Open Postal Banks Today System Expanded Nationwide
The postal savings program begins today with one depository per state, including Klamath Falls Oregon. Deposits capped at 500, no passbooks, engraved certificates issued in 1 32 5 10 20 and 50 denominations, 2 percent interest annually. Minimum deposit 1, monthly limit 100, married women can own accounts, deposits confidential. Small savers can use 10 cent cards, and funds may be converted to United States bonds in multiples up to 600, with 21/2 percent interest semiannually.
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Klamath Falls
Oregon
Postal Savings Depository
Globe
Arts
Oroville
Cal
Leadville
Colo
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Anaconda
Mont
Carson City
Nev
Provo
Utah
Olympia
Wash
Laramie
Wye
Post Office Department
Postmaster-General
United States
Oregon plan finds ardent supporter in Norris message
Helena Mont Jan 3 Governor Norris urges direct primaries and direct Senate election under the Oregon plan. He notes a forthcoming special message on conservation forest fires income tax and employer liability. The request also pushes public service commission law allowing cities to use the commission form. Norris is rumored a dark horse in the senatorial race.
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Helena
Mont
Oregon
Norris
Public Service Commission
Woolgrowers Convene in Portland for Conventions
In Portland Oregon on January 3 the Oregon state woolgrowers gathering opened. The next day the forty seventh annual national woolgrowers conference began and runs through January 7. The primary topic for discussion is the tariff on wool and its impact on woolgrowers.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon State Woolgrowers
National
Woolgrowers
Indians Share New Year Dinner At Umatilla Mission
Some 200 Indians encamped at the Tu tullla mission on the Umatilla reservation for the midwinter camp meeting. Thousands of pies and cakes, three young steers, and large quantities of meat were consumed as residents from the reservation gathered for a free New Year dinner. Mission kids could stay an extra day, and church groups gained new members as arrivals like Matt Whitfield Lapwal Idaho and Andrew Moody Cottonwood Idaho joined the gatherings.
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Tutullla
Umatilla
Swartzlander
Cornelison
Matt Whitfield
Lapwal
Idaho
Andrew Moody
Cottonwood
Mise Holloquilla
Warm Springs
Oregon
Mia
George Waters
Yakima
Whi
Ron Whitman
New U. S. Embassy in Berlin Opens With Brilliant Reception
Berlin hosts the formal opening of the United States embassy with Ambassador and Mrs. David Jayne Hill presiding at a brilliant reception attended by a brilliant company. The ceremony takes place in Berlin on January 3.
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U. S
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
United States
London Anarchists Fight 10 Death Barricaded in a House
London dispatch reports seven anarchists barricaded in a central slum house resisted police and guards for hours. The house burned after machine gun fire, killing the defendants and injuring officers and a bystander. Firefighters and troops fought the blaze. 1000 rounds were fired. Police suspected a plot to assassinate the king next June.
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London
Churchill
Hovee
Leeson
Chessum
Chick
Dyer
John Gidenon
Sydney Street
Fire Department
Hoxsey to be privately cremated this afternoon
Pasadena news reports Hoxsey will be buried at 3 30 this afternoon at a local undertaking parlor with private cremation planned.
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Hoxsey
Pasadena
Cal
Adams County Judge Blairs Probe Exposes Vote Buying
Judge A Blair of Adams County Ohio describes a long running ballot box corruption network. He notes local option in 1906 and says the probe will halt vote selling in Adams and influence state and national politics. He urges roots of corruption be addressed to purify ballots nationwide.
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Adams
Adams County
Ohio
Scipto County
Partles
Edwin Corn
Common Pleas Court
United States
Bandits Attack Pullman as Sheriff closes in
Three highwaymen robbed the westbound overland limited at Reese, stealing cash and valuables. Porter William Davis was killed and Porter A W Taylor wounded during their stand as the bandits fled toward the hills. Sheriff Wilson and a mounted posse pursue the desperadoes along the Salt Lake shore with a $82500 haul reported as the loot.
