cole, founder of the town of Marcola, at a cost of about
$4000. It was a three story structure
and contained 20 rooms besides the office, parlor, dining rooms, kitchen,
etc. The furniture was owned by B. A.
Seelye and was leased by Monte Miller, who had been
conducting the hotel only
about two an a half months. The building
was well furnished, the loss on the furniture being about $2500.
NARROW ESCAPE
The fire occurred at a time when everybody
in the hotel was asleep, and there were narrow escapes for some of the guests.
Many of them got out of the building with their clothing, but some had no time
to pick up any of their belongings, and were compelled to go out into the cold
night air with nothing but their night clothes on. Some of the guests lost all of their belongings.
Jack Littell lost $150 in cash and clothing; L. T. Brown lost $20 in cash and
much clothing; Dick Cleveland lost $30 in cash, his pension papers and
clothing, and the losses of others were perhaps as great. The loss to the
Landlord's personal effects was $500.
The building and contents were partially insured, but the amount of
insurance held is not learned today.
FORMED BUCKET BRIGADE
The town of Marcola is without fire
protection and there was no means of staying the flames except with buckets of
water. A, bucket brigade was formed by
the citizens, and by heroic efforts they succeeded in saving the business
district from destruction. The livery stable on one side of the hotel caught
fire several times, but by prompt action the flames were extinguished. The
Mohawk restaurant, on the other side, also had a narrow escape. Had there been
any wind at all the flames could not have been confined to the hotel building,
and the whole town might have burned.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑5‑1908
FALSE ROBBERY AT MARCOLA
Constable Plank was called to Marcola
yesterday by a
telephone message saying that
the three men were seen in William Amos' store there the night before, carrying
away the goods in the store. The
constable went up on the afternoon train and when he got there he found that
the doors of the store which had been nailed up by him some time previously,
the store having been closed by attachment proceedings, had not been molested,
and none of the goods were gone. Five
different men swore that they saw these men in the store, and could not believe
that nothing had happened. The constable made an investigation and found that three men were engaged during
the night moving some things out of a building adjoining and placed them on the
back porch of the store to haul them away.
These five men saw them through the glass doors of both the front and
rear of the store, and it appeared very much as if the men were inside.
Constable Plank went to Marcola again this
afternoon to arrange for the sale of the attached goods.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑30‑1908
WOMAN DRUMMER INJURED IN
RUNAWAY NEAR COBURG
Mrs.
E. M. Bower, a traveling saleswoman from Portland was severely, but not
seriously injured in a runaway near Coburg Saturday. She was being driven in a buggy from Eugene
to that town by George Clark, on of the Bangs Delivery Company's drivers. As
the buggy crossed the railroad track this side of Coburg, the bolt came out of
one of the single trees, which struck one of the horses on their heels and both
began to kick and run.
Clark ran the team up an embankment,
turning the buggy over and precipitating the occupants to the ground. Mrs. Bowers lower limbs were badly scratched
and bruised, but Clark escaped without injury.
He held on to the reins and the horses did not get away. Mrs. Bowers was confined to her room at the Hotel
Smeede all day Sunday on account of her injuries.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑1‑1908
J. C. Goodale Dies In
California
Welby Stevens this afternoon received a
message from
Sawtelle California, stating
that his father‑in‑law, J. O. Goodale, formerly of Coburg, had died
there.
He was well known to a great many Lane
county people, having conducted a sawmill at Coburg for many years. He was the father of Mrs. Welby Stevens, J. C. Jr., Charles and William
"Goodale.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑2‑1908
EDNA YARNELL DROWNED
The body of Miss Edna Yarnell, who was
drowned in the mill race yesterday afternoon was recovered at 10:10 ‑
o'clock last night, after having been in the water nearly 6 hours. A large crowd of University students and
townspeople searched until they found the body a hundred feet down stream from
where the canoe had been overturned.
Miss. Yarnell and Miss. Vesta Davis started
out in the middle of the afternoon for a canoe ride up the mill race. They went to the head of the race at Judkins
Point.
In attempting to turn around to come back
the swift current caught the canoe and upset it. Miss Davis, being able to swim, reached the
shore quite easily, She had hold of Miss Yarnell 'by the foot for awhile, but
was unable to keep her hold, and the latter sank to the bottom.
The unfortunate girl was born on her
fathers farm in the Mohawk valley and was raised there. She was aged 19 years
on the 30th day of last September. She was a beautiful girl, and had many
friends. The remains will be interred at the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑8‑1908
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH AT
MABEL
The two year old daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Kinman, of Mabel, on the Mohawk, was burned to death at the family home
Tuesday. Mrs Kinman was at the barn milking a cow, her husband being away from
home. When she returned to the house she
was grief stricken to find the little girl dead, her dress having caught fire
in some manner. All of her clothing was burned off and her little body was
burned to a crisp. Mrs. Kinman ran screaming from the house and neighbors came
to learn the trouble.
It was thought that the child's clothing
caught fire from the kitchen stove, or that the child may have been playing
with matches, and ignited them.
The father of the child was sent for and
he arrived some hours after the tragedy.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑13‑1908
COBURG
John McKittrie, of Coburg, was examined as
to his sanity this afternoon and committed to the asylum at Salem. He is aged 76 years and can neither read nor
write. He imagines that visions come to
him and forecast coming events. This
morning at Coburg he imagined that he was told where a lot of money was hidden
under a barn, and had a number of citizens worked up over the matter until they
discovered that his mind was affected.
Drs. Wall and Prentice were the
examining physicians.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑15‑1908
CRAZY JAPANESE AT LARGE WITH
AN
One of the Japanese laborers at work on
the Southern Pacific depot yard improvements became violently insane this
forenoon about 11:30 o'clock, and Picked up an axe on the ground, made for
several of his fellow workmen, and would have perhaps killed one or two of them
hid not the others disarmed him before he could reach those he started after.
After being disarmed, the fellow ran down
the track and out through the southwestern part of town. When last heard of he was out beyond College
Hill, and it is said he stopped at the
residence of E. Wood on West Eighth street and secured
another axe.
Several of his fellow workmen are after
him and may catch him before he injures any one or himself. This Jap has been in a bad condition mentally
for some time past, and several times his
companions have had to take pistols and knives away from him. Dr.
W. Kuykendall examined him not long ago and pronounced him insane, but
no action was taken in the case.
Officers are assisting in the attempt to capture the lunatic.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑16‑1908
FIRST SAWLOGS SHIPPED OUT OF
MOHAWK VALLEY
C. Arnel, one of the substantial citizens
of the Mohawk valley, is in the city from Marcola today. He states that the sawlogs now being shipped
from Marcola to the Eugene Lumber Company's mill in this city are the first ever
shipped out of that valley, although the lumber industry has flourished there
for several years, many mills having been established there lately.
The logs came from Mr. Arnel's place just
above Marcola, and the company has contracted for enough from him to make three
carloads a day, which is the average shipment for the next three weeks.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑28‑1908
WIFE OF COBURG GLASS FACTORY
Mrs. Alma Marie Mathisen has begun suit
against Gustave Martinus Mathisen for divorce.
Mathisen is one of the builders of the
glass factory at Coburg, which promises to develop into an important industry
there, but which has been closed down for some time past.
Mrs. Mathisen, in her complaint filed last
evening, says they were married in Christiania Norway, on September 10,
1898. She alleges cruel and inhuman
treatment, as grounds for a legal separation, stating that her husband has at
various times called her vile and indecent names, has heaped indignities upon
her, and on one occasion after their marriage, he struck her. She also says he is a habitual drunkard, and
spends all his earnings for liquor. She
alleges that in June 1908, her husband left without cause or provocation and
has since continued to live separate from her.
F. M. DeNeffe is attorney for the
plaintiffs
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑10‑1908
NARROW ESCAPE FOR SAWMILL AT
SAGINAW
A big fire raged in the woods near the
Booth Kelly sawmill five miles from Saginaw all day Sunday, and for a time the
mill was in great danger, but the company rushed a large force of men up there
and by hard work succeeded in keeping the flames from the plant and in checking
them so that all danger has now
apparently passed. The fire started quite a distance from the
mill and at first it was thought there was no danger at all, but the breeze
fanned the flames and they soon spread beyond control. Word was sent down to Saginaw and thirty‑five
or forty men were sent up to fight the flames.
