Oregon Briefs reflect state finances and incidents
Oregon brief notices report planned budget estimates starting 1928, highway and road work on the Klamath Valley and Cow Creek canyon, a fatal auto train crash near Salem, and court and public safety developments. It covers crop reports, weather, fire prevention plans, and school curriculum revisions across multiple counties and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane County
Jarceny
Kathryn Betolim
Bagene Pa Ankohes
Tom Lo
Tate Tn
Plonnan
Acrid
Gay of Wate
Nailer
White Highway Commission
Ie Deene Valley
Klamath
Oate Inarion
Malur Ani Umatilla
Wome
Portland
Charoe
Oregon
Victin
Solth
Perest Grove
Oregon Supreme Court
J. M. Beramend
Dennis Russel
Douglas County
Brumfield
Marion
Loganberry
Yonkers Cuckoos Awaken Yonkers With Noisy Pleasures
A Yonkers resident notes a chorus of cuckoos in the town. The eight day Swiss cuckoo is sidelined by the eager Yonkers variety which stays awake half the night. From early morning until evening the birds call out to residents and even strangers, practicing their alarm calls in the quiet streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Akkoon
Helekhor
Vorkskidl
Bird Uses Streetcar for Unwinged Travel
A local bird rid a Pennsylvania avenue streetcar ride from Georgetown to Eleventh Street and then walked its platform before flying to a train bound for Mount Vernon. The blue headed, black bodied bird appeared calm on the roof of the car and at the post office area before boarding toward its destination.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Georgetown
Eleventh Street
Post Office Department
Mount Vernon
l-—Weslington Star
Monumental Colorado River Dam Proposal Aims To Create World’s Largest Artificial Lake
Proposals envision a dam on the Colorado River rising 700 feet near the Woolworth building height. It would create a 200 square mile reservoir with an average depth of 350 feet, holding two years of river flow. Plans foretell a tourist steamship fleet to Grand Canyon. The project would rival the Panama Canal in scale and boldness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Roxking River
Woolworth
New York City
Western Railroid System
Grand Canyon
America
Panama Canal
Robin Gets the Worm in Lafayette Square
The Washington Star describes robins fat on living worms in Lafayette Square. A robin stalks a worm, pulls it from the earth, then consumes half and carries the rest away. The scene is presented as a natural display of mature behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Square
Cquel
Washington Star
Soil expert Dr. Marbut embarks on European soil study
Dr. Curtis F. Marbut of the U S Department of Agriculture sails on a three month mission to Europe to learn why soils tilled since the Christian era become exhausted. He will collect soil samples from various countries for analysis and comparison. In Italy and Greece soils have been tilled for centuries without fertilization or livestock raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis F. Marbut
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Italy
Greece
Look Before You Leap At Dart mouth Ski Jump
A novice skier at the Dartmouth course failed the jump, shooting down the incline and crashing nose first into the slope. Spectators shouted the critique as the fall ended with the rider still at the bottom and the lesson clear: one should learn the game first.
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Dartmouth
Joel
Loverybody
Magasine
Wonders of the Century reflects on science shaping life
William Allen White argues in Judge that rapid physical discoveries shrink the world. He notes railroads, electricity, telephones, autos, and moving pictures collapse distances and alter creeds, institutions, courage, kindness, and wisdom across generations.
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William Allen White
Emporis
Kan
Monroe
HIS SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX
A banker questions a young man seeking a temporary loan of five hundred dollars. The man offers his personal security and the banker directs him to a locked iron chest, implying the value of what he stores there.
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Walt
Kansas City Star
High speed steel cuts ahead in Sheffield progress
Reports from Sheffield claim a new high speed steel four times tougher than existing tools. The alloy, whose exact composition is a secret, can be hardened in cold water or cold blast and reduces wear and grinding. Makers say it is not the final form of high speed steel.
