John Yoakum of Coquille was elect
ed to the P o rt of Bandon commission
H. H. BACHKE
G. S. FERGUSON
a t the m eeting of the board there last
week. H e succeeds Philip Johnson,
resigned.
Mid-year students graduating from
B rief Resum e of H appenings of Portland high schools will num ber ap-
Hughes D e c la re s S ta b le G ov
D epression of Land Values
proxim ately 766, th e office of the
the
W
eek
Collected
for
ern m en t S ole P urpose in
¡and In crease of S u r
superintendent of schools reported
Of this num ber 356 a re boys and 899
O ur R eaders.
N ic a ra g u a .
pluses F e are d .
girls. Jefferson high school, w ith 116
to receive diplomas, has the largest
Mrs. Elizabeth Jan e F isher Robin outgoing class.
H avana. — T he U nited S tates, fa r
Washington, D. C.—A demand th at
son, 87, a covered wagon pioneer of
from
h '.’boring im p erialistic designs
congress bold in abeyance the devel
Pacific university celebrated the
Oregon and a resident of The Dalles
upon Latin-A m erica, d esires to see
opment of the Columbia river basin
74th
anniversary
of
the
granting
of
for nearly half a century, died th ere
south of the Rio G rande independent,
redam utlop project in W ashington
.i t ch arter Sunday night in the col
last week.
stro n g and prosperous republics,
Btate was made on behalf of the Na
lege gym nasium a t F orest Orove.
Raymond Walls, 26, suffered fatal huge w hite birthday cake with the
C harles E vans H ughes, chairm an of
tional grange.
Injuries Sunday afternoon when struck span of years w ritten upon it—1854-
th e A m erican delegation to th e Pan-
I. J. Tabor, m aster of the grange,
by logs in the three-m ile chute a t the
A m erican conference here, told the
made the demand In concluding a pre
1928—was served to the student body
Ralph Davis camp on Bear creek in i and faculty mem bers.
A m erican cham ber of com m erce of
sentation before the house Irrigation
W allowa county.
Cuba a t a banquet.
comm ittee against fu rth er develop
W illiam H eltm an, 74, was kicked
Egg producers of Coos county have
T he ex-secretary of s ta te listed in
ment a t thia time of irrigation and
and tram pled to death by horses on
reclam ation projects on the ground
formed the Coos County Egg Produc
dependence, stability, good will and co
his farm n ear Dodge, Or., southw est
th a t surpluses would be Increased.
e rs' association with a total of 12,000
operation as th e four pillars upon
of E stacada. One horse kicked him
hens, the object being to find a home I under th e belly of the o th er and the
"We bave no objection to survey- (
w hich Pan-A m ericanism rests. He de
m arket for eggs.
Ing the Columbia basin project and |
clared: " It is th e firm policy of the
j second horse then joined In th e attack.
planning for Its development when
U nited S tates to resp ect the te rrito r
The first wool sale in O ntario for The man was dead before a doctor
the additional acreage Is needed,” he
ial Integrity of th e A m erican republics.
1928 was reported last week when could reach him from E stacada.
said, "but we do object to its definite,
W e have no policy of aggression.”
Steve Woodward of W estfall sold the
The total apple shipm ents from Imb
im m ediate adoption as a reclamation
B ut it is also th e policy of th e U ni
crop from 1400 sheep to J. M. Jo h n
ler
will
be
250
carloads,
according
to
project and to pledging the appropria
ted S tates "to encourage stab ility in
G. 8. Ferguson, democrat, from son for 35 cents a pound.
E. J. Hazen, Union Pacific agent at
tion of 1315,000,000 for Its irrigation.” North Carolina, who was appointed a
The 1927 hop crop of the W illam ette th at point. Mr. Hazen has been agent
I. H. Bachke, the new m inister from th e In terest of independence,” Mr.
He argued th at the adoption of the member of the federal trade commis
Valley is practically all sold, only a few in Im bler for several years, and has Norw ay to the United States, succeed H ughes continued, for th e form er Is
project would depress land values Im sion by President Coolidge.