They worked hard till late last night and were finally successful in
staying the progress of the fire, which was in a logged‑off tract of land
and no green timber was damaged.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑24‑1908
FISCHER BROTHERS
A report states that Fischers Brothers
sawmill up the Mohawk will be started in the early part of September. The foundation for it is based upon the
statement of laboring men, who say they have jobs in the mill. The rumor could not be confirmed today.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑10‑1908
ELECTRICAL STORM PLAYS HAVOC
AT SAWMILL
The territory in and around Saginaw was
subjected to the most destructive electrical storm remembered by the oldest
inhabitant last Sunday.
The bolts of lightening played havoc with
the telephone lines, trees and buildings.
Up Lynx Hollow every telephone was knocked out of commission, and in
many cases torn from the walls and destroyed.
The insulated wires melted and ran
out. The first place to receive damage
from the storm was the Saginaw boarding house.
Fortunately this was not occupied at the time or most disastrous results
might have happened, possibly loss of life.
A bolt of lightning struck the side of the roof, making a small hole,
going completely through the structure, demolishing the interior and making a
huge hole at least ten feet in diameter in the side of the building. The telephone was wrecked, being torn from
the wall, and everything metallic melted beyond recognition. It is at this place, it is thought, the lightning
followed the wires on its course of ruin.
The next place visited was that of J. F.
Neet, where the "juice" tore off a couple of boards from the house,
burning out the phone, and jumped to the local telegraph wires leading to the
home of J. J. Queen. Here it followed
the wires across the woodwork, tearing off several boards.
Two poles were shattered, and thus the
lightning went on its course up Lynx Hollow, hurling great trees to the ground
in splinters and destroying telephones.
Other houses were struck, but with little
damage. The lightning was accompanied
with reports like that of a pistol, and a number of the inhabitants were badly
frightened. Ed Queen had a telegraph
instrument which was pretty well melted as a result of the electrical visit. This was without doubt the worst storm that
section ever had, and none are hankering for another such experience.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑18‑1908
S. P. SAWMILLS
C. Arnel, a prominent citizen of Marcola,
having lived there many years before anyone thought of building a town there,
was in the city today on business. To a
Guard reporter this morning he stated that the men in charge of the S. P. Company's
sawmills at Marcola have received orders to clean off the docks of lumber,
which Mr. Arnel thinks signifies that the company intends to start up the mills
again in the near future, ordering the docks cleaned to make room for new
lumber. Large shipments of railroad
ties, which have been on hand since the mills closed last winter are being made
every day. The only mill in the vicinity
of Marcola that is running now is that of the Sunset Lumber Company, which is
operating with a full crew, but the prospects are that a number of others will
resume soon.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑19‑1908
MOHAWK LUMBER COMPANY'S
J. S. Magladry and John F. Kelly have sold
the sawmill of the Mohawk Lumber Co. to David and H. C. Auld, of Atcheson
Kansas, who will take immediate possession.
Included in the sale are 3000 acres of
land, all the lumber on hand and the logging machinery.
There are approximately 200,000,000 feet
of growing timber on the land that has changed ownership. The consideration is not given out for publication,
but it is said to be in the
neighborhood of $175,000
This mill was built about two and a half
years ago by Messrs. Magladry and Kelly
and has capacity of 35,000 feet of
lumber per day. It is a modern plant in
every respect, one of the best in the county.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑10‑1908
BOOTH KELLY RECEIVES FINE
LOGGING ENGINE
A fine new logging engine for the Booth
Kelly Lumber Co. arrived from the Baldwin locomotive works this morning and
will be taken to the company's new logging railway above Wendling as soon as it
can be fitted up for operation under its own steam. The engine is as large or perhaps larger
than the S. P. locomotive that runs on the Wendling branch and has the
appearance of being very
powerful. It is a wood‑burner.
The Baldwin Co. sent a man along with the
engine to start it running. The new
railway being built by the company will be finished before the winter rains set
in.
About four miles have been completed. The road is as substantial as the S. P. Co.
branch and has the same sized rails.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑16‑1908
HARRISBURG
Postmaster, C. L. Morris, had a thrilling
experience in the Cascade mountains Sunday and Monday of this week. He and Dr.
W. H. Dale, as a respite from the grind of daily business, went to the
mountains on a hunting expedition last Saturday.
Arriving at headquarters, they fixes camp
and went on a stroll for game, but without success. Next morning bright and early they had
breakfast and started for a hunt, Mr. Morris to travel on the east side of the
summit and the Doctor on the other side.
They agreed that they would return to camp
about noon for dinner. The doctor
arrived in on schedule time, but Mr. Morris failed to put in an
appearance. Dr. Dale fired signal shots at intervals and
searched the hills for some distance around without success. It was now growing late and he feared that
Mr. Morris was lost or the victim of an
accident, therefore he came out to the valley and gave the alarm.
In crossing the summit Mr. Morris was overtaken by a drenching rain and a dense
fog, which rendered it impossible for him to keep his bearings; hence he was
lost.
He traveled until 4 o'clock when he found himself
at the foot of Foggy peak, exhausted, "all in", numbed with cold,
drenched by the rain, and with but one match with which to start a fire. He succeeded in getting a fire but had the
most
miserable night of his
life. When morning came he started out
and luckily found a trail which led him
to Courtney Or. , which he followed, striking the valley at Mr. Warmoth's
place, and from there he telephoned his family.
Many searchers were on the trail before he got out.
BOOTH KELLY SELLS MACHINERY
IN HARRISBURG
The Booth Kelly Lumber Company sold all
the machinery in their sawmill here, excepting the water wheels, to Eli Perkins
and,
son, Thursday.
They will remove it to Coyote Creek, where
they are putting in a sawmill plant.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑30‑1908
Dr. Atwood And Son Arrested
And in Jail
IN CUSTODY AT PORTLAND
CHARGED WITH MALPRACTICE IN
DEATH OF EUGENE GIRL
Drs.
C. H. T. Atwood and C. H. Atwood,
father and son, who have offices in the Allsky building, and who operate a
private hospital at Fremont station, on the Mount Scott car line, were arrested
last night about 6 O'clock in their hospital, by deputy Sheriffs Bulger and
Kelly on a warrant sworn out yesterday afternoon by assistant District Attorney
Fitzgerald before justice of the Peace Olson, which charges them indirectly
with being instrumental in causing the death of Pearl Lamb, a young woman from
Eugene Oregon, who died at the Atwood
hospital on Friday night following the results of malpractice.
The accused Doctors were taken to the
county jail, where they were kept in default of $1000 cash bail, says today's
Oregonian.
The arrest of Drs. Atwood was made a little earlier thin had
been anticipated owing to information which reached District Attorney
Fitzgerald to the effect that one of the defendants was preparing to leave for
Eugene for the purpose of destroying evidence obtained against them there. The warrant in this case does not charge the
defendants with manslaughter, but charges "indecent and immoral acts which
openly outrage public decency and are injurious to public morals".
The claim made by the Atwoods to coroner
Norden when the investigation in the case was first begun that the malpractice
was not effected by them, but by a Eugene physician, is
discredited by the
prosecution, which say there is evidence showing that the malpractice was
actually done by the Atwoods, and that the statement signed by the girl before
she died was made to protect the Atwoods.
"It will be a serious menace to the
dishonorable physicians of this community if we
secure a conviction on this charge", said Deputy District Attorney
Fitzgerald last night.
" It will mean that we can proceed
against many who
otherwise we might have to
pass by without hope of reaching. If the
Atwoods are convicted it will curtail a
great deal of the malpractice now being carried on in this city."
The attitude of the prisoners was one of
composure last night at the county jail.
" We believe that some enemy his
inspired this attack upon us, said the elder Atwood. " If the prosecuting officers of this
county are really looking for the malpractitioner of this community they might
have looked further than us.. During the past month we have refused to
take about 50 cases of this character,
which we know have been handled by others in this city. If we were in this line of work, why should
we have refused to do the work?"
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11‑30‑1908
PIONEER WOMAN PASSES AWAY
SUDDENLY
Mrs. A. O. McGee, an early pioneer of
Oregon, died suddenly at her home near Donna Station, on the Mohawk, some time
last night. She had been suffering from
paralysis for the past two years and a half and was bedfast all the time, but
the day before she died she was in as good of health as usual. She was found dead in bed this
morning when the family arose. Mrs McGee
was born in Missouri about 72 years ago and came to Oregon across the plains in
the early fifties. She first settled in
Marion county, then came to Lane county, settling near Springfield. She has lived in the Mohawk for the past 35
years. She leaves three children, J. R.
