Oregon Trunk facilities urged after Davidson visit to Bend
Davidson president of the Great Northern Immigration Company says Central Oregon needs better railroad facilities to move crops and sustain homesteads. He notes many settlers abandoned lands due to distance to markets and predicts rail access will spur early activity and development across southern and central Oregon as officials toured farms and homesteads with a party of immigration agents.
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Oregon
Bend
Davidson
Great Northern
Central
The
and Western Coloniza Company
Interior Inny
Leedy
Northern
Fred W. Immigration
Morrison
Chicago
T. L
Me Paul
Helena
Mont
Farmers Homestead
L. W. Hill
Seattle
Portland
Hill
Oregon Western Colonization Company
Three Year Bill Advances Toward Taft Approval
The House without opposition approved the Borah Jones three year homestead bill conference report and it moves to the President for signature. Senator Borah aims to push a separate patenting bill for government irrigation projects once entrymen meet homestead requirements. L W Hill and Oregon Western Colonization Company figures plan rail expansion in Central Oregon to boost development.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Clark
White House
Taft
Secretary of the Interior
House
Congress
Borah
Senate
Harry Key to Open Confectionary Store Monday
Harry Key prepares to open a Fifth Street confectionary and soda fountain with fresh interior remodeling. The shop will offer candies, sodas, fruit, cookies, and a women and children friendly ice cream parlor for public service.
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Harry Key
Fifth Street
National Committee Holds Power in Republican Battle
At Chicago the national Republican committee meets to hear contests for 1078 seats with 540 needed for a majority. Roosevelt claims around 600 votes, while 186 seats are contested. La Follette and Cummins may hold sway. The committee can nominate Taft, Roosevelt, or a compromise if no majority emerges.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
National Committee
Republican Party
Taft
la Follette
Cumminston
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Madras Eyes Union High School To Serve Region
Local groups aim to form a union high school in Madras next fall with Mud Spring and Pleasant View districts to secure cooperation and funds. About 100 pupils attend Madras. many could stay if upper grades were offered locally, reversing current support of the Prineville county high school. If union plans fail, efforts may shift to creating a district high school in Madras.
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Madras
Mud Spring
Pleasant View
Prineville
Bend
County
Record rainfall set in May with record highs in town
May precipitation broke records as 3.21 inches fell since May 19 in this county section. Prineville tabulations show over seven inches of rain since January, near the yearly average, explaining strong crop prospects.
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Prineville
New Measure Outlines County Creation and Town Consolidation
A draft general law to create new counties and consolidate towns was finalized at a St Johns conference of Seaside Cottage Grove and St Johns city attorneys. It shifts petition and voting to territory residents and sets a governor appointed commission review before state wide ballots. Attorneys Norblad Stroud Johnson led the meeting.
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St Johns
Seaside
Cottage Grove
A. W. Norblad
P. C. Stroud
J. C. Johnson
Temperance Speaker Presents Lectures in Madras Weekend
Mrs. Helen D. Hartford national superintendent of the citizenship department and WCTU auxiliary will lecture in Madras Saturday at the Christian Church and Sunday at the M E Church. Saturday at 2 pm she addresses Madras mothers, 4 pm a children’s meeting follows.
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Helen D. Hartford
Citizenship Department
Madras
Christian Church
M. E
Mothers of
Oregon
Fourth of July Committee Plans Finances and Events
Madras organizers appointed O A Pearce Wade Siler and John L Campbell to lead the celebration with G W Stanton Dan Williams and S J Sellars on the finance panel. Funds will be raised by assessment and subscription with no refusals reported. Planned amusements include a ball game with a Vancouver Barracks team, athletic events a colt show a band concert and a large evening dance.
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O. A. Pearce
Wade Siler
John L. Campbell
G. W. Stanton
Dan Williams
S. J. Sellars
Pearce
Ball Club
Vancouver Barracks
Portland
Oregon
J. C. Sothman
Fiston D’avernas
Farmers’ Belgian Horse Company
Saphir
Madras
Spokane businessman and athlete Donald Fitzgerald visits Madras
Donald Fitzgerald a prominent Spokane business man spends several days in Madras this week handling local affairs. Fitzgerald is a well known athlete who once held world records in weight shows.
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Donald Fitzgerald
Spokane
Madras
Fitzgerald
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