Eight artillerymen killed as Bla gun breech bursts
Fortress Monroe reports a catastrophic breech explosion at battery DeRussey. Eight identified dead, ten missing, later reports raise to eleven dead and several seriously wounded. Names include Seargeant Hess gun commander Corporal Bradford and Privates Sullivan Duffey King Adkine Adkins Adey Chadwick Fith Eoran Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortress Monroe
DeRussey
Seargeant Hess
Corporal Bradford
A. J. Sullivan
Duffey
King
Adkine
Army
Navy
Charles O. Adkins
Adey
Chadwick
Fith
Eoran
Turner
Beaupre Convicted and Fined in Local Option Case
Clarence Beaupre was convicted Thursday of violating the local option law and sentenced by Judge Bryson to a 300 dollar fine and thirty days in county jail. Harvey Jones, tried on the same charge, was acquitted but arrested on another count for the same offense. Seward trial at Coney Island ended with a five minute jury verdict of guilty against Ed Seward, keeper of the resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Beaupre
Bryson
Justice Court
Harvey Jones
Jones
Seward
Coney Island
FE Whattam
M. Yoran
C. B. Scott
J. L. Maresh
Kauffman
J. G. Pitts
Forest fires in Pacific Northwest come under control
Reports from Albany and other places say western Washington forest fires are under control and danger of spread is over as winds rise. British Columbia losses rise to about 5 million dollars with potential dozen lives. Heavy showers in Spokane check fires across Washington Idaho Montana and British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porland
Associated Press
Albany
Seattle
Washington
British Columbia
Spokane
Idaho
Montana
Cummins Blames Tariff Reviser Leaders at Kansas Talk
Council Grove Kansas July 22 Senator Cummins of Iowa told a Chautauqua audience that the Republican pledge for tariff revision was not fulfilled and leaders like Aldrich Cannon never intended to keep it. He urged elimination of special interests and defended progressive Republican ideals arguing for individual effort over socialism or monopolistic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Grove
Kan
Cummine
Iowa
Aldrich
Cannon
Cummins
Kansas
James Miller
Isene
Loral
Republican Party
Railway adjusts differences with its engineers
Washington July 23 A practical settlement of the dispute between the Virginia Railway Company and its engineers was announced by Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Methodists of Lebanon will build a new church that will cost 16000 and seat 50 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia Railway Company
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Methodists of Lebanon
Oswald West for Governor in Oregon Nomination
Oswald West state railroad commissioner files declaration of principles for Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He pledges initiative and referendum support, direct primary, recall, and opposition to corporate rule, with a career spanning banking, state land agent, and railroad commission reforms. West, age 37, born in Salem, studied law and seeks the 1910 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, Or
Oswald Weat
Secretary of
Oswald West
Astoria
Salem
Democratic Party
Oregon
Weat
Ladd & Bueh
Chamberlain
State Land Office
West
Cottage Grove Sawmills Ramp Up Amid Timber Reserve Plans
Cottage Grove area mills with a 2446 million feet capacity report depleted stocks but anticipate revival after harvest. About 156 million feet expected for the year with two new 30 000 foot daily capacity mills and a 100 000 capacity unit planned in the forest reserve. A three mile railroad into the reserve and government timber sale to Fir Lumber drive a multi‑mill effort including Eugene contractors to handle logs, while cedar poles and shingle production expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottage Grove
