Oregon Timber Trade Heats Up As 1908 Deals Reported
Timber land sales in Siletz river country reach 14 000 acres for about 250 000 dollars with Wisconsin buyers. 1908 saw 198 marriage licenses issued in Union county while Oregon timbermen expect higher activity and rising prices this summer. Portland flour costs rise 25 cents per barrel and irrigation ditches near Milton and Freewater freeze.
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Union County
Pacific Express Company
Secretary of State
Siletz
Wisconsin
Tilla
Mook County
Baker County
Portland
Portland Markets Price Report and Commodities List
Market daily figures for Portland cover barleys at 27 to 28 per ton, various wheats around 90 to 1.05 dollars per unit, oats at 33 per ton, and hay prices from Willamette Valley 14 to 18 dollars per ton. Fruit and vegetables list apples and pears by box, cranberries by barrel, potatoes and onions by hundred, and a wide range of produce with unit prices. dairy and poultry also quoted, plus wool and mohair values.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Oregon Ranch
Conat
Anti Japanese Bills Attract California Legislative Attention
Sacramento reports three anti Japanese measures in the assembly by Grove L. Johnson and a fourth by A M Drew, exhausting 1000 printed copies. The bills aim to bar Japanese from corporate directorships and to define residential limits for Japanese residents and other deemed undesirable. The Roosevelt administration previously blocked one provision and urged a broader Japanese designation in law.
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Sacramento
Cal
Grove L. Johnson
A. M. Drew
Johnson
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Calhoun Bribery Trial Focuses on Jury Bias and Plot Claims
In San Francisco on January 15 Patrick Calhoun the traction magnate on trial for alleged bribery defense seeks to portray the indictment as a Rudolph Spreckels plot The third day of proceedings reveals juror Joseph Dixon previously connected to union questions and a possible real estate agent approach to his wife raising concern about tampering in the case
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Stanley Moore
August Hansen
Rudolph Spreckels
United Railroads
Calhoun
Joseph Dixon
Marcus Hart
Dixon
Abe Ruef
Lawlor
Woolgrowers Hear Critique of Federal Forest Policy in Idaho
January 15 in Pocatello Idaho a National Woolgrowers convention opened with President F W Gooding of Shoshone delivering a sharp critique of the Federal forestry bureau and reclamation service He urged Congress to appoint a Western committee to study rules and regulations Delegates from nearly every Western state attended led by a Boise Idaho delegation including Governor Brady and state lawmakers More than 600 sheep were entered in the mid winter sheep show portion of the session
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Pocatello
Idaho
National
Woolgrowers’ Convention
Federal Forestry Bureau
F. W. Gooding
Shoshone
National Forests
Reclamation Service
Gooding
Congress
Boise
Brady
Secretary Wilson warns of looming tree famine at forestry meeting
Washington January 15 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson warned the nation faces a future with forests as scarce as diamonds unless immediate steps are taken. Speaking at the 29th annual meeting of the American Forestry Association he said forestry growth is declining while wood use runs three times faster than growth.
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Washington
Wilson
American Forestry Association
Japan Divided Over California Bills and Navy Policy
Tokio reports Japanese papers split on anti-Japanese bills in California legislature with some deeming it a tempest in a teapot while others downplay a sinister design. Common view supports a stronger American navy as Pacific interests require it.
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Japan
Tokio
California
America
Pacific
Woolmen for Tariff Debate Opens National Woolgrowers Meet
Pocatello Idaho January 14 delegates to the National Woolgrowers convention begin a three day session with focus on a storage warehouse plan to pool wool and sell through a cooperative. debate expected over grazing regulation and tariff levels as Utah growers seek higher duties.
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Pocatello
Idahd
United States
Woolgrowers’ Convention
Chicago
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Department
Pinchot
Association
Utah
Sail With Fleet and Turkish Ruler's Son to Join Battleships
In Constantinople, excitement grows over the American fleet visiting Turkish waters. Four battleships are at Smyrna with four more en route until January 24. Admiral Schroeder will visit Constantinople aboard the Louisiana. A sultan's son and about 30 Turkish officers are likely to accompany the squadron to America and its guests.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Smyrna
Schroeder
Louisiana
America
New Shocks Create Brief Panic Across Italian Regions
A light quake at an early hour shook Lombardy Venetia and Tuscany. No damage or injuries were reported but fear rose from Calabria and Sicily visitations, causing momentary panic. Observatories record the center near Lembach with Florence Jesuit establishment noting the event.
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Rome
Lombardy
Venetia
Tuscany
Calabria
Sicily
Florence
Dis
Lembach
Testimony for Oregon land cases to be taken in East Pittsburg
United States Commissioner William T. Lindsey will hear testimony tomorrow in East Pittsburg for five pending U S land cases in Oregon. Five Carnegie Technical School chemists are summoned as witnesses and though details are guarded a number of prominent Pittsburgers are expected to appear.
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East
Pittsburg
United States
Oregon
William T. Lindsey
Carnegie Technical School
Russia to Borrow Again Loan Syndicate Formation Reported
St. Petersburg January 14 The Russian finance ministry arranged with a syndicate including leading Paris banking houses for a loan of 1,200,000,000 francs about 240 million dollars at 41 percent. Part of the loan may go to other continental countries and the United States did not subscribe to any part.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Russian Finance Ministry
Paris
United States
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Burns
Aes M. Dimick
Marshfield
John B. Dully
Umatilla
Bandon
Milton Fruit Growers
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