“e ssen tial” to th e full enjoym ent of
sm all lots rem aining in th e w are given the lo c a l'a p p le m arket careful ing H. H. Bryan, who was recalled.
mediately, and estim ated th at 20,000,-
th e latter. It w as while actin g on
houses, for which a price of 20 cents study. H e also stated th a t 30 car
000 acres of farm lands have been
this principle th a t the U nited S ta te s
a pound is being offered.
loads of potatoes would be shipped.
abandoned In the past several years
entered Santo Domingo, H aiti and
Firem
en
answ
ered
2028
alarm
s,
of
W ithin 11 years, second-growth tim
which would come back Into cultiva
lastly N icaragua, Mr. H ughes said, b u t
which 444 caused a total loss of $731,- ' ber on Grand Island has grow n suf
tion as conditions improve.
In
every case th e endeavors of th e
276 12, last year, Edward Grenfell, fire ficiently to m erit another logging off.
A. 8. Goss of Seattle, m aster of the
U nited S tates w ere directed tow ard
m
arshal
a
t
th
a
t
time,
declared
in
his
The land was com pletely cleared In
W ashington S tate grange, also con
th e earliest evacuation possible.
annual report, filed recently.
1916, since when the alder and fir
tended that it was inadvisable to
We a re a t th is m om ent in N icara
W ashington, I). C.—World produc
Ten
cougars
In
10
days
Is
the
record
,
adopt the project as a reclam ation
W ashington, D. C,—W ithin the short
have grown so th a t they are declared
gua," th e A m erican chairm an said,
tion of petroleum during 1927 totaled
recently made by D elm er and Stanley to tfb equal to the product of 50 years space of a w eek's hearings by the
measure at this time.
but w hat we are doing th ere and th e
1,254,000,000 barrels, an Increase over
Colegrove In th e P istol river region of norm al grow th. Logging operations house agriculture com m ittee, th e out
, He said that many farm ers were be
1926 of 156,000,000 barrels, the d epart
com
m itm ents we have m ade are a t
of C urry county. T hey were paid a will soon take place.
ing forced to abandon other reclam a
look on farm relief legislation has
m ent of commerce announced.
th e request of both parties and in th e
bounty of $25 each for the anim als.
tion projects in the west because they
shifted,
and
the
well-drilled
house
A serious epidem ic of scarjet fever,
The United S tates led the world
In terest of peace and order and a fa ir
were unable to sell th eir products suf
Members of th e Linn-Benton county with some chickenpox and Influenza, farm bloc, which la st y ear had the election. We have no desire to stay.
with 905,900,000 barrels, an Increase
ficiently high for them to m eet the
of 135,000,000 over 1926. The Ameri Jersey C attle club a t th eir annual exists a t Valsetz, Isolated lum bering M cNary-Haugen bill passed has split We wish N icaragua to be strong, pros
cost of production and pay the w ater
can production was 70 per cent of the m eeting in Albany last week u nani town in th e coast range m ountains of into at least two camps. T he equal perous and independent. We en tered
charges.
mously indorsed th e proposal to re w estern Polk county. Dr. A. B. Star- ization fee die-hards are under one to m eet an im perative but tem Dorary
world supply.
It was estim ated th at 9,800,000 b ar store a county agent to Linn county. buck, county heatlh officer, visited the te n t, and some of th eir ex-allies aro exigency and we shall retire as soon
P ortland's infant m ortality ra te for place last T hursday and ordered stric t banded to g eth er to support a bill as it Is possible.”
rels were consumed on leases or add
If we had cherished an im peril® ^
ed to storage. R ussia moved Into 1927 was 46.2 to every 1000 births, a quarantine in homes w here the dis- which they believe would m eet adm in
istratio n approval.
second place as a producer for the “rate seldom attain ed by cities in our ease bas broken out.
istic purpose,” Mr. H ughes told his
F u rth e r crystallization of opinion Is audience, “we would have rem ained In
first time since 1917, with a total of class,” Dr. John G. Abele, city health
Nevlus hall, the fine new comm un
72,400,000 barrels, while Mexico <' -op- officer, declared in his annual report. ity house recently com pleted by the expected w ith continuance of h ear Santo Domingo but we w ithdrew .”
ped to fourth place, with 64,2000,000,
C. P. Ragsdale, stockm an and ranch Episcopal church in B aker on the prop ings.
The United S tates will quit H aiti
Ogden, Utah.—With the re-election
It was th e equalization fee provi at any tim e it has reasonable expec
Venezuela taking third rank with 64,- er of eastern Oregon, is the ow ner of erty adjoining St. S tephen's church
of Prank J. H agenbarth, Spencer,
400,000.
an artesian well th a t was tapped re on F irst street, Just n o rth of Broad sion in the M cNary-Haugen bill which tation of stability there, said Mr.
