Investors Seek Athena Farms Amid High Prices
William McKinzie and HB A Dowd, Wisconsin newcomers, toured the Pacific Northwest seeking land investments in Athena. They find land at 60 to 100 per acre but remain undeterred and plan to return for further study, aiming for half and 160 acre purchases before Seattle return.
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William McKinzie
HB. A. Dowd
Pacific
Wisconsin
Athena
Northwest
McKinzie
Mr. Dowd
Seattle
Governor Targets Emergency Clause in Bills Veto Risk
The governor warns against frequent use of emergency clauses to bypass referendum and vows to veto bills with undue attachment. Republican senators plan unified opposition. A joint committee recommends 31 clerks for state institutions investigation. Local option law amendments spark party clash with precinct based election rules.
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Senate
House
Roseburg Coroner's Jury Rules Jack Rogers Murdered
The coroner's jury in Roseburg found Jack Rogers who was shot dead Monday suffered murder by unknown parties. Rogers was a key government witness in land fraud cases and authorities suspect implicated parties may be responsible.
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Roseburg
Jack Rogers
Rogers
Oregon Senate Bill Seeks 30 Day Teacher Resignations
Senator Miller introduces a bill requiring public school teachers in Oregon to give thirty days notice before resigning. Violations jeopardize teaching certificates and bar teaching for the rest of the school year. Exceptions cover illness or unavoidable circumstances. The board may also grant mutual contract termination.
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Salem
Miller
Oregon
Senate
No Clue Left to Trace Him Pendleton Story
The Pendleton police report an inquiry from Mrs M EB Lathrop of Sidney Nebraska about her brother Ray Kirby who vanished after August 1908. He last sent a card from Athena and a letter from Pendleton six weeks earlier saying he was in a harvest field with a moving crew, leaving his mail uncertain. The family has lost all trace of his whereabouts.
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Pendleton
M, Eb, Lathrop
Sidney, Neb
Ray Kirby
Athena
Girl Admits Larceny Charge In Portland Case
Della Estes alias Della Childs alias Della Childers is under arrest in Portland on a larceny charge. W. D. Mathews, lodging-house proprietor, is the complainant. A year ago she figured in a sensational affair said to have led to her undoing, with officers describing her as a clever criminal.
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Pendleton
Della Estes
Della Childs
Della Childers
Portland
W. D. Mathews
Fair Bill Passes the Senate in Oregon
Pendleton January 20. Senator Smith's bill to form the Third Hastern Oregon District Fair Association for Umatilla and Morrow counties passed the senate with two dissenting votes. Irrigation bills are under consideration. House bill No. 51 by Representative Cole of Umatilla county, the irrigation commission's bill, is being amended and will probably pass.
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House
Gray
Douglas
Senate
Pendleton
Smith
Hastern
Oregon District Fair Association
Umatilla
Morrow
Cole
Umatilla County
The
Irrigation Commission
D. M. Walton
D. Bills
Witn
Butt Greek Land and Livestock Company
Gilman- French Company
Cedar County
Congressman Williamson
Central Committee Formed To Protect Girls At Lewis and Clark Fair
A Portland YMCA assembly room meeting organized a central committee modeled after the St. Louis exposition travelers’ aid to shield girls from risks during the Lewis and Clark fair. The panel will include a president and officers, with branches for travel aid, housing, prosecutions, and literature distribution, and will exclude members from major local women’s groups.
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Journal
Travelers’ Aid Committee
Chicago
Woman's Club
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Portland Women's Union
Epworth League
Baptist Young People's Union
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Janos
Wasco
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Ato
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