Fourth of July Plans in La Grande Set for Large Crowd
Eastern Oregon celebrates with a 10 000 visitor expectation from Union and Wallowa counties in La Grande on July 6. A large tent on Elm Street will host free barbecued meat and coffee, plus lawns, chairs, rest areas, lavatories, and ample free water. The city council approves concessions. no licenses issued to benefit merchants. The Grider Row merry go round will occupy the Ravine lot opposite the railroad after arrival.
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Oregon
Union
Wallowa
la Grande
Elm Street
Adams and
Jefferson Avenues
Wity Council
Grider & Row
Ravtiat Shin
Senate clash over lumber tariff sparks sharp debate
Senators Aldrich and Tillman traded barbs on the floor over timber dressing costs and a Vermont firm letter. Tillman challenged a Vermont claim about planing mill operations as false. Also from Rome, reports say King Menelik II is dead with Empress Taitwin taking control.
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Washington
Jane
Aldrich
Tillman
Vermont
Tilliian
Rhode Island
Senate
Tinian
Heat Kills Fourteen As City Swelters In Heatwave
New York reports fourteen dead as temperatures soar in the worst three day heat wave. Suffering residents fill parks and sidewalks while vendors charge 45 cents a hundred pounds for ice. Thousands sleep in parks and at Coney Island as heat worsens through the night.
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New York
Séarce
Bay Tee
Coney Island
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Northern California Towns
Two severe earthquake shocks were felt in northern California late last night awakening residents in Grass Valley and Nevada City, with no damage reported.
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San Francisco
California
Grass Valley
Nevada City
Weather Bureau Seeks Mountain Snowfall Observers
The United States Weather Bureau asks the Commercial Club for addresses of residents near mountain stream heads to recruit observers. The aim is to establish mountain rain and snowfall stations across principal ranges to measure snow fall.
San Francisco Hits Hottest Day This June
Frisco records an unusually high 92.5 degrees on June 23 marking the warmest for the date in recent memory. The thermometer shows a sharp rise from the same day last year as citizens cope with the heat.
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San Francisco
Robber killed at Ellensburg after store robbery
Ellensburg Washington June 23 posses search mountains near Cleelum for two gang members who escaped after a third was shot and killed by Marshal Frank Haight following a store robbery. The trio attempted a stagecoach robbery but fled as the machine outdistanced them. Haight and deputies cornered them at railroad yards. two fled observers were to coordinate a bureau. the third was shot and killed.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Cleelum
Frank Haight
Roslyn
Haight
Commercial Club
Fireworks to Arrive Here From Orient This Weekend
Frank Mizoguchi announces pyrotechnical day and night fir aworke will arrive next weekend. The display, shipped from an Orient house to My. Mixognehl, is described as equal to Portland Rose Show daylight fireworks. Locals praise the gesture by the Japanese community.
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Frank Mizoguchi
Fire damages Tacoma country club kitchen
A fire at a Tacoma country club damaged the kitchen area late last night. Fire crews reported the blaze started in the kitchen and caused extensive damage, with an estimated loss of about $25,000.
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Tacoma
Jime
American Lake
Ara
Beaver Creek project moves fast on La Grande line
W A Dute and engineers address material arrival for Beaver Creek project as Light and Power sources in La Grande rush to stage a telephone line and haul supplies by rail or teams from Hilgard and North Powder. A $146,000 water tank will impact local taxpayers as crews plan to lay pipe within three weeks.
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la Grande
Beaver Creek
Domention
W. A. Dute
Bn Lehi
Hilgard
Perry Lamber Co
North Powder
Drunk Policeman Fires in San Francisco Streets
June 23. In San Francisco prominent businessman Darnley Lagan Jr. was shot and seriously wounded by Police Captain Michael Conboy who claimed Lagan threatened a robbery after mistaking him for an assailant. Conboy, intoxicated at the time, fired a single bullet.
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San Francisco
Pere Ihe Eeealdey Lagan Jr
Michael Conboy
Lagan
Cowboy
Logen
Laga
Tehn
Logan
Factional Fight Dragging On In Legislature
In Olympia on June 23 factions seek control of the legislature and press to reveal scandals among higher administration officials. The special session, convened to probe the scandals, faces delays and uncertain prospects as political maneuvers continue.
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Olympia
Fattions
Mtr
Guloek
Ford No 2 Wins Race Through A Y P Gates
Ford car No 4 Bert Sort driving won the great trans continental auto race for a Guggenheim trophy as crowds cheered at the Seattle exposition gates. Shawmut car lagged hours behind with reports of snow depths delaying its progress. Ford No 2 arrived around noon after a 3000 mile run.
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Ford
Bert Sort
Exposition
M. Robert Guggenheim
Shawmot
Cascade Mountains
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Aline
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International Correspondence School
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92S
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Ford No. 1
Cascades
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