Northwestern Corporation Sale Rumor Shocks Northwest
Walla Walla March 10 A Chicago firm is said to have acquired control of the Northwest Corporation which runs gas electric and water systems in Oregon and Washington. A 60 day option on North Coast Railroad holdings reportedly accompanies the deal with undisclosed buyers and managers denying full knowledge at present.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Northwest Corporation
Oregon
Washington
F. J. Parker
Portland
Parker
North Coast Railroad
H. M. Billesby & Co
Chicago
A. Welch
R. E. Alen
Walla Walla
J. W. Anderson
Strahorn Holdings
Northwestern
Lewiston
North Yakima
Northwestern Ration
O'Conner
George O’connor
Welch
Strahorn
North Coast
Blacksmith George Lill Plans Three Story Concrete Block Home
George Lill a blacksmith operates from Oak street near East Eleventh in Eugene preparing a concrete block residence this spring. The 23 room house costing over 10000 will be the city’s handsomest and an ornament to the area. It will stand behind the red bungalow at East Eleventh and Oak with existing houses moved south. Lill uses special equipment with two assistants building mostly in concrete including ornamental blocks. The interior features a basement billiard room and modern rooms on the three upper floors.
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George Lill
Oak Street
East Eleventh
Eugene
Oak Streets
Building Activity at Cottage Grove in 1910
The Cottage Grove building boom continues as 1910 may surpass 1909’s hundred new structures. Under construction are a modern bungalow for William Ward in McFarland addition by Will F. Hart, with W. B. Cooper completing a similar cottage nearby. Hotsford Lumber Co. advances a new dock and mill on the 8. P. property.
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Cottage Grove
William Ward
McFarland
Will F. Hart
W. B. Cooper
Hotsford Woodworking and Lumber Company
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood Health Cures
Those Corpuscles in your blood red and white keep you well if healthy and sickness if diseased. Hood's Sarsaparilla aims to purify blood, prevent disease, and promote vigor with thousands of cures for blood diseases such as anemia eczema rheumatism and catarrh in liquid or tablet form.
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Hood
Cottage Grove Growth Sparks New Homes and Chapel
Siding near the fruit evaporator marks progress as Undertaker Marion Veatch nears completion of a chapel framework on Tennessee avenue. Plans call for a modern cottage on the opposite corner. W. B. Cooper finishes two bungalows and carpenters work on a large barn in Long addition. Harrington and Harrell will soon occupy a sold drayman property. Several cottages rise in Nokes and Cooper Randall additions. Lumber on site for Lou Willard’s Wall street cottage and another near the brick yard for Henry McCoy. Watch Cottage Grove grow.
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Marion Veatch
Tennessee Avenue
Veatch
W. B. Cooper
Long
Draymen, Harrington & Harrell
Nokes
Cooper & Randall
Cottage Grove
Lou Willard
Wall Street
Henry McCoy
Eugene Commercial club backs irrigation drive resolutions
The Eugene Commercial club at a special meeting passed a set of resolutions praising Willamette Valley resources. They urged national irrigation for Oregon, urged business support for a modern irrigation system, and pledged encouragement to investors to boost agriculture and horticulture as the state’s key industries.
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Eugene Commercial Club
Willamette Valley
Lane County
United States
Carnegie Board Praises Oregon University Highlights Oregon Engineering
The Andrew Carnegie pension board report compares colleges and ranks agricultural schools against state universities. It highly praises the University of Oregon, especially its engineering department, while characterizing Oregon Agricultural College as a second-rate engineering school seeking farmer support. Washington State College also gets noted in the same critique.
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Andrew Carnegie Pension Board
University of Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Washington State College
Oregon Emerald
Indian murderer surrenders in Aberdeen killing case
Fred Pope an educated Quinalt Indian who shot and killed two tribesmen after attempting to assault an Indian girl turned himself in to Indian Agent Archer in Aberdeen Washington on March 9. The incident ends a manhunt that followed the killings last week as authorities prepared to file charges.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Fred Pope
Quinalt
Archer
Bally Cleared By Grand Jury Of Cruelty
The grand jury found no true bill on charges against State Dairy and Food Commissioner J. W. Bailey of Portland over cattle on the McKenzie river ranch. Testimony showed Bailey trusted the ranch keeper to feed the cattle, but the keeper failed to provide sufficient feed while Bailey was bedridden at home.
