Doings in Oregon Ends in Fatal Duel at Gates
In Gates Oregon 29 miles east of Albany Herve and Henry Sullivan shot each other after a week of woman trouble. Sullivan died Saturday while Herve survived only with a slim chance of recovery. The duel occurred as the Gold Creek mining district stage neared Gates with a warning given to Sullivan.
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Albany
Wim. Herve
Henry Sullivan
Gates
Sullivan
Werte
Gold Creek
Herve
Merve
Bullivan
Senator Chamberlain Seeks Public Bid for Wyandotte Lands
Portland senator Porter Chamberlain aims to have the Indian bureau advertise for public bids to purchase Wyandotte lands in Eastern and Southern Oregon between Summer Lake and Lakeview. He wants Oregonians to bid rather than a private sale to Antone Kuchuk of Showano Wisconsin at 6.60 an acre, seeking a department order to publish notices in Oregon newspapers.
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Portland
Chamberlain
Indian Bureau
Wyandotte
Oregon
Antone Kuchuk
Showano
Mle
Department
Summer Lake
Lakeview
Normal school buildings to be leased for summer sessions
At a board of normal school regents meeting in the governor's office it was decided that if formal applications are made the Ashland Weston and Monmouth normal school buildings will be leased this year for summer normal school purposes. The board will act only as lessor and will not manage the school nor accept contributions or donations.
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Salem
Board of Normal School Regents
Ashland
Weston
Monmouth
Baker City Man Inherits Fortune In London Estate
James Patterson, longtime employee at St. Elisabeth hospital in Baker City, has moved to London after being found heir to a fortune estimated in the several hundred thousand dollars. The inheritance arose from a casual conversation aboard a Sumpter Valley train, and the estate includes multiple valuable properties in London.
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Baker City
James Patterson
St. Elisabeth Hospital
London
England
Patterson
Sumpter Valley
Schooner Ma jestic Capsizes at Wharf Near St Helensa
The steam schooner Ma jestic swerved while loading at Saturday noon and ran aground on the dock as longshoremen fled to safety. Deck cargo of 10 000 tons toppled overboard, with one rescuer injuring a hand and wrist while saving a crew member.
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St. Helensa
Majestic
Suit to bar wife’s lawsuit in distant court
Mose Taylor, the Athena wheat king, files in Oregon circuit court to enjoin his wife from pursuing a suit in the United States circuit court for Washington. Taylor seeks to prevent her action to recover 160 acres of land, arguing the Washington case is improper. The unusual legal move was begun Saturday.
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Pendheton
Circuit Court of
Oregon
United States
Circuit Court
Washington
Moses Taylor
Washington Court
Ghe
Missing Marshfield mother believed held for ransom
August Stone says a ransom offer was raised after his mother disappeared two weeks ago from North Bend. Mrs. Stone visited Marshfield to see her son and has not been seen since. It was hinted a $500 reward would locate her if paid.
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Marshfield
August Stone
Portland Suit Seeks Damages From Railroad Firm
Federal case filed by government seeks 10 703 44 dollars for timber losses in Cascade forest reserve alleging the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad allowed inflammable material creating damage claims arising from timber stewardship and conservation actions.
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Portland
Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company
Cascade Forest Reserve
Fire Spreads from Engine Fire to Government Timber
A 1906 incident alleges that material buildup along the right of way to Linn County was not cleared after suspension, and a fire from an engine spark spread to adjacent government timber, prompting questions about cleanup duties.
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Terial
Linncounty
20 Men to Jail for Robbery in Rosebra?
A Saturday evening raid locked 70 prisoners in RosebraSherif Fentoun’s jail after arrests in a combined store and post office robbery. The scene yielded 21 pieces of abors? and $1 in cash amid the chaotic roundup.
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Rosebara
Sherif Fentoun
Satherlin
Reed Threatens Damages Suit Over Defamation Claims
Henry E. Reed former director of exploitation for the A Y P Exposition threatens to sue the 1909 fair management and several directors for 758966.56 claiming 8966.06 salary through December 16 and 700000 in damages for defamation and misrepresentation. Reed resigned as director a year ago and officials say he signed a receipt in full.
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Seattle
Henry E. Reed
Fair Management
Reed
Washington
Population distribution across original and added U S states
The Department of Commerce and Labor reports that about one third of the United States population of 88 million, Alaska included, lives in the 13 original states. Another third resides in states created from ceded territory, while the final third lives in areas added by purchase and annexation.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Department of Commerce and Labor
Hawaiian Japs on Strike for Higher Wages
Fifteen hundred Japanese laborers on the Honolulu Sugar Plantation struck for higher wages. The movement is expected to spread to other plantations employing Japanese workers.
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Honolulu
Markets Report Flat and Varied Across Grains and Hay
Commodities list prices for Poruiana and Puget Sound markets including wheat varieties at 1.18 to 1.35 per bushel, barley and oats values, Timothy hay at 13 to 18 per ton, alfalfa 12 14, and butter and eggs with regional figures. Regional notes cover Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon hay, Washington creamery butter, and Yakima white potatoes per ton.
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Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
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Canby
Clackamaw County
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John McLoughiin
Oregon City
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United Presbyterian Church of
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Oregon Commission
Commission
Geological Survey
Curry County
Amos Wilmina
Lane County
Oregon District Agricultural Society Board of Commissioners
Congress
Common School Fund
Sherif Pomeroy
Clatsop County
Jos. Johnson
Astoria
Foley
P. M. Kirkland
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Mercer
Jamoa I. Boyle
Willie Whith
Miller
MAB
J. H. Boyle
Poruiana
Independence
A. Aramer
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