Committees Named by Kuykendall and Mills in Oregon Assembly
Speaker Mills announces expanded committees in the Oregon House with names for Judiciary, Ways and Means, Railways and Transportation, Elections, Education, Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, Taxation, Claims, Military, Roads, Indian Affairs, Corporations, Cities and Towns, Commerce, Counties, Federal, Mining, Public Lands, Internal Improvements, Agriculture, Alcoholic Traffic, Manufactures, Medicine and Pharmacy, Booking and Insurance, Horticulture, Health Morals, Rules, Library, Fisheries, Labor, Penal and Charitable Institutions, Capitol Buildings, Immigration, Irrigation, Food and Dairy, and more. Senate committees listed with agriculture, taxation, education, election, Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, federal relations, fishing, game, irrigation, judiciary, medicine, military affairs, municipal corporations, printing, public buildings, public lands, railroads, and roads. New bills introduced include fertilizer sale regulation, St Johns incorporation, stock running at large prohibition, insurance, direct primaries, law practice, arson, fisheries, salaries for circuit judges, Houston charter, and various county and municipal matters.
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Judiciary
Linthicum
Vawter
Smith Jayne
Muir
Wage and Means
Gra Blakely
Hentley
Hermann
Sod
Hu Colwell
Chamberlain
Kay
Litz
Colwell
Richie
Fawk
Capron
Monker Roade
Cornett
Jag
Bailey
D Nnelly
Steiner
Barnes
Corporatione-Holcomb
Cald
Jagger
Stern Shook
Oregon Senate Proposes Eight Hour Labor Bill and Whipping Post
The Senate advances an eight hour labor proposal excluding farm and domestic work with a reading of Governor Chamberlain’s message highlighting a call for a whipping post for wife beaters. Other measures seek elk hunting limits, county health officers, itinerant peddler licensing, and a damages action clarification.
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Senate
Brownell
Chamberlain
Thoreday
Senator Mitchell Denounces Accusers on Senate Floor
In Washington on January 17 Senator Mitchell, facing indictment in Oregon land fraud cases, condemned his accusers as “atrocious and malicious liars” and declared his innocence. He attacked U S Attorney Heney and outlined his role in land claims aiding constituents, drawing stern support from fellow senators amid dramatic, widely watched testimony.
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Washincron
Mitchell
Senate
Hermann
Portland
S. A. S. Puter
Oregon
S.A. D. Peter
Francis J. Heney
Foraker
Ohio
Teller
Patterson
Stewart
Newlanes
Kearns
DuBois
Fulton
McComas
Scott
McCumber
Daniel
Local Option Measure Amended To Allow Prohibition Referendum
Representative Jaynes introduces a bill to amend the local option laws. It allows an election on prohibition in a precinct with 40 percent petition and excludes incorporated town residence precincts and wholesalers. It lets 10 percent of voters in counties with prior prohibition demand a June 1906 resubmission. Emergency clause ensures passage without referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaynes
Wasco
Oregon House considers gambling a felony
Late in January the Oregon House introduced a bill by Representative Gray of Douglas county to make gambling a felony. The act would ban 21s dice poker and slot machines with penalties including imprisonment from one to three years for both owners and workers.
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Whealdon Carrise
Bichel
Board
Smith
Portland
Gray
Douglas County
Osteopathy Guides Lasting Health Path
Osteopathy offers a permanent road to health through holistic treatment. Proponents advocate hands on therapy and whole body care to support recovery and prevent illness.
Rich Free Gold Find Near Ashland Mine
A rich free gold discovery is reported about two miles south of the Ashland mine. The location is described as a promising site with potential impact on local mining prospects. Further details and verification are awaited from prospectors.
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AsHlanp
Ashland
Moun
Prospecting finds colored vein on Grant land near Wagner Creek
D B Grant and longtime associate Tucker struck a vivid color string in dirt from a prospect hole on deeded land near Panther Butte. M F Eggleston, who inspected the site, calls the find potentially important and notes porphyry like ledge and rotten substance suggestive of rich mineralization.