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J. W. Bailey
Portland
McKenzie River
Bailey
Great Union Revival Meeting Ends in Eugene Close
The Friday Daily Guard reports a tenacious revival at the taberna cle closing with a service where about a score were converted, including prominent Eugene figures. Dr. Oliver and Prof. Maltbie led songs and preaching stressing salvation, with Oliver’s ties to the American Geographical Society noted as his future plans in Shasta Springs and Medford.
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Daily Guard
Tabernacle
Eugene
Professor Maltbie
Dr. Oliver
Oliver
Christ
Maltbie
Pacific Coast
American Geographical Society
Shasta Springs
Ashland
Medford
Hell
God
Runaway Dairy Team Sparks Citywide Excitement
A dairy team owned by C. W. Lucas runs away near Otto's place around 11 30 a m causing chaos on Park Street. The wagon crashes into a shed, overturns, bottles break, a gas pipe bursts, and the team disappears into the southern part of the city as crowds rush to the scene.
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C. W. Lucas
Olte
Otto
Willamette Street
Albany Men Protest Proposed Freight Rate Rise
Five Albany business men issued a communication to the State Railroad Commission protesting a proposed freight rate increase from Portland to Albany on Eastern shipments. They request an investigation into the plan to apply local rates between Portland and Albany, replacing the 16 cent rate in effect.
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Albany
State Railroad Commission
Portland
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Protests Over Proposed Valley Rail Rates Between Portland and Albany
Citizens challenge a proposed rate increase affecting valley points from Portland to Albany with plans to start March 22. The changes show differences by class between Albany and Portland and between Portland and Salem, including first class 18 cents, second 5 cents, third 12 cents, and fourth 10 cents, with Portland to Salem differences of 15, 12, 5, and 7 cents respectively.
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Portland
Albany
Salem
Macon Challenges Peary Proofs On Pole Claim
Washington March 9 a near unanimous subcommittee vote opposed a substantial reward for Commander Robert E Peary until open proof he reached the North Pole is provided Representative Macon attacked Pearys proofs saying the rapid speed after Captain Bartlett left was suspicious The party traveled 9.6 miles a day before the departure and 26.4 miles a day for five days after he was alone with a valet and four Eskimos
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Macon
Peary
Batlett
Shackleton
General Greely
Polar
Explorer’s Pole Claim Faces Congress Doubt Over Proofs
An explorer who asserts a North Pole discovery encounters Congressional skepticism as authorities demand verifiable evidence. The dispute centers on the authenticity of proofs and the legitimacy of the claim amid scrutiny from lawmakers.
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North Pole
Congress
Protests On Peary Honor Call For Open Proof
Macon voices silent opposition to any Congress honor for Peary until facts are public. He highlights a discrepancy in Peary’s account, noting a sudden speed increase after Bartlett’s departure and a lack of witnesses. The assertion focuses on Peary’s daily mileage with only a black valet and four Eskimos as companions.
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Tee
Guiet
Congress
Macon
Mr. Peary
State land price raised to seven fifty per acre
Salem Oregon March 9 The state land board ordered all state land excluding indemnity lands raised from five to not less than seven and a half dollars per acre. Land had sold for six since February 11 1908 and before that two fifty. Indemnity land remains thirteen dollars per acre. The state still owns about five hundred thousand acres excluding indemnity selections.
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Salem
State Land Board
Cottage Grove People And Local Movements In Saginaw
Hon R A Booth and wife of Eugene spent Saturday in Saginaw to oversee lumbering interests while Mrs Booth visited relatives. T W DeLong and family arrive from Nebraska planning to settle in the city, long time friends of the Spencers. Mrs David Griggs and her daughter plus Mrs I H Bingham return from Eugene after an arm fracture repair from the Mann Schumann Heink concert. The Modern Pharmacy stock and business transfer is completed with David Griggs and brother Hiram Griggs as organizers. C J Kem of Lebanon Oregon, son of O H Kemn, is the new purchaser.
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R. A. Booth
Eugene
Saginaw
Booth
Griggs
E Eugene
Schumann-Heink
David Griggs
Hiram Griggs
C. J. Kem
Lebanoon
Oregon
O. H. Kemn
Wheat King Unpopular in Great Britain
London dispatch reports James A. Patten, Chicago cotton and grain speculator, hooted from the Manchester Cotton Exchange. A crowd pursued him through streets, forcing refuge in his office before police ferried him away to the station for a train to Liverpool.