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Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
Wilson
Reese
James Wayment
Old North Road
William Davis
A. W. Taylor
Miner Discovers Rich Quartz Then Goes Mad in Desert
San Bernardino California reports a prospector named Mojave Bil, real name Joseph Smith, allegedly discovered a lodge of rich quartz in the Mojave Desert. He arrived raving mad, pockets full of quartz, after being found half dead and brought in by other miners.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Jan
Mojave Bil
Joseph Smith
Johnson to be inaugurated tonight in Sacraments Calif
In Sacraments California January 4 the delay of the governor elect Johnson's inauguration shifted to tonight to avoid a mid on appropriations by Governor Gillett. Albert Wallace will be sworn in as lieutenant governor. Public sentiment quickly recognizes truth at first glance.
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Calif
Johnson
Gillett
Albert Wallace
Marriages Rise as Divorces Fall in Umatilla 1910
Umatilla County records show 32 divorces in 1910 and 248 marriage licenses issued. December yielded 33 licenses, while May tops with 26 marriages and November with 24. Months list: January 14, February 16, March 15, April 18, May 26, June 23, July 19, August 18, September 21, October 23, November 24, December 33. The Washington law’s higher fees push some to Pendleton and the record suggests love’s balance remains tipped toward matrimony.
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Umatilla
Washington
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Gaineben Deee Enene
Supreme Court Upholds Deposit Guarantee Laws
Washington January 3 The Supreme Court of the United States declared Oklahoma and Kansas deposit guarantee laws constitutional in two decisions. The rulings uphold state protections for bank deposits as valid exercises of state power.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Oklahoma
Kansas
Postoffice Gains For Pendleton In 1910
Pendleton post office reports a 7 percent rise in 1910 receipts to 22,056.39 from 20,574.36 in 1909. Monthly figures show most months ahead of the prior year except June and December, with quarterly totals also higher in 1910.
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Pendleton
Harry Rees
Rees
Phelps Named For Circuit Judgship In 1911 Rumor
East Oregonian reports Phelps appointed judge of the sixth judicial district by Bowerman. Rumors place Steiner as district attorney candidate, Watts remains a possibility, with surprise pick Sam P. Van Vactor as a favored contender among local observers. Deputy DA Steiner denies candidacy. Governor Bowerman in Condon, announcements due Thursday.
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Portland
Ore
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Phelps
Bowerman
Steiner
Watts
United Press
The
H. J. Bean
Supreme Bench
Gilbert W. Phelps
Iiown
Frederick Steiner
Jay Bowerman
Condon
Salem
Charles J. Ferguson
F. Wilson
Athena
C. C. Woodson
Heppner
Cosen
Sam P. van Vactor
van Vactor
Turn Tide of Immigration Western Development Meeting in Omaha
Nebraska and western states plan to form the Western Development association to steer future immigration toward the western states. A meeting in Omaha between January 18 and 28 aims to organize the group with support from governors, commercial leaders, and railroads.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
California
South Dakota
Western Development Association
Omaha
West
Mississippi
Canada
Canadian Northwest
United States
Omaha Daily Bee
Farmer
Ine J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
J. H. Hall
Agriculture
Jos. P. Fallon
Immigration
Maho
J. H. Brady
Col. W. E. Skinner
Denver & Laramie R. R
E. L. Lomax
Western Pacific R. R
Western Pacific RR
F. B. Fisher
Southern R. Re
Idaho Divorce Rule Would Tie Residency to Precedent
Governor Hawley urged the Idaho legislature to adopt a one year legal residence requirement for divorce. He called for repeal of the Sunday rest law and favored the initiative and referendum, income tax, dam construction on the Clearwater River to create reservoirs for burned timber, and a $400,000 appropriation to finish the capitol’s main section.
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Horse
Ida
Idaho
Hawley
Capitol
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United Press Association
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Porter
Miner
P. van Wvacer
Post
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