Oregon Legislature Proceedings January 24 1905
Oregon Legislature meets in Salem with joint assembly hearing Mr Bryan address. Bills include capital punishment for armed criminals, North Grant county creation, and a railroad commission. House and senate pass measures on estray notices and Linn Lane boundary.
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Salem
Joint Assembly
Bryan
Senate
County of
North Grant
House
Linn Lane
State Textbook Commission
Douglas County
County School Fund
Oregon Legislature Pages Bills and Senate Actions
Salem Oregon January 23 report notes many lien bills favor workers while line officers of the Oregon National Guard were found in violation of the state constitution Representative Jackson proposes a remedial bill jurors may stay together in civil actions and Lane Linn boundary fix receives senate approval Mulkey and Bourne elected U S senators with terms through 1907 and six years respectively Jamestown exposition funding discussed and 237 total bills introduced with 24 new today including road and highway measures.
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Salem, Or
O. N.G
Jackson
Senate
Lane
Linn
Chamberlain
Johnson
Bailey
Mulkey and Bourne
United States
Haines
Mulkey
Bourne
Bourne and Mulkey Elected to Short and Long Term Senate
Salem reports both houses chose Jonathan Bourne Jr for the long term and Fred W Mulkey for the short term. Mulkey won unanimously in the house and senate. Some Marion representatives resisted Bourne citing constituent futility. Senate votes: Mulkey 60 house 60, senate 27. Bourne 57 house 57, senate 23. Railroads bills progress stalled but a single bill on reciprocal demurrage and rebates passed in the senate. A senate memorial urged Congress to force sale of Oregon & California Railroad grant lands at grant terms.
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Balem
Drain
Ashland
Monmouth
House
Senate
Oregon
Office of Inspector of Mines
State Tax Commission
Capitol
Salem
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
United States
Fred W. Mulkey
Mulkey
Reynolds
Rodgers
Settlemier
Marion
Bourne
Lane
Laycock
Grant
Miller
Linn-Marion
Whealdon
Wasco
Johnson
Benton
Malit
Congress
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Committee On Resolutiona
Reapportionment Plan Proposed in Salem House
Representative Jewell introduced a resolution to appoint a seven member committee to draft a reapportionment bill. Representative Washburne has already introduced a bill on the same subject based on the last state census.
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Salem
Jewell
Washburne
Lane County
Rush for Timber Land Near Corvallis
A new timber land rush centers southwest of Corvallis in the Five Rivers country with 50 to 60 claims located in weeks. Locators travel by rail to Corvallis then private conveyances to Alsea mountain foot, followed by saddle horse travel. Women join the expeditions, including three from Portland. The timber is second growth since a coastal range fire 50 to 60 years ago.
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Corvallis
Five Rivers Country
Alsea Mountain
Portland
Coast Range
Market Prices For Fruits Vegetables And Livestock
A list of current prices for pears turnips carrots beets horseradish sweet potatoes cabbage cauliflower celery sprouts onions hay and various livestock and dairy products. Prices shown per unit include per sack per pound per dozen and per ton with ranges for quality grades and live or dressed meat.
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Oregon
Oregon Ranch
Albany to Get New Savings Bank Nearing Opening
Articles of incorporation filed with the Linn County clerk reveal the Linn County Savings Bank will open in Albany once a suitable location is secured. Incorporators are H. S. Myers, F. N. Myers, and M. S. Myers of Singapore. The bank will be Albany’s first savings institution.
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Savings Bank For
Albany
Linn County Savings Bank
Myers
F. N. Myers
M. 8
San
First Savings Bank
Probe Harriman System: ICC Meets in Portland
Interstate Commerce Commission gathers in Portland to examine the Harriman railroad merger. Testimony suggests competition ended after 1901 consolidation while some routes remain open. officials claim routes closed to prevent traffic bottlenecks and dispatch orders favored Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Portland
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commisssion
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Thomas McCusker
Ogden
Sacramento
Senator Alger Dies Suddenly in Washington
United States Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan died at 8:45 this morning at his Washington residence from an acute edema of the lungs. He had appeared well yesterday, attended business, and then suffered a heart trouble Tuesday night but returned home. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the family home. body to be taken to Detroit for burial.
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Washington
United States
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Hse Alger
F. M. Alger
Alger
William Alden Smith
Senate
Fairbanks
Cat
Detroit
STILL ENCASED IN ICE
Arctic weather grips Europe with extreme cold while Arctic regions report mild and rainy conditions. British ports see ships icelike decks as deaths rise across the continent. Sentinels die in Austria and the Danube freezes in Roumania amid widespread snow and blizzards.
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London
Europe
Arctic
Norway
Iceland
British
Austria
Russia
Turkey
Danube
Roumania
Batoum
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Black Sea
No Exception to the Rules on Negro Soldier Enlistment
Major-General Ainsworth said there is no significance to the Kansas City dispatch on recruiting negro soldiers for the Philippines. The orders were sent to multiple recruiting points and aim to fill regiments to full strength as the department’s standard practice.
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Washington
Kansas City
Ainsworth
New Denatured Alcohol Bill Sparks Food Supply Debate
New York January 25 scientists read a cable report on Sir William Crooks method of extracting nitric acid from the atmosphere. They say the discovery could double world crops and ease fears of food scarcity due to nitrate shortages.
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New York
William Crooka
North Dakota fuel shortage worsens rail freight disruption
Relieve Idaho Settlers. Minneapolis January 25. The North Dakota fuel shortage again grows serious as railroads struggle to move freight trains, compounding supply problems.
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Idaho
Minneapolis
North Dakota
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