Emergency coal rates to Spokane relief plan in 1906
Telegram from General Freight Agent R B Miller to O R & N in Walla Walla outlines emergency coal rates from Spokane to Pendleton and south of Snake River at $2 per ton. Alberta coal priced at $5.15 F O B Spokane, delivering about $1.15 per ton in territory. Rates to take effect in sixty days upon commission waiver.
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Northwest
Alberta
Spokand
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Pendleton
Snake River
Pomeroy
Dayton
Son
Wyoming
Fernie
Walla Walla
Worbin
Mobler
R. B. Miller
Naval
Byrne
Dobie
Effert
Special Music At Baptist Church Features Choir and Collaborations
Sunday evening at the Baptist church featured special music with Prof. J. S. Henry, Prof. Frank Henry, and O. A. Gannon on instrumental selections and Mrs. J. D. Plamondon at the organ guiding an excellent choir. Assisting sopranos include Mrs. Edward Barrett and others. altos, tenors, and bass voices listed. Special music to appear in all Sunday services. Henry engaged to rehearse and direct. Next Sunday night includes joint chorus with Christian and Methodist Episcopal choirs. thrice-choirs meet Thursday for rehearsal. Whitman-Idaho football: Whitman wins 4 to 5 thanks to Moscow forward Robertson to Armstrong. Holy Roller Woman Dead: Maud Hart Crofield, accomplice of Esther Mitchell, dies in Seattle jail after Mitchell’s shooting of George Mitchall and plan to murder a boy in the depot.
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The
Baptist Church
J. 8. Henry
Frank Henry
O. A. Gannon
J. D. Plamondon
Edward Barrett
Edward Payne
Howe
Misa Lala Gross
M. L. Watts
C. G. Chamberlain
Migs
Holy Roller
Maud Hart Crofield
Esther Mitchell
George Mitchall
Seattle
Mitchell
Esther
Voiow
Mugen
Women Arrested and Deported on Insanity Charge
Women held for trial in King county jail faced deportation ordered by Inter on insanity grounds. Supreme Court issued a writ of prohibition. Mrs Creffield died in jail as the case unfolded. Devil was Routed. Church leader T H Gourley defended noisy prayers as part of ousting the devil from a woman. Helix fuel news reports 100 cords of wood and two cars of coal promised. A $24,000 land deal saw 480 acres of late Mr Figg Thompson estate sold at the courthouse to Joseph Hanscomb for about 51 per acre, located 10 miles northwest of the city in eastern Oregon.
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Supreme Court
King County
Devil
T. H. Gourley
Church of God's Children
People of the Apostolic Faith
Seattle
Orde
Helix Herald
Helix
Smith & McEachern
Figg Thompson
Court House
Carter
Joseph Hanscomb
Euat
Oregonian
Castle Rock Ravaged by Unprecedented Winter Flood
Castle Rock on the Cowlitz river endured a nearly total crisis as floodwaters inundated about half the town. The freshet carved new river channels, undermined the Metcalf Shingle mill and school foundation, wrecked 30 to 40 homes, and displaced roughly 40 houses to the far bank.
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Castle Rock
Cowlitz
Cowlits
Bolea
Metcalf
Schoolhouse
Hope
They Lost the Trail Wagon On a Marion Jack trip
A four horse team hauled a threshing machine feeder and a two wheeled trail wagon. Watts noticed Baker trailing behind and the wagon was missing. The cart was found about a quarter mile back. Thanksgiving masquerade ball scheduled in Athena for Friday night November 30 at the opera house. Private J C Stephens of Fort Walla Walla attempted self harm after reprimand for temperance. Mastodon bones found on Pine Creek north of Town by Frank Swaggart.
