Pioneer H W Oliver of Grande Ronde Dies at 76
Hiram Wealey Oliver, early Oregon settler, died January 16 1904 at Summerville. He crossed the plains in 1864 and owned the valley’s first sawmill, helped build La Grande, and pioneered horticulture with a 15 acre orchard. Survived by wife Maria L Burt and seven children. Funeral at Summerville Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Grands Ronde Valley
Rall- le
Union County
Turner Oliver
Summerville
H. W. Oliver
Hiram Wealey Oliver
Indiana
Illinois
Julia Ann McCalem
Irving
E. W. Oliver
Alltel
J. R. Oliver
la Grande
Marshall Oliver
North Yakima
Arthur Oliver
Lowe R Powder
Charles W. Oliver
Edgar Marvin
Wallowa
Maria L. Burt
H. P. Oliver
Frank and
Burt Oliver
Plains
Grande Ronde Valley
Grande Ronde
Walla Walla
Fortifications Near San Francisco Bay Near Completion
San Francisco January 16 After months of secrecy and with the work led by Major H McKinstry a vast system of redoubts and trenches for the forts guarding San Francisco Bay is almost finished Two years ago Congress appropriated funds and in the last year the project has been rushed to completion A large draftsman force and expedited field work mark the progress for the bay defense plan
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San Francisco
United States Army Engineers
San Francisco Bay
Congress
H. McKinstry
C and E Road Sold for Taxes in Oregon
Albany sheriff advertises the Corvallis and Eastern railroad for sale due to unpaid taxes amounting to 4902.34. Sale set for February 17 in Albany with lands and real property included. The certificate of sale carries a maximum 10 percent interest from the sale date.
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Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
Albany
Harriman
Oregon
Ore
Corvallis & Eastern
Albany Weekly Democrat
Smith
Prominent radicals attend New York progressive league talk
Augustus Thomas, president of the New York Progressive Democratic League, will preside at a Cooper Union gathering tonight. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland, Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas, and Raymond Robbins are among the speakers as radical democracy figures gather in New York.
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Gressive Democratic League
Cooper Union
Augustus Thomas
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Raymond Robbins
Evelyn Thaw Insanity Case Heads to Jury in New York
District 1 Attorney Jerome plans to send Thaw case to the jury without interruption. Evelyn Thaw presses to testify early while her husband rests on the insanity defense questions. Witnesses describe Thaw's erratic acts, wardens and a governess testify, and relations among judges flare in court.
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Jerome
Evelyn
Onee
New York
District 1
Thawenne
Ninefon
Heney Opens Hall Mayes Land Fraud Case in Portland
Francis J. Heney opened the Hall Mayes land fraud case in Portland Oregon on January 16 delivering a dry statement of facts. He said he would prove Hall and Mays conspired to defraud the government of public lands and that Hall threatened indictments unless political support was given to Charles W. Fulton against T. Geer. He suggested confessions by defendants support the case.
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Francis J. Heney
Hall
Mays
Steiner General
Portland
Ore
Francia J. Heney
Hall-Mayes
Hall and
Brownell
Oregon Senate
Charles W. Fulton
T. T. Geer
Stelwer
Fulton
Geers
Falling limb injures young man near North Powder
A severely bruised young man, working with his father in a theater project about 12 miles from North Powder, was struck on the head by a falling limb from a tree. Perch Brewater, brought from North Powder to Grande Ronde hospital with head injuries, was involved in the incident. Steiner may testify for the state about the case.
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Perch Brewater
North Powder
Grande Ronde
Charges Against Federal Irrigation Bureau Stir Montanans
State Engineer C T Johnson charged the federal irrigation bureau kept a prose bureau to oppose state and private projects causing a sensation at a National Woolgrowers Congress in Helena Montana. Resolution debate centers on backing federal land policy while mineowners in Butte Helena and elsewhere organize to oppose higher smelter rates by the so called smelter trust.
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Johnson
National Woolgrowers
Coneres
Helena
Mont
Federal Irrigation Bureau
C. T. Johnson
Congress
Resolution
Butte, Mont
Butte, Helens
Montana
Toll from theater disaster tops 370 as burials near
In Boyertown the verified official count reaches 373 victims from the theater disaster. Sixty death certificates issued. Monday set as final burial day. In San Francisco planners map a $100000 welcome for the war fleet with lavish ceremonies planned.
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Boyertown
Immigration regulation plans hinge on Straus and Sargent
Washington report says final decision on Japanese immigration regulation rests with Oscar Straus and Labor Commissioner Sargent. The two officials, noted for understanding Japanese labor, will determine acceptance or rejection of the plan amid Japan's war debt pressures. London meanwhile fears Japan may avoid war while burdened by debt, as cabinet troubles grow. West Virginia GOP to hold dual conventions to pick delegates and a governor, and Portland hosts the 17th annual Scottish Rite reunion with leaders from across the state attending.
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Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Japan
Washington, D. C
Oscar Straus
Labor and Commerce
Sargent
Straus
London
England
Vmpire
West Virginia
G. O. P. Parkersburg
W. Va
Harry Woodyard
Republican State Committee
Woodyard
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Oreleon
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Pacific States
Black
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Harry Thaw
Thaw
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Mary
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Professor Peck
Timhe
Vernon Davia
Nah Patterson
Justice Dowling
Raymond Brown
Atention
Heney
Steiner
Bie
Strauss
LABOR
Hill’s Drug Store
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