Oregon Towns Report Boosts in Agriculture and Industry
A survey of Oregon locales shows gains in crops, milling, and light industry. Hop, peppermint oil, loganberries, strawberries, and egg shipments rise, while new mills, quarries, and oil ventures expand activity across Tillamook, Astoria, Hermiston, Ashland, Hood River, Forest Grove, Bend, and Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland Ashbellent Egg Society
Portland
Adams Spark Arrester Company
Hood River
Forest Grove
Brownsville Canning Company
Bend
Can I Help Him Finish The Car Repair
A sympathetic motorist offers aid to a dusty grimy man with car trouble as a corpulent woman in the back seat nags. The man asks the helper to explain his life to his wife to stop her meddling while he completes the repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
Motherly Advice Rhyme Cites Sundae Warns About Havana
A Yonkers Statesman humorous line shows a mother granting a request to sip a drink while guiding Susanna away from Havana and toward a chocolate Sundae. The quip blends parenting advice with playful geography.
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Susanna
Havana
Yonkers Statesman
Largest southern Alaska towns Juneau and Ketchikan
Ketchikan sits at Alaska's southern tip about 670 miles from Seattle and roughly one third of the distance from Seattle to Dawson on the Yukon River, with Juneau among the largest towns in the region.
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Alaska
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
Dawson
Yukon River
Rhodes Scholarship To Man From Oregon
A Rhodes scholarship to Oxford will be awarded to an Oregon college man on September 26 in Portland. The grant includes 1500 annually for three years. Candidates aged 19 to 26 with at least two years of college study may apply to C. H. Gray at Reed College. The award emphasizes scholarship character leadership and athletic success to foster US Britain understanding. Two Oregon men are already at Oxford Paul T. Homan and Frank Flint. Stephenson Smith of Reed will go this fall.
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Oxford University
England
Oregon
Portland
C. H. Gray
Reed College
Oxford
United States
Great Britain
Committee of Selection
Paul T. Homan
Willamette University
Frank Flint
Stephenson Smith
P. J. Campbell
University of Oregon
A. C. Newill
Oregon Civic Leigue
Rhodes
J. B. Harrison
The
University of Washington
Trofesay C.H. Gray
Reed Collore
Aurora man sells 1920 hops for 43 cents
John A. Pugh of Aurora contracted for the sale of the 1920 crop of a ligacre hop yard at 43 cents with futures for 1921 and 1922 at 33 and 29 cents. The purchaser is Strauss & Company of London. The August 9 contract is filed in the Marion county records.
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John A. Pugh
Aurora
Strauss & Company of
London
Marion
Cassidy and the brick load demand on the ladder
The foreman berates Cassidy for not carrying a full brick load up every trip. With bricks scarce one morning, Cassidy gathers workers and, short of the proper number, calls down to a fifth floor workman to throw him one brick to make up his load.
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Cassidy
Making Himself Useful In a Carpet Measure Tale
A tall thin man jokes he spans Brother Smith's house to help measure for carpets. He says he is six feet tall and has been lying down and getting up all over the house because there is no yardstick. The exchange is told in a humorous Negro dialect.
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Brother Smith
Deir House
Pittsburg
Cause for Pride and a Proud Beauty
A brief quip from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a woman’s self-made appearance as a reason for pride, with amused chatter over her fixing up her face. The reflection highlights local wit and social commentary in a compact news brief.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Timber sales rules for national forests outlined
The forest service may only sell stumpage from national forests. The government retains land title, so the timber purchaser has no cut-over problem. Legitimate land use for project development is allowed at nominal cost or free in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Forest Service
Timber sale rules for Alaska forests limit speculative bidding
It is stated that timber from Alaska national forests is sold only for immediate and continuous operation and that contracts do not allow speculative timber acquisition.
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National Forests of
Alaska
Former 8 P Engineer Fatally Burned in San Jose
J. T. Ellis, 63, longtime Southern Pacific engineer, was burned to death at a packing plant in San Jose California on August 3. He turned on the fuel oil and an explosion followed. his clothing caught fire and it is believed he breathed the flame. He died several hours later.
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J. T. Ellis
Southern Pacific
San Jose
Cal
Jim
Oregon Cow Breaks Production Record in June
Pennie the grade Jersey in Tillamook dairy herd of L A McCormack produced 1896 pounds of milk and 115.46 pounds of fat in June. About 70 dollars worth of fat in a single month. D A Wilbur tester for the Tillamook association reports average fat yield of 40 pounds. E B Fitts over C A C testing notes 166 honor cows across associations for June.
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Oregon
L. A. McCormack
Tillamook
Pennie
D. A. Wilbur
Tillamook Association
E. B. Fitts
Engineering Building Expansion for Oregon Students
The new engineering building at C. A. C. will double classroom and lab space and be ready for equipment in August and for the fall college opening. Faculty will rise by 25 percent and much new equipment added, fulfilling a promise of adequate facilities for Oregon young men seeking engineering education.
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Oregon
Telephones Change Plans in Louisville Drill
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes soldiers debating a project as they refuse to abandon a well plan and insist on raising a telephone pole instead. A tense exchange shows resolve to proceed with the infrastructure move amid doubt.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Electric Experimenter Quips On Bell Repair
A humorous exchange notes a ringer asking why a man wasn’t sent to fix an electric bell. The response says the repair person rang twice and received no answer, assuming no one was at home.
Penalty Charge Implemented on Lumber Cars by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes a $10 daily penalty for detaining open top cars and cars carrying lumber coal or coke beyond 48 hours. Penalty adds to demurrage to curb equipment retention during the emergency. Exceptions include shipment at ports by vessel. limited re consignments apply under specific conditions.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather data for southeast Alaska towns released
Accurate climatic data for southeast Alaska from observations at larger towns are available from U S Weather Bureau records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
U. S. Weather Bureau
Valley and Selitz Railway Time Card Promotes Morning and Evening Trains
Effective Sunday June 29 the Valley and Selitz Railroad schedules a Independence to Camp One train at 7.45 a m arriving 10 a m. Return from Camp One at 4 45 p m arriving Independence at 7 p m. A 7 25 p m run to Hoskine offers sportsmen a chance to whip the Luckimnuta with rail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley & Siletra Railroad
Independence
Hoskins
Luckimnuta
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