McGee, at home, Mrs. Luella Yarnell of Salem, and Mrs. L. W. Walter of
Philomath.
The funeral will be held at the family
home on the Mohawk Wednesday at ten a. m. and the remains will be interred in
the Gager cemetery near Natron.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11‑30‑1908
FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT NEAR
COBURG SATURDAY
Saturday evening about 5 O'clock, Lawrence
Melvin Bond, son of a merchant of Coburg, aged 14 years, was shot and instantly
killed by Lee Smith, a youth of about the same age, as they were out goose
hunting. The killing was accidental, and "Coroner Gordon, who went to 'Coburg to
investigate the matter, deemed it unnecessary to hold an inquest.
Young Bond and Smith were in company with
George Smith, father of Lee, George Drury and Professor Maxwell. They were all along the McKenzie river
bottom, a mile west of the railroad bridge.
The boys were ahead of the others and suddenly noticed a flock of
geese. They crawled up to within
shooting distance of the geese and both
fired.
Bond fired a second shot and suddenly
arose, just in time to receive the full charge of shot from young Smith's gun
as he, to fired a second shot. The shot
entered the back of the head and death resulted two hours afterward.
Young Bond was a bright lad and was liked
by all who knew him. He was a pupil in
the eighth grade at Coburg. Young Smith naturally feels very badly over the accident.
The funeral was held today and the body
was interred in the Coburg I. O. O. F. cemetery.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑14‑1908
MORE ACTIVITY PROMISED BOOTH
KELLY SAWMILL
George H. Kelly, manager of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Co., informs us that the company's big mill at Wendling, will
resume operations immediately after the first of January and will continue
to operate steadily thereafter. The plant has been completely overhauled
during the past few months and is now in excellent shape. New machinery has been installed and the mill
is now more modern than ever before. The
new logging railroad leading from
Wendling up the Mohawk valley for five or six miles, has been completed and all
that it needs to make it as good as any piece of railroad in the state is the
ballasting. The road taps a splendid
body of timber.
Logs from the tract will be hauled to
the mills at
Wendling, Springfield and
Coburg.
There is a general belief that the
Southern Pacific's mills at Marcola will open again in the early spring. If they do, it will mean that financial
conditions in this county will be better than new, although Eugene and Lane
county never were effected to any extent by the recent panic.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑18‑1908
BROOKMAYER
MOHAWK LUMBER PLANTS
SHUTDOWN
John Brookmayer, owner of the
Brookmayer sawmill at Spores Siding, on
the Wendling Branch, while in the city today, stated that the mill will resume
operations immediately after the first of the new year, after a long
shutdown. He says he has a large number
of orders on hand and the prospects are that the plant will be kept in operation
steadily from then on. He sats
other mills on the Mohawk will also
resume operations about the same time.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑22‑1909
Drs. Atwood Sent To Jail At
Portland
Drs.
'I. H. and C. H. T. Atwood,
father and son, were sentenced in the
circuit court by Judge Poland yesterday
afternoon to serve five
months in the county jail. They were
recently convicted of having maintained a nuisance in conducting the Atwood
Maternity Hospital at Fremont Station on the Mt. Scott car line.
Neither of the defendants were in the
court room when sentence was pronounced, being represented by their attorney,
W. B. Meacham. Neither were they present
when the jury returned its verdict recently, though the elder Atwood appeared
at the
courthouse less than an hour
later to inquire if the verdict had been returned. They both are out on bail. Their attorney asked for an arrest of
Judgement, which was promptly denied.
The convicted men have ten days in which
to file a motion for a new trial. ‑ Oregonian ‑
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2‑1‑1909
EUGENE STREET DIRT WORTH
FIFTY CENTS A LOAD
The dirt and filth of Eugene's streets is
the best
fertilizer,in the town,
according to the man who runs one of the wagons which gathers up the manure.
"We get fifty cents a load for it,
and it is so well liked, that one man took two hundred loads of two and a half
cubic yards each."
The city does not get the money derived
from this source, but it goes to the
contractor who takes the dirt off the street.
Four loads a day, for the waste, gives an income of $2 from the streets.
One wagon is used constantly in carrying
off the sweepings of the bitulithic pavement, and part of the time two
are employed.
This waste swept from the paved streets is
good fertilizer, and while the price paid for it does not suite pay for the
hauling away, in London or some of the American great cities, the value would
more than equal the expense. Gardeners whose soils are worn out find the filth to be
especially good for their crops. In the
Atlantic states and in Europe the cost of
replenishing the ground
frequently equals that of cultivation.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2‑23‑1909
"COUGAR" WANTED HIS DOG ON TABLE
Hugo Brehem, a farmer residing in the
McKenzie valley, commonly known as "Cougar", was fined 430 in the
police court this morning on a drunk and disorderly charge.
Brehem came to town yesterday with his
faithful dog, which had been with him on many a trip to town to see the
sights. The canine is evidently much
beloved by Brehem‑‑ at any rate he thinks it should have the
privileges the human race is entitled to in public eating places. Last night Brehem went into the "Dago
restaurant on West Eighth street and insisted on putting the dog on the table
and letting it eat out of the same dishes as he was. When requested to put the dog on the floor he
refused, whereupon he was escorted to the front door of the restaurant and put
into the street.
Brehem then went to Vincent's
restaurant(formerly White's), where he repeated
the performance. The police were
sent for and the dog and man were taken
to jail. Brehem, who was pretty well
under the influence of bootleg whiskey, made considerable resistance and it
took three officers to land him in the lockup.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑8‑1909
DEATH OF TWO HARRISBURG MEN
Two prominent citizens have been called to
cross the dark river, Samuel R. Scott and W. N.
Bucknum. Uncle Sammy Scott, as he
was familiarly known, was a pioneer of 1853, first settling in Josephine
county, he represented that county in the last
Territorial Legislature of
Oregon. He was a prominent Mason. His life in Oregon was strenuously applied to the upbringing of the
state and the moral betterment of its citizenship. His life was full of good works and the world
is better by his having lived. He lacked a few days of being eighty six years of age. The remains were taken to Salem and buried by
the Masons beside those of his wife, who died there in 1872‑
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑13‑1909
B. K. Springfield mill his
accidents
T. A. Rathbun, an employee at the Booth
Kelly mill at Springfield , was
seriously hurt Monday afternoon, and perhaps received one of the most painful accidents that has ever
happened at the mill during,
its operation, and those that witnessed the accident say that it is miraculous
how he escaped sudden death. He was
employed as an edgerman and was assisted with his work by R. P. Thurman who
reversed the roll causing the timber that was being run through the machine to
take a sudden backward shoot, and not being on the lookout Mr. Rathbun was
struck in the face a glancing blow which nearly ended his career for this
earth. As he was standing sideways to the machine the large board struck him on
the bridge of the nose, smashing that member almost to a pulp, he was at once
taken to the hospital and two large slivers were removed from his nose.
Had he been standing half an inch to the
right he would have been instantly killed.
Two months ago he was quite badly hurt by
getting the fingers on one of his hands badly cut, which placed him on the
disabled list for some time.
Arthur Kirkland met with an accident at
the Booth Kelly mill last Saturday that put him out of commission for several
days. He was walking under what is known
as the log slip, when a large timber struck him on the back of the head
inflicting a very painful wound and rendering him unconscious for in hour or
more.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 3‑20‑1909
FISCHER and BALLY
The Fischer Bally mill will positively be
in operation on the site recently
purchased in Springfield, within the next six months and that the work of
excavating on the new site will be commenced at once.
Springfield‑ Ed Dompier, our genial
west side blacksmith is again able to be without the aid of crutches, having
been
crippled last week by a kick
from his favorite cow.
We did not learn whether Ed was trying to
shoe the bovine or milk her. if the latter he got his just desserts, for its
the wife's duty to milk the cow and chop all the wood.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑8‑1909
JOHN HUGHES CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY HUGE LOG AT WENDLING
John Hughes, an employee of the Booth
Kelly Co. at Wendling, was instantly crushed to death late yesterday afternoon,
by a large log, while unloading a car.
When he had released the chain that bound
the log it stuck to the car. He went to
the open side to remove the hinderance, and before he could escape, he was
caught beneath the log. The coroners
jury found that the death was purely
accidental.
