Oregon Protest Wins and Umatilla Project Move
The West Umatilla irrigation project near Oregon advances as Secretary Ballinger approves final surveys and orders immediate action. The move signals a likely increased reclamation fund to Oregon, with Klamath favored and Oregon urged to press for full funding while addressing past inequities. Thomas Boylen, noted sheepman, rode the Oregon Washington Limited from Portland after attending a national growers meeting.
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West Umatilla
Oregon
Washington
Ballinger
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
Funde
Umatilla
Klamath
Taft
Thomas Boylen
Oregon-Washington Limited
Portland
Money Kings Face New York Bank Run
The money kings of Wall Street move to calm a New York bank run after Carnegie Trust’s closure. Morgan-backed measures promise to cover deposits and oversee replacements as 300 depositors queued for cash, with eight more million guaranteed in addition to existing funds.
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New York
Wall Street
Carnegie Trust Company
Morgan
Equitable Trust Company
Madison Trust Co
Nineteenth
Twelfth Ward
Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Standard OF Company
19Th Ward
Bradley Mart, Jr
Dr McClure Named Secretary for Woolgrowers Association
Dr S W McClure northwest head of the bureau of animal industry and Pendleton resident is chosen national secretary of the woolgrowers association. The post pays 4000 dollars annually and requires headquarters in Gooding Idaho. Pendleton remains temporary national secretary HQ as succession plans unfold.
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Northwest
Bureau of Animal Industry
Pendleton
W. McClure
National Woolgrowers Hasociation
National Association
McClure
George Walker
Woolgrowere
Dr. McClure
Gooding
Frank Gooding
Association
Idaho
Harry Pinkerton
Portland
Federal
Smith-Crawford
Pinkerton
Balloon Vanishes After Flight From St Louis
The balloon St. Louis, No. 4 sailed from St Louis yesterday and is now being hunted by the St Louis Aero Club officials. A gale force southwest wind is believed to have carried it over Pennsylvania with all eastern states asked to watch. Pilot J. Cowan Hulburt and aide Paul McCullough were aboard with provisions for seven days.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Aero Club
Pennsylvania
J. Cowan Hulburt
Paul McCullough
Japanese Government Orders Rice For War Prep
Manila January 9 report says Japan has ordered 100000 tons of rice from Saigon in Indochina. The move sparks excitement as the only similar order before the Russo Japanese war is seen as evidence of hostile activities. The rice is said to be used for powder and food.
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Manila
P. I
Saigon
Indochina
Oregon Legislature Opens With Campaign Proposals
The Oregon legislature convened amid talk of sweeping reforms. Governor Oswald West aims to balance power as Republicans and insurgents clash. Ben Selling leads the Senate 17 to 8, Jere Musk is Speaker of the House 35 to 22, with Bowerman quitting the Senate presidency. Early ballots may win Democratic votes for Selling. The body considers physical valuation of railroads, proportional representation, a state corporation commission, and broad reforms following November’s liability, jury and single tax measures.
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Rusk
Portland
Ore
Jan
Jere Musk
la Grande
Oregon
Eaton
Thompson
Bowerman
Salem
Dan
Buchinin
Douglas County
House
Barrett
Washington County
Senate
Hew Selling
Orpfon
Legisature
Hiehwis
Qulons Meet in Olympia and Proposed Direct Nomination Reform
In Olympia a meeting of Qulons advocates calls for limiting court power and proposes restoring people’s direct control over Supreme Court justice nominations. Seattle editors face contempt charges cited as a potential catalyst for legislative action.
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Seattle
Supreme Court
Senate elects Hamus president as session ends early
Olympia Washington January 9 Senator Paul Hamus of Pierce County won the Senate presidency and Taylor of King County was chosen speaker of the house. The session adjourned after a short time.
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Olympia
Wash
Hirc
Paulhamus
Pierce County
Senate
Taylor
King County
Washington legislature opens with anti contempt and direct primary talks
Olympia Jan 9 The Washington state legislature opened its biennial session with plans to curb court punishment for constructive contempt and to restore direct popular selection of supreme court justices. Debates will also test the second choice provision of the primary law as factions push broader election powers.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Gilliam
The
Seattle Star
William
Supreme Court
Elmina
Portland Vying To Duplicate Pendleton Roundup
Portland considers a wild west show during Rose Festival week led by C B Irwin who staged Cheyenne acts.Officials fear encroachment on Pendleton Roundup rights and plan another protest to Portland’s Commercial Club to block the attraction plan.
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Portland
Perdleton
Anether
Nyte
Roosevelt
Cheyenne
C. B. Irwin
Union Pacific Railroad
J. H. Nolta
Peninsula Rose Society
Peninsula
Washington
Metripolia
Raley
Roundup Association
Commercial Club of
Pendleton
Commercial Club
Windstorm sweeps entire Pacific coast
A Pacific coast windstorm swept from Northern California to Montana with winds up to fifty six miles per hour. Wires down in Northern Washington. shipping halted. Seattle reports signs blown down and windows broken. A cold snap follows, with reduced winds and a twelve degree Seattle drop. No serious damages reported so far.
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Portland
Ore
Jan. C
California
Rudah Columbia
Montana
Pacific
Washington
Seattle
New Appointee Attends Opening of Court in District
Samuel Van Vactor of Heppner is named the new district attorney for the sixth judicial district replacing Gilbert W. Phelps. He arrived on the morning train after Acting Governor Bowerman’s message but did not act in an official capacity at the court opening. A Democrat, Van Vactor is known to local lawyers from ten years of practice in Morrow county and previously worked in The Dalles. The appointment is met with general satisfaction.
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Samuel van Vactor
Heppner
Sixth Judicial District
Gilbert W. Phelps
van Vacter
Jay Bowerman
Hoe
Morrow
Dalles
Chicago Packers Face Federal Prosecution Under Antitrust Law
Chicago January 9 Federal Judge Carpenter ruled the government may pursue criminal action against alleged Chicago packers under the anti trust law. The ruling rejects defendants claim that a 1903 injunction barred the case, finding the order non operative and allowing the prosecution to continue.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Beef Trust
Woman on Trial for Attempted Husband Murder
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 9 Laura Schenk fashionable as she faced trial for allegedly poisoning her husband John Schenk a millionaire packer. The court heard she conspired with others to kill him as physicians linked his illness to poison.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Schenk
John Schenk
Packer
Earthquakes Strike Part of Asiatic Russia Again
A violent earthquake hit Asiatic Russia near Tashkent on January 9, worse than last week's quake. Reports say it struck the same districts, telegraph lines failed, and information is scarce due to damaged communications and property losses.
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Asiatic
Russia
Tashkent
Woolgrowers' meeting attendee returns home
Herbert Boylen a member of the state sheep commission arrived home yesterday from Portland where he attended the national woolgrowers meeting.
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Herbert Boylen
State Sheep Commission
Portland
Woolgrowers
Grazing as Insurance Against Forest Fires Stirs West
Pendleton attorney Dan P. Smythe told the national wool growers convention in Portland that grazing of livestock in national forests does not damage timber and may prevent fires. He urged allowing maximum grazing to safeguard forests, backed by Oregon and western stockmen.
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Dan P. Smythe
Oregon Wool Growers’ Association
Wool Growers
Portland
Pendleton
Gooding
Forest Reserve
West
National Forest Protection
Rockies
Oregon
Virginian
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Forest Service
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Khalance
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Ben Selling
Multnomah County
Qulons
Pacific Coast
Alaska
British Columbia
Recorder
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Chicago Packers
Smythe
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