All-Steel Box Cars for U P Reach New Stage of Steel Rails
Omaha Union Pacific shops produce two sample all steel box cars from motive power designs. Steel cars offer greater cubic capacity and safety, weighing 47,800 pounds, with lower repair needs and more durable service. One 15 inch center sill supports double steel flooring, sides and ends use riveted steel, and doors are reinforced. Steel car differs from wooden by 4.5 inches in width and 2 inches in height, same 40 foot length but 50 more cubic feet capacity.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Motive Power Department
County to Use Steel Bridges on Umatilla County Roads
Sinty feet span near Town City Rock Crusher to crush rock for piers and abutments. County plans steel bridges with stone and concrete abutments and piers. Horace Walker says Wild Horse Creek bridge will be sixty feet long and pierless to avoid flood damage. About 25 to 40 yards of crushed rock needed from city plant. 100 yards to be run through the crusher once started. Labor scarce, process may take several days.
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Umatilla County
Horace Walker
Pendleton
Chet McCollough
GIVES LIFE PRISONER A HOME IN Weston Legend
Moses Taylor, Weston pioneer, befriended Henry Witzingerode a life prisoner known as Dutch Henry. Taylor secured a pardon push and brought the aged man to his Weston home for the rest of his life, after promising to care for him if Chamberlain pardoned him. The tale, a humane note from the Oregonian.
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Moses Taylor
Weston
Oregonian
Taylor
Henry Witzingerode
Washington County
Dutch Henry
Witzingerode
Oregon
Burns Times Herald
Rights of dower and courtesy apply to reservations
Federal Judge Wolverton in Portland holds that Oregon dower and courtesy laws extend to Umatilla reservation allotments. A husband gains life interest in wife’s real property. a wife gains life interest in one half of her husband’s real property. The ruling resolves long debated questions affecting heirs of deceased Indian and white spouses and may urge further related cases.
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United States
Portland
Wolverton
Sarah Wheeler
East Oregonian
Oregon
Umatilla Reservation
Another Blue Ledge deposit draws mining interest near Grants Pass
A new copper gold belt on Elk creek between the Rogue and Umpqua rivers at 1600 to 4000 feet elevation attracts miners. Ten miles from the Southern Pacific line and 12 miles from the Medford Crater Lake railway, 30 to 40 claims plotted with 15 to 20 foot wide ore bodies testing 8 to 8 per cent copper and 2 to 12 dollars per ton in gold. Dr J F Reddy of Medford among owners planning full development with capital. parallels drawn to the original Blue Ledge showing greater promise.
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Grants Pass
Elk Creek
Rogue
Umpqua River
Southern Pacific
Medford & Crater Lake
J. F. Reddy
Medford
Blue Ledge
Brakeman Johnson Killed After Train Accident
Early today on a W and C railroad special train at Hillsdale J E Johnson a brakeman recently discharged from the army fell beneath a gondola wheel. He bound his wounds with torn jer a and directed mates how to lift him. He died after reaching Pendleton. Relatives in Walla Walla and Nebraska. Right leg ground to the knee and thigh amputated. Left foot and leg crushed above the ankle.
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Hillsdale
J. E. Johnson
United States
Walla Walls
Caboose
Dr. Sharp and Plamondon
Plamondon
Pendleton
Johnson
Walla Walla
Nebraska
Walla Walla Traction Eyes Weston Extension and Umatilla Power Purchase
The Walla Walla Valley Traction company weighing an interurban line extension from Walla Walla to Weston and Pendleton, while negotiating to buy the Umatilla Electric Light and Power company led by president Robert Jamieson. A Weston plant site on the Umatilla river near 14 miles south of Weston could supply several thousand barg power, but existing Northwestern power distribution reduces urge to own a local plant.
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Walla Walla
Pendleton
Northweatern
Atival
Wallula
Northwestern
Canada Abandons Postal Treaty With United States
The Canadian government expired the Canada United States postal treaty at midnight Tuesday and will implement higher second class rates on mail including newspapers magazines and books. American periodicals face reduced circulation in Canada as the United States faced renewed negotiations that failed. The text notes a shift in rates to balance Canadian losses from American advertising and emphasizes effects on merchants and readers.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Washington
Cawadian
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Manasse’s
Butterick Patterns
Athena
U.P
T. M. Taggart & CO
T. M. Taggart & Company
South Side
Main Street
C. A. Barrett & CO
Dell Brothers
City
Old Man
Dade
Pioneer Drug Store
Umpqua
Walla Walla Company
Umatilla River
Weston Men
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Ten
Pioneer Ding Store
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