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Newspaper
Tillamook Herald
Location
Tillamook, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1913
Page
2
The Tillamook Herald notes road improvements from Nehalem to the beach including graveled and planked sections, mentions visitors from Seattle and San Francisco admiring local roads, and reports a city council meeting granting Wheeler Light and Power a street franchise for electric lights with ten candle power poles and a twelve hour service.
The piece covers expectations of canal conflicts and the Panama Canal opening timeline, along with a long discussion on the proposed currency reform bill. It notes noise during potential disruptions, reserve bank rate debates, and the shift toward Treasury notes backing reserve banks. It also mentions bank concerns over bond depreciation and rediscounting commercial paper.
The editorial supports President Wilson’s approach to Mexico, denouncing Huerta’s usurpation and urging a government based on equity. It argues the United States should avoid conquest, seek peaceful relations, and prepare to support Mexican self rule, while stressing the world watches Mexico’s future.
The Banking and Currency bill outlines a shift to multiple Federal Reserve banks serving districts with a seven member Federal Reserve Board. It proposes cabinet members and the Comptroller of the Currency, with four presidential appointees. Critics fear political influence and demand specialist banking expertise and bank representation. The House committee made some concessions in modifications to the bill.
An article advising farmers to keep only high quality dairy cows and cull poor stock. It emphasizes dairy points, ancestry, proper development, and careful management including feeding milking watering and cleanliness. Record milk yields and test milk. treat cows kindly to maintain high production and avoid debt.
Agent Cathers reports August express activity with 315 pieces weighing 29 713 pounds sent and 1063 pieces received totaling 51 644 pounds. The parcel post impact appears minimal, not reducing express volume at the Wheeler office.
Court filings list numerous property transfers across Tillamook, Manhattan Beach, Bay City, and Rockaway Beach. Names include Lucie Meyers, J. H Turner, Tillamook Beach Realty Co, Walter Scarff, Grace W Nichols, James Ward, Portland Timber Co, Summit Timber Co, and others with parcels ranging from lots, tracts, and blocks to SE and NE sections valued from $1 to $23,000.
First Bank and Trust Co transfers to Thomas Bennett and wife. William Fletcher and wife deed parcels in Hwaver town. Summit Timber Co transfers land interests to Portland Timber Co including NE and SE quarter parcels. Property descriptions reference townships ranges and a line known as FP R N KR with access and payment details.
Notice of an executor sale by Frank Crane for the estate of Harry T. Crane deceased. The sale by private bidding at residence on the Miami River Tillamook County Oregon after the date in October 1914. Property includes parts of sections in township 2 north range west Willamette Meridian. Sale subject to court approval and cash payment to highest bidder.
Mrs. Madison is gratified as her husband concedes a possible link to her esoteric cobra influence theory. Dawson, manager of her husband’s arables, hints at eye ent more than the graya, while Duncan references this farm shop insight and a humble but triumphant moment.
James Lick built a grand mill in San Jose described as The Mahogany Mill. He later donated the property to the Path Memorial Society of Houston, with half the value to fund a memorial tall and the other half to support a lecture course exchange.
A local man at Union Station, taking expressions literally, bellowed a lengthy train call listing Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Baltimore and New York, prompting four men to rush him for the correct destination. He snappily quipped about St Louis while delivering the garbled chant.
Authorities declare alarm over bubonic plague after Martines California death. Officials press weeks of intensified sanitation and rodent control along the coast while lawmakers scrutinize food safety and tariff shifts affecting wines and spirits.
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