Passenger Rates Will Be Reduced Across Oregon Railways
Salem notice states the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company will voluntarily cut passenger rates on its entire system. W W Cotton, the railroad's general counsel, says the reductions are modest but meaningful for regular travelers and will be filed with the railroad commission once printed and take effect after approval.
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Salem
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Railroad Commission
W. W. Cotton
Railroad Corporation
Farmers' Educational Union Opens Offices in The Dalles
The Farmers' Educational Union of this county has rented offices in The Dalles. It plans to handle the union's wheat and other produce and sell directly to exporters and millers, cutting out middlemen.
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THE
Dalles
Farmers’ Educational Union of
Forest Reserve in Danger in Crater National Forest
In Southern Oregon the Crater National Forest faces unprecedented fire danger. Forester George H. Cecil convened chiefs to gather ideas for fighting the flames and requested California troop details from the district forester in San Francisco. The fires threaten timber, lives, and property with little chance of rain relief before mid September.
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Portland
Crater National Forest
Oregon
George H. Cecil
Cecil
San Francisco
California
New Road May Link Forest Grove to Patton Valley
Forest Grove officials foresee a railroad planned to run from this city toward the Patton Valley district. The line would connect with the Oregon Electric Railway at Forest Grove and terminate at a new townsite on August Lovegren’s timber holdings near Preston Washington.
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Forest Grove
Patton Valley
Oregon Electric Railway
August Lovegren
Preston
Wash
Oregon Lost Revenue From Harriman Inheritance Tax
Salem reports Attorney General Crawford ruled Oregon will not receive inheritance tax revenue from Harriman estate assets held out of state. State heirs living outside Oregon are not taxed under the inheritance tax law, cutting potential state collections despite substantial Harriman holdings in Oregon.
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Salem
Crawford
Oregon
Harriman
Survey Team Arrives to Study Willamette River Locks Site
Chief Engineer Thompson of the United States Engineer Department leads a party of 15 to Oregon City to survey the Willamette River above and below the falls. The survey aims to select the best site for locks with a $600,000 appropriation from the federal government and the state legislature.
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Oregon City
Thompson
United States Engineer Department
Willamette River
United States
Tebault to Be Honored by Lacomb Citizens with Barbecue
Albany reports real estate man C. W. Tebault will be honored by the Lacomb community for his work attracting settlers. A barbecue is planned with public invitations, featuring two yearling steers roasted and other refreshments.
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Albany
C. W. Tebault
Lacomb
Panthers Kill Sheep Spur Reward Offered in Oregon
In Douglas County along the North Umpqua river in the Deer Creek area farmers offer a $10 reward for killing one or more panthers that are daily reducing local sheep flocks. The notice calls on stock raisers to protect their livestock.
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Roseburg
Umpqua River
Deer Creek
Douglas County
Pirates of Buckman Aboard Steamship Sea Tale Unfolds
The steamship Buckman arrived in port with her captain dead in his cabin. George Washington Wise, a captured pirate, confessed to planning to murder officers and crew with his partner French West before beaching the vessel near Point Blanco.
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San Francisco
Buckman
George Washington Wise
Point Blanco
Governors Oppose Pinchot Policies at St Paul Congress
Western governors from Rocky Mountain and Pacific states endorse state control of natural resources at the St Paul conservation congress and reject Pinchot style policies. They urge inclusion of western representation, sparking a formal request by Governor Marion Hay of Washington that was denied and prompting a meeting call from Washington's chief executive.
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Salt Lake City
St. Paul
Rocky Mountain
Pacific States
Marion E. Hay
Washington
The
Conservation Congress
Conference of Governors
Man Bitten by Horse May Lose Arm
Albany Oregon reports groom Jack Fisher was bitten on the wrist by pacer Tidal Wave. The horse crushed both bones and severed an artery, leading doctors to believe amputation of the arm will be necessary.
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Albany
Ore
Jack Fisher
Fisher
Bank notes go antiseptic at Spokane bank
Washington dispatch reports the Old National Bank of Spokane, Washington, issues the first antiseptic national bank notes. Fifty thousand dollars of currency were signed with ink containing carbolic acid to kill disease germs, while the Treasury tests devices to wash notes.
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Washington
D. C
Old National Bank
Spokane
Wash
United States Treasury
Market Prices For Grain and Livestock Products
Wheat Track prices vary with grade from 9 cents to 97 cents for Bluestem and Red Russian. Barley at 24 dollars per hundredweight. Oats No 1 White at 30 dollars per ton. Timothy hay in Willamette Valley 18 to 19 dollars per ton, Eastern Oregon 20 to 22, alfalfa 13 to 14. Butter various grades around 33 cents, ranch 23. Eggs ranch candled 20. Hops 1909 crop 10 to 13 cents. Wool Eastern Oregon 14 to 17 cents per pound. Mobalr 32 23 cents.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Agricultural Prices and Commodities Snapshot
Wheat Bluestem 96c, Club 9c, red Russian 87c, Oats 33 per ton and 31 per ton, Hay Timothy 22 per ton, alfalfa 14 per ton, Butter Washington Creamery ranch 22c, Eggs Selected local 36c.
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Washington Creamery
Forest fires, elections and fairs in Oregon notes
Oregon news briefs cover firefighting boosts with 500 more forestry troops, a Coos Bay rail commissioner bid by Hugh McClain, G A R encampment at Cottage Grove, Linn County WCTU convention in Brownsville, Weston wheat sales, a Wilbur assault case, a death sentence stay denied for Ike Harrell, Astoria regatta, Cra ter forest fire strain, Felix Currin’s diverse seed exhibit, Lane County Fair squash display, a Springfield hot air balloon mishap, irrigation incomes from Klamath project, Nesmith County education drive, foreign life insurers in Oregon, water rights hearings on Willow creek and nearby tracts.
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Necanicum River
Forestry Service
Oregon
Hugh McClain
Coos Bay
G. A. R. Veterans’ Association
Lane County
Cottage Grove
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Linn County
Brownsville
Thomas Hart
Wilbur
Oakland
Ike Harrell
Herbert
Walter Newell
State Supreme Court
Harrell
Astoria
Crater National Forest
Felix Currin
Lane County Fair Association
Currin
Springfield
Aeronaut
Cobe
Klamath
H. O. Thompson
O. M. Kem
Nesmith County
Oregon Securities
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