College drinking blamed on major universities
Millionaire R T Crane denounces colleges for heavy drinking and gambling among students. He focuses on Columbia Harvard Princeton and Cornell with Harvard cited for high freshman and senior year drinking. He claims 1,200 college bred men are down and out in slums prisons and sanitariums from fast living.
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Chicago
R. T. Crane
Columbia
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell
Yale
New Haven
Cambridge
Princesn
Colubbia
E. C. Mercer
Association of Colleges of North America
Association
New York
Nine Die in Riot as Registas and Maderistas clash in Chiapas
In Tuxtla Chico Chiapas nine people were killed and many injured as Registas and Maderistas clashed near the Mexican border. Partisans of General Reyes held a parade and an open air mass meeting was planned before the fighting broke out.
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Mexico City
Registas
Maderretas
Tuxtla Chico
Chiapas
Mexico
Reyes
Madero
Death to Reyes Demonstration Fails in Juarez
In Juarez, Mexico, a planned Reyes demonstration by the Registas club collapsed Sunday morning. About 1,000 Maderistas marched instead, with banners praising former revolutionary leader and cries of Down with Reyes Death to Reyes. The Registas club reportedly lists 700 members but held no event.
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Reyes
Juarez
Mexico
Registas Club
Women join farming congress auxiliary in Colorado Springs
Women in South Africa form a section seeking affiliation with the international farm women congress to be held in Colorado Springs starting October 15 during the dry farming congress. The Pretoria announcement notes a woman’s section aims to participate in the national gathering.
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Women Join Farming Congress
Colorado Springs
Union of South Africa
International Congress of Farm Women
Pretoria
South Africa
Dry Farming Congress
Storm Across Willamette Valley Causes Wide Damage
A heavy storm lashed the Willamette Valley with hail two inches deep in Eugene causing damaged streets and broken skylights while Albany reports five telegraph poles downed and Woodburn endures a hophouse fire from lightning. Portland records 40 mph winds with thunder and lightning as Salem sees heavy rain at the state fair and Gervais reports a woman struck by lightning but surviving. Roseburg suffers extensive damage to truck gardens and orchards.
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Eugene
Albany
Woodburn
Harn
Hophouse
Portland
Salem
Gervais
Bay
Roseburg
Eugene Endures Violent Hail Storm with Flooding Damage
A severe hailstorm hit Eugene Monday afternoon causing two inch ice accumulations and flooded streets. High winds shattered windows and skylights while the electric utility cut power to prevent hazards as basements flooded and trees fell. Prune growers report minimal fruit loss but potential bruising. hop damages are not yet known.
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Eugene
Hall
Electric Company
Hail Storm Damages Gardens and Late Fruits in Roseburg Vicinity
A Monday afternoon hail storm with high winds caused material damage to roseburg area gardens and late fruits. The storm moved northeast and covered about two miles in width, with rural districts reporting the heaviest losses to gardens and late fruits. Prune districts were spared, preserving thousands of dollars for growers.
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Roseburg
Thunder Storm Strikes Albany Area Fells Five Poles
A brief but severe thunder storm swept Albany Oregon just before 6 pm Monday. Lightning damaged Home Telephone wires half a mile south of the city knocking down five poles and striking a Postal Telegraph pole. No injuries reported.
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Albany
Home Telephone Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Portland Storm Downs Signs as 40 MPH Winds Hit City
A thunder storm with rain and winds up to 40 miles per hour struck Portland at 6 30 Monday evening lasting about 45 minutes. High winds blew down signs and damaged trees including a 40 foot sign at 142 Fourth street and a tree felled in Chapman Square. A large tree was blown across the sidewalk at Mississippi avenue and Knott street.
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Portland
Fourth Street
Chapman Square
Mississippi Avenue
Knott Street
Sudden Thunderstorm Drenches Salem State Fair Crowd
A clear sky turned to heavy rain, lightning, and thunder Monday afternoon at the Salem state fair. The downpour drenched hundreds of pioneers and visitors for nearly an hour, with electrical displays enhancing the stormy scene.
