Electric line to run Pendleton to Irrigan via irrigation belt
Dr H W Coe announced a preliminary survey for an electric trolley line from Pendleton to Irrigan passing through Umatilla touching Echo Foster and Hermiston. The west end irrigation lands under Furnish and other ditches are rapidly selling with immense settlement anticipated. Coe expects Pendleton to stay hub of county and reports plans to extend the line through Irrigan and irrigated lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Coe
Umatilla
Pendleton
Irrigan
H. W. Coe
Portland
Coe
West End
East Umatilla
Furnish-Coe
Furnish Ditch
Echo
Pendieton
Foster
Hermiston
DD. H. Rand
Heppner
R. R. Wood
Bones Sent to China From San Francisco Graves
Weasels and corpse agencies in San Francisco prepare bones of departed Chinese for shipment to China during spring. The annual graves excavation spreads to Pacific east towns with large oriental populations. Bodies are wired, labeled, and packed in caskets to meet beliefs that only complete skeletons reach paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific East
trans-Pacific Steamship Companies
China
Fish Stocking Deal Planned for Union County Streams
About 100000 fish will be received in Union county within 90 days for stocking the mountain streams. Eastern Oregon Fish and Game association members were notified that the shipment is imminent and the recipients must be ready to plant the fry immediately upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Eastern Oregon Fish and Game Association
Preston stock sells at auction for 3000
W H Bean buys Teutsch Preston mercantile stock for 3000 dollars at auction. Charles Bean bids in for his brother and will run the business. Teutsch Preston stock valued at 9229.58, selling for less than a third. Creditors to receive dividends later. one new claim for 100 dollars noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Idaho
Teutsch Mercantile
W. H. Bean
Charles Bean
Charles Ean
Teutsch Preston
T. C. Taylor
Taylor
Lae Teutach
Pendleton
Democrats Plan Delegates for Portland State Convention
Will Moore, chairman of the Democratic central committee, calls a meeting next Tuesday to set procedures for selecting delegates to the Democratic state convention in Portland on June 9. Oregon has eight national convention delegates. Umatilla County also holds eight delegates in the state convention, with the Tuesday meeting to decide the selection method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Moore
Democratic Central Committee
Portland
Oregon
Umatilla County
Central Committee
John Johnson Enters the Race Amid Interloper Claims
Chicago April 16 John Johnson reacts to Bryan representative Willis Abbott claims that Johnson is an interloper. Governor Johnson says he will fight for the presidential nomination and that his candidacy is now in, despite initial reluctance. He adds he was urged by friends and Democrats nationwide to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Johnson
Minnesota
Chicago
Willis J. Abbott
Washington
New York Bryan Faction Withdraws After Endorsement Failure
In New York on April 15 the Bryan followers withdrew from the fight after the resolutions committee failed to endorse his candidacy. A Bryan statement cited lack of harmony as a reason to avoid new disputes. It was presumed Bryan sent a message to halt adherents in exchange for a pledge not to enforce the unit rule at Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Resolutions Committee
Bryan
Denver
New Rokgts Criticizes Chicago Convention Facilities
Chicago April 11 Chairman Harry New of the Republican National Committee criticized Chicago for its convention facilities. He said Chicago should not have been chosen, citing promised space for 14 000 people while claiming only 11 000 could be seated. He offered a cash bonus to any man who could seat more than 11 000 in the exhibit hall in the best building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry New
Republican National Committee
Collectim Watch
Roosevelt named chancellor of Carnegie endowment university
Portland reports Roosevelt as chancellor of a university Carnegie endows with 25 million dollars. A Washington correspondent relays that the endowment comes with high credibility from a source. Secretary Root allegedly urged Carnegie to endow the project. The plan envisions a year abroad for the president before returning to organize the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Boeing Journal
Washington
Root
Carnegie
Dam Break Flood Destroys Craig Area In Montana
Helena April 16 Dispatches report a dam break at Hauser Lake causing a 70 foot high wall of water. Great Falls and northern Montana towns face widespread destruction with Craig under 20 feet of floodwater and 400 residents fleeing to hills. Estimated losses reach 600000 plus livestock, while the dam power house survives and a 300 foot dam breach drains a 22 square mile lake.
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Craig
Great Falls
Helena
Cascade
Haueer Lake
Montana
Lewis and Clark County
Houser Lake
Navy Parade Draws San Diego Crowds in 1917 Show
San Diego residents turned out in vast numbers to greet arriving sailors and marines as a parade formed from Spreckels Wharf. Under Captain Schroeder of the Virginia the bluejackets landed by boat and joined veterans and a National Guard regiment for a celebratory march along Coronado shores. The night prior and the morning brought throngs of civilians in cafes and streets, all excited by the naval display and wartime fervor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
San Diego
Coronado
Schroeder
Virginia
Spreckies' Wharf
Wall of water forces dam blast plan at Great Falls
Butte reports a flood crest expected at 4 pm as engineers weigh blowing up the Great Falls dam to save the city. Craig waters 28 feet above normal threaten Cascade and mining towns. communications between Helena and Great Falls cut. One man drowned at Great Falls while sounding above the dam.
