Dudley is Dead and Global News Digest
Dudley ambassador to Brazil is dead. Snow blocks the Santa Fe in New Mexico. Manchu troops rout Chinese rebels at Han Yan. 27 brass bands unite for the Spokane Apple show. Portland turkey prices rise due to low supply. A schooner with 23 Chinese on board blocked at Monterey. Northwest lumber combine hampered by AG Wickeram. Colorado coal miners strike grows. troops may be called. San Francisco officers killed in Greece case. Japan lands forces in China with powers’ knowledge. U.S. denies meddling in Morocco talks. Henni battle tops Turkish losses with prisoners taken. Washington timber value estimated at 54,750,000. Underwood opposes initiative referendum. Free ship bill could break hold on Panama canal line. John D denies unfair Merritt dealings. Smuggling plot brings hundreds of Chinese to Chicago and New York from Canada.
Market Prices for Farm Commodities and Livestock
Wheat and hay prices lead a broad listing of farm commodities. Bluestem to red Russian flour and feed grades mixed. corn, oats, barley, and bran quoted. Fresh fruits and vegetables show varied per box and per crate rates. Livestock bids cover cattle, hogs, and sheep with multiple quality grades and weights.
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Oregon
Spitzenberg
Burbanks
Oregon Ranch
Rebels seize Nanking amid imperial push in Hupeh
Rebels enter Nanking through four gates early Wednesday as imperial forces cross the Han River near Hang Yang and approach Hankow. Wuchang capitulates provisionally while Yuan Shi Kai tightens grip in Pekin and dispatches troops and plans for foreign loans to stabilize the government.
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Pekin
Hang Yang
Han River
Wuchang
Hupeh
Li Yuen Hing
Yuan Shi Kai
Fang Ko Chwang
Hankow
Tien Tain
Ane
National Assembly
Pukow
Nanking
Shansi
John Jordan
Lakeview irrigation plans push progress and bonds
A Denver underwriter heads a million dollar bond issue aiding the Drews Creek project now 70 percent complete and expanding to the Cottonwood work. Oregon Agricultural College to offer rural hygiene short courses led by Prof. Beckwith covering water, sanitation, disease prevention, and health economics.
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Lakeview
James H. Pershing
Denver
TL. L. Reid
Colorado Springs
Lakeview Irrigation & Power Company
Gooselake Valley
Oregon Valley Land Company
Goose Lake Irrigation Company
Drews Creek
California State Line
Bend Auto Trucks Ready For Burns and Interior Runs
After long delays the Central Oregon Trucking company has two auto trucks ready to operate between Bend and Burns delivering freight to Harney country. Freight cars have waited weeks for service and the road is reported smooth and solid. In addition to Burns runs, cars will serve Lake county towns with Frank McKay of Portland arriving to handle interior routes.
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Oregon
Pumping system planned for Grande Ronde reclamation
An ambitious water reclamation plan for the Grande Ronde valley will be tested this winter and next summer on 1600 acres. Eastern Oregon Light and Power Co will run the project with mining engineers starting wells and building an underground reservoir or sump to store water. Electricity will power the pumping system to support artificial summer water needs.
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la Grande
Grande Ronde
Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company
Oregon
Aid Promised for Pendleton Indian Water Rights Dispute
A letter to Major E. L. Swartzlander from F. Hauke, Indian Affairs official, promises government aid to resolve the Pendleton area water rights dispute with Byers Milling Company. The Justice Department will supply data to the Indian service, enabling court action to determine irrigation water access for 5,600 acres of land near Pendleton.
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Pendleton
Water Wall Hits Ship Off Atlantic Coast
Captain Pavey of the Fabre line Santa Ana reports a 100 foot high wave that swept the Atlantic deck of his ship after arriving from Marseilles and Naples. Four seamen were lost overboard, one died two days later, three injured or unconscious, with rescue hampered by enormous seas.
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New York
Pavey
Fabre
Santa Ana
Marseilles
Naples
Atlantic
Shaker Death Case to be Heard by Grand Jury
In Tampa Florida Egbert Gillette and Elizabeth Sears of the Kissimmee Shaker colony face possible manslaughter charges as a grand jury weighs their admission of giving chloroform to co religious member Sadie Marchant to end her life. Medical examiners say Sister Marchant was not near death from tuberculosis.
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Shaker
Tampa
Fla
Egbert Gillette
Elizabeth Sears
Kissimee
Gillette
Miss Sears
Sadie Marchant
Marchant
Honolulu Doctor Ordered Home After Cholera Scare
Dr. Rupert Blue of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital service, in Honolulu since the cholera threat, is ordered to return to Washington. He will be succeeded by Dr. George W. McCoy as a likely move connected with selecting a successor to the late Dr. Walter Wyman, surgeon general of the service.
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Honolulu
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Washington
George W. McCoy
Kansas Coal Mines Face 30 Percent Shutdown Jan 1
Pittsburg Kan. Leading coal mine operators in this district say about 30 percent of Kansas mines will close January 1 due to the state workmen's compensation law taking effect that day. They insist they cannot risk liability for injured workers.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Potato Experiments Aim to Find Rogue River Valley Crop
George Holcomb, in southern Oregon's Rogue River valley, has conducted seed potato experiments from diverse countries. He reports some seed-grown tubers reaching marble to egg sizes and aims to identify the best potato variety for local soil and climate.
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Gold Hill
Oregon
George Holcomb
Holcomb
Rogue River Valley
Coos Bay Oil Venture Plans First Boring Near Catching Inlet
Coos Bay seeks oil with the newly organized Coos Bay Oil & Gas company capitalized at 25000 dollars. About 15000 dollars in stock has been subscribed. C. M. Maupin, formerly of California oil fields, is favored as general manager. The initial boring will be at Catching Inlet near Coos Bay.
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Coos Bay
Potatoes Record Set Near Freewater at Grandview Tract
Bradley and Farrish grew Burbank potatoes on the Grandview tract near Freewater. The crop yielded 250 sacks per acre with potatoes weighing 1 to 1.5 pounds each. They sold for a cent and a half per pound.
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Freewater
Grandview
Bradley
Farrish
Burbank
Baker County Doctors May Adopt Unified Fee Schedule
A uniform rate of fees for county doctors will take effect if the Baker County Medical Association approves the plans discussed at its recent meeting. The proposal aims to standardize charges across practices and simplify billing for patients and insurers.
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Baker
Baker County Medical Association
Timber Owners Fight Tax on Timber Lands Appeal
Marshfield reports timber owners including Menasha Wood enware and field Timber company will appeal county board of equalization findings on timber land assessments. Others may join as reps sought broad reductions, but the board denied a county wide cut, while alleging uneven fairness versus ranch land.
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Marshfield
Menasha Woodenware Company
Field Timber Company
County Board of Equalization
County Board
Kell Patents Fish Screen for Ditches
Gold Hill blacksmith Charles Kell secures a patent for a screened cylinder device used in power and irrigation ditches. Paddles on the axis rotate the cylinder to carry trash and drift downstream, blocking fish movement as required by western screening laws.
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Gold Hill
Charles Kell
Secretary of State Warns Firms to File Annual Reports
The department announces enforcement of the annual corporate reports law with a $100 fine for delinquency. Many firms are one to three years behind and are being notified to file promptly as officials move to clean up records.
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Salem
Corporation Department
Secretary of State's Office
Lower Columbia Poultry Show Ahead in Astoria
The Lower Columbia River Poultry association prepares for its annual show in Astoria from December 19 to 21. The event will host about 400 contestants.
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Lower Columbia
Astoria
Lower Columbia River Poultry Association
Thes Association
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