State Tax Levy Update With Referendum Decrease
The state tax referendum lowers the upcoming levy to about 625000 dollars for the year ending 1908, with 25000 for the agricultural college. Multnomah County’s share is 0.8423 percent. The cut reflects removing 371004.40 dollars in appropriations no longer lawfully authorized. Receipts are projected over 222000 dollars, including 112000 from corporate fees.
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State Agricultural College
Multnomah County
State University
Corvallis Agricultural College
Pendleton decides city offices under Fee ticket
Pendleton mayoral race results show Judge Fee leading a large vote total with all city offices decided except Fourth ward council seat won by Frank Frasier. The campaign framed as prohibition versus clean government, ending with a quiet city and no celebrations after results.
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Pendleton
Judge Fee
Frank Frasier
Prohibition
Will Yoore
Fee
Hamilton
Mumm
McCormack
Ell
East Umatilla irrigation project gets $6 million nod
Washington reports Senator Fulton secured a favorable talk with Secretary Hitchcock who pledged $6,000,000 for the East Umatilla project to start promptly. The plan covers about 2,000 acres, with emphasis on irrigation and canal systems, as legal rights and land use questions are settled.
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Washington, D. C
Fulton
Hitchcock
East Umatilla
Interior Department
1208 Acre Walla Walla Farm On Market At Once
1208 acre wheat land in one body eight miles north of Walla Walla offered for sale. Three dwellings and two barns on the property with wells and wind mills. Can be bought in one parcel or a 500 acre portion. Barrett and Olsen, 184 South Fourth Street, Walla Walla. Early inquiry advised.
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Walla Wallin
Barrett & Olsen
South Fourth Street
Walla Walla
Fraud schemes alarm Eastern banks over forged Oregon land certificates
Governor Chambelain and State Land Agent West traced a fraudulent chain in spurious Oregon land certificates using forged secretary signatures and duplicate seals. The forged documents, printed on sterling ledger paper, circulated to banks from Minneapolis to Florida, with links to A. D. Patel, Horace A. McKinley, and Senator Mitchell. Testimony notes nearly perfect forgeries and dummy entries. irrigation plant at Two Rivers slated for test while local medicine ads follow.
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Chambelain
West
State Land Board
Oregon
W. H. Odell
Mississippi
A. D. Patel
Horace A. McKinley
Mitchell
State of
Weat
Permanx
Portland
Weat Voneludes
Two Rivers
Two Rivers Station
Two Rivers Irrigation Company
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Manasse
Empire
Butterick
COX & M
EVEN
South Side Main Street
Athena
Ely
Scott
Shena
Dell Brothers
Umatilla
Salem Statesman
Congress
Senate
House
Allison and
Morgan
Fairbanks
Aldrich
Knox
Pennsylvania
Warner
Missouri
Frazier
Tennessee
Piatt
Connecticut
Joseph G. Cannon
Williams
Washington
RB. Anderson
W. R. Anderson
Milton
McEwen
The
Eagle
Anderson
Waterloo
Cannone
Joseph W. Wilson
G. W. George
Hoffman
Walla Walla Union
George
Wilson
Mexico
A. M. Elam
Mr. Elam
Mexican National Sugar Refining Co
Texas
First National Bank of
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le Grow
Estray
Atray
D. McDonald
Fehn Casearets
I. B. Reid
Dr. King
Mr. Reid
Wm. McBride
Palace Drag Store
Hollister
Rocky Mountainees
Pioneer Drag Store
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