Registration Opens as Homeseekers Rush Reserve Lands
Registration for Coeur d Alene Indian reservation lands began at midnight and runs until August 5 with drawings set for August 9. Officials expect about 100000 filing, possibly 200000 applications across three reservations, with 16000 to 20000 from veterans. Notaries act as agents for applicants for a 25 cent fee. several girls will draw the numbers for lands in Coeur d Alene Spokane and Flathead reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Coeur d' Alene
James W. Witten
Harriet Post
F. T. Post
Spokane
Helen Hamilton
Ortia Hamilton
Christina Donlan
Dunlan
Missoula
Coeur d’Alene
Flathead
Missoula Crowds Registered for Flathead Lands
About 1,000 homeseekers arrived in Missoula Montana today to register for Flathead reservation lands and as many as 3,000 are expected by tomorrow night. Five dozen government notaries will aid the operation as lodging runs scarce and tents may be needed. Interstate travel continues to swell the flow to Kalispell where another registration office exists.
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Missoula
Mont
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Kalispell
Flathead
Harriman Expected to authorize $18 million Electrification Plan
Awalts Harriman reports that orders totaling 18 million dollars for electrifying the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific will be placed once a cable authorization from E. H. Harriman is received. The plan follows years of study amid steep grades heavy snowfall and many snowbeds and tunnels that hampered steam locomotives.
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Harriman
New York
Sacramento
Southern Pacific Railway
E. H. Harriman
Spanish Troops Shell Tribesmen Near Atala Yon
Madrid reports from Melilla that Spanish troops at Atala Yon shelled tribesmen preparing to attack Decrces. Several tribesmen were killed or wounded as the clash continued.
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Madrid
Melilla Saya
Atalayon
Decrces
Tariff Conference Committee Faces Lumber Debate
Washington July 16 report that the conference panel drafting the tariff bill shows limited lumber interests among its Republicans and no direct lumber tariff ties among Senate conferees. House members push to cut rough lumber duties from the Payne bill rate, arguing the House rejected a free lumber amendment and will not accept $1.50 per 1000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Conference
House
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Burrowa
Michigan
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Hale
Maine
Custom
Illinois
Burrows
Payne
New York
Dalzell
McCall
Massachusetts
Boutell
Ilinois
Calderhead
Kansas
Fordney
Corea Accepts Change In Transfer Of Judicial Authority
Seoul reports quiet acceptance of a new Japan Corea agreement transferring Corean judicial authority to Japan. Clarification shows court guards not to be discharged but placed under the emperor's aide-de-camp. Authorities believe the convention was signed July 12 and may also affect Corean prison control.
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Seoul
Japan
Corea
Te Corean War Office
Corean
Earthquake Devastates Elis Province in Greece
A violent earthquake struck Southern Greece with heavy loss of life and damage. Reports from Athens say Pyrgos and surrounding villages were destroyed. casualties at one village include about twenty dead and one hundred injured, with further suffering expected as details come in.
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Athens
Greece
Elis
Pyrgos
London
Convention Rates Open West of Missouri River
Reduced passenger fares to Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha and St Joseph will be available this summer from all states west of the Missouri river due to a decision by leading Western railroads. A fare and a half for the round trip will apply from points west of the river previously granted for conventions.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Irani Royalists Offer Surrender Ends Cossack Conflict
In Teheran on July 16 the Royalist forces signal readiness to bow to Nationalist supremacy. The Russian secretary proposed surrender terms asking Nationalists to halt attacks on the Cossacks and allow continued service under a future Persian government with guaranteed safety.
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Teheran
Building Collapse in Philadelphia Kills Seven
A five story brick building at Eleventh and Market streets collapsed during remodeling. Seven men died, one was fatally injured, and 24 were seriously hurt. one man is missing as the girders gave way and the structure crashed in the business district.
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Philadelphia
Eleventh and
Market Streets
Washoe Smelter to Employ American Labor First
E. P. Matthewson superintendent of the Washoe Smelter announces a policy to hire American labor before alien labor. He also states the company store system has been abandoned in Anaconda.
