Douglas County Good Roads Movement at Roseburg Meeting
Douglas county road super visors met in Roseburg to urge the county court to buy three sets of modern road machinery including rock crusher roller and traction engine for permanent road improvements. Resolutions urged funding as many districts endorse the plan amid ongoing official resignations and staffing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Road Supervisore
Roseburg
Court House
Messrs
D S_ kh. Buick
J.C. Fullerton
F. B. Waite
Albert Abraham
J. A. Black
J.T. Spaugh
Douglas County
Oregon
Williams and Hunt Exonerated in Malfeasance Indictments
Mayor George H Williams and Police Chief Charles H Hunt are no longer under indictment for malfeasance in office. Judge George dismissed both indictments on District Attorney Manning's motion. The grand jury had just filed its final report when dismissal was requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Williams
Charles H. Hunt
George
Manning
Williams
Lumber Mills Resume Activity Boosts Lane County Prosperity
Lane county mills move to full operation with several contracts and repairs. Fisher Bros. Mill at Marcola resumes after a quiet period, targeting steady output of 40 000 to 50 100 feet daily. Wendling and Coburg plants boost capacity while a logging railway is planned to secure future output. A February 1 restart for Heland's met meer Wendling and a February stockholders meeting of BK K L Cos loom with anticipated news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane County
Fisher Bros. Mill
Marcola
Heland
Meer Wendling
New Mexico
Colorado
Wendling
Blodgett Mi Company
Michigan
Booth Kelly Company
Wemlling
BK. K. L. Cos Stockhollers
Eugene
Oregon Legislature Opens In Salem With Major Bills Looming
The Oregon Legislature convened in Salem for the biennial session. Governors remarks and party organization are underway as lawmakers prepare to push key measures including a mining bureau, taxing unpatented mines on output, land assessment reforms, a state board of pardons, and city charter amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Salem
Douglas County
State Board of Pardons
Curious hybrid dog bear owned by Oregon man
In Avrasy Oregon a shepherd dog bear cross named Deacon is kept by L A Newton a Pacific States Company solicitor based in Albany. The animal shows dog and bear traits walks erect and has one white eye with a changing pupil. Newton has refused a $20 offer for the beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avrasy, Or
L. A Newton
Pacific States Company
Albany
Beardog
Deacon
Newton
Lawson Startsles Stock Market With Lawsuit Threat
New York traders jolted by Tom Lawson's claim that Attorney General Moody will be asked to sue Romig Copper, backing his assertion with asserted evidence. The session opened with modest gains from heavy buying attributed to the System, then weakness spread and prices fell despite early effort to stem the decline. A brief late rally limited losses near close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moody
Romigesued Copper Company
Thomas W. Lawson
Oregon Measures and Political Maneuver in Early 1905
A broad list of proposed laws appears, including state rail and tax reforms, child labor regulation, juveniles court extension, and irrigation cooperation with the federal government. A concurrent legislative race sketch notes a tight Speaker contest between Milla and Kay, with three pivotal votes and a Senate deadlock among Kuykendall Carter and power brokers Brownell Crossan Hobson. A Hoofnote letter reveals Harriman lines cut immigrant moveables rate to fifty cents per hundred pounds, boosting Northwest settlement prospects for 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University
Oregon
Tax Commission
Multnomah County
Milla
Multnomah
Kay
Marion
Senate
Kuykendall
Lane
Carter
Jackson
Carter Braves
Pacific Northwest
S.p. RK. K
Portland
Ore
Giestiewer
Northwest
Harriman
Missouri River
Southern Pacific
Ashland
Lewin & Na
Middle States
East
Political maneuvering for committee chairs revealed
Reports claim Wm Vawter and his followers secured promises of top committee positions before arriving in Mills camp. Vawter may chair the ways and means committee, with Sonneman and Schiller Hermann also set for key chairships and broad distribution of legislative honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vawter
Ways and Means
Sonneman
Schiller Hermann
Land Fraud Storm Hits Montana Millionaire Figures
Reports from Washington allege W G Conrad, a leading Montana millionaire, is tied to extensive land frauds. Timber and desert land claims across Cascade Wissoula Libby and Flathead counties are said to have been secured by perjured evidence and dummy claimants, with inspectors to begin a nationwide probe.
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Mont
W. G. Conrad
Montana
Letelier Hitchcock
Washington
Cascade
Wissoula
Great Falls
Conrad
Literial Department
Miesonla
Missonia
Libby
Flathead County
Heney to Succeed Hall as U S Attorney Temporarily
Francis J. Heney will be appointed to fill the vacancy created by John A. Hall's removal, with the appointment to be temporary and aimed at maintaining the land fraud investigations. The choice follows President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody, with a later Oregonman to be named for the permanent post. Attorney Heney remains in charge of land fraud probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Heney
United States District Attorney
John A. Hall
Roosevelt
Heney
Moody
Oregon
Hall
Federal Grand Jury
F. J. Heneyy
California
Ex-Governor Geer Entangled in Major Court Claim
George Summers of Prineville sues ex Governor Geer ex State Land Agent Geer and W H Odell in the Oregon Circuit Court claiming 4944 25 in reimbursements plus 1000 damages from a 24 count conspiracy alleging invalid base sales for land selections. Geer denies any conspiracy and calls the suit politically motivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prineville
T. T. Geer
L. B Geer
W. H. Odell
Anitia
Geer
I. B. Geer
M. E. Payne
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Douglas County Good Roads Movement
Good Reads
County
Rowi
Machery
Ds & Benk
Avnett Angsana
Black
J J Hedden
Reobert Anlani
J M Ritchey
K C Arnold
Peter Jones
J. T
Sngh
K Buick
J C Fullerton
Jon Mick
RC Brown
W Dowell
C W Hatfield
A Woeleff
A. J. An
Derson
W H Brown
F B Waite
H Byker
J W Wright
W B Clarke
W H Thompson
L G Mathews
John Dicks
T L Brewer
Mertle Uiwk
Abner Riddle Riddle
Efe Waine
Eckton
J Pool
Days Creek
Mr. Dean
W. H. Devore
Canyonville
W. R. Stock
Roseburg- Edenhower
John Preschern
R. W. Fenn
Government Geographical and Real Survey of
South America
U. S
Marsters’ Drug Store
B. W. Strong
Furneture Man
R. R. Johnson
Marks Block
Roseburg, OR
Hunt
B. &. L.w's Mills
Coburg
Springfield
Both- Kelly Company
Likkng
Sharp
House
Southern Oregon
W. J. Vawter
H. G. Sonnemann
B. Hermann
Pera
Lawson
Lady Curzon
India
Curzon
Mary Leiter
Oregon City
Brownell
Crossan
Hobson
Marion Senators
L. B. Geer
W. B. Moree
Odell
General Odell
Fullerton & Richardson
Bopot
Roseburg, Ore
W. Benson
Marsters
F.W. Berson
R.A. Booth
J. HB. Booth
J.T Brides
Lyons
A. D. Marsters
E.L Mill
Beard & Culver
EPA
Pat
FF. Patterson
Saitte
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