Idaho Urged to Host Oregon backed Irrigation Congress
Idaho should host the No-Siren Irrigation Congress in Poles on September 3 with hearty cooperation from Oregon. Delegates and officials from government, press, and foreign representatives will attend to promote irrigation shared interests for arid states. Oregon should organize Boise events before departure to mobilize support and maximize publicity for irrigation efforts.
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Idaho
Oregon
Poles
Bolso
Itabo
Congress
Wensol
Oremon
Gregon
Bote
State Association
Boise
Qregen
Irrigation Congress
United Mate
Learned language in jail linked to long prison term
Alexander Berkmann, freed from Allegheny county prison after 16 years for an attempted murder of Henry Frick, speaks eight languages fluently. Once a radical anarchist, he used imprisonment to study, mastering English German Slavic Polish Hungarian and Italian Spanish and French, reading voraciously during the confinement. Temperatures recorded across several Northwest towns are noted with Spokane 98 Walla Walla 102 Lewiston 106 etc.
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Alexander Berkmann
Allegheny County
Henry C. Frick
Berkmann
Mr. Frick
Moorhouse Photo Attracts Attention to County Oil Project
A Moorhouse photograph and a brief note highlight a government project aimed at securing county oil resources. The item stresses the project’s significance for the region and its lasting impression on local viewers.
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Conprem
Labor unions clash over Panama canal labor needs
The piece argues that the American Federation of Labor and Sam Gompers oppose Chinese labor imported for the Panama Canal, accusing white and Jamaican workers of failing to meet needs. It claims government efforts failed to secure labor and criticizes unions for hindering progress while the canal relies on imported workers.
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American Federation of Labor
Same
Panama
Lethias
Canal Commission
Gompers
Portland’s Rise as a World-Scale City and Hub
The East Oregonian argues Portland is destined to be an ancient world city, with a great river highway, a fresh water harbor, and access to railroads expanding into the interior. It asserts Portland can outship regional production and become a Pacific coast metropolis, shaping a vast future for Oregon.
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Portland
Orient
Alaska
Kezon
East Oregonian
Oregon
Pacifc
Summer Reading at the T Bard Inn Library
If you seek light reading for mountain trips or cool escapes, explore our complete line of paper covered books, reading magazines, and popular fiction. Visit the T Bard Inn Library and ask about it.
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T*bard Inn
Transfer of Yoxomite Valley to National Government Approved
The California state land commission nears ceded control of the famous Yoxomite Valley to the federal government. Attorney General approval is in hand, and a staff shakeup follows as valley employees learn their services will no longer be required. Subordinates and park enterprises may transfer to federal management, with Captain Benson expected to assume U S duties as transfer formalizes.
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Yoxomite Valley
State of
California
State Land Commission of California
Dan
Benson
The
Park
United States
Sentinel Hotel
Curry
Yosemite
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone
Oregon Moves To Clamp Down On Dime Novels
A bill aims to curb sale and display of dime novels and similar literature that depict crime and bloodshed to minors. Enforcing officers would prosecute sellers who show or advertise such material to children, with penalties including fines and possible imprisonment.
Odd Fellows Move to Expel Saloon Members in New Jersey
Weley B. Stout, grand master of New Jersey Odd Fellows, leads a drive to expel saloon keepers bartenders and gamblers from the order. About 350 New Jersey members may be affected if they do not abandon their trade by August 20. Some saloon interests threaten lawsuits as lodge unity tests the shipon element grows.
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Odd Fellows
United States
New Jersey
Weley B. Stout
Grand Lodge of
Agninet
Jersey City
Brout
Sovereign Lodge of Odd Fellows
Shipon
OW Fellows
Order
London to Begin World Tour from Seattle in September
Writer Jack London plans a two year world tour for Scribner's Magazine starting from the Seattle port in a 40 foot boat named Star. He will spend two days in Seattle and likely lecture to the socialite circle. London, famed author of The Call of the Wild and The War of the Classes, will be hosted in Seattle by Everett Lloyd of the Seattle Star.
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Jack London
Scribner's Magazine
Seattle
Thie
Star
London
Hert
Everett Lloyd
The
Seattle Star
Hotel Pentleton Refit And Refurbish Completes
The Hotel Pentleton has been refitted and refurnished throughout with upgraded telephone and fire alarm systems. All rooms feature en suite baths and single rooms are available.
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Bath
St. George
Northwest
Pentleton
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