From letters found in the pockets of the
man, it is thought that he has a sister at Fairfield Maine, and other relations
in Canada.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑9‑1909
BOOTH KELLY LUMBER CRUISERS
KILL
On Wednesday, March, 31, George Willoughby
and Elmer Lee, Booth Kelly timber cruisers while in the woods about four miles
west of J. L. Palmer's ranch on Brumbaugh creek, found a hollow log which
seemed to be inhabited. On looking in
they found Mr. Bruin at home. Willoughby wanted to leave him alone, but Lee
wanted to kill him.
Upon careful examination the entrance was
found to be large, as Mr. Bruin could get out easily, so Willoughby watched the
bear while lee cut some logs from a fallen tree, and placed them in such a
manner as to partially fill the entrance, He drove some stakes to hold them
there and partially filled the two smaller side openings.
Two axes, the only weapons at hand,
weighing about one pound each and carried in their belts, were made ready for
use. Mr. Lee opened the fight by jabbing
Bruin in the eye with the compass staff.
Then a rush was made for the entrance, where the bear received a blow
from the axe. This only angered him and
he ran his big feet out through the bark and slivers in a way that made his
opponents feel anxious. He would gnash
his teeth and stir up such a dust they could not see him, and thus the battle
went on until Bruin threw himself on his back, biting and clawing at the small
openings, thrusting his head out far enough that Mr. Lee was able to deal him a
blow between the ear and eye, sinking
the axe to the handle.
Bruin turned, pulling the axe from Lee's
hand and landing it in the nest behind the bear, thus leaving them with but one
axe and the compass staff to fight the bear with.
Willoughby then proposed giving up the
battle, but Lee had to have his axe, and the only way to get it Was to kill Mr.
Bear, so the fight continued, Bruin getting more enraged at every turn. Finally he started out and Lee, seeing
the advantage, let him come until he was well out of the tree, and then called
to his partner, who was instantly on the spot, and dealt him a blow full in the
face, which ended the conflict. The bear
proved to be one of the largest the two men had ever seen.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑16‑1909
PIONEER OF 52, JAMES MADISON
STAFFORD, MEMBER OF THE
LEGISLATURE DIES
J. M. Stafford, another pioneer of 1852,
died yesterday at his home on the Mohawk of Bright's disease, after an illness
of five months. He settled on the Mohawk, as soon as he arrived in the Oregon
country, and has been prominent in local affairs during his earlier life.
James Madison Stafford was born in the
state of Missouri, May 18, 1842. He crossed the plains with his parents in 1852
to Oregon, settling in the Mohawk valley, Lane Co., where he still resided at
the time of his death. He was married October 25, 1866 to Miss Sarah E. Fordham
of Albany, Oregon, who died four years ago.
Eleven children were born to them, ten of whom are still living. A son, Fred died Nov. 8, 1896.
In 1907 he was married to Mrs. Ellen
Guilliford, who
survives him. During his last
illness all the children were with him except Mrs. J. J. Finley and Mrs. F. Y.
Spencer of Mexico City. He was an
honored member of the Oregon Legislature in the house of representatives, serving
two terms, elected in 1885 and 1887, serving with integrity and honor. Funeral
and interment at Stafford cemetery, Mohawk, Saturday, April 17th, 4 p. m.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑20‑1909
ABEL TROTTER DIES SUDDENLY AT
HIS HOME ON THE McKENZIE
Walterville April 19.‑ Abel Trotter
died Thursday night at about 10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed
Craig. The family had been to a revival
service at the Camp Creek church, and were accompanied home by the minister. They were kneeling at prayer before retiring
when Mr. Trotter suddenly expired; he was quite in aged man.
He leaves two sons, Walter and Warden, and
two daughters, Cars Crag and Mrs Hileman.
There was another death in our
neighborhood Easter Sunday. Frank Stormant, one of the pioneers of Lane,
county, died after a lingering illness.
Mr. Stormant was born in Jefferson Co. Ill. in
1842, and came to Oregon in
1853, making him one of the oldest settlers.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑4‑1909
AUTOMOBILE CAUSES HORSE TO
Just before noon yesterday H. C. Perry,
who was driving to town, met with what might have been a serious accident. Just after crossing the‑railroad track
coming into town on Smith street, he met W. L. Wright's automobile and his
horse became frightened and started to run. When about halfway down the block the Douglas
machine came down Fourth street and turned into Smith, going west. The animal thought this was the limit, and
was doing its best to get away. Mr Perry
thought that if he could get his horse around the corner and away from the
eight of the machine, he could get him stopped.
However in making the turn, the buggy lurched to such an extent that he
was thrown out and struck on his head and shoulder on the sidewalk beside the
M. E. church.
Here the horse got entirely away and ran
to the livery stable with the front wheels still trailing behind him. Mr. Perry's scalp was cut about six or seven
inched.
He was carried to the hospital where the
wound was dressed, and he is able to get around and attend to the business
which brought him to town.
He started with nine dozen eggs and says
he got 75 cents for what was left and that was better than he expected.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑7‑1909
F. SMITH DROWNED IN WENDLING
POND WHILE ALONE
F.
Smith, a logger, was drowned Saturday afternoon at Wendling in the Booth Kelly
mill pond. When last seen he was working
among the logs at 4 o'clock. he did not come to supper, and his wife at once
gave out the alarm and the searchers found the body in the pond. He probably slipped and was stunned, so that
he could not swim and save himself.
Smith is survived by a wife and
mother. He has lived in Wendling for a
considerable length of time. The burial
will be held in Laurel Hill cemetery. An
inquest was held over the body by the justice of the Peace at Wendling, the
jury bringing in a verdict of accidental drowning.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑15‑1909
DONNA NEWS
A number of automobiles were seen in town
Sunday. The condition of our roads
probably accounts for their presence. The cigar and candy store recently put in
by T. ‑‑. Smith, of Marcola,
has changed hands, Mr. Branson being the
purchaser. Mr. Branson will continue to operate his store in
connection and will run a barber shop, something which has long been
needed. While working at the dock at
the Auld Bros. Lumber Co. the other day, J. Jensen had the misfortune to get two of his toes quite badly
mashed.
The Auld Bros. have started up their new
boarding house, with Mr. and Mrs.
Whitsel of Springfield, as proprietors.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑16‑1909
COBURG
More trouble is being had between Booth
Kelly Lumber Company and a citizen of Coburg, over the alleged fact that the
water from the company's log pond encroaches upon private land. Today Fred Deffenbacher began suit in the
circuit court to recover $1,700 damages from the company on this account.
In his complaint Deffenbacher alleges that
he is the owner of 7 1|2 acres near the company's mill pond, and that the water
from the pond overflows upon his land by reason of the dam built by the
company, thus rendering the land‑unfit for cultivation. Hewitt and Cox of Albany, are the
attorneys for the
plaintiff
in the case.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑17‑1909
O. Royer Killed By Falling
Limb Near Marcola
C. Royer, a farmer aged about 40 years,
was killed on his farm a mile and a half northeast of Marcola this morning
about 8 O'clock by being struck by a limb of an oak tree which he was felling.
He was cutting down the tree for cordwood
when a huge limb which had been loosened, fell without warning and struck him
across the small of' the back. He lay in
an unconscious
condition for some time before
he was found by the members of his family and about an hour after he was taken
to the
house he expired.
Royer leaves a wife and nine small
children, He had been residing in that vicinity only a few weeks, having come
from Myrtle Point and bought the place where he was living from C. Arnel. He was an industrious man and a good citizen.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6‑18‑1909
MARCOLA BOOZE SELLERS
ARRESTED
Jesse Eddy, Pearl McDonald, Benjamin
McCollum and Mart Endicott were arrested
late yesterday afternoon at Marcola, charged with selling liquor, and were
brought to Eugene in an automobile. They
were arraigned and will enter pleas tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑19‑1909
Fischer and Bally, who are building a new
structure near the railroad track running down the east side of the Willamette
valley will have the machinery moved from Marcola some time this fall and begin
to turn out their thirty thousand feet of lumber a day before the first of the
year.
The sawmill part of the structure will be
120x24‑30 feet, and the planing mill 90x30 feet.
The pond is dug, and the well drilled to
furnish water for the pond and engine.
