Wheat King of Umatilla County Temple Builds Fortune
W F P Temple of Pendleton, Oregon, harvests 70 000 bushels from 2650 acres earning an average $20.77 per acre in 1908, with ten year average $18. His land, once regarded worthless, now supports one of Eastern Oregon's largest farming blocks. He began as a 1 dollar daily laborer, later renting land and overcoming harsh droughts to amass wealth and land holdings.
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World of Finance
W. F P. Temple
Mr. Temple
Umatilla County
Oregon
Temple
Temples
Pendleton Banks
Tinatilla County
M. M. Wyrick
Umatilla
Pendleton
Trying to Save Taft. President Takes All Responsibility
Washington Aug 7 Lieutenant General Henry Corbin retired makes bold bid to shield Taft from fallout over the Brownville affair. Corbin asserts executive responsibility rests with the president and promises full cooperation with investigators. The Brownville incident has sparked political pressure and calls for accountability at the highest level.
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Washington
Henry Corbin
Playing Indians Loses Eye Sight
Albert Follet eight year old son of painter A Follet who lives on Anne street will probably live with permanent eye injury after being struck in the left eye by an arrow from a bow held by seven year old Harold Godeck while playing Indians near his home. Dr Ringo says the wound may heal without a scar but that is unlikely.
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Anne Street
Harold Godeck
Roosevelt discloses dismissal order of colored troops
An unpublished dispatch from Roosevelt shows the president directly ordered the dismissal of colored troops at Brownsville. The move aims to shield Taft from criticism, with Corbin defending Taft as following his duties. The order was issued by Acting Secretary Oliver while Taft toured the West on inspection.
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Roosevelt
Brownsville
Oliver
Taft
Taft Heads to Sulphur Springs for Weekend Trip
Hot Springs Aug 7 Taft leaves for a weekend trip to Sulphur Springs with a party traveling 40 miles in a three seated buckboard. Mra Taft General Ed wards chief of Insular affairs Cameron Forbes vice governor of the Philippines and Senator Bourne of Oregon accompany him. They departed at 7:20 and expect to arrive about 2.
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Hot Springs
Harriman En Route to Oregon Hunting Lodge
Railroad magnate E H Harriman rests in San Francisco on a cross country trip to Pellean bay Oregon aiming to set a nimrod hunting record. He asserts rail legislation needs protection, denies selling Pacific mail lines to Japan, and says a Sierra tunnel project will begin soon. He travels with two sons and plans a quick Market street stop for fishing gear.
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Delares
Frisco
Oregon
San Francisco
Harriman
Bay
Delmonte Hotel
Monterey
Cal
Truckee
Sacramento
Market Street
The
Southern Pacific
Davila Grows Too Insolent and Denies Courtesy
Washington rumors say the United States may dispatch gunboats and marines to Honduras to remonstrate with President Davilla after he refused to grant courtesy to United States Minister Drew Linard and would not reopen the Linard case. Root plans to consult Roosevelt at Oyster Bay as the adequatur is withdrawn amid efforts toward a compromise between government troops and insurgents.
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Davilia
Washington
United States
Honduras
Davilla
Drew Linard
Linard
Root
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Canadian Pacific Strike Widens With Japanese Workers
Winnipeg and Winnipeg area report a long strike as 300 Japanese workers join Pacific coast service and may spread. Shop foremen walk out refusing to work with strike breakers. telegraphers reportedly poised to strike, grain dealers anxious about crop movement amid the standstill.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Pacific Coast Service
Winniper
It Ie
Fernie Death Toll Not To Exceed Twenty
Vancouver reports brighter prospects for Fernie area. Coroner says Fernie City deaths will not exceed 20. Of 62 burned at Elk River lumber and logging camps all but two accounted for. Relief work and sanitary rules in camps observed. 18 births in two days as mothers bring children from refuges. Liquor sale banned. Fernie is orderly. Hosmer losses will not stop coal plant restart on December 1. Fires near Michel town waning as wind shifts. Coul Creek work resumes.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
Fernie City
Elk River
Hosmer
Michel Town
Michel
Coul Creek
Vancouver Strike Updates and Labor Moves
Vancouver reports no new developments as strikers meet behind closed doors. Local Japanese employment firms recruit Japanese laborers for prairie work replacing skilled mechanics. In Kenora an engine throttle was opened without the engineer, causing wreck on a turntable. Winnipeg reports 00 strikebreakers arriving from Chicago as the strike aims to disable the system by Saturday.