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Butte
Mont
E. P. Matthewson
Washoe Smelter
Government weighing massive Umatilla irrigation project
Chief Engineer A. Davis and D. C. Henry of the Reclamation Service said tests and a full investigation are underway for a proposed 60 000 acre irrigation scheme in western Umatilla County. The plan, linked to Hermiston, would create a large reservoir to store Butter Creek and Umatilla River surplus water. The project is among about a dozen Oregon schemes under review with feasibility dependent on funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Reclamation Service
A. ¥. Davis
D. C. Henry
Northwest
Oregon
Umatilla
Hermiston
Butter Creek
Blight Threatens Douglas County Pear Orchards
County court appoints two fruit inspectors F A McFall and B E Whitney to combat a gum exuding pear blight spreading from Rogue River valley to Umpqua area. District Horticultural Commissioner A H Carson recommended the hires after explaining the blight cannot be prevented by spraying and must be burned out on discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseburg
A. H. Carson
Granta TE
Low County
F. A. McFall
City
BE. F. Whitney
Oakland
Middle Western
Pacific Coast
California
Rogue River Valley
Oregon
O’gara
White
Umpqua
Roeburg Inston
Tnese
Carson
Oregon exhibit pieces to be moved to Salem fair
Oregon commissioners plan to relocate almost all of the Seattle exhibit from the A Y P exposition to Salem to form a permanent part of the Oregon state fair. The move would preserve two thirds of the $100000 display and cost about $10000. Governor Benson may urge a legislative plan to transfer the interior decorations and paneled Oregon building to the state university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Oregon Building
Oregon
The
State University
Ontario citizens form independent telephone company
At a called meeting of On serie citizens an independent telephone pany was organized for 10000 dollars. Bell moved its toll station to Payette Idaho and locals subscribed several thousand dollars to a new company. Boise Independent members will be stockholders. nearly every Ontario citizen is a stockholder. Officers and directors were elected and a bylaws committee was named to file incorporation papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Phone Company
Ontario
Onserie
Bell Company
Payette
Idaho
Boise Independent Company
Electric Railway Franchise Granted for Rogue River Valley
Jackson County Light and Power wins a county court grant to erect electric light poles along highways in select townships and to build an electric railway to traverse the Rogue River valley for light heat and motive power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogue
Jacksonville
Jackson County Light & Power Company
Jackson County
Rogue River Valley
Sumpter Extension Work Announced to Start at Once
The railroad commission reports initiation of construction on the Sumpter Valley extension from Austin to Prairie City with a rush. The line issues a new tariff allowing mixed car shipments of flour salt and sugar with a 30 000 pound minimum weight.
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Sumpter
Salem
Railroad Commission
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Austin
Prairie City
Sumpter Valley
Ramos Defends Alfalfa Farm in River Dam Dispute
Echo-Joe Ramos is defendant in an injunction against dam construction one mile upriver from Echo. Henrietta Milling Company seeks to stop the dam above its headgates while courts determine water rights on the Umatilla River at this location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Joe Ramos
Henrietta Milling Company
Ramos
Umatilla
Wil lard Case Lumber Plant to Move to Kalama
The Wil lard Case Lumber company closes its big plant here and will move after finishing a small planing lot. Officials plan to raft logs from this location to Kalama due to a legal tangle with local parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainier
Willard Case Lumber Company
Kalama
Dufur Farmers Organize in Oregon
Articles of incorporation for the Farmers Union Warehouse Company of Dufur filed with the county clerk by Theodore Buskuh Lester D. Kelly and Alex Strachan. Capital stock set at 4000 dollars divided into 800 shares of five dollars each. Head s of the company will be at
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Dufur
Dalles
Farmers’ Union Warehouse Company
Theodore Buskuh
Lester D. Kelly
Kingsley
Alex Strachan
Vale selects delegates to irrigation congress Spokane
Vale Commercial club president C. C. Thomas and First National Bank cashier J. P. Dunniway have been chosen as Vale delegates to the irrigation congress in Spokane this month. They will advocate for the Malheur irrigation project amid ongoing debate over private versus government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irrigation Congress
Vale
C. C. Thomas
Vale Commercial Club
J. P. Dunniway
First National Bank
Spokane
Malheur
Malheur County
Ballinger
Cross Ties for Panama Road Aids Panama RR
Portland lumbermen may bid on 150000 cross ties for Panama railroad construction. E Gilmer of the chamber of commerce says the railroad commission seeks bids for delivery at Colin or the Port of Ancon as work is expected to move quickly.
