Golden Spike Drive Signals New North Bank Era
In Vancouver Washington 500 spectators traveled 50 miles to Sheridan's Point where the golden spike completed the North Bank road. The ceremony linked Inland Empire with seaboard cities with speeches by E. E. Beard Mayor Green and George Himes as the spike was driven. The line from Vancouver to Paseo will open next Monday and full Portland Spokane operation is aimed for year end with bridges over the Columbia and Willamette nearing completion.
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Vancouver
Wash
North Bank Road
Sheridan's Point
Stevenson
Waeh
Pacific Coast
Columbia River
Lyle
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
George Himes
Oregon Historical Society
New Road
Charlee H. Carey
Portland
Judge Carey
Mayor Green
George H. Himes
Forest
H. Fairchild
Governor Mead
Washington
C. T. Giezentanner
Pasco Express
H. M. Adams
New Line
Major McGrachlin
United States Army
Rchard Porter
Porter Bros. & Welch
James P. Stapleton
N. D. Miller
Paseo
Pasco
Spokane
Next Jane
Columbia
Willamette Rivers
Los Angeles & San Francisco Short Line Railroad Incorporation
Articles of incorporation filed in Los Angeles show a 2 million dollar capital for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Short Line Railroad to build a line to San Francisco, cutting nearly 100 miles from existing routes. The line has been surveyed and Eastern capitalists are said to back the project. no connection with the Western Pacific is planned.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco Short Line Railroad Company
San Francisco
Western Pacific
China Japan talks on Tateo Maru arms seizure
Pekin March 12. Negotiations over the Tateo Maru dispute proceed with China offering a compromise: Japan must halt arms shipments to China before entry of arms and ammunition into Chinese territory. Japan appears firm in rejecting any shift in stance.
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Pekin
China
Japan
Vna
Plague Cases Reported in San Francisco
Plague cases surface in San Francisco on March 12 with two victims identified. One case is well defined while the other remains doubtful, and authorities isolate patients to prevent further spread and infection from the disease.
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San Francisco
Innocent Purchasers Amendment Clears Railroads, Judge Finds Joker
Washington March 13 At today's meeting of the house public lands committee cross questioning showed the proposed innocent purchasers amendment would protect the Oregon and California railroad land sales and shield the railroad company from government suits. Townsend noted transfers from 1870 and 1887 mortgage pledges that would be safeguarded, with no proposed amendment limiting beneficiaries.
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Washington
House Public Lands Committee
Oregon
California
B. D. Townsend
Department of Justice
Townsend
Senate
Eberline
Southern Pacific
L. E. Payson
Eastern
Harriman
Rich
New York
Oregon & California Company
East Side Co
Oregon & California Co
West Side
Union Trust Co
Mrs Roosevelt attends inter national welfare congress
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt attends the first inter national congress on the welfare of the child in Washington under the National Mothers' Congress. She is greeted warmly by Mrs Schoff and accompanied by Mrs Cowles and Miss Hagner, underscoring the Roosevelt family ties and support for the movement.
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Washington
First Lady
First Inter- National Congress
National Mothers’ Congress
Roosevelt
Mothers’ Society
Cowles
Admiral Cowles
Miss Hagner
Mrs. Roosevelt
Schoff
Philadelphia
The
Mothers’ Congress
President Roosevelt
Maryland Captains Award Best Showing by Battleship Fleet
Mare Inland Cal March 13 It is learned here that the o rieer Maryland Captain Chauncey Thomas will be awarded the trophy for the best showing made by battleship claga veerela during the recent practice at Magdalena hay All ships of this claga made a better showing than at target practice on the Eastern coast the Maryland far distancing all others In practice with six inch guns the St Loma made the highest average with the Maryland and Charleston making a second record with a tie.
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Pacific Finet. Mare Inland
Cal
Maryland
Chauncey Thomas
Claga Veerela
Magdalena Hay
St Loma
Charleston
Striking Austrian Workers Rally Over Bonus in East Helena
In East Helena Montana Austrian employees struck after being denied a dividend bonus during the shut down. They attacked and rode the midnight lift as work resumed. Sheriff Shoemaker arrested five ringleaders for disruption.
Chicago Closes School Firetraps
The S J Agnes school upper floors were closed by the building commissioner due to fire ordinance violations. Other buildings were found to be in a condition that endangered occupants.
