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FREQUENCY OF SLIGHT EARTHQUAKES Earthquake tremblers are reported frequently from parts of the Pacific Northwest, and each time cause speculation as to the nature of the disturbances. Within the records of the white men, running back eighty or ninety years, there never has been a general or severe earthquake in this region. But the reading of newspaper files shows that slight tremblers

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felt every year in some parts of this large area. small local disutrbance was recorded at Seattle, June 5, 1919.

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The most frequent area of disturbance has been the Puget Sound region. Probably the severest at Portland occurred 12, 1877, February 29, 1892, and February 25, 1895 Puget Sound, March 16, 1904. These quakes caused walls to crack and dishes to rattle and church bells to ring, but The geological youth of the Pacific did no real damage. Northwest and the many fresh volcanic vents indicate recurrent seismic activity, but written history records no violence.

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ANNUAL MEETING OF OREGON PIONEERS Members of the Oregon Pioneer Association held their annual meeting in the Portland Auditorium June 19, and elected the following officers: J. J. Hunsaker, of Yamhill county, pioneer of 1847, president; C. H. Caufield, of Oregon City, 1853, vice-president



George H. Himes, of Portland, 1853,

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retary; William M. Ladd, of Portland, 1855, treasurer. Other members of the board of directors are John W. Baker, 1853 Miss Ellen Chamberlain, 1857; G. D. Chitwood, 1853. The pioneers were welcomed by Mayor George L. Baker, and W. H. H. Dufur, retiring president, delivered the response.



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Riddle, 1852, of Douglas County, rendered the Nathan H. Bird, 1846, presided at the afterThe woman's auxiliary of the association served session. noon of the Auditorium. basement the in dinner

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annual address.