17 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
1
A mix of quotes and notes on world affairs, politics, and social issues surface. References include China and Japan trade, U S naval matters, a Pennsylvania woman’s speech loss and death, editorials on presidential candidates, and local anecdotes about figures in Illinois near Chicago and Decatur counties.
The state reports a year of payments totaling 78,989 for coyote scalps. Wool clips sold at Heppner last week fetched 15 cents per pound. Polk county prune crop described as the best ever. Burns area gardens harmed by a heavy throat illness. Kincaid’s Lane county county judge race increased his plurality from 1 to 6. Portland council set Ringling circus tax at 12,000 per day during Elks carnival week. Umatilla sheep in strong health with no scab disease. State appropriations include 22,000 for surveys of public lands in Oregon next year. A barbed wire line connects Condon to nearby ranches and is hailed a great success. Roseburg begins work on a new water system with reservoir excavation near the hill between town and Riverside Addition. A Burns Indian tragedy reports two suicides by wild parsnips, the last by a mother after her child died. Rogue River nets and traps by a San Francisco firm raise controversy. law limiting fishtraps above Illinois River may be revisited by next Legislature. Governor Geer pledges Oregon National Guard for China if war erupts. Colonel Edward Everett offers command. The Chaibarain’s Coragh Remedy ad copy appears with garbled text.
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