Oregon Legislature Debates Widow Dower Rights and City Locks
Oregon lawmakers convene with near silent scenes as Bourne and Mulkey are ratified for US Senate terms. A bill protecting widows from decedent property sale fails 45 to 11, while a bill for Willamette River locks at Oregon City advances with funded levy. A proposed repeal would loosen prohibitions on alcohol for Indians, reviving 1861 provisions amid broader public safety debates.
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House
Oregon City
Senate
Salem
Oregon
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
United States
Frederick Wmulkay
John H. Mitchell
Mulkey
Bourne
Washington, D. C
Jackson
Douglas
Willamette
Oast
Rumored Phenomenal Strike Near Silver Peak Draws Attention
Tonopah Nevada January 23. Rumors tell of a remarkable discovery about 20 miles south of Silver Peak. An apiece man, described as large, was sent to the mint to verify purity. The property belongs to E E Knapp Ed Dame and Frank Stewart. Some believe it is the famed cement ledge first found in 1863.
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Tonopah
Nev
Silver Peak
E. E. Knapp
Ed Dame
Frank Stewart
Colorado Potato Output Falls Short After Record Planting
Colorado growers faced a lighter potato harvest in 1906 amid high corn demand and prices. Estimated crop value reached 1.75 million dollars after costs of production at about 821 thousand dollars, leaving growers roughly 918 thousand dollars. Ninety five hundred carloads or 2.876 million sacks were anticipated, with 30 thousand acres planted and an average yield of 79 sacks per acre. The year saw the best quality yet and growers plan to expand potato acreage next season as beet competition rises.
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Dan
Colorado
Railroads face I C C short‑age hearing in Seattle
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane closed the hearing on the car shortage today. The session focused on railroad defense amid charges of faulty distribution, insufficient rolling stock, favoritism, and petty graft by railroad employees. The Ambermen were given an hour to rebut railroad testimony.
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Seattle
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Bill to tax bachelors discussed in Springfield
A bill introduced in Springfield on January 23 proposes a tax of five dollars weekly on men over twenty years old who remain unmarried. The measure was debated in the hour today.
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Salem
Ore
Dan
Barrett
Umatilla
Oregon
Phelps
Mensure
United States
Springfield
Livestock Meet Draws Delegates to Denver Convention
Umatilla County sends no representatives to the American National Livestock Association meeting in Denver while Salt Lake Wool Growers attendees are noted. President Murdo Mackenzie’s annual address highlighted issues from rail freight to meat inspection and livestock in transit rules. The Cooperative Livestock Commission, formed to oppose price increases, is praised as a success and viewed as beneficial to stockmen.
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Umatilla County
Denver
Salt Lake
Machenele Chief Feature
Umnatilla
Woolgrowers
American National Livertock Association
Murdo Mackenzie
American National Livestock Association
Broadway
Wits City
H. Cowan
Texas
Henry A. Buchtel
Mackenzie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Co-operative Livestock Commission Company
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Thaw Trial Opens Amid Crowd and Courtroom Tension
New York January 23 crowds flooded streets as Thaw faced arraignment for murder. About 200 reporters admitted from U S and Europe while general public faced exclusion. Thaw appeared pale and nervous, escorted relatives arrived mid morning, jurors began to be sworn, with disorder and strict credentialing noted as press access was tightly controlled.
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New York
Thaw
Europe
Talesmen
Jerome
Evelyn
Yarmouth
George Carnegie
May McKensie
Edward Thaw
Charles Dryden
Fiist
Dryden
Talesman
Dirydon
Deming B. Smith
Smith
Frank P. Hall
Stock Issue Enjoined By U S Court
The United States court granted a temporary injunction blocking the proposed $60,000,000 stock issue for Great Northern Railway. The ruling delays the planned stock sale, as the road will appeal to the supreme court for a final decision. The district court affirmed that states may impose wholesome restrictions on railroad stock issued.
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Paul
United States Court
Great Northern
Supreme Court
District Court
California Legislators Push Anti Strikebreaker and Real Estate Bills
Assemblyman Devlin moves to bar Pinkerton strikebreakers and limit police power for six months’ residency. Drew proposes prohibiting Chinese and Japanese from acquiring further real estate titles and extending loaners. Hayes protests Roosevelt threat and urges extending Chinese exclusion to Japanese. Judge Dunne grants four more days delay for Abe Ruef and Mayor Schmitz to prepare briefs.
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California
Congress
Abe Ruef
Schmitz
Sacramento
Drew
Hayes
Roosevelt
Washington
Foster
Vermont
Japan
San Francisco
Beveridge Defense of Child Labor Bill in Center
Washington reports Beveridge defended his child labor bill on the centre stage. He cites 2,000,000 children under 15 at work, 700,000 in non agricultural jobs, and argues sweatshops and factories harm body and mind. He asserts only a national law can curb the evil, as states acting alone lack competence.