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Vancouver
Kenora
Winnipeg
Chicago
American Meat Trust Corners English Market
London reports the British agriculture department notes a plan by which the American meat trust nearly corners Smithfield market the world’s largest. Prices during famine run near peak with no cheaper outlook until measures curb the trust. It proposes opening the market to South American and Canadian cattle as retaliation.
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London
British Department of Agriculture
American Meat Trust
Smithfield
War Secretary Wright and Col Scott Meet Roosevelt on West Point Haze
Secretary of War Wright and Colonel Hugh Scott arrived at Oyster Bay to discuss West Point hazing cases with President Roosevelt today. Wright and Scott traveled to meet the president and review the ongoing matter.
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Oyster Bay
Wright
Hugh Scott
West Point Academy
West Point
Roosevelt
Travels 4000 Miles To Meet Bride In Pendleton
Jesse G. Burrell of Pendleton married Miss Edith G. Randa of St. Augustine Florida at the Pendleton Methodist parsonage. The bride traveled 4000 miles with a train delay before arriving to wed at 1 o clock this morning. Mrs Burrell’s parents and Mr Burrells parents are identified with Pendleton and St Augustine. They will reside at 700 East Webb Street.
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Jesse G. Burrell
Pendleton
Edith G. Randa
St. Augustine
Fla
W. T. Easter
United States
Randa
Mr. Burrell
Burrell
Naval Wireless Telegraph Service
Wheeler Photograph Studio
Doynes Turner
Mrs. Burrell
Police
East Webb Street
Small Forest Fire Damages Andrews Sawmill in Blue Mountains
A telephone message reports a small forest fire in the Blue Mountains partially destroyed the Andrews sawmill on Bear Creek, about 12 miles northeast of Pilot Rock. The blaze burned 2000 feet of lumber and remained burning as the mill crew fought flames since yesterday noon. The mill, a new establishment just placed in running order, started from a brush pile near the mill during lunch yesterday, half a mile away.
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Pilot Rock
Blue Mountains
Andrews
Bear Creek
Caves Stir National Debate Shocks Local Visitor
A visitor notes a prior trip and remarks that cave issues have become of national importance. The quote highlights growing concern and surprise at the broader significance of the matter.
Chinese revolutionists get aid from Manila report
Pekin reports viceroy of Chili province has positive evidence that southern China revolutionists receive arms from the Philippines. He asks the home government to refer the matter to Washington. Communication says Japanese and Philippine natives are aiding the revolutionists.
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Pekin
Chili
China
Philippines
Washington
Forest Fire Threatens Stanislaus Grove in Calvaras Area
A multi day blaze in the Stanislaus forest nears the Calvaras big tree grove, described as the finest in the world. Hundreds of firefighters battle the flames as the hotel and cottages in the grove face encroachment. Families flee in panic amid spreading smoke and flames.
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Sonora
Cal
Stanislaus Forest
Calvaras
Well Known Threshing Man Crushed At Work
William Ruther, 50, a prominent threshing machine operator from near Helix, suffered a fractured skull when a belt on a 46 horsepower gasoline engine caught him. While tightening the belt with a railroad jack, his grip slipped, a clutch struck the back of his head, and doctors removed skull bone at St. Anthony's hospital. He remains in critical condition as family gathers. this is Umatilla county's first serious harvest accident.
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Willam M. Ruther
Rather
Umatilla County
Lowell Appeals To The Farmers For Wheat Display
Judge Stephen A. Lowell urges individual grain growers in Umatilla and Morrow counties to cooperate with the district fair to assemble a superior wheat exhibit for the fall. He cites past neglect and calls for personal sacrifice to make Pendleton famed as Wheat City with a striking grain display.
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Stephen A. Lowell
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Morrow
Lowell
Pendleton
Bryan to Meet Labor Leaders in Chicago Visit
Lincoln Nebraska August 7. Bryan plans to meet prominent national labor leaders in Chicago on October 22. Close associates say the conference will be the campaign’s most significant event and reflect Bryan’s labor outreach.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Cardinal Gibbons Recovers From Intestinal Illness
Cardinal Gibbons is entirely recovered from an intestinal ailment at Rome and is now receiving guests and congratulations. The report confirms his health improvement and ongoing social visits.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
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