Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecturer spoke as follows: Roughly speaking, the arid region extends from the 100th meridian to the Pacific ocean, between the 100th and the 105th lies the so called "debatable ground." an enormous piece of territory upon which agriculture is in some years profitable, in others, not. Washington Oregon, and the northern part of California are excluded from this rough outline. The total area is about 1.300,000 square miles, or 40 per cent. of the United States. The question is how to make this region profitable for agriculture...
...senior class at Princeton held a class meeting Wednesday night and elected the following officers: president, J. J. Charlton, of Oregon; secretary, L. D. Speir of New Jersey; presentation orator. H. H Janeway of New Jersey; ivy orator, F. F. Chambers of the District of Columbia: censor, H. W. Perrin of Pennsylvania; poet, D, L. Pierson of Pennsylania; class of '76 debater, J. M. Yearkle of Pennsylvania; class of '76 orator, Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania; class orator Frank Palmer of Maine; master of ceremonies, K, L. Ames of Illinois; prophet, I. B. Smith of Iowa; class day committee...
...Princeton scientific expedition of 1889" is a brief outline of the work performed last summer by a party of Princeton students. under Professor W. B. Scott, in eastern Oregon...
...there is a large Princeton club. The second concert will be given at Denver, and the third at Salt Lake City. Leaving Salt Lake City, no further stops will be made until SanFrancisco is reached. The clubs will spend some time in California, and will then go north into Oregon and Washington territory, where several concerts will be given. The return east will be made by the Northern Pacific route, and the concluding concerts will be given at St. Paul and Minneapolis. It is expected that Chicago, where the clubs will disband, will be reached about September...
...Princeton Glee Club, during August, is to give a series of concerts in California, Oregon and Washington Territory. Twenty men will make up the party which will travel by special car. On the way out concerts will be given at Omaha, Salt Lake City, and on the return trip at St. Paul's Minneapolis and Chicago...