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Salem
Earthquake Shakes Jemez Range Near Santa Fe
Three sharp earthquakes rattled Santa Fe area with a deep rumble, affecting the Jemez range forty miles west. The longest jolt lasted six seconds with south to north motion, but no damage was reported. Authorities suspect subterranean rock readjustment.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Jemez Range
Here
Inmates Petition to Extend Stay at Hutchinson Reformatory
Clark Raison and Sam Campbell, both inmates at the Hutchinson state reformatory, petition to be paroled later, seeking to finish trades before release. Their sentences end at year’s end and parole was expected to be considered at the board’s next meeting.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Clark Raison
Sam Campbell
State Reformatory
Reformatory
Brooklyn Pastor Skips Painter for Parsonage Work
Reverend Carl F. Intemann of Grace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn paints the church parsonage buildings himself. Dressed in overalls and using a regulation scaffold, he works daily from 8 to mid-afternoon, noting he saves money for the parish while gaining beneficial exercise.
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New York
Carl F. Intemann
Grace Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
Oregon Growers Ready for California Competition
Forest Grove official H C Atwell reports from Sebastopol California where the Gravenstein show disbursed over $2,000 in prizes. He says Oregon apple growers face little danger from California though Pajaro valley dominates winter apples and foreign traders control pricing. He foresees prunes pears and loganberries leading Willamette fruit with improved science in growing packing and shipping.
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Forest Grove
H. C. Atwell
State Horticultural Society
California
Sebastopol
Sonome County
Oregon
Mr. Atwell
Pajaro Valley
Willamette Valley
Rain Aid to Fruit in Hood River Valley
Heavy rains in the Hood River valley are praised by pioneer orchardist C R Bone as boosting next year’s apple crop. He notes prior floods in 1893 damaged crops and warns of erratic falls as timber clearing and irrigation changes affect rainfall patterns.
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Hood River
C. R. Bone
Oregon
Portland
Spokane
Hop Analysis Planned by Corvallis Professor Tartar
Corvallis Professor H V Tartar of Oregon Agricultural College chemistry travels hop districts to collect samples for winter analysis students will use for scientific evaluation of commercial hop quality. He finds Pacific Coast hops rival top world quality, especially in bitter content, and aims to base hop judging on science. Siuslaw Country Roads Worries. rail speculation grows as Mapleton right of way buys and Wonahink lake ranches sell amid rumors Southern Pacific plans to build in the area.
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Corvallis
H. V. Tartar
Oregon Agricultural College
Tartar
Siuslaw
Florence
Siuslaw Country
Mapleton
Hill Lines
Wonahink Lake
Southern Pacific
Oregon Electric grading starts in Linn County
Work on the Albany to Santiam segment of the Oregon Electric has begun in Linn county. A crew of 65 teams and 125 men is at work just south of the Santiam river, with plans to grow to 100 teams and about 200 men soon.
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Albany
Oregon Electric
Linn County
Santiam River
Potash Prospect Mapped Near Lakeview
The Department of Agriculture physicist Edward E. Free arrived in Lakeview to study soils around the alkaline lakes in Central and Northern Lake county. He aims to locate possible potash deposits amid a region newly recognized for vast soda reserves with 99 percent purity and 30 by products. A thousand tons has already sold for immediate Pacific Coast delivery.
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Lakeview
Edward E. Free
Department of Agriculture
Lake County
Pacific Coast
Wheat yields 45 bushels per acre in Elgin region
Wheat is hauled to local warehouses as farmers rush to move the heavy crop before fall rains soften roads. Threshing machines remain in the field, with by week’s end most runs expected to finish. Average yield is 45 bushels per acre, rarely above 50, down about 10 bushels from earlier forecasts.
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Elgin
Oregon Woolgrowers Convention Set for Baker
Secretary Smythe announces the Oregon Woolgrowers’ annual convention will be held in Baker on November 14 and 15. The executive committee chose the dates, with wool tariff discussion expected as the main topic. President Gooding and National Association Secretary McClure are expected to attend.
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Pendleton
Smythe
Oregon Woolgrowers’ Association
Baker
Oregon
Gooding
McClure
National Association
Lumber cargoes total nearly 19 million feet at Astoria mills
In August, twenty five vessels loaded at Astoria district sawmills with a combined lumber cargo of 18,836,504 feet. An additional raft was towed from the Columbia River to San Francisco carrying 5,000,000 feet of piling.
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Astoria
Columbia River
San Francisco
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Standford University
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Salem, Oregon
D. D. Barron
Ees
OWL Employment CO
Tecy At
L. G. Reeves
H. Hirschberg
A. Nelson
C. W. Irvine
B. F. Smith
D. W. Sears Otis D. Butler
Dallas Lunber & Logging
Lessess- Willamette Valley Lumber Co
J. S. Bohannon
Independence, Oregon
Jim Hillird
Main Street
Independence
White House
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State Street
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