Oregon News Notes of General Interest in 1919 Items
Oregon notes report a Belem death of pioneer William Bowen and various local items. Mentions Pendleton logging, Hermiston shipments, a road of 41 sales, a Pometries incident, and a 1918 depth comparison. Also notes fines, fertilizer and lumber shipments, a postponed Oregon chamber of commerce convention, gasoline shortages at Roseburg, weather effects on berry crops, and multiple local legal and civic items across the state.
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William Bowen
Oregon
Belem
Porthand
Hermiston
Willem Bartety
Aereeee
Porest Grove
Giething
Tahoe
Alepanéer
Pentieten
Pegiveld Chambers
Prairie Cires
Manfield
Bevel
McMaught
Marion County
Myer
Hills Jolliff
Mineesota
Carrie Ferguson
Neer Adama
Oregon State Chamber of Commerce
Roseburg
Standard Oll
Marton Sousty
Tare! Legion of Laggere
Mpringtiel
Orepen
Biate
Ginewr C
Gertckiona
Umpqua
Ota
Banfield
Bandon
Coos County
Oregon Agricultures College
Feault
Well Attended Banquet Amid Odd Proclamations In Albany
An unusual notice details a banquet at 6 with at least 250 plates served by the Pythian Sisters and carriage scenes. It mentions local officials and a parade weather permitting. The piece also notes plans to form a county breeders association and a new farm industry in Dougina County linked to James A. Williams who bought Glen Echo farm to breed purebred stock.
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Luckleas Weston
Ling County
Albany
Dougina County
James A. Williame
Glen Echo Farm
Hartrum
Williams
Little FiveYearOld Heroine Saves Mother From Car
Marguerite Forbes five endures a perilous rescue effort after a car overturns near Akron. She crawls through a cow pasture to reach a house, climbs a broken window, and uses a telephone to alert neighbors. Her mother is badly injured but the baby is unharmed. Colorado vows official notice of Marguerite Forbes remarkable bravery.
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Elmer Forbes
Marguerite
Akron
War time Prohibition Upheld By Supreme Court
The wartime prohibition net was ruled constitutional by the supreme court. The decision affirms internal revenue powers to permit whisky withdrawals for beverage use during wartime. The armistice does not void war powers. the prohibition amendment binds both federal and state governments, with a unanimous judgment.
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Washington
Supreme
Allied diplomats confer on peace treaty modifications
Washington reports frequent entente diplomat meetings suggesting allies may accept some modifications to the peace treaty to ease ratification. It remains unclear how far they would go, but objections are expected to the Senate committee’s preamble requiring official acceptance of reservations as part of the treaty.
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Berlin
Han
Paris
Germany
Beresau
Washington
Entente
al le
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations
President Wilson rejects peace concession in treaty talks
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson refuse any compromise on the peace treaty. The White House insists no concession is planned and Republican leaders in the Senate must take the first move toward a solution while Democratic leaders indicate compromise efforts will continue. Senators debate whether to kill the treaty through inaction.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Phair
White Howes
Leatera
Crop this year breaks record across crops in value
Washington reports final estimates showing total farm crop value at 14.0027 billion, up nearly 1.5 billion from last year. Corn tops with 5.9543 billion, cotton including cottonseed 2.3829, hay 2.23999, wheat 2.0285, oats 1.0 billion, with oats and other crops reach lower totals due to reduced production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Inez Fear
Senate Passes Sugar Bill and Board Powers Expanded
The McNary bill, extending government control of sugar through December 31, 1920, passed the Senate and goes to the House. It authorizes purchase and sale by the equalization board of both foreign and domestically grown sugar to ensure fair prices and distribution while prohibiting licensing of producers refiners and distributors. Separately Japan voices concern over Soviet advance in Siberia and warns Bolshevik expansion threatens national interests.
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Washington
McNary
Senate
House
Equalization Board
Japan
Redg
Lansing
Siberia
Kolchak
Irkutsk
Lake Ratal
Damaged Penitentiary Workshops Struck by Snowfall
The Max and machine shop departments of the Oregon state penitentiary suffered damage exceeding 2900 dollars as heavy snow toppled skyights and portions of the roof of the combined structure.
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Oregon State
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