Oregon News Summary on Irrigation and Rail Plans
The Oregon Washington and Idaho regions watch a $30 million irrigation funding bill in Congress, aiming to complete reclamation projects and boost state wealth. Reports flag a Willamette Valley land grant sale to finance expansion, with plans for a giant Burlington route from Billings to Coos Bay. A Wallowa resident proposes a five mill tax to aid local manufacturing, while talks of road funds to Crater Lake circulate. The piece notes timber lands in Jackson County and warns against dubious solicitations.
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the Sun
Jackson county road to Crater Lake boosts land values
The article argues roads to Crater Lake will raise Jackson county land values to at least three times cost, funded by timber speculators and local road needs. It notes Congress gridlock under Reed and Cannon, calls for government on record, cites rising bank deposits in Oregon and Washington, and highlights Prineville’s absence of railroad prompting electric link plans to preserve its population and land values.
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Prineville
Oregon
His Lady Love Rag-Doll Romance in a Nursery Tale
A three year old boy loves a large rag-doll posing as his companion. The poem mocks an artist who painted rose cheeks dyed hair and tight shoes on the doll to resemble a glamorous woman. The boy adores the lifelike lady, unaware she is an artificial figure.
The Cocoanut Tree Craves Salt Water in Tropics
A Bakers Weekly note explains how coconuts mature and drop mostly at night, then describes planting sprout nuts with holes dug three feet deep and twenty feet apart. Salt near shore aids growth, while inland trees lean toward the sea due to the salf ur influence and root direction.
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Tropics
When Tennessee Was Franklin Pledged by Pelts in 1788
The article recalls that Tennessee’s early name was Franklin and that in 1788 state salaries were paid in animal pelts. It quotes the law setting salaries in deerskins and other furs, notes Franklin’s territorial reach to the Mississippi and the Louisiana area, and recalls Memphis’ emergence as a village in 1820 amid a fur-based economy.
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Doctrine of Election tale from Vance campaign
An exchange recounted in which Senator Vance asks a former servant if he believes in election. The servant, Uncle Ephraim, responds that election is a Bible doctrine and confesses uncertainty about who is elected, noting he is near the grade and has never heard of a candidate being elected.
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Ephraim
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Rumor of Retirement Sparks Church Attending Senator Talk
A Cathelle Standard and Times item notes a rumor that a senator plans to retire from politics after attending church with his wife last Sunday. The interviewer presses the topic, and the senator quips that rumors arise from the simple act of going to church together.
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Cathelle Standard and Times
Reginal My Father Had DD Behind His Name
A brief family notice notes Reginal, with DD initials following the father’s name, indicating a military or honorary title. The fragment mentions a Philadelphia context and a focus on lineage, though the full details are garbled.
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Aleo Detle
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