Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Oregon items report a new Wespital in Lebanon and a January 26 Northwest Tour meeting. Moves to relocate Linn county felt from Selo to Albany are under consideration. A man, Looie H. Pymale, aged about 40, died by suicide in Medford. Dr. Dewitt A. Paine, prominent Eugene citizen, is dead. The Oregon Thresher Men’s Association president Morrie died at his home in Looking Glass Valley. State lands in Malheur County totaling about 2000 acres are under board consideration for appropriation. An appropriation of 60,000 dollars for a Raleigh federal building addition appears in the omnibus bill. Other notes include a new retirement plan for teachers, commerce efforts in Hood River, and local government consolidation talks. The duck shooting season closure in several counties is noted, along with motor vehicle department receipts and registrations. Further items mention soil, forest, and court cases, and statewide legislative topics.
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Lebanon
Port
Tant
Linn County
Selo
Albany
Looie H. Piymale
Ebdoo
Medford
Dewitt A. Paine
Eugene
KN. Morrie
Oregon Thresher Men's Association
Looking Clase Valley
State
Malheur County
Ralem Federal
Cone and
Curry County
Care
Cone County
B.D. Marney
Behodale
Oregon City
Nandon
W. Crane
M. Shanks
Bureau of Mines and Groluny
George
Kiama Falls
David Lioyd George
England
Supreme Court
Maker
la Grande
Union
North Powder
Oregon Blare Teachers’ Association
Portland
Polk County
Pen Aimintic
Wallace McCamant
Scombe
State Supreme Court
Justice Eakin
Toni Cerbont
West
Bounty
Prineville
Keeler Bros
Denver
Multnomah
Clatsop
Columbia
Tilamook
Motor Vehicle Department
Olcott
Hood River
Yale
T. B Dult
Culver
Madras
Igolestee
Oregon Butter & Chores Makers
Aueiiation
Lee
Oregon
Diverer
W. J. Morton
Rainier
Himesit
Norton
State Highway Commission
Iter
John HM. Lewis
Hee
Ndardine Inte
Neperte
Oregon State Federation of Into
Itson
Federation
Kay
Treasury General i
Hawley
Usmy Engineers
Oregon Cry
Milton A. Morgan
Oregon State Penitentiary
United States Marali T
James Misner
Lave County Corn
Bt. Maul
Natonal Bank
Ard Ina
C. J. Bluyter
Irving
William Branson
Anna Hooth
Yamhill County
William Booth
Tax Payers’ League
McMineville
Anr ‘Val
Oregon Butter and Cheese Makers
Salem
Galloway
Thelrourt Court
Balom
Sevan Hyde-Benson
State Land Board
Trainmen Accuse Roads of Juggling Ad Law Delays
Cleveland reports that W G Lee chief of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen accuses railroads of delaying trains and overtime to push the Adamson law costs. He denies a sealed statement routing the law to men and notes four brotherhood chiefs plan a Chicago meeting January 11 to discuss the issue.
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Cleveland
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Supreme Court
Lee
Four Brotherhoods
Chicago
Northwest Farm Loan Board to Name Spokane Officials
Washington. The farm loan board told Representative Dill that within two weeks four salaried officers at Spokane will be named a president at 6000 dollars a year, a secretary at 4000, and a treasurer at 3500 each. One officer will come from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Many applications exist, and the preliminary board of directors will also be named with the announcements.
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Washington
Farm Loan Board
Dill
Spokane Farm Loan Bank
Ti le
Oregon
Tdwho
Montana
Northwest
Two Take Oath as Governor in Arizona dispute
The Arizona gubernatorial contest thickened as Governor George W. P. Hunt and Tob Campbell both took the oath of office. A recount of the ballots, which gave Campbell a slight lead, remains incomplete and unsettled.
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Phoenix
Aris
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Tob Campbell
Campbell
Walla Walla Woman Slashes Official in Tax Office
Mrs. C. E. B. Montgomery, wife of a local physician, reportedly entered County Treasurer Guy Allen Turner’s office in Walla Walla carrying a whip and cane and used the whip on Turner after accusing him of spreading stories about her character.