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Portland
Oregon
E. ©. Gilmer
Chamber of Commerce
The
Railroad Commission
Colin
Ancon
Wallowa Names Potter as County Fruit Inspector
Wallowa Ford C Potter has been appointed fruit inspector for the county by the County court. Potter comes with wide experience in fruit and berry culture and is thoroughly conversant with various fruit pests. His services will benefit local fruit raisers in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallowa
Ford C. Potter
Potter
Portland Market Prices from Wheat to Wool and Hogs
Portland area market prices list Wheat Bluestem and other grains at $1.17 for club, Corn per ton $37 cracked $28, Oats and hay prices across Willamette and Eastern Oregon, fruits and berries with crates and per pound rates, butter eggs poultry pork veal and wool values, cattle ranges by grade, Hogs and sheep values, and miscellaneous totals with numerous OCR errors in units and spellings.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Oregon Ranch
Genesis Valley
Cushman Honored as Many Pay Last Respects in Tacoma
Thousands attended the funeral of Congressman Francis W. Cushman in Tacoma. The body lay in state at the armory from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. floral tributes from Point Defiance Park and major groups marked the service. Ex Senator John L Wilson delivered remarks and Masonic rites concluded the cemetery ceremony as public offices closed briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Francis W. Cushman
Point Defance Park
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Elke
Knights Lanes National Union
Grand Army the Line
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Alfred W. Martin
Cushman
United States
John L Wilson
Tennyson
Armory
Knights Templars
Masons
Troop B
National Guard
Bethmann Hollweg Named Imperial Chancellor Likely
Berlin July 14. Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg is practically chosen as Prince von Buelow’s successor and will be recommended to the emperor. He is vice chancellor and minister of the interior, a college friend of the emperor, aged 55 of Jewish origin. The Reichstag approved civil servant salary increases, he read the emperor’s message, and the session adjourned for autumn. Socialists sat and then left while others cheered the emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Prince von Buelow
von Bethmann Hollweg
Hoe
Reichatag
William
Two Peaks Sink In Behring Sea Mystery
Washington reports dramatic Behring Sea changes after a government party notes destruction of two peaks and the transformation of a bay into a lake. Perry Peak and McCulloch Peak vanished, a lagoon closed to form a warm saltwater lake, and two new small islands appeared with one emitting steam, likely from earthquakes and volcanoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Behring Sea
Treasury Department
Commandant Ross
Revenue Cutter Service
Revenue Cutter
Perry
Bogoslof
Perry Peak
McCulloch Peak
Contractors gather as Lolo pass line bids expected
Missoula Montana July 14 Chief Engineer W L Darling of the Northern Pacific arrived by water and will depart for Spokane tonight. He travels with several contractors who have worked on the road. Reports say bids for the Lolo pass toll line between Missoula and the coast will be opened in Spokane soon and contracts awarded there with rapid work planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
W. L. Darling
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Rad
Lolo Pass Cutoll
Comat
Record Flight Made Orleans Flight From Etampes
On July 14 M Bleriot landed at Cherilly after flying 26 miles from Etampes in 66 minutes and 10 seconds including an 11 minute stop. The average altitude was 100 feet and the Etampes to Chevilly leg met a six hour limit with no ruling against landing. Bleriot won a 2800 dollar prize. Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota announced three operations for illness.
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Orleans
France
M. Bleriot
Chevilly
Etampes
Earthquake Devastates Greek Province Haver Area
A powerful earthquake in the Greek province near Haver destroys homes in villages. 800 killed or wounded, rivers flood, and churches and farms suffer. Shocks reach Malaman and Tri Havari. Ponbloti reports severe damage and injuries.
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London
Athery
Bia
Greece
Haver
Malaman
Tri Havari
Ponbloti
Wartime anxiety grips London as warships anchor on Thames
London readers report a tense mood as British warships anchor along the Thames from Watts Bridge toward central London. Officials speak of naval strength and concern over Germany's aggression and Britain's defenses. The article notes alarm among elites and the public about national security and the risk to liberty and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thames
Watts Bridge
Germany
Onnads
Admiralty
Rich Woman Smuggled Goods In Double Bottom Trunk
New York reports a federal case in New Jersey charging Fremont Chesbro owner of the Je Bro Coastwise line with smuggling. A discovery showed a double bottom trunk aboard the Wilhelm II last May containing apparel and a pearl necklace valued at $23, claimed not to be Chesbro’s but turned to customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fremont Chesbro
Boston
United States
Chesbro
Big Muddy Rises Agee St Louis
River rises and storms spark levee fears as Cahokia residents worry over flood risk. Regulators monitor waves and embankments while farmland erosion threatens surrounding acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fragmentary Honolulu note mentions installation of equipment
An unreadable Honolulu fragment references a fortager head point and a factory and mentions installation of equipment yesterday. The readable bits indicate a supervision role and a placeholder about a captain or captain plat department without clear names or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Joly Vithan
Plat
Shah Ailes Free July Ye Crowds Stir Global News
Fragmented text describes international figures and crowds amid shifts in leadership and national factions. Mentions Mohammed All, Mujtebide, Kaiser, and Russian summer context with military and radio reports cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Shah
Perek
Mireza
Mujtebide
Nationaliat
Mohammed
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National Association of Billposters
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Association
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von Buelow
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Hill Contractors
Vohneen Til
St. Paul
John A. Johnson
Sohanen
Eppesdisiia
Kaiser
Bealin
Awit Ia
Tod Ae
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