Railroad Fuel Shortage Strains Lumber Freight
A.C. Dixon of Booth-Kelly Lumber Co reports to the Guard that fuel shortages cripple railcar movement. Despite more cars on hand, fuel limits carload shipments to time sensitive and perishable goods, delaying lumber orders and burdening old shippers. Conditions may improve soon, with hopes for a quicker car supply recovery. Mrs. Chris C. Kauffman, wife of a Kauffman store member, suffers a first time insanity attack lasting three months. friends wish for her speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Dixon
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co
Kelly Company
Chris C. Kauffman
Kauffman
Mrs Kauffman Sent To Insane Asylum
Nora Luckey Kauffman aged 32 of Lane county was examined by an insanity commission and committed to the Salem asylum. Judge Chrisman presided with Drs Paine and Harris. The Corvallis Times notes Osburn hop yard sale in Linn county to W D Ireland for 10000 dollars. Interest grows in the O A C presidency succession with State Superintendent Ackermans as a候lected candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Luckey Kauffman
Chrisman
D. A. Paine
J. W. Harris
Salem
Lane County
Waren Luckey
Corvallis Times
Osburn
Corvallis
Linn County
W. D. Ireland
Gatch
Ackermans
McMurphey Buys Ashland Ice and Gas Plants
R McMurphey returns from Ashland where he arranged 70 percent purchase of Ashland Ice and Cold Storage, plans to own remaining stock, and will merge with the gas plant. He ordered 10 miles of gas pipe and machinery. The ice plant ships ice for refrigerating cars, with combined operations planned on one site. Also noted is a Coos Bay bridging question prompted by US engineers Roessler and a petition by Oregon Western Railway to cross the bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Coos Bay
North Bend
Chamber of Commerce
Marshfield
8S. W. Roessler
United States Engineers
Bay
War Department
Oregon Western Railway Company
Drain
Railroads Grip on Water Transport Prompts State Legislation
Washington dispatch says Garfield’s inquiry shows railroads control water transport, with land and sea links and possible ocean shipper ties. Western legislatures plan sweeping reforms in 1907, targeting two cent fares, anti-pooling, banking, insurance, public utility taxation, direct primaries, and liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Tribune
Washington
Garfield
Irving Holiday Visitors and Travel Notes
Special Correspondence from Irving reports Paul Zumwalt and B. H. Dunlap visiting north during the holidays. Miss Livia Bond visits Corvallis and Philomath, Mrs. W. A. Potter went to Junction Monday returning the same evening on the local. Mrs. W. B. Yates and Miss Dell Powers went to the county seat on Wednesday. Irving’s R F D Carrier H A Inwall saw heavy business over the holidays. Santa Claus was generous this year. Mrs. Julia Brady of Eugene spent the holidays with EB. A. Bond.
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Irving
Paul Zumwalt
B. H. Dunlap
Livia Bond
Corvallis
Philomath
W. A. Potter
Junction
W. B. Yates
Dell Powers
R. F. D. Carrier
H. A. Inwall
Santa Claus
Julia Brady
Eugene
EB. A. Bond
Willamette Valley Company begins Eugene street railway ties
The Willamette Valley Company started distributing ties for the Eugene street railway as weather allows grading to begin. First ties distributed on East Eleventh Street at Alder with a carload already arriving from the Mohawk mill. Virgil Rowland, who holds the contract, had 2000 ties ready for delivery and will receive steady shipments until the contract ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Valley Company
East Eleventh Street
Mohawk
Virgil Rowland
Rowland
Cassatt laid to rest at Bryn Mawr churchyard
Remains of Alexander J. Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania railroad were laid to rest today in the graveyard of the Redeemer church Bryn Mawr. Baroness Burdett-Coutta died in London aged 92 famed as a philanthropist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
Alexander J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Church of the Redeemer
Bryn Mawr
Baroness Burdett-Coutta
London
Potato trade shift trims Oregon market pressure
W. C. Jackson, longtime potato buyer, received notice from the California house to stop buying and to ship only the potatoes on loan. The rationale is that shipments of fancy goods from Idaho, Colorado and other western points are arriving, and Oregon product cannot be used, a move likely to depress market prices.
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W. C. Jackson
California
Idaho
Colorado
Oregon
Employers' Liability Law Declared Unconstitutional
Judge Walter Evans ruled the federal Employers' Liability Act unconstitutional in Louisville on December 31 in the case of the administratrix of N. C. Brooks versus the Southern Pacific Railway. The decision, amid Kansas incident facts, holds the act would regulate intrastate commerce as well as interstate commerce, sustaining the railroad demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Walter Evans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Coburg Local Holiday Visitors and Events
Coburg reports holiday visitors including Miss Benna Naylor from Vancouver and Mrs. A. B. Keaton of Portland. Local residents welcome guests from Alaska and Creswell, with many plans for Christmas gatherings. I. O. O. F. hall hosted a masquerade ball, Christmas tree exercises, and gift distributions for children and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Keaton
Portland
C. R. Loomis
Lee Bettis
Alaska
Coburg
Genevieve Howe
Creswell
W. J. Mulkey
Boyd
Meda
Medford
Guy Snyder
Meda Smith
H. A. Hansen
Frank Loomis
LaCentre
Wash
Mary Snodgrass
Ida Hettia
Balem
Fr. B. Sackett
I. O. O. F. Hall
W. H. Leehorn
Woodburn
Will
Neliie Farmer
St. Paul
Minnesota
Diphtheria Death Of Child Hebert At Springfield
At Springfield on Friday December 28 1906 6 p m George Elmer Hebert aged 10 years 11 months 15 days son of James C Hebert died of diphtheria. The death notice notes the family and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
George Elmer Hebert
James C. Hebert
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Little Tudor
Clearce
S. H. Friendly
Willamette Street
Eugene, Oregon
R. M’murphey
Ashland Ige Works
R. McMurphey
Ash
Irving News
Eugene Street Railway
Alder
Dec
Benna Naylor
Vancouver
Glenn Wynegar
Dr. McDougal
J. F. Gates
Byron Edmunson
Attoreny Albert Abraham
Oseburg
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