Thie District
Gore
Fir Lumber Company
Oregon & Southeastern
Eugene
Brown, Lumber Company
Chambers Lumber Company
Corona
Coe Ey Lumber Company
Saginaw
Leona Mills Lumber Company
Leona
Curtin Spur Lumber Company
Curtin
Bow River Lumber Company
Star
Stewart & de Launay
W. C. Shortridge
London
J. H. Chambers
Briggs Lumber Company
Walker
Star Lumber Company
Owens & Bow
F. M. Chapman
Divide
McKibben Bros
Crites & Gawley
Doolittle
William Skidmore
Comstock
Bed Rock Lumber Company
Bed Rock
Anlauf Bros
Anlauf
Taylor & Son
Munroe Bros
John Overhober
Postal Telegraph Company
Ian
John Wicks
San Francisco
List of Claims Allowed by County Commissioners
A long ledger lists numerous individuals and firms with road work, hauling, gravel, bridge, lumber, and other construction costs approved by the county commissioners. Many entries show amounts ranging from a few dollars to over sixty dollars, including Reed Account Ira L. Harding and Jacob Crum among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Ira L. Harding
Samuel Hughes
E. J. Horton
Geo. Watson
I. N. Dresser
W. Niles
Ole Nicholson
Thomas Gates
Wm. Pearson
Ray Bower
G. L. Day
Hans Jensen
Chas. Marshall
W. E. Wood
Wm. Bowler
C. E. Woods
Giles Hoadley
H. N. Veach
Leonard Mathews
Harry Zumwalt
Ed Miller
EB. A. Bond
Jesse Eddy
Sid Pittman
Chas. Hebert
Prindel
J. M. Hebert
Jim Sutherland
Horace Sutherland
Stowell
Sveesss
Roy Stevens
C. A. Swaggart
C. A. Stephens
Vern Sly
Cc. M. Dunning
R. M. Holt
Geo. Miller
Pirk
Alvin Lewin
Asa Hooker
P. DeMoss
Booth
Kelly Lmbr
Yowder
Ete
Sateen
Courtney Potters
Lane Martin
Ira Harrington
Junction City
Hdw. Co
Eupe
Jacob Crum
Fred Tracer
Theodore Swanson
Ernest Surcamp
J. T. Lamb
Clayton Pope
Ithe R. F. Beott
Leo Mounts
Roy Trunnell
F. W. Taylor
Chester Harpole
Henry West
B. H. Wallace
Marry Ensign
Moses Mabe
W. A. McBee
Ed Bundy
Oeca Eves
W. W. Sailor
Wilson Taylor
W. Hammond
Fred Lajoie
Billmire Bros
Geo. Canaday
Sutherland
M. Hubes
Warden & Hurnett
John R. Davis
Luther Steinhaver
Harvey Prindel
K. Hale
J. H. Brooks
J.W. Rust
Walter Lyons
Warren Sturdemp
Chas. Fowler
Blanchard Tullock
Jim Keffer
Earl Bryan
Fred E. Bangs
E. C. Peters
Fred Surcamp
John Hise
Bryant Bros
Powder
Zool Frasieur
E. Harpole
L. W. Ryan
William Erhart
A. O. Funke
Hebert
George Hicks
Coyote Lumber Co
Henry Myers
C. A. Reet
Junction City Hdw. Co
Geo. Renfro
Smith @ Barr
C. L. Wallace
J. T. Awbrey
B. F. Lyons
Lem Drury
E.S. Baker
W. R. Wallace
F. M. Smith
Frank Powell
Ernest Mabe
Linius Miller
William Denney
E Hayes
J. D. Pirtle
A. Kenwell
Weddle
W. Prindel
A. P. Walker
Grover Francis
John Warthen
Gee, Saunders
B. B. Carter
P. K. Humphrey
E. W. Westerberg
Sam Spores
J. H. Mrabham
F. A. McClellan
Earl Johnson
I. H. Bingham
William Backer
G. A. Sapp
Jesse Harper
F. W. Thom
Lewis Bros
George Johnson
James A. Austin
Dee B. Harmon
Elmore Buas
C. C. Poe
Dannie Hiles
Saml
Hasbrouck
J. Faucett
George Lloyd
Walter Peterson
Frank Mackee
Grover Huston
Lam
F. Dick
Wayne E. Jenkins
W. E. Quinn
O. H. Eichler
David Stephens
Willis E. Sheldon
Ivan Mays
John A. Mohler
D. O. Beers
G. C. Brown
H. Williams
Lawrence Barger
L. A. Bond
Everett Eppert
O. E. Eichler
W. Nelson
L. A. Winton
Dennis Cooter
Fred Brown
T. Hanners
Jennings
J. T. Donaldson
Tom Gates
Fred Heitzman
Lawrence Heitzman
Louis J. Hembree
Clarence Harpole
F. Gilbert
Fred Hinson
Karl Humphrey
J. D. Humphrey
A. Reetz
R. E. Haslett
Percy Haslett
Carl Carpenter
John Barrett
Adams
M. D. Bolin
W. D. Worthington
Babcock
R. Yergle
F. E. van
Rupert Magee
E. R. Butler
Eldridge Hosmer
Joe Heitzman
Bud Horn
Edd Holland
J. W. King
A. J. Kraal
A. A. Kelly
Dan Gates
W. H. Lydy
G. A. Luther
City of
Three Men Die in North Santiam Forest Fire
