Union County Officials Travel to Portland Salem for Study
Senator Turner Oliver and Representative W. J. Church depart for Salem and Portland to study conditions before the upcoming legislature. They will inform themselves on current issues and plans for bills, though no major measures are outlined yet. Oliver will consider a proposal after assessing political terrain. Church did not express final views before departure.
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W. J. Church
Union County
Portland
Salem
Turner Oliver
Oliver
Church
Rusk's Speaker Drive Faces Multnomah Split
Portland coverage outlines factional splits over Jerry Rusk of Wallowa for speaker in the Oregon House. Fouts and Clyde failed to secure delegation endorsement. Amme and others oppose Rusk while exploring other candidates. Senate and assembly factions debate caucus use and party lines as East and West Oregon contenders maneuver toward a concerted plan.
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Rusk
Jerry
Otel
Fouts
Clyde
Amme
Wallowamah
Oregon
Baton
Reynolds
Assembly
Marion County
Interior
Portland
Multnomah County
House
Senate
Bowerman
Ben Selling
Mr. Selling
Hawley and Hoskins
Polk and
Yamhill
West Side
Bowermen
Condon
McKinney
Brooke
Malheur
Abbott
Multnomah
Holgeis
Eaton
Bonebrake
Marion
Thompson
Buchanan
Douglas
Eggleston
Jackson
Imbler Stars Face MIA Five In Evening Basketball Clash
Imbler Old Time Stars from Imbler meet the M I A quintet tonight at 8 in a fast contest. Imbler’s lineup includes Fox McKennon Wade Hug and Fox. The M I A lineup features Lindsay Geddes Bean Hellister Metcalf.
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Imbler Team
Fast Five
Imbler
North Powder
al. Hugg
Fox
Imbjer
McKennon
Walter Wade
Hug
Lindsay
Geddes
Bean
Hellisater
Metcalf
Oregon Delegation Likely Back Josephite for Speakership
In the speakership race Jerry Rusk of Joseph appears to support the Josephite, with expectations he will align with the Oregon delegation in backing that candidate.
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Jerry Rusk
Joseph
Oregon
Josephite
Prosperity in 1911 Defies Pessimistic Rail Prophets
A San Francisco Examiner summary notes 1911 prosperity defies predictions by railroad pessimists James J. Hill and Charles H. Mellen. Railroads employ 2,200,000 workers, up 490,000 in two years, with Gould finishing a San Francisco line and plans for further transcontinental routes. The Burlington-Hill line and Western Pacific expand services and President Mellen’s era sees new overland trains. Further Southern Pacific projects are under way to meet growing traffic.
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San Francisco Examiner
James J. H’ll
Northwest
Charles H. Mellen
East
George Gould
San Francisco
Burlington—Hill
Chicago
Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Prosperity Ahead Promises Uplift Across Nation
The article touts booming industry in 1911 with rapid railroad expansion new Oregon roads and Jim Hill, enlarged automobile plants, rising mining output from gold coal and iron, growing bank deposits, high farm prices, and expanding western cultivation. It rebuts railroad criticism and urges optimism about national prosperity and future growth.
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United States
Liquor Dealers Win Dry Majority Maintained in Coos County
Circuit Court Judge Coke sustains liquor dealers injunction, makes it permanent. Coos County dry majority of 17 set aside after November election, and four cities will continue saloons. Coos was the sole wet county in Southwestern Oregon before ruling.
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Coos County
Bandon
Marshfield
North Bend
Coquille
Coke
Coos
Oregon
Notice of Cherry Street Improvement District No 30
Notice is given that La Grande Oregon City Council on January 4 1911 created Improvement District No 30 designating Cherry street for wagon road crossing over the railroad track. The council will act ten days after service of this notice.
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Cherry Street
Adams Avenue
Cove Avenue
la Grande
Oregon
C. M. Humphreys
Commoun Council
Common Council
Smallpox Case Brought From Bennett Camp to City Jail
Ike Warstaff, formerly with Bennett logging camp near the Grande Ronde river mouth, has been confined in the city jail with smallpox. The illness is not currently considered highly acute.
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Bennett
Grande Ronde
Hetty Green Ill, Yet Not Seriously Concerned
New York January 6 reports state financier Hetty Green is ill but not in serious condition.
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Hetty Green
New York
Four killed on B and C railroad track at Connellsville
Four workmen walking to their jobs in Connellsville Pennsylvania were struck and killed by a westbound B and C train. The accident occurred near the railroad line during the early hours today.
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Connelsville
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