Oregon Lawmakers Work Through Busy Session
The Oregon Legislature nears week four with the senate ahead in work while the house faces a clogged calendar and 601 bills. Major measures pass including workers compensation, widow’s pension, and school teachers civil service, with debate on home rule and tax-related amendments.
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Board of Control
Salem
Senate
House
Board of Controls
Multnomah
Oregon
Lawrence
Murnane
Upton
Campbell
Lofgren
Hagood
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dimick
Committee On Health and Public Morals
Oregon Congress of Mothers
Portland
State Senate
Applegren
Neuner
Railroad Commission
Ways and Means
Eastern Oregon Asylum
Medical Department
University of Oregon
Eastern Oregon
Representative Hurd
Two Young Portlanders Track Wanted Man in Washington
Charles Smith and Buck Nagel, both Portland residents, equip shotguns and bloodhounds for a mission into Washington to capture John Turnow who has killed four deputy sheriffs and two others. They plan to obtain deputy sheriffs commissions and pursue Turnow until found, believing he will be taken or killed.
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Turnow
Portland
Washington Hills
Hood River Water Supply in Jeopardy Faces Boundary Row
Hood River residents protest Hood River watershed encroachment by Bull Run water reserve. W L Clark, president of the local commercial club, writes Portland water board seeking conference to adjust boundaries. Portland officials may visit Lost Lake region when weather eases.
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Hood River
Commercial ‘Club
W. L. Clark
Portland Water Board
Bull Run
Portland
Portland Board
Lost Lake
Coal lands in Eden Ridge attract attention of investors
In Marshfield the Eden Ridge region along the south fork of the Quile River in Cool County draws interest as high value coal rights come to light. The Smith Powers Logging Co plans a railroad to the area, spurring transportation prospects and exploration by a long time prospector who has opened veins and located investors on government mineral lands.
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Eden Ridge
Quille River
Cool County
Smith-Powers Logging Company
Southern Pacific Makes Offer For Marshfield Terminal
The Southern Pacific has proposed to the Marshfield waterfront terminal company to acquire tracks and right of way along the waterfront. The exact terms are not disclosed but the railroad holds a right of way from North Bend to Marshfield and has asked the terminal to accept or reject the proposition to settle the waterfront use.
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Marshfield
Southern Pacific
Terminal Company
North Bend
Oregon Military Land Grant Lands Sold in Klamath County
A two year pending deal closed when deeds to lands held by the Oregon Military Land Grant Company were filed by the Oregon Land Corporation. The property, north of the Klamath Indian Reservation, covers about 50 000 acres in Klamath County with a price around four dollars per acre. The land includes timber pasture and arable areas and the buyers have not revealed plans.
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Oregon Military Land Grant Company
Oregon Land Corporation
Cascade Mountains
Lakeview
Lake County
Klamath Indian Reservation
Klamath County
Umpqua National Forest
United States Logging Company
Cottage Grove
Thurgaday
Washington
Interior Department
Oregon
Laidlaw
John B. Wimer
Crook County
Wimer
Corvallis
Willamette Valley
Eastern Oregon Company
Dalles
The
Brewing Company
Hill Extension Wanted to Eureka via Oregon Trunk Line
Rufus R. Wilson of Humboldt Development Committee arrived from Eureka California seeking support to lure the Oregon Trunk railway Hill line to build from this point to Eureka. The route passes vast railroad‑deficient country with abundant amber deposits, plus placer mining and quartz mines along the route.
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Klamath Falla
Rufus R. Wilson
Humboldt Development Committee
Eureka
Cal
Oregon Trunk Railway
Hill Line
Oute
Oregon prizes set for Union poultry show dates
Twenty two cups valued at 250 are offered as prizes for the Union poultry show to be held February 13 14 and 16. Oregon pioneer James S Royal died at his Forest Grove home from acute kidney trouble after years of early settlement and defense of the region.
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Union
James 8S
Royal
Oregon
Portland
Forest Grove
T. F. Smith
Ashland
J. W. Meyers & Son
Hebo
Bank of
Shedd
Linn County
Bend
Vale
George
Mills
Ogden
Kelly
Circuit Court
Albany
J. D. Kennedy
Walter A. Marks
Ed Ackerman
E. D. Henry
Harrisburg
A. G. Marshall
Dallas Commercial Club
Bandon
Jackson County
Siskiyous
California
Production of nitroglycerin both dangerous and exacting
Harper's Weekly describes nitroglycerin manufacture and handling in detail. The article notes variability in explosive behavior, the agitate r apparatus, and the importance of temperature control and cooling water. It explains the use of nitroglycerin by oil well shooters and that it can be detonated underwater.
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Ni Yeerin
Harper’s Weekly
Presence of Mind in a Country Store Tale
A farmer visits a country store and, after a clerk provides ear tubes and a music device, reacts with alarm as he believes a brass band is approaching. He rushes for his horse exclaiming about the incoming band and a lack of anyone holding his horse.
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Biff
School Day Wisdom from Exam Answers
English school children are credited with humorous lines from a history and language exam. Notable quips include “During the interdict in John's reign births marriages and deaths were not allowed to take place” and “Parliament assembled in September and dissembled in January.”
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John
Shadow clocks in ancient Greece used growing shadow length
The earliest Grecian timekeeping relied on a fixed stick in the ground whose shadow indicated the hour. Diners were invited to eat when the shadow reached ten feet, with the length varying by season.
Economy defined by husband and wife in verse
A London Telegraph verse questions the economy as a concept through a husband preaching and his wife acting, presenting a domestic view of economic ideas and daily life.
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Tommy
Ommy
London Telegraph
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