Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon items report Howpett, a long-time pioneer, dying at 74 in Deachutes county. budget plans project $134.20 for next year. Veterans of the Civil War exempt from taxes. A.C. Hampton of La Grande elected president of the Oregon State Teachers Association. Dairy cattle numbers rise tenfold in Titamook County. A 400-page Oregon history by D. Harner will be ready for distribution. Alfalfa yields up with sulfur use. lime issued for free by the Oregon Agricultural College. Captain Ivan D. Applegate dies in Ashland fire incident. North Bend and Marshfield discuss city consolidation. Lycurson Davis dies near Eugene after 57 years married. Influenza cases ease. public gatherings lifted in Eugene. Ground limestone shipments reach Toledo. McMinnville post office burglary thwarted by nitro attempt. Jackson County authorizes $10,000 for land for nodal talent. Oregon expects war division training in France. some cadres retained for further prep. Industrial accident claims rise. listed individuals nationwide. Oregon poultry breeders urged to report stock details to Corvallia. New milk condensing plant at Bandon to operate March 1. Calls for rail service steps on Sumpter Valley line. Move to repeal dower rights laws gaining support. Salem influenza shutdown tightens with schools and theaters closed. F. L. Kiger fatally burned in distillate explosion. Logan camps resume after influenza lull. Three Portland soldiers receive bravery crosses in France. Wooden cargo schooners urged for lumber trade. Britain to move 40,000 U.S. troops home aboard English-flag ships in January.
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Tittamook
Oregon
Harner
Oregon Agricultural Colitee
Roney
Rolls Department
Oregon Agricultural College
Ivan D. Applegate
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Baker
Eugene
Lincoln County
Toledo
McMinnville
Jackson County
Ttn
Mhian
Wilfred &, Barth
Oreton Poultry
U. le Upeon
C. A. C. Corvallia
Bandon
Glebimeh & Joplin
Northweet Proceed Company of
Portland
Salem
F. L. Kiger
Amapine
Walla Walla Hospital
Columbia River District
Palmer
United States Army
France
Sereno
Brett
Tank Corps
Karl J. Swenson
Ernest C. Kyle
William J. Kyres
Astoria
Emergency Fect Corporation
Vonmeln
American Newspapers Ready for Quick and Efficient Action
A wartime tribute to newspapers highlighting their rapid response, daily front lines reporting, and sacrifices to support war efforts. It cites Roosevelt, Wilson era patriotism, and press roles in fund drives and public service, noting extensive newsroom labor and calls for civic duty.
United States War Debates Fronts Ireland and Armament
A fragmented report discusses Ireland freedom aims supported by Senator Phelan, and a broad military forecast listing Bolachevik and allied forces. It also cites Senator Chamberlain criticizing the War Department for hospital and demobilization gaps, and Daniel’s warning on building a strong navy without a global arms limit.
Failure of reports revokes Fischer flour mills license
The Fischer flour mills in Silverton lose their milling license due to missing required reports to the food administration. This is the district's first license revocation. A representative from the food administration’s grain division will oversee the mill until the ban on business is lifted.
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Food Administration
Fischer Flour Mills
Silverton
Grain Corporaton Division
The
Fir Production Board
H. B. van Duser
Oregon
Washington
J. JH. Scott
State Highway Department
Hood River
Columbia River
State Highway Commission
Portland Market Prices For Oats Corn And More
Market list from Portland shows oats No 2 white feed at 53 dollars per ton barley standard feed 49 dollars per ton corn whole cracked 69 71 dollars per ton hay Timothy 3032 dollars per ton alfalta 2760 dollars butter creamery 60 cents per pound eggs ranch per dozen potatoes 150 per hundred. Poultry items include hens 27 30 cents springs 30 roosters 180 ducks 350 geese 260 turkeys 41 cents. Seattle hay eastern Washington 28 per ton alfalfa 24 per ton butter creamery 3 cents per pound eggs ranch 7 cents per dozen poultry various prices.
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Portland
Seattle
Washington
Egge
Duke
President's Guild Ball Speech Foresees New World Order
The president spoke at the Guild ball amid sustained applause, declaring soldiers fought to end the old balance of power. He warned against a reemergence of balance politics and urged a concert of nations as a single, powerful peace trustees to govern the world.
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Appleve
Inter Vata
United States to organize world fleet center network
The U S Shipping Board plans a permanent world organization to manage the government's trade. Offices will open in London Paris and Rome with 10 to 32 additional centers in Shanghai Yokohama Bombay Genoa Buenos Aires Valparaiso Rio de Janeiro Rotterdam Antwerp and more. Managers will be practical shipping men sent from the United States to run these centers.
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Paris
United States Shipping Board
World Organization
London
Rome
Edward N. Hurley
Shanghai
Yokohama
Bombay
Genoa
Italy
Buenos Aires
Valparaiso
Rio de Janeiro
South America
Rotterdam
Antwerp
United States
Ancestral Home Visited by President Wilton in Carlisle
President Wilton and Mrs Wilson visited Carlisle in rain and mist to see his mother’s girlhood home at Annetwell street and Cavendish place where his grandfather built a house. He attended Lowther Street Congregational Church and spoke briefly about his mother from the pulpit.
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Carlisle
England
Wilton
Wilson
Annetwell Street
Hint
Cavendish Place
Lowther Street Congregational Church
Edward Booth
Vague Dispatch Notes Ongoing Conflict Over Food Supply
An unreadable dispatch hints at continued conflict surrounding food production and supply. The fragment references ongoing struggles and a persistent cycle of confrontation affecting resource access.
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Oregon News
Alt. Howpett
Oot Jugoran
Deachutes
Fed Crpce
Orewan
Albany
Grand Army of the Republic
A.C Hampton
la Grande
Oregon State ‘Teachers
Representative Council
Pacific Coast
Bari
Wamp Lewis
Wash
Meverior Withycombe
William J. Johnston
Gem Johnston
Powelle
U. S
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Red Cross
Press Club of Chicago
Opie Read
America
Presa Club
Press Club
Eerie
Ireland
State Department
Bucharest
Russia
Bolacheviki
Balkan
Chamberlain
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Faihire
Daniele
League of Nations
Daniels
House
Eioun Tell Stard
Work League
Yelle Beilin
Leadrra
Atier Aree
Acgong
Jeow
Arice
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