Bank cashier acquitted of forgery charge in Idaho
Horace E. Neal, former cashier of the defunct Capitol State Bank in Boise, was found not guilty of large forgeries after jurors ruled morphine intoxication affected his actions. The defense argued the forgeries aimed to save the bank, not enrich Neal, amid a lengthy trial with Ex-United States District Attorney as special prosecutor and James H. Hawley as defense counsel. Further indictments were deemed doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ida
Horace E. Neal
Capitol State Bank
Neal
United States
James H. Hawley
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Rapid Progress on New Railroad at Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls Oregon March 6 railroad progress moves forward as Erickson and Peterson Southern Pacific contractors unload a barge load on Oak street. The grade below the city is finished and a steam shovel will work the cut between the Hot Springs and the Upper Lake. Officials say trains may reach Klamath Falls by mid April, with track laying to begin as marsh grading ends in less than two weeks.
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Klamath Falls
Erickson & Petterson
Southern Pacific
Oak Street
Southern Pacific Company
Klamath Falla
Holland
Reading Iron Company Reduces Pay of Employees
Reading Pa March 6 F C Smink president of the Reading Iron Company announces wage cuts of 12 to 14 percent across departments due to a drop in product prices.
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Reading
Smink
Reading Iron Company
Foreman Resigns. Junction City Lumber Venture Planned
Yard foreman C J White resigns from its town Lumber Co and moves March 15 to Junction City to run a 12 acre fruit tract so its trees can mature and he plans a large lumber yard and poultry business. Mark P Garroutte will succeed him at Brown Lumber Co.’s mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. White
Town Lumber Co
Junction City
White
Junction
Mark P. Garroutte
Brown Lumber Co
J. Coals
Bohemia
Portland
Cottage Grove
Eliza Holderman
J Tm Gast
Swangstede
Washington
Wall Street
Mr. Baker
L. W. Baker
Eugen
M. Ditterbrandt
Der
Oregon
Grants Pass Outlook Ends Encouraging Outdoor Drill Plan
The Grants Pass Outlook urges state action to stage quarterly encampments and brush drives for O. N. G. cadets. It argues three yearly drills would build endurance and provide a vigorous, enjoyable training experience against predators like cougars and other varmints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants Pass
Hanson store burglars receive three years each
Ed Wilson and John Sullivan, who lowered through a skylight to steal clothing, were sentenced to three years apiece in the state penitentiary by Judge Harris after pleading guilty. They were arrested in Ashland and brought back to Eugene. Hanson testified as deputy sheriff. Ray Martin, 21, received four months in county jail for stealing a suit of clothes from Polders & Davis after pleading guilty. his age spared him Penitentiary time. Lloyd Bellman won $200 in a verdict against Warren Nichols for location fees on worthless timber land.
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Ed Wilson
John Sullivan
Ed Hanson
State
Harris
Elreuit
Wilson
Sullivan
Ashland
Eugene
Hanson
Martin
Ray Martin
Polders & Davis
Atoire
Bellman
Lloyd Bellman
Warren Nichols
Musical goods thieves sent to reform school
Joseph Brown aged 16 and Fred Joseph Lawrence aged 17 were committed by Juvenile Judge Chrisman to the state reform school at Salem. The pair had broken into Sav age and Lawrence’s musical goods store and shipped guitars violins mandolins and other instruments to Portland Spokane and Starbuck Washington where they were arrested. Brown is ill with throat infection and was taken to Eugene hospital for treatment. Lawrence to be sent to the reform school tonight or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Brown
Fred Joseph Lawrence
Savage & Lawrence
Rankin’s
Portland
Spokane
Starbuck
Wash
Salem
Chrisman
Brown
Quincy
Eugene Hospital
Lawrence
Reform School
Courtland Green Writes to Friends From Prison Pardon
Courtland Green, recently pardoned from the Oregon peniten tiary after a life sentence for complicity in a murder, writes to Mrs. Phoebe Whitlow of Salem. He recalls thoughts of her and Mrs Porter, mentions family updates, plans to move to Burwell Nebraska, and hopes to start a tallor shop. He signs as Courtland Green from Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska.
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Courtland Green
Oregon Penitentiary
Lind
Lane County
Phoebe Whitlow
Salem
Harrison
Burwell
Neb
Sam Scott dies first Oregon legislature member
Samuel Scott, a veteran of Oregon's first legislature and the last surviving member, died at 83 at his daughter Emma Sabin's home in Harrisburg. Born March 19 1824 in St Clair Ohio he came to Oregon in 1853 by ox team and remained active in state affairs as a longtime Mason and friend of George Williams. He leaves two daughters Mrs Emma A Sabin of Harrisburg and Mrs Alice M Beeler of Gaston and a son W W Scott of Idaho.
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Harrisburg
Samuel Scott
Emma A. Sabin
Scott
St. Clair
Ohio
Oregon
Geo. H. Willams
Harrishburs
Alice M. Beeler
Taft Inaugural Address Praised In Japan
The inaugural address of President Taft, published yesterday, draws approving notes from Japanese readers as the statesmanlike phrasing and measured tone receive praise in press and public commentary across Tokyo. The article highlights favorable reactions to his inaugural utterances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toki, Marek
Taft
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity And Digestion
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for blood purification stomach tone and digestion claiming to restore appetite kidneys and liver function and energize brain and nerves based on a large celebrity-like testimonial tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Pn Ag Fe
Cal
Mere Boy Must Pay Death Penalty in Read Murder
Trenton reports eighteen year old Walter Zeller faces execution in the state prison after a Cumberland County case in which he and accomplices Grigg and Wheeler killed William Read for money. Read’s death followed schemes to rob him, with details of a plan to drug him, lure him outside, and finally overpower him in bed before staging a self-inflicted gunshot. The trio shared only a small portion of the fortune found.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter Zeller
William Read
Vineland
Herbert Grigg
Cline Wheeler
South Jersey
Cumberland County
Patterson
West Philadelphia
William Cooper
Read
Griggs
Wheeler
Seal
Zeller
Walter
Suapleton
Young Wheeler
Grigg
Zoller
Roosevelt Africa expedition warned by professor
Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago warned in Chicago that Theodore Roosevelt will not return alive if he pursues exploration of Africa seeking big game. Starr told students that Roosevelt could fall to fevers rather than dangers from animals in the dark regions of Africa.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Africa
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Starr
Roosevelt
Westport Lumber Mill Burns for 200000 dollars
The Westport Lumber Company mill at Westport on the lower Columbia burned early today. The fire caused an estimated loss of 200000 dollars and the cause has not been determined.