Idaho, as president for his 15th con
cently
on his ranch n ear Jam ison th a t way, was dedicated with an in terest was held prim arily responsible for H ughes. M eanwhile it is trying to
secutivo term and the adoption of a
Is flowing a t th e rate of 270 gallons ing service last week. Bishop Rem P resident Coolidge vetoing th a t m eas establish this stability.
resolution condemning any effort to
INCO M E TAX BILL FIL E D
an hour.
ington delivered the dedicatory ser ure la st session, and th a t is the rea
revise the tariff, the 83d annual con
son given by some of Its ex-support
mon.
The hall cost about $12,000.
T he stork was extrem ely kind to
vention of the National Wool Grow Labor, Grange, Farmers' Union and
ers for su rrendering It.
Mr.' and Mrs. W illiam G ray of Pon-
Conductors' Behind Measure.
The large new dairy barn on the D.
ers' association adjourned.
The secession m ovem ent was led by
Salem, Or.—Copies of a new state dosa, n ear Baker. They became par D. Longbottom farm about four miles
Phoenix, Ariz., was selected for the
Income tax bill sponsored by th e S tate en ts of trip lets born a t St. E lizabeth's w est of A lsea burned to the ground R epresentative W illiams, republican,
1929 meeting place.
of Illinois.
Fred It. Marshall, Salt Lake City, Federation of Labor, S tate Grange, hospital last week. They were girls. last S aturday night. F our horses, 30
As th e M cNary-Haugen bill now
dairy cows and three young heifers
was re-elected secretary treasurer, F arm ers' Union and Order of Railway all of them.
stands, th is fee would be collected
Conductors were filed with S ecretary
were
burned
to
death.
All
the
con
W ashington, D. C.—Illinois seem s
w ithout opposition.
T he annual m id-winter m eeting of
from producers of various commodi
destined to have only one-half of its
O ther resolutions adopted included: of S tate Kozer with a request for a the Wing. Fin and Fleetfoot club of ten ts of the barn. Including about BO
ties to finance m arketing of the sur
constitutional rep resen tatio n in th e
Recommending congress to appro ballot title prelim inary to the circuia- | Union county will be held In La tong of hay, a gasoline engine and a
plus. P resid en t Coolidge questioned United S tates senate during the pres
tlon
of
petitions
for
signatures
to
place
new
cream
separator,
w
ere
destroyed.
priate $490,000 annually for more ef-
G rande on th e evening of F eb ru ary 7,
fectlve control of predatory anim als, on ,h '' November ballot. According to with clam s as the m ain item on the
Six hundred feet of track was de Its constitutionality, term ing it a price- ent congress, unless F rank L. Sm ith
fixing provision.
and urging w estern states to en act Kozer- l,ie m easure will require 12.- j d inner menu.
stroyed and two carloads of logs were
resigns or m andam us proceedings a re
S entim ent in the agriculture com
j
228
signatures
to
complete
the
peti
dumped
a
t
Camp
No.
7
of
the
Coos
brought to compel th e se c retary of
bounty laws sim ilar to th at of Utah.
Miss Marie Iverson of Medford was
m ittee now seem s to lean tow ard the
Recommending federal legislation to tions.
elected p resident of th e C rater Lake Bay Lum ber company a t Powers. This McNary-Haugen bill minus the debat sta te to provide for an election of a
The m easure Is said to provldo for
compel Identification of substitutes for
union of th e C hristian Endeavor in the was the second accident in a few days ed fee section, although Chairm an senator.
a graduate income tax ranging from
virgin wool in fabrics.