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London
Manchester
James A. Patton
Chicago
Manchester Exchange
Patten
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Standard Oil Second Brief Filed Before Supreme Court
Washington reports a second brief in the Standard Oil appeal to the Supreme Court. The government cites six volumes of testimony from the Eastern District of Missouri showing rebates and discriminatory rates over years, bribery of railway workers, and use of bogus independents to crush competition. It argues that after dissolution in 1892, controlled Crown stockholders pursued independent branches in price competition, and warns that acquisitions to suppress competition are void.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Missouria
Standard Oll
Standard Company
Sandard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Taft
Creswell Cronical
Davenport Plans Oregon Move for Davenport's Weekly
Bilverton March 16 Homer C Davenport the noted cartoonist contemplates returning to newspapers and settling in Oregon He intends to devote his life to the move and may launch Davenport's Weekly from Portland within three or four weeks.
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Bilverton
Homer C. Davenport
Oregon
Davenport
Portland
Crewell Visitors And Local Business Trips
T Lushy of San Diego Old Mexico is in Creswell this week examining the section with intent to purchase. R H Parsons and R BR McDoniely went to Portland Sunday night on a business mission and returned Tuesday night. A E Robinett accompanied by
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T. Lushy
San Diego
Old Mexico
Crewell
R. H. Parsons
R. BR. McDoniely
Portland
A. E. Robinett
Local Tidbits and Construction Delays in Town
A brief notes a thin wife and baby traveling to Porlhand for Tungtrub treatment. Schmitt Crow land swed store project to begin once Southern Pacific provides material from the alte on the erection date. Noy Riggs of Cottage Grove holds erection contract. Mrs P C Crandell travels from Lincoln Nebraska to visit sister Mrs 8 A McKay and relatives, delayed by mountain slides and washouts last week.
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Porlhand
Schmitt Crow & Land
Southern Pacific Company
Alte
Noy Riggs
Cottage Grove
P. C. Crandell
Lincoln
Neb
8. A. McKay
Corvallis Defeats Oregon By Narrow Margin
Corvallis, led by a close 1 point win, edged Oregon 21 to 20 in a contentious match at the new s. The first half favored Corvallis 13 to 3, with Oregon rallying in the second half but failing to overturn the lead amid claims of rough play by Corvallis. Oregon lineup included Ruth Stein Jamison Walker Elliott. Corvallis lineup featured Keck Cooper Reed Brooke Horton.
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Corvallis
Ofregon
Oregon
Otta
Horton
Stein
K Ruth
Jamison
Walker
Elliott
Co. A. C
Keck
Cooper
Reed
Brooke
Eugene Itigh
University
High Shhool
G. Koch
O Koch
Epps
Mummoy
Harlow
Gwarde
Lean Tarbuck
Bondaire
Roberts Moore
Gocker Ue
Guarde
Witnesses Tell of Sporting Fakirs in Mowbray Case
Sensational testimony by four government witnesses in the John C. Mowbray conspiracy case described the Millionaire's Club operating across New Orleans Denver and Connell Bluffs. Leaders allegedly organized elaborate sporting events to defraud victims with payouts ranging from $2000 to $37,000.
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Witta
Iowa
John C. Mowbray
United States
Thos. Gay
Maybray
Jamon Coon
Owosso
Mich
Ernest Fenby
Shepherd
Ateers
C. A. Nelson
New Orleans
Denver
Connell Bluffs
Hie Jones
Feline Homeward Bond Between Eugene and Creswell
A cat named Sir Thomas wandered from Creswell to Eugene with Prof. Hooker and family. After a boy fed it in the Eugene depot, the professor asked to take the cat to Creswell. The cat later returned to Eugene, then resumed its Creswell ties, a homeward journey chronicled by the Creewell Chronicle.
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Prof
Mra. Hooker
Ralph
Eugene
Creswell
Hooker
Sir Poomas
Sir Thomas
Tommy
Creewell Chronicle
Four C A C Students Expelled For Drunken Conduct
Four students at C A C were expelled for drunkenness or handling intoxicants after a thorough investigation. Four others were publicly reprimanded, apologized, and may continue. one refused to apologize and was dismissed. Authorities assert no liquor is tolerated among students and willfire violators. city remains free of saloons.
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the Gazette-Times
Oregon
A. C
Express
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Carnegie Board
Bally
Great Britain
C. Dude
Hanson
East Ninth Street
Moyt Chemical CQ
Pacific Morse
Madame Dean
Tee Patel
Rugg
United Medical Co, Bor
Lancaster, Pa
W. L. DeLano
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