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Portland
Westport Lumber Co
Westport
Lower Columbia
Roosevelt Addresses the Men of the Fleet
President Roosevelt speaks to naval personnel focusing on readiness and morale. The address highlights ship readiness, discipline, and the importance of a modern fleet amid growing global tensions. Officials, sailors, and military leaders attend the event aboard the battleship.
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Roosevelt
Hawley letter supports Siuslaw and Willamette river projects
Congressman Hawley writes from Washington urging inclusion in rivers and harbors legislation. He proposes surveying the Siuslaw river at the mouth and improving the Willamette between Oregon City and Eugene. He favors government ownership of locks after an investigation, to boost regional commerce.
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Hawley
Washington, D. C
Fev
Eugene Guard
Eugene
Oregon
Siuslaw River
Willamette River
Oregon City
W. C. Hawley
Warren Nichols Sued by Three Eugene Men Over Land Fees
Three Eugene residents Ernest R. Gilstrap William T. Kitchen and Chase K. Kemp sue Warren Nichols after a circuit court judgment awarded Lloyd Bellman $200 for locating him on timber land later deemed inferior. Each plaintiff seeks the $200 location fee plus $36 expenses from filings at Roseburg land office for land in sections 7 and 12 township 19 south range 10 west in the Sluslaw country. Woodcock Potter Thompson Hardy represent the plaintiffs in all three suits.
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Warren Nichols
Lloyd Bellman
Nichols
Eugene Men
Ernest R. Gilstrap
William T. Kitchen
Chase K. Kemp
Roseburg
Township
Range 10
Sluslaw
Woodcock & Potter and
Thompson & Hardy
Tribute to Rev Karl Koerner
The Oregon State Journal pays tribute to Rev Karl Korener a retired Lutheran minister who died at Eugene Hospital on February 28 1909. He was about 84 and had long lived in western Eugene. He connected with a Jerusalem Palestine church or society and long ago wrote articles for this paper on Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Funeral services were led by Rev E Doring of Portland at Gordon's undertaking and he was buried beside his wife in a local cemetery.
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Oregon State Journal
Karl Korener
Eugene
Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Oregon
West Eighth Street
Rev
E. Doering
Portland
German Lutheran Church
Gordon
E. Doring
Ability to Pay Is Just Standard in Oregon Tax Plan
In the February Oregon Bulletin Professor F G Young argues for ability to pay as the true standard. He urges a high grade tax commission with power to assess corporations, supervise local assessments, study taxation, and oversee accounting of state institutions, counties, and municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon Bulletin
F. G. Young
University Department of Economics and Sociology
Oregon
Roosevelt Announces Departure Date for Africa Trip
Oyster Bay March 6 President Roosevelt announces the departure date for his Africa trip. He will sail from New York aboard the Hamburg on March 23 at noon.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Hamburg
New York
Fruit inspector condemns Medford apples for scale infection
Fruit Inspector J Beebe condemned a lot of Medford apples on display at a focal grocery store due to scale infestation. Rogue River valley growers dispute the claim, insisting their orchards are free of scale.
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J. Beebe
Medford
Rogue River Valley
Big Meeting of Fruit Men This Afternoon
A large crowd gathered at Frank's hall for a Lane County Horticultural Society meeting presided by H C Bushnell. Prof Griffin of O A C spoke on fruit spraying focusing on apple scab and lime sulphur solutions with Bordeaux mix as an alternative. F M Carter discussed icing cars and storage for fruit shipments. A resolution endorsed local irrigation efforts in Thurston and vicinity.
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Lane County Horticultural Society
Frank
East Ninth Street
H. C. Bushnell
Junction City
Griffin
Cordly
Willamette Valley
F. M. Carter
Eugene
Thurston and Vicinity
Mrs Jeff Calls Jeff a Big Baby in The Ring Tale
New York gossip quotes Mrs Jeffries discussing her husband Jim Jeffries boxing future. She denies press reports he fights on her say so and asserts he quit boxing but may return by his own choice. She calls him a 250 pound baby while speculating on his ring prospects and public image.
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New York
Maren
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Jim Doég
Toodie
Mistah Johnsing
Panama Canal progress report cites January charges and drilling
In Washington on March 4 officials of the canal commission stated that during January over 327 tons of explosives were used and 75 1 3 miles of rock drilling were completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canal Commission
Ex County Commissioner J R Hin Undergoes Tumor Surgery
Ex county official J R Hin has been treated at Eugene hospital after tumor removal from his shoulder. He was released after a few days and had been able to leave for short periods.
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J R. Hin
Eugene Hospital
Severa ‘S
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Hanson Store
Reform
Westport Lumber
Dallas
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Uni
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Oosevelt
Mrs. Jeff
Jeff
Shrouphaut
Paix
Austrate
Toso ‘& S Oydney
India
B.K Paul
Ute
Micro
Hoyt Chemical CO
Panama Canal
Golden West
Closset & Devers Portland
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