Hawaii Special Election on-Enor Traffic Referendum
Reports detail a Hawaii special election on enor traffic provisions from a recent congress bill. Minnesota delegates show strong support for John Lind as governor candidate. Texas nominating Colquitt for governor and a prohibition amendment plan passes primaries. Chicago public school superintendent earns ten thousand dollars yearly. Mrs Young becomes president of the National Educational Association.
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Hawaii
Tulsa
Okla
Gore
Minnesota
John Lind
Minneapolis
O. B. Colquitt
Texas
Chicago
Young
The
National Educational Association
Minnesota May Not Levy State Taxes
Minnesota faces a rare fiscal moment as the state treasury boasts nearly $4 million by October 1 and ongoing gains from settlements including lumber cases, gross earnings tax, and Kennedy inheritance tax. The surplus suggests the state may not need general tax funding for government operations.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Commonwealth
Kennedy
Wheat trade gloom over North American spring crop
In Chicago traders believe the worst fears have peaked for the North American spring wheat crop, signaling potential market impact and ongoing uncertainty about yields.
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Chicago
North America
Markets in Portland Report Wheat and Butter Prices
The Portland markets list wheat varieties at 85 to 86 cents per bushel and barley at 24 dollars per ton for feed and brewing. Oats top at 28 dollars per ton, Timothy hay ranges 18 to 20 dollars, alfalfa 13 to 14, butter 33 cents, ranch eggs 27 cents, hops 10 to 13 cents, wool Eastern Oregon 14 to 17 cents, Mohair 32 to 38 cents.
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Ghesstein
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Market Prices For Grains And Farm Products In Seattle
Seattle market listing shows Wheat at 88c for Bluestem and 87c for red Russian. Oats at 83 2 per ton. Barley 24 per ton. Hay Timothy 22 per ton and alfalfa 14 per ton. Butter from Washington Creamery 33c. Eggs 31c.
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Washington Creamery
Assembly Names Oregon Republican Ticket in Convention
The Republican state assembly met in Portland and named a full ticket for statewide and federal offices. Representatives in congress for the first and second districts are W. C. Hawley of Salem and W. R. Ellis of Pendleton, with Jay Bowerman for governor and Frank W. Benson for secretary of state. Ralph W. Hoyt aims for state treasurer, L. R. Aldermen for superintendent of public instruction, William J. Clarke as state printer, and J. N. Hart as attorney general.
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Assembly
Portland
Republican State Assembly
Congress
W. C. Hawley
Salem
W. R. Ellis
Pendleton
Jay Bowerman
Condon
Frank W. Benson
Roseburg
Ralph W. Hoyt
L. R. Alderman
Eugene
William J. Clarke
Gervais
J. N. Hart
Baker City
Convicts at Salem Prison to Adopt Bertillon System
Tom Wilson, the state penitentiary bookkeeper, completes Bertillon measurements installation at Salem. Eleven measurements to be taken, six for filing. Plan to exchange data with Western state penitentiaries to track thousands of convicts. Fingerprint system already in use at Oregon prison.
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Salem
Tom Wilson
State Penitentiary
Oregon Prison
Girl is Spirited Away
KLAMATH FALLS officials fear the disappearance of 18 year old Cora Seaton who confessed to starting the Shook fires. Police theorize she was spirited away to avoid testifying before the grand jury about the April 6 and 16 fires at the Shook property.
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Klamath Falls
Cora Seaton
Dave Shook
East to Get Fruit
Umpqua Valley Horticultural Society and Fruit Growers Association favor shipping their fruit to Eastern markets rather than the Pacific Coast. Local growers claim Douglas County fruit equals Hood River quality and appeal.
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Roseburg
Umpqua Valley Horticultural Society and Fruit Growers’ Association
Pacific Coast
Douglas County
Hood River
Great Northern to Exhibit Oregon Products Car
The Great Northern Railway will operate a mobile exhibit car showcasing Oregon products free on its lines and those of the Northern Pacific. Each important town will be informed in advance, visitors can tour the car, and a lecturer will explain farming dairying stockraising lumbering fishing irrigation and fruit growing opportunities in Oregon.
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Great Northern
Oregon
Portland
Great Northern Railroad Company
Northern Pacific
Fruit auction opener as Rae buys Hood River crop
George Rae of Rae & Hatfield New York wholesale fruitmen opened the season by buying the entire Sears & Porter and Paasch orchards in Hood River. Combined output is estimated at 90 000 boxes mainly Newtowns and Spitzenbergs, with the two orchards among the largest in bearing.
Oregon Opposition Files Against Suffrage Amendment and Orchard County
Negative arguments have been filed with the secretary of state opposing the women's suffrage amendment and the creation of Orchard county. The amendment is opposed by the Oregon State Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage, and Orchard county by the executive committee of the Anti-Amatillo Division league.
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Salem
Secretary of State
Orchard County
Oregon State Association
Anti-Amatillo Division League
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Hale & Company
Newberg, Oregon
Kienle & Sons
13Th, Inc
Nash & Finley
the Opera Confectionery
R. B. Jacks
Ella Flagg Young
Seattle
L.e.brown
Chehalem Valley Mills
Newberg
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
C. B. Cummings
Newberg, Or
J. H. Wilson & CO
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