Oregon State Fair trip and street work bids noted
Notices detail Oregon State Fair travel rates from La Grande via O R and N with stopover rules and return validation. Separate bid call from La Grande city recorder seeks Sixth Street grading and graveling contracts with ten percent certified check and bid rights reserved.
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The
Recorder
la Grande
Oregon
Sixth Street
Washington Avenue
Tor Street
Recorder's Office
C. S. Dunn
Street Comm
One Fare for Round Trip to National Irrigation Congress
The National Irrigation Congress gathers in Boise Idaho September 5 to 8. The O R & N Co sells tickets at the rate of one fare for the round trip with children at half rate. Selling dates September 1 and 2 with continuous passage from sale until final return limit. Stopover privileges allowed for return trip. Also an advertisement for Dr King's New Life Pills claims relief from constipation and torpid liver with a 25 cent price at Newlin Drug Co.
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Oregon
Salem
Portland
Southern Pacific
Fairgrounds
Boise
Idaho
Dr. King
New Life
Newlin
Destructive forest fires threaten Sonora timber belt
Destructive fires sweep a nine by three mile district in Sonora bounded by the South Fork Stanislaus and Rose Creek. Last night the blaze crossed the South Fork and crews rush to save the Kelta mine saw mill and valuable improvements. Westward progress is checked but flames move eastward consuming a million dollar timber belt.
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Scripps News Association
Sonora
Mex
South Fork
Stanislaus Averand Rose Creek
Kelta
Barhard Sentenced to Two Years on McNeill's Island
Federal Judge Hunt sentences Geo. Barhard to two years for perjury tied to homestead claims on Neil's Island. Watson's sentence was postponed as he turned state evidence after conviction.
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Portland
Hunt
Geo. Barhard
Neil's Island
Watson
Invasion Sends Militia To Ottawa Visit
About twelve hundred officers and men of the New York militia arrive in Ottawa bearing arms by permission of the Canadian Government. Several militia regiments from Eastern states join, invited by the British Army and Navy Veteran Association of Boston. The visitors pay their own travel and expenses while Ottawa garrison soldiers organize an elaborate entertainment program.
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Scrippa News Association
Ottawa
Ont
New York
British Army
Navy Veteran Association
Boston
Mass
Drago Committee Prepares Hague Conference Invitation
The Drago committee unanimously formulates an invitation to the Hague conference to discuss the Mexican minister to Belgium. After the session ends it will present a resolution to the permanent committee, with only the next meeting place left to decide.
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Scripps News Association
Rio Janeiro
Drago
Belgium
Explosion at Pennycraig Colliery Widens Miner Disappearance
An explosion ripped through Pennycraig colliery in Wales this morning. Rescue teams search for miners unaccounted after the blast.
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Scripps News Association
London
Pennycraig
Wales
President Appoints Clair Hunt Special Agent for Spokane
Oyster Bay August 18. President appoints Clair Hunt of Coleville Washington as special acting agent of the Spokane reservation.
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Scripps News Association
Oyster Bay
Clair Hunt
Coleville
Washington
Spokane
Grain markets update from Chicago August 18
Wheat opened at 70 and closed at 70 percent. Corn opened at 57 cents and closed at 37 cents. Oats opened at 29 percent and closed at 294.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
Defies Lightning, Is Killed
Fred Billings of Green Bay was struck and killed while scolding his daughter for fear of lightning during a thunderstorm. The fatal incident occurred this morning in Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Scripps News Association
Green Bay
Wis
Fred Billings
May Sutton Returning to Try Again Next Year
May Sutton arrived aboard the Cedric and said she lost the world championship by peg and would like to attempt a rematch next year.
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Scripps News Association
Sutton
Cedric
Peg
Riots in Warsaw Suppressed by Five Battalion Reinforcements
In St. Petersburg on August 18 the government reported that five battalions were sent to Warsaw to quell riots. The move reflects heightened tension as authorities move to restore order amid unrest centered in the Polish capital.
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Scrippa News Association
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Stensland Reported Caught Near Midway British Columbia
Chicago police report a man believed to be Stensland, former Milwaukee Avenue state bank president, spotted and captured at Midway British Columbia. Also an ad seeks two men to extract 300 to 500 cords of wood for a local job.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Midway
British Columbia
New Baker School House Rapidly Rises in North Baker
The new twenty thousand dollar school building in North Baker nears completion with frame up to the second story and fast construction. It will feature eight large well lighted heated rooms plus cloak rooms and closets, matching the South Baker building but with two feet higher second story ceilings and steam heating.
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North Baker
South Baker
Baker City Democrat
OLD AND RESPECTED NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF G A R
The meeting in Minneapolis marked the fortieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Membership nears 409,487 in 1890 with a rapid rise then decline to 252,056 last year and a rising death rate among veterans born before April 9, 1865.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
New York to Frisco to Break Records
An attempt to set a new auto record from New York to San Francisco began at 8 am from Herald Square. The two cylinder car carried drivers Richard Little and Christian Hargority of Chicago as it started the long cross country run.
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New York
San Francisco
Herald Square
Richard Little
Christian Hargority
Chicago
Public ownership debate on utilities voices wary counsel
The San Francisco Chronicle warns against extending public ownership of utilities. It argues officials may betray a bias toward salary preservation and urges reliance on individual effort until officials prove trustworthy.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
America
Equalizers at Walla Walla Raise Saloon Assessments
The county board of equalization at Walla Walla advanced assessments for nearly all saloons and added three not on the tax list. Owners Peter Werner of the Horseshoe on Main Street was assessed at 800 dollars S Stovall of the Depot on Elm Street 600 dollars and John Petras of the Owl on Alder Street 600 dollars.
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County Board of Equalization
Walla Walla
Peter Werner
Main Street
S. Stovall
Depot
Elm Street
John Petras
Owl
Alder Street
Pendleton E. C
Medford Post Office Burns at Eagle Point
Fire destroyed the Eagle Point post office at the eastern end of the Medford Grater Lake railroad. Loss around 1500 dollars with 700 dollars insured. Postmaster Florey used the building as a residence. His family were in the mountains except one boy who narrowly escaped in night clothes.
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Eagle Point
Medford- Grater Lake
Florey
Jefferson Letter in Governor Chamberlain 1791 Meeting
Governor Chamberlain holds an original 1791 letter by Thomas Jefferson arranging a meeting with James Madison and Chas Thompson of Philadelphia. The purpose is to examine Hessian fly history and the best methods to exterminate it.
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Governor Chamberlain
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Chas. Thompson
Philadelphia
Senator Gearin Returns From six week European auto tour
Senator Gearin arrived from Europe on Wednesday after a six week automobile tour. He plans a few days in Washington then will return to Oregon to stay until the next congressional session. In Union County Oregon the court cites E H Ruckman and Martha J Ruckman and unknown heirs to appear September 6 1906 to show cause why an order of sale should not be granted to pay estate debts on property in Imbier Union County. Judge J C Henry presided with the court seal. Arrests J B Giteam clerk F C Brewers Deroty.
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Gearin
Europe
Washington
Oregon
Congress
E. H. Ruckman
Martha J. Ruckman
State of
County of Union
la Grande
County of
Union
Astate
Imbier
Union County
J.C. Henry
A. D
J. B Giteam
Clark
F.C
Brewers Deroty
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la Grande Oregon
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F. M. Burkit
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F. J. Holmes
Mexico
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Canada
May Sutton
New Baker School
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