Umatilla Ditches to Be Extended for 50,000 Acres
Secretary of the Interior Lane pledged extension of the West extension irrigation project during a Pendleton Commercial Club visit. He outlined plans for a storage reservoir two miles above Hermiston and a first unit funded with 800,000 dollars, while promising long deferred payments and ample water to settlers. Lane urged Oregon residents to write to senators and warned against large landholders reaping benefits. He spoke of an 80 million irrigation bonds proposal and stressed fair treatment for Oregon.
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Pendleton
Lane
Oregon
Pendleton Commercial Club
Umatilla
St. George Hotel
Interior Department
Morton
Hermiston
Valuabland
Lanewa
Congress
United States
Mending a Cable End After 700 Miles Gone Bad
The Mackay Bennet repaired a 700 mile Bermuda to Halifax cable broken deep under the Atlantic. A grapnel hooked the far end amid 720 feet of water, then crew and electricians spliced in a new section. The operation required precise handling, luck, and careful navigation past ice and weather hazards to restore global communications.
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Badilton
Bermuda
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Hamil
Jamaica
Newfoundland
New York
Hamilton
Karl K. Kitchen
New York World
Estate to be divided among heirs after decade battle
The East Oregonian reports the Jamon W. Young estate finally proceeds to division among accredited heirs after a lengthy dispute led by Mabel Young Warner. Principal heirs include Nora Watte and other named successors.
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Mabel Young Warner
Jamon W. Young
East Oregonian
Nora Watte
Walla Walla News Briefs Includes Estate Case Grants, Hoppers, Death
An estate report was accepted by County Judge J W Maloney, with James A Fes named administrator and property distribution approved. A probate dispute cost the county 10529.89 as Mabel Warner faced forgery charges thrice. Grasshoppers swarm parts of Walla Walla County though crops remain safe, while river conditions near Riparia are noted. A. R. Burford, former First National Bank cashier, died in Hollywood after cancer, survived by wife, three daughters, and three sons. The John Day fossil beds reveal elephants and mastodons, with a recent elephant find near Prairie City linked to a fifty million year lapse in time.
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Mathers
O W
Oregon
Washington
F. W. Robinson
Union Pacific
Pacific Trait Express
Bureau of Railway
Eoonowla
F. D. Watts
Weston
J. W. Maloney
James A. Fes
Mabel Warner
Mra. Warner
Walla Walla
Walla Walla County
Trante
Snake River
Riperia
A. R. Burford
First National Bank
Be Home
Hollywood
California
Los Angeles
Harry Burford
Borin
Barford
Flrst National Bank
Canyon City
Lower
John Day Valley
Frank Adams
Gitous
Prairie City
Highwaymen Hold Up Passengers On Soo Spokane Train
Four masked men robbed the Soo-Spokane fast passenger train near East Twelfth Street bridge in Sullivan's Gulch Portland at 9 15 p m firing many shots and forcing passengers to surrender valuables A tramp Joe Barron died from injuries believed connected to the robbery Officers describe the robbers and a $6000 reward is offered for their capture A local witness Bill Booker refers to a separate incident at a shop breaking
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Soo-Spokane
O-W.rk & N
East Twelfth Street
Sullivan's Golob
Portland
Joe Barron
Cabot
Pomber
el- Barron
ofBoers
Passeng
Athena
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Foss-Winship Hardware
THE
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
D. H. Mansfield
Main Street
Dell Brothers
Athen
Albee
Distrot
Sydney £. Viscent
Corporation Department
Salem
Eugene
Biue River
Pay G. Bolden
W. R. BN
Worsley
St. Helens
Northwest
Portland Street
Bill Booker
Coomans & Zerba
Bill
Bennett
E. A, Bennett
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Sefretcalie Fuarmacieta
Dea Noines
Iowa
LBA
Ane
Vas
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