New Light of Railroad Chanee Invasion Under Hill Harriman Pact
A Portland Telegram report outlines changes in Harriman line officials amid Hill Harriman peace terms. Thomas Walsh resigns as Washington division superintendent, Aug 1, to join Oregon & Washington Union Pacific in Seattle. William Connolly to succeed Walsh. J D Matthews becomes assistant superintendent of the O R & W N. The shifts signal intensified Portland Seattle competition as through service emerges and lines turf for freight and passenger business heats up.
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Portland
Harriman Lines
Northwest
Puget Sound
Talon Pacific
Hill-Harriman
M. J. Buckley
Thomas Walsh
Washington
Spokane
Walsh
Oregon & Washington
Union Pacific
Seattle
J. D. Farrell
Duncan Campbell
Oregon
J. D. Matthews
la Grande
William Connolly
Harriman Puget Sound
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
H. D. Jackson
Helena
Mont
Harriman
M J Gockerline Dies in Operation
Athena Oregon August 11 Special Correspondence M J Cockerline pioneer Weston druggist died on the operating table at Walla Walla hospital yesterday the operation was for appendicitis He was past noble grand in the Weston lodge of Odd Fellows and a large delegation attended his funeral He was a pioneer resident and influential citizen survived by a wife and daughter.
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Athena
Ore
M. J. Cockerline
Weston
Walla Walla Hospital
Weston Lodge of Odd Fellows
Cockerline
Indian killed by falling from wagon near Athena
An unknown full blood Indian hauling wheat near Sam Pamburn place two miles from Athena Oregon was killed when a wheel brake gave way on a hill sending the wagon into a run. The Indian was thrown from his seat and died instantly. The body was brought to Athena and local residents do not know his identity or employer.
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Athena
Ore
Sam Pamburn
Interior Department Blocks $50 Million San Francisco Water Plan
San Francisco notes the Interior Department halts the fifty million dollar Hetch Hetchy water project. City Engineer Mansion says the department ordered no preliminary work until the ruling is reversed. Opposition from the Inca Water Co and lawmakers previously blocked government land use for the project.
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San Francisco
Heteh+hetehy
Interior Department
Manson
Congress
Wistel
Inca Water Company
Garfield
Visiting notables in Pendleton from Hermiston and beyond
A stream of brief visits and business calls fills Pendleton as residents and travelers from Hermiston La Grande Meacham Enterprise Pilot Rock and Walla Walla pass through. Notables include James Farley M Hall Harvey McRoberts Georgi Wright Fay Wells and many more all stopping for meetings errands and to catch the Seattle fair.
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Harvey McRoberts
Hermiston
City
Georgi B. Wright
Pendleton
J. A. Hammer
Heho
Pen- Weten
B. P. Dold
Joe H. Parkes
Gummer Hone
Meacham
J.T. Berchon
Enterprise
Fay Wells
Walter Reager
D. C
W. Roy Saxton
Seattle Fair
Emma Sawtelle
Salem
Corvallis
