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Articles from the January 24, 2014 edition


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  • Vaudeville mayor made his city famous

    Jan 24, 2014

    Mayor Geprge Baker By Finn J.D. John George L. Baker, the big, bluff, hail-fellow-well-met owner of Portland’s Baker Theater, was flabbergasted. As he and his fellow Portland Rosarians were getting ready to march in the 1917 Rose Festival parade, a courier had run up to him with a cryptic message: “The grand marshal’s car awaits,” the messenger puffed. “Hurry and get in and don’t delay the parade.” “Why, I’m not grand marshal,” Baker replied, puzzled. Just then his friend Gus Moser, who was in charge of the parade that year, hustled over....

  • Bruce & Blaine's wet fly adventure

    Jan 24, 2014

    McKenzie River Reflections...