Oregon School Library System Praised In State Report
The Oregon Library Commission reports 16 073 dollars spent on school books and 28 195 volumes added to public school libraries in the past year. Since 1906, 76 000 has been expended with 121 000 volumes purchased. The system buys by bid, delivering books directly to schools, with Wisconsin found more costly per book. 16 200 volumes are in traveling libraries. demand rises for debating references and teacher literature. new reference librarian Elizabeth Topping joins.
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State Library Commission
Salem
Cornelia Marvin
Publc
Library Commission
Oregon Commission
Wisconsin
Oregon
Commission
Miss Marvin
Ilorifian
Adoe Vraries
Lange
Elizabeth Topping
Lbrarian
Dssistants Tolay
Miss Topping
Salam High School
Coren
Schopt
Welsh Invited to Investiture and Eisteddfod Crowd
Welsh and global visitors plan to attend the Prince of Wales investiture at Carnarvon and the nearby Eisteddfod. Leaders in colonial administration and notable Americans are among those expected, with ships chartered to bring 600 to 700 visitors from the eastern states. Hotel bookings for the event have already begun.
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Prince of Wales
Carnar- Yor
Aya
London
Austensia
Far East
South Africa
Reypt
North
South America
Welahman
United States
Dickinson Is Crack Shot at Washington Rifle Range
Secretary of War Dickinson surprised army officers by joining a rifle practice session at the Washington rifle range. After a brief demonstration they urged him to try the guns, and he scored three bullseyes in five attempts. The officers, impressed, say nothing further on the episode.
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Army
Dickinson
Washington Rifle Ranger
Secretary Dickinson Discusses Sharpshooting Image
In Tennessee mountains Secretary of War Dickinson, famed as a crack shot, attends a discussion on sharpshooting where his reputation is noted.
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Dickinson
Tennessee Mountains
Oregon rancher fined for illegal fencing in eastern Oregon
William Jones a Milhour county rancher was fined 500 dollars plus costs by Judge Wolverton in a U S district court for fencing government range in eastern Oregon. Costs may reach several thousand dollars and a similar case William Hanley faced a like penalty. Attorney C B Wood challenged the high costs as potentially exceeding the legal maximum fine of 1000 dollars and argued the fence was needed to keep cattle away from larkspur infested range.
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William Jones
Milhour County
Government Range
Oregon
Wolverton
United States
William Hanley
Wood
Jones
Hakiuman Lines Merge December 24
December 4 announcement states the R. & N company and the North Coast and Subsidiary Ones will merge into the Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation company on December 24. Traffic matters will be under Traffic Manager R. B. Miller, with line heads and managers named. North Coast Lines except Yakima Valley await operation, aiming for completion within a year. Auditing of merged lines to be done in Portland.
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R. & N Company
North Coast
Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navication Company
The
Journal
R. B. Miller
J. J. O'Brien
Co. RO & No
Strahorn
Spokane
Searve J.D Farrell
Yakima Valley
Portland
Costs of traveling salesmen in Brazil revealed by report
Commercial Agent Turner reports American traveling salesmen in Pernambuco Brazil incur heavy start up costs. Expenses include steamer to shore $9, room rent $18 monthly for two weeks, shelving furniture and benches $8.60, carpentry, wrapping paper 36 cents, a yes man 86 cents, and transport charges totaling about $88 before any sale. European traders face even higher initial outlay due to larger cargo and room needs.
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Brazil
Turner
Mornambuco
Yesman
Piper
Europe
Sweden abandons peat fuel on railways after tests
The Swedish state railways halted peat as a coal substitute after 140 trial trips showed a loss of 1.84 dollars per ton of peat. Engineers reported coal equivalence, and officials noted many nations saw similar results, prompting a return to coal for steam power.
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Sweden
Ft Fis
The Candle That the Game Isn't Worth Is a Spultery One
The fragment hints at a moral or satirical note about value and deceit, describing a candle as a symbol of a game not worth the effort and labeling it as spultery, indicating hypocrisy or folly in the described scene.
California granite to protect Celilo bridge piers
Three thousand tons of California granite from Rocklin will reinforce concrete piers for the Columbia River Celilo bridge. Oregon Trunk builders estimate freight of about 10 per ton, adding roughly 10000 to the project cost. Granite shields piers from bergs and debris during spring floods, as President Stevens had urged using granite instead of local rock.
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Portland
Ore
California
Rocklin
Oregon Trunk
Columbia River
Celilo
Harriman
Columbia
John F. Stevens
Washington
Debating League Bulletin Ready for Distribution
The Oregon High School Debating League Bulletin from the University of Oregon Press is prepared for distribution. It covers five districts with forty one high schools, lists questions and bibliographies, offers a league review and constitution, and includes briefs on public questions such as income tax and navy increases.
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Oregon High School Debating League
University of Oregon Press
Aire
Nelrighe
League
Change in Russia's calendar urged by German trade group
The German Commercial Treaty Association petitions the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to adopt the Gregorian calendar in Russia. It notes that the Julian calendar creates delays in bill maturities and payments, causing protest rights loss and contract misunderstandings, affecting railroads and orders. It hopes Russia's move will prompt Balkan adoption.
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German Commercial Treaty Association
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Russia
Association
Ruseia
Balkan States
Kalama City Election Elects Nonpartisan Ticket
Kalama Washington voters elected a nonpartisan slate including Mayor J J Wood and councilmen C Ruckles Hugo Schultz for two years and city treasurer FE J Kindorf. J E Stone on the Independent ticket failed by nine votes amid over 100 women voting though an attorney general ruling stated women should not vote if not registered.
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Kalama
Wash
J. J. Wood
C. Ruckles
Hugo Schultz
FE. J. Kindorf
J. E. Stone
Sunlight in Desert Cure Foe of Cholera
During a visit to Lord Forsum Kitchener, the speaker argued the sun defeats cholera. He recounted desert sun exposure as a disinfection method used in Egypt, ordering soldiers to bathe in sun and undress. He claimed the outbreak was stamped out by basking in sunlight.
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Rome
Forsum
Kitchener
Onane
Egypt
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Secretary of State Library Commission
Weeshimen
Stoccokman
Hakiuman Lines
IJS
Kalama, WN
Pacific Power & Light Company
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