Senate completes first reading of tariff bill in capital action
Washington reports the senate finished the first reading of a new tariff bill while key provisions remain to be settled. Debates focus on income tax rates cotton futures taxes and proposed import rebates. Other items include retaliatory duties and convict labor prohibitions. President Wilson pursues Mexican peace and discusses Philippines independence.
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Iowa
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Wilson
Henry Morgentiau
New York
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Philippines
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Cross Breeds New Grain at Mulino Farm
Oregon City reports a farmer, P. O. Chind gren, has grown a new unnamed grain from crossing corn wheat and Egyptian varieties after years of trials. The stalk reaches about eight feet with heads larger and better than the parent grains. A name for the grain has not yet been chosen.
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Oregon City
P. O. Chindgren
Mulino
Oregon to Build First Panama Exposition Building
Oregon plans its first Panama Pacific exposition building with a Portland meeting of the Oregon commission and state officers who chose the panel. Six architects will present plans and a design is expected to be selected from the diverse group of experts and interests.
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Eugene
Oregon First
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Oregon Commission
Oregon
Extracting Gold From Sand at Coos Bay
A machine for extracting gold and platinum from black sands near Coos Bay has been largely perfected by its inventors. They claim it is the only device that will successfully save the precious metals from the sands, using centrifugal force instead of gravity to separate metals from sand.
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Marshfield
Coos Bay
Dairy Experts to Work Corvallis
The dairy division of the United States Department of Agriculture will cooperate with Oregon Agricultural College to provide extension service along dairy lines in Oregon. The agreement was reached between B. H. Rawl, chief of the dairy division, and J. E. Dorman, in charge of western operations for federal authorities.
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Corvallis
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon Agricultural College
B. H. Rawl
J. E. Dorman
Coos Plans Highway Linking Coos Bay to Roseburg
Coos and Douglas counties plan a modern hard surface highway with a grade not exceeding five percent. The road will connect Coos Bay with the Southern Pacific Highway at Roseburg, serving a rich agricultural region and aiding marketing of vegetables and fruit.
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Coos
Salem
Douglas
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Land Locators Defraud Homesteaders in Siuslaw Forest
In Eugene Assistant Supervisor Fittom warns of fraudulent land locators in the Siuslaw forest. These scammers take fees from hopeful homeseekers and point to land that is subject to entry, yet fail to reveal that many others have already filed on the same tract, hindering official charges.
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Eugene
Siuslaw Forest
Fittom
Portland
Prisoner Is Well Paid In Bootlegging Case
Roseburg Charles Howard a bootlegger held in the county jail for contempt of court after refusing to name 18 liquor sources told officers he was paid twenty dollars daily by those he protected.
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Roseburg
Charles Howard
Big prune crop valued in Freewater district
Freewater reports prune harvest valued at 960000 with most of the crop already gathered. More than 100 carloads are en route to eastern markets.
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Freewater
Markete
Rain Ends Spider Threat as Oregon Crops See Hope
The Willamette hopgrowers report rain killed the little red spiders harming crops. Portland schedules a milk show for Sept 22 27 to promote milk value and sanitary dairying. Oregon officials face court action over land grant disposal as settlers seek relief from un surveyed lands.
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James H. Wolford
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Fourth Coast Artillery Reserve
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Medford
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Stayton
Idaho
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Santiam
Aumsville
Aumeville
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General Land Office
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A. M. Crawford
United States District Court
E. J. Barnes
Southern Oregon Company
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