The logs will be brought down from the Mohawk.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7‑30‑1909
COBURG PEOPLE FRIENDLY TO
BOOTH KELLY
The Booth Kelly Lumber Co. Eugene,Oregon.
Knowing that at various times a few
individuals have sought to harass the Booth Kelly Lumber Company by demanding
exorbitant recompense for slight or imaginary damages, and in order that the
community as a whole may not be judged by the attitude of the few, we (citizens
of Coburg), take this method of attesting our friendship toward your company.
It is with pleasure, that by affixing our
signatures
herewith, we are enabled in
this slight manner to express our appreciation of the benefits derived by the
community through the presence and operation of your plant in our midst, and to
assure you of cur loyal support at any time in furthering the interests of your
company.
SIGNED:
T. Van Duyn,
J. D. Pirtle,
C. C. Smith, real estate;
Lester Stacy, jeweler;
J. G. Henderson,
H. C. Bishop, grocers
A. C. Harden,
J. H. Harden, general
merchandise;
N. J. Nelson,
E. Cook, hardware and
furniture;
Frank Bittis, confectionery
and cigars;
M. J. Skinner, post master;
M. E. Jarnigan, M. D.;
Herbert F. Buchaum, manager
Coburg Water Works;
I. A. Zook, Agt. S. P. Co.;
Cleek and Swager, bakery;
C. P. Clover, barber;
H. L. Van Duyn,
W. E. Shannon, grocers;
W. Bartholomew,
Ray Pirtle,
D. M. Skidwell,
H. E. Allingham,
J. A. Hanna,
H. F. Durkee,
George L. Hunt,
L. Ward,
C. W. Brown,
J. D. Wigle,
H. A. Daniels,
R. Jones,
Robert Catlin,
Vin Williams,
Frank Vaughn,
N. N. Mathews,
F. T. Mendenhall, M. D.
J. F. Wigle,
George H. Ditto,
C. Gray,
P. O. Bettis,
J. P. Green,
C. E. Tyler,
Dale Buson,
E. D. Sherwood,
J. L. Renninger,
Clive Taylor,
Clyde Sidwell ,
J. O. Wolfe,
R. N. Peters,
A. Lesley,
G. H. Barnard,
M. C. Bond,
Lea Jarnagin,
George A. Drury, Coburg
Mercantile Co.;
J. A. Higginbotham, hotel;
W. N. Tripp,
H. Frum,
W. A. Sidwell,
Dick Green,
J. S. Lusby,
Bert Harper,
W. Wilcox,
John C. Burns,
John Wilkinson,
Charles Powers,
Scott Wilkinson,
Leo Sidwell,
H. R. Nolleth,
H. L. Reid,
George Cox,
J. J. Dirickson,
G. F. Brazelton,
A. V. Betterly,
W. J. Hay,
A. E. Dyer,
L. P. Simonson,
Hugo Hallin.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑24‑1909
THE BOOTH KELLY SPRINGFIELD
The Booth Kelly mill is now getting
fifteen cars of logs daily from Wendling.
They are hauled to the company's siding
and dumped into the pond. There are no
drives in the river this year.
The company has several men at work
cutting into the hill back of the planer to make more room for piling their
lumber. The dirt that is excavated is
used to fill in under the docks.
Several hundred feet of fire hose has been
received at the mill to replace the present which is quite rotten. This hose was put in scarcely three months
ago, but has been carelessly handled so that the new hose is necessary.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8‑28‑1909
JOHN MATHEWS OF COBURG IS
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHILE HUNTING
Another man shot for a deer by mistake
lies on a cot in the Eugene Hospital, and the attending physicians are not
certain whether or not he will recover.
John Mathews, of Coburg is the unfortunate
victim of a friend's mistake this time said Virgil Clover is the man who fired
the shots. Mathews and Clover
accompanied by Enoch
Stewart, and a young man
named Beeson were hunting in the
mountains east of Coburg, and
about three miles from Donna, on the Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific
railways The shooting occurred about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The men had spent the day on the mountain
without success. Clover was alone, the
men having separated earlier in the day, and he had no idea that any of the
other men were near.
He suddenly heard the snapping of twigs
and saw a form moving a short distance away through the thick brush. He took careful aim and fired. His bullet
went true, but he was horrified to hear a human voice cry out in pain. Clover quickly ran to the man's assistance
and was greatly surprised to find that it was one of his companions,
Mathews. After Beeson and Stewart had
been summoned, the men rigged up a litter and started with the injured man for
Coburg. He was taken care of as well as
possible before they could reach a Jarnagin temporarily dressed the wound.
An ambulance was sent for
from Eugene, and the injured man was brought to the Eugene Hospital.
Mathews is about 35 years old and has a
wife and five children. He has been
employed as sawyer in the Booth Kelly
sawmill at Coburg. Clover is also an employee of the mill and is about 30 years
old. The hospital surgeons found that
the bullet had entered the right groin and inflicted a very serious wound. At a late hour this afternoon Mathews was
still in surgery.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9‑9‑1909
JOHN W. NETTLETON KILLED AT
B. K.
John W. Nettleton, of Springfield was
killed this morning at the B. K. sawmill, when his Jumper caught and wound him
around a shaft under which he was working, whirling him against the ceiling and
heavy timbers, tearing him to pieces.
The accident, which is the most horrible in the history of the mill,
occurred a few minutes before 9. Nettleton's position in the mill was on the
transfer between the first and second saws.
He manipulated several levers which raise
and lower a set of rollers, which this morning did not work well.
He had evidently gone beneath the floor to adjust these, for when a few
minutes Fireman Frank Lenhart came by he noticed his absence, and seeing the
work piled up stepped over there and started to work the lever. At this point he heard a tremendous thumping,
and went under the mill to see what was wrong.
Seeing the whirling object on the shaft, which was revolving at 400 R.P.
he ran to stop the engines, scarcely realizing that the object was a human
being. As soon as the shaft stopped the
men made their way to where Nettleton's lifeless body was hanging.
It Was a most gruesome sight. The body bore the resemblance of one mass of
flesh wound around the shaft.
Mr. Nettleton worked in the plant since it
started seven years ago.
At the time of the accident Mr. Nettleton's family were all at the Yarnell
hop yard on the Mohawk. Word was sent them and they arrived about noon.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑15‑1909
BOOTH KELLY BARN AT WENDLING
BURNED WITH WINTER'S HAY
Last evening about 5 o'clock the Booth
Kelly barn at
Wendling was discovered to be
on fire and was totally consumed, together with a large amount of hay and
grain, the winter's supply having been stored away.
The origin of the fire is not known. It
started in the mow and had gained such headway when discovered that it was
impossible to extinguish
it. The horses and harness were taken
out before the flames reached the bottom portion of the
structure.
The barn was large and was located only a
few rods from the company's store. Hard
work on the part of the sawmill force and the citizens saved that building and
other property. The loss is $2000 or
more.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑16‑1909
ATWOOD'S WILLING
themselves to Sheriff Stevens
this morning to serve their terms of five months each on a charge of having
maintained a nuisance in operating a maternity hospital at Fremont. They were tried by a Jury in Judge Cleland's
department, and a verdict of guilty was brought in January of this year. They were sentenced to serve five months each
by Judge Cleland. The case went to the
Supreme Court and was confirmed early this week.‑‑ Portland
Telegram.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑20‑1909
THE BOOTH KELLY MILLS FROM
THE OREGON TIMBERMAN
Booth Kelly Lumber Company of Eugene, is
operating its four sawmills, located at Springfield, Coburg, Wendling, and
Saginaw, steadily. Considerable
improvement in the equipment and general facilities of the plant is being
made. The company is conducting
extensive logging operations in the vicinity of their Wendling plant, their new
logging road being in operation. A. Mallett compound locomotive for use in
their logging operations is being built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Operations at the forest camp, on the McKenzie, will continue, but no logs are
being put in the river. Operations at
the sawmills are being carefully looked after by A. M. Hagan, assistant to Manager
George H. Kelly.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10‑26‑1909
DROWNS IN SIGHT OF HIS FELLOW
WORKERS
Edward McDonald, a deaf mute, aged about
30 years, was drowned in the McKenzie river, near the old Dutch Henry place
yesterday, while working on the Booth Kelly log drive. He slipped off a rock into about 20 feet of
water in sight of a number of fellow workmen, but he sank to the bottom and the
body was not recovered for over half an hour later..
