Deschutes Right of Way Approved by Secretary Ballinger
Secretary Ballinger denies review of the Deschutes Power & Development Company protest and approves location maps for the Deschutes Railroad and the Oregon Trunk Line. The action clears government obstacles to rail construction through Deschutes canyon using a shared water grade right of way. The railroads accept elevation if needed to avoid interference with future government iron works.
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Washington
Ballinger
Deschutes Power & Development Company
Deschutes River
Deschutes Railroad Company
Deschutes Canyon
Oregon
Canada Takes Power Over Through Traffic Rates
The Canadian transport commission ruled on June 19 that through traffic between Canada and the United States falls under its jurisdiction. The Dawson board of trade requested a tariff review of White Pass & Yukon railway rates. The decision orders filing of a through freight tariff schedule for approval or modification.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Dawson Board of Trade
White Pass
Canadian International Boundary Line
Canadian Railway Commission
Tense Japanese mood cited over Hawaii sugar strike
San Francisco sourced dispatches report extreme irritation among Japanese in Hawaii and on the mainland over planter treatment. Strained relations and rising anti American sentiment among Japanese workers are noted, with sensational papers fueling hostility.
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Tokio
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Thugs Make Odd Mistake In Alabama Incident
Montgomery reporters recount a second attempt to harm Law and Order League detectives in Montgomery Alabama. Detectives from Nashville arrived after a prior attack. A deputy sheriff's son was beaten while at the jail before attackers realized their error. Deputy Sheriff McCord seeks the assailant.
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Montgomery
Ala
Law and Order League
Nashville
Harry McCord
McCord
Russians Fire on British Steamer Near Finnish Coast
Viborg Finland June 19 The British steamer Woolburn was fired on last night by a Russian torpedo boat near the Island of Bjerke as it came too close to the bay on the Finnish coast where Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William were meeting today. A projectile struck a steam pipe and one crew member of the British vessel was wounded. The incident shows the extreme nervousness for the czar.
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Viborg
Finland
Woolburn
Bjerke
Nicholas
William
Todly
Taft Tax Plan on Corporate Earnings Could Exceed Estimates
Washington reports that President Taft’s proposal to tax corporate earnings is broader than earlier described and may yield far more than the $25,000,000 figure. The tax would apply to net earnings after expenses but before bond interest, shifting away from a dividend-based approach.
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Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Indictments Expanded in Honolulu Japanese Strike
Honolulu reports additional indictments against Y Soga F Makino M Negoro K Kawamuri Y Taseka and Yanashira for conspiracy to murder and incitement to crime Sugwara faces an assault charge over fund collection for the strike. Wiapabu strikers and others indicted for assault on a police officer and rioting. Forty five Japanese union delegates seek better pay and hours.
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Honolulu
Territorial Grand Jury
Y. Soga
F. Makino
M. Negoro
K. Kawamuri
Y. Taseka
Yanashira
Sugwara
Wiapabu Plantation
Henry
Uyeno
Soga
Hawaii
Oabu
Portugese
Planters’ Association
Soldiers at Sawtelle threaten mass departure over food shortages
One hundred fifty inmates of the Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle announce they will leave when their pension money is available due to scarce rations. Governor Cochran acknowledges the low food supply, blaming reduced appropriation and higher inmate numbers for the strain.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sawtelle
T. J. Cochran
Von Buelow Denounces Clerical Attacks in Reichstag
Chancellor von Buelow回应 clerical opposition in Berlin declares he will not sever social ties over political differences. He rebuts accusations of disloyalty to the emperor and the German Austrian alliance, stating no one should be excluded from social relations for politics.
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von Buelow
Berlin
Reichstag
Eclipse Limited by Clouds Observation at Naval Observatory
Cloudy weather prevented observations of yesterday’s solar eclipse at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington. The eclipse was partial here, with totality only near the North Pole where Commander Robert E Peary and his expedition team could observe.
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Peary
Washington
United States Naval Observatory
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Jefferson Brings Much Gold Yesterday in the Case
Jefferson delivered 2,860,000 dollars in the case after Meekater departed the north on a single steamer.
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Jefferson
Auided Meekater
Taft backs corporate and income tax push to Congress
President Taft urges Senate and House to adopt a constitutional amendment to grant the federal government power to levy an income tax without apportionment. He also recommends a 2 percent net income excise tax on corporations and joint stock companies with certain exemptions.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Senate
House of
Finance Committee
Pollock Va. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
U. S
Supreme Court
National Cement
National Bank
Savings Banke Building and Loan Societies
McClain
Strike in Plate Trade Hits Pittsburg Area
More than 10 000 skilled workers in the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Bread and Tin Workers will quit June 30 as the open shop order at American Sheet and Tin Plate becomes effective. Many unskilled workers are affected. The action follows a special convention, with most Pittsburg district workers at American Sheet and Tin Plate being non union.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Bree and Tin Workers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Pitteburg
Mille of American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down state primary law
The Illinois Supreme Court declared the state primary law unconstitutional leaving the state without a legal method to nominate candidates. It is expected a special session of the legislature will be called to enact a new primary law after a defeat last summer.
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Springfield
Supreme Court of Illinois
Offered Human Sacrifice in Perm Sect Case
Dispatches from Perm in European Russia report police investigation into the Crimson God sect accused of human sacrifices and gruesome rites. Disappearances in the sect’s district have intensified scrutiny as a secret grave with a mutilated body is located. The rural area near Perm hosts pagan tribes and refugees fleeing religious persecution in Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Perm
Russia
Perma
Avia
Reichstag debates real estate tax on unearned increment
Berlin June 16 the reichstag reassembled and the government announced that taxing the unearned increment in real estate values is inexpedient for imperial purposes. It favors taxing the increment for local purposes due to difficulties in equalizing city and county values.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Revenue cutter hunts for Nantichoke amid Castro rumors
The Pimlico pursues the steamer Nantichoke off the coast on suspected filibustering against Venezuela. Rumors say supporters of ex-President Castro plan a hostile expedition, with 10,000 stands of arms shipped from Belgium to the United States for this purpose.
