Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon notes report progress and setbacks across state issues including irrigation, highway damage from recent storms, county finances, and wartime drives. Highlights cover Lincoln and Multnomah counties, farm output value reaching a record, railroad and electric power development, and legislative plans for governor candidates.
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Oregon News
Mawardes
Charion Walker Young
Lane County
Peare
Irrigation Congress UC
Portland
Lincoln County
Orman
Lortland
Oregon
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Newport
Oremon
Valley Mint Growers’ Association
Albany
Multnomah and Clarke
Fleures
Alvcrati Production Board
Dhviner
McNary
Atronary
Valley & Bilett Railway
Ita
Hawkins
Wortland
Licht & How
Company Haw
Public Service Commission
Ite
Paneenger
Qus
Oregon Pial He. Hae
Gsubitle
Northwestern Electric Company
Columbia River
Secretary of the Interior
Hood River Valley
War production and shipbuilding price fears on Pacific coast
Oregon engineers report troops at Camp Meade neutral on conditions, praising quarters clothing and food. Exemption rules allow eligible registrants to join the war production division of the U S signal corps after district board reviews. Pacific coast shipbuilders demand high prices for steel ships, some as high as 290 a ton, while wooden ships face questions. In Don region, civil war mood grows with mobilization of Don valley population and 20 000 officers under General Kaldenin.
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Henke
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California
Portland
Evereit
Congress
Benator McNary
Puetland
Columbin
Sandy Ieee
Willamette
Coquille
Nidwata
Eupenme
Smythe
Oregon
Vancouver Barrack
Marshfield
Smith
Powers
Disque
Varianis
Malheur Irrigation Company
State Water Board
Hroean
Maiheur Cours
Rkasled Company
Snrke Carey
Bern
Hommianion
Gaston
Washington County
Salem
Marion County
Carlton
Idea Ie
Washington
A. Murphy
Plate Penitentiary
Miid
Heenan
Gold Hill
Raprowmmiaties McArthwr
Par Poe Cotient
Bat
DML Engineers
Camp Meade
Maryland
Fortland
Firice Z. Disque
General Crowder
Aprice Production Division
United States Signal Corps
Pacific Coast
Bowles
London
Ooteack
Don Valley
Petrograd
Kaledines
Thousands in East Suffer From Cold Wave
Chicago reports severe cold gripping the region with fuel shortages intensifying hardship, especially among the poor. From New York to Minnesota, temperatures range from 50 degrees above to 10 degrees below, with December records in South Dakota and a widespread Midwest storm extending across Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Nebraska.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard States
Middle West
War News Reflects Strains and Floods Across Regions
British forces push in Palestine despite cold, while Europe quiets due to winter. French foreign policy rejects peace on war terms as torpedo boats losses rise. German divisions in Turkey reinforce Moslem front. Emperor narrowly escapes Mannheim attack. Seattle cut off by floods, rail links severed, transcontinental service delayed for days.
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Ailenby
Palestine
France
Piehon
Chamber of Deputies
Asiago
Piave River
Turkey
Holy Land
Verdun
More Wages for Railway Men Refused Washington
Railroads refuse 4 percent wage increase demands from organized railway workers and shift responsibility to the government. Paris reports the French war loan oversubscribed by 55,000,000 dollars, exceeding the 2,000,000 dollar target.
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Washington
Paris
Oye
Prices Declared Too High by Ship Builders
Rear Admiral Bowles testified before the Senate committee on the shipping crisis, saying ship builders demand prices he regards excessive. He relayed remarks from the Emergency Fleet Corporation general manager and pressed for restraint amid wartime supply concerns.
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Admiral Bowles
Markets Report From Portland Mills and Goods Prices
Portland markets list commodity prices across grains feeds hay and produce with oats no 2 white feed at 58.50 per ton barley standard feed 35 per ton corn 75 cracked 76 hay timothy 27 per ton alfalfa 4 butter creamery 52 cents per pound potatoes 1.25 per fifty pounds poultry values include hens 22 to 25 cents dressed 24? and broilers 8 cents turkeys live around 25 cents per pound Umatilla county tax levy noted at 74 mills.
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Portland
Trade Balance Shows US Surplus In 1917 Exports Reach 6 Billion
Department of Commerce estimates 1917 exports at over 6 billion dollars while imports total under 3 billion, yielding a probable trade surplus exceeding 3.15 billion. A stray line mentions a bluebottle fly documented near an American site, with unclear context.
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Washington
America
Department of Commerce
United States
Government takes control of railroads during wartime
Washington reports the railroads have entered government possession withSecretary Me Ad oo appointed as director general and Walter D Hines named assistant director general pending a permanent staff. A temporary advisory cabinet was formed while orders target freight congestion and coal and food movement. wage talks will follow as railroad labor shortages prompt calls for higher pay.
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Washington
United States
MeAdoo
Wilees
Walter D. Hines
New York
G General
McAdon
Eastern Roads
McAdoo
Railroad War Board
Bolsheviki Break Off Brest-Litovsk Talks
London reports central powers to issue new peace terms within ten days. Dispatches quote Munich Nachrichten and Bolshevik Trevesta noting Brest-Litovsk negotiations halted by Bolsheviki over Polish Lithuanian issues and German proposals to retain garrisons at Libau and Riga amid pressure from below.
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London
Germany
Geneva
Daily Express
Munich
Trvestia
Germans to Register Under Alien Enemy Proclamation
The department of justice set the week of February 4 for the registration of about half a million naturalized Germans in the continental United States. Police and postmasters will collect detailed data on each person including business, relatives, habits, with photographs and fingerprints. After registering, individuals must carry a certificate card and cannot change residence without police or postmaster approval.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Continental
United States
Wilson
Oregon Bishop Takes Bride
The Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Chicago hosted a select company of relatives from Chicago and other cities to witness the marriage of Miss Myrtie Mitchell of Negaunee Michigan to Rt Rev Walter Taylor Biumnet bishop of Oregon.
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Chicago
St. Peter and St. Paul
Myrtie Mitchell
Negaunee
Mich
Walter Taylor Biumnet
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