Local Growers Hold Clips as Sand Wool Prices Surge
Arlington woolgrower Pat Farley sold 18 000 pounds at 14 cents to Charles Green, nearly triple last year’s price due to cleaner sand wool and better conditions. Buyers estimate 500,000 to 1,000,000 pounds contracted in Baker County with many growers inclined to hold out for higher prices. Scoured wool may fetch 10 to 12 cents more than last year, complicating precise market outlook.
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Pat Farley
Arlington
Charles Green
Orégon
Pilot Rock
E. J Burke
Baker County
Heppner
Stanfield
Hinginbotham
Echo
Biker
Seaton
Columbia River
Pendleton
Fulton Declines Chinese Ministership
A telegram from Fulton of Oregon declining the ministership of China was received by President Taft today in Washington.
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Fulton
Washington
Oregon
China
Taft
Army to Buy Supplies in Seattle for Alaska Posts
Seattle April 16 orders from the department direct all quartermasters supplies for Alaska army posts Puget Sound artillery posts Fort Lawton and Wright to be purchased in Seattle rather than San Francisco.
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Seattle
Alaska
Puget Sound
Forte Lawlin
Wright
San Francisco
Lytle Candidate for Re election to State Sheep Post
A state board of sheep commissioners meeting in Portland on Saturday and Monday will consider the appointment of a state sheep inspector. Dr W H Lytle seeks reappointment with no known opposition or rival candidate. Attorney Dan P Smythe, secretary member of the commission, travels to Portland for the sessions. Other important business is expected at the annual meeting.
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State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Portland
W. H. Lytle
Lytle
Dan P. Smythe
Coast Artillery Reserve Mustered In At Tacoma
Tacoma April 16 A full company of coast artillery reserve was mustered in at the armory building with Lieutenant W Billison in command The first company to be organized on the Pacific coast this follows a War Department decision to place coast stations on a better war footing Each summer the company will spend ten days to two weeks at a Puget Sound fort for actual war practice.
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Tacoma
Coast Artillery Reserve
8. W. Billison
Pacific Coast
War Department
Puget Sound
Electric road to link Portland and Butte by line
Master Fish Warden of Oregon named president of a new company forming the Portland Butte and Baker City electric railroad. The three hundred mile line will run from Portland through Central Oregon and Idaho into Montana, with an initial thirty miles built at Portland. Surveys are under way in the Cascade mountains and over the John Day valley. two hundred thousand dollars are allocated for construction. Engineers will be sent out from Union and Portland on April 16.
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Oregon
Will Bull Electric
Portland
Butte
Montana
Interior
Aod
Idaho
Ferry Boats Collide in San Francisco Bay
San Francisco April 16 Perkeley the Southern Pacific ferry boat after leaving the Oakland slip this morning ran down Ferry Encinal tearing out the wheel house and cutting a hole in the forward part of the after deck Berkeley lost her starboard rail and part of her side Encinal was slowly moving when Berkeley loomed up and struck, both boats will be laid up for repairs for some time
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San Francisco
Perkeley
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Encinal
Berkeley
Chicago and Philadelphia in Swimming Match
Chicago, April 14. The water polo and swimming teams meet Pennsylvania tonight. The Illinoians hope to beat the Quakers at polo, but the prospects for the swimming events are not so roseate.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Illinoivans
Quakers
Enterprise Wool Sales Day Official Change
Official notice from Secretary Smythe of the state wool growers association announces a change in wool sales dates for Oregon. Elgin’s June 24 sale is removed and Enterprise July 11 is set as the first wool sale day in the Wallowa valley, reflecting railroad impact on freight.