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Washington
Beveridge
Four Trainmen Killed in Collision Near Yamasse
A head on collision near Yamasse, Charleston, on January 23 resulted in four trainmen killed. Two others are missing and believed incinerated by the ensuing fire.
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Charleston
5. C
Yamasse
Twenty Dead in Primero Mine Disaster at Trinidad
Twenty are known dead and scores injured after an explosion at the Primero mine in Trinidad. Rescue attempts are hampered as crews struggle to reach the shaft and assess the full extent of the disaster as workers reported they were just beginning their shift when the blast occurred.
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Trinidad
Col
Primero
Pioneer W G Hunter killed by dynamite blast
W G Hunter a Grand Ronde pioneer and prominent Union county figure died instantly in an on site dynamite explosion while thawing charges for the Grand Ronde electric grit project where he served as president. Three workmen were seriously injured. Hunter, a large landowner near Island City, was a director of La Grande Farmora Bank and led the electric company with Walter Pierce. He had lived in the Grand Ronde valley about 40 years and helped build the county.
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la Grande
W. G. Hunter
Union County
Grand
William G. Hunter
Sand Ridge
Island City
la Grande Farmora & Traders’ Bank
Grand Ronde Electric Light Company
Walter Pierce
Grand Thontle Valley
Smallpox Epidemic Reported in Milton Area
Five smallpox cases are reported near Milton with mild symptoms and no serious outcomes expected. Possible origins trace to Walla Walla and Spokane, while a diphtheria case is noted northwest of Milton. Scarlet fever is reported in Athena. Pendleton sees no cases and few contagious diseases since last spring.
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Pendicton
Milton
J. McFaul
County Health Board
R. M. Dorothy
Clarence Hearst
Freewater
J. Hopkins
Wallace
Walla Walla
Spokane
Victor Campbell
Athena
Depet
McFaul
Bingham Station
Umatilla
Extreme Northwest Cold Strains Dakota Residents
In the Dakotas and North Dakota regions, extreme cold and fuel shortages grip residents. Reading from St Paul on January 23, reports say temperatures reach 20 below zero here and 28 below at Devil's Lake. The Great Northern Railway is delivering coal and wood on passenger trains to aid those in need.
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Dakotas
St. Paul
Northwest
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
Great Northern
Levee Nearing Completion Protects City From Floods
Floyd Avery of Young & Kelsay announces near completion of Newport company rip-rapping on the Umatilla levee below Main street bridge. Improvements include removal of a sharp curve, steeper slope, longer extension, and stronger foundation where foot walls are missing. full wall construction delayed by high water. Operations to end for winter. Avery to depart for Salt Lake headquarters.
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Umatilla
Newport Company
Floyd Avery
Young & Kelsay
Main Street
Malin Street
Avery
Salt Lake
Young & Keleny
Miners Choose Mitchell and Lewis for Delegation
Indianapolis Jan 23 The miners convention adjourned sine die after selecting Mitchell and Lewis to hold the delegation to the next meeting of the American Federation of Labor. A railroad well at La Grande in down 250 feet no artesian water yet. casing and other material for 200 feet further drivers on the ground.
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Indianapolis
Miners’ Convention
Mitchell
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
la Grande
Sheep Market Holds Steady Despite Outside Demand
The Oregon market shows strong prices with Wyoming buyers driving up costs. Mixed yearlings sell for 2.50 to 3.25 per head after shear, yearling wethers 2.60 plus, mutton 6.5 to 5.5 cents per pound, with few ewes contracted. Local firms Rhea Bros and Smythe & Son report active trades, while analysts expect price declines as forest-reserve reductions bite later spring.
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Dan P. Smythe
Sheepmen's Association
Rhea Bros
Morrow County
Smythe & Son
Wyoming
Oregon
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Wenaha Reserve
Umatila County
Blue Mountain Reserve
Freight lines resume handling perishables in Walla Walla
Produce men and railroad officials in Walla Walla report the O R and N order not to receive perishables has been rescinded. The railroad is moving freight trains on schedule with light coal loads due to a fuel shortage while fruit shipments, scarce for two weeks, may pick up if warm weather continues. Local truck farmers crowd the city as produce could leave tomorrow if conditions stay favorable.
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Walla Walla
Moainy
Walla Willa
Dense fog triggers two trolley collisions in Portland
On January 29 in Portland Oregon dense fog and green motormen caused two trolley crashes. The Irvington line saw two cars smashed injuring conductor William Evans who was seriously hurt and several passengers cut or bruised. A Waverly line car was wrecked and reduced to kindling wood.
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Portland
Ore
Irvyington
William Evans
Waverly
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Nevada
Railroads
American National Association
AMM OF
Batramento
Devlin
Vallejo
State Federation of Labor
Grand Ronde
Ontslde
Ortgon
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