Road Building His Study
Salem Mayor Rodgers departs for Belgium to attend the International Association of Road Congresses as Oregon’s sole representative. He sails on the Carmania, landing in Antwerp, with a July 31 to August 3 meeting window, to study road making and municipal conditions and to meet the Belgian king, president of the association.
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Salem
Rodgera
Belgium
International Association of Road Congresses
Oregon
New York
Antwerp
Roads Association
Rodgers
Bear Attack Near Yaquina Leaves Man Bloodied
A Yaquina resident, a young man named Moore, was charged by an enormous black bear and escaped with injuries as the bear fled. Despite the hunt, the wounded animal survived and has not been killed.
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Albany
Moore
Yaquina
Harrroll Sentenced to Hang for Oregon Sheep Camp Murders
Irate confrontation near Plush ends in the deaths of Walter and Frank Newell. Ike Harrroll, a sheep herder employed by the Newells, is sentenced to be hanged in Salem on December 9 for the double murder.
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Klamath Falls
Ike Harrroll
Salem
Walter Newell
Harroll
Walter
Frank Newell
Lake County
Plush
Harrell
Tragic Cremation Fire Claims Miss Emma Zinck
In Heppner, Miss Emma Zinck dropped a lit match causing flames to envelop her clothing. She ran into the yard where all garments burned away before neighbors extinguished the blaze. She died several hours later from burn injuries.
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Heppner
Emma Zinck
Miss Zinck
Voters to Decide on Thirty Two Measures in Oregon
Oregon voters will face 32 statewide measures at the general election with many counties voting on local items. Proposals include woman suffrage for taxpayers, creation of new counties Deschutes and Orchard, state rail and taxation provisions, and liquor control initiatives.
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Salem
Oregon
Oregon News and Notes From Across The State
Hood River ranchers cut wages for Japanese laborers to a maximum of 1.85 dollars a day. An Oak Grove area carnival association plans a major public entertainment in Coos Bay during August. Rogue River valley ships 1000 cars of fruit this year with 400 pears and 300 apples. crop described as the finest in valley history. Winter wheat condition in Oregon 88, up 8 percent from last year but down 4 percent since June 1. L. W. Clapp launches automobile service between Klamath Falls and Crater Lake under Southern Pacific contract. Jesse Powers escapes hospital and is recaptured after a 25 mile barefoot chase. Northwest settler influx expected this fall. Transcontinental Passenger association fall colonist rates to be discussed in Chicago. J. S. Trumble learns he may inherit a $400 million Baltimore estate via a 99-year lease. Willamette Valley Apple forms a three-member committee to seek legislative funding for horticultural research on fungus. Portland hosts National Association of Wool Growers convention in January 1911. Dan P. Smythe touts benefits. Umatilla County wheat output projected at 3.5 to 4 million bushels with top quality. Oregon spends 522 dollars to bring Grant County murderers to the penitentiary. one death sentence, four life terms. Oregon druggists push pure drug law aligned with U.S. pharmacopoeia. plan to seek legislation next session. Extradition papers for Jesse Burleson and George Holder issued by North Carolina governor. both murder charges, no connection between cases.
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Hood River
Oak Grove
Coos Bay
Rogue River Valley
Department of Agriculture
Oregon
L. W. Clapp
Klamath Falls
Crater Lake
Clapp
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Jesse Powers
Prineville Hospital
Sheriff Ellis
Northwest
Transcontinental Passenger Association
Chicago
J. 8
Trumble
Forest Grove
Baltimore
Willamette Valley
National Association of Wool Growers
Portland
Dan P. Smythe
Oregon State Wool Growers’ Association
Umatilla County
Umatilla
Grant County
Salem
Joseph H. Caseday
Bert Green
Ben Hinton
Emmet
Earl Shields
Oregon State Druggists’ Association
Gearhart
Seaside
United States
Jesse Burleson
North Carolina
Burleson
Coos County
George Holder
Holder
Union Will Market Apples
The Lincoln County Fruit Growers union board met in Toledo and laid plans for handling the apple crop this fall.
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Union
Toledo
The
Lincoln County Fruit Growers’ Union
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