Longworth Opens Battle With Cannon With Taft Backing
Danville Illinois August 18 Speaker Cannon rebuffs a Longworth statement as fake and notes he will answer the president only in writing. Beverly reports Longworth has been at recent presidential conferences and plans to oppose Cannon’s re election, with Oyster Bay to visit Roosevelt. The move signals a growing bid to unseat Cannon from the speakership, though Cannon’s fate remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Cannon
Beverl
Longworth
Ward
Nicholas Longworth
United States
House of Representatives
Beverly
Taft
Sherman
Oyster
Roosevelt
Canton
Eomenath Tae
Cannan
Gannon
Salem
R. E. Lee Steiner
San Francisco
Benson
Oregon
Steiner
California
Steam Plow at Milley Ranch Near Creswell
A steam plow owned by A Thompson of Portland operates on the Milley ranch west of Creswell. Seven machines and an Ault Man Taylor engine plow four inches deep, averaging ten acres daily, with Thompson and one helper. Thompson has long used steam plows across multiple states and is in Portland crafting his own plow design. This is Lane county's only steam plow and will till 400 acres of a 640 acre Miller ranch field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Portland
Milley Ranch
Creswell
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Northwest
Lane County
Miller Ranch
Brady
R. H. Parsons &Co
H. Co. Kenney
Kenney
F. W. Ogram
Parsons
R. H. Parsons
H. C. Kenney
E. F. Roberta Theatore
W W. Scott
Mr. Parsons
Chronicle
Oregon Militia Gets $36 137
Washington Aug 19 The War Department announced an apportionment of 4 million dollars Congress allocated for state militias. Oregon will receive 36 137, Washington 33 632, Idaho 21 032. Funds cover arms equipment wear ammunition and practice costs with state allocations and usage listed.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Oregon
Idaho
Waakie
Abo
Weington
Louis Zimmerman Dies In Portland
Louis Zimmerman longtime Portland businessman and former city council president died at St. Vincent hospital at 6 am after a yearlong illness. Born in Germany he came to America at 14, lived in San Francisco 15 years, then moved to Portland to run a butcher shop and build the Pacific States Packing company in South Portland. He also owned and managed the Lucky Boy mine before refocusing on the packing plant.
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Louis Zimmerman
Portland
St. Vincent Hospital
Zimmerman
America
Germany
San Francisco
Pacific States Packing Company
South Portland
Lucky Boy
Blue River District
Eugene
Telegram
Struck a Rich Mine with Dr King’s Pills
Kuykendall’s advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for liver and kidney trouble after 12 years of suffering. Claims overall health improvements including constipation malaria headache dyspepsia and debility at 25 cents per box in Coal City Alabama.
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W. Benns
Coal City
Ala
Dr. King
Kuykendall
Feared murder of Lawrence Chapman by laborers in the desert
Mrs. W H Alexander of Eugene reports her brother Lawrence Chapman, once superintendent of a California aqueduct project, disappeared July 10 after leaving Johannesburg en route to Los Angeles. Relatives fear foul play and robbery by Mexican and Italian laborers, with no trace found yet. Chapman was carrying a sizable sum of money.
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W. H. Alexander
East Thirteenth Street
Lawrence Chapman
California
Chapman
Los Angeles
Johagnesbu
pDe
Desert
Johanncobugs
Johannesburg
Eugene
Real Estate Transfers Chronicle listing many parcels and values
Real estate transfers include A F Hurd to Ethel Ogden 1 acre and 16 lots in Mapleton. G L Shortridge to H McKernan half interest in Cottage Grove blocks. Chris Strome to Dan Mason 98 acres in township 15 5 west. Milliorn to Bowman lots in Junction. multiple Eugene Springfield and Albany parcels with prices from 1 to 4500 dollars. rail and county transfers noted among individuals and firms. Also US to Marion Veatch 120 acres and many small lot transfers with prices ranging from 1 to 4500 dollars.
