Temperance Leader St John Defends Prohibition Laws
Ex Kansas governor John P. St John tells Portland readers that local option is unconstitutional and that prohibition will end liquor traffic. He recalls his temperance rise, cites his father’s drink problem, and notes his long stump speaking career, with 400000 miles traveled and four missed engagements.
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Portland Telegraphan
John P. St. John
Kansas
Oregon
Mr. St. John
John P. St John
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Picturesque W and C the millway through Umatilla county
A humorous tourist sketch recounts the W and C railroad line from Pendleton to Canon Wisconsin area. It notes zebra like land, rattling trains, wildlife like jackrabbits and squirrels, and station towns with care for passengers health. The trip passes through dry watercourses and dusty wheat roads with hills on either side and ends at Canon, 30 miles from Pendleton, with a cheerful but mysterious finale.
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Wo & C
Millway
Umatilla County
Wis
Pendleton
Canon
Ite
Vancycle Canon
Hunt
Parrot’s Appetite for Live Mutton in New Zealand
An exchange notes a green parrot in New Zealand that hunts live sheep, perching near the animal’s tail, digging into the back, and eating flesh around the kidneys. The bird’s beak is described as pick-axe like, aiding its grisly predation, a habit said to originate from pecking at skins hung at stations.
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New Zealand
Irrigation Programs Boost Land Values Across States
Census data show $27.9 million annual income from irrigated lands and $92 million projected expenditure will lift U.S. land values by about $87 million over 10 years. Idaho’s Payette Boise project could add at least $210 million in land value. Oregon’s Klamath project over $6 million. Malheur nearby nearly $5 million. Washington Palouse project uncertain. Three injured in Belleville grandstand collapse at the county fair.
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United States
Secretary of the Interior
Patouse
Washington
Wren
Idaho
Klamath Project
Oregon
Malheur
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Racine
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Fred Weber
Umatilla
U. S
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Pendleton, Oregon
Tite U
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Quartermasters Department
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Pelmets
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Seidier
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Hreist Amd
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Hatlocke
Brooklyn
N. VY
U. 8
the Government
Sone
Sailors
ARMY
U.S. Army
Price
W. Stokes Kirk
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