Salem Oregon Good Roads group to set convention date
Oregon Good Roads Association executive committee meets in Salem at 1 P M on Wednesday August 10 to fix the October or November convention date. The group plans a quarry visit August 11 with special Albany to quarry rail service and will arrange the convention program and a public education campaign. Members include John H Scott H M Palmer George C Blakely W W Travilion Virgil E Watters H B Thilesen J C Booth B F Rhodes and T F Ryan. Existing county contributions fund education efforts.
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Salem
John H. Scott
Oregon Good Roads Association
Edwin Stone
Corvallis & Eastern Railway
Santiam River
Albany
H.M. Palmer
George C. Blakely
The
Dalles
W. W. Travilion
Baker City
Virgil E. Watters
Corvallis
H. B. Thilesen
J. C. Booth
Grants Pass
B. F. Rhodes
McMinnville
T. F. Ryan
Oregon City
Lund
Wheat Field Fire Harms Rogers Farm Near Adams
A pair of fires in two weeks devastated Lowell Rogers near Adams. Losses include 500 sacks of grain, 40 tons of hay, a wagon, one horse, and over 7 000 bushels of grain with 70 acres burned. Louie Odette also suffers about 1 500 in crop damage. Insurance is small.
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Pendleton
Lowell Rogers
Adams
George Rogers
Rogers
Louie Odette
Odette
Patent for lieu land granted to the state of Oregon
The state land board received a patent from the United States government for 19 000 acres of lieu land. The selections, made in 1901 on the Klamath reserve base, were questioned but later allowed by an act of Congress. The state had sold the land in 1901 at 2 50 per acre, the legal price then.
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State Land Board
United States
Klamath Reserve
Congress
Grange To Stage District Fairs In Clackamas County
Oregon City acting with the state Grange committees plans district fairs in Clackamas with committees arranging exhibitions. Collectors will gather agricultural products for competitive displays leading to a grand exhibit for inspection by the national Grange during the 1905 Lewis and Clark fair in Portland.
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Oregon Ciy
Clackamas County
National Grange
Portland
Smaller Loggers Lose Heavily In Lewis and Clark River
The article reports major losses for small loggers due to low freshets last winter. Over 10,000,000 feet of logs remain above tide water in the Lewis and Clark river, cut in fall and winter but unable to float downstream. They are valued at about $70,000.
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Astoria
Lewis and Clark River
Resume Work on Umatilla Dam
Echo A crew of government engineers led by Edmund J. Davia arrives to resume the Umatilla irrigation dam project work halted two months ago when engineers were reassigned to Malheur county duties.
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Umatilla
Echo
Edmund J. Davia
Malheur County
Atlas Mills to Resume Grinding in McMinnville
The Atlas flouring mills in McMinnville, idle for two years, have undergone repairs and will resume operations next week producing a large bill of flour for shipment to China.
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McMinnville
Atlas Mills
China
Profitable Seed Crop At Amity Farm Field
Amity A Sheldon of two miles west of town hulled eight acres of Alsyke clover yielding 60 bushels. The crop sells for 14 to 16 cents a pound, netting about 67.50 dollars per acre, making it a highly profitable harvest for the farmer.
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Amity
A. Sheldon
Government Will Run Hatchery in Oregon City
The Upper Clackamas hatchery about 60 miles up the Clackamas river from Oregon City is turned over to the government for operation. Fish culturists call it the best hatchery in the state due to the Chinook stock it propagates. current employees will be kept on for the season.
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Oregon City
Clackamas
Clackamas River
Willamette Valley Chautauqua Ends Season With Surplus
After 12 days the Willamette Valley Chautauqua reports receipts of 6000 dollars and an attendance over 26000. With expenses paid the management forecasts a balance near 1000 dollars and plans to enlarge the grandstand before next year.
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Oregon City
Willamette Valley Chautauqua Association
Chautauqua
Portland Markets Wheat and farm produce mixed prices
The Portland market report lists diverse commodities with varied quotes. Wheat under Walla Walla and valley grades run from 68 to 78 cents, while barley and flour values, milled products, and dairy items show a wide spread. Livestock and fruit prices including poultry, vegetables, honey, potatoes, and berries echo regional supply trends.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
America
Woolf Valley
Rail timetable notice from Detroit to Albany via Corvallis line
Rail agents Thomas Cockrell in Albany and H. H. Crombe in Corvallis issue a timetable note for the Corvallis and Eastern line. Trains leave Detroit and arrive Albany, with connections to southbound services. Departs around 5 PM and arrives before 9 PM, detailing agents and service points.
River and Northern Railway steamer schedule notes
Connecting at Lyle Washington with River and Northern Railway. For Wahkiacus Daly Centerville Goldendale and Klickitat Valley points steamer leaves Portland daily except Sunday at 7 a m connecting with RB and N trains at Lyle 5 15 p m for Goldendale. Train arrives Goldendale 7 35 p m steamer arrives The Dalles 6 30 p m steamer leaves The Dalles daily except Sunday 7 00 a m.
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Lyle, Wash
Ibia River & Northern Railway
Wahkiacus
Daly
Centerville
Goldendale
Klickitat Valley
Portland
Lyle
Dalles
Ocean and River Schedule for San Prepaiore Retenues
Schedule notes a transit route between Astoria and Beach Daly with regular weekday service at 8 p.m. The text mentions Saturday operations and a permit, but details are incomplete.
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San
Astoria
R Nee Goldendale Connection Notice
Train and steamer schedule fragment indicates a connection at Goldendale at 6 15 a m for Portland with Fehon Ben noted in timetable context.
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Goldendale
Portland
Excellent meals served on all steam ers
Excellent meals served on all steamers with fine accommodations for the team in a brief sports update.
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