Federal corporate taxes dodged by big interests
New York report indicates a nationwide tax scandal as treasury data show only about 27 million dollars paid in corporate tax. Analysts claim major firms like Standard Oil and United States Steel shifted profits to minimize taxable income while railroads underpaid, prompting questions about earnings strategies and tax compliance.
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New York
Treasury Department
Washington
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
United States Steel Corporation
Philadelphia Wins World Series in Five Games
The Philadelphia Club of the American League claimed the world championship after winning four of five games against Chicago. The series yielded $79,071.93 in prize money, with winners sharing $47,446.15 and losers $31,628.77. Each of the 22 Philadelphia players received about $2,062, while Chicago players received about $1,375 each.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Philadelphians
New York Nationals
Publisher Sued for Libel Over Railroad Claim
John K Tener, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, sues the Philadelphia North American for criminal libel. The suit centers on a column deeming the Astoria Seaside Tillamook Railway a phantom railroad and the promoters swindlers, alleging the paper maligned Tener with the claims.
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Pennsylvania
St. Philadelphia
Portland
Oregon
Willamette
Astoria
One Cent Letter Postage Foreseen by Postmaster General
Washington reports the postal deficit for the year ended June 30 was reduced by 11.5 million dollars and Postmaster General Hitchcock predicts a one-cent letter rate and a self-sustaining postal service.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Forest fires destroy six billion board feet in the West
Six billion board feet of lumber valued around 15 million dollars were destroyed in recent forest fires across National forests in Montana and Northern Idaho. The burned area in this district reached about 1,260,000 acres.
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Washington
Montana
Idaho
Postal Savings Banks trial list announced
The Postal Savings Bank board approves 48 second class post offices for first trial. Due to limited funds the program cannot start in large cities this year. Designated offices include Coeur d'Alene Idaho Klamath Falls Oregon and Olympia Washington.
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Washington
Board of Trustees of the
Postal Savings Bank System
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Olympia
TEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON
Surveying Harney County lands opens 320 acre home steads with new townships in southern Harney County. Camp No 2 led by Roy T Campbell of The Dalles surveys Steins Mountains 20 miles up the Blitzen River where no roads exist. Supplies reach camp by pack horse from the P ranch. The area is rugged mountains and canyons with few residents but abundant summer range for horses sheep and cattle.
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Harney County
Burns
Roy T. Campbell
Dalles
Steins Mountains
Blitzen River
P Ranch
Oregon
Irrigation Works Progress in Goose Lake Valley
The Oregon Valley Land Company has spent about $300 000 on irrigation in Goose Lake Valley during the last summer. Near completion, the 35 miles of canal from Drews Creek Dam to Thomas Creek is nearly finished. The Hengon Construction Company has minor sections left and less than a quarter mile of canal to finish. Flume construction shows piling in place and Drews Canyon lumber staged for long stretches. The flume is 12 feet wide and 6 feet deep in the clear.
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Drews Canyon
Balman Industry Looks Bright in Salem Fisheries Report
Master Fish Warden R. E. Clanton reports licenses issued for various fisheries year to date surpass all prior totals, with cold storage plants and canneries expanding. The department notes strong prospects for the coming season as the industry shows renewed vitality in Salem.
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Balman
Salem
R. E. Clanton
Fisheries Department
No New Irrigation Projects Soon in Oregon
Oregon faces four to five years without new irrigation projects as Secretary Ballinger delays replying to a request to study the Owyhee Malheur venture. The $20,000,000 fund from the last session is unlikely to support new work, and past terms rejected by settlers and a wagon road firm hindered 1903 Malheur Owyhee plans.
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Portland
Oregon
Ballinger
Lewis
Malheur
Owyhee
Military Wagon Road Company
Tests In Egg Production At Oregon Agricultural College
In Corvallis on November 1 Professor James Dryden of the Oregon Agricultural College will report on crosses between Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns to boost egg output. Using the trap nest he devised, hundreds of hens from a 2000-chicken flock have laying records from under a dozen eggs to over 200 eggs in a year.
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Corvallis
Oregon Agricultural College
James Dryden
Plymouth Rocks
Dryden
Self defense verdict in Pendleton jury clears Umatilla shooter
The coroner's jury in Pendleton ruled the October 17 shooting of James W. Love at Umatilla was in self defense by Umatilla resident Sam Kee, known as Chinaman. Jurors traveled from Pendleton, heard local testimony, then returned with the verdict.
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Umatilla
Sam Kee
James W. Lovelace
Pendleton
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Just
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United States
Bank of
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Newberg, Oregon
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