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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1904
Page
3
A sweeping prairie fire in Nebraska has killed Cleon a farmer and two others, with several missing. Firefighters from Loomis and other towns battle advancing flames that threaten 200 miles of prairie toward the Platte River as towns brace for further losses and damage.
Elaborate preparations show plans to land troops through the country as Japanese forces in Corea face supply difficulties. Ping Yang and Miskokak range are key positions with a major effort to defend Yang valley, while reports note dysentery and casualties among Japanese cavalry amid efforts to hold strategic areas.
St Petersburg dispatch notes government circles expect the outcome of the initial land combat to determine whether Sonn seabsorve neutrality. A Russian victory could secure Celestial empire acquiescence, while a Japanese success risks shifts in Chinese policy toward foreigners.
A late afternoon storm ripped through Higgineville Missouri with wind and hail in a narrow two block path. Fifty buildings were partly wrecked and a grocer store damaged. Dozens of trees were toppled and horses killed while streets flooded as darkness fell. One clerk, John Dolphen, was mortally injured in the chaos.
Petereberg March 13. Vice Admiral Materehea reports the Peregecth foundered in a naval engagement after a near-miss with a boat. The unit issued by a ship’s crew managed to stay afloat as the action unfolded. The archbishop of Bt. has sent an icon to the tor-
Midshipman Prem V of Washington and three other names from Seattle Hoquiam Walla Walla are listed by representatives Humphrey Jones and Ouchman for appointment or mention.
The Timber Land Act notices show Louis Kerl of Salem and an unnamed applicant filing sworn statements with the Roseburg and Oregon Land Offices. The notices invite adverse claimants to file within the specified period and name witnesses from Salem and nearby areas.
A damaged notice outlines a timber land act from June 3 last year. It invites all claimants to present their claims and certificates before a specified date to satisfy the act. The fragmentary text identifies the purpose as easing access to timber lands and references timely filing.
Notices detail sworn statements filed by John Askelson and Alexander Karr for timber land purchases in Marion County Oregon. They announce hearings before the Roseburg office and list witnesses, filing numbers, and January 15 1904 deadlines for adverse claimants to respond.
Notices record sworn statements seeking timber land purchases in Roseburg Oregon with claims by Morris Johnson and Anna Prom. Observed are dates around December 1908 and witnesses including Simon Wrooke Jacob Prom Wm McCrossen and J W Gardner. Public filing deadlines and official actions by J T Bridges Register are noted.
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