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Butte
Great Falls
Craig
Here
Cascade
Helena
Great Falla
Apple Land Sells for 26000 in Grant's Pass
Josephine county orchard lands rise in value as final papers confirm transfer of the Applegate river fruit farm from Consul General H B Miller to H S Buck for 26000 dollars. Buck paid 21000 a month earlier, the property irrigated by a river canal and famed for Orient shipments. Miller, now stationed at Yokohama, previously served in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant's Pass
Ore
Josephine County
Applegate River
H. B. Miller
H. 8 Buck
California
Applegate
Orient
Miller
Yokohama
China
Assistant Principal Named for Athena Schools
Assistant Principal for Athena C W Laughridee, a Weston Normal School graduate, has been engaged as principal assistant. He will replace J H E Scott who will take up school work for the government in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
C. W. Laughridee
Weston Normal School
J. H. EB. Scott
Philippines
Sailors Stranded As San Diego Lacks Overnight Shelter
About 300 sailors from the battle fleet on shore leave wandered the streets all night in San Diego after discovering there were insufficient sleeping accommodations. The entertainment committee had planned for visitors but overlooked sailors staying ashore, prompting questions about what to do as 6000 sailors may come ashore tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Committee On Entertainment
Congress Settles Adjournment Date For May Fifteenth
Washington reports Congress will adjourn on May 15 after a brief conference with the president. The date shift from May 9 allows the congress of governors meeting here on May 15 to discuss conservation of national resources. In a separate vote the plan for four new battleships was defeated, with further balloting to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washingon
Watson
Congress of Governors
Conservation of Nations
Acsaion
Washington
Stanford Mass Footnote Upholds 41 Suspended Students
In a memorial edition the Stanford Sequoia supports 41 Stanford men suspended by the student affairs committee for protesting methods of the committee. The magazine sympathizes with those whose characters were assailed and praises those who fought for justice, apologized for minor offenses, or joined the protest against what they call a narrow minded committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Stanford Sequoia
College Magazine
Today
Christianity's Crisis Examines Faith Decline in Heart of Belief
Chicago April 15. George Burman Foster of the University of Chicago argues Christianity faces its gravest crisis, not from public controversy but a quiet battle within believers souls. He writes in the American Journal of Theology for April about the dying of the old faith and looming dissolution of churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Burman Foster
Divinity School
University of Chicago
American Journal of Theology
Echo Shipper Sends Heaviest Butter Creek Steers
J B Saylor shipped what is believed to be the heaviest fat steers ever sent from Butter Creek, Echo. Ninety two head averaged 15 36 pounds sold at 4 90 per 100 to J L Cox of Tacoma and destined for Alaskan markets. The four carload shipment followed weeks of alfalfa fattening and drew crowds at the stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Saylor
Butter Creek
Echo
J. L. Cox
Pacific Coast Storage Company
Tacoma
Portland beats Los Angeles 7 to 0 in score report
Baseball scores from April 15 show Portland defeating Los Angeles 7 to 0 and San Francisco edging Oakland 1 to 0 in separate games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Portland
Oakland
San Francisco
Hermiston Case Heard in Affid Wait? No.
In the Hermiston district court this morning Yates vs Maxwell Irrigation Co. argued a motion to strike part of the complaint. Maxwell’s attorney R BR Johnson made the motion while F H Bartlett and J R Raley represented the plaintiff. Eugene to send a lab float to the Portland Rose show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermiston
Yates
Maxwell Irrigation Company
R. BR. Johnson
Maxwell Company
F. H. Bartlett
J. R. Raley
Eugene
Portland
Chicago Affinity Broker Sentenced for Matrimonial Bureau Fraud
Chicago on April 15 Marlon Gray an affinity broker was sentenced to one year in the house of correction by Judge Landis. She was convicted of using the U S malls to defraud in conducting a matrimonial bureau at Elgin Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marlon Gray
House of Correction
Landis
U. S
Elgin
Tillnois
Alfalfa Factory to Open at Echo Near Henrietta Mill
J E Murphy and Company of Portland plan an alfalfa meal plant at Echo to feed stock, using Henrietta flour mill power. The facility, valued at 25 000 to 50 000 dollars, will start this summer and employ eight to ten workers with a capacity of 600 tons per month. Murphy and Co will contract alfalfa at six dollars and sixty cents per ton for Echo deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E., Murphy and Company of
Portland
Echo
J. &. Murphy & Co
Henrietta
W. H. Daughtrey
Umatilla
Murphy & Co
Murphy
Soo Spokane Limited Service Announced by CPR
Canadian Pacific announces a new Soo Spokane Limited passenger service between St. Paul and Spokane starting April 22 with tickets at all O R and N stations. G M Jackson, CPR traveling passenger agent, says seven elegant trains costing about 100000 each will be sumptuously appointed and connect with CPR main line trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Jackson
Canadian Pacific Railway
la Grande
Canadian Pacific
Little Undeeded Land Found in Umatilla County
J T Williamson, La Grande abstract man, filed his report on undeeded and untaxed lands in Umatilla County after completing his survey for the county court. He found little such property, with exact totals pending list verification. Also reported from Portland is the death by suicide of A H Rennie, a flour mill owner from Hong Kong, who jumped into the bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Williamson
la Grande
Umatilla
Portland
A. H. Rennie
Hong Kong
Weston Normal strides to prominence under President French
President R C French of Weston Normal School said the institution is prospering more than ever and will secure necessary state funds. Since his tenure the school has risen from a lower tier to the leading school in the state, now with over 200 students enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. French
Weston Normal School
Oregon
French
Weeton Normal
Dass
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Bones
Teutsch
John Johnson
W. J. Bryan
NEW York Committee
OW National University
Hauser Lake
CAN Diegans
Navy Mad
Apple
Oaylor
St. Paul
Spokane
County Court
Weston Normal
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