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Panther Butte
D. B. Grant
Tucker
Mr. Grant
Wagner Creek
M. F. Eggleston
Two Phillipe Sisters Kill Lynx After Dog Treed It
In Noermort Washington on January 14, sisters Faye and Florence Phillipe aged 17 and 19 fought a enraged lynx that was threatening their dog. They wrestled the dog free then both fired. Florence killed the lynx with a head shot as the dog bled. The pair carried the lynx home and displayed it in the woodshed while the dog recovered. Florence had just returned from Cottage Grove Oregon after music study.
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Noermort
Wash
Phillipe
Faye
Florence Phillipe
Fred
Phillips
Columbia
Big Sheep Creek
Northport
Misa Florence
F. B. Phillipe
Cottage Grove
Portland
Entomologist Finds Spy in Spain Wasp Kills Codlin Moth
George Compere, West Australia entomologist and California horticulture agent, returns from a round world quest to locate the destroyer of the codlin moth. He reports finding Spain's wasp parasite that kills the codlin moth, ending a long campaign to save U.S. fruit.
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United States
George Compere
West Australia
Commission of Horticulture of
California
Southampton
Port Arthur Fall Freezes Japanese Push on Kuropatkin
Rome dispatch reports 200000 Japanese reinforcements ready to join General Cyams on the Shakhe river with 50000 already deployed. The fall of Port Arthur frees Japanese forces to concentrate on crushing General Kuropatkin’s defense along the front.
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Rome
Tokio
Cyams
Shakhe
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
A New Story of Port Arthur
Lowdon reports a Port Arthur dictat says General Nogi found thirty one thousand effective fighters and ample ammunition rifles for fifty thousand men with food to sustain the garrison for months Many Japanese officers call the surrender necessary.
Japanese general commends General Stoessel for service
Nagasaki January 16 General Nogi writes to the governor praising General Stoessel as a foreign gentleman who meritoriously served his country. He notes Stoessel is neither a prisoner nor an enemy.
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Nagasaxi
Nogi
Stoessel
Railroad to Klamath Falls Meeting Plans 100000 Fund Drive
A gathering of Klamath Falls businessmen and Weed Railroad reps Friday night formed a committee to solicit 100000 in subscriptions. Funds will be donated to the road if the line reaches Klamath Falls city limits within two years.
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Klamath Falls
Weed Railroad
Grand Jury Scrutiny of Oregon Land Frauds Draws Fire
Avant Courier argues the federal grand jury cases against Oregon officials Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann reveal the harsh reach of indictments. It condemns grand juries as secret inquisitions and urges fair procedure, noting the risk to innocent reputations while defending the accused’s past records.
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Avant Courier
Bozeman
Montana
Oregon
United States
Mitchell
Binger Hermann
Hermann
Union
Grand Jury
Department of Justice
Nesses
Benster Mitchell
Representative Hermenn
United States Senate
Wass
Congress
General Land Office
McKinley
Portland
Senator Mitchell
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Bur
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Edwardes
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Booking
Newrance
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Barnee, Holcomb, Dobhone
Pdébiic
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Eet
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Sonemann
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Sitz
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Shook
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Biche
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Croisan
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Croisen
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Lawe
Maye
Coshow
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Tattle
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Meane
Hudson
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Aworth
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Clat
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Marion County
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Wer
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Malheur
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Linthicam
Oregon Historical Society
Lame
R. W. Fenn
Government
Urasu
South America
U. S
Roseburg
Spoksmen
Mr. Heney
Francie J. Heney
Heney
John H. Hall
Myesls
Mr. Hermann
Beaceaces
Peter
Bug
Europatkin
The
Drug Store of Quality
S. P
Fullerton & Richardson
Nathan Fullerton
Henry Richardson
Douglas
W. Benson
A. C. Marsters
F.W. Benson
A. 4
Booth J. H. Booth
J.T Bridges
Jos, Lyons
J. C. Marsters
KL. Miller
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