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Castro
Bufort
N. C
Pimlico
Nantichoke
Venezuela
Gomex
Belgium
America
Hadley vetoes funding for Missouri exhibit at Seattle fair
Governor Hadley rejected a $20,000 expenditure for a Missouri exhibit at the Seattle fair. He argued the veto would educate citizens and aid the poor despite the bill’s approval.
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Hadley
Kansas City
Missouri
Seattle
Oregon State Laws Pass Special Session Measures
Salem reports the Oregon House and Senate enacted multiple measures at a special session. Most provisions lack emergency clauses but several carry immediate effect, including acts on fire escapes, outward opening doors, codifying state laws, asylum funding, and animal protection.
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Salem
Iuwe
Lesseeeere
Oregon
Eastern
Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station
Higher Amecula Board
George H. Small
Aslum
Farmers Back Independent Vote Over County Road Plan
Farmers in the wheat county push for a cooperative approach to road building. They favor two plans that would let farmers construct to the line themselves with support from a county warehouse system and the independent candidate fight.
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Von
Co-Operative Farmer’ Union
Delegates Named for Trans-Mississippi Congress from Oregon
Governor Benson names a long list of Oregon delegates for the Trans-Mississippi Congress to meet in Denver from August 16 to 21. Delegates include H L Corbett, W W McBride, Edward J. Failing, Walter M. Pierce, John D. Obwell, Percy R. Kelly, A W Voorhees, H Flagg, Charles H Fisher and many others from cities such as Portland Salem Eugene Astoria Medford and Roseburg.
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Salem
Benson
Denver
H. L. Corbett
RE. W. W . We C. McBride
Henryen
Rea
I. N. Fleischner
J. Beady
Sig Sichel
John F. Carroll
Jaleler
H. C. Wortman
Edward J. Failing
Portland
W. H
Clifford W. Brown
Eugene
F. W. Waters
G. W. Johnson
Corvallia
Alex McNair
Tillamook
Ww. T. Behelfield
Astoria
G. C. Huntley
Oregon City
J. A. LaCoe's
City
T. C. Taylor
Pendleton
A. Wright
Union
Walter L. Toose
Falla City
John D. Obwell
Contra Point
Percy R. Kelly
Albany
W. T. Macey
McMinnville
Ediffe
Kaneiarss
I Whealdon
Theae Ee Kistner
A. W. Voor
A. Kend Roosters
Fe Simpson
North Bend
H. Flagg
St. Helens
H. L. Lo
Granta Pass
Charles H. Fisher
Salem Deaf Mute School bids set for new buildings
The board of trustees opened bids for erecting new school buildings in North Salem. Southwick & Herrick of Salem submitted the low bid at 6844.90, with other bids soaring above 79000. Completion expected by December 1 includes a movin building 172 by 105, a dormitory 00 by 45 and a boiler house 37 by 37. The institution will relocate to the Oregon Electric site and a new station will be built near the school.
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Salem
Deaf Mute School
North Salem
Southwick & Herrick
Oregon Electric
Albany College Receives 50000 Endowment Gift
President Crooks announced at the annual trustees meeting that a 50000 endowment was realized with 25000 raised in Oregon and a further 25000 guaranteed by the national college board of the Presbyterian church. Subscriptions included 11000 in Albany and 16000 in Albany Portland.
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Albany
Albany College
Crooks
Oregon
National College Board
Presbyterian Church
Portland
University of Oregon Catalogue 1909 10 Published
The University of Oregon at Eugene releases its 1909 10 catalogue listing the complete synopsis of required work for entrance and graduation. It details faculty courses equipment and student life across departments.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
Strike Reported Near Gates
Albany President R. P. F. Shier of the Black Favle Mining and Milling Company reports a strike near Gates. He says ore contains cuprite with copper and some silver, claiming a value per ton.
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Gates
Albany
R. P F. Shier
Black Favle Mining & Milling Company
Committees plan irrigation support and delegation drive
Governor Benan backs Joby H Bowerman and five committees to arouse interest in irrigation and Spokane congress representation. A meeting will be held soon to organize plans for boosting Oregon’s delegation. North Powder reports a large high grade ore find with several mines active nearby.
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Salem
Benan
Joby H. Jay Bowerman
Interrest
Benson Wiil
Lange
Mercial Pan Etait
Spokane
Oregon
Sumpter Extension Plans Rail to Ranch and Prairie City
The Suespier railroad is announced to extend to the ranch and possibly to summer. The route will run from Austin to Prairie City, proposed for a future month, crossing the middle fork of the river about 22 or 23 miles.
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Sumpter
Suespier
Austin
Prairie City
Congressional Committee Formed for Irrigation Drive
A congressional committee led by Salem Governor Hens and C N McArthur with Slaw near Lewis Fred Stanley, erman and Tom Ri will develop enthusiasm for a national irrigation program. Spokane will host events from August with aims to boost support.
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Congress
Salem
Agricultural market listings and prices across crops and livestock
Fragmented commodity prices for wheat Bluestem oats hay butter poultry and pork in a regional market. Numbers show per ton per pound and per dozen values with numerous OCR errors, including mentions of Corn Whole apples potatoes lettuce onions and cattle categories.
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Eyer
Oregon
Ranel
Atock Ett
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