Wheat set to reach high mark in Inland Empire
Market editor Hyman Cohen predicts 90 to 96 cent wheat in Pendleton, Walla Walla, and surrounding inland centers as Umatilla and Walla Walla counties head the banner districts. He notes no rain yet strong yields, fierce market competition, and advises selling near 94 cents to lock in profits. He toured Morrow, Umatilla, Gilliam, and Walla Walla counties and will travel to Echo after briefings with farmers and grain buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Inland Empire
Hyman H. Cohen
Oregon Dairy Journal
Mr. Cohen
East Oregonian
Cohen
Morrow
Gilliam
Umatia
Bleerain
Lee
Gill
Echo
Northwest
Weston Wheat Yields Reported By Local Growers
Weston correspondents list high wheat yields from area farms led by Mosey Taylor with 40 bushels per acre on a half section west of town, plus many 25 to 46 bushels per acre and hundreds to thousands of sacks from 40 to 165 acres. Barley yields run 60 to 75 bushels per acre as overall crop notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
F. C. Greer
H. BE
Turner
J. W
J. M. Price
G. de Graw
J. ©& Truner
J. N. York
McMorrin Place
George W. Stages
J. H. Coffman
Mosey Taylor
J. M. Banister
Yaquis Indians Massacre Three Mexican Families
Private advices report Yaqui Indians killed thirteen people at the Lampasse mine in Mexico and threaten to attack the Promontorio mine where survivors are in refuge. A letter to Pomontario superintendent A. D. McPhee confirms the July 24 massacre by Yaquis.
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el Paso
Texas
Lampasse
Mexico
Promontorio
A. D. McPhee
Pomontario
Austrian Army Scandal Stuns Vienna Premiers Son Alleges
Vienna Aug 6 Major Sturdzs son of the premier says Romanian army officers display immorality drunkenness extravagance and gambling. He cites discipline lacking and alleged public funds theft amid widespread fraud. He challenges Bturza to duels and has defeated seven opponents.
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Vienna
Sturdzgs
Bturza
Oregon woolgrowers claim were robbed this year
A Portland man claims Oregon woolgrowers lost about 696000 this year due to low prices at Miles City Montana auctions. He cites Montana clip prices 16 cents while Oregon averaged 12 cents, noting eastern Oregon counties bore the heaviest losses and urging tariff revision stake. He warns sales in Umatilla county worsened the outcome as first sales set the tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Oregonian
Miles City
Mont
Portland
Northwest
Montana
Umatilla
Queen Objects to Abruzzi Marriage Spurns Duke's Match
Queen Margherita at her palace near Stresa rejects the proposed marriage of the duke of Abruzzi to Katherine Plkins. She says she has no objection to the girl but insists the duke wed a European princess and hints at preferred matches. Intimate friends say if the couple persists the queen will disown them.
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Comp
Italy
Stresa
Margherita
Duke of
Abruzzi
Katherine Plkins
Parker Opens Bryan Campaign in Los Angeles
Judge Parker of New York launched the Bryan campaign in Los Angeles with a 2000 strong address praising Bryan and Kern. He accused the party in power for 50 years of protecting tariff interests and robbing the people, asserting the tariff enriches manufacturers and blocks reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Parker
New York
Bryan
Kern
Repaiiloon Party
National Committee
Carties Woman to License Counter
A Cincinnati dispatch reports in Newport Kentucky a legless woman and her companion, John B Rapp of Seattle Washington, obtained a marriage license after arriving by cab. The couple, wed by a local parson, attracted a crowd as the man lifted her onto the clerk’s counter during the licensing process.
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Newport
Hcense
John B. Rapp
Seate, Wash
Peart Ruppell
Portland
Ind
Cincinnati
New Turkish cabinet named to uphold the constitution
Constantinople August 6 The sultan announced a new Turkish cabinet with no reactionary members promising to uphold the new constitution The young Turks express rejoicing over the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Brown Becomes Supreme Chancellor of Knights of Pythias
Henry P. Brown of Clebourne Texas was today elected supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias without opposition in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Boston
Henry P. Brown
Clebourne
Texas
The
Knights of Pythias
Water deal eyed for 600 miners inches in Little Applegate
A Medford Southern Oregonian report says a Wednesday city council special meeting considered a 600 miner inches Little Applegate water offer from Sterling Mining. Roseburg's J Blakeley described a preliminary proposal with a detailed plan to follow, including a filtering plant and a pipe link to the city. The arrangement would transfer pipeline, reservoir and plant to city maintenance along with land rights. Fire crews battle extensive timber fires along the PendOreille river in Washington as forests burn and firefighters work to control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Mining Company
Southern Oregonian
Medford
J. (. Blakeley
Roseburg
Jacksonville
Little Applegate
Taft Attacked Guat System in Arbitration Debate
Taft criticized the court system at the Virginia Bar Association in Hot Springs Virginia arguing delays and high costs disadvantage the poor and favor wealthy litigants. He urged reform including mandatory reductions in court costs and fees to curb arbitration only among similarly situated parties.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Virginia Bar
Dourdis
Con- Tidenes
BRAKEMAN LOSES LEG IN TRAIN ACCIDENT NEAR STARBUCK
Prakeman Whallace of the Umatilla Starbuck freight fell under a train at 2 o clock this morning south of Starbuck. He lost one leg just below the knee and was not seriously injured. He was brought to Walla Walla hospital where doctors attended to his injuries and it is thought he will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prakeman Whallace
Umatilla-Starbuck
Starbuck
Walla Walla Hospital
Pursued by Devil Alleged: 18 Year Old Dies in San Francisco
William Letterin, 18, reportedly drank carbolic acid and died on a street corner. He left rambling notes to his mother about evil spirits pursuing him and feared being killed. He told his sister the demons would drown him in the bay and arranged pallbearers in a letter placed in an empty bottle found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Letterin
LetterIn
Ella
Walla Walla Interurban Driver Kills Farmer on Tracks
A Milton bound interurban car struck and killed C H Schnassee a farmer near Meador Park as he walked along the track. Deafness prevented him hearing warnings and the car dragged the body about ten feet after braking. His wife and daughter Clara were aboard the car. The death was instantaneous on a sharp curve near Whitman crossing.
