Campaign to Develop flax industry in Oregon expanded
E H Smith of American Linseed sails to Duluth to report on a flax promotion drive. A P Allensworth stays in the Northwest to aid outreach with Oregon Agricultural College. Smith aims to secure a market for flax fiber, establish a 20 acre flax experiment near Brooks, and persuade farmers to stay with flax. Chicago businessman R K Kimball notes rising colonist movement toward Oregon despite an unfriendly labor council letter.
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Portland
BE. H. Smith
American Linseed Company
Duluth
Oregon
A. P. Allensworth
Northwest
Oregon Agricultural College
Smith
Brooks
Withycombe
Allenaworth
Union County
Lewiston
Kimball
Entra
Labor Council
Portandl
Prizes for Bee Products at State Fair Exhibit
Beekeepers' Association outlines prize categories for the 1912 Oregon State Fair bee and bee products. Awards cover comb honey extractions beeswax honey vinegar nucleus bees and a sweepstakes for the best overall bee-raising exhibit, with monetary prizes from $3 to $15 and multiple first and second prizes. Also reports rabbit control drives in Metolius with large culls and sales of rabbits at auction.
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Oregon
State Beekeepers’ Association
Metolius
Farmers' Union of
Rock County
Loganberry Market Constraints Tie Salem Order
An order from Chicago to the Salem Fruit Union for 100000 pounds of dried loganberries reveals the Willamette valley large lot market is closed. The union cannot fill the heavy Portland contracts for green berries and this year’s heavy sales market is past from the region.
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Salem
Chicago
Salem Fruit Union
Willamette Valley
Portland
Governor West Receives Forest Bill Test in Senate
Salem bill proposes creating a state forest by exchanging scattered school sections in Federal forests for a compact body of forest reserve lands. Senator Chamberlain introduces the measure in the Senate to empower a state forest system through land exchanges.
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Salem
West
Senate
Chamberlain
Patents Held Up by Possible Hawley Lands Clash
Washington dispatch reports Chief of Special Agents Sharp in Portland says he has found evidence of options on Siletz lands and that some options may fall under the Hawley bill. He urges delaying patent issuance while he investigates. Interior action could push Hawley patent issuance to an indefinite delay.
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Washington, D. C
Sharp
Portland
General Land Office
Siletz
Interior Department
Brook trout experiments proceed in Oregon streams
Oregon officials report brook trout may thrive in spring fed mountain waters despite past disappointing results. Cranston plans to stock suitable streams after a favorable Washington reply, while senate committee moves to fund Nehalem Bay jetty construction with a 100000 dollar appropriation as part of a 682350 dollar project split equally with the Port of Nehalem.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Cranston
Washington, D. C
Army Engineers
Senate Committee On Commerce
Nehalem Bay
Nehalem
Commerce Committee
Valley and Siletz Road Plans Newport Rail Line
Salem notice lists supplementary articles of incorporation for a line from Independence to Newport. The plan shifts from a Luckinmute river dam route to a Newport Yaquina bay connection, giving Portland a direct West Side link.
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Salem
Secretary of State
Valley
Railroads Urged to Pass Bill Blocking Steamship Ownership
In replying to a telegram from the State Rail Commission the representative vows to vote against allowing railroads to own steamship lines unless strong evidence proves a modification is wise. Hawley states he will oppose the measure without such proof.
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Salem
State Railband Commission
Congress
Hawley
Crop prospects stay bright in Pendleton area
Temperatures have been low for weeks and grain growth remains good. Fruit buds are held back to avoid late frosts, with no fall grain frozen out in the Pendleton district.
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Pendleton
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O. Floyd
Polk County
Main Street
Independence, Ore
Thome State
E. H. Smith
RK. E. Kimball
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Ore
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