New Charter Proposals In Eugene City Council Agenda
Eugene charter amendments drafted by a city commission will be presented to the city council. Key changes include shifting city boundaries along the Willamette River, adopting the Des Moines plan with five departments, reducing council from eight to four, setting mayoral powers, establishing department heads, and enabling recall and public postings. The commission members listed include Bakin Williams Woodcock Bilyeu Garrett Moon Osburn Bean and Wells.
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Department of Public Affairs
Streats
Charter Commission
B. Bakin
J. M. Williams
A. ©. Woodcock
L. Bilyeu
T. H. Garrett
Moon
FP. W. Osburn
L. FE. Bean
J. G. Wells
Relief for Women with Australian Leaf Remedy
Promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe regulator for female ailments including pelvi back pain urinary and bladder kidney troubles. Claims to relieve weakness and inflammation with samples offered free from The Mother Gray Company New York and New Jersey agents.
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James H Brady Named Governor of Gem State
Raise January 4 reports James H. Brady was inaugurated as governor and the tenth legislature convened. Paul Calgstone of Bonner County was elected speaker of the house and John W Hart of Framont County was named president pro tempore of the senate. The governor said his message would be delivered tomorrow.
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Paul Calgstone
Bonner County
John W. Hart
Framont County
Senate
Bank Official Henry C. Potter Dies by Own Action
Detroit reports Henry C. Potter vice-president of the People's State Bank died by his own action after a period of nervous prostration. About a month earlier he was found unconscious with gas escaping from bathroom jets in his home. family and cashier Lawson attribute his death to illness, not foul play, insisting his financial affairs were in order.
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Detroit
Henry C. Potter
People's State Bank
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Dead and Ruins at Reggio and Messina
Jan 4 report from Regio and Messina notes a continuing earthquake danger with forecasts of shocks on January 7 and 8. Panicked evacuation is planned as fires restart amid massive destruction. Two thirds of Messina’s 150,000 and half of Regggio’s 50,000 residents are feared dead. air pollution from decomposing bodies worsens conditions. British vice consul Walter Fox and his wife died.
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Galabria
Sicily
Reggio
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Sperry Fleet Ordered to Naples for Relief Mission
The first division of Admiral Sperry's fleet is instructed to proceed to Naples for relief work. The remaining ships will be distributed at various points along the Mediterranean under Sperry's discretion.
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Washington
Admiral Sperry
Naples
Arelet
Mediterranean
Sperry
Seattle Earthquake Fund Reaches Five Thousand Twenty Nine
Seattle reports an earthquake fund total of 5029 dollars as of January 4 while Calabria's east coast villages suffer aftershocks. Troops found ruins and bodies with survivors fled, signaling extensive devastation in unreached mountain villages.
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Reggio
Calabria
Birth of Schwering Son Reported Near Creswell
On Camas Swale west of Creswell on December 3 1908 a son was born to Albert Schwering and his wife as reported in local records.
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Castro
Venezuela
Camas Swale
Creswell
Albert Schwering
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