Coroner Gordon was notified of the
drowning by telephone and that official left at once for the scene. He met the party bringing the body to town.
McDonald came here some time ago from Falls City.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11‑26‑1909
PLANING
E. G. Hurst, who up to yesterday afternoon
was an employee at the Booth Kelly Lumber Company's planing mill at Wendling,
was shot in the right arm and the left hand yesterday afternoon by Al Seekatz,
foreman of the mill, but the injuries are not serious. The trouble arose over Seekatz discharging
Hurst from the mill. According to the
story received at the offices of Sheriff Bown and Deputy District Attorney
Skipworth today, Hurst and another employee of the mill named Wright had some
trouble between themselves, and Wright told the foreman a lot of things about
Hurst, reflecting on his character.
Seekatz, believing Hurst to be a bad man, discharged him yesterday
afternoon, Whereupon Hurst knocked the foreman down. Seekatz, who was armed with a
revolver, pulled the weapon
from his pocket and begin firing at Hurst, the first shot striking him on the
right arm, between the wrist and elbow, and the second shot grazing his left
hand. Another shot went through the coat
of a bystander, but did not injure him.
There was great excitement at Wendling at
the time, and there was a report in Eugene that the man who had been shot had
been killed.
Hurst came to Eugene this
forenoon and had Dr. Kuykendall dress the wounds, which were pronounced not
serious.
No complaint has yet been sworn out
against Seekatz, and Deputy District Attorney Skipworth stated this afternoon
that he did not know whether there would be one or not.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑3‑1909
PAUL KING IS KILLED TODAY IN
LOGGING ABOVE WENDLING
Paul King, a young man whose home is in
Eugene, was
instantly killed just before
noon today while at work in the Booth Kelly logging camp about seven miles
above Wendling. Young King was working
on the line at the time of his death. He
placed the hook on a log which was on top of another, and gave the signal to
the donkey engineer to start up. As the
log started to move it rolled off the other one and on to King crushing his
body into almost a shapeless mass.
Life was extinct when his fellow workmen
reached him. The coroner will
investigate the death and will bring the body to Eugene The unfortunate man was
aged about 21 years, and has a mother who lives in Fairmont. He also leaves a father, who is now in the
East, and several brothers and sisters.
As far as reports are received here the
death of the young man was the fault of no one, and was only one of those
accidents that often occur unavoidably in all lumber camps. King had worked in the camp above Wendling
about three months.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑4‑1909
MINISTER
Rev.
Levi Day, a former Methodist preacher living in Springfield, received a
bad fracture of the collar bone while working in the saw mill this morning,
when he was struck by a flying piece of slab wood thrown by the trimmers The
wood hit him full in the chest and chin.
The force of the blow knocked him to the floor, and his collar bone was
badly shattered. he was carried to his home where his injuries were cared for
by Drs. Barr and Pollard.
The cut at the saw mill was 145,000 not
170,000, as stated. Towards the end of the afternoon the logs became poorer and
less heavy timber was cut and the last three hours pulled the figures down, so
that the figures given for last friday were incorrect. The snow is disagreeable to the train
men. It is necessary to have several men
in the yard, constantly clearing it from the frogs of the switches, or they
would freeze together. The tops of the
cars were slippery and the signs for the engineers are whitened.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑17‑1909
S. P. SAWMILLS ON MOHAWK SOON
RESUME
There is a general report that cannot be
confirmed that the three Southern Pacific sawmills at Marcola, will resume
operations shortly after
January 1, 1910.
The company has maintained these big and
costly plants in idleness for about two years, but it is thought by the people
of Marcola and others who have observed the actions of certain railroad
officials lately that they will not remain idle much longer. The company already has a force of twenty‑five
or thirty men employed at the mills and in the woods, and has during the last
few days employed Dr. T. K. Johnson of
this city, to act as company physician at Marcola. His duties begin next week. This indicates that a much larger force
often will be soon employed there, as the few who are already working could
easily be taken care of in a medical way by the local physicians, or those in
Eugene. Then again there are reports of
the
construction of donkey engine
sleds in the woods near the mills, which looks as if there is going to be
considerable activity in the logging camps soon.
When these three big mills and the logging
camps are in full operation, a thousand or more men are employed, which means a
big payroll and greater prosperity.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑20‑1909
CHARLES JONES WHIRLS AROUND
REVOLVING WHEEL AT WENDLING
Charles Jones, a millwright, working for
the Booth Kelly company at Wendling, nearly met his death when he was caught in
a rapidly revolving cog wheel this morning.
His injuries, though only bruises, are
Quite severe, but not dangerous unless internal trouble is located. He was brought to the Eugene Hospital this
morning.
He
was working about some gearing on a revolving shaft when his clothes became
caught in some manner. Instantly he was
jerked off his feet and wheeled about.
The fact that his clothing tore saved his
life. Nearly every shred of clothing was
torn from his body. No bones were broken
and it is thought that there are no internal injuries.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑28‑1909
COBURG, LIVE
About four years ago Coburg was
incorporated under the general laws of the state of Oregon. Since the incorporation was formed there have
been built a sidewalk at least on one side of every on both sides. Every lot in the Dixon and Jarnagin
addition
has been sold to persons who
have built and settled here for a home.
We now have a park, a beautiful addition
to the city, and it is being sold and will soon be included within the city
limits as a part of Coburg. The addition contains 143 lots and several acreage
tracts.
The business houses of Coburg have been
largely increased since the incorporation.
Several large places have been sold
bringing in several new settlers to this section.
The Booth Kelly Lumber Company are
continually improving their plant here and it is one of their best mills. The company employs up to 200 men at good
living wages and where economy is practiced some money can be saved, as many
who work here have bought, built and own their homes. For the laboring man we consider Coburg one
of the best locations to be found in the state.
Good men can always secure steady work at good wages. If you want a place where you are sure of a
good living come to Coburg.
Some of the improvements we need are a
better telephone system in the city. The
farmer lines running into the city are sufficient at present, but the city is
very poorly supplied. We also need a
better mail and train service and a rural free delivery. We realize that Coburg is somewhat in its
infancy and these higher improvements are not fast in coming. Yet there is
certainly no reason, with the improvements of the past four years, but what we
will have all the improvements other sister cities have within a few months.
With the amount of logs coming in, the
lumber going out, and the amount of merchandise shipped in, say nothing of the
wheat, cream and other agricultural products being shipped both in and out, and
the pay roll Coburg has, we will have one of the most thriving and busiest
little cities in the western part of Oregon‑‑ Journal.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑30‑1909
SPRINGFIELD
The roads up the Mohawk, which are usually
good, are very bad. It takes the mail
carrier from six to nine hours to cover the trip, which is twice the time it
takes in the summer. The Christmas mail
bore heavily on these deliveries this season, and for several days the light
wagons were filled full of packages.
The Springfield streets are very muddy now. Main street might be improved if some of the
sand and water mixture could be scraped off.
HAY VERY SCARCE AT SPRINGFIELD
Hay is so scarce that it has been
necessary for a local feed store to ship it in from Eastern Washington. This is being sold at $22.50 a ton, a very
high price for this tire of year. The
farmers realize that they have no more than they need to last them through the
winter, and will sell none. Other feed
is also high. Shorts are hard to obtain,
and mixed feed is high. The Utah
construction Co. taking advantage of the fact that the farmers will not sell
hay, is making money off its
sub‑contractors by
shipping the hay in and selling it at an exorbitant price. Above Natron it retails for $2‑‑‑t
a ton. This is the same hay that can be
bought, shipped and sold in Springfield for $22.50. The muddy condition of the roads make it
impractical for the teamsters to buy it in the valley.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12‑30‑1909
BOOTH KELLY BLACKSMITH
Herman Bucholtz, blacksmith at the Booth
Kelly mill, had his right eye seriously injured, both hands badly cut, his face
cut in many places, and has a deep wound in the fleshy part of his left leg as
a result of the explosion of gas in a closed cylinder head that he was heating,
in his forge yesterday. Two other men that were in the room with him miraculously escaped
injury from the flying bits of metal and coals.
