Brief News Of The Week Highlights From Washington And West
Michael J. McManus of Washington DC died by his own hand in New York. Senate passes Piles bill for 250000 immigration station at Seattle and approves naval bill near 134 million dollars. April revenue receipts total 21397137, up 2209057 from 1909. Charles Clary, 66, ex banker and bank examiner, dies in Seattle after brief illness. Dowie faction fights Zion City as Voliva pursues control of 6500 acres valued at 1000900. Stamp valued at 500 from Berne bears Edward VII profile. Mount Rainier protection urged to Ballinger. Public domain withdrawals and large land settlements announced in several states. San Francisco delegation accuses Ballinger of siding with Spring Valley Water against city interests over Hetch Hetchy permits. hearing postponed to May 25.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Aldrich
New York
Senate
Seattle
Charles Clary
National Bank
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Burton
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
King George
England
Dias
México
William J. Bryan
World’s Sunday School Association
Balinger-Pinchot
Interior Department
Forest Service
Wallace
Spokane
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
W. G. Voliva
Hitchcock
International Postal Union
Berne
Switzerland
Edward VII
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Mount Rainier National Park
the Interior
Ballinger
John Day River
Wind River
Wyoming
Price River
Utah
Blue River
Colorado
New Mexico
Lawler
Spring Valley Water Company
San Francisco
Oregon and Pacific Coast News Roundup in Brief
Oregon cities report varied progress from Pendleton to Astoria. Wheat prospects in Umatilla County favor bumper yields, Oregon officials debate rail rates in Salem, and state institutions plan milestones. Oregon City hosts forest fire association formation while Weston campaigns for 12000 signatures.
Call for Republican Assembly Issued in Oregon
Judge M C George chairman of the Republican State Central Committee issues a formal call for a Oregon state assembly on July 21 with July 9 county mass primaries for delegates and July 16 county assemblies. Recommendations will cover Congressional and judicial district nominees, with Multnomah County’s fourth judicial district excluded from that date.
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Republican Assembly
Portland
M. C. George
Republican State Central Committee
Multnomah County
Army Engineers Urge Willamette Navigation Link
Oregon City river project gains support as Major McIndoe reports to Washington. A letter to the Senate Commerce Committee proposes an appropriation tied to a state fire fund to open the Willamette River for continuous free navigation benefiting Oregon City and surrounding areas.
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Army
Oregon City
House of Representatives
Army Engineers
Willamette River
Senate
McIndoe
Washington
Chief of Engineers
Committee On Commerce
Willamette
Portland Businessmen Form Greater Oregon Home Rule Association
Business leaders across Oregon unite in the Greater Oregon Home Rule Association to oppose statewide prohibition. Members include Portland professionals and residents from all regions. A protest circulates statewide against the proposed prohibition amendment’s submission to voters at the upcoming November election.
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Portland
Oregon
Greater
Road to Enter Medford
Salem In supplemental articles of incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State the Oregon Trunk Railway Company declares its intention to build up the valley of the Deschutes River and its tributaries toward Klamath Falls and from a main line point in Klamath County to Medford Oregon a distance of about 70 miles with possible branches and extensions.
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Salem
Oregon Trunk Railway Company
Deschutes River
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Klamath County
Medford
Jackson County
Murder Suspect Isa Held in Marshfield
William Allen, a murder suspect believed to have killed at Exeter, Missouri 14 years ago, is held by City Marshal Carter in Marshfield awaiting the Sheriff from Exeter. Allen, about 40, has worked in logging camps and sometimes used the name C Cameron.
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Isa
Marshfield
William Allen
Exeter
Carter
Allen
C. Cameron
County Division Opposed by Athena and Neighbors
The Commercial Association of Athena unites with Pendleton and Weston associations to block the proposed Umatilla County division. If no compromise is reached they propose to establish a new county aligned with the parties involved.
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Athena
Commercial Association
Pendleton
Weston
Umatilla
Married women barred from teaching in Forest Grove schools
Forest Grove school board will not hire married women as teachers. The policy aims to employ only unmarried women and widows who provide their own livelihood, citing no fault in performance but a chosen standard for staff.
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Forest Grove
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