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A. F. Hurd
Ethel Ogden
Mapleton
G. L. Shortridge
H. McKernan
James McFarland
Cottage Grove
Chris Strome
Dan F. Mason
Township
Mary L. Milliorn
Philip O. Bowman
Washburne & Milliorn
Junction
Geo
Guy Bostwick
Chesher
Eugene
E. M. Harvey
Herbert L. Burt
Hendricks
Herbert L. Burt Etux
J. A. Ham
D. M. Kemp
Frank A. Titus
L. W. Brown
Belle O. Brown
Township 16
Milne
McFarland
James E. Anderson
Wohburne
Springfield
Power Co
Lane County Inv. Co
Armita FP
Gross
Wm. J. Luther
Jet
Washburne
Springfield Inc. and Power Co
Santa Fe Pacific Railway
A .H. Hinkson
Andrew H. Hinkson
Johnston P. Porter
John J. Rude
Lybert Simmons
Parkerson & Quinby
Grant Hendricks
Joshua V. Carney
Greenbury
van Scholack D. L. C
Melvin Hansen
William H. Roach
Midway Park
M. F. Griggs Et al
Mra. R. A
Snodgrae
H. Ll. Reid
Caroua Gray
Dixon & Jarnagan
Coburg
Wim. Landess
Orrin H. Bray
Nora E. Standley
Allen O Bray
Esale E. V. Moore
Maude A. Bray
A. B
Lil Ha J. Wheeler
Celia Goldsmith
Bertha Goldsmith
Mulligan
Lane County
Helen M. Weinhart
Marion F. Mitchell
AP Apts
John R. Briggs
Edwin L Moore
Parkereon & Quimby
Edwin L. Moore
Lyman R. Briggs
Fairmount
Oregon & California Railway Co and Union Trust Co
Johon K. Carrie
Martin Svarverod
Betsey O. Johnson
J.T. Witter
W. B. Warner
Springfield Investment & Power Co
Armbrose L. Woodward
J. J. Chambers
Thomas Gibson
James C
Cora E. Teeters
John H. Chambers
Oregon
Jesse J. Hooker
D. D. Hooker
J. P. Porter
Sarsaparilla and real estate transfers flood Oregon markets
Floods of notices from Lane and Douglas counties show Sarsaparilla advertised for health use while a torrent of land transactions across Eugene Cottage Grove Creswell and Junction City reshapes properties in sections, townships and ranges with prices from $1 to $50,000. County buyers include T G Mendricks A B Wheeler and P L Campbell trustees for the YMCA. multiple tracts and lots change hands, with farms near Cottage Grove and Springfield and city lots in Eugene.
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Range
Lane County
Oregon
G. F. Sanborn
Tenge
Willamette Merkilan
T. G. Mendricks
A. B. Wheeler
P. L. Campbell
Eugene Bible University
Henderson
Eugene
Berger-Bean Hardware
Harry C. Mitchell
West Second Street
Nelle Hay
Martha Hay
Thomas Washburn
D. L. C. Alao Tate
Town of
Lancaster
J. L. Stratford
John R. Scott
Stratford
Creswell
Herman O. Anderson
J. W. Tollman
John D. Anderson
Herman ©. Anderson
H. H. Wood
James E. Morse
Alm Vista
James E. Moore
Hyland Realty Co
Alta Vista
Johnson Thompson
Scott's Add
H Hammitt
C. J. Wolters
RK. R. Seton
H. M. Byllesby
Junction City
H. G. Miller
A. J. Brande
Hendrick
J. OG. Whitney
Holland McCollum
Co. C. Coffman
Anna G. Mahar
Elias Stewart
G. W. Foster
J. N. Bacon
Hansen
Riverview
Louis Vitus
David Auld
John Vallely
T. Awbry
D. L. C. Notif
John Brown
Lani County
Elizabeth Stansble
Olive B. Bowles
Springfield
Wm. Landes
E. Hawley
Cottage Grove
A. J. Young
Jimmy’ Kerr
John F. Spray
Alexander D . C
Dad Nelson
Cc. H. Jennings
B. F. Pitcher
Ben Pitcher
Bow River
Doud
W. M
Lowery England
Roxey Summers
J. H. Kirketux
John Harms
Perpetual Motion Claim Shocks Vermont Village
Boston reports Karl Groeeman an Austrian resident of Proctor Vermont declares perpetual motion solved after fourteen years. He plans to file patents in two weeks and asserts his invention could revolutionize the entire mechanical system of industry. Groeeman, described as a consumer agent, says the world will be startled by the results his machine will achieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Karl Groeeman
Proctor
Grossman
Catholic Carlists Plan Open Air Actions in Catalonia
Catholic Carlists prepare a series of August 28 demonstrations across Catalonia urging people to come armed to defend the Pope and to confront incendiaries of convents and desecrators of nuns. They seek to overthrow the government with cries of divine aid from Rome.