G overnor Sm all’s announcem ent
annual convention of th e southern when logging cars took a downward Haugen, a firm believer in the fee,
th a t he would refuse to recoginze the
Requesting congressional action to two per cent on the first $1000 to six Oregon d istrict, which was held in trip to destruction. Loggers ran to
safety as the cars, heavily loaded has said th a t it would be useless to action of the senate in declaring
divorce the affairs of the federal farm per cent on taxable incomes in excess G rants P ass last week.
with logs, careened down the Incline. report the bill "stripped of everything Sm ith's seat vacant m eans th a t Illin
lean banks and the federal Interm e of $9000, It provides exemptions of
A com m ittee of Medford business
C onstruction of a m odern milk con essential to Its operation.”
diate credit hanks, on the ground that $1500 for single persons and $3000 for
ois will have only one senator a t least
men
is considering a proposition of densing and powdering plant will bo
the form er deal chiefly with real es m arried persons with an additional ex
until December, 1929, unless an elec
E.
C.
Miller
of
Portland,
to
erect
a
ten-
em ption of $400 for each d ep en d en t
undertaken soon by the Lower Colum
tate and the la tter with livestock.
B R IE F GENERAL NEW S
tion Is forced in Illinois this year.
story modern office and sto re build
bia C o o p erativ e Dairy association,
The senate declared vacant th " seat
ing
in
th
at
city
to
cost
$325,000,
local
H a rtley Decides to Open Capital.
Brigadier-General Frank R. McCoy, to which th e people of Illinois elected
stockholders of the organisation de
GENERAL GOETHALS D IE S
In
terests
to
furnish
$75.000.
Olympia, W a s h —After having re
cided a t th eir annual m eeting in As who has been delegated by P resident Sm ith by a vote of 61 to 23—m ore
F o rty hotel m anagers of southern to ria recently. T he stru ctu re will be Coolidge to supervise 1928 presidential
than a tw o-thirds m ajority.
Won Fame a t Chief Engineer of the fused for months to allow the new
capitol to tie occupied. Governor Hart- Oregon and northern California were n ear th e business center of A storia election In Nicaragua, has arrived at
Twenty-one republicans and the one
Panama Canal.
ley announced (hat the building would guests of th e Del Rogue hotel at and will rep
. resen
___ t an investm ent of Corinto.
farm er-labor sen ato r joined w ith 39
New York -George W. Goethals,
be throw n open to use after January , ' ^an,,, P ass when the southern Ore- more than $50,000.
The Norwegian cabinet of Ivan Lyk- dem ocrats In voting to declare S m ith's
cleaver of continents, who literally
30. The liulldlng will be occupied by
11 brancb of the H otel Men's asso- ‘ F or construction and Im provement ke, whic^ assumed office in March,
seat vacant, while two dem ocrats
moved m ountains to bring true a seem
th e chief executive, the secretary of c,at,on waa formed last week.
of roads in and adjacent to the na- 1926- resigned as a result of conserva- joined w ith 21 republicans against
ingly hopeless dream , the Panam a
state, th e state auditor and the sta te
An excellent outlook for th e dairy ttonal forests of Oregon. $621,000 has tlve losses In October elections, when such a declaration.
canal, died a t the age of 70 In his
treasu rer.
I industry of the northw est and of th at been allocated for the next fiscal year, the labor party won a striking victory.
home here ufter a lingering llluess.
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I section in p articu lar was pictured to to g eth er with $453,000 for roads re
W ith tw o ex-United S tates senators
Mrs Goethals und two sons were
F L IE R HOYT DEAD
M eredith W ill Not Run for President, dairym en who attended the annual quired m ainly for forest protection —Lenroot of W isconsin and Thom as of
w 'th the famous engineer at the end.
Des Moines, la Edwin T. Meredith, m eeting of the E astern Oregon ___
Dairy- and adm inistration.
Colorado—as
th
eir
spokesmen,
public
Oregon
forest
On February 26. 1907, Major Coe-
secretary of agriculture, is not a men'» association at H aines last week. | roads thus are granted approxim ately utilities corporations came out iflto Body Found 10 Miles From W here
tliais was appointed chief engineer ef
Plane Crashed In Canyon.
candidate
for the presidency. He gave
Pneum onia took the g reatest toll in 9 ,-07500° out 07 a total of $7.500.000 the open before the senate in te rsta te
tlio Panam a canal and had the honor
Boise
—The body of Fred Hoyt, lo st
this assurance to slate party leaders,
Portland In many weeks when 15 avallable for all the national forests, commerce com m ittee in opposition to
of finishing the great work.
