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Medford Mail Tribune.
Medford, Jackson County County, Oregon
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Oregon Senate passes House Bill 275 for rural credit unions to aid farmers with low-interest loans, and four appropriation bills totaling $56,000 for wayward girls, orphans, fruit pest investigation, and Hood River agricultural station.
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RURAL CREDIT UNION
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20.—One of the
most constructive pieces of legislation,
according to the statements of several
senators, passed by this legislature, is house bill 275, by Allen,
which was passed by the senate yesterday
afternoon. The bill provides
for the formation of rural credit
unions and is intended to furnish a
means whereby farmers may obtain
short time loans at low rates of interest. 'Co-operation is the keynote
of the plan.
Four small appropriation bills, totaling $56,000, were passed by the
senate yesterday afternoon.
They
were as follows:
S. B. 295—For the support of way-
ward girls; $10,000.
S. B. 296—For the aid of homeless
and orphan children; $25,000.
S. B. 267, by Von der Hellen—For
the investigation of fruit pests at the
O. A. C.; $15,000.
H. B. 59—For the establishment
and maintenance of an agricultural
experiment station at Hood River;
$6000.
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Salem, Ore.
Event Date
Feb. 20.
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Outcome
house bill 275 passed; four appropriation bills totaling $56,000 passed: s.b. 295 ($10,000 for wayward girls), s.b. 296 ($25,000 for homeless and orphan children), s.b. 267 ($15,000 for fruit pests investigation at o.a.c.), h.b. 59 ($6,000 for hood river agricultural experiment station).
Event Details
House bill 275 by Allen passed by senate, permitting formation of rural credit unions for farmers to obtain short-term loans at low interest rates, emphasizing cooperation. Four small appropriation bills passed by senate.