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Walla
Walla Walla Tracton Company
Whs Recorder
C. H. Schnasgee
Meador Park
Schnasser
College Place
Whitman Crossing
Labor Bids to Oust Cannon in Quiet Union Drive
Labor forces plan a stealthy campaign to defeat Speaker Cannon in the district. AFL leaders have studied the race and may back a candidate favorable to unionism or even a labor lightweight to force Cannon to retire in Danville. Republican aides dismiss the threat, insisting Cannon remains secure unless he dies or quits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cannon
Danville
Gompers
Uncle Joe
Frozen man crawls 490 miles home in blizzard tale
J T Thompson limped from Nome aboard the Crook, recounting a three day blizzard 490 miles from base. With a frozen right foot he crawled on hands and knees toward Innoce, rescued by a prospector, then sent to Nome and finally to Oakland where his mother lived, after weeks in Innoce.
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J. T. Thompson
Folsom Street
Croek
Jack London
Arctic
San Francisco Examiner
Thompson
Nome
Fairfax
Innoce
Oakland
Advertising Wagon Propels 1908 Umatilla Morrow Fair Tour
The first of a two county advertising caravan starts from Pendleton area with flaming legend Third Eastern Oregon District Fair. Barry Norwood leads the wagon through Pilot Rock Ukiah Heppner Ione and more, distributing literature and premium lists while inviting farmers to exhibit. The campaign spans about three weeks toward the September 28 to October 3 fair in Pendleton.
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Oregon
Umatilla-Morrow County
Barry Norwood
Pilot Rock
Albee
Ukiah
Vinson
Epper Butter Creek
Heppner
Lexington
Ione
Cecil
Irrigan
Umatilla
Hermiston
Eeho
Morrow
Bryan Plans Nationwide Democratic Tour Through West
Chicago reports on Aug 6 that Bryan will likely announce a U S tour framing his anti-September Providence stance. The plan would start in Providence Rhode Island then move to Portland Oregon San Francisco and Los Angeles as stops.
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Chicago
Chiego
United States
Providence
R. I
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ten Hurt as Electric Car Collides on Connecticut Ave
Ten persons were injured on August 6 in San Francisco when a heavy electric car crowded to the steps with workers ran down a steep grade on Connecticut avenue and around a curve. Several passengers were thrown into the street, three of them seriously.
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San Francisco
Connecticut Avenue
Barn Fire Destroys SH Riggs Farm Near Rosetta Washington
A large barn owned by SH Riggs three and a half miles from Rosetta Washington was burned down early Tuesday. The structure held 400 bushels of grain 200 sacks and farming equipment. The loss is estimated at $2000 with an insurance value of $100.
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SH. Riggs
Rosetta, Wash
Deliberate Plot Targeting Santa Cruz Flyer Wreck Recounted
Watsonville, August 6. Southern Pacific detectives search for three lumbermen after Annie Richardson, a notorious woman, confesses involvement in plans to wreck the Santa Cruz flyer Sunday night at Pajaro river bridge. The plot, formed at a drunken house, included several participants and aimed to derail the train if the river obstacle was not seen by the engineer.
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Watsonville
Cal
Southern Pacific
Annie Richardson
Pajaro River
Ponte
Liveseil
Neot O'Ynilinio
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Hymen H. Cohen
Oregon Daily Journal
Montania
Kimplasites
Clip
Beaver State
Umandlla
Kim
Carties
Seattle
Kentucky
Record-Herald
Hay
Sultan
City of
Pen d’Orelle
Washington
Board of Arbitration—Merchantsy
Gar
Will
Iuspector
Alaskan
Harry Norwood
Ayatr
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