Oregon advocates press for larger irrigation allotment
Oregon's delegation urges President Taft to revise a 20 million dollar irrigation allotment so Oregon can receive 2.925 million for reclamation rather than 0.925 million. George F. Johnson leads Portland Commercial Club push, with telegraphs to Taft and messages to Hill, Elliott, and Lovett. Delays threaten Umatilla project gains and riparian rights.
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Oregon
Taft
George F. Johnson
Portland Commercial Club
Mr. Johnson
J. J. Hill
Hill
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
Judge Lovett
Harriman
Umatilla
Portland
Johnson
Board of Army Engineers
Army Board
Sermons to Open Sunday Bible Study Series
Sermons will be preached in the Methodist pulpit on Sunday mornings on Bible Standard of the Christian Religion. The series begins Sunday morning with a sermon on the Bible by Thomas Lawson and an evening discourse on Hxeusis.
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Hxeusis
Thomas Lawson
Portland publisher's group heads east to advertise open event
Phil Bates of the Pacific Northwest in Portland plans a caravan of young women to promote an event opening soon. He notes the group will depart Portland on February 10 and invites support from readers and interested parties.
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Phil Bates
The
Portland
Umatilla County Marriages Show Divorce Increase
Oregonian notes 1910 records in Umatilla County clerk office report 88 divorces and 248 marriage licenses issued. This suggests stronger marriage trends despite divorce growth, with Washington law influencing local marriages and residents from Walla Walla seeking Pendleton unions. May and December show notable passport and marriage activity, while school district notes follow the marriage data.
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Oregonian
Umatilla
Loosl
Ae Jotewman Thede Og
Ures
Washington
Walla Walla
Tomanoea
Pasta
Barda
Phelps Named Judge of Sixth Judicial District
District Attorney G W Phelps is appointed judge of the Sixth Judicial District by Acting Governor Bowerman. Phelps, elected as district attorney in 1904 and re-elected in 1909, has long been a Republican figure in Unista and Morrow counties and was a contender for the judicial post amid a heated, factional contest among aspirants.
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G. W. Phelps
Astiog Go Bowerman
Phelps
John McCourt
Praent United States
Unistila
Morrow
W. F. Matlock
Pholpa
Homer I. Watta
Thir City
Bowerman
Sam Vao Waotor
Heppner
Postal savings banks open in forty six trial units
After years of agitation the United States opened forty six postal savings banks on Tuesday. Each is experimental to test the savings system. Officials will monitor results to guide future regular adoption nationwide.
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Kinmath Halla Maar
Postal Savings Banka
United States
Church Officials Elected by MOB city school board
The survey school board met December 29 to elect officers for the year. Officers chosen include superintendent Mrs. Weethin on assistant Miss Jattig Coppock secretary Rath Stewart parliamentarian Hath Dickearos treasurer and other positions with names listed among the attendees.
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Suvdey
Obursh
Twuahere
Fred
Koonte
Pendleton Meeting on New Road Power Law Open to Public
B G Kidder dies after long illness. A public meeting arranged by the Pendleton Commercial Club will be held Monday at 7 p.m. to discuss proposed agow law governing power on the public highways. Officials and interested county men invited to hear a state official address the gathering.
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Commercial Club
Pendleton
Weston Works for Phoieet Project
Fragmented OCR text shows a local project discussion with arson mention and contract details. It references a planned work program, committee charges, cost projections, and a regional scope described as vital. Names and places are garbled, but the item centers on a public works plan and associated costs.
Unclear Text From Historical Note On Baker Pringpal
Fragmentary OCR passage references C Baker principal, Athena Migti Wilioal, and a decision to sever ties with a school. The creaky text hints at a principal leaving or dismissal and notes Mr Bal’s success in his work, but many words are garbled and identities unclear.
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Connibbity
C. Baker
Tia
Eieebindets
Athena Migti Wilioal
Bal
Sopris
Fragmentary historical notes from a distant royal event
The fragment references various names and events from European history including Poltava and the congress of Vienna. It mentions a ruler of Russia and an imperial term, with scattered phrases about battles, treaties, and a ceremonial return from Poltava. The text is garbled and contains many non sequiturs and misspellings.
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Borden
Cnale
Veter the Great
Poltava
Charles XII
Europe
Jamey Gao
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