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Baker
M. L
Watts
Weston
Athena
Opera Boas
Woaton
Pine Creek
Frank Swaggart
Bones Found In Decayed Skeleton Near Fifteen Feet
Fifteen feet from the top of the ground Freve brought home one of the bones measuring four feet in length and over 12 inches in circumference. The remainder of the skeleton was found to be very decayed. Rates Have Taken Effect Robert Barns of the O R N Company announces a new interstate freight rate that went into effect Thursday November 15. The tariff is a material decrease from the old rate with a substantial reduction for distance. All points on the O B R N in Washington Oregon and Idaho fall under the new tariff. Dairy Stock The dairy stock of Umatilla county and other regions is improving but needs continued enhancement for years to come. Best breeds suited to the purpose should be kept. It costs no more to keep a fist close a time than one worth one third as much in a dairy. Brotherhood of Owls A new fraternal order the Brotherhood of Owls has been instituted at Walla Walla with over 800 members. Leavitt is founder and president. headquarters will be in Walla Walla.
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Freve
Robert Barns
O. R. & N. Company
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Umatilla County
Echo Register
The
Brotherhood of Owls
Walla Walla
Leavitt
Cecil Brittan
Cecil
Albuquerque
Brittan
Omer
Chicago
St. Louis
Salt Lake
New Mexico
Inet
Parton
Mar
Blue Mountains
Helix City Election Nominations Split by Tickets
The Helix election campaign features two competing tickets. One lists A. B. Montgomery for mayor and M. A. Ferguson for recorder with John Z. Griswold as marshal. the other Citizen's Ticket opposition nominates J. W. Smith as chairman and D. H. Bayne as secretary, with Morrison Albee Liecaslleu Logan and G. J. Bott among nominees. L 8 Cook removed from Celilo Falls for graft accusations.
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Helix City
Luesday
Muse
People's
A. B
J. W. Smith
D. H. Bayne
A. B. Montgomery
M. L. Morrison
W. H. Albee
F. A. Liecaslleu
M. A. Ferguson
Marabal
Charles A. Logan
G. J. Bott
RAVAGES OF DISEASE DISCUSSED AT NEW YORK CONGRESS
Eminent medical men, public health officials, legislators and foreign representatives gathered at the Hotel Astor for the American international congress on Tuberculosis and the Medico-Legal Society of New York. Dr. F. E Daniel urged global legislative action to prevent TB and discussed treatment advances and preventive statutes.
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Hotel Astor
New York
American International Congress On Tuberculosis
Medico-Legal Society of
United States
Congreva
F. E Daniel
Austin
Texas
Congress
America
Europe
Sullivan Country
Alvo Surapee Lake
Lavt Hope
Fortid
Abuot
Brittan in Mexico Finds Only Another False Clue
Questing Brittan travels through Mexican locales seeking a lead but encounters another misdirect. The expedition yields little new information and continues to puzzle investigators with unresolved questions and lingering doubts.
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Brittan
Mexico
Missing Cecil Brittan Mystery Deepens Across States
The Walla Walla Bulletin reports that Cecil Brittan’s disappearance near the Toll Gate last July remains unsolved. Robert Britten’s New Mexico search, aided by letters and a photo, failed to locate the boy, concluding the lead was false.
Seattle Steamboat Collision Leaves 41 Dead
A collision between the Alaska Coast Jeannie and the All Point Transportation Dix at Seattle Sunday night caused 41 drownings. The Dix, headed to Port Blakelay from Seattle, sank after listing to port. passengers and crew scrambled to life rafts as boats disappeared. The Jeannie remained largely unscathed, with no crew losses.
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Jeannie
Alaska Coast Company
P. B. Mason
Puget Sound
Dix
All Point Transportation Company
Seattle
Port Blakelay
Smith Cove
Tacoma
Tait
Joannie Ania
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Ed Manasse
Umatilla
Manasse v Butterick’s
cAthena, Oregon
DELL
Wdithena
Henry
Baptist Church Choir
Whitman
Whitman-Idaho
Vinitors
Pases
Moscow
Robertson
George Armatrong
Cowlitz River
Little City
Farmer
J. C. Stephena
Fort Walla Walla
Pont Hoaplital
Cook
Celilo Falls
Zeke Matthews
Senle U
Mabride
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