Oregon Ventures Boost Regional Growth and Exports
Independent plans a $5,000 creamery expansion while Ontario builds a pumping plant to irrigate 10 000 acres. Freewater taps artesian water for reclamation. Pendleton, Bend, Salem, and Metolius announce industries, mills, and warehouses. Portland exports wheat and flour, and a major Rogue River power plant nears completion. Farmers’ Union leases Columbia Dock 1 for grain handling to ship to foreign markets. Rice trials begin near Stayton. Portland marks 60th birthday as city government expands and famine relief continues from China donations.
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
Farmers’ Union
Columbia Dock No. 1
Portland
Stayton
Charles Chambliss
China
Ben Selling
Famine Relief Fund
Hong Kong
The Man in the Cab and the Weight of Leadership
A World Today piece argues the cab driver bears unshared responsibility for every life in the train, contrasting lone power with shared risk. It emphasizes leaders endure loneliness, fear, and potential ruin as they steer vast interests and public fate.
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Bolls
Sition
Official Red Tape and Alive Certificates Across Empires
A London anecdote on bureaucratic pay audits shows a live man needing proof of life for past months. Sir John Adye recounts Simla and Persia where officials demanded certificates dated to specific prior months to justify pension or status. The tale blends humor with critique of red tape.
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John Adye
India
Simla
Persia
England
Edward Blackett
Edward
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