Haying Boom Spurs Labor Demand in Klamath Basin
Oregon newspaper notes a surge in haying jobs with wages from $2 per day plus board in hayfields. Mason, Davis & Co. offer eight hour days on canal work as government builds a second canal unit. Production rises with high tonnage and strong prices expected as horses and construction crews boost demand. D O Henry, new government canal chief, oversees rapid progress and camp preparations after arriving from Portland.
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Klamath
Klamath Basin
Mason, Davis & Co
D.O. Henry
J. B. Lippincott
Portland
Oregon dairy talk urges export over imports amid high crop hopes
At a Salem dairy meeting Professor McKay urged Oregon to export butter rather than import from Minnesota noting New York at 2 cents a pound and Liverpool at 2 1 2 cents. Oregon dairy leaders forecast an $8 million value this year and expect dairying to surpass lumber as the state’s top wealth producer.
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Salem
Oregon
Minnesota
McKay
Iowa State Agricultural College
New York
Liverpool
Jamce Withycombe
Oregon Experiment Station
Willamette Valley
J. W. Bailey
Eale
Barley Proves Best Yet In County Harvest
Barley stands as the best crop this season while Dallee Headers tour farms gathering grain for threshing. Threshing machines are just starting this week as harvest progresses. Wheat shows better quality than a week ago though spring grain remains inferior and fall wheat likely yields about 15 bushels per acre.
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Dallee
Republicans Hold 72 Percent of County Offices in Salem Area
Of 342 county offices statewide Republicans hold 249 and Democrats 88 with one vacancy two independents one Prohibitionist and one unaffiliated woman. Emma Warren elected school superintendent in Clatsop. independents won surveyor posts in two counties. Prohibitionist won a coroner. Wheeler County no coroner was elected.
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Salem
Republicans
Democrats
Ind
Indepenienta
Prohibitionista
Emma Warren
Clatsop County
Wheeler County
Albany awards contract for New Woman's Building
The Oregon Agricultural College board of regents met in Corvallis and Albany, awarding the Albany contract for the New Woman's Building to H. Snook. The $69,000 bid was the lowest by $2,000. Granite from Detroit quarries will be used, with Yaquina Bay stone.
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Board of
Regents
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
H. Snook
Detroit
Yaquina Bay
Harvesting Begins in Linn County Report
Harvesting has started in Linn county with some damage to spring grain from unusually warm days, but overall prospects are strong. Fall sown grain was little affected, late sown spring grain should improve with cooler weather, and haying is nearly finished. Corvallis will receive pure mountain water for the Agricultural College after a board agreement to source 100000 gallons or more from Mary's Peak at 15 cents per 1000 gallons monthly.
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Linn
Albany
Agricultural College
Corvallis
Board of Regents
Mary's Peek
City Water Board
New Combine Attracts Attention In Local Farming
Athena A combine harvester bought by John Walter will be the first of its kind in the area. It is powered by a 20 horsepower engine that runs all machinery while using fewer horses. The separator and cutting units operate independently and promise to reduce the number of horses needed for harvesting.
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Athena
John Walter
Labor Shortage Hits Athena Farmers
In Athena there is a scarcity of laborers as farmers advertise for men with warm weather needed and wages offered. Much wheat on light soil was rained and will not be harvested. John Bannister, a large farmer, says the crop is damaged about half in many places.
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Athena
John Bannister
Oregon penitentiary reports ten percent prisoner loss this season
The Oregon penitentiary records a ten percent loss of working convicts on public highways this season. About 60 men are kept at work on roads and at the state fair grounds, with six having escaped and remained at large.
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Oregon Penitentiary
Prices for Wheat Oats Barley and More in Local Market
The listing shows current market values for farm products including wheat at 68 to 72 cents, oats around 31 to 32 dollars per ton, barley from 23.50 to 24.50 per ton, rye at 150 cents per cwt, and various hay fruits and vegetables with per unit prices. Also listed are dairy eggs poultry hops wool and related goods with numerous per unit or per weight figures.
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Oregon Ranch
Oregon
Wahkiacus to The Dalles Valley Steamer Schedule
For Wahkiacus Interville Goldendale and all Delaniee Valley points. Steamer leaves Portland daily Sunday 7 a m. Shinbad Lyle arrives 5 15 p m. Train arrives Goldendale 7 35 p m. Steamer arrives The Dalles 6 80 p m.
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Nterville
Goldendale
Delaniee Valley
Portland
N. Shinbad Lyle
Mdendale
Dalles
Portland Caren
Wrre
McDonald
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