River runoff and flood lessons shape Pacific rail routes
The Puyallup river floods near Auburn elopes with the Chuck river, abandoning its bed and forcing Northern Pacific to plan a return. Milwaukee and St Paul engineers note new high water marks guiding future lines while Seattle faces widespread flood damage and submerged suburbs.
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Puyallup
Auburn
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Portland- Seattle
Seoapietigtsora
Chuck River
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Sound
Portland
H. 5
Rowe
Milwaukee
Washington
Postal service deal eyed by capitalists in government probe
Washington hearings on postal abuses resume with W D Boyce of Chicago to testify about a capitalists offer to take over postal operations. The plan promises a dividend paying system and a potential $1,000,000 yearly bonanza to run the post office, asserting business methods could steady finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Asaya
Bam
Congress
New York
W. D. Boyce
Chicago
Welle-Vargoix Press Company
Dan
Penny Postage and Private Mail Service Proposal
A proposal argues for giving people penny postage and excellent service by private firms. Government would withdraw from operating a public utility and private carriers would transport and deliver mail. Private capital would rent post office buildings and charge regular postage, offsetting government transport costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Feld
Ibis
Coal theft dispute leaves Winona residents in need
Whitman County reports six Winona citizens accused of stealing a 20 ton coal car from a Lemor ore facility. Division Superintendent Thomas Walsh orders arrest and formal charges. Townsfolk, suffering from severe cold, divided the confiscated coal after paying for some fuel, while prosecutors say no jury would convict.
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Ft, Abboty
Uolfax
Winona
Whitman County
Thomas Walsh
Tekon
Winova
Coul
Neigh
Stewart Small
Two Boys Kidnapped in Sandusky Ohio 1890 Mystery
Circulars flood police stations worldwide as chief seeks help locating Joseph Wirth and Willie Misaig eight years after their disappearance. Photographs from childhood may aid parents and investigators in identifying the now grown youths. A separate note from Baker City reports no poor families in need following a generous but futile attempt to aid locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Ohio
Joseph Wirth
Willie Misaig
Baker
Baker City
C. M. Mullen
Ox Bowl
Mullen
Papers to Consolidate Two Walla Walla Papers
The Walla Walla Morning Union and Evening Statesman plan consolidation if owners agree on plant valuation. O R Ball of the American Type Founders in Portland arrived for talks with A B Burford to take inventories and pursue a settlement to merge the two papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walle
Consolidation talks and East Umatilla project progress
The two papers discuss ongoing consolidation with a likely clash over valuation amid limited discussion. Meanwhile East Umatilla work resumes after floods with forty men and a dozen teams at the headgate, about a week to finish, plus two hundred fifty workers across the project. The ditch will transition from earth to rock and cement gravel sections near Eoho toward the Columbia.
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East
Umatilla
Eoho
Colambin
Reorganization Planned for Pacific States Telephone
San Francisco advices report a new California based Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company to be formed with 50 million dollars capital. The plan splits into 52 million dollars in preferred stock and 17 million dollars in common stock, with bonds issued to rebuild and extend the lines. The move follows a decade of rapid expansion and aims to extend service to every village and hamlet within the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
San Francisco
California
Tts
Sale of Indian lands on Umatilla reservation
Four tracts of inherited lands totaling 21 acres on the Umatilla reservation will be sold at auction to the highest bidders during February. Bids opened by O O Edwards, Umatilla agency. Tracts include Walla Walla 441 Joseph R Ren ville tract February 22 1907. Pendleton 106 Teniah White February 14 1907. Walla Walla 223 Lonnie Britten February 15 1907. Walla Walla 508 Hmeling Pambora February 14 1907. P A Worthington R R and N right of way agent, secretary of the Wheaton Normal board, now in Chicago on business. Last Sunday he stayed at the Kaiserhof hotel.
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Umatilla Reservation
O. O. Edwards
Umatilla
Renarvati
Walla Walla
Joseph R
Lonnie Britten
James Britten
Acr
Oon
Hmeling Pambora
Chicago
P. A. Worthington
Board of Regents
The
Weaton Normal
Kaiserboft
Legal citations on court powers and bank liability
The note lists several appellate decisions. It cites a clerk’s bond power denied in Territory ex rel Thacker v Woodring. It notes reversible error without objection in State v Crawford. It also denies a bank’s right to pursue personal obligations of a commission merchant for produce deposits in Boyle v Northwestern National Bank.
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Thacker
Woodring
Olla
Crawford
Minn
N. Bo
Boyle
Northwestern Rational Bank
Wis
TLIO
Tales of Cities and Transit Figures from Brooklyn to New York
fragmented OCR notes compare Brooklyn and Manhattan populations after consolidation, noting Brooklyn’s 520,000 gain to 1,258,000 and New York’s large water and area figures. references to London water capacity and city size appear among garbled lines.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Manhattan
London
New York
York
Life of Romance and Sorrow in Pioneer Days
Mrs. Amos Underwood, widow of prominent army officer Amos Underwood, dies at Hood River. Her life intertwines tragedy and endurance among early Columbia River settlers and Native peoples. Funeral honors Odowa of the local tribe, with Indian Jim directing bone exhumations and rites per her wish for an Indigenous burial custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Underwood
Hood River
Columbia River
Sipcole
Underwood Wise
Obeuowith
Washington
Cascade Locks
Chenowith
Fort Dallon Onwara
Underwood
Indiana
Auid
California
Alaska
Sod
Oregon
Jim
Hin Teibemen
Knel
New State Printer Plant To Replace Old Salem Facility
A new printing plant for the state printer Willis 8 Daniway at Salem will replace the old Frank Baker facility. Negotiations over price stalled, Baker may hand the old plant to the state if lawmakers grant Daniway a salary. Machinery arrives next month and work starts to have Daniway ready to print legislature materials on day one.
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Willis
Daniway
Salem
Frank ©. Baker
Donipayer
Parton
Baker
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Chuck
Northern Pacific
St Paul
Milwaukee Road
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Ely &. Scott
Sandusky, Ohio
Ntimetes
New Corporation
Tales OF Cities
Tse
Relle
Retaxnd
Prom
Willis S. Daniway
Bockles
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