Week's Highlights Of National News And Local Incidents
A condensed summary notes Victoria of Spain's daughter birth and Taft backing rail securities regulation opposition. Rail union recognition by British directors, Idaho printing law upheld, J J Jeffries life policy, McNamara trial bribery indictment, Salem Oregon prison escape, Luna Park fire loss 150000, Silver Lake irrigation project 8 million, Cross mountain miners rescued, West Oregon mill fire 150000 loss, Marion smallpox cases, Chicago live stock fat steer sale, Pacific City dynamite accident, 19 year old New York guardian, Standard Oil fractional shares voting rights.
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Chicago
Pacific City
Wash
New York
Standard Oil Company
Market prices for grains fruits and livestock listed
The notice lists numerous commodity prices including Bluestem wheat 82c, corn Whole 37 dollars per ton, oats No 1 white 31 dollars per ton, hay prices from 15 to 18.50, barley feed 6.37 per ton, various fresh fruits with per box and per barrel rates, potatoes and onions pricing, vegetables including artichokes cabbage celery and cucumbers, hops 48 to 45 cents, wool by region, butter at 86 cents, poultry prices for hens ducks and turkeys, figs fresh Oregon 42 cents, pork 89 cents, veal 13 to 15 cents, cattle and hog prices across grades, sheep prices, and livestock quality terms.
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Oregon
Valley
Burbanks
Oregon Ranch
Delhi crowned King George as Emperor of India
The article describes King George and Queen Mary proclaimed Emperor and Empress of India in coronation ceremonies at Delhi. It notes lavish pageantry, declarations of gifts for education, and the plan to move India’s capital from Calcutta to Delhi, with a projected cost of 25 million dollars and a new city expected to take two to three years to build.
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India
Mary I
Delhi
Britiah India
Igch
Durbar
Calcutta
Bengal
Powder Trust to Fight New Washington Labor Law
Olympian Washington reports the DuPont Powder Company known as the Powder Trust will challenge the state cabilitry law at the Industrial Insurance Commission. DuPont argues the law confiscates property without due process and plans a Supreme Court test of constitutionality. Imperial Powder Company of Chehalis sues Thurston County court over commission claims tied to eight fatalities in a fire at the plant on November 1.
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Olympian, Wash
Industrial Insurance Commission
Dupont Powder Company
Powder Trust
Washington
Thurston County
Turkish Attack Repulsed In North Africa
Italian lines in Benghazi and Tripoli repelled a Turkish assault with 63 enemy fatalities reported. Italian losses were three dead and 12 wounded. In Marseilles the British steamer Beron Polwarth was fired on by an Italian cruiser in the Red Sea on November 30. bows damaged and captain says the Italian commander apologized.
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Benghazi
Tripoli
Marseilles
France
Beron Polwarth
Manila
Red Sea
Messages Found in Mine Compartments After Explosion
In Briceville Tennessee rescuers recited traced messages on mine walls from a Cross Mountain shaft where a Saturday explosion buried over 100 workers. The graffiti tracked a route out of gas pockets as rescuers followed leads until the trail faded and hope dimmed.
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Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Hottest December 12 Records Spark Warm Wave Across East
New York reports the warmest December 12 on record with temperatures near 60 at 2 p m. Only two prior dates in 1878 and 1899 matched or approached the heat. The hot wave spans the East with Berkshires sap running and pussy willows budding as signs of early spring.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Berkshires
Warship Orion Crewmembers Burned in Oil Tank Explosion
Commander Herbert N. Garnett of the Naval Ordnance Department four engineers and 15 crew members aboard the Orion were badly burned or scalded on faces and hands when an oil tank exploded. The battleship lay in a Portsmouth dockyard basin undergoing final fitting for commission.
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Portsmouth
England
Herbert N. Garnett
Naval Ordnance Department
Orion
Whitney Wing Election in Ontario Returns Government
Sir James Whitney's government is returned to power in the Ontario provincial election held across the province. Liberal opposition gains are noted, with speculation on the new balance of power as results come in from major districts.
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Toronto
Ont
Sir James Whitney
Ontario
Open Klamath Reservation Seen As Great Opportunity
Superintendent Watson says the Klamath Indian reservation is effectively open with abundant timber and agricultural lands for sale. He notes most land remains unallotted and available to white settlers, though land costs reflect value. Timber land totaling about 5.5 billion feet could draw lumber firms, boosting the region's development in Klamath County and around Modoc Point and Sprague River.