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Walla Walla
Walla
C. EB. Montgomery
Guy Allen Turner
Turner
Market Prices Report for Portland and Seattle
Wheat prices across varieties range from 1.40 to 1.63 per bushel with Club and red Russian noted. Barley No 1 feed stands at 57 per ton, Timothy hay 21 per ton, alfalfa listed as ok. Butter Creamery price and Oregon wool region values appear. Hops indicate 1918 crop. Seattle wheat figures show similar listings with multiple varieties at about 1.45 to 1.53 and barley around 37 per typ.
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Portland
Butter—Creamery
Oregon
Seattle
Rutter—Creamery
Madras Grabs County Records in New Year Caravan
Culver residents led by William 5. U'Ren haul county records by automobile and sled from Culver to Madras on New Year’s day, as part of a dispute over county custody of records involving the People of Maras.
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Madras
Culver
William 5. U'Ren
Portland
Maras
Dhat Maht
Carranza Seeks Pershing Recall in Atlantic City Pact Talk
Difficulties in Mexico and Washington persist as General Carranza proposes recalling General Pershing while continuing joint discussions. The proposal accompanies a renewed appeal for troop withdrawal and adherence to the Atlantic City protocol amid ongoing conferences.
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Carranza
Pershing
Washington
Mexico
Atlantic City
Front line actions dip into Galicia and Macedonia
Reports from the Russian front in Galice and Macedonia detail minor engagements. Teutonic and Allied forces trade pressure along Transylvania and the Wallachian plain with limited gains and repulsed French attacks on the New German lines near Verdun.
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Galtehs
Macedonia
Teutente
Pranee
Wallachian
Rimoik Barat
Butea
Yokebanl
Bralla
Denube
von Mackennen
Berlin
Dobredja
Matehin
Danube
Dealia
Petrograd
Rakel
Deaths and dispatches from Vienna and cities abroad
Vienna reports the death of Eduard Strauss and a coronation note for Austria and Hungary. Other items note drought hurt Arpettina’s wheat, a water-wagon whiskey spill in Phoenix, the wartime Japanese fleet price, a LA Times bombing trial sentence, rubber shoe price hikes, a Valdez fire, a record Army aviation flight, Wisconsin inaugurations, Oregon hotel plans, and local North American building and tax notes.
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Vienna
Eduard Strauss
Charles
Zita
Austria
Hungary
St Mathew
Hutapest
Arpettina
Phoenix
Ariz
Japan
New York
David Coplan
Los Angeles Times
San Quentin Penitentiary
Allies reject the proffer of peace overtures
The Entente allies dismiss Central Powers peace proposals as a war maneuver and declare they seek no terms of peace. Belgium files a protest condemning German crimes and asserts Britain France Russia did seek pacific solutions, while Germany and Austria Hungary bear responsibility for the conflict.
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Germany
Cocpkher
William Gravee
Ty Premie Briand
Belgium
Answer to Peace Note Now Ready
London reports the final draft of the allied reply to President Wilson’s peace note has been sent to France Great Britain and Italy and may be delivered to William G Sharp in Paris without changes The document mirrors the central powers note in length and guarded tone and stresses a distinction between current belligerents peace and future permanent peace hoping to reassure neutral supporters of lasting peace.
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London
Estente
Wilson
France
Great Britain
Maly
Russia
Paris
William G. Sharp
CLAIM VICTORY ON SOMME Haig Says Allies Can Defeat Germans on Western Front
London General Sir Douglas Haig reports the Somme battle as a triumph for Allied arms covering July 1 to November 18. He says German western forces avoided total collapse due to bad weather and asserts the battle proved Allies can defeat Germany when the time comes. North Bend dredging planned on Tony Slough.
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Haig
London
the Somme
Sir Douglas Haig
Germany
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