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Newspaper
Hood River News
Location
Hood River, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
8
Mineral Springs Co begins active construction on Hoodiver property for a natatorium with a topo survey completed and grounds to be boulevarded. Arrangements made for erection while canyon on Wells tract is cleared for summer tents. Many applications for tent room. company may not accommodate all campers.
Mayor Simeon names a commission to draft a charter for a new form of government in Portland. The upcoming city election is expected to hasten the change as all candidates favor it. Debts are to be paid equally through Butler Banking and Hioon Mitton Co will issue receipts.
San Francisco prepares for the forty ninth annual convention of the National Educational Association from July 5 to 11 with delegates from all states Canada Cuba and Hawaii Islands. The city through the San Francisco Convention League appropriates 25000 dollars for the event.
Oiling of Third street in Hood River is noted with high interest as a section was covered with crude oil. Officials expect clear benefits and repaid expenses. Bids for wood for Piane Grove School are invited for first class fire wood cut from live trees to be delivered to the school basement between July 4 and Sept. 11. Dist Clerk Koh Wacen. News office ad.
The piece profiles heirs like John D. Rockefeller Jr and J. Pierpont Morgan Jr, noting their early work as clerks, gradual rise in family firms, and emphasis on stern responsibility as they prepare to helm dynasties. It also highlights Cornelius Vanderbilt III and Louis W. Vanderbilt II, tracing climbs from laborer to director and president.
A profile of young heirs and successors in finance and industry. James A. Stillman is favored to head National City Bank, with BR. W. Goelet and Averell Harriman among the rising generation. The piece traces training and early roles of Mortimer Schiff, Kingston Gould, Edwin Gould, Allan A. Ryan, Clendenin J. Ryan, and Stuyvesant Fish Jr. plus other heirs shaping Wall Street and railroads.
The Ontario Power Company at Niagara Falls unveils three giant gate valves for 120 000 horsepower turbines. Each valve weighs 180 000 pounds, has a nine foot waterway, and can bear over 550 000 pounds in operation. Transport required two flat cars per valve. Overall dimensions reach 30 feet 3 inches in length and 11 feet in width.
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