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Chicago
S J. Agnes School
Dipping Declared Unnecessary as Oregon Sheep Free of Scab
At a called board meeting in Oregon the annual spring dipping was deemed unnecessary amid broad claims of near elimination of sheep scab. Lytle and McClure report few winter cases, with Umatilla County now free of scab. Railroads must notify for inspection. a bounty law is favored to protect the industry.
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Pendleoton
Board of Sheep Commissioners
Lytle
8. W. McClure
Bureau of Animal Industry
Willamette Valley
Umatilla County
Oregon
Courly
T. F. Boylen
Denver
W. H. Steuslef
Salem
Walnut club to plant 50 pistachio trees from Chico farm
McMinnville reports the Walnut club received 50 pistachio nut trees from the government experimental farm at Chico California via secretary W H Latourette. The club hopes Willamette valley climate will support successful growth and expand local husk and confectionery uses. Also notes prior olive and almond plantings and promising fig potential here.
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Walnut Club
California
Oregon Supreme Court Appeal in Initiative Case
Portland residents await the Pacific States Telephone and Sunset Telephone challenge as Judge Cleland sustains the demurrer in the probate matter. Notice of appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court at Salem is filed, with anticipated U S Supreme Court review, expecting a state ruling against the company.
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Portland
Oregon
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Sunset Telephone Company
United States
Cleland
Circuit Court
Pacific States Company
Supreme Court
Salem
United States Supreme Court
Oregon Court
Burros Arrive From El Paso for Mining Pack Use
Grante are Eight six burros or jacks for packing miners supplies into the hills have been received here by E. R. Stewart and George Reed. The animals came from El Paso Texas after a 14 day road journey. One group endured 90 hours without water in Arizona. They are described as safe reliable strong and well suited for pack duty in brush and mountains.
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Grante
E. R. Stewart
George Reed
el Paso
Texas
Arizona
Westbound trains crowded by colonial travel to the Coast
Baker City reports heavy east and middle state colonist traffic. Regular trains are full so extra sections run westbound. A 16 coach train often passes through Baker en route to the Coast. Railroads have equalized rates to Wortland and other Coast points, encouraging colonists to travel via the Coast at no extra cost.
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Baker City
Middle States
Baker
Wortland
Oregon Pointe
Hgh Rates Complaint Against Railroads Over Citrus Prices
H Gile & Co of this city complained to the railroad commission that Southern Pacific raised citrus rates from San Francisco 40 to 69 cents and from Portland 16 to 25 cents, and sweet potatoes from 10 to 19 cents. They say the hikes have ruined their California citrus trade.
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Salem
Rai Road Commission
H . Gile & Co
Southern Pacific Company
Portland
Gile & Co
California
Lumber firm rep returns to Klamath Falls to lease lands
Klamath Falls J F Kinlw local representative of Weverlmenger Lumber Co has come back from Lakeview where he spent weeks leasing company lands in Lake County for grazing. He will now lease lands in Klamath County with priority given to cattle and sheep men.
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Klamath Falls
J F. Kinlw
Weverlmenger Lumber Company
Lakeview
Lake County
Klamath County
Klamath Chamber Seeks Basin Survey At No Cost
The Klamath Chamber of Commerce plans a sole survey of the Klamath basin with comprehensive plates and maps showing soil quality topography and crop suitability. No charges will be made to the locality for the surveys or maps.
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Klamath Falle
Klamath
Idaho families seek homes in La Grande valley
About 25 Idaho families arrive in La Grande this week aiming to secure valley homes. A local real estate firm has recruited agents in Idaho and the Middle West during the past winter to assist in the move.
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LaGrande
Idaho
la Grande
Middle West
Oregon Eastern railroad survey maps filed in Malheur Harney counties
Burns P A Worthington representing the Oregon Eastern railroad appears at the United States land office to file amended railroad survey and location maps through Malheur and Harney counties. Though he claims no knowledge of Harriman company plans, his presence stirs talk of early construction.
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Burns
P. A. Worthington
Oregon Eastern Railroad
United States Land Office
Malheur
Harney
Harriman Company
New City Council Sworn In
Newly elected council members were sworn in on Monday night. An investigation into the Irrigation system led to the ordering of a new steel flume across Bully Creek. The 48 inch diameter flume will provide a reliable water supply for the city’s needs.
