Rights of ways rulings on leasing land from Indians
Portland and Pendleton reports detail canal and reservation leasing changes. The State Canal Commission and government concede a 50 mile by 200 to 500 foot right of way for the Celilo canal, with $15,000 deposit and imminent seizure. New Interior Department rules cap leases at 640 acres per person, require direct farming by allottees, and mandate forty acres cultivated before leasing rest. Special Agent McNichols to enforce conservatively, receipts to be attached to leases.
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Portland
State Canal Commission
Celilo Canal
F. A. Sevfert
Open River Association
Pendleton
Secretary of the Interior
McNichols
Department
Adams City to Sell Water Works and Bonds
The Adams city council moves to sell water works and issue bonds with plans for a gravity system. A reservoir site within two miles has been selected and the construction committee reports ample water supply. Lewiston news notes California golden fig cannot be grown there, per an experiment by K E McFarland.
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Adams
Lewiston
California
Big Machines Arrive for Preston Parton Milling Plant
Machinery for the Preston Parton Milling Company arrives in carload lots. The huge rolls and bolting machinery are unloaded and placed on the mill floor. Millwrights prepare the mill as electrical plant and power supply from the Walls Walla river site are readied before year’s end. A spacious office completes the building complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston-Parton Milling Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
U.P. and
Southern Railway Horror Fatal Wreck Near Knoxville
The Knoxville wreck of two passenger trains on the Southern line near here Saturday night leaves 54 dead and 185 injured. Seven more later die, with many mangled beyond recovery. Conductor W. B. Caldwell admits fault, raving in delirium after hospital. Both engineers killed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Here
Conduc
Tor W. B. Caldwell
Carlson Dies From Shotgun Injury In La Grande
C H Carlson died Friday evening at the Hen son home after arm amputation from an accidental shotgun wound. Funeral held at the Presbyterian church at 2 40 PM yesterday. He leaves a wife and four children, oldest 8, youngest an infant born this week. he ran a Kamela wood business and was highly respected.
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la Grande
C. H. Carlson
Henry Henson
Presbyterian Church
Carlson
Kamela
Open shop moves alarm Chicago unions at Harvester and Pullman
Labor leaders fear a targeted shift by Chicago employers to weaken unions as International Harvester refuses to renew its union contract and rehires 7000 workers on ten hour days with cost cuts. Pullman plans wage reductions of ten to twenty percent for its workers.
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Chicago
Deering and McCormick Planta
International Harvester Company
Pullman
the Harvester Company
Proposes Automobile Line For Hidaway Springs
Pendleton Sept 26 William Scott proprietor of the Hidaway Springs summer resort will leave for the cant in a few days to buy an automobile with a capacity of twelve passengers provided he can find one adapted to heavy mountain spring travel. This may sound remote but it could enable passengers to reach the springs by automobile next summer.
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Pendleton
William Scott
Hidaway Springs
Pringy
Direct Primary Law Delay to 1906 Ends Municipal Nominations
Salem, Sept 24. Attorney General Crawford concludes direct primary law won’t take effect until 1906 and need not apply to municipal elections before then. He endorses using prior laws for nominations, noting repeal of earlier primary laws while keeping a familiar, voter-expressed nomination system. Crawford believes any lawful nomination method yielding free voter expression will be upheld.
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Salem
Crawford
Hoe
Crawford Beieves
Seek an Old Estate of William Gorman Inquirer Reports Heirs
East Oregonian notes a letter from Mrs Stephen J Smith of Shorteville N The inquiry concerns the estate of William Gorman allegedly murdered at Birch Creek in February 160 The farmer's charred remains were found in his burned house indicating homicide The estate valued at several thousand dollars faced escheatment last spring and about 1800 remains after probate Alleged heirs have emerged amid the legal process.
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Willian Gorian
Min
Frank Baling
East Oregonian
Mra
Stephen J. Smith
Shorteville
William Gorman
Birch Creek
Gorman Wun
Editor Clark Wood A Weston Leader Inmate Exchange
A Milton Eagle item speculates editor Col. Clark Wood of the Weston Leader visited an insane asylum in St. Louis and, mistaken for a fellow sufferer, was asked why he went crazy. He allegedly replied that he sought to make money from the newspaper business and was called a fool in jest.
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St. Louis
Col
Clark Wood
Weston Leader
Milton Eagle
Moving From Coos County to Athena in Healthful Climate
Henry Ransier and his wife, long-time Coos county residents, plan this week to move to Athena. They have two sons, George and Daniel, and two daughters Mia and Mrs. Isaac Bark low. They have not yet sold their Coos county property but intend to do so soon seeking a healthier climate in eastern Oregon.
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Coos County
Henry Ransier
Athena
Plieathy
George
Daniel
Mia
Fred Grow
Isaac Barklow
East Qrogonian
Dissolution of Partnership Between Bagley and Ely
Notice states the partnership between M. J. Bagley and Walter E. Ely is dissolved by mutual consent. Bagley retires while Ely continues the business, collects all accounts and pays all bills against the firm. Names: M. J. Bagley and Walter E. Ely.
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M. J. Bagley
Walter E. Ely
M. J. Bugley
Italian Killed in Walla Walla Street Gang Incident
Dominic Di Valeria, an Italian laborer, was shot Saturday night in Walla Walla by fellow countryman Tom La Peneis and died within an hour. Peter West of Pendleton filed suit against the W. & C. Ht. Co. seeking 8600 damages over alleged possession of leased land.
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Dominic di Valeria
Walla Walla
Tom la Peneis
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Third Sts
Butterick
COX & M
Sampson Wind Mills
Hays
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State
Taito
C. A. Barrett of
Comp’y Incorporated
Fairbanks-Morse
Preston-Parton Company
Southern Railway Horror
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