Oregon Brieflets and Local Notices Mixed
Reports from Oregon hop yards show Heppner-Wool transfers totaling over 1,000,000 pounds with prices from 14 to 78 cents. Portland recalls debated for council members. Albany builds a 2600-seat tabernacle for six weeks of revival starting May 7. A drowning incident in the Willamette claims Merril Lindsey and Golady n Jacoboen. Governors reap point the state optometry board. Portland seeks Portland-Eureka mail service by steamer. Lebanon plans June strawberry fair. La Grande switches to metered water. Salem notes reduced rail fares for Oregon educators' convention in July. Albany notes potato shipments from Linn County. Central Point denies crop ruin rumors. Milton reports hopeful Milton College appropriation. Columbia College funds near $40,000. A man dies of heart disease after discovering a body near a plowed field.
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Portland
Portland Railway Light & Power Company
Albany
Merril Lindsey
Willamette
Goladyn Jacoboen
Henson
State Board of Optometry
O. Mattern
Herman Barr
Salem
UC. W. Lowe
la Grande
J. H. Ackerman
National Educational Association For Oregon
Teachers of
Oregon
Sevoclation
Denver
Linn County
Central Point
Rogue River Valley
Milton
H. 8
Shangle
Columbia College
Milton College
Educational Board
M. G. Church, South
Richmond
Milton School
Farmers to Hold Meeting in Eastern Oregon May 14 and 16
Union and Wallowa counties farmers led by five local unions of the Farmers' Educational and Co operative Union plan meetings at an Eastern Oregon venue on May 14 and 16. They will discuss field labor problems, crop marketing plans, and grain bag purchases.
Farm Laborer Dies Plowing Near Adama
Pendleton Ed Wilcox a 22 year old farm laborer collapsed and died while plowing a field near Adama. The horses continued around the field unnoticing his absence as workers nearby observed the incident.
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Pendleton
Ed. Wilcox
Adama
New Railroad Plans and Labor Protest Sweep Portland
A plan for a Rogue River Valley to Crescent City railroad is outlined by Central Point engineer Elias Ruud for a syndicate, aiming to link eastfield and amber belts with water transport. In Portland a mass protest against Judge Wright and the use of troops appears, led by 3000 unionists including Samuel Gompers. William D. Maywood of Denver, former Western Federation of Miners official, spoke as accused accessories in Colorado and Idaho outrages.
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Togue River
Portland
Judge Wright
Washington
D. C
Samuel Gompera
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Cilities
Willliam D. Maywood
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Mover and Pettibone
Colorado
Idaho
Clues Emerge in Pendleton Murder Case
Roy Jenssinge discovers a murdered man near the Blue mountains after a quarrel while two travelers filmed scenes. Nordstrom convicted of first degree murder for the February 23 killing of John Peterson, a Swede 25, shot and beaten in a cabin.
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Pendleton
Blue Mountains
Pilot Rock
Starkey Prairie
Roy Jensinge
Ones
Mat
Jennings
Nordstrom
Tillamook
Adolph N. Nordstrom
John Peterson
Peterson
Bean Resigns and McBride Sworn to Supreme Court
Salem Justice R. Bean resigned Saturday morning from the supreme bench to become United States district judge. Judge T. H. McBride of the Fifth Judicial District circuit court also resigned and was sworn into the supreme court by Chief Justice Moore. Bean received a telegram from Attorney General Wickersham about his commission as additional U S district judge for Oregon sent April 29. Bean was sworn in Wednesday.
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Bean
McBride
Salem
Supreme Bench
United States
T. H. McBride
Eircuit Court
Fifth Judicial District
Supreme Court
Moore
Wickersham
Oregon
Supreme court raises bar exam standards in Oregon
Salem says the supreme court declares higher admission standards with a full written examination required. An exam will be held in Salem on June 8 and a large class is expected to take it. Portland notes Henry Meldrum seeks a presidential pardon amid petitions from Oregon friends and senators.
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Salem
Supreme Court
Portland
Henry Meldrum
Oregon
Meldrum
Taft
Falls Into Long Sleep Third Time for Mrs Hawkins
Mrs Hea th Hawkins of Los Angeles sank into a deep trance for the third time in two years as a mysterious ailment returns. After days of faint breathing and eyelid fluttering she lies at home as doctors pursue the case, previously recovering once for several weeks and again after a six day lapse.
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Los Angeles
Heath Hawkins
Assay Office at the Fair to Open in Seattle Exposition
Seattle will operate two fully equipped assay offices this season receiving Alaska gold shipments. A duplicate office will run at the A P Grounds government building where miners can deposit, be assayed and weighed, receive pay checks. By June 1 the setup will be ready for operation and visitors may watch all stages of assaying weighing and melting.
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Seattle
Alaska
Mint Bureau
Chorus of 600 Children at Epworth League Meet
Seattle children aged 8 to 14 will sing Lift Up Your Heads at the Epworth League Convention to be held at the armory Sunday afternoon July 11.
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Seattle
the Armory
Monopolies Forbidden on Sockeye Labeling of Salmon
Washington May 4 A legal opinion holds there can be no monopoly in the use of the word sockeye for salmon canned by Pacific Coast and Alaska interests. Packer labels need not specify the fish’s locality, though Puget Sound and British Columbia catches fetch higher prices, about 50 percent more, than Alaskan fisheries.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Earle
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Fish Commission
Alaska Salmon Industries
Puget Sound
British Columbia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Offer
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin wholesale druggists testify to Cheney's honor and ability to fulfill obligations.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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