Hood River Hosts Big May Celebration Plans
Hood River hosts lavish welcome in early May as Commercial Club Automobile Club and local businesses plan events for visitors amid full orchard blossoms. Letters sent to rail and river lines seek cooperation with special trains from Portland and orchard tours arranged by Auto Club members.
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Hood River
Commercial Club
Automobile Club
Hood River Valley
Little Apple City
North Bank
River Boat Line
Portland
Bee Exhibits for State Fair at Oregon Agricultural College
Secretary Frank Meredith announces 23 cash prizes totaling about 110 dollars for manly apiary displays at the Oregon State Fair. Exhibits must be produced in 1912 and entered by September 1 with a 10 percent entry fee. Only Oregon entries receive premiums. judging favors quality nectar honey and full exhibits. Salem report covers flax industry talks as American Linseed Oil Co plans Oregon acreage and portland branch.
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Corvallia
Frank Meredith
State Board of Agriculture
H. F. Wilson
State Beekeepers’ Association
Oren
Salem
Willamette Valley
Hhere
Western
Smith
American Linseed Oil Company
H. A. Brewer
Olcott
Kay
Eugene Boase
Pacific Coast
Bosse
Portland
Michigan
Oregon
Eugene Coos Bay line work ramps up grading west from Eugene
Fuller & Company sub contractors on the Southern Pacific line to Coos Bay rush grading from Eugene with 200 men along 18 miles of right of way. Noti Pass tunnel work advances as Twohy Bros move compressor machinery for air drills. Hood River valley strawberry crop expected larger next year with many new plantings. Oregon Agricultural College builds an insectary to study pests and plan control methods for orchards and fields.
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Fuller & Company
Southern Pacific
Coos Bay
Twohy Bros
Noti Pass
Hood River
Astoria Firm Starts Dam Project Equipment Purchase
Astoria The Bidwell Hayden company has secured the contract to build the 100 million gallon reservoir head works. They have moved in a donkey engine and two large boilers and will operate a rock crusher. Construction will begin once the camp is completed.
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Astoria
Bidwell-Hayden Company
Fertility Experiments in Yamhill Prune Orchards
Oregon Agricultural College division of horticulture runs experiments in Yamhill County prune orchards assessing fertilizer use tillage thinning and pruning to improve size quality and evaporation relations. Albany Apple Growers discuss codlin moth San Jose scale protection and Linn county apple fair plans for November and expanded participation. Loganberry planting rises as a profitable fruit. Walnut culture treatise issued by Portland chamber of commerce with Oregon industry prospects and a bulletin on clearing land with a hundred dollars story as preface.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Yamhill County
Albany
Albany Apple Growers Association
Linn County
H. Bryant
Commercial Club
Portland
Chamber of Commerce
Oregon
Bulletin on orchard management by Prof C I Lewis selling out
The issue of Prof C I Lewis's bulletin No 111 on orchard management, published by the Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station in 20 000 copies, is rapidly being exhausted. The Oregonian ran the entire bulletin in 30 000 copies and Better Fruit plans a 16 000 copy edition to ease demand.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
C. 1. Lewis
Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station
Oregonian
Pear Growing In America Course By Prof Lewis
Prof C I Lewis head of horticulture at Oregon Agricultural College authored a 100 page brochure with 50 illustrations. The work on Pear Growing in America will be issued soon by the International Correspondence Schools as a course. Lewis has spent years studying the subject.
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America
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
C. I. Lewis
Oregon
International Correspondence Schools
Lewis
Gresham sets October 25 for Multnomah County Fair
The Multnomah County Fair association board fixed October 25 as the fair date. Officials believe the schedule won’t conflict with other fairs or festivals and anticipate peak agricultural displays at that time.
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Gresham
Multnomah County Fair Association
Bridge Over Grand Ronde Near Riverside Park
La Grande-Steel reports the new bridge spanning the Grand Ronde River at Riverside Park is due any day. The structure will measure 15 feet in length with a six foot wide walk on each side.
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Grand Ronde
la Grande
Grand Ronde River
Riverside Park
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