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Newspaper
Tillamook Herald
Location
Tillamook, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
1
Charles F Murphy, leader of Tamany Hall, is accused by Governor Sulzer of blocking passage of reform measures. The charge arises amid reform tensions and calls for political change in the city.
Oregon notes report suspected fraud involving officials examining whether a measure is on the ballot amid mentions of an unfaithful plot. Hood River details a large blaze destroying the Oregon Lumber Company camp and a million feet of lumber, with 250 workers battling the flames and the fire’s origin undetermined.
The convention reports women dressers favor tighter skirts at the bottom with wider draping at the top and a stitched turned up seam. Delegates from 34 states participated led by New York and Massachusetts.
Olympia reports more than 20,000 motor vehicles in Washington state. Secretary of State figures show upwards of 31,000 licenses issued, though some numbers may be inoperative, suggesting undercounting.
The second World Christian Citizenship Conference gathers in Portland for eight days starting Sunday with July 4 as a centerpiece. Topics include social purity, education, immigration, child labor, and civic reform as ten thousand Sunday school workers join a Fourth of July parade at Multnomah stadium. Foreign speakers include Rev John Lamond of Edinburgh and Professor Theophil Mann of Frankfurt, with Rev Robert J Patterson of Helfast and Charles W Fairbanks among notable attendees.
Government accelerates land classification in the Saddle Mountain project to determine agricultural value. About 61 000 acres in five townships southeast of Waldport on Alsen Bay in Lane county will be classified. If deemed suitable for farming, lands will be opened to settlement and entry under the homestead acts.
Sheriff Korfoot ends a week long search and says the June 18 auto theft between Vale and Nyssa was staged by driver G Franklin Ross and Dr C B Delong. Dr Delong is arrested for improper conduct and held to the grand jury on $700 bail.
Eugene Elks invite all Oregon lodges to a large picnic by a Mohawk or McKenzie river site on July 20 or 27. Excursion trains will bring guests, river trip by auto to fish and dine on fried trout, with committees organizing the event and two days of pre festival fishing on nearby streams.
A new free rural delivery mail route has been established departing from Bay City. The service aims to speed mail to nearby rural areas and improve postal reach for residents along the line.
The week reports St Petersburg holds the world record for personal crisis reports at a rate of 100 per month. The piece also notes a Pennertrants supreme court decision upholding a full crew law and a Salt Lake City gathering of education leaders at the National Education association convention.
War erupts along the Bulgarian front with Greece and Serbia as fighting begins on a 140 mile line. Greek reports claim Bulgarian offensive across Greek and Serb positions. Bulgaria and Serbian representatives lodge protests and deny responsibility for initiating hostilities.
Five decades after the Civil War battle, blue and gray veterans reunited at Gettysburg in a four day observance. The program included Veterans Day campfire with G A R and United Confederate Veterans leaders, History Day with U S Army chiefs, Civic Day led by the Pennsylvania governor, and National Day with the chief justice, Wilson administration officials, and congressional guests.
Attorney General Crawford rules Governor West can extend the honor system beyond prisons in and near Salem. The law limits the board of control to prison inmates and those assigned locally. If desired, the governor could assign all penitentiary inmates to road work, returning them to the prison for credit if not pardoned or paroled.
Federal Judge Walter H. Sanborn Mr. Hook and Mr. Smith sitting in the district court of the United States approved the plans agreed upon by Attorney General McReynolds and attorneys for the Union Pacific road. The Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger known as the Harriman combine practically ended.
The death of J A Crawford a fort Stevens soldier whose body was found on the north jetty of Grays Harbor was ruled a strangulation by a coroner jury. The inquest was held at the request of the Fort Stevens commanding officer.
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