Oregon News Notes of General Interest 1917 Highlights
A collage of Oregon items covers harvest yields, road work, and county projects. Highlights include the Umatilla County horse show at Pendleton, highway upgrades on the primary routes, chrome deposits near Pendleton, a state fuel oil shortage response, a bond-driven Willamette highway study, and personnel shifts in state agencies. Also noted are farm water measures, tuberculin tests in Lane County dairy cattle, and plans for a Portland aviation materials purchase committee.
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Pendleton
Dintetice
Department of Home Economies
Oregos
State Highway Commission
Jobin Day Valley
Pendision
Wedward Ostrander
Oreges Public Service Commission
Crane
Oregon Penitentiary
Joseph F. Kaller
Douglas County
Eugene Fruit Grower's Association
Ed Wright
la Grande
Oregon Public Nervies Commission
Edward Ostrander
Portland
Oregon
Sargent
Lane County
C. Gardiner
D. Walter Merton
School of Commerce
University of Oregon
Rieven
Board of Pharmacy Ion
State Board of Control
Linecela
Itehter
Lendleton
AL Lovett
Organ Agricultural Cell Experiment Station
Portian
Albany
Lebanon
Brownsville
Iam Hood Road
Haniiam Pass
Willamette Valley
Cascadia
Clear
H. L. Corbett
Willamette Highway
Crater Lake
Oregon Public Service Commission
Accia
State Accident Commission
Mia
Blanche Crowder
Scippoone
George Kakeurour
Amatillo
Mattulla
Silverton
C. Meteoff
Blind Slough
A. G. Fisher
Black Rock
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Oregon Public Service Camp
Home Telephone & Telegraph Company
Treaty collapse with minister Tehernoff over cabinet move
Widespread strain marked break in acousmuohe talks with M. Tehernoff minister of agriculture about inviting Constitutional Democrats into the cabinet. Tehernoff faced accusations of collaboration with the German general staff amid the failed negotiations.
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Acousmuohe
M. Tehernoff
Constitutional Democrats
Kerensky Gains Back Power After Duma Vote
In St. Petersburg a 147 to 40 vote plus a joint council meeting sustained the political conference's call for confidence in Kerensky. He withdrew his resignation and moved to reorganize the cabinet, with Kerensky as Premier and War Minister and key ministers remaining in place while Minister Heurayl quit.
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Fetrograd
Premina Kerensky
Duma
Kerensky
Escent
Heura‘eyl
Cab
Resister to Draft Killed by Posse in Oklahoma
In central Oklahoma a gun fight left one man dead and two wounded as posses hunted draft objectors. Twelve miles southeast of Holdenville a clash killed Edward Blalock, with Jack Paige and Henry Johnson wounded. Reports cite groups such as the Working Class Union and Jones Punity amid rising uprisings led by tenant farmers and mixed communities.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Holdenville
Edward Blalock
Jack Paige
Lee
Henry Johnson
Working Clava Union
Nothing But Nothing But in a New York Restaurant
A fragmented item mentions a waiter in a New York restaurant being clawed by the sheriff’s office and a weeks long existence, with a recurring phrase nothing but the vip? The readable text is garbled and unclear about dates, people, or outcomes.
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New York Restaurent
European War Updates Show French Resistance and Front Advances
German attacks on the Alene front are repelled by French forces while progress is claimed in the French northwest near Bixechoote on the Flanders front. Galicia is largely in Allied hands except a narrow eastern strip near Brody to Tarnopol. Premier Kerensky remains in office as morale grows in Russian armies. Canadians advance about 200 yards near Lena, securing positions south of Grenay. Austro German forces push on the Pruth and beyond Cenrnowits, capturing towns.
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Bixechoote
Flanders
Galicia
Brody
Zharaz
Tarmopol
War continues says Korniloff after Russian move
General Korniloff told Times correspondent at Russian army HQ that the first stage of the war is over and the second phase begins today. He rejects any surrender by Russia, warning that a dishonorable peace would make the country German territory and subject to seizure of food and manpower.
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Korniloff
London
The
Times
Russia
Second Liberty Loan sent to public fall drive in New York
The general loan committee of the second federal reserve district began reparations for the heating of the second Liberty loan. They plan to offer the loan to the public some time early in the fall.
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Second Liberty Loan Loan
New York
General Loan Committee
Second Federal Reserve District
Pershing Seeks Younger Officers for France
Washington report notes General Pershing proposed excluding general officers older than 45 from deployment to France. The plan aims to refresh command ranks with younger leadership for the U.S. military effort.
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Pershing
Washington
France
Board Requisition Ships in Large American Yards
Washington The shipping board ordered by telegram the requisition of all ships 2500 dead weight tons or more under construction in over 20 major U S yards. Yard management remains with current owners under government direction. About 676 ships affected, roughly 260 under construction on the Pacific coast, totaling more than 1,500,000 tons. Included are many English, Norwegian and other foreign account vessels.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Pacific Coast
Two Meatless Days Urged by United Master Butchers
Minneapolis report notes a recommendation to ban meat sales nationwide on Tuesdays and Fridays. The proposal was adopted and sent to Herbert Hoover, food administrator, by the United Master Butchers of America during their unusual convention. Seattle officials curb dependent wife exemptions in military draft rulings. Exemption boards three of ten say the dependent wife claim alone will not exempt a man from service.
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Minneapolis
United States
Herbert Hoover
United Master Butchers of America
Amsual
Seattle
Czernowits Falls to Teutons in Bukowina
Czernowits the capital of Bukowina has been captured by Teuton forces according to an official statement from Berlin via London. The move signals a shift in control as German troops advance in the region.
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Czernowits
Teutons
Berlin
London
Bukowina
Teuton
Markets Report from Portland Wheat and Barley Prices
Portland markets show wheat prices for various grades with blue stem and red rust values listed. Barley No 1 feed quotes at 43 dollars per ton. Timothy hay trades at 26 dollars per ton with other forage prices noted amid garbled vendor names and units.
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Portland
Elima Root Urges America in Democracy Clash
Elima Root argues America faces a stake in the global struggle as democracy versus tyranny. He praises Russia’s people yet warns against mob rule and seeks unity under democratic ideals. James Duncan of the American Federation of Labor warns against quibbling over trifles during the great confrontation.
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Russia
Charles Kaward Jessell
Reuswall
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Complete Victory Is Aim of England
London. David Lloyd George in a multi party gathering marking the third anniversary of the war’s declaration urged complete victory as the only path to lasting liberty. He warned the kaiser and chancellor must accept restoration before any peace. Europe’s fate hinged on halting Germany’s ambitions.
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London
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Europe
Russia
France
America
Germany
Lens Front Shrinks as Allied Advance Draws Closer
London dispatch reports a southwest push near Lens with firefights in Cite Du Moulin and small attacking forces driving patrols back along a 1000 yard front. Outposts at Aviation and Leuritt lie about a mile from Lens center while the northwest line near St Laurent sits 1600 yards away. The net tightens around Lens.
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London
Lens
Cite du Moulin
Spadiana
Lane
Aviation
Leuritt
St. Laurent
China Declares War on Germany and Austria Hungary
Acting President Feng Kwo Cheng approves cabinet decision to declare war on Germany and Austria Hungary. The nation moves to join Allied powers amid ongoing global conflict. Readies military and diplomatic measures as announcements unfold.
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China
Pekin
Feng Kwo Cheng
Germany
Austris
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