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Sheffield
England
Washington Star
Denmark Aids War Troubled Austria and Germany Children
Danish joint committees report 1921 guests 5 584 Austrian children for months and since 1919 have cared for 16 455 Austrian and 5428 German children. 120 German children were nursed in a special camp. Hospitals equipment sent to Austria and Germany. 40000 francs spent on a children's home near Rheims. Food and clothing valued at 70000 crowns sent to Germany and Austria. Financial aid 25000 crowns to Belgium 38775 to Poland and 34500 to France.
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Denmark
Austria
Germany
Rheims
Belgium
Poland
France
Ancient Egyptian strikes reveal back pay demand history
A recent discovery in Thebes uncovers hieroglyphic tablets that record labor strife 8,000 years ago. The tablets describe many strike phases where workers quit until back pay and a new wage scale were arranged, shedding light on long standing labor tensions.
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Thebes
Deleterious Imitation and Denatured Human Nature
A dialogue features Senator Sorghum arguing that genuine human nature remains trustworthy while society suffers from denatured behavior. The exchange contrasts generous action with prejudiced opinions and underscores reliance on authentic human nature rather than artifices.
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Senator Sorghum
Circuit Court notice of execution sale in Polk County Oregon
Sheriff John W. Orr will auction at the Dallas courthouse on October 7 1922 at 1 PM the real estate of Ben Mills and Sadie Mills in Henry Hill's Addition Independence Polk County Oregon to satisfy a McIntosh judgment of 100.53 plus 8.75 costs. First publication September 5 1922. Attorney D. E. Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
J. G. Mcintosh
Benape
Sadie Mills
Justice Court of District No. 5
Apg
Ben Milla and
Ie Mills
Ben Milla
Henry Hill
Independence
Oregon
Dallas
Ben Mills
John W. Orr
N. Pate
D. E. Fletcher
Notice of Sale on Execution Polk County Oregon 1922
Public auction set for September 16 1922 at 1 p.m. at the Dallas County Court House to satisfy a foreclosure decree issued August 11 1922. Property described as one acre in Patterson's Addition Independence lying near Ash Creek with an easement to Siletz Lumber. Sale subject to mortgage recorded September 25 1920 and costs.
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Polk County
Oregon
Circuit Court
State of
Polk
Said
C. McBeth
Frank C. McLean
Lydia Grace McLe
John Bewley
Clara Bewley
Charles K. Spauldin
Patterson
City of
Independence
Siletz Lumber & Logging Company
Ash Creek
Dallas
Bewley
W. Orr
Notice to Creditors for Charles A Dick Estate
Maggie R. Graves appointed executrix by Polk County Oregon court for the estate of Charles A. Dick deceased. Creditors must present claims with vouchers within six months to the executrix in Independence Oregon or to attorney D. E. Fletcher in Independence Polk County. First publication September 8 1922.
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Maggie R. Graves
State of
Oregon
Polk
Charles A. Dick
Independence
D. E. Fletcher
Polk County
Notice to Contractors Log Cabin Street improvement
Contractors are invited to submit proposals for the improvement of Log Cabin Street from its intersection with Oak Street to its intersection with Williams Street in EH A Thorp's Town of Independence Oregon within the City of Independence corporate limits.
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Log Cabin Street
Oak Street
Williams Street
EH. A. Thorp
Independence
Oregon
City of Independence
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Edward Arrance
Oregon Electric Railroad
Salem
State Highway Commission
State Board of Control
Forest Service
Cow Creek Canyon
Denglan County
Nterstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho
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Pred Barker
Alex J. Somppie
Monscalpa
Fligher
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Anguet
Tnst
Fortland Clearing House Association
H. BE. Plummer
J A. Churchill
J. KE. Bex
Ey Llons
LA Power
Standard Oil Company
California
Washington
Robin
City Recorder
B. F. Swope
Swope & Swope Lawyers Campbell Building
Independence, OR
D. E. Fletcher Cooper
C. C. Wright
Uncle Rilty
A. L. Keeney
WindMill
Barber Shop
Watkins & Weddle
Will J. Thomson
G. Satterlee
Automobile
George W. Chesbro
Beaver Hotel
M. Hum
Care of
Yick So Tong
Chinese Medicine and Tea Co
South High Street
Independence Po Int Co
W. N. Chapman
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