A fatal forest fire on the North Santiam river near Hoover's mill and the Corvallis & Eastern rail terminus east of Detroit claimed three men Philip Richmond of Salem Jay M Brooks of Crawfordsville and Frank McGoey of Clearfield Pa. They perished while attempting to retrieve tools as sparks from a donkey engine started the blaze. Bodies were recovered after a rescue party reached the hillside refuge at about 2 30 pm the next day. The fire also destroyed the camp outfit and two donkey engines while Hoover's mill across the river faced the fire but was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Oregonian
North Santiam River
Hoov Ér
Corvallis & Eastern Railway
Detroit
Philip Richmond
Salem
Jay M. Brooks
Crawfordsville
Frank McGoey
Clearfield
Hoover
Hoover's
Lumber Rate Case Hits Railroads in Chancery Findings
Frederick N. Dickson, master in chancery, finds railroads win a major victory in a 1908 lumber rate suit against the Interstate Commerce Commission. He upholds coast to Pembina line rates but declares coast to east of Pembina unreasonably low and recommends nullifying the ICC order on these lumber rates. Railroads sought 50 and 60 cent rates to St Paul and Chicago. ICC cut to 45 and 55 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Frederick N. Dickson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Pacific Coast
Pembina Line
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Portland
Oregon
Chicago
Dickson
Pembina
Tafts Vacation Strenuous With Local Military Preparations
President Taft’s vacation cruise extends into sport and social duties as he golfed at Kebovalle y and dined with Mrs Mark Hanna and Mrs Charlemagne Tower before sailing to Mount Desert. Local militia officers will select their own mounts for American Legion encampment, with government bearing horse rental and shipping costs. New equipment for Companies A and C includes entrenching tools first aid kits hiking shoes and battlefield sanitation gear for American Lake encampment beginning next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Taft
Kebo Valley
Mark Hanna
Charlemange Tower
Seal Harbor
American Very
American Lake
Oregon Daily Democrat Incorporation Filed in Portland
The Oregon Democrat Publishing company filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk for a $100,000 capital, to publish a morning daily newspaper named the Oregon Daily Democrat in Portland. Incorporators include A. Goodwin Betts F J Glarke and C F Howston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Democrat Publishing Company
A. Goodwin
Betts
F. J. Glarke
C. F. Howston
Portland
Oregon Daily Democrat
Telegram
Brownsville Youth Forgery Arrest Near Brownsville
Neil Rogga nineteen year old son of farmer Fred Rogga of Brownsville area was arrested by Deputy Blakley on forgery charges. A protest warrant was sworn by W. P. Elmore of the Bank of Brownaville after Rogga attempted to cash a twenty dollar check claimed to be from neighbor J. M. Munken. He had threatened family earlier, left home to camp in woods, and faces bond to await circuit court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Neil Rogga
Fred Rogga
Blakley
W. P. Elmore
Bank of Brownaville
Young Bogga
J. M. Munken
Town of Sandon Doomed If Wind Freshens and Spreads Fire
A Nelson B C special to the Chronicle reports 300 government firefighters struggle to save Sandon as flames approach within a mile. Timber fires drift in many directions, threatening mills and vast timber tracts, with other towns already endangered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
The
Chronicle
Nelson
B. C
Sandon
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. Beaupre
John Davison
W. D. Perkins
Geo. Dress
T. J. Dorsey
W. E. Purkerson
N. L. Parkerson
Peter Danstrom
James McMullen
S. F. Jackson
Henry Gilbert
H. A. Carter
A. G. Pirtle
M. D. Evers
Harold Edwards
M. D. Lingo
Ess Oches
B. Flece
D. B. Proctor
William R. Fisher
Harrisburg
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