Officials Face Resignations From State Highway Board
State gossip predicts resignations of R A Booth and W B Barratt from the highway commission over private business pressures. Booth has overseen about 50 million dollars in highway spending and has enforcement clashes with regulations. Also notes on political figures Walter L Tooze Jr and a broad executive committee in Oregon.
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R.A. Booth
W. B. Barratt
State Highway Commission
Mr. Booth
Commission On
Seat of the Mighty
Booth
Barratt
Walter L. Tooze, Jr
Republican State Central Committee
E. C. Kirkpatrick
Polk County
Bruce Dennis
la Grande
Lloyd Riches
Vale
Harold Baldwin
Prineville
Roy D. Smith
Hood River
Willard L. Marks
Albany
George Neuner, Jr
Roseburg
John C.kendall
Marshfield
E. E. Blanchard
Grants Pass
Sumpter S. Smith
Medford
Lee Davenport
C. E. Runyon
A. M. Dibble
Julius Louisson
W. M. Cake
F. O Northrup
Portland
Louise Perozzi
Ashland
John A. Carson Sr
Salem
Anna M. Lang
Community backs Ellison-White chautauqua with 400 funds
Dallas residents raised about 400 to honor a signed 1923 performance contract with Ellison-White and 80 sponsors. Monmouth chautauqua by Cadmean company drew local guarantors’ support while Independence shows little prospect for future shows. Some locals oppose management methods though the program’s value remains clear.
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Dallas
Monmouth
Ellison-White Company
Moisture Conservation urged for drought orchards
Oregon Experiment Station warns drought strains moisture in orchards with no irrigation. Cultivate at least weekly through mid to late August to keep fruit sizable and avoid drought spots. Nursery stock growth will be curtailed by the dry spell. bud trees by early August to ensure bark peeling.
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Oregon
Oregon Country in Brief Form
Oregon brief items cover fairs, finances, water sports, accidents, new organizations, cornerstone dates, forest fires, crops, harvests, lumber shipments, racing, traffic limits, imports, milk quality, demographics, fatalities, poultry groups, locomotives, labor shortages, canneries, mills, education, road safety, and industrial accidents across cities like Bend Salem Tillamook Portland Elgin Union Wendling and Klamath Falls with figures on deaths injuries and production totals.
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Tillamook
Wasco County
Floyd Kendall
United States Forest Ranger
Southern Pacific
H. J. Overturf
Bend
Spokane Farm Loan Bank
Union County
Elgin
Roseburg
Oregon
D. W. Mack
Department of Commerce
Washington
B.C
L. Hamilton
Klamath Fells
Oregon Agricultural College
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company
Hugene Fruit Growers’ Association
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Wendling
Oregon study cites large burden of mentally or physically defective residents
A University of Oregon report, prepared for the U S public health service, details 65 428 mentally or physically defective persons, with 65 549 in community institutions and 9874 in public and private facilities. It includes school retardation causes, prison mental tests, and numbers from the industrial schools.
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Oregon
University of Oregon
United States Public Health Service
Hop Ticket Office Offers Prompt Special Facilitation
A local office advertises hop ticket sales with special facilitation to handle purchases promptly. The notice stresses lively service and direct access to tickets at the price counter.
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Prise
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Til Taylor
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