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Oregon
Smythe
Wooalgrowers’ Associaton
C. L. Hartshorn
Wallowa
Elgin
Graft Scheme Dims After Timber Claim Scam in Walla Walla
In Walla Walla on April 16 a smooth graft game defrauded about two score residents. An agent claiming ties to a large corporation took $10 from each applicant for timber claims and promised later purchase of their assignments to dodge federal rules. Victims fear tarnished reputations and seek recourse as the con man fled with maps and claims data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Uncle Sam
Tederi
Washington
Fatal Fire in San Francisco Hundreds in Tenement Ruins
San Francisco April 18 six men dead and eight seriously injured as a fire destroys the Morgue tenement. Fifteen more believed trapped. four bodies recovered. The frame structure burned like tinder, trapping residents in narrow halls as firemen battled flames all day.
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San Francisco
Charles C. Cartwright
Salem
Oregon
Washington Owns Vast Timber Resources, Timberland Values Cited
Olympia April 16 The state of Washington owns about 49 million dollars worth of timber per an estimate by land commissioner E K Ross. Senator Pyles requested the figures for a debate in the senate on lumber tariffs. Ross notes 20 billion feet of common school lands remain uncut and valued at 40 million dollars. Twelve billion feet on granted lands are worth 18 million dollars.
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Olympia
State of Washington
E. K. Ross
Pyles
Senate
Ross
Washington
Harriman and Twill Warring at Lewiston
Spokesman April 16 reports a sharp contest for control in the Clearwater district at Lewiston Idaho. Harriman aligned with Milwaukee interests aims to oust Hill after eighteen months of planning. The proposed railroad lines from Vollmer to Craig and from Orofino to the Clearwater timber area link Mutte Missoula and Portland via the district.
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Spokine
Clearwater Territory
Lewiston
Idaho
Hill
Harriman
Milwaukee
Northwestern Lumber Company
Vollmer
Craig
Clearwater Lumber Company
Orofino
Clearwater Timber District
Nez Perce
Mutte and Missoula
Portland
Clearwater
Harvey Scott Named Future Mexican Ambassador
Washington reports Harvey Scott editor of the Portland Oregonian will be next American ambassador to Mexico, succeeding David F. Thompson. Official announcement delayed for several days, but the appointment appears on the diplomatic slate.
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Washington
Harvey Scout
The
Portland Oregonian
Mexico
David FE. Thompson
Fairbanks and family sail to Japan from San Francisco
Former Vice President Fairbanks his wife and daughter and Mrs Timmons sailed for Japan this afternoon. James G Hoffman agent for the OO R N at Pilot Rock has returned home after testifying before the grand jury in the liquor cases investigation.
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Fairbanks
Japan
San Francisco
Timmons
James G. Hoffman
Pilot Rock
Grand Jary
Pleads for Her Son Then Drowns Herself
In San Francisco on April 14 widow Mrs. Julia Eads, whose husband George Eads a sailor recently drowned in the bay, left a note asking for her five year old son’s care and then committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid followed by a gunshot.
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San Francisco
Julia Eads
George Eads
President Taft Returns to Washington in Mixed Travels
President Taft returned to the capitol today after a stay in New York. Mrs Taft remained in New York as the president continued his duties.
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Washington
Taft
Capitol
Mre
New York
Filipino is hanged in Walla Walla for killing deputy and boy
Juan Nicolaa, a Filipino, was hanged at 9 30 this morning in Walla Walla after confessing to killing James Brown who he mistook for a deputy sheriff. He then killed a Pullping boy seeking the boy's father. The execution followed a jealous rage linked to a Porto Rican man quarrel.
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Walla Walla
Juan Nicolaa
James Brown
Nicholas
Joyce
Fourteenth Cavalry
Porto Twern
Brown
Natond
Convict Buck Testimony Upheld in Hayes Cattle Case
Judge Bean ruled Melvin Buck's testimony admissible in the Hayes cattle stealing trial, despite Buck's prior conviction and current penitentiary sentence. The trial continued with a full courtroom today as the jury neared late afternoon deliberations, while no new indictments were returned and liquor-case inquiries linger.
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Bean
Col. Raley
Hayes
Hays
Melvin Buck
Seattle presents pistol to Mayor McClellan
New York April 16 On behalf of the Seattle automobile club M Robert Guggenheim of Seattle has presented Mayor McClellan of New York with a gold mounted revolver to fire the shot starting the ocean to ocean auto endurance race on June 1.
