McKinney launches push to grow Oregon population
McKinney, general immigration agent for Harriman lines, plans a systematic campaign to increase Oregon's population and production. With Chicago HQ and sub agents across the Midwest, he urges business leaders to welcome newcomers who would labor in dairy, timber, farming, and mining, boosting rail traffic and state prosperity.
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Migm McKinney
Haerriman Lines of Railroad
Oregon
Tie Central
Chicago
Middle West
Thoee
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
OR & N
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States
McKinney
Grain market outlook brightens as harvest nears
The piece notes improving wheat prices this season after years of low returns, with farmers buoyed by several cent gains per bushel. It cites East market forces, corn surges due to manipulation and scarcity, and a spike in Chicago oats as signs of tighter cereal supplies.
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Pittos Price Pot
Chicago
Oregon Wheat and Oats Prices Expected to Rise
Weather and crop damage have devastated vast areas and signal that cereal yields this season will be well below normal. Despite losses, conditions point to somewhat higher prices for Oregon wheat and oats after several years of weaker returns.
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Oregon
Tariff blamed for rail trust profits in English and US sales
The Chronicle rails against tariffs and trusts, arguing steel rails sold in England at $2250 per ton while US price stands $1061 higher after freight. It cites 40 percent tariff as the sole cause, claiming $140 million yearly trust profits and arguing the tariff unjust and political crime.
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San Francisco Chronicle
United States Steel Corporation
England
New York
Steel Trust
Congress
Creameries Grow in Willamette Valley Under SP Support
Less than four years ago C H Markham preached creameries for the Willamette Valley and SP backed the effort. Figures show 29 creameries, nine skimming stations, and six cheese factories now operating with an output near 400000 dollars. The industry is past the experimental stage and SP continues to aid expansion with plans for more pure-bred dairy stock under General Freight and Passenger Agent Coman, continuing Markham’s policy.
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C H Markham
Southern Pacific
Wilamette Valley
Coman
Markham
Favorite Prescription Claims Strong Woman Healing Record
A physician notes that long lasting womanly ailments often resisted treatment until Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is used. Letters from patients describe relief of uterine trouble, heart and stomach pains, and general weakness after courses of Favorite Prescription, Golden Medical Discovery, and Pellets. The ad asserts high cure rates, urges letters to Dr. Pierce, and promotes a medical book offer.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Lizzie Grees
Laurel Bloomery
Tenn
Doctor Pierce
Jess
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pleasant Hill Notes and Local Visits Grow News
Pleasant Hill notes recount a busy period with harvest beginning and grain looking better than in years. Locals Mira Datey Jay, Eby Todd, and Walter Renwick families are visiting or moving, with Rev B F Kellems and Rev D A Ketlema visiting relatives. A W of W social, new Kimball organ for the Christian church, and travel plans for HC Baughman frame a slice of small town life.
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Hert Mathews
John Shelley
Kitson Springs
D C Kellems
Eugene
Prmce
Wilson
Woodland
Wash
Wilcoo
Withrow
McKeoagle
Kimball
Christian Church
HC Baughman
Thurston
Ashland
Junction City Items Chronicle Local Visit and Fall Farming Notes
Mra Sam De Boest of Albany visits Junction City while Mia ll Nicklin visits Eugene from Monday to Friday. Leo Pironi of Eugene becomes clerk at Hubert-Nicklin Mercantile Co. Mtarr and GC Millers greet seed clean up to 17000 pounds. Millet earned 11 cents per pound last year. Roseburg’s Mr Parker visits Mra J A Hicks. camping outing by W G and Jobo families at Lake Creek. Mre F A Saylor sickened in Portland but improving. Franklin photo event praised for music and program. many Junction residents attended.
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Mra
Sam de Boest
Albany
Mia Ll Nicklin
Eugene
Leo Pironi
Hurbert-Nicklin Mercantile Co
Mtarr
GC Millers
P Milliorn
Sone
W G
Jobo
Lake Creek
Saylor
Portland
Land Lodge
Franklin
Junction
Jackson County Apples Sell Wide as Top Oregon Brand
Jackson county markets Pippin apples in London and Liverpool and other varieties in New York and eastern American cities, with premium prices. Pest problems are conquered and Jackson county aims to be the world’s prime apple region, perhaps unrivaled. The region is known as the land of big red apples.
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Jackson County
London
Liverpool
New York
Oregon
Man Exhibits Huge Gray Eagle Killed near Hayden Bridge
A McKenzie Bridge resident displayed a seven foot gray eagle slain near Hayden Bridge on the McKenzie River. The massive bird suffered a nonmutilating wound, and the owner plans to have it mounted for display on the streets.
Married at Coburg Home of Rev Hanson
Miss Gertrude Ingvers top married Hane P. Mittelson Friday July 24 1902 at Rev P Hanson’s residence. The groom works for Booth Kelly Lumber Company at Coburg. Mrs Mittelson will reside in Coburg.
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Gertrude Ingverstop
Hane P. Mittelson
Rev P. Hanson
Booth Kelly Lumber Company
Coburg
Mikelson Wil
Private Harrigan's Crow Defies Desert Pursuit
The Seventh Regiment soldiers keep a crow as a pet until Private Harrigan wins a court martial, deserts with the bird, and provokes a mounting frontier crisis in Plum valley. The crow leads a dramatic chase, a battalion crowd returns, and Harrigan reappears to face trial.
Why a Cold Affects the Hearing
A medical explanation of how a cold causes hearing loss through nasal blood vessel congestion swelling the mucous membranes. The eustachian tube becomes obstructed, the drum air is rarefied, and the drumhead and auditory chain are pushed inward, resulting in deafness.
Star Dust and Shooting Stars Speed and Heat
The brightness of shooting stars comes from heat generated by their fast motion. Speeds reach about 42.5 km/s, Earth moves 25 km/s in orbit, causing stars approaching opposite Earth motion to hit 72 km/s. Friction heats them to 3,000 degrees, vaporizing some, with annual contact of 146 billion stars contributing to Earth.
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Earth
Wont a Wife by His Skill in Ancient Art
Action was a Grecian painter near the era of Alexander who won a wife through his great work. He painted The Nuptials of Alexander and Roxane shown at the Olympic games, causing a stir as a judge proclaimed he would marry the painter’s daughter in reward. Action excelled in color mixing and could not buy pigments at a nearby store as artists do today.
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Hs Crow
Plum Valley
Harrigan
Company B
Action
Alexander
Roxane
Ac Tion
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K. Uzene
People’s Common Sense
R. V, Pierce
N.Y
Pleasant Hill
Mira Datey Jay
Eby Todd
Cuba
Walter Renwick
Veda Mulkey
Bethel
Polk County
M R Potw
Maiva Buchanat J
B F Kellems
Meakin, Cal
D A Ketlema
Junction City
Mr. Parker
Roseburg
Private Harrigan
Dale
S. S. McClure Camps
Seventh Regiment
Buzzard
Kegan
Red Bird
War Creek
Taylor
SFE
Lis
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