Forest Service Plans Buffalo Rehoming From Oklahoma Herd
The Forest Service will remove and relocate over 20 male buffalo from a Wichita National Forest herd in Oklahoma. The herd, grown from 16 bulls years ago to about 150, faces excess males, with approved applicants to receive and transport a select number by rail. Dehorning and housing plans accompany planned transfers to recipient facilities.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Wichita National Forest
Galle Preserve
Oklahoma
Studebaker "6" Breaks Coast to Coast Speed Record
The Studebaker Light-Six set a new coast to coast round trip mark from San Francisco to Los Angeles totaling 864.8 miles in 21 hours 23 minutes. The down trip 453.7 miles took 10 hours 12 minutes 30 seconds breaking a 1916 record by over two hours. Drivers Hart L. Weaver and James C. Gurley carried US mail on both legs under federal authority to demonstrate automotive mail transport. The run beat The Lark’s train schedule by more than three hours.
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Studebaker
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Valley
Hart L. Weaver
James C. Gurley
U. S
Light
Record run lowers previous best on valley route
The trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco covered 411.1 miles in 9 hours 15 minutes 50 seconds with 35 minutes ferry time. Pilots faced dense fog over 120 miles but achieved a record effort showing the car’s endurance and no mechanical trouble, ready to start a second trip immediately after finishing the first.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salem hop man killed at Hazelau crossing in Oregon Electric crash
Al Jerman of Salem and Charles James riding in a car were killed when their auto was demolished by an Oregon Electric train at the Hazelau crossing, one half mile south of Salem. Jerman, longtime area resident, leaves a wife and three sons H Jerman A M Jerman and O C Jerman. James death noted alongside Jerman with details of the wreck and location.
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al. Jerman
Salem
Charles James
Oregon
Hazelau
Jerman
James
Hazelay Station
Oregon Electric
Tonneau
H. Jerman
A. M. Jerman
O. C. Jerman
Road work plans blaze across Roseburg county this summer
The summer program includes 14 miles of paving on Pacific Highway between Galesville and Wolf Creek. Macadam projects run between Canyonville and Myrtle Creek. Seven miles of paving are slated from Drain to Anlauf.
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Roseburg
Douglas County
Galesville
Wolf Creek
Canyonville
Myrtle Creek
Drain
Anlauf
Smith-Powers railroad extends toward Eckley in Curry county
The Smith-Powers railroad corridor expands along the coast as an extension of the Eugene-Coos Bay road. Operating for years from Marshfield to Powers, it now nears Eckley in Curry county, widening coastal transport and logging links.
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Smith-Powers
Eugene-Coos Bay
Marshfield
Powers
Eckley
Curry County
Oregon Notes of General Interest Highlight Far-Reaching Local News
Oregon notes report 15 new cheese factories and two butter plants in Coos and Curry counties. Mentions the death of musician L D Edwards in La Grande, gopher damage to orchards at Dufur, and the Oregon Mint Growers Cooperative organization in Corvallis. Also covers lumber rates, Wasco squirrel campaign, a child suicide in Portland, resignations, Legion auxiliary plans, oil prospecting in Goose Lake valley, highway bids on the McKenzie route, and hospital bond elections in Albany.
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Coos
Curry
L. D. Edwards
la Grande
Gophers
Dufur Uy
Oregon Mint Growers’ Cooperative Association
Corvallis
Medford
Klamath Falls
Weed
Cal
Frank M. Warren
Portland
Jobott
State Fish Commission
Independence Post
American Legion
Lake County
Goose Lake Valley
State Highway Department
McKenzie
Redmond
Prineville
James M. Gillette
Seaside
Pendleton
Lake Ochoco
Sherman
Morrow
Oregon Wheat Growers Association
Farm Bureaus
Digger Squirrel
Eugene
University of Oregon
Willamette University
Salem
Albany
Hugene
Gene Simpson
Oregon
Holland
Oregon Growers’ Cooperative Association
London
Liverpool
County Court of
Malheur County
Highway Commission
Vale
Ontario
Klamath
Horsefly
Sweet Home
Cascadia
Cascades
Astoria
Oregon Agricultural College
William B. Tucker
Crook County
FH. W. McMindes
F.C. Holibaugh
Jackson
Hermiston Experiment Station
Oregon Public Service Commission
State Highway Commission
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Huntington
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Uncle Sam
Standard Oil Company
California
Boulud Tne
Zerolene
Oregon News
George Darveau
Ely
Santiam National Forest
Deschutes
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Fred P. Kendall
Northwest
Northwestern Electric Company
Leroy Childs
Hood River Experiment Station
mid-Columbia
Jack Rathie
Jim Owens
State Penitentiary
Til Taylor
Umatilla County
Rogue River Valley
United States Reclamation
Hua
Idk
Lost River
Merrill
Connoe
Staw Induc Trl Wecident Commission
Ben Emerson
sWitchman
George Gardner
Lath
J. N. Fleischner
George H. Kelley
M. A. Lynch
Blaine Halleck
Tala
Bert Anderson
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
State Board of Control
Olcott
Sam A. Kozer
Sate
O. P. Hoff
Sonthol
Revere
Lower Columbia Tiver
Themecomds
Weather Observer
Rosenberg
Rian
Gladetone
Servi
Service
Calbreath
Jones
Wood & Cozine
Indepenti
Incl
Independence National Bk
Independence
H. Hirschberg
CoAy McLaughlin
Hirschberg J
W. Souis
Otie Des
J. Well
Independence & Monmouth
Twin Beaver
Depot Aea
Monmouth Monmouth
Mil City
Silverton
Stay
Fes
J.W. Parker
Salem, Oregon
Gus Miller
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