In an airplane en route betw een S alt
in
session
here,
after
a
proposal
had
deaths
were
reported
for
last
week
by
I
Mrg-
E
lllab
etb
Gaston
Lyons
cele-
any
blanket
inquiry
into
th
e
ir
indus
The task which confronted hint
Lake and this city, was found 10 m iles
be. n made that Io w a dem ocrats get
Dr. John G. Abele, city health officer i brBted ber 101at birthday in Eugene try.
whan Roosevelt and T aft elected him
west of w here his plane crashed in a
behind Mr. M eredith as a “favorite sou and th e total of 101 d eath s from all Iaat week Mrs. Lyons, oldest mem ber
Myron
T.
Herrick.
American
am
bas
to finish the canal was one of stag
candidate.'
causes also was an exceptional week s ° l L e" ls and c la rk chapter. Daugh sador to France, returning to his post canyon 20 miles northw est of Hol
gering proportions. F rench engineers
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-
record.
j ters of th e A m erican Revolution, of a fter a long sick leave, was received brook, Idaho. The body was found by
had failed; private co ntractors were
T H E M ARKETS
S
tu
d
en
t,
in
agriculture
In
th
e
co
1-1
' T n " ? r 1‘ “ ’T ,* 011/ " ' of Lieutenant- like a conquering hero as he landed a rancher in the open country and w as
floundering, and n ature herself seem
Portland
lege
In
C
orvallis
have
Joined
with
f
, R<>be’‘t Ga8,on'
cap- on the soil of France, m ilitary bands brought into Holbrook on a sled.
ed bent on balking this attem pt at
H olbrook Is in the extrem e south
W heat n It bluestem $1 42; hard o thers of the Institution In favoring
i
t
r
‘‘glm
ent
of
minute
men
in Playing national airs and steam
severing the two continents she had
white, $1 32%; federation. $129; soft th e use of the designation "Oregon ,b " r**olutlon*r ’r war aad « mem ber w histles of harbor craft at H avre Join eastern corner of Idaho n ear the U tah
Joined together.
Disease and the
white, w estern white, $128% ; hard s ta te college," |„ preference to th e
jH n,e7 COmml,,e* °f -«fetjr. ed in shrieking welcome. A rrival in line. The exact cause of death h a s
sh eer force of tropical growth and the w inter, $1 24
Paris also was the scene of enthusias not yet been determ ined, but from th e
rust of Its m ists were the chief en w estern re ,d n n u ' “ *Pr,n“ ” 2 5 4 ;
A gricuìt'und'
Z teg
T o , klU**
' ,
' ■ ' '
i n s titu tio n coflege,
2
£ ‘Ìy I * „ Tl“
— r , MD
— i * T * , O
durine
k . tic reception.
location of the body it Is assum ed th e
Oregon
during , the
emies. G oethals had to fight. His
Hay
aviator abandoned the plane a fte r th e
A
lfalfa.
$19018
50;
valley
been
known.
m
onth
of
December,
according
to
a
victory was a victory of sanitation, as
crash and died from exposure w hile
timothy, $t8iJ18 50; .a ste rn Oregon
report prepared by T. A Raffety, chief
W o m in Accused of Census G raft.
well as engineering
The first com m unity auction sale
Imothy, $20 50021.
seeking a settlem ent.
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Inspector
for
the
state
m
otor
vehicle
t,tu>
i.
i
Albany. N. Y. — C rim inal action
H e retired In 1914 to p riv ate life,
B utterfat - 50O54c
th r
t
" v " * J”’PUlar wl,b ,arm er» departm ent.
Approximately 466 per-
against Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp,
only to be recalled for war duty, serv
throughout Yamhill county
The Idea
u ie . w)n, were lnJured
Th„
county. The
Eggs Ranch, 32037c.
Labor Asks for Real Beer.
Ing la v irio n s capacities.
accused of m aladm inistration of the
of
th
eir
getting
to
g
eth
er
to
sell
goods
C attle -Steers, good. $1176012 85.
Miami, Fla —The American Federa-
ed that there were a total of 3363 ac last state census, and against four
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w uu
a n a a l i i n i IU U T
v v
----
Hogs—Medium to choice, $7.75® in a cooperative sale seem s to appeal, cidents reported during the month. other*. was recom mended to Governor
Labor will demand of both
Illlnote Governor Scores Senate.
and num erous listings have been re
J 36.
