Merchants Back Street Illumination for Oregon Idaho Congress
Commercial club members and 25 merchants pledged 10 each to fund street lighting for the Oregon Idaho development congress starting March 27 and the carnival week. Walter Pierce of Grand Ronde Electric will supply wiring and globes. stores on Adams to remain lit through the carnival, with Depot and Adams streets highlighted.
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Collier
F. B. Currey
Commercial Club
Oregon-Idaho Development Congress
Walter Pierce
Grand Ronde Hlectric Company
Mvree
Depot Street
Jefferson Avenue
Elk's Club
Adams
Chestnut
Fir
Adam Avenue
Eight victims dead after Seattle bank fire
Fire at St George tenement house in Seattle left eight dead with two inmates unaccounted for John Burrs and Jerome O Hara. Cambridge Harvard Columbia two mile race on Charles river today with upcoming races in May and June. An attempted bold robbery in Seattle at the American Savings bank ended with a wild gunfire near teller and secretary but no injuries reported. A marriage license issued to Charles Tobin and Mabel McGrath of Union.
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San Praincisco
St. George
John Burrs
Jerome O'Hara
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Columbia
Charles River
Cornell
Lake Cayuga
New London
Seattle
American Savings & Trust Bank
Arthur T. Drew
Harry Welty
James P. Gleason
Gleason
Charles Tobin
Mabel McGrath
Union
Oklahoma race meeting opens in Lawton extends to April 27
Oklahoma City reports the Lawton race meeting begins today and runs through April 27. Afterward similar meetings are planned in seven other cities.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Lawton
Taft Considers Alaska Coast Tour This Summer
President Taft plans a Pacific coast tour from Alaska to Southern California starting August 1 if Congress approves a $25,000 appropriation. He will spend June and July at his Beaverly Massachusetts summer capital, with the trip costing $100,000.
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Washington
Taft
Alaska
Pacific Coast
White House
California
Capitol
Beaverly
Mass
Congress
Blue Rock Association Plans May Elgin Handicap Shoot
The Eastern Oregon Blue Rock Association schedules its second Elgin shoot in early May. It will be a handicap event with distances from 16 to 19 yards, allowing all shooters a fair chance at prizes. Entry is free and only two cents per bird will be charged.
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Eastern Oregon Blue Rock Association
Elgin
Boy Rescued After Looming Over Oro Dell Dam
Stephen Hiatt aged 13. son of Mr and Mrs Hiatt near the brick yard, was swept over the Oro Dell dam and battled eddies for nearly half an hour. A broken 2x4 plank saved him when a life line was thrown by Carl Nelson’s family. He wore heavy clothing and chaps, making self rescue difficult. He is fully recovered today.
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Stephen Mlatt
Abs
R. Hiatt
Oro Dell
Stephen
Carl Nelson
Nelson
Hiatt
Todny
Kreiger Brickyard to Resume Summer Run
Georges Kreiger's brickyard will start a 14 week summer run soon with a large workforce clearing the yard and preparing sites. The plant is described as a substantial payroll source for the city.
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Kreiger
Georges Kreiger
Independence League Dinner Promotes Initiative Referendum Recall
NEW YORK April 17 The third annual banquet of the Independence league will be held at the Hotel Knickerbocker tonight. The committee devised a plan for an invitational dinner to exemplify initiative referendum and recall principles in the league platform. The event will mix serious political discourse with lighter entertainment.
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New York
Independence League
Knickerbocker
League
Wier
Te League
Man Receives Nose Graft From Finger In San Francisco
George M. Kelly of San Francisco is fitted with a nose made from the middle finger bone of his left hand after an accident. For weeks he wore his hand bound to his face while doctors grafted the bone to the nasal area.
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San Francisco
George M .Kelly
Intercollegiate meet at Berkeley prompts stadium improvements
Berkeley Field enlarges seating for the annual Intercollegiate Meet between Stanford and the University of California. A full new bleacher section on the west side of the oval is built from the north end to the 200 turn to accommodate a record crowd.
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San Francisco
Cal
Standford
University of California
Berkeley
Baker Students In Blackmail Plot Arrest At Baker City
In Baker last night Will Walters a hotel cook was arrested on blackmail charges after an extortion attempt of 9000 from pioneer merchant J B Griswold. A high school girl Lenora Elms 17 and two other youths including Kenneth Chute are connected but under surveillance. Griswold urged calm while officers confronted them in his store after a pretext about pure food law violations. Walters jailed the girl questioned but soon released to her room vowing to kill herself if harmed.
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Baker City
the Democrat
J. B. Griswold
Baker
Will Walters
Packwoon
Lenora Elms
Walter
Kenneth Chute
Porter
Anderson
Walters
Pendleton Tests Artesian Well Plan for City Water
Pendleton adopts a preliminary plan to sink an artesian well in hopes of improving city water supply. The project is in early stages but has garnered favorable interest from local officials.
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Pendleton
Start Petitions On Next Monday For City Charter
Bond buyers and attorneys outline the initiative process to adopt a revised and consolidated city charter for Beaver Creek. Eight percent of legal voters must sign, then council votes, an ordinance is passed, and a special election called within ten days. If approved, the new charter mirrors the present one except for changes in its text.
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Beaver Creek
Cox
City Recorder
American Light & Water Company
Bond Buggss
Hotel Leased at North Powder
The North Powder hotel has been leased to L. M. Gardner of Baker City from Charles Young. Gardner will take possession next week.
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North Powder
North Powder Hotel
L. M. Gardner
Baker City
Charles Young
Gardner
Massacre Report Sparks Fear Across Adana
A dispatch from Constantinople dated April 17 reports a Moslem massacre in Adana with about 2,500 Christians slain and violence spreading to Ashi Minor. Reports say women were dragged to streets and babies killed. English and German residents are among the victims. Two American missionaries are reported slain. General Ixett Fund, a deputy minister, is said to have been murdered. In Joliet, Bank Increases Capital to 150000 dollars.
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Constantinople
Adana
Mersins
Ashi Minor
Ixett Fund
Edhem Pasha
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Lone Man
Teller
Excape
Taft Town
Dav Rai
Aanded Wivinlé
LA Grande, Oregon
ORD Dell
Stephen Hlatt
Jey
Dam
AOVEL
Berkeley Field Enlarged
Artesian Water Supply
Manding
Trande
Fanatia
Asia Minor
LIRTH
Bilbert White
Bank
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