Fourth of July Celebration at Prineville Bucking Con Horse Races
A 1912 Fourth of July program in Prineville features 17 events with $200 in prizes, including horse and foot races, sack and wheelbarrow contests, and a buck test. Saphir and D'Avernas owners contribute $10 prizes for top colts, while Rev. Carl Gilmer and the M E League will host music and readings at the Sweeting building. An all-day event ends with an evening rye program and free rest for visitors.
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Colonel Roosevelt Forms New Party
Theodore Roosevelt wins a presidential nomination on a new independent ticket as he defeats the Republican base at the national convention. He appeals to all factions to back the founders of the new party and vows to step aside if the movement selects another standard bearer.
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Local Wool Sales See Large Volume and Prices
Over 500000 pounds of wool sold in two days at an average above 16 cents per pound. Buyers from twelve outfits arrived on a special train and purchased Baldwin Sheep Company, Morrow and Keenan, and others, with C. H. Green taking the largest clips. The event included local hospitality and trout gifts, followed by wool storage sales in Metolius and Portland. A political note followed about a Roosevelt progressive party convention discussion led by Governor Johnson with a notable roster of speakers and attendees.
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Morrow & Keenan
Morrow & Vaughn
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Baldwin Sheep Company
Oregon
W. C. Wilkes
Hill Roads
A. W. Culp
Lyn Nichols
Lewis H. Irving
Crooked River
Metolius
Portland
Gulp's System of Fishing Discovered on Deschutes
A. W. Culp of Madras, famed long distance angler, supposedly demonstrated a rope towing method in the Deschutes. Witnesses describe him wading far out to lure large fish, then being hauled ashore by his sons as the roped line tightened, a stunt praised as a secret of successful fishing.
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Culp
Taft Nominated on First Ballot at Republican Convention
The Chicago fifteenth Republican National Convention renominated President Taft and Vice President Sherman after a bitter factional fight with Roosevelt supporters. Taft won the first-ballot renomination with 661 votes to Roosevelt’s 107, while Sherman led the vice presidential tally. The session, marked by clashes over contested delegates and temporary organization, ended amid continued party divisions.
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Delegates Vote to Choose Their Own Presidential Nominee
June 26 Baltimore The progressive wing won a roll call to free delegates from unit voting and nominations loom. Clark led early, Wilson gains claimed, Bryan contested the process and accused the National Committee and eight men of elite control.
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Woodrow Wilson
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New Jersey
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Thomas Fortune Ryan
Madras Ball Club Wins Two Straight After Warmspring Win
The Madras ball club defeated Warmspring Indians 15 to 13 then routed Terrebonne 26 to 1. Four base hits helped, while Terrebonne’s erratic fielding allowed 13 runs on few hits. Prineville players Brewster and Ellis starred with solid defense.
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Fallbridge Hotel Expands as Road Traffic Grows
The Oregon Trunk and North Bank roads finished a twelve room hotel addition at Fallbridge with a new restaurant to serve rising Central Oregon traffic. Passenger flow has increased through spring and summer with heavier expected in fall. Attorney General Crawford visited Culver last weekend.
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Indian and Terrebonne Baseball Batteries Named
In the games against Prineville the battery for Indian was Shugert and Galloway while against Terrebonne the batteries were Baker and Brewster.
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Shugert and
Galloway
Terrebonne
Baker and Brewster
Union High School Proposal Gains Strong Support
Progress on establishing a Union High School shows nine nearby districts joining Madras district. A consolidated high school board will run the project with Madras covering first year expenses. Classes will start in the existing building after the August 8 election.
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