Daring engineer Pete St Cyr's mountain dash saves trains
A historic O R N locomotive saga recalls Pete St Cyr known as Hair Oil Pete who guided engine 1 498 from Kamela down a 3 percent grade to stop a freight train and avert a collision with a pursuing passenger train. He is now imprisoned in Boise for a killing a man over a team of horses. Also notes Siberian permafrost finds and a local basketball score of Bakr City 6 Bakr City 1.
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Spokane
City
East Oregonian
Bos
Union Pacific
Kamela
Pate St. Cyr
Pete
Blue Mountains
St. Cyr
Boise Penitentiary
Emmons
Meadows
Idaho
Local Notes Show Union Activity And Regional Progress
G W O Neill spent yesterday at Pembeton L Mendelson of Baker City is in the city today Miss Katie Goodall Turner of Union attended the B M U reunion Mr and Mrs Leon Stoddard have returned to the city Presiding Elder J D Gillilan leaves for a Cove district trip La Grande Investment Co buys bankrupt stock of Andrew Back of Elgin and disposes of it Permanent survey of the Central railroad begins Jensen McBride sold to L A Stringham P H Westenskow and Albert Winters of Starkey and others proving up on Umatilla lands Editor Geo B Small attends Blue Mountain University reunion Miss Claudia Woodall recovering enough to resume studies in two weeks Chas Cunningham from Pendleton on business Mary N Chase to lecture on Womens Suffrage in Armory hall next Tuesday Mr and Mrs J H Rinehart request observer change to 1212 Moore St Portland Neely hopes for railroad news and rolling stock next week D D Long of International Contracting Co travels to Elgin after contract for Wallowa river bridge
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L. Mendelson
Baker City
Katie Goodall Turner
Union
Leon Stoddard
J. D. Gillilan
M. E. Church
Cove
la Grande Investment Company
Andrew Back
Elgin
Central Railroad
Geo. B. Small
J. H. Rinehart
Portland
Summerville
Moore St
Neely
Union Republican
D. D. Long
International Contracting Company of
Seattle
Wallowa River
Walowa Eunty
Judge Ellis Visits District for Congress Nomination
Judge W. E. Ellis arrived from Pendieton last evening as a candidate seeking the district's congressional nomination.
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W. E. Ellis
Pendieton
Good Meetings by Miss Ghase on Woman Suffrage Tour
Miss Mary N. Ghase arrived from the north to campaign for Woman's Suffrage. She spoke to large crowds in Elgin and Summerville and praised local reception. She will lecture Tuesday in Armory hall, address Hot Lake patients tomorrow, and speak Monday at Grange hall before spending weeks in the county then moving to Umatilla County.
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Mary N. Ghase
Elgin
Summerville
Miss Chase
Armory Hall
Tomrrow
Fire in Shaft at Prince of Wales Mine
A shaft fire at the Prince of Wales mine in Nagaunee Michigan traps three hundred miners. Most escape but many are reported missing as of February 10.
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Scripps News Association
Nagaunee Midh
Prince of Wales
Card of Thanks and Miscellaneous Notices
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and assistance during bereavement. Names Mrs. H.C. West Katherine Nevins and Miss Bertha Roberts are mentioned. Also includes a help-wanted note and nursery stock advertisement from Union Oregon and a piano sale offer with location at the Methodist parsonage.
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H.C. West
Katherine Nevins
Bertha Roberts
Dobbin Files for Joint Representative Nomination
Hon Jay H Dobbin has filed his declaration and circulated his petition seeking the joint representative nomination. He is expected to face little or no opposition. Navy orders note the coast defense squadron under Admiral F W Dickins sails Monday from here with Texas Arkansas Florida Nevada and six torpedo boats for a Gulf of Mexico cruise.
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Jay H. Dobbin
Wallowa
Charleston
5. G
Navy Department
Coast Defense Squadron
F. W. Dickins
Texas
Arkansas
Florida
Nevada
Gulf of Mexico
Model Restaurant Promises Good Food and Service at Moderate Cost
The advertisement invites patrons to Model Restaurant run by J A Arbuckle offering a combination of good cooking and service for people who appreciate fine eating at reasonable prices. It targets those who enjoy the good things in life without high cost and invites readers to visit and see what is offered.
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Golden Rule
the Golden Rule Company
Adama Avenue
E. Pollack
Propr
V-geta
J. H. Peare
Liberia
Siberia
Bakr City
G. W. O'Neil
Pembeton
Albert Winters
Starkey
Jesse Bryson
Meacham
Charles W. Brown
McKay
Umatilla
Mary N. Chase
National Association
T-N- Murphy
Gedar Street
Hardy Nursery
Order of Union Nurseries
Oregon
Schiller
Methodist
J A. Arbuckle
Iday
Pita
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