Normal Is Bankrupt in Ashland Normal School Crisis
Ashland residents withdrew 1500 dollars deposited with the state treasury for the Ashland normal school ending the year. Regents would not accept funds unless donors waived legislative reimbursement rights, signaling the school’s end while Monmouth and Weston schools finish the year. Teachers unpaid and near-to-graduation students may miss diplomas. hopefuls look for rescue from other sources.
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Salem
Ashland
Ashland Normal School
State Board of Normal School Regents
Monmouth
Weston
La Grande to Exhibit at A. Y. P. fair
La Grande schools plan to send exhibits to the A Y P with confirmation from Multnomah County officials. Conklin the county superintendent and Oregon education display chair arrived to discuss details with Bragg and Markenberry, concluding that an exhibit will be sent.
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la Grande
Conklin
Schouls
Multomah County
Charman
Oregon
Seattle
Bragg
Markenberry
Mr. Conkling
Raffels the ventriloquist delayed arrival at Scenic engagement
Dave Raffels the ventriloquist arrived this morning after missing last evening’s engagement. He is expected to perform as the feature tonight. The society comedy sketch delivered strong laughs during last night’s show at Scenic. A cremation for a lady was noted in the report.
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Dave Raffels
Des Moines Women Debate Stocking Duty At Union Meeting
Des Moines city circles discuss a stocking duty as Mrs. Maitland head of the Logan Mothers' club prepares to raise the issue at a City Union gathering tonight. She notes that twenty of her club's thirty-one members welcomed a baby in a single year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
City Union
Attorney Hodgin Files Petition to Probate W D Shell Will
Attorney Hodgin has filed petitions to probate the will of W D Shell. Mr and Mrs George Mapes of Elgin are in town this evening for business and visiting friends.
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Hodgin
W. D. Shell
George Mapes
Elgin
Montreal Shipping Season Opens With New Steamers
Montreal reports a busy shipping season with 52,905 tons additional capacity from new steamers. A floating crane will be used and two new transports will reach Jacques Cartier pier for loading. White Star Dominion to introduce two steamers Law rentic and Margarih of 15,800 tons each.
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Montreal
Jacques Cartier
White Star Dominion Line
St. Lawrence
Wealthy Rossland hotelier missing after trip
Kenneth Mertin a Rossland, British Columbia hotel proprietor, suffered a blank memory since leaving home for Spokane and Vancouver and was found on a Great Northern train. In Bellingham he regained consciousness but cannot recall his whereabouts. Doctors suspect kidney trouble.
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Bellingham
Kenneth Mertin
Rossland
B. C
Spokane
Vancouver
Great Northern
Kid Carlton Held Pending Trial In Union Robbery Case
Kid Carlton, a self styled retired pugilist, was held in the county jail awaiting June circuit court for a Union Davis Hardware Store robbery. Police say blood stains and contradictions weaken his story of an accomplice as he hid guns and stole goods across Union and La Grande before trading items at Haisten stores.
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Kid Carlton
Davis Hardware
Union of Guns, Knives
Carlton
Union
Ed Miller
la Grande
Haisten
F. M. Bartiness
AM Ser
Carlson
Davis
Observer
Water Users of Ladd Creek Weigh Lawsuit Costs
Water users living around and below Ladd Creek met in the Commercial club rooms to discuss through their attorneys potential measures to curb mounting water rights litigation. Stenographers in Cavines versus City of La Grande et al. face about $2500 in fees.
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Ladd Creek
Cavines
City of
Roosevelt at Messina lands with Mingeter Griscom visit
Roosevelt and Mingeter Griscom arrived in Messina at 2 40 pm. King Emanuel and Queen Helena greeted the party at the wharf in a formal reception.
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Messina
Roosevelt
Mingeter Griscom
King Emanuel
Queen Helena
the Whorl
San Francisco to End Public Slot Machines
The final phase of public gambling in San Francisco will end when the city ordains the removal of slot machines. About 3200 machines valued at 845 000 will cease taking bets and the annual toll of 317190000 will no longer be paid to operate or gamble.
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San Francisco
Local Option Question Draws Long Beach Resort Interest
In Hempstead on April 6 the required signatures to place the local option question on the ballot were gathered. Long Beach and Garden City hotels show strong interest and expect to mobilize a large vote for liquor sale.
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Hempstead
L. I
Long Beach
Garden City
Equor
Jamaica Bay Club Elections Open To All Yachts
The Jamaica Bay Racing Association holds its annual officer election in New York on April 6. It announces that there will be no closed races and all club yachts may enter.
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New York
Jamaica Bay Racing Association
Cremation Fire Claims Local Elderly Woman
April 6 an aged invalid woman Mrs R A Lockett of this city perished in a fire that consumed her home. She could not escape the blaze and was cremated in her residence. She was Malheur County's first representative's wife and a pioneer of the earliest type.
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Ontario
R. A. Lockett
Lockett
Malheur’s
Trusts Will Be Nation's Grief Amid Monopoly Clash
In St Louis on April 6 Standard Oil defense lawyers argued that huge firms do not prove monopoly unless exclusive control stems from conspiracy or restraint of trade. Kellogg warned that unchecked combines could exclude citizens from enterprises and turn all into wage earners under corporate control.
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ST. Louis
Standard of
Special election called for bonds to restore city treasury
Oklahoma City announces an April 6 special election to issue 35000 dollars in bonds to fill a depleted treasury caused by heavy court costs. Warrants dated a month back await funds, making the vote imperative.
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Oklahoma City
Long Bridge at Arlington Destroyed by Conflagration
A junk was cut out of the main line of the D R. & N. road when a bridge spanning a deep gulch below the depot at Arlington Oregon burned. The Cheyenne train due in Portland and the Spokane dyer were delayed while 500 passengers watched. The fire, started by a hobo in a box car, left some supports burning as volunteers fought flames. J B Eddy on the scene coordinated emergency actions and ordered new supports.
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Arlington
Ogn
Portland
J. B. Eddy
Refractory Linotype Delays The Observer
The Observer is late in delivery tonight and short of reading matter due to continued refusals by the new linotype. Delays are expected for two or three weeks after a new machine is installed. If unforeseen issues don’t occur, the paper will be issued at regular hours tomorrow.
Fire Threatens Los Angeles Homes
A fire broke out on the third floor of the wholesale paper warehouse of A. Zellerbach and Sons in Los Angeles. Nearby houses were threatened by fumes as crews fought the blaze. firemen crawled down a vent pipe to reach safety.
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Los Angeles
Uost
A. Zellerbach and Sons
Cyclone Sweeps Illinois Towns. Death Toll Rising
Reports indicate several dead and at least 100 homes ruined as a cyclone sweeps through Marion Illinois and nearby Pittsburg causing extensive damage and partial destruction.
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Pittsburg
Father Wyte Dies? Departure for Wallowa Conducts Funeral
Father Wyte began his journey to Wallowa in the morning and conducted funeral services there today, according to local notices.
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Father Wyte
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