Pacific States Plans Complete Rebuild of Plant
The Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company announces a full rebuild of its Independence and Monmouth plants as material arrives. Manager Charles Shenefield says a modern battery system with automatic signaling will feature, including new switches, poles, and lines, costing about $30,000. J Butcher will arrive soon to secure new business, and a line to Salem may be added with two more circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific States Telephone and Teleraph Company
Thin City
Monemouth
Charles Shenefield
J. Butcher
Independence
Salem
Independence notices and social updates items
A collage of local notices from Independence Oregon includes advertisements for fireworks at Craven & Moore s and a weathered list of goods and services. It records visits by Dr Jennie Cromwell, trips to Portland and Eugene, and a wedding ofClaire D Tharp and Nellie Thompson with Rev M E Spahr performing the ceremony. It notes arrivals from Bridgeport Nebraska and potential relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McKinney
Bridgeport
Nebraska
Independence
P. H. Drexler
Tharp
Wade & Co
Bold hold up reported near Buena Vista
The Enterprise notes two escaped convicts fled last Saturday from Salem prison. They ambushed Mr. Star and neighbor Claude Whiteman, beating Star badly. Word from Buena Vista says Star is resting at home, while the convicts remain at large with unknown direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oregonian
Buen Vista
The
Star
Claude Whiteman
Byeng Viets
Seroma
Buena Vista
Dir. Star
Townsend Handles Oregon California land grant case
Portland reports that D. Townsend special assistant to the attorney general has returned to oversee the Oregon & California land grant case. He spent months in Washington drafting a 20 page brief with Attorney General Wickersham supervising. The outcome will decide lands valued at 40 to 50 million dollars or allow the railroad to hold 2 300 000 acres despite grant terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
D. Townsend
United States
Townsend
2D. C
Wickershaw
Taft Declines to Sign Siletz Reservation Titles Bill
On Secretary Ballinger’s advice President Taft vetoes the Hawley bill granting titles to about eighty settlers on the Siletz Reservation. The measure had passed the House, stayed on the Senate calendar, and was signed by the Speaker and Vice President before being turned down at the executive level.
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Portland
Ballinger
Taft
Hawley
Siletz
House of Representatives
Senate
Chamberlain
House
Sherman
Capitol
Interior Department
Oregon National Guard Encampment Plans This Year
Field artillery Battery A based in Portland will hold target practice at Cascades Washington on July 17 and 18. Coast artillery encamps at Fort Stevens September 1 to 15 with the regular army heavy guns at the Columbia mouth. Twenty infantry companies prepare to move to American Lake Washington for maneuvers August 8 to 11 with mobilized regular army forces.
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M'pzer Bos
Oregon National Guard
Field Artillery
Portland
Cascades
Wash
Coast Artillery
Fort Stevens
Columbia
American Lake
Washington
Gas discovery near Roseburg at Flournoy Valley drill site
Douglas Development Company reports a probable unlimited gas find in Flournoy Valley about twelve miles from Roseburg while drilling for coal. The operation has run over two months and yielded a four foot seam of coal as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseburg
Flournoy Valley
Douglas Development Company
Local Independence News Highlights Odd Cherry Find and Travel Plans
A freak cherry specimen found at M. W. Mix's home was displayed at Dr. Duganne's office. Community notes cover a fireworks shop inventory, a Calvary Presbyterian church visit by Dr. MacVeigh, a July 4 special train from Independence, fishing trips to Crabtree and Blackrock, and a playful tease about local raconteur Wm. Kurre's fish stories.
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Duganne
Independence National Bank
Bell Phone
Independent
M. W. Mix
Monmouth
Airlie
Dalas
Falls City
Dallas
Independence
Thomas Warren
Crabtree
Chester A. Warren
Grant
Warren
Chester
Peter Kurre
Kurre
Cooper
Corvallis
Lee Whitcomb
Lloyd Huntley
Ori Cadman
Lin Huntley
Blackrock
Wm. Kurre
City Recorder
Enterprise
Bill
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Perry Burton
Arant
Pacific Conservatory
L. L. Hewitt
M. D
Cooper Building
W. Cails
Eldridge Co
E. VanAllen
Commercial At
Salem, Ore
Laura Price
M. D. Monmouth
Oregon
Bell Telephone Main
B. F. Swope
Cooper Bldg
W. R. Allin
D. D
D. D. Young
Roche Harbor
Independence News
Craven & Moore's
Dr. Allin
Donnat
Mae Lynda Eppley
Kramer's
Balu
Jennie Cromwell
Claude Hubbard
Bom
D. Hensll
Eugene
Hedges
Wm. Addison
Oroon
Charles Match
Tigard
Benton Bowers
Ashland
Fred Ireland
Columbus Tetherow
Conkey, Walker & Lehman's
Conkey, Walker & Lehman
Naltie Parrish Hinges
Tupper
Idaho
Conkey, Walker & Lehoun
W. P. Bevens
Clara Wells
Clara Snyder
W. Heath
Miss Church
Conkey
Walker & Lehman
Belle Chambers
Susan Jones
H. Chas
Dunsmore
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Bell
Newport
Yaquina Bay
Pacific Northwest
Idhal
Cottage Grove
Albany
West
Philomath
Wm. McMurray
Mr. Cooper
Polk’s Gazetteer
Wrehington
Brll, Polk &C.,, Inc
Seattle
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