Brother cares for victim of St Vitus dance sent to asylum
William Brotherton once strong and healthy, later afflicted with St Vitus dance, was cared for by his brother Charles in Oregon. After years of decline and failed treatments, he was adjudged insane at Pendleton on Wednesday and committed to the Salem asylum for treatment and possible recovery.
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William Brotherton
Charles Brotherton
Pendleton
Salem
Virginia
Oregon
Hin
Umatilla bids rejected for irrigation project work
The interior department again rejected bids for the East Umatilla irrigation project distributing canals. Bids opened in Portland were declined. previous reservoir bids also failed. Engineers will name a successful bidder soon as May 1 1907 deadline looms, with main feed canal already in progress.
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Interior Department
Umatilla County
East Oregonian
East Umatilla
D. C. Henry
Portland
Reclamation Service
Oregon
Newell
Washington
Weddle Captured After High-Speed Jail Escape Chase
Robert Weddle, second escapee from Umatilla county jail, is seized by Sheriff T D Taylor in Spokane after a dramatic chase through Wall Street and Sprague Avenue. A bystander trip felled Weddle for the sheriff to close in. Weddle will be returned to Pendleton for trial on pending charges.
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Robert Weddle
Umatilla County
Taylor
Spokane
Spokesman- Review
Weadle
T. D. Taylor
Pendleton
Umatilla
Oregon
Weddle
Victoria Hotel
Wall Street
Sprague Avenue
Riverside Avenue
Old National Bank
Main Avenue
Council
Tolabo
Bowman
Guy Young
Wallum
Largest Check Given for Wheat Purified by Mill Firm
Watts, onubier for Parton Milling Co drew a check for $21,084.35 payable to John Bell & Son, the biggest sum in his life, for wheat purified by the mill.
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Ee ‘Watts
Onubier
Preemn-Parton Milling Company
John Bell & Son
Why Edwards Was Detained At North Yakima Court Action
North Yakima dispatch reports Major Edwards, agent of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, released on his own recognizance to face a Yakima County deputy sheriff charge of threats. He intended to board a train but was stopped by Sheriff Grant after leaving a $100 check to the sheriff and claiming phone talks with his attorney. Justice Taggart ordered a continuance to October 6 awaiting the federal attorney from Oregon.
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Yakima
Major Edwards
Yakima County
Major O. ©. Edwards
Umatilla
Grant
Justice Taggart
Edwards
Oregon
Oil Fueled Railways Spread Across Oregon Lines
Oil fuel proves economical and reliable on Southern Pacific and O R N lines as wood and coal engines are phased out. Freight engines to follow with oil burners. trials on Harriman routes show steady steam and fewer handling troubles. Pilot Rock branch approved, with work to begin once right of way is secured. Two Danish families in Prineville face typhoid, while a fire destroys Cornett street stables and nearby church and homes, with insurance coverage and limited water supply hindering firefighting efforts.
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Southern Pacific
Oregon
Allied Lines
Harriman
Pilot Rock Road
Pilot Rock
O’brien
O'Brien Hopen
Birch Creek
Pendleton
Denmark
North Water Street
Weston
Cornett
Prineville
Palmer Hotel
Size of bands cut down in several forest reserves
State secretary Dan P Smythe says sheep allotments will shrink next year in Blue Mountain Wenaha Wallowa and other reserves. Reductions range from 10 to 25 percent with Chesimus reserve increased 10 percent. New band rules set 1200 sheep per eastern Blue Mountain band with permits up to 1200. Divorce suit also filed by Mary Kennedy against Harry B Kennedy in Milton with three children.
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Dan P. Smythe
Associaton
Blue Mountain
Wenaba
Walltowa
Smythe
A. F. Potter
Grazing Department
Forestry Bureau
Blue Mountain Reserve
Western Division
Wenaha
Wallowa
Chesimus
Wemba
Sampter
D. B. Sneller
Mary Kennedy
Harry B. Kennedy
T. ©. Godwin
Milton
Latah
Idaho
Judge Woolverton Jurisdiction Fines Bert Ctar o and Charles Gay
Judge Wolverton of the federal court in Portland fined Bert C tar o and Charles Gay $50 each and ordered 30 days in the county jail after guilty pleas for taking liquor on the reservation. The sentence surprised Athena residents who knew the Pendleton men received lighter penalties for the same offense.
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Wolverton
Portland
Bert Cartaro
Charles Gay
Athena
Pendleton
Seattle Fair 1909 Oversubscribes Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Stock
In one day Seattle over subscribed nearly 100000 of the 600000 stock issue for the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon exposition set for 1909. Local interests bought stock in large blocks. The day was declared a civic holiday by Mayor Monre as the motto Everybody helps guided contributions.
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Sattle
Monre
Ewoh
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Columbia River
Bitterroot Range
Montana
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Pacific
M. Cleland
Pass
St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Great Pacific Northwest
M. A. Rader
M.A. Rader
St. Vitus
Prosser Waad
Sheriff Taylor
Dell Brothers
Sheriff Overtakes
City of
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Heart
Brown
William Mank
Frenchtown
Hudson Bay
Hhis Place
Manik
Mank
Walla
Pire
Seattle
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