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Barcelona
Catalonia
Rome
Rogue River Valley Exhilarated by Japanese Land Invasion Fears
In Medford Oregon residents fear a Japanese labor and land buying invasion after Saunji Alba the Japanese vice consul in Portland spent days here examining labor demand land prices and orchard profits. Locals worry Orientals may acquire Rogue River valley fruit districts while others boast the valley remains one of America’s most American communities.
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Medford
Rogue River Valley
Saunji Alba
Portland
California
United States
Worldwide warfare on revealed religion begins
World wide movement led by famous rationalists plans an international convention at Drussela to launch an anti religious propaganda campaign. Notables include Dr. Ernest Haecker Anatole France and Joseph McBabe with Britain pushing rationalist attacks on Scripture. International sessions in Copenhagen will discuss railway safety and other reforms, while Earl Granard and Lady Granward spark diplomacy news and German Catholic Day in Augsburg follows.
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Guard
Landen
Drussela
Spain
Portugal
Ernest Haecker
Germany
M. Anatole France
French Academy
Joseph McBabe J
England
London
Cannon Sees Iroquois Talk Opening Lincoln Congress Campaign
Speaker Cannon told old settlers of Iroquois county that he spoke for likely the last time there. He recalled pioneer days and praised Lincoln Grant Garfield policies as boosting prosperity. He blamed demagogues for hindering progress and praised railroads as the nation’s strength, urging honest public men to curb the “racket.”
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Missna Park
Fil
Cannon
Iroquois County
Linola
Lincoln
Grant
Garfield
United States
Survey Locks to Gather Data for Congress
Portland august 17 a u s corps of engineers us a began a two month survey to determine federal purchase of locks owned by the portland railway light power company at oregon city or a new project on the east side of willamette falls. engineers expect recommendations for new locks with capacity for two vessels to pass simultaneously reducing the current 45 minute passage time.
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Portland
Congress
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Oregon City
Willamette Falls
Corps of Engineers
Thompson
Surprise party honors Fairmount couple at home
Mr and Mrs J D McDonald received a neighborhood surprise gathering at their Onyx Avenue residence Tuesday night. About fifty guests arrived quietly bearing refreshments and lanterns as Rev C T Whittlesey presented a rocking chair, stressing the gesture as friendly good will rather than a demand to quit social life.
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J. D. Mcionald
Fairmount
Hamble
Garrett
C. T. Whittlesey
Births Reported in Eugene and Fairmount in August 1910
To Homer Pike and wife at 1103 Columbia Avenue Eugene a daughter born on August 17 1910. To Mr and Mrs C F Hinkley on Villard Avenue Fairmount a daughter August 14 1910 eight pounds. In Eugene August 18 1910 a daughter to A C Wella and wife.
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Eugene
A. D. Moore
Homer Pike
Columbia Avenue
C. F. Hinkley
Villard Avenue
Fairmount
A. C. Wella
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Joe Cannon
Sarsaparilla
Vermont
London City
Hallread
Earl Grannard
Waa
Mies
Beatrice Mille
Ogden Milla
Augburg
Lavaria
Canada
Thomas Holmes
Howard Association
Gada
Baca
Winston Churchill
Home Secretary
Holmes
Stewart L. Woodford
Woodford
Great Britain
France
New York
Rotterdam
King George
King Ward
Champagne
Cannon Says
Mrs. McDonald
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