One piece of the iron weighing several
pounds, flew across the room and imbedded itself in the wall. Bucholtz was repairing the cylinder head for
a logging firm up the river, and placed it in the forge to heat it. The head was hollow and some gas which had
found its way in, exploded when heated. Buckholtz was
standing
close to the fire with his
hand on the blower, talking with two mill hands when the accident occurred. The
report of the
explosion was so loud that it
could be heard all over the mill, even by the men working around the
machinery. The room was filled with
smoke, and the two mill hands rushed outside,
scarcely knowing what had
happened. Bucholtz was knocked down, and
they went right back after him. His eyes were closed and blood was flowing from
his face and legs. Three stitches were
taken in his leg. Unless blood poisoning
or inflammation sets in, his injuries will not prove serious, although they are
very painful.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑4‑1910
COBURG
Clarence Alford underwent an operation for
appendicitis at his home yesterday.
The operation was performed by Dr.
Mendenhall, of Coburg and Dr. Scaiefe of Eugene.
Mr. Alford has been working for the mill
company here until Christmas, when he was suddenly taken ill. The patient is improving nicely.
SCHOOL GIRL INJURED
Ethel Sidwell fell on the frozen ground at
school yesterday morning during the first recess and was badly bruised up. She and three other girls were running down a
steep bank near the schoolhouse, and Ethyl, becoming overbalanced,fell,
striking her head on the ground, which was hard as cement.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 1‑18‑1910
BOOTH KELLY COMPANY WILL
DREDGE
The Booth Kelly Lumber Co. unloaded a big
donkey engine from the car here today.
The engine will be taken up to do some
dredging in the mill race. A number of
men also were sent here by the company to work on the race.
One of the mill teams will be used to do
the lighter work. They are preparing the
race for the spring drive which will Probably be quite a large one.
EXCITING RUNAWAY
A little excitement was started this
morning. when a team of horses belonging to the Booth Kelly Company, left standing in the street, became
frightened at the escaping steam from an engine and ran away.
The horses were standing by the company's
office. From there they ran toward the
railroad and bummed against a box car; one horse fell. Turning north they ran
over a switch and broke it off. They
finally stopped and were brought back by one of the men.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 2‑7‑1910
COBURG
Walter Smith of Coburg, was in the city
today exhibiting on the streets the pelts of two big cougars which he killed in
the hills north of Coburg Saturday.
Smith was out hunting when he suddenly
spied four of the huge cats in a bunch about 200 yards away. He began firing at them with his rifle and
succeeded in bringing down two of them and wounding a third, but it and a
fourth got away.
The Animals had been killing sheep in that
vicinity and often came down to the valley after their prey. Smith was offered
a handsome sum for the hides today but refused to sell then. He will have them mounted and use them
for rugs. The fur if in splendid
condition.
The Largest of the animals killed measured
seven feet tip to tip.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑11‑1910
New Fischer Bally Mill
Running Steadily At Springfield
The new Fischer Bally sawmill will put its
first crew of men on this week and is now running steadily, receiving, eight
carloads of logs from the camps up the river each day. The force consists of 30 men. this adds
considerably to the payroll of this city, and it will probably be increased
before long. Its location could not be better.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑11‑1910
The engine is the largest of its type in
this state, and is of the very latest pattern of logging locomotive, which
require the greatest flexibility for steep Grades and narrow curves, and great
power.
The engine is really a combination of two,
and it has four cylinders. The drivers
are 44 inches in diameter and the immense machine is equipped with the
Arragonett reverse gear, the
Westinghouse E‑T
equipment, and the cylinders are of the
Walsher‑Harte valve
type, which is the latest device known in railway Manufacture.
Rhodes is along to inspect the line to see
whether it will safely carry the weight of the monster. The track, which is ten miles long, is laid
with 60‑pound rails, which are heavier than the Southern Pacific Company
uses in Springfield.
There are 72 cars on the road, 26 of which
belong to the Booth Kelly Company.
It is said that there is enough timber
along this line to cut 300,000 feet of timber a day for 20 or 3O years.
SPRINGFIELD ITEMS
John Buchanan, the Fall Creek stage
driver, wishes there was no such‑thing as a Natron cut‑off, or
perhaps, rather, that the county road commissioner would force the railroad to
build a decent road.
The trip that used to be made in a couple
or three hours from Fall Creek, only a distance of 18 miles, now require six
and eight hours, according to the weather.
This is scarcely three miles an hour. The roads are still very bad, and the stage
does not arrive in the evening until 8 or 9 o'clock.
BIG LOGS ARRIVE AT SAWMILL
The sawmill Friday was handed a bunch of
big toothpicks in a shipment of logs from.
Wendling. There was one stick
that was 42 feet long and was five feet in diameter at the small end. It is from these sticks that the big bridge
timbers, which are in demand all over the world, are cut. The unloading force
had their hands full in sliding them off the cars. The heavy men could not be
seen when they got behind the car. The sawmill is again running after a ten‑day
spring lay‑off for overhauling,.
The new carriage has not arrived yet,
being delayed
somewhere enroute.
LOGS
Although there has been a remarkable
increase in the
population of Springfield,
there has been one unusually large decrease.
This is in the canine population of
the city. It was estimated that
there were 250 dogs in the city a couple of months or so ago, before the
license ordinance was passed. Now there
are fifty, because the city marshal is sure that there is not a yellow cur within
the city limits without a tag, and there have been fifty tags sold.
The city pound master has killed no less
than 50 of the animals, which number included nearly every known variety. Many owners sent their dogs to the
country or disposed of them rather than pay the tax.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑21‑1910
It was through information furnished
Sheriff Bown by C.E Fero
that Anderson was placed
under arrest. It is said that while the
latter was intoxicated a short time ago, he became quite
talkative and spoke of the
shooting of Mrs. Renshaw's horse in such a way that he was suspected of the
crime. Anderson is charged with assault
with intent to kill and will be arraigned before Judge Bryson, of the Justice
court at 7 o'clock.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4‑26‑1910
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATING AT
COBURG
Over one hundred Eugene Odd Fellows are in
attendance at the anniversary exercise at Coburg today, 71 having gone over on
the special train and the remainder in auto‑ mobiles and carriages. The train consisted of three coaches and an
engine when it left Eugene, and while the cars were not filled here, they were
more than crowded by the time they left Springfield, for many of the three‑linlers
from that city boarded the train and took in the exercises. A round trip rate of 60 cents from, Eugene
and 50 cents from Springfield was given by the S. P. Company.
The program was as follows.
Opening song by all, "America"‑
Prayer by Chaplin J. D. Wigle‑ Address of welcome, Mayor George A.
Drury's Address of the day, F. G. M.
William Carter.
A basket dinner was served in the I.O.O.F.
hall. The parade was held at 1:30,
beginning at the I.O.O.F. hall, Proceeding West to Willamette St, north to
Locust, east on Locust to Harrison, north on Harrison to Van Duyn, west on Van
Duyn to Willamette, south on Willamette to Dixon east on Dixon to Skinner,
north on Skinner to McKenzie, thence to the depot grounds.
The march was headed by the band, followed
by the canton, encampment, subordinates and Rebekahs.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑4‑1910
WENDLING LOGGER T.C. BELL
DIES FROM INJURIES
T.
C. Bell, the Booth Kelly logger, whose serious injury by being crushed beneath
a log was chronicled in yesterday's Guard, died at the Eugene hospital last
evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. The physicians at the hospital could find no
bones broken, but internal injuries were the cause of his death. He was aged 28 years and single.
He leaves a brother near Marcola, where
the remains will be taken for burial.
The lumber company appears to be in no
manner responsible for his death. 5‑5‑1910‑ An inquest over
the remains of Thomas C. Bell, who was injured in the logging camp of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Co. at Wendling May 3, and died at the Eugene hospital that
evening, as a result of the injuries, was held at the Gordon undertaking
parlor, this afternoon by Coroner W. F. Gordon.
The jury empaneled consisted of the following: George A. Dyson, A. L.
Smith, Karl Villa, Fred H. Robinson, B. B. McKinney and B. F. Crum. They found that no one was to blame for his
death. Six witnesses were examined and
the story of the accident was as follows.
Bell was hauling out logs by steam cable on
the, morning of May 3rd, when
he signaled to pull the logs had one end
against a big tree and instead of turning around and freeing itself from the
tree, as expected, the log very suddenly swung around and struck him in the
body, injuring him internally.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑16‑1910
BOOTH KELLY RECEIVES HUGE
DONKEY ENGINE
Springfield, May 14.‑ The Booth
Kelly Lumber Co. will undertake a big job next week when it will take the
biggest donkey engine that was ever brought into the county over 20 miles of
mountain wagon road and across The McKenzie river to its logging operations at
Forrest Camp above Walterville. The engine has two cylinders each 11x13 and
weighs 44,000 pounds. The boiler will be
as difficult as the engine for the big piece of steel must go in one piece and
it weighs 11,000 pounds.
