Wenaba Stockmen Strive to Save Herds Amid Unprecedented October Snow
In Eastern Oregon the Wenaha forest reserve faces a severe snow crisis as hundreds of sheep and cattle are huddled in five foot drifts. Cattlemen and shearers race to move stock toward lower ground while attempting to prevent mass loss through starvation. About 12,000 cattle and 60,000 sheep are affected as warmer spells arrive with anxieties mounting over the winter peril.
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Oregon Hen Sets World Egg Record At 291 Eggs
The Oregon Agricultural College reports its hen broke the world egg-laying mark with 291 eggs in a year, after 288 eggs in the week prior. The bird, 12 months old at start, was not pampered and was fed and housed to reflect practical commercial poultry raising. Professor James Dryden notes the aim is to show breeding can raise yield over years. The dam is a cross of Barred Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn. sire is White Leghorn. Previous records include 282 at Oregon State in 1911 and 281 at Missouri last year. United States average is about 70 eggs per hen. Also reported is the death of James M. Bigin, longtime farmer, now of Franklin County, Washington, whose body was shipped from Texas to Pendleton for burial.
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Mrs Becker Visits Condemned Slayer in Prison Hopeful
Mrs Charles A Becker, widow of the former police lieutenant, visits her condemned husband at Sing Sing. She remains confident he will be freed, despite his death sentence for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler, a case widely discussed but less understood by the public.
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Earthquake Shocks Hit Seven Devils Country
A severe quake Tuesday afternoon rattled Homestead Oregon Ballard's Landing Landère and Cupram Idaho along the Snake River dividing Oregon and Idaho. Windows and stoves shook, panic spread, but no fatalities were reported.
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Pioneer James Lehman Dies After Gallant Western Quest
James Lehman pioneer miner and founder of Lehman Springs passed away near Albee while being brought to Pendleton. He claimed to discover Crater Lake and came west during the 1849 gold rush. He was over 82, unmarried with no known relatives and his estate was about 3000 dollars. The will named executor J B Perry.
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