Oregon Lawmakers Halfway Through Session With Limited Progress
In Salem three weeks into the session, both houses show little advancement on major measures. The Senate stalls House bills, only 31 of 1101 introduced pass, while key issues like public service reform, compensation, and reapportionment lag. Amid jockeying, asylum investigations and new state commissions prompt debate as good roads bills attract support and opposition.
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Salem
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House
Hoywe Leg'ation
Public Service Commission
State Railway Commission
State Purchasing Board
Civil Service Commission
Highway Board
Naval Militia Board
State Printing Board
Atate Board of Accountancy
Game Commission
Hhesides
Good Roads Boosters
Good Roads
State Highway Commission
Buchanan
Brooke
Independence aims to lead in apple trade with England
Local growers Collins and Nelson pack and ship apples from Independence to the United States and England. They have shipped over 5000 boxes this season, including two carloads to London, with strong demand and profits. The venture may develop a regional fruit industry and place Independence among top apple producers.
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Collins & Nelson
City
United States
England
London
Emr
Oregon
Independence
Hood River
Census reveals Oregon county populations by color and race
The Director of the Census reports Oregon total population 627765 with 665610 white 1536 Negro 5001 Indian 7317 Chinese 286 Japanese and 25 Filipinos. Hop market shows gains with eastern price strength 27 to 29 cents in New York and several hundred bales of 1911s signed at 13 to 12 cents. 1909 hops demand matches 1910 crop with 12 to 12.5 cents offered. McMinnville saw 143 bales of 1910s sold at 17.5 cents.
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Oregon
Polk. Com
New York
McMinnville
Hop Man Praises Arizona Climate After Arizona Trip
J HM Diton returned from Arizona where he testified in a local hop stealing case. The theft involved about forty Mexicans and spanned over a year, with loads of hops and cotton valued in the hundreds of dollars. Suspects were bound over to the circuit court, with trial set for April. Dixon found five key California witnesses and enjoyed his first trip south noting excellent Arizona weather.
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J. HM. Diton
Ari- Fon
Mr. Dion
Sear
Tuscan
Arzona
Tuscon
Apri
Dixon
California
Arizona
Runaway Horses Cause Light Damage Near Church
The team owned by G. W. McLaughlin bolted from the wagon on Monday and ran about a mile toward the church. The driver pursued but was not fast enough. the horses stopped at the shed by the church. A broken wagon handle was the only damage reported.
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G. W. MecLaughlin
Mr. McLaughlin
Fire Hits Falls City Inferno Destroys Several Businesses
Falls City suffered a major blaze last Monday morning, likely incendiary, at 2:40 AM. A rooming house, restaurant, and pool hall on Main Street burned, a man injured by a falling timber but expected to recover, and a drug store adjoining the pool hall was saved after repeated outbreaks.
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Falls City
Main Street
Troom
A and B Divisions Explain School Tracking System
The system splits each grade into A and B divisions. A is the higher division for top students, who transfer to the next grade room but continue the previous grade work so no pupil advances a full grade. B division students continue their prior level work.
Entertainment at M. E. Church This Evening
Attend the church event this evening at the M. E. church promising great interest and likely community fellowship.
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M. E. Church
Polk County High School Debates Result Friday
Polk County high schools held debates on Friday January 27 with all negative teams winning. Dallas defeated Monmouth Falls City defeated Independence Perrydale defeated Falls City Bethel defeated Perrydale Independence defeated Dallas Monmouth defeated Dallas Falls City leads in points with 4 followed by Perrydale 4 Bethel 5 and Dallas 5. The Seymour cup will go to the March 24 winner based on total points, Falls City previously held it.
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Polk County
Independence
Dallas
Monmouth
Bethel
Perrydale
Falls City
Independencee
Falls Cry
Thee
Pearl Phillips
Carrie Gorke
Ruth Campbell
Robert Ballard
Anna Garnar
Harold Bertha Hartman
Earnest Williams
Marion Butler
Vale Hillbrand
Cecil Swope
Ray Williams
Emma Parker
Bessie Wade
Nellie Shew
Clarence Booth
Carl Miller
Stewart
Agnes Cook
John Romig
Harry Hubbard
Lester Dodd
May Johnueton
Edith Harris
Cecil Dodd
Roy Bowman
Roland White
Perridale
Fay Morrison
Oatis Foster
James Jones
Ed Parker
Carl Morrison
Maxwell Flannery
Oregon
Initiative and progress defy Oregon legislature
The passage asserts the People’s Press stance that the legislature in Oregon seeks to balk progress, urging continuation and support for the initiative. It emphasizes public will over legislative obstruction.
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Oregon
Peoples Press
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