The road there is very rough and steep in
places and much blocking and building will have to be done. The engine is too heavy for any bridge and
will have to be taken across the river on a specially constructed ferry.
NO NIGHT SHIFT AT SPRINGFIELD
SAWMILL
There will in all probability be no night
shift at the mill this summer because of the inability to get logs enough. When the logs are sent down the river in
drives it is possible to have them in any quantity for the time being at least,
but when just so many are sent on the cars each day, there is a limit to the
capacity of the mill. The new carriage
that was recently
installed has increased the
output of the mill considerably for it is possible now to handle the logs with
much greater ease.
THE DAILY
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BOOTH KELLY
SAWMILL
G. H. Franklin, one of the millwrights at
the Booth Kelly Lumber Company's Wendling mill, was instantly killed about
It is reported that he was
cleaning out the conveyor between the carriage tracks before the mill had
started sawing, when the carriage was moved by the sawyer, not knowing that
The remains will be taken to
that place tonight for burial.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5‑18‑1910
S. P. MILLS AT MARCOLA TO
The guard is reliably informed that at
least one of the Southern Pacific mills at Marcola will resume operations at
once and that the other two will be started up soon afterward. The new superintendent will be on the ground
next week, it is said, and shortly after that the plant will be started. When the three mills are in operation they
employ about 300 men. This is
certainly good news to the
people of Marcola and to the people of the county at large.
The payroll when the three plants are
in operation is $17,000 or $18,000 per
month. The report that the mills
are soon to resume has been spread
several times during the past two years,
but this time it is said to be
authentic.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5‑21‑1910
GASOLINE MOTOR WILL MAKE
DAILY
A new time table will go into effect
Sunday morning, the schedule having been received by Agent Gillette this
morning. The only change on the main
line, so far as can be discovered, is that No. 18, the north‑bound
evening local, will arrive at Eugene at 4:45 o'clock instead of at 4:52 as at
present, and No. 19, southbound afternoon local will arrive at 2:05 instead of
2:04. The new schedule provides for
one round trip daily of the gasoline motorcar on the Springfield branch between
Springfield and Wendling, the trip to be made between the hours of 10:30 in the
forenoon and 1:40 in the afternoon, during which time the motor car has
remained at Springfield heretofore. This
will be a big convenience for the people on the Mohawk Branch and will better
the service on that line greatly, for heretofore, the mixed train is delayed
every day on account of so much switching to do at the various stations.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5‑27‑1910
BOOTH KELLY COMPANY SUED BY
GOVERNMENT
Plaintiff Seeks To Cancel Patents To Lands
Alleged
Fraudulently Secured
Portland, Ore., May 27. ‑ Charging that men employed by the booth Kelly
Company, of Eugene, conspired with the owners of that corporation to defraud
the United States of title to five timber claims in Lane County, the second big
case against that timber company has been filed in the United States Court.
The statute of limitations having run out
against a criminal prosecution, Assistant District Attorney Evans will assert a
right to cancel the patents obtained by the locators of the lands After reciting the usual form of
complaint as to a
conspiracy having been
entered into unlawfully to obtain the lands under the provision of the timber
and stone act, the government charges that the Booth Kelly Company directly
solicited Edwin Jordan, S. A.
LaRaut, Alice LaRaut, Ethyl
LaRaut, and Lucy LaRaut to
secure the lands for its benefit.
After agreeing to secure the lands, it is charged, the entries were made
at the Roseburg land office and patents obtained August 4, 1904‑ The
government asserts its belief to be that the money made in making final proofs
upon the lands and in paying the sale price of $2.50 an acre was furnished by
the Booth Kelly Lumber go.
In May 1907 it is charged, the lands were
transferred to the Booth Kelly Company by deeds, and the fact that the present
record owners of the property recently had announced their intention to go upon
the land for the purpose of removing timber, hastened the action of the
district attorney in filing, the suit.
The lands are classed as
among the especially valuable timber tracts of Lane county. All of the defendants live in or near the
town of Saginaw.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5‑28‑1910
OLD LANDMARK AT COBURG
REMOVED
Bud Simmons has just completed removing
the old VanDuyn store building which stood on the west side of Willamette
Street in Coburg. We are told that this
was one of the first buildings erected in Coburg. It was built by a man by the name of Sutter
and stood about 300 feet west of the last location.
Sutter used it as a business building for
several years, when he sold to William VanDuyn, who was in business in the
building for 18 years, during this time it had been moved to the last location,
and in 1902 selling to F. B. Sacket, who in turn sold to the Coburg Merc. Co. Sept. 19, 1906. Since the later date the building has been
empty nearly half the time, as the Merc.
Co. moved the stock to the new building across the street.
After Mr. Sacket sold the business to the
mercantile Co., the Building was occupied by a restaurant, and for a short
time, by the Brownsville Woolen Mills stock, then VanDuyn and Shannon occupied
it in a grocery and small line of dry goods business. Later Mr. Shannon purchased the VanDuyn
interest and moved the stock to Mr. Bucknum's building on South Willamette
Street. Since that time, which was about
three months ago, the building has been empty.
Mr. Simmons expects to use the building
for a barn and has taken it to his ranch northwest of the village.
‑Coburg Journal.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 5‑31‑1910
S. P. SAWMILL AT MARCOLA
STARTS UP TOMORROW
It is learned by the Guard, that the
Southern Pacific Co's sawmill No. 3, at Marcola will resume operations tomorrow
and as soon as the other two plants can be placed in readiness they, too, will
be started up again. These mills have
been idle since the panic in the fall of 1907‑ Before they closed down
Marcola was one of the liveliest little places in the state, but
afterwards the place became
like all other country communities and the people hoped and hoped for the
reopening of the mills, with a final realization of their wishes. From new on the little town will present its
old‑time activity and thousands of dollars will be distributed there in
wages every month.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6‑1‑1910
The drives for B. K.
Springfield and Coburg mills
A crew of ten or fifteen log drivers left
yesterday for Deerhorn, 30 miles up the McKenzie, to run the Booth Kelly drive
of 3,500,000 feet of logs to their Coburg mill.
The drive is the result of a whole winters cut by the several camps on
the river.
The timber is very large, and many of the
sticks are five feet in diameter at the small end. It will take several weeks to make this run,
for the water is already very low.
About the tenth of June another crew will start the Willamette river
drive from Hyland's, some 35 miles to the Springfield mill. At present the Springfield mill is cutting
logs shipped from Wendling by train daily.
THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD 6‑6‑1910
WILBUR VAUGHAN LOSES HIS DOG
Salem Ore.
June 3.‑ The Oregon Railroad Commission has a mystery to solve.
A few days ago a young and valuable female
Spitz dog was shipped by express, by L. J. Davenport, from Aberdeen Washington,
to Wilbur Vaughan, at Coburg, Lane county Oregon.
The dog was shipped in a crate with the
boards fastened down with long wire nails, just far enough apart to allow the
dog to breath. When Vaughan called for
his dog at Coburg, the crate was empty.
The agent could not explain this fact, but a few days later, it is
alleged, called on Vaughan and offered him an old bleary‑eyed decrepit
male Spitz.
Vaughan could not understand how his dog
could have aged several years and otherwise undergone such a remarkable
metamorphosis in such a short
time and refused to accept the dog offered him.
Now the matter has been referred to the Railroad Commission for
solution.
THE
Booth Kelly Company Active At
The Booth Kelly's mill here has been shut
down for about two weeks. The mill including the engine and boiler room is
being thoroughly overhauled. The five boilers were taken up and put on new
foundations, with one removed and a new 66 inch one put in its place. The new plan is expected to improve the
steaming, which has heretofore been one of the troubles of this mill. The supports for the boilers will all be of
steel and cement, doing away with the exposed brick, which has caused much trouble
heretofore.
Among other improvements are the enlarging
of the automatic feed for the furnace, an addition of two chipper saws, an
addition to the floating dock, overhauling the small twin engine, the steam feed, the carriage, an addition of 20 feet to each of the five smoke stacks and a new water heater. Other work being done is improvement in the electric light and water systems. The planer building is being leveled and cement foundation