Of these 1369 were due to carelessness Sm ith by Randall J. Le Boeuf. who m ajor political parties the inclusion of
Chicago, III - Illinois has received j I-amba — Medium to choice. $11 60 ceived. Household goods, live stock
on the part of drivers. A total of 246 was appointed by the governor to in 2 75 beer in their campaign platform .
an unw arranted affront from the 013.00.
and farm im plem ents are the moat
accidents were due to speeding. In vestigate the charges. Mrs. Knapp la This announcem ent was made here
U nited S tates senate In Its refusal to ,
frequent entries.
Seattle.
75 ca se , the d riv er, were intoxicated. dean of women at Syracuse university by President William Green a fter th e
recognise Colonel Frank L. Sm ith as ' W heat Soft white, w estern white,
Sweet Home and F b ster have quite
D ate for a special election at which and was the first woman ever to be legislative council of the federation
one of its senators, Governor la>n ; $1 30; hard w inter, w estern red, $12«; a few new residents The people are
the
K lam ath Falls electorate will vote elected secretary of state In New had heard the plea of the U nited
Small del lared In a formal statem ent n orthern spring. $1 29; bluestem . mostly those in terested In the high- I
on the $300.000 sew er bond issue was lo r k . It was as secretary of state Brewery W orkers, presented by Joseph
In which he served notice he would ! $1 46, dark n orthern spring, $1 43;
bU“ ,lln’ They h,T e '
b7 ,b * d t7
tor F ebrua“
th a t she had charge of the 1925 cen Overfeld.
refuse to recognise the senate action i dark hard w inter. $1 42.
I f o r c e d In many cases to
•-* locate I •»-
•* •
28. It ia proposed by the city to sus.
H a y — A lfalfa, $25, tim othy, $28; In private homes for accommodation. build a new tru n k line sew er and dia- i
Cuban Decree Lim its Sugar Producers.
Rich Seattle G lri and Reporter Elope. P. 8 , $22.
Miss Betty R arkleff, p retty tele posal plant.
H avana -President Machado ha„
Vare
Files
Statement
Denying
Charges
Seattle, Wash Deaplte the strong
phone operator of R eedsport, receiv
B utterfat 63c.
signed a decree lim iting Cuban sugar
The Miles Linen mllla, which were
objections of th eir parents. Miss P a
W
ashington.
D
C
-G
e
n
e
ra
l
denial
ed shock and burns last week when established In Salem two years ago,
Eggs Ranch, 36039c.
Production to 4.000.000 tons a year.
m ela Leonard, daughter of A W l eon
— e Coos
-
v urry telephone
teippnone office
ornce | now are on a sound financial h .
n
‘ h-intcs of fraud and 1'irruption
and C
C attle Steers, choice. $11 50012 25 th
I nlted S tates consum ers may be af
ard. m illionaire S eattle traction mag
offtce
w
w
deetroyed
by
fire
The
blaze
and
will
pay
dividends
on
fu
tu
re“V
WiUtam
^B
W
U
^
Z
°
PP°
Dent’
Hogs Prime. $9 10 0 9 36.
fected by the lim itation, designed to
nate, and Ransom 0 . (M ike) Foster.
l U r l e i m , , “ • 1P,'” ,<’B *" * * ’ ood- |
•w o rd in g to a report filed th e a n . . . r flied w lth ^ h e
*“ stabilize prices and bring higher re
Spokane.
S eattle new spaper reporter, eloped
burning stove used to heat the
C attle Steers, good. $11012.
with the d irecto r. M th eir annual William S Vare republican
turns to Cuban producers. Of the lim
and were secretly m arried.
m artere
Hugs Good, $S26u9OO.
I meeting la Salem eecentlv.
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can »’ “ « o r ited production, 3.300,000 tons will go
j elect from Pennsylvania.
to the United Statee.
U. S. HAS NO POLICY
OF IMPERIALISM
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
BASIN PROJECT IS
OPPOSED BY GRANGE
II. S. LEADS WORLD
IN OIL PRODUCTION
FARM RELIEF FORCES
SPLIT ON FEE PLAN
HAGENBARTH AGAIN
HEADS WOOL GROWERS
SENATE REFUSES TO
SEAT FRANKL SMITH
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