Eighty Acre Reclamation Plan May Cut Idaho Holdings
Federal reclamation policy may reduce to 60 or 40 acres per claimant if land is suitable for family use. Notices inform settlers on Mini Foka and Posse Payne tracts to choose retained lots while remaining land returns to government for reentry. Widespread impact possible on Idaho projects and similar programs elsewhere. Local vote on a bond for a new city hall looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Idaho
Beegun
Saya
Boise Statesman
Homeestead
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Service
Department
Congress
Land Office
Minifoka
Posse-Payette
Twin Falls
Oregon Mohair Market Opens With Uncertain Prices
The Oregon wool and mohair market opens with prices around 28 cents and strong expectations for higher values as competition grows. Dealers and growers disagree on justifiable levels, while Boston reports indicate mills buying large quantities of Oregon wool at better prices than earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Sunday Journal
Oregon
Boston
Smut Treatment Promotes Wheat Safety and Wealth
Farmers across eastern Oregon and Washington adopt formaldehyde smut treatment after a Washington State College bulletin. The method warns formaldehyde kills wheat smut without harming grain and outlines a sprinkling seed-coat process and drying steps. Also noted are high sheep prices and a Genoa dock fire that damaged American cotton worth about $1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Washington
Washington Agricultural College
Pullman
Jane
Pioneer Sketch of The Dalles Boundary Milestones
A historic sketch recounts The Dalles boundary order in 1848 under War Department supervision. It covers Fort Dalles, witness tree markers, and gradual 1862 surveys, plus Jefferson Davis 1854 War Department guidance to minimize private land infringement. The narrative notes townsite growth, street naming, and a fatal accident near Eugene.
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Old Port
War Department
Jefferson Davie
Mra
C.J. Crandall
Dalles
Marcy
Oregon
Loring
Rifle
Fort Dalles
Fort Drum
Columbia River
Tucker
Firet
Wood and
Twelfth Streets
Capitan Alverd
Coeorge
PB. Bumford
Johny BR. Gileon
Firet Ortlery
Vannsiver
Congress
Fort Vancouver
VRSS
Jefferson Davis
Washington
Coeneral
John Ewor
Department
Ten Milee
Columbia
Dalloe Oly
Capret
Woehlneton
Temple of Justice
Mardéon
Court House
No Rebellion Found in Slant on Cuba
William E. Curtis argues in a Chicago Record-Herald piece that Cuban people are content with the provisional government and that there are no guerrillas or bandits. he notes sugar wealth, foreign ownership, and the long exploitation of labor, while praising Taft and Bacon for quelling uprisings and warning of bandit pressure on planters and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Curtis
Cuba
Anid
Cue Hones
Maceo
Spain
Hora
United States
Taft
Bacon
Cubs
Cheyenne seeks round trip fares to Denver via Greeley
Cheyenne residents eye a round trip scheme to beat the rail fare to Denver by routing through Greeley. The plan exploits cheaper Gr eeley to Denver rates, offering about 35 cents saving over Cheyenne to Denver, though train connections risk delays. The Cheyenne Tribune notes the tactic is likely temporary as Wyoming rates may align with Colorado soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Denver
Colorado
Cheyenne 'Tribune
Greely
Greeley
Wyoming
Mississippi and Louis iang Negroes back Foraker movement
Negroes in Mississippi and Louisiana are said to have invited members of their race in other southern states to join them in a movement supporting Senator Foraker of Ohio for president of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Louisiang
Southern
Senator Foraker
Ohio
United States
Turkish bath and hotel rates in Portland headline
A Portland hotel listing promotes a modern Turkish bath and room amenities. Rates start at $3 per day with special pricing for families and single gentlemen. The manager, Bowers, invites tours and commercial travelers to inspect the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Ani Mees
Bowers
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California
Beyers
Irvin
Sele
Smith & Beles
K. F. MacRae
A. Murray
J. C. Moore
San Francisco
John Tay
Genoa
Italy
Pioneer Oketch OF
THE
Albert McPoland
Oed
Eugene
Oreron
RootheRelly Tambere Company
Sland
Frazer Theatre
Vm. P
Oscar L. Figman and
Ruth White
the Tenderfoot
Pendleton Drug Co
Beecham
Roc
A.c
HOTEL
E. E. Kidder
Walter
Walters’ Flour Mills
Pendleton, Oregon
Frank B. Clopton & Co
E. Court, St., Pendleton, Ore
Potlatch Lumber Co
West Alta Street
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
East Oregonian
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