Oregon Returns Show Chamberlain Re-elected Governor
Portland reports slow incomplete returns from Oregon election. Governor Chamberlain, a Democrat, is re-elected. Jonathan Bourne Jr. wins U S Senate endorsement. W C Hawley elected from the First District. W R Ellis to return to Congress from the Second. Woman suffrage defeated and the legislature leans Republican 84 to 6.
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Portland, Or
Oregon
Harvey
Malheur
Gov. Chamberlain
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
United States
W. C. Hawley
W. R. Ellis
Washinon
House Passes Naturalization Bill With Major Reforms
Washington June 6 The naturalization bill to create a national Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization passed after brief debate and two unanimous amendments. It requires ninety day petition lead time, bars naturalization within thirty days of general elections, and adds English language and permanent residence pledges for applicants. It authorizes cross examination by the district attorney and sets cancellation procedures for fraudulent certificates.
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House
Washington
Bonynge
Colorado
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
United States
Bureau of Naturalization
United States District Attorney
Packers Plan to Get Even With Roosevelt Allies
Chicago June 6. Millionaire proprietors of big industry plot to destroy President Roosevelt and all who back him. J Ogden Armour travels from Europe as heads of major concerns plan to enlist trusts and corporations to control political action. A leading lawyer for the packers says capitalists deem Roosevelt unfit and too socialist. They claim his policies harm meat trade and finance. If Roosevelt leads Republicans big capitalists fear campaign funding and may pivot to Democrats if needed.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
America
J. Ogden Armour
Europe
Humphrey
Charges Against Jerome Prompt Five Residents to Demand Action
Five New York City residents file with Gov. Higgins to remove W T Jerome as New York County district attorney. They accuse him of neglect of duty and accepting 50000 from insurance firms as campaign funds to influence prosecutions, labeling him guilty of a felony. Jerome dismisses the charges and says he will not respond.
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Albany
N. Y
W. T. Jerome
New York County
New York
Gov. Higgins
Jerome
Chapman Dwight
Edward P. White
The
Produce Exchange
Robert Baker
Brooklyn
Joseph C. Harley
Standard Finance Company
William N. Amory
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Higgins
Railroad Rate Bill Back in Conference
In Washington the senate sent the railroad rate bill back to conference after a day focused on the conference report. Debates covered free passes interstate commerce salaries and penalties with general support for senate provisions. Foraker signaled a move on the statehood bill after rate bill actions, while Beveridge was expected to be in attendance next Tuesday. The Niagara River water control bill was approved.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Foraker
Beveridge
Niagara River
University of Washington Offers Campus for Alaska Yukon Exposition
The Washington Board of Regents approved free use of the university grounds for the 1909 Alaska Yukon exposition subject to future terms. Judge Nash chaired a conference committee to negotiate with expo directors, with President Kane and officers meeting for the annual degree conferral session.
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Seattle
Board of Regents
The
University of Washington
Exposition Committee
Kane
Exposition Committee On
Nash
Powell
F. D. Nash
J. T. Ronald
Inland Empire Hardware Dealers Agree on Regional Union
Spokane reports the Inland Empire Hardware Dealers' Association closed its session after plans to use a $10,000 fund to combat buggy trailers and range peddlers in Eastern Washington. The group invited hardware men from Walla Walla and Umatilla county to join and discussed uniting Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, and Eastern Oregon.
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Spokane
Inland Empire Hardware Dealers’ Association
Washington
Walla Walla
Umatilla County
Oregon
Inland Empire Association
Idaho
Hardware Men’s
Montana
California
Pacific Coast Association
Carroll Twins Cherished Cherries Lesson in Honesty
The Carroll twins, nearly identical with one dimple, switch roles after a cherry theft near a hedge. A woman suspects the Other Twin, but the honest reply reveals the mix up, and the twins redeem themselves by returning to pick cherries for the kind woman. A schoolboy blunder and a bout of classroom humor follow.
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Carroll Twins
Being Proud Yet Happy to Be Me in a Virginia Tanyard Tale
A poem speaks of contentment with simple life and self sufficiency while a Virginia cattle hide business story notes a tanyard owner choosing a sign. He bores an auger hole in the door post and inserts a calf's tail as a quirky attractor. The tale ends with a solemn reaction.
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Tanyard
Virginia
PeAvL Smits M D Physician and Surgeon Office Hours
Dr. PeAvL Smits, physician and surgeon, maintains an office in the Crowther Wooding block at the corner of G and Heron Streets. Office hours are 10:30 to 11:30 a m 1:30 to 4:30 and 7:00 to 8:00 p m. Phone 135.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Hermit of a Maine Mountain Lived in Solitude Secrecy
A Bangor World correspondent details Jack Wilbur the hermit of Peaks Mountain in Washington County Maine. He has lived twelve years in a log hut with $80,000 in a local bank and a mysterious past. Two lumbermen report Wilbur told how his West upbringing, unhappy guardians, and love for Mary Stoningham led him to a reclusive life after promises of marriage and wealth from a Southern California ranch.
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Crooked River
Washington County
Jack Wibur
New York World
Bangor
Maine
Wilbur
Machias
West
Montana
Mary Stoningham
Mary
Jack
L. I. Small
California
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Packers
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Lis
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Ma‘aima
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Watkins
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
D. M. Robb Stapp
Warren Brown
Pacific Ave
Tacoma
Wash
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
H. Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Jesse F. Murphy
U. S. Land Office
Olympia
Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Pau
Duluth
Fort William
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
P. S. Locke
Aberdeen
John. Halstead
Agt
Portland
All Points East
Hoquiam
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry.o
Hermit OF
Philadelphia Ledger
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. F Street
Roslyn Coal
J. M. Lupton, Mer
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
Grays Harbor
Baintrancisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Agts
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Prop
Wishkah
Samson’s Hotel
Tacoma, Wash
Swan Samson
Westport, Wash
Mrs. Mary Smith
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
Jeff
William Ziegler
A. Ingebrightsen
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