Real Adventure excerpt reveals family illness and California move
Portia reveals to Rose that their mother has a degenerative heart disease and will likely die within months. She plans to move to California with her mother, sells the business, and asks Rose to stay while Portia handles matters, while concealing the true prognosis from their mother. Rose senses the strain and urges help. Portia deflects and continues to shield her mother’s knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portia
Rose
Angel
Murry
California
Fletchers
Mother
Craig
Rodney
Mendience
Portland Industrial Review Flags Growth and Labor Needs
The June 11 Industrial Review highlights a Portland election victory for conservative policies and warns against demagoguery. It notes increased lumber demand in Hood River, shipbuilding on the coast, harbor improvements in Florence, and new industrial projects in multiple towns. The piece quotes labor shortages, calls for sugar beet and cheese production, and urges federal legislation to boost waterpower, irrigation, and transportation to sustain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Sang
Glendale
Tiller
Halsey
U. S
Stanfield
San Francisco
Hermiston
Tillamook
Butler Creek Ranch
Dufur
Harrisburg
Portland Hardwood Company
Willamette
Toledo—Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Here
Blodgett
Astoria
Skipanon Lumber Co
Bell” Telephone
Crop and price outlook for Oregon and US in June 1917
Government crop report summarizes state and national forecasts for June 1 1917. It lists production and final estimates for wheat corn oats barley hay apples and pasture, plus price averages for state and United States figures. Healthogram advice notes digestion and diet tips from Dr. R R Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Oregon
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tris
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Henry Kitchell Webster
the Bobbs-Merrill Company
Democrat
Washington
Iowa
Ofense
Moses
Wilson
New York
Hughes
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Industrial Review
Hood River
St. Helens
McCormick Yards
Florence
Mill City
Hammond Lumber Co
Flavel
San Francino
Pacific Steamship Co
Seattle
iStanfield
Roseburg
North Umpqua Fish Hatchery
Ti’. W. Robinson
Trafi
Brownsville
Independence
Henry J. Pierce
Congress
C. A. Harrington
A. A. Leach
Harringon
Leach
Percy
FOR
Tenmile Lake
North Lake
Bandon Beach
Cool Bay Country
John M. Scott
Portland, Ore
Southern Pacific Lines
Government
R. R. Daniels
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