Wind Storm Strikes Midwest to Northwest and Denver
A powerful gale rages across the western plains from North Dakota to northern Texas, with telegraph wires down from Denver to Ogden and beyond. Blizzard conditions stall trains on the South Park line near Como, Colorado, while Portland reports widespread outages and Nebraska Minnesota suffer telecommunications cuts amid frigid winds.
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Denver
Plains
Here
Ogden
North Dakota
Texas
Rockies
South Park
Colorado Southern Railroad
Como
Portland
Washington
Oregon
Middle West
Soviere
Chicago
Nebraska
Minnesota
St. Louia
Oklahoma
Western Union
Missouri River
Lincoln
Neb
Move race track to Mexico City prize pact announced
Tom Williams, president of the club controlling the Emeryville track, says the Legislature will extend racing beyond California into Mexico City with ten years of privileges for racing, bookmaking, and selling features after negotiating with President Diaz. Announcement made in Sacramento.
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Uinz Formitn Dotrance
City of Mexico
Tom Williams
Sacramento
Cal
California
Mexico
Emeryville
Diaz
Williams
Proceed With Sale of Scriber Building on Adams and Depot
Trustee Frank Phy of the J. W. Scriber estate says creditors will meet on February 8 to order bids for the two story brick building at Adams Avenue and Depot Street. The bankruptcy sale will take days or weeks to complete and creditors likely await realization on a sale unofficially valued over $25,000.
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Frank Phy
J. W. Scriber
Adams Avenue
Depot Street
Scriber
Family Starving In San Jose Murder Case
Victor Sepulveda and his wife with three children in San Jose are near starvation after alleged murder of grocer William Thurston near Willows. Sepulveda jailed. family left penniless with no food after a long food shortage.
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San Oaise
Cal
Victor Sepaveda
William Thurston
Willows
San Jose Hospital
Sepulveda
Attorney Wilson of Union in City for Day
Attorney Wilson of Union spent the day in the city conducting business and meeting with clients. He handled filings and consultations, reflecting active legal work in urban offices.
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Attorney Wilson
Union
City
Panama Canal Plans May Yet Change With Lock Level Favored
In a letter from James D. Schuyler an engineer bound for Panama with the Taft party notes a possible change in canal plans. A commission of eight engineers including Schuyler will decide whether a lock level canal or sea level route is best. The lock level is favored by the president but could be dropped if Gatun dam is deemed insecure.
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Panama
Los Angeles
Panama Canal
James D. Schuyler
Taft
Roosevelt
Schuyler
Gatun Dam
Count Tanaka ends engagement to Miss Kobayashi Pieblan
Tokio reports Count Tanaka, minister of the Imperial household, agreed to break off his engagement to marry Miss Kobayashi Pieblan. The count is 7 and the woman 26, leaving him heart-broken under public and noble pressure.
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Tokio
Tanaka
Imperial Household
Kobayashi
Pieblan
Threatening Letter Targets U. S. Attorney in Los Angeles
United States District Attorney Oscar Lawler received a death threat in a letter attributed to a sympathizer of alleged Mexican revolutionists jailed in Los Angeles. The note warned of a fate worse than what Henry got if the revolutionists were not released.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Oscar Lawler
Timys
Heney
Death Rumors About Pu Yi Debunked In San Francisco
San Francisco residents dismiss rumors of Pu Yi’s death claiming no credible source confirms the event. Local Chinese community members say they would have learned of such news if true.
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Soo Francisco Clinamen
Pu Yi
San Francisco
China
Elgin Lumber Firms Consolidate Into $50 000 Company
The Stay Planing Mill Co and Hackett Lumber Co unite to form a new firm with 50 000 dollars capital. J L Overton and Nelson A Hackett named presidents, planing and saw mills to be modernized, 20 000 000 feet timber and 42 000 000 feet timber holdings added. Operations to begin on Shaw and Clark creeks with a new band mill planned. The deal boosts Elgin’s economy through employment and expanded timber holdings.