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New York
Seattle Automobile Club
M. Robert Guggenheim
Seattle
Mayor McClellan
Turks Massacre Armenians in Asia Minor Uprising
In Constantinople area on April 16, sixty Armenians, a German, and a British consul interpreter were killed at Aviana by fanatical Mohammedans amid a Christian uprising. The incident follows a revolt in Constantinople and provokes anticipated interference from Germany and England.
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Asia Minor
Constantinople
England
Germany
Battallions
Aviana
Turkish revolt nears Constantinople as troops advance
In Salonica on April 16 two battalions march on Constantinople to topple the new regime and install young Turks. Ahmed Riza, ex-president of parliament, arrives to organize a provisional government to be proclaimed. In Athens, Tewfik Pasha resigns as grand vizier as troops move toward Constantinople. Members of the new cabinet are expected to resign.
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Salonica
Constantinople
Ahmed Riza
Athens
Tewfik Pass
Grand Yieler
Turkey
Rioting Kills Two Americans in Adana and Spreading Violence
A cablegram from Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople reports two American deaths in Adana due to rioting. Homes were pillaged and burned as racial tensions flare across Asia Minor, with violence spreading slowly.
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Washington
Adana
Leishman
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Flour Price May Reach Ten Dollars a Barrel
Chicago April 16 mill managers from Pillsbury Washburn Washburn-Crosby Northwestern Consolidated Milling and others say no relief from high flour prices is seen and the price may hit ten dollars a barrel in a few weeks. wheat prospects worldwide blamed.
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Chicago
United States
Pillsbury, Washburn
Washburn-Crosty
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company
Poker Games Stopped After Run at Laer Chance Saloon
Wallace Idaho April 10 Sheriff John Moffatt of Shoshone county halted poker games for the first time since the Laer Chance saloon opened. This marked the last form of gambling still operating in the area.
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Wallace
Idaho
Taft Nominates Mary Ki Walker as Bandon Postmistress
Washington April 15 reports Taft has named Mary Ki Walker to be postmistress at Bandon Oregon, conveying a presidential nomination for the role in the coastal town.
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Bandon
Washington
Taft
Mary Ki. Walker
Oregon
Supreme Court Docket Sees Local Appeals From Umatilla Cases
A list of 33 cases slated for the upcoming term led by Elizabeth Taylor v Moses Taylor and the Zeuske case. Major Moorhone announces docketing in Grant, Crook, Union, Malheur, Gilliam and Wasco counties with many appeals from Umatilla. The term begins first Monday in May and may require a full week or more of sessions.
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Taylor
Zeuske
Lee Moorhone
Supreme Court
Oregon
Umatilla County
Elizabeth Taylor
Moses Taylor
Parr and Gaston
Washington Vs. Patten
Grant County
Napoleon Neal
Marks & Hicks
Ve. Miles Roach
W. G. Cozad
State of Oregon
A. M. Crawford
A. G
J. W. McCulloch
D. A
J. H. Miller
Errett Hicks
J. W. Weatherford
Crook County
Frank Menefee
Sam C. Smith
Geo
W. Barnes
J. K. Weatherford
Cnion County
J. E. Stevenson
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Arlington Sheepman
Electric Road
Gentral Oregon
San Francisco Bay
Philadelphia
Fie
W. F. Kruger
Twill
Harvey Scott
McClellan
Gristiang
Malheur County
State of
James Harvey
L. B. Teter
Geo. W. Hayes
County Court
Nick Stephenson
Ramsey & Oliver
the Nevada Ditch Co
Johnl. Rand
L. R. Webster
Canyon & Sand Hollow Ditch Co
Cross
W. H. Brooke
Ira E. Bigelow
Hart & Nichole
Ve. Columbia
Inwine
Wilton Hall
Khereth County
Hall
Pownde
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