Oregon Notes Report A Wide Mix Of Local Events
Oregon brief items show a mix of fire losses, road and irrigation work, court actions, and crop yields. Notable notes include a King Valley lumber fire, a sheriff resignation amid audit findings, prune production estimates for Douglas county, and a murder trial set in Roseburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Oregon Growers’ Association
Richard M. Brumfield
Roseburg
Dennis Russell
Judee Bingham
Americans Purchase Hapsburg Estates
Paris reports negotiations completed in which the estate of Archduke Frederick of Austria and his son Archduke Albrecht, valued at over 200 million dollars, is acquired by an American syndicate including C. H. Sabin and Frank A. Munsey. The holdings span Austria Czecho Slovakia Poland Romania Italy with steel works mines dairies sugar plantations apartments palaces and about one million acres plus the Albertina museum in Vienna. Archduke Frederick commanded Austro Hungarian forces in the war and is linked to European royalty. the properties were not crown possessions but originated from other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Archduke Frederick of Austria
Archduke Albrecht
C. H. Sabin
J. L. Replogle
Frank A. Munsey
T. J. Felder
Hapsburgs
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Poland
Roumania
Italy
Teachen
Vienna
Albertina Museum
Archduke Frederick
Francia I
Alphonse
Spain
Bavaria
American conference delegates selected for armament talks
President Harding announced the four member American delegation to the armament conference. Charles Evans Hughes, Bill Ford Root, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Oscar W Underwood will represent the United States at the main body with twenty members from the other nations. China and several European nations will sit within the broader conference framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Billiy Root
Ohator
New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Hhis Party
Senate
America
China
Belgium
Holland
Tragic Chester Bridge Collapse Drowns 24
In Chester Pennsylvania the bridge over the Chester River at Third Street collapsed sending twenty four people to their deaths and leaving five seriously injured. A rusted gusset plate failed under the crowd as onlookers crowded the footpath causing a deadly crush and many were pulled beneath the waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester River
Third Street
Maupin Fire Destroys Business Section
Maupin Oregon along the Deschutes River saw near total loss of its business district as a fire caused about 75000 dollars in damage before firefighters brought it under control.
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Maupin, Or
Maupin
Deschutes River
Wasco County
South Dakota Tornado Kills Three Near Sioux Falls
A tornado near Sioux Falls South Dakota killed three men and seriously injured another. At least one person is missing as heavy damage to livestock and farm property was reported.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Here
Italian Government Intervenes Over Austrian Invasion
Italian government intervenes to halt Hungarian invasion of parts of Austria, reports from Rome indicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Austria
Rome
Her Domestic Life Fick le in Spider and Tinamou Birds
A humorous natural history note contrasts female spiders and tinamous. It describes the spider mother as devoted despite a temper, and the tinamou female as fickle and a deserter who forms a haremlike pattern. Husbands hatch eggs and raise the chicks.
The Well of Montezuma in Yavapai County Arizona
A natural bow shaped depression in Yavapai County known as The Well of Montezuma sits nearly circular with a 500 to 600 feet brim diameter. It features vertical sides to 30 or 40 feet, then a sloping descent to a bottomless rumor pool. Water is said to drain via a subterranean channel toward Beav er Creek valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Yavapai County
Montezuma
Beaver Creek
Emery Stones Helped Redditch Strike Needle Boom
The Arrow stream near Redditch England yields hard crystalline emery stones used to polish needles. Local children earned a few pence for collecting them, enabling Redditch to compete on cost with towns paying carriage for emery. This small detail influenced the growth of a major British industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redditch
England
Bidford
Stratford-on-Avon
Christian Science Monitor
Judge tackles battering remark in courtroom exchange
The judge taunts a defendant about beating his wife asking for an argument. The man quips he hopes the habit ends as his wife appears unlikely to recover from more beatings.
Simple Wet Battery Demonstrated With Copper Silver Wires
The article describes a basic wet cell using copper and silver wires heated in a blue flame and placed in running tap water. A film of copper oxide forms on the copper wire and the setup yields varying results when wires are separated by blotting paper and electrolytes like sal ammoniac or sulfuric acid are applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Local Residents Plan Trips and Visits Across the West
Monmouth residents note upcoming departures to Colorado and southwestern West Virginia. Several couples and families plan trips to Idaho Oregon Washington and California with fishing trips and visits to relatives noted along the way. Others prepare moves from town to farm near Talmage and depart for hunting and pleasure trips in Southern Oregon and Roseburg areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Herald
J. A. Riddell
R. D. Elliott
Colorado
Frank Clark
Neta Harvey
Paul Riley
Warren Riley
West Virginia
Paul
Ed. Griffa
W. A. Lange
Tillamo
Oregon
McKenzie Pass
Deschutes Valley
Goldendale
Wash
Phillip Partridge
Mr. Davidson
Evangeline
Idaho
Roseburg
Oregon highway reopens after years closed
United States forestry service completes reopening of the old Oregon highway from Eugene over the Cascades to Klamath Falls. The route, long closed, now shortens travel between these cities and improves regional access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forestry Service
Oregon Highway
Eugene
Cascades
Klamath Falls
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Fletcher Cooper
C, Wright
Fidence
Uncle Billy's
Fyi Mill
A. G. Williams Prop
North Second St
Portland
Broadway
Panama
South High Street
Lem, Oregon
Hartman
Breers
Opticians
Salem, Oregon
Arrell
de Meio Wror
Reemiar Agricultural College
Corvallis
TIME
Cardley & Siletz
Ven
Independence
Suinday
Watson
TMS. B. Hodgkin Serprise Office
Wievendence, Oregon
Oregon General News
Gold Pit
la Pine
Lottie Augusta Thompson
Canyon City
King's
Stanley G Jewett
Central Oregon
W. J. Gortmakerle
Oregon City
Frank Filley
Sutherlin
Berrlane
Newberg
Wns
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
McKenzie
Iten
Forest Service
A.C. Barber
Keber Brothers
Mount Angel
California
C. A. Johnson
Poru
Boen
Wheeler County
Keeley
Treati
Eugene Springfield
Joanne T. Anderson
Marshfield
Clarksburg
Maratfield
Anderson
Trogen
Bend Commercial Club
Astoria Chiet School
Clatsop County
Armia
Cottage Grove Electric Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Public Service Commission
Condon
Lina County
Albany
Portland Railway
Light @ Power company
Arbitration Board of Three
Wic Batturs
Umpque
Rend Commercial Club
Crater Lake National Park
Jetter
J. A. Churchill
State
Industrial Accident Commission
Chris Mueller
Phillip Kraft
Astoria
Wert J. Gortmaker
Chas. Northrup
The
Dalles
G. P. Sloan
Census Bureau
Milton A. Miller
Internal Revenue
Crook County
Eiden
Fhve
Welling
Griffin
Arado
Caleb C. Robinton
John M. DeMoss
DeMoss Springs
Amos Thompson
Ernest J. Matone
Holley
Charles L. Majong
Lawrence A. Prescott
Inibler
George T. Ferguson
Otto M. Murphy
Marquam
James
Marquai
George T. Elsey
Merlin
Mattie Dean
James Bell
Pioneer
Maggie B. Bell
Henry C. Smith
Fortgon
Herman L. Funk
Hoisson
Mathew Morrison
Jimmie
Jackie
London
Hapsburgs Estates
Hughes
Root
Lodge
Underwood
U. S
Bull Durham
Monmouth
Fords
George H. Wood
Endence, Oregon
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