Montana Election Concludes After Notorious Money Battle
In Butte and across Silver Bow, a clash between United Copper Trust and Amalgamated Copper dominates the Montana election, with lawmaker and court control as prize. Vote buying and clubs with 25 to 200 members organized to auction votes to the highest bidder, amid widespread cash influence and open corruption marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brontana
United Copper Trust Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Supreme Court
Butte
Silver Bow
Prophets in Town Have No Honor Among Neighbors
The piece mocks self styled prophets who predict crops, weather, and politics with grand claims. It notes even accurate forecasts fail and quotes townspeople who doubt foretellers while praising plain sense and practical labor. It ends: a true prophet is without honor in his own country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garher
Sir Marcus Samuel Becomes London Lord Mayor
Sir Marcus Samuel, a 49 year old London merchant linked to Japanese silk and oil firms, is the new lord mayor. His rise highlights the Hebrew faith reaching England's top civic post. Knighted in 1508, he previously served as sheriff seven years earlier and was installed Monday with a banquet for two thousand guests that evening.
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Marcus Samuel
London
England
Marcus
Call to Extend Morning Street Light Hours
The writer argues that six o'clock is too early to switch off electric street lights each morning. They urge burning lights at least fifteen minutes longer and extending as days shorten. They claim daylight is wasted at both ends in summer and in winter lights aren’t kept lit long enough in mornings or evenings.
Weather Rains Bring Eel Galls Up Columbia River
Heavy rains and winds push eel galls up the Columbia river, making Portland resemble an ocean harbor once more with swollen waters and slick streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Portland
Portland and Eugene Area Socials and Arrivals
A stream of visitors and residents arrive or travel through the region. Julius Pincus a Salem hop buyer is in the city, J E Simmons departs for Portland, and Mre Forter from Kansas arrived yesterday afternoon. Portland guests include Mre Glen and E H McDonald. Local officials and dignitaries such as Ex Sheriff A J Johnson and Attorney Chas Hardy visit Albany and Creswell, with regional businessmen touring Cottage Grove and Salem. Several notables plan activities with the Eagles and Eastern Star in Eugene, including J Flyon and J A Watteon for lodge installations and Mrs Alice Townsend visiting the Eastern Star session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E H McDonald
Portland
Mrei M Glen
Chas Hardy
Albany
A J Johnson
Creswell
Mre Forter
Kansas
E F Smith
Buainese
White
San Franessco
Marble Works
Mra
Alice E Townsend
Oregon
Order of Eastern Star
Dalina
Darwin Bristow
Cottage Grove
Order
Palestine Pointers Report From Goant Repelal Service
Crow Nov 11 Allie Gates is very ill with suspected inflammatory rheumatism. A week ago Mr and Mrs Austin Polman welcomed a son. Palestine private school reports an attack of suspended animation with doubtful real eviction. A deer hunt at Shaw Burn by John Jenkins Bod McDaniel and the Cistes brothers lasted four days ending in a buck’s slaughter and the loss of John Gates Sr. dog.
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Goant Repelal Service
Crow
Allie Gates
Austin Polman
Palestine
Shaw Burn
John Jenkins
Bod McDaniel
Cistes Brothers
John Gates
Marriage of Miss Ideabel Jakway and Edward N Blythe
In Portland on the night of November eighth 1902 Miss Ideabel Jakway and Edward N Blythe both former University of Oregon graduates of 1902 are wed by Reverend T E Elliott. They plan to reside in Portland.
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Portland
Ieabel Jakway
Edward N Blythe
U O Etovente
T& Elliott
Cereremony
Portalod
Big Price for Hops in Lane County Today
Daily Guard reports F E Dunn paid the highest price this year for hops in Lane County. He purchased 52 pounds from C Stuart of Mohewth at 36 cents per pound, reflecting a strong local market demand.
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E Dunn
Hope
Lane County
C Stuart
Mohewth
Siuslaw River Improvements Suggest South Jetty
Langfit of the U S engineers with M L Tower visited Florence to inspect the river mouth and determine how to use the current jetty appropriation. They indicated work may begin on the south side where shallow water would allow the material to go further, potentially delivering quicker benefits than the north side.
