Withdrawal of protest clears Umatilla project path
Oregon Land & Water Company withdraws its protest against the West Umatilla project of 60 000 acres west of the Umatilla river and along the Columbia removing major obstacles to government water rights. State Engineer John H. Lewis notes the move leaves the project in line for a share of the 20 million dollar bond issue approved by Congress.
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Umatilla
Salem
Oregon Land & Water Company
United States Reclamation Service
West Umatilla
Umatilla River
Columbia
John H. Lewis
Oregon Land & Water Co
State Fisheries Exhibit Planned at Fair
Salem announces arrangements for a state fisheries exhibit at the State Fair. Master Warden R. E. Clanton aims to show visitors the salmon industry from spawning to growth with a comprehensive display and live fish for added interest.
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Salem
R. E. Clanton
Son Keeps Pledge as Mother’s Remains Rest Beside Husband
Henry Johnson rides from Boise Kelton to Roseburg with a skull and bones in a box tied to his saddle. He travels to Oregon to bury his mother beside her husband and son in the family plot near their home, fulfilling his father’s dying wish. The mother died 20 years earlier on a wagon journey from Iowa to Oregon after fever.
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Roseburg
Henry Johnson
Boise-Kelton
Douglas County
Mr. Johnson
Iowa
Oregon
Idaho
Heated Contest in Oregon Supreme Court Race
Salem reports a rare scramble for four seats on the Oregon supreme bench in the coming election. Five places exist, with four to be filled in November while Justice Robert Eakin’s term is the sole one not expiring this year.
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Salem
Oregon Supreme Court
Oregon Supreme Bench
Robert Eakin
Entire Apple Crop Sold In Hood River Deal
Hood River reports the largest apple sale on the continent as Steinhart Kelly of New York buys the entire Hood River output. The 400 car crop totaling about 250 000 boxes includes Spitzenbergs Newtowns Arkansas Blacks Ortleys and Johnathans and will fetch well over 500 000 dollars.
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Hood River
Steinhart & Kelly
New York Commission
County to Have Timber Cruised
Coos County commissioners will be petitioned at the next meeting to authorize cruising all merchantable timber to secure a more equitable assessment. The work will cost much and take about a year, with a request for social provision for the expense.
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Marshfield
Coos County
Medford High Adds One Year Tree Culture Course
Medford High School will open fall term with a one year course in agriculture focusing on tree culture. H. H. Hall, former athlete at Oregon Agricultural College, is in charge of the new branch of training.
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Medford
H. Hall
Orégon Accultural College
Roosevelt Called Liar By Spectator At Fargo
Colonel Roosevelt faced heckling in Fargo as a disheveled man accused him of lying about expenses. The exchange centered on funding and Out Jook Magazine, with the man later charged with disorderly conduct.
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Fargo
N. D
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ananias Club
Jook Magazine
United States
Oregon News Nuggets From Cities Across The State
The treasury advertises for bids to furnish about five thousand dollars of furniture for the Portland federal building. Medford raises five thousand for a one hundred thousand dollar hospital by the Sisters of Providence. Pacific University holds memorial services for Harvey W. Scott in Marsh Hall on September 29. Umatila County wheat totals reach five hundred thousand bushels sold to exporters and mills. The Oregon State Fair at Salem opens with the largest poultry exhibit on the Pacific Coast, about twelve hundred birds.
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Treasury Department
Portland Federal Building
Medford
Sisters of Providence
Harvey W. Scott
Pacific University
Marsh Hall
Umatila County
Pacific Coast
Oregon State Fair
Salem
London
Congress
Louisiana
The
Game Commission
F. M. Miller
Commission
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon
Jacksonville
Oregon & California Railroad Company
United States
Portland
Eugene
Harriman
Southern Pacific, Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Wilson Withdraws From Senatorial Race
Ex Senator John L. Wilson ends his bid for United States Senate, citing withdrawal from the race after a bitter King County contest with Judge Thomas Burke. The move follows a Taft telegram urging party harmony. Wilson filed the withdrawal with the Washington secretary of state at Olympia. In Spokane a church conference urged daily Bible reading in public schools and backed a county unit local option law for Washington and a statewide prohibition for Idaho.
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John L. Wilson
United States
Wilson
Thomas Burke
King County
Taft
Beverly
Seattle
Poindexter
Olympia
Spokane
State of Washington
Columbia River Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
Washington
Idaho
Market Prices Snapshot for Grains and Farm Output
Wheat prices show Bluestem 96c and Club 88c while Red Russian sits at 86c. Oats trade at 41 per ton and Barley 22 per ton. Hay Timothy sells from 24 to 18, Alfalfa around 15, Butter Creamery 33c, Ranch 22c to 23c. Eggs Ranch 30c, Selected local 36c. Wool Eastern Oregon 14 to 17c. Mohal 33c. 1909 hops quoted 10 to 13c.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington Creamery
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Vincent & Wilson
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Albert Abraham
Want Bible In Schools
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DR. A. M. Davis
roRra
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians & Surgeons
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Luther H. Howland
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J. H. Wilkens
Osteopathic
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Phore White
John S. Rankin
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DR. N. Morrison
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Dixon Bros
Mutual White
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