Business Conditions By A Banker
From a Business Digest by the United States National Bank of Portland this summarizes George M. Reynolds of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago. He notes post armistice uncertainty and a predicted readjustment period followed by years of activity with strong farming income and higher prices. He cites transport problems and a need to boost merchant shipping while arguing commodity prices will not quickly fall to 1914 levels.
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United States National Bank of Portland
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
United States
Europe
South America
Washington
Vicious Looking Creatures Visit Discharged Prisoners
Women visiting a home for discharged female prisoners were shown a room with two women sewing. The visitors gasped at the “vicious‑looking creatures” while the superintendent calmly identified the scene as the fitting room.
Fair Treatment for the West Shipping Demand
A signed statement urges fair treatment for Pacific and Gulf ports to build a strong merchant marine and balance rail rates. It argues a national Shipping Board must ensure equal justice in shipping distribution and oppose Atlantic port congestion. The West seeks policies to grow ocean commerce and limit eastern political control.
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San Diego
Puget Sound
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Astoria
America
England
Japan
Pacific
Middle West
St. Paul
New Orleans
Atlantic
The
Shipping Board
Pas
Gulf Ports
Gulf
The Pig in the Parlor and Hog Market Hopes
A column satirically notes hog prices at twenty dollars and change and jokes about keeping hogs in a parlor like a bank roll. It argues farmers with fat hogs should prize them, treat them well, and cash in when prices rise, warning against neglect.
Wireless telephone trials in national forests planned
The Signal Corps sends four transmitting and receiving units to the Forest Service to test wireless phones in mountains. Equipment will be installed on Mount Hood at about 13 000 feet and at a nearby ranger station. Two more sets go to the Clearwater Forest in Idaho to test terrain with close elevations and intervening mountains.
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Signal Corps of
Army
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Mount Hood
Forest Ranger
Clearwater Forest
Idaho
Lifting the Burden of War Taxation
The Spokesman-Review reports Rep Sabath of Illinois seeks to raise personal exemption limits to $2000 for singles and $4000 for married couples, arguing against complete repeal of tax on higher incomes. It notes ongoing war debts and urges citizens with higher earnings to contribute.
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Sabath
Illinois
Congress
Spokesman- Review
Wrong Kind of Clothes for a Mine Rescue
A London Chronicle correspondent arrives for a down mine assignment in fine clothes, but a mix up with his maid leads to a valise of dress clothes and shirts being packed instead of proper gear. The result is a delayed and mismatched attempt at covering a crucial story.
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Whitehaven
London Chronicle
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Portland
Ao UA
Broadway
Gary Coast Agency Inc
Ore
Standard Oil Company
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Ttormey-At-L
Pearl Meng Canavelers
Newberg
C. R. Chapin
G. H.utter
Re. M
H. C. Dixon
Ralph W. van
eSlanen
DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson's
E. A. Romig, M. D
Nat'l Bank
Office Black
John 8. Rankin
U. B National Bank
Black
Gray
Thos. W. Hester
Dixon Building
Oregon
Gochnour
Chirop
North School Street
I. M. Blomwick Chiropractor
St. Newberg
Low Totevedt Rgte
Bearman
Madona Bank Newbery
Oram
E. A. Ellis
Portland Road
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