Oregon Governor Candidate Eugene-Louis Bean Platform Stresses Economy
Eugene-Louis E. Bean, speaker of the Oregon House and attorney, outlines a Republican platform for governor. Key points include creating a non salaried seven member cabinet to replace commissions, implementing an income tax, directing automobile and gasoline revenues to debt service and roads, delaying new bonds, tightening education spending, standardizing textbooks, restricting land ownership by noncitizens, promoting irrigation, protecting sinking funds, surveying state debt, enforcing laws, and pledging to work for Oregon’s growth and people’s prosperity.
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Eugene
Louis E. Bean
House of Representatives
Senate
Department of Education
Oregon
United States
Mrs H C Eakin Honored as State DAR Registrar
Mrs. H C Eakin of Dallas elected state consulting registrar of the state organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A Dallas Observer note praises her as a devoted DAR daughter born in Rickreall Polk County. She is longtime Polk resident, Dallas Woman’s Club treasurer, and led the city’s first Red Cross stamp drive, surpassing other towns in Oregon.
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H. C. Eakin
Dallas
Dallas Observer
Eakin
Rickreall
Polk County
Polk
Dallas Women's Club
Tree powder sold as cureall mainly sulfur and brick dust
A chemical analysis at Oregon Agricultural College found the widely advertised tree powder sold to orchardists contains mostly sulfur and brick dust with a small soda content. Another brand billed as Squassa has 93 percent sulfur.
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Oregon
First Woman Completes Engineering Apprenticeship in Britain
The first woman to finish a full apprenticeship in a British engineering shop is Miss Y A Drummond from Dundee. Further honor comes as Miss Drummond is elected to the British Institute of Marine Engineers, marking a notable achievement for a Scottish lassie.
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Britain
Y. A. Drummond
Dundee
Trummond
British Institute of Marine Engineers
Classified Ads Guide for Buying Selling and Trading
A brief note urging readers to use Enterprise classified ads to sell buy or trade items. It highlights that readers can find listings for various goods and services and encourages using the classified section for quick transactions.
Conquest of Fear Reflections On Widespread Dread
In a study of fear Basill King argues fear pervades daily life. He notes mothers fear for children and workers fear for jobs and bosses. He contends homes and workplaces harbor constant apprehension that shapes behavior and misery.
Speed of Life Presses On In A Turtle’s Pace
F H Young in the Providence Journal notes life moves faster with age while science reports a Wisconsin professor revealing a speed record. A turtle race with 163 entrants finished a mile in three years eleven months and nineteen days.
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F. H. Young
Providence Journal
North Pole
Toronto
American Association For the Advancement of Science
University of Wisconsin
Kempis Honored Amid Dante Centenary Reflections
The 1421 year marked Dante's sexcentenary while also noting the 450th anniversary of Thomas Kempis death. A famous London editor once asked which twelve books one would take to a desert island, and Kempis appeared in most lists alongside Dante among scholars and scientists including Huxley.
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Thomas Kempis
London
Ife
Dante
Huxley
Gifts of the Ocean Beachcombing at Rockaway
A New York correspondent notes season end beach combing on Rockaway and other beaches. A collector found a silk umbrella with jewelry and coins buried in sand aided by rain. Beach combing has become a large, if humorous, yearlong industry with many visitors and occasional damage to structures requiring police patrols.
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New York
Rockaway
Not Really Woman's Fault
A satirical piece argues the blame for a woman's lateness rests with social norms and male expectations. It contrasts male indifference to public scrutiny with a woman's visibility, suggesting delays are a reaction to gazes and judgment rather than personal fault.
Few Walkers in Australia and the Rolf Bolderwood Tale
The piece recalls Max O Reil the Paris humorist and his clash with Australian conservatism and climate. It blends satire with a Sydney Morning Herald story about Rolf Bolderwood arriving in New South Wales seventy years ago, choosing to walk part of the way before borrowing a horse to become respectable, noting modern cars and airplanes might replace the horse today.
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Max O'Reil
Australia
Queensland
Pitt
George Street
Sydney
Cooktown
Kalgoorlie
Sydney Morning Herald
Australasia
Rolf Bolderwood
New South Wales
How Black Cats Got Bad Repute in French Legend
A centuries old belief traces black cats to the Sevennes mountains in France where an abbot failed to build a bridge after invoking the devil. The legend says the first creature to cross the bridge was a black cat, sealing the superstition.
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Sevennes
France
William
Herault
Decline of Parental Affection Seen as Grave Social Issue
A feature article notes that threatened breaking down of parent child bonds worries social workers. It argues affection in the home forms the base of character and laments lack of affection as a major blight, citing St Paul on life without affection.
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St. Paul
City Ordinances Prohibit Liquor Sales in Independence Oregon
Ordinance No 329 bans manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor in Independence Oregon with penalties up to 200000 fine or 100 days in jail for violations. It also outlines enforcement for possession delivery and evasion schemes and sets fines for dance hall liquor carrying. Ordinance No 831 governs pool billiard and card rooms licensing with strict bonding, hours and light requirements and penalties for breaching peace or allowing minors. Public notices include where to read full ordinances and a city council reference.
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City of
Independence
Oregon
Saic Cty
City Recorder
Independence National Bank
Old City
Ordinance 280: drunkenness and public disturbance punishments
The text outlines that any person drunk in public, disturbing the peace, using profane or obscene language, or on private premises intoxicated and annoying others shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Conviction may bring a fine between 500 and 5000 dollars or up to 25 days in the city jail.
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Recorder’s Court
Recorders Court
Resisting Peace Officer Ordinance Text
A city ordinance states that any person who resists or interferes with a peace officer in the discharge of duties or refuses to assist in custody, or aids someone in custody attempting escape, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Syed
Cal
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