Congress to Act on Phosphate Deposits
Washington October reports indicate vast phosphate fields in the Northwest. Public lands with deposits are withdrawn pending further study, with Congress to decide disposition after geologists complete investigations. Early estimates put high grade rock near 300 million tons, likely to rise with further exploration.
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Washington
Congress
Geological Survey
Northwest
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Eastern Oregon Shippers to Divide 150000 Soon
Eastern Oregon shippers will share a 150000 payment via the Portland Chamber of Commerce transportation department. The suit, after court battles, led to a May 12 effective order on rail rates, with Judge Wolverton ruling for the defendants and rebates owed to those who paid the old rates.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Wieh. BR. & N. Will Goon
Transportation Department
Portland Chamber of Commerce
State Railroad Commission
Cours
Wolverton
Centennial Festivities Honor Early American Civic Life
Today a congress of patriotic societies under the Society of Colonial Wars marked the 200th anniversary. A public meeting tonight will celebrate 250 years of municipal life in state county and city. Tomorrow city and country school children will participate in memory events.
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Ruially- Uily
Society of Colonial Wars
Billiards Title Match In New York This Week
De Oro accepts three cushion titles and will compete at Doyle's Academy for a $250 side stake, all room receipts, and the Lam bert diamond trophy. The event runs over three nights with fifty points per night. John Daly has challenged the winner and posted a forfeit.
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New York
de Oro
Doyle's Academy
Lambert
John Daly
NANHOE OPENS CAMPAIGN
District Attorney F. Ivanhoe ends heavy case load and starts a campaign for re election in Union and Wallowa counties. A staunch Republican, he pledges to meet voters one on one while defending his public record and continues to serve impartially in office.
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F. &. Ivanhoe
Mr. Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Union
Wallowa
Senator Dolliver Lies In State At Fort Dodge
Senator Dolliver's body lies in state at his Fort Dodge home on Oct 18 and will stay there until funeral. State militia guard the home while a Taft appointed committee of U S senators acts as guard of honor and arrives today.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Dolliver
United States
Taft
Dyn bombing plot rocks Gate city as arrests rise
Olympia reports two men under arrest and five sought in a dynamiting plot aimed at Japanese laborers at Gate City. Sticks of dynamite ready to explode were found beneath the Japs bunkhouse amid local friction between whites and Japanese workers.
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Olympia
Gate City
Sunset Limited derailment injures twenty three near Collado
Eight cars of the Sunset Limited left the rails at Collado today. Twenty three persons were injured and taken to El Paso for treatment. Most of the injured were western home seekers in the tourist coaches. No fatalities reported.
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el Paso
Sunset Limited
Collado
Textile Workers of America Convene in New York
The Vaulted Textile Workers of America opened a major labor convention in New York with delegates from key textile centers discussing topics of broad interest to the industry.
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New York
Textile Workers of America
Union School Board Faces Permanent Injunction Over Building Site
Judge Knowles made the temporary injunction in the Union school district case permanent this afternoon. The dispute arose from the board attempting to buy a building site without voter approval, with the circuit court ruling this as the final decision though a higher tribunal may review it.
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Knowles
Union School District
Union School Board
Judge Knowles Affirms Ruling in Shaw v Profit and Carter
Judge Knowles upholds the lower court in the John Shaw vs T N Profit and Carter case. The supreme court issued a decision in the first week affirming the prior action.
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Circuit Court
Hown
Shaw Profit-Carter
Knowles
John Shaw
T. N. Profit
Qe Carter
Supreme
Balloons Sweep Over Milwaukee in International Race
Five balloons in the International race passed over Milwaukee this forenoon at about 25 miles per hour and roughly 1000 feet altitude. Nine of ten balloons remained aloft, with one landing at Caledonia, Wisconsin. The Dusseldorf rode north over the Big Bend and Isle de France crossed Zion City headed west by north. Aero club of America officials predicted possible international records.
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Milwaukee
Caledonia
Wis
Dusseldorf
Isle de France
Zion City
Aero Club of America
Lands Open to Homesteading in Several States
Thousands of acres of lands removed from national forests and restored to the public domain by President Taft’s proclamation were opened to homestead settlement. The tracts in Colorado and Washington become subject to settlement today and entry on Nov. 17, with forest lands in other states to follow later in the week.
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Washington
Taft
Colorado
Ripe Berries Exhibit At La Grande Investment Company
Ripe strawberries and ripe raspberries grown by Jess Bryant of Cove are on exhibit at the La Grande Investment Company this afternoon. The berries attract attention for their size and color and are exactly like those grown earlier in the season.
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Jess Bryant
Cove
la Grande Investment Company
Cure Drunkenness With Orrine Remedy
Orrine destroys the desire for liquor and aids medical treatment. Sold with a money back guarantee if it fails. Free booklet on how to cure drunkenness available. Orrine Company Washington DC and Silverthorn's Family Drug Store in this city.
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Orrine Co
Orrine
Washington, D. C
Silverthorn
Dissolution of Partnership Between Webb and Zundell
Notice that the Spokane grill partnership between Allen J. Webb and Lavon Zundell is dissolved by mutual consent. Lavon Zundell retired and Allen J. Webb assumes all bills and obligations and will pay all outstanding debts of the co partnership.
Sugar beet venture eyed by Portland men in Baker City
Two prominent Portland business men visit Baker City to study beet planting on a large scale for next year and potential shipment to the La Grande factory. If acreage is sizable, La Grande would be the logical plant site, given the company’s hundreds of acres nearby. Field Manager Bramwell remains in Baker City consulting with local interests on the beet project.
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Portland
Baker City
la Grande
Baker and Wallowa
Bramwell
Baker County
Obituary Note for J. H. Kimball Family
The Kimball family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of husband and father on October 12, 1910. They hold friends in dear remembrance and wish God's blessing upon them. Signed by Mrs J. H. Kimball and children.
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J. H. Kimball
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Jersey City
The
FREE
Tomorow
F. D. Haisten la Grande
Nanhoe
Decison
Mquor
Allen J. Webb, Lavon Zundell
Chicago
C. T. Darley
Darley
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