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Cast Langfit
Egineer M L Tower
Portland
Florence
Snake Exhibition Displays Venomous Snakes in Titus Block
The guard recounts a prior note on rattlesnakes with fangs extracted. The exhibitor proves venom persists in sacs and fangs while claiming Esau is immune to poison. Reporter witnesses Esau amid writhing snakes including rattlers cottonmouths and copperheads in a Texas origin display.
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Yeterday
Titus Block
Esau
Esan
Kean
Texas
Thought He Was a Dutchman at Bangs Stable
SA McGaw a traveling salesman stopped at Smeede and asked Bangs Stable boy to free his horse and care for it. He promised monetary reward once the horse was settled and the morning aurora appeared, amid a comical mispronunciation by the boy seeking Mr Kange the proprietor.
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SA McGaw
Smeede
Bangs’ Stable
Kange
Boas
Divorce Suit Filed in Lane County Circuit Court
H Mongold sues Amelia A Mongold for divorce in Lane County Circuit Court. The couple married in Acheson Kansas on December 25 1886. Deertion cited as grounds. Attorney is J M Williams.
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H Mongold
Lane County
Amelia A Mongold
Acheson
Kansas
Deertion
J M Williame
Marriage at the home of the groom in Cree
In a quiet ceremony at the groom J H Martin house in Cree on Sunday evening November 9 1902 he wed Miss Dora Veatch from Cottage Grove The couple Benjamin? and guests celebrated the event with simple reverence in the home setting reflecting a small community wedding.
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Groom St Cree
J H Martin
Mise Dora Veatch
Cottage Grove
Largest premium ever paid on a single life
A letter from Ouenver dated August 4 1992 reports a $260000 policy issued on the 3 percent guaranteed gold bond plan with a $262150 full payment, stating it as the largest premium ever paid on one policy. The author, Mr XE Burns of The Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York, notes total holdings over $600000 and praises the company for protection and investment options. The Eugene agent Bee W A Vann promotes policies payable to the insured after term years.
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Ouenver
XE Burns
Mutual Life Resurance Co of
New York
Totel
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Bee W
Vann
Eugene
The
Great Mutual Life Oo
Struck It Rich From Bolwinala Mines Runway Claim
Report on Groase Mountain gold mining operation by Gold Mining and Gillimg Co. Nine elkiats in Bolwinala district yield promising ore as crews expect rich seams. Partners B E Hawley JC Klopfenstein and Mr Inghsiie R0nadly relay details of 10-foot ore ghaw and a three hot ledge.
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HoluBham
Minlig and
Gillimg Co
Bolwinala
Menlep
Beth Am
Reese
Birger
Timy
Inghsiie
Malmbe
E Hawley
JC Klopfenstein
Davis Jailed For Drunken Disorderly Conduct
Jim Davis, freed from the county jail after completing a September street fair theft sentence, was arrested Saturday night behind J W Kauffman’s store for being drunk and disorderly. Police Judge Dorris fined him 50 dollars and sentenced him to 25 days hard labor. upon completion, he will face charges of resisting an officer, drunk and disorderly, and obscene language.
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Jim Davis
J W Kauffman
Croner
Davis
Dorris
Bert Heaton Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Murder
Bert Heaton, condemned to life, was moved to Salem by Sheriff Withers and Deputy Bown. At the depot he appeared unrepentant, smoking a cigar and chatting with guards, smiling at the crowd as the train departed. Observer said the jury should have hung him due to his calous demeanor.
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Bert Heaton
Salem
Withers
Bown
Pioneer Robert Dillard Dies at 68 in Cottage Grove
Robert Dillard, 68, a pioneer settler of southern Lane County, died at his cottage Grove home three miles from there yesterday morning after crossing the plains with his father in 1852. He was known as a man who kept his word. His wife survives.
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Cottage Grove
Robert Dillard
Lane County
Dillard
Irrigation Committee names four delegates to OIA meeting
Mayor Chri man hae appointed four delegates to represent a gene at a meting of the Oregon Irrigation Association. They are AC Woodcoes, W G Gilstrap, ¢.L Campbell and J M Williame.
