Direct Primary Law in Oregon Senate Nomination Debate
Discussion outlines how direct primary would force party nominees for U S Senate through primaries and shape legislative elections. Multnomah County influence feared, with concerns about big counties dominating nominations and affecting state ticket success. Also reports on a separate women’s temperance convention with debates on equal suffrage and future organizational plans.
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Oregon
Congress
T T. Geer
C. E. S. Wood
C. W. Fulton
United States
Multnomah
John H. Mitchell
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Marion
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Ing
Barzee
Lamb's Hall
Dahuff
Elkton
Roseberg
West Roseburg
Edenhower
Kiddle
Looking Glass
Drain
Yoncalla
Newall
Dabuff
Black
Ferguson
Hicks
Ida Mare Tere
M E Dahaff
Belle Black Drain
Zadie Bishop
Treas
Helen Ferguson
Roseburg
Duerts
Potter's Field
Emma Applegate
Violet Hower
Morse
Lolith Moore
Una Lamb
Helena Riddle
Faulkner
Senator Mitchells New Grandson Reported in Paris
Paris June 26 A son was born to Duchess De La Rochefoucauld formerly Miss Mattie Mitchell daughter of Senator John H Mitchell of Oregon who is currently on trial in Portland for complicity in land frauds.
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Paris
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld
Mies Mattie Mitchell
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
Portland
Douglas County WCTU Holds Tenth Annual County Convention
The Tenth Annual Convention of the Douglas County Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Yoncalla Oregon on June 21 22 and 23. About twenty visitors attended the event.
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Douglas County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Yoncalla
Jefferson Ladies Die In Asphyxiation Accident
In Portland on June 23 Mrs. William Jones 38 and Mrs. R F Myers 58 from Jefferson Marion county were found dead from asphyxiation after a gas jet left on overnight. They had traveled to Portland to seek timber claims in Prineville. Mrs Jones leaves no children and was active in the Degree of Honor. Mrs Myers was married to a hop grower and leaves four sons, active in the Eastern Star.
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Portland
William Jones
R. F. Myers
Jefferson
Marion County
Dwi Eleventh Street
Prineville
Salem
Jones
Myere
Yoncalla Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Yoncalla residents report G A Bart returned from Portland and attended lodge in Oakland Friday. Mrs M C Wire gave a well received sermon. Mrs Rachel Tulley left Friday for Wallowa, with planned visits to Salem and Portland. Mrs Richard Smith and her son Rudolph Roosevelt from Colfax, Washington, stay with Mrs Susie Smith. Derrick, a former local, returned to renew old ties. Joseph Johnson of Wallowa and wife with two daughters visited after about two years.
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G. A Bart
Portland
Oakland
M C. Wire
Rachel Tulley
Wallowa
Salem
Richard Smith
Colfax
Wash
Rudolph Roosevelt
Susie Smith
Derrick
Joseph Johnson
Portland Child Dies in Streetcar Collision
Joseph Riggs seven year old son of Dr and Mrs J O Riggs of Portland was instantly killed when struck by a Portland Consolidated Railroad Company streetcar at the Fourteenth and Montgomery streets intersection around 10 o clock Monday.
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Joseph Riggs
J. 0. Riggs
Portland
Portland Consolidated Railroad Company
Fourteenth
Montgomery A
Arguments in the Mitchell land fraud case conclude
In Portland on June 27 the defense rested after seven witnesses and assertions that Mitchell only received bank money via checks. District Attorney Heney then presented a strong prosecution, asserting direct receipt of payments from Frederick A. Kribs. The trial shifted to jury deliberation as the judge prepared final instructions and anticipated closing arguments from ex Senator Thurston.
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S. B. Martin
Mitchell
Heney
Burton
Kansas
Supreme Court
Washington
Thurston
Frederick A. Kiibs
Frederick A. Kribe
Tanner
Merchanta National Bank
Department
Senator Burton
Frederick A. Kribs
Llack
Kribs
Mitchell & Tanner
Barton
District of Columbia
Land Department
Francis J. Heney
Kribe
Fim
Frances J. Heney
Tanser and Robertson
A. S. Bennett
Lane County Murderer Receives Life Sentence
Eugene Oregon June 27 John Richards who on June 1 murdered Sanford Skinner by shooting him in the back and then killed his sister and her husband was sentenced by Judge L T Harris to life in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to murder in the second degree The grand jury recommended accepting the guilty plea to murder in the second degree noting lack of deliberation and premeditation and acknowledging provocation The case drew little crowd as the trial was set for tomorrow
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Eugene
Ore
John Richards
Jane
Sanford Skinner
Skinner
Richard
Jaodge L. T. Harris
State Penitentiary
Richards
Harris
Oregon
Lane
L. T. Harris
State of
John Richarda
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Russian mutiny aboard Potemkin Tarrichesky crew mutinies
In Klesa on June 23 the crew of the battleship Kuiaz Potemkin Tarrichesky mutinied over harsh treatment and killed officers. Mutineers threaten to bombard Olessa as the battleship cruises offshore, with authorities fearing bloodshed if boarding occurs.
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Klesa
Russia
Kuiaz Potemkin Tarrichesky
Black Sea
Olessa
Ees
Celebration at Flournoy Valley marks church repair drive
Guy Buell returns home after time away and dynamite accident injures Guay John who lost a thumb and two fingers. Dr Hoover treated him. Ladies Aid plans July 4 ice cream and candy stand at Flournoy Valley to fund church improvements with proceeds. Program features prayers, talks, songs, recitations, and the Declaration reading led by Rev Hicks.
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Guay John
Dr. Hoover
Ladies Aid
Flournoy Valley
America
E H. Hicks
A. C. Vernon
Fanny Younger
Mr. M Romaine
Mattie Jones
Bessie Morgan
Lillian Brown
Ethel Pearce
Misa Disert
Lucile Voorhies
E. H Hicks
Young mill worker killed by falling tree in Saginaw
Andrew Plocard, about 22, a Booth Kelley mill employee at Saginaw, was killed Monday morning when a felled tree struck a dead hemlock and crushed his skull. He died instantly. body sent to Cottage Grove for embalming and then to Oregon City for burial. He was a son of Ambrose Suard of Oregon City.
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Andrew Plocard
Booth Kelley
Saginaw
Cottage Grove
Oregon City
Ambrose ' Sueard
Council approves liquor license amid local option doubts
At the Coguille Oregon city council meeting J. Tapper was granted a license to sell intoxicating liquor. Prohibitionists questioned the local option law as saloon arrests and fines were discussed. The Attorney General was contacted about the District Attorney’s authority to halt prosecutions, and the next moves of local option supporters remain unclear.
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Coguille, Or
Tapper
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