Irrigation and industry unite Oregon aims
A 1902 editorial urges farmers and miners on Eagle Creek Baker County to seek fairness over water and land disputes. It argues laws cannot favor one industry, calls for cooperation among farmers, miners, sawmillers, and rail interests, and advocates practical irrigation development to double Oregon’s irrigated acres while maintaining civility in public life. It cites Senator Spooner and national politics as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Creek
Baker County
Oregon
Irrigation in Oregon and the Carey Act framework
A letter discusses irrigation's national impact and Oregon's progress under the Carey Act. It explains how the act transfers desert lands to states for irrigation, with land sales limited to 160 acres to US citizens, and notes Oregon's early step in enacting supporting legislation and potential contracts with corporations as the state enables reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J . Geo. H. Maxwell
National Irrigation Association
A. L. Craig
Pacific
Craig
Oregon
United States
Secretary of the Interior
State Land Board
Oregon Irrigation Outlook Under Carey Act Push
State officials describe Carey Act irrigation as a path to rapid settlement. Land transfers flow from United States to Oregon then to bona fide settlers, with irrigation companies holding reclamation liens until deeds are issued. Regions highlighted include Baker County Powell river valley Wallowa and Deschutes districts, with private capital urged to expand irrigation to attract population and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Irrigation Company
Oregon
Powder River Valley
Baker County
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa County
Umatilla County
Malheur, Harney
Crook Counties
Deschutes River
Cascade Mountains
Emerson Etheridge a Last Whig in Congress Dies
Emerson Etheridge died in Dresden Tennessee. Once a powerful orator, he stumped for Clay in 1844 and supported Taylor in 1848 and Scott in 1862. He served as a Whig leader in the Thirty third Congress and died a Republican. The text also notes France's beet alcohol production and price in 1902.
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Emerson Etheridge
Dresden
Tenn
Tennessee
Old Hickory
Clay
Taylor
Scott
Contagious Blood Poison Ad Claims Swift Specific Cure
An advertisement asserts that contagious blood poison is deadly even when unseen, lists internal dangers, and promotes 5.8.8 as a curative remedy. It warns mercury and potash worsen the condition, and urges readers to request a free home treatment book from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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Feegonan
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Emayterns
E.D. Boyd
Il Court Street
Sretoamea
N. Berkeley
Wade
Syracuse
Neagle Brothers Water
Motu
Colesworthy
East Alte Street
Gillette's
S.C
2Uyauee
Remanton
Ore
Pendleton Plat Lumber
Robert FoRsin
Tong Place
Hver Bath
Mies
Pendle
Wach AO
Laat
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