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Elgin
Recorder
Stay Planing Mill Co
Hackett Lumber Co
Hackett Lumber Company
Byoth Companies
Oregon
J. L. Overton
Nelson A. Hackett
Charles Gannett
Star Planing Mill Company
the & P. M. Company
Clarke Creek
Tiber
the & PP. M. Company
Shaw Creek
Clarks Creek
Band Min
The
Comming
Mays
Greast
Funeral Returns of Arthur Cheney Body Arrives for Burial
The remains of Arthur Cheney, consul at Messina, killed in the Italian earthquake, arrived in New York for burial and were sent on to New Haven, Connecticut, his former home, for interment.
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Vietin
New York
Arthur Cheney
Messina
Ingrid Wee
New Haven
Conn
Oregon House Overrides Vetoes Then Adjourns
The Oregon House overrode several gubernatorial vetoes after adjournment of the last session. A Beach bill for voting machines was indefinitely postponed. A bill to add judges in Multnomah County with a $4000 salary was sent to adjournment. The Senate later passed a tax exemption for future bonds.
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Halem
Chamberlain Oled
Multnomah County
Oregondahe
Congress
Smith
Istriete
Oregon
Senate
County fair funding holdover faces veto review
A $2000 annual appropriation for La Grane county fair is among items vetoed or blocked from the governor's desk. The official list shows budget actions under review as authorities weigh approval and possible cuts impacting local events.
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la Grane
Lover is Foiled Daughing Painter’s Daughter Weds Stranger
In Phoenix on January 9, Ramona Rollins, daughter of a famed Indian life and Grand Canyon painter, married violinist Ralph Wyile after leaving a train near Kingman to wed wealthy Colorado mining man Joseph Warner. Warner reportedly reacted with despair upon learning of the marriage after a short acquaintance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jan
Joseph Warner
Colorado
Ramona Rollins
Grand Canyon
Kingman
Here
Ralph Wyile
Rollins
Conod-Love
Movry Warner
Hollins
Wyile
Warner
DANGER IN CHINESE LAUNDRIES FEARED IN EASTERN OREGON
Baker City health officers review conditions in Chinese laundries amid fears of tuberculosis spread from mouth-sprinkling practices. La Grande shows no alarm but officials consider possible defects. Conductor J K Conners returned from Portland.
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Baker City
la Grande
Oregon
Sugar beet venture faces meeting to decide land leases
Land owners near Enterprise are urged to attend a Saturday meeting at 1 PM to set acreage and prices for a beet project. Company representatives warn February 1 as a deadline. many farmers have yet to offer land and controversy over the venture continues in Union and Wallowa counties.
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Enterprises
Union and
Wallowa Countie
Tte Belef
Temporary Field Superintendent Named for Amalgamated Sugar
David Pringree of Ogden will temporarily oversee Amalgamated Sugar fields in this region and Wallowa counties after Einer Sebbelow’s resignation. He is the son of the General Field Superintendent and will visit beet fields in Wallowa to assess conditions during bad weather with Manager F G Taylor.
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David Pringree
Ogden
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Wallowm
Einer Sebbelow
Mr. Pringree
Job Pringree
Wallowa
F. G.taylor
Pringrée
Watlowa County
Coldblooded murder at Albany connects to Powell family dispute
Albany Ore Jan 29 News reached here of a tragedy at a Brownsville dance on the Powell farm. Charles Powell shot and killed A Rupert as he left the dance following an affair with Powell’s daughter aged 11 who had run away two months earlier. Powell surrendered to authorities amid local excitement.
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Albany
Ore
Brownsville
Charles Powell
A. Rupert
Rupert
Powell
Wallis
Conwell to Speak on Acres of Diamonds at La Grande
Conwell WH will reach La Grande this evening and deliver the Acres of Diamonds lecture at the Baptist church. Train schedules indicate arrival around 4 30 PM with No 2 service, and advance notices urge ticket holders to plan extra time for what is billed as the nation’s foremost thinker and lecturer.
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Flussell
Conwell
la Grande
Walla Walla
Newberg
Baptist Church
Providence
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