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Klamath Falla
Klamath Indian Reservation
Watson
United States
Klamath County
Gale
Modoc Point
Sprague River
Sleek Goats to Prance at Northwest Angora Show
The Northwest Angora Goat association and Polk County Poultry association announce a January 3 to 5 goat show in Dallas Oregon with cash prizes and special awards for bucks and does aged nine months and up. Committee members include C. S. Grant and W. A. Ayres. inquiries go to Ayres in Dallas. Separately, the Oregon Poultry and Pet Stock association reports its Multnomah hotel show as Northwest’s best, led by judges W. M. Coats and Elmer Dixon, with W. B. Brown’s “Old Ben” White Leghorn rooster among top performers and high competition across classes.
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Dallas
Northwest Angora Goat Association
Polk County Poultry Association
C. S. Grant
A. L. McDonald
H. L. Fenton
J. C. Guthrie
G. W. McBee
Portland
Oregon Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Multnomah
Third and
Pine Streets
Northwest
British Columbia
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
W. M. Coats
Vancouver
B.C
Elmer Dixon
Oregon City
Hk. J. Renney
Wash
Old Ben
Ben
W. B. Brown
Hillsboro Man Proves Peanuts Can Grow Here
Hillsboro resident A F Haines demonstrated peanuts can be grown commercially in the Willamette valley. After planting last year he found mature, high quality peanuts in his garden. Experiments by horticultural experts suggest the black loam bottom land supports peanut cultivation.
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Hillsboro
F. A. Haines
Willamette Valley
Mr. Haines
Nehalem River Bar Jetty Project Sparks Mixed Views
With under fifty thousand dollars spent, improvements to the Nehalem river bar show early gains and promise. Proponents aim to straighten and deepen the channel near Nebulen, backing the plan with a fifty thousand dollar subscription. Shipping interests oppose the jetty as a costly waste.
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Nehalem
Nehalem River
Nebulen
Bankers' committee to boost rural education efforts
The Corvallis State Bankers' association named a six member committee to lead the drive for improving rural conditions, focusing on educational facilities to stem rural youth migration to the cities and promote the state's and nation's future interests and profits.
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Corvallis
State Bankers’ Association
Experiments to Fatten Pigs in Oregon
Experiments by the Oregon Agricultural College animal husbandry department under Prof E L Potter test shorts and middlings as a supplement to ground wheat for pig fattening. Eastern Oregon ranchers, where wheat feeds are common, will benefit as shorts and middlings may improve swine fattening and encourage hog breeding in the region.
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Corvallis
Animal Husbandry Department
Oregon Agricultural College
E. L. Potter
Oregon
College Experiment Farm
Experts Forecast Mineral Wealth Growth in Oregon
Prof H M Parks head of the Oregon Agricultural College school of mines expects a general advance in the states mineral output and mining growth into a leading industry. He notes vast non gold silver coal wealth including materials for soda cement bricks tile pottery mineral water copper sand gravel lime and gypsum awaiting capital and skilled workers.
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Corvallis
H. M. Parks
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon
Lane County Firm Transfers Land For Eugene Coos Bay Extension
The last gap in the 23 mile section of the Eugene Coos Bay right of way was closed as Lane County firm transferred its 30 acres at Powell Pass six miles west of Eugene to Southern Pacific. Condemnation actions were filed, but settlement may arrive at the March term of court. High and well drained land expected to be wedged for feasibility.
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Eugene
Eugene-Coos Bay
Lane County Company
Powell Pass
Southern Pacific
Couet Thieland Ie
Wedgering
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Spain
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State Supreme Court
James J. Jeffries
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara
Salem, Or
Coney Island
Silver Lake
Knoxville, Tenn
West Oregon Lumber Company
Linnton
Marion
Portland Markets
Choies
Fea
King George
Benghazi Falls
Whitney Wing
Klamath Reservation
Northwest Angora Association
Nehalem Harbor
My Friends
Barnes’ Cash Store
Salem
Watt Shipp
The
Salem, Oregon
Sun Typewriter
Jim Hillird
Main Street
Independence
Oregon. Agricultural College
Will H. Bloch
Independence, Org
Che Foocondeonee Livery
Crowley Bros., Proprietors
Main St
Nore
Curae
Independengh, Oregon
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