New Prosperity Gates Opened for Union County Irrigation
David Eccles proposes a mutual irrigation scheme for Union County offering 20 000 acres of land water rights at 2 per acre per year for ten years with perpetual water thereafter. A mass meeting is set for August 22 to gauge farmer support and bond funding.
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Union County
David Eccles
Oregon
Eccles
Northwest
Irrigation Company
Srope
Commercial Club Board
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Gibraltar
Wroder
Eqcles
Walter M. Pierce
A. V. Andrews
T. H. Crawford
C. BE. Moore
Fred M. Housh
Grande Ronde Electric Company
Mr. Pierce
W. G. Hunter
J. M. Church
Pierce
Booles
Conley
Supreme Court
Eccleste
West
Leas
Commercial Club
Sehames
Umatilla
Boy of Fourteen Sworn In For Grand Jury Action
West Las Vegas August 14 Joseph Emory aged 14 years faced a justice court hearing after admitting to four burglaries and one holdup. Notorious in the Southwest he was reared among criminals and educated in the underworld though he had once been in a reform school. He was heavily armed when captured and placed in handcuffs.
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Reform
West Las Veens
Joseph Emory
Emory
Southwear
Reform School
Man Tries Escape From Train En Route to Jail
A detainee slipped his restraints and leapt from the moving train in an attempted jail escape, according to officials. Police launch pursuit as the man vanished into the area near the tracks.
Pioneer Mrs. Martha Walker 70 Dies in Union County
Funeral services for Martha Walker were held at the Hulse home in Union County with Rev. O. H. King officiating. Interment followed at Ackles cemetery. A pioneer resident for about 40 years she died after months of suffering, leaving a husband J. S. Walker and many children grandchildren.
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Martha Walker
M. J. Hulse
Hulse
O. H. King
Ackles
Union County
J. 8. Walker
Preparing His Speech Linotti Nek Sfig
A steady rain kept many visitors away as W. J. Bryan secluded himself in his study to compose his address.
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Linotti
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Bis
Balloon explosion at American exhibition kills and wounds many
At the Franco British exhibition grounds in London two people died, several fatally, and about a dozen were badly burned when a large balloon owned by Captain Lovelace exploded during inflation. The incident caused massive destruction, with crowds and officials injured and one woman’s body found among the ruins. Captain Lovelace, a New Yorker, was seriously hurt amid the aftermath.
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London
Lovelace
Hianche Hill
Lovelac
Lavernee Wie
Mise Hill
Tomo Trie
New York
Lovence
Julian Thomas
The
Aero Club of America
Huge irrigation canal plan aims to water 35000 acres northwest
A northwest irrigation proposal plans a Meadow Creek dam on the Grande Ronde to divert water through main canals toward La Grande and surrounding lands. Engineers estimate 26000 to 40000 acres could be watered, with a concrete dam, rock tunnel, and major laterals extending north east and south. Promoters stress obstacles but vow determination and efficiency.
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Monadow Creek
Oro del
MG Glenn and
Sandridge
Dowr
la Grande
Oro Dell
Ryncareen Place
Conley
Fraster Place
Hearneth
Meadow Creek
Ecclesle
Torture and downfall of Count in Lisbon royal case
A Lisbon report details Count Murgatho, a noble from an old Portuguese family, accused of torturing his young wife and infant. The queen ordered the count deprived of offices and banished from the country amid the allegations that drove the wife to insanity and left the child near death.
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Lisbon
Aio
Mate
Beily
Denishal
Murgatho
Watt
Carlos
Grace
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Grande Ronde Valley
Taft
Hot Springs
Aum
William A. Taft
Bryar
Food For Fleet
Washington
San Francisco
Manila
Atlantic
Caltro
Port Bald
Prusway Ub Ems
Goarsome
Husband and Pathe
Portugal
Hill's Drug Store
A Grande
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