Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon notes cover a mix of local developments from Salem to North Bend. Topics include a modern old people’s home planned for Salem, tax-reduction talks in Linn County, irrigation funding in the Medford district, and a Marion County yellow league formation. Also noted are political campaigns, recalls, hospital populations, poultry associations, rail and road works, and various state-wide events.
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Tod
Salem
North Bend i Mille
Linn County
Ibany
Medford
Marion County
Charlee Hall
Marnheid
Goveror
Oregon
Milwaukie
Marion County Poultry Raleers
Pacific Cooperative
Juley Producers
Mortic
Grants Mane
Drain
Oregon News Briefs Aboard In 1922 Population and Projects
Population figures show 296 729 natives of Oregon and 386 022 from other states with 107 644 born in foreign countries. Reports list two industrial accidents in One KON with Victoria Melwin A Smith of Portland and Sidney A Cooper of Pendleton. Portland leads Northwest in home building with 10 100 700 spent of 22 241 001 in the region. Oregon highway plans include Albany Leban on Foster road district and the San Jam highway to Bend.
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Harrington Point
Csaesen
Portune
Columbia River
Ore Won
Melwin A Smith
Mise
Portland
Sidney
Willamette Valley
Flax & Hemp Growers’ Association
Wwwwn
Dallas
Turner
Anme Ville
Mickienll
Oregon
Drain
Hen Weathers
Enterprise
Harry K Jone
Jefferson
Robert J. Melanae
Warkdale
Charles A. Stark
Butherlin
Leon W. Lundell
Weaton
Olidll
Gillespie
Willamina
Lyman H Shorey
Woodburn
Thomas Thompson
Pendleton
Central Oregon
Navy
Navy Department
American Expeditionary Forces
Alvin L Bowman
Falla City
Benjamin P Hogers
Salem
Northwest
8. E., Nege
Spokane
Portland Health Association
State Highway Commission
Albany
Albany-Lebanon-Foster
San Jam National Forest
Santiam
Bend
United States Bureau of Markets
John A. Bell
St. Mary's Hospital
Astoria
Representative McArthur
House Naval Committee
McArthur
Umpqua
Cascades
Rogue River
Falls of the
Willamette
Roseburg
Isadore Rondeau
Tiller
Edward Dompler
Eugene
Mace Tipton
Glide
Joe Frown
Proas Pichatte
Oakland
Tipton
Coneoe Burewe
Controversy Grows Over Four-Power Pacific Treaty
Washington debates the four power Pacific treaty as foreign relations leaders press for full explanation. Senate requests information on treaty negotiations. President Harding cites secrecy of negotiations as reason for withholding records, stirring intra committee friction and delay before ratification.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Harding
Senate Advice Sought on Treaty S Pact With Germany
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee received President Harding’s message asking for the Senate’s advice on reviving the 1917 lapsed patents treaty with Germany or negotiating a new pact. The White House notes revival would restore reciprocity on patent protection but would not immediately affect German patents in the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Senate
Germany
White House
Tariff Row Forecast as Senate and House Clash
Washington reports a split between the house and senate over tariff valuation. Republican senators on the finance committee favor continuing the present foreign market value basis. Chairman Fordney warns the house would counter with an American valuation clause and force the senate to retry.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
Ways and Means
Congress
Washington tax cut totals for 1921 and 1922 figures
The state levied taxes in 1921 amounting to 68,206,800.98 and extended for 1922. the comparison to 1920 shows 72,065,820.11, a reduction of 4,459,010.13 according to the division of municipal corporations in the state auditor's office.
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Olympia
Wash
Division of
State Auditor's Office
McCormick Heiress to Wed Zurich Horseman in Chicago
Mathilde McCormick 16 wins permission from father Harold F. McCormick to marry Max Oser of Zurich Switzerland amidst family publicity. Chicago decorator Hmil L. Burgy, a cousin of Oser, cites age dispute stating Oser is 67 not 48 and continues to defend the romance as a spring and winter affair.
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Chicago
Mathilde McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Max Oser
Zurich
Switserland
John D. Rockefeller
Hmil L. Burgy
Over
Miss McCormick
Mr. Bu
Leaving a Job With Dignity and Self-Control
The piece advises quitting a position with a handshake and restraint after enduring mistreatment. It argues that personal ambition should yield to maintaining cordial relations, forgiving past wrongs, and accepting a graceful departure to protect future opportunities.
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Jone
Nees
World of
Howe
Thought vs Speed: Thought Lags Behind Motor Cars
An old Kansas City Star piece argues that thought is slow compared to light and motorcars. It uses a thought experiment about a 75 mile arm to illustrate how quickly an unconscious touch would occur relative to awareness.
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Kansas City Star
Two Kinds of People Word and Fact Thinkers
The piece contrasts word people who shape facts to fit beliefs with fact people who seek truth through deduction like a math problem. It argues the word man starts with a conclusion and crafts data, while the fact man proceeds forward to honest conclusions.
Singing Meetings Aid Department Store Staff
New York stores try a semi social system to fill quiet hours with gatherings where workers sing songs and listen to short talks by managers. The practice boosts enthusiasm and fosters cooperation between employers and staff.
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New York
How Man Spoils the Air
A historical note explains that human respiration fouls a room’s air quickly. It claims a man exhales at least a gallon per minute, and in eight hours breath would equal air held by seventeen three-bushel sacks. If sealed tightly, a seven by seven by seven foot room would become deadly within hours.
Mystery of the Lyceum Mystic Tests a Couple
Sibyl Graves resists joining an occult club but is drawn into a mystic show at the Lyceum. Her husband George, suspicious yet curious, admits to being fooled by the real Marvello during a later performance. The pair end up attending together, rekindling shared evenings at home.
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Sibyl Graves
Wil
George
George Graves
Sibyl
Mrs. Hay
Mystie
Lyceum
Marvello
Graves
Harry
Chet Stone
Mr. Stone
Chet
Marvell
Notice of Final Settlement in Oregon Estate
The administrator of the Lille B. Kays estate in Polk County Oregon has filed a final account. A hearing on objections to the final account is set for February 27 1922 at 10 o clock a m in the Court room of the County Court in Dallas Oregon. John W Kays is the administrator. EB F Swope is the attorney.
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Lille B. Kays
State of
Oregon
Polk County
Dallas
John W. Kays
Lillie B. Kaya
EB. F. Swope
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Interior Department
Baker Irrigaton
Haker County
United States Forestry Bureau
Department of the Interior
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State Dairy and Food
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Camas Valley
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Columbia
Hoe Mnkey
W. L. Kuser
Kidorn
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Oregon State Training Coo
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Swope
Lawyers Campbell Building
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D. E. Fletcher
Independence
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