Portland Market Prices Show Wide Range Across Goods
Portland markets list wheat and bluestem around 83, Burley feed at 26 per ton, oats 28 per ton, corn 32.50 to 33.60 cracked, hay various timothy clover and alfalfa values, apples 1 to 3 per box, cranberries 8 to 11 per barrel, vegetables with mixed per sack and per pound rates, butter 30 to 350 per eis, fowl and game prices including hens, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and squabs, veal and pork ranges, and beef and lamb notes for Eastern Oregon and valley regions with shrinkage and market variations.
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Oregon
Portland
Ave
Aneness
Packing Plant Planned for South Portland by Schwarnchild Firm
Schwarnchild and Soleberger, leading independent packers, seek a $1.6 million packing plant in South Portland on the Zimmerman site. If approved, a 10 000 cattle 25 000 hogs and 16 000 small stock weekly capacity plant will rise in about 14 months, with machinery ordered from the East and construction to start after permit.
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Portland
Schwarnchild & Soleberger
Neat Packers
United States
Zimmerman Packing Company
Zimmerman
Eohwirschild & Sulaberger
Zinhmerman
Navy officers fault battleship construction in hearings
Washington March 11 captains Winslow and Key charged serious defects in American battleship construction. They said ships leaving Hampton Roads were overdrift and attacked the Russian armament decision as unsafe. Key clashed with other testimony and was limited to ship components in a confidential executive session.
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Washington
C. Mer. Winslow
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
A. L. Key
Roosevelt
Enid
Evans
Hampton Roads
Korestvensky
Commander Key
Tie
Capps
Key
Ebipa
Coroner cites overheated pipes in Collinwood fire
Cleveland expert Coroner Burke declares the lives of Collinswood children were lost to a deadly blaze caused by overheated pipes placed near wood. He plans careful review before naming blame as investigators recover another body, bringing the death toll to 166.
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Cleveland, O
Collinwood Scholare
Burke
Wanted Drawings Made
Ely Nev March 11 A Japanese was arrested at Riepetown near the city after a struggle. Clinton an expert draftsman was approached in a saloon by the Japanese who asked him to accompany to San Francisco to obtain drawings of fortifications promising payment. Clinton refused and held on to the Japanese until officers arrived. The Japanese is jailed.
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Ely
Nev
Riepetown
Clinton
San Francisco
Fire destroys brick building. New York blaze injures many
A large fire in New York early today injured many firemen and threatened several blocks. The blaze leveled the Sears Roebuck Co building at 34 West Fifteenth Street and damaged adjoining structures. Estimated loss reached $200,000 as crews fought the flames for hours.
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New York
Saeacer
West Fighteent Street
Thehig Riegel-Cooper
Arsa
Dynamite Car Explosion Shakes Buford Wyoming
A News special from Buford Wyoming reports a dynamite car exploded at night from an unknown mine. It wrecked several frame houses and destroyed freight cars, but no one was killed or injured.
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Denver
Cole
Buford
Wyo
Ag Fur Ae
Battleship Fleet to Visit Philippines and Australia
Admiral Evans plans a Pacific voyage for San Francisco built battleships to Melbourne Sydney and the Philippines. The force sails after May from San Francisco and returns via Puget Sound with coal loading and a grand review anticipated. High command and Metcalf discuss future movements with Australia and Britain’s alliance noted in the plan.
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Washington
Evans
San Francisco
Melbourne
Lin
Philippines
New York
Metcalfa
San Francino
Hawaii
Emil
Sydney
Bryce
Puget
Merch
Sir Alfred
Davies
Fox
Three Protected Cruisers Face Trouble in Channel Run
In a San Francisco run from Magdalena Bay the flagship veered and the trio of cruisers including Louis and Milwaukee fell behind in a critical eight hour endurance test. The fleet entered the channel smoothly for hours before a sudden misfortune disrupted the effort.
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Worshipe Haven
San Francisco
March
Char Louis
Milwaukee
Magdalena Bay i
Cveat
Bante Channel
Soa
Arrival of Milw Louis protected cruisers with Bremerton fleet
Unclear wording indicates protected cruisers Milw Louis attached to Burne's fleet arriving today and to be placed out of service after a fee at Bremerton navy yard. The note mentions one line officer and some engineers reassigned, with details garbled.
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San Francisco
March
Louis
Burne
Bremerton Navy
Airipa
Unclear Navy Remarks Surface in Baltic Conflict Report
Fragmentary report notes naval critics in Germany and Britain discuss a displayed American battleship under Evans command. The text mentions days without a ship and pro material concerns amid wartime tensions.
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Germany
Berlin
Evans
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Steverson
Old Block House
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McMinnville
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Philip Fae
de Pan
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