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Furevant
Chriman Hae
Oregon Irrigation Association
AC Woodcoes
W G Gilstrap
L Campbell
J M Williame
Marriage notice for Charles B Fowler and Mise Lintie M Petit
In Bigene on Saturday Now 8 1802 Justice Charles B Fowler, Mise Lintie M Petit wed with a Wintermier officiation. The groom, a farmer from Walker, and the bride daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Pete of the same place.
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Bigene
Charles B Fowler
Mise Lintie M Petit
Wintermier
Walker
Aod
J H Pete
Hop Market Stronger in Salem Market Update
Salem Journal reports renewed strength in the hop market with English orders filling, Oregon booms driving demand for foreign orders, and Wm Brown & Co purchasing Frank Balter’s crop of 110 bales at 254 cents. Portland shipments reach 82 000 bales, about one third of the 1902 crop, as Oregon Hop Growers’ Association Secretary James Winetanley notes New York sales at 36 and 87 cents. He predicts prices may rise to 30 cents in Oregon if growers hold for two weeks amid ample dealer stock.
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Salem Journal
Salem
Oregon Booma
Wm Brown & Co
Frank Balter
Portland
James Winetanley
Oregon Hop Growers’ Association
NOTES FROM THE COURTHOUSE NOTES FROM THE COURTHOUSE
A highly fragmented court-house record list shows various property transfers, mining declarations, labor liens, licenses, and witness notes. Items include land deeds in Blue River and Bohemia mining districts, mortgage-like payments and lot conveyances, mining claims located by multiple individuals, a mechanic’s lien by Coast Fork Lumber Co, and marriage license entries with witnesses named.
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Coast Fork Lumber Co
Marstorm
Jack Gill
Fred L Pickthorn
B J Sanford
Calipoola Elsim
Blue River Mining District
Seavey Bros Sell Hops to Salem Firm at 25 Cents
Seavey Bros sold 250 bales of hops today to J Carmichael of Salem at 25 cents per pound, about 47 000 pounds, leaving 280 bales unsold. Will Seavy also sold 60 bales to the same firm at 25 cents. The hops were bought for the London market.
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Seavey Bros
J Carmichael
Salem
Will Seavy
London
Pioneer Lakin Marks 600 Years In Eugene History
D R Lakin, now at 170 East Eighth Street, arrived in Eugene in 1852 when Pleye and town were unclear. He crossed plains from Tilinola, Nov 10, 1852, and has since lived in the county, noting his status as an old pioneer who helped build the commonwealth. Roseburg High School beat Drein Normal 5 to 0. Dr Geo O B DeBar and family moved to Eugene and enjoy their new home with growing practice. Newspapers often critique each other, as do some people, in continued commentary.
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J I Gritoser
Eugene
Gardiner Gazette
J Flyon
Oregon
Order of Eagles
J A Watteon
Portland Aerie Lodge of Eagles
Lodge of Eagles
Frank's Hall
D R Lakin
East Eighth Street
Pleye
Tilinola
Rosebarg High School
Drein Normal School
Jacksonville
Medford
Geo O'B DeBar
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Tom Prada
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Blas River
E W Mathews
Gertrude Sou
Ward
L A Crane
Frank Dompier
Mary N Herman
M Herman
New England
Eugene Granite and Marble Works
W W Martin
A. P. Armstrong
LL. B
Euro America
Cleveland
Deandie
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Lapets
Eviday
Mike Levatn
Rev Darnlert
Creeweil
Dhe
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But Porter
Albany Democrat
Willamette
Valley Hand Co
G. G. Gross, Williard Cooper, Will H. Jennings
Willamette Valley
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Lincoln
Neb
Willard Cooper
Malta
Ling
Ladion Ant
Bat
Tobacgo
Julius Goldsmith
Fixie Graase
Great Northern Railway
Tb Palscej
J. Wiphalon
Picksoy
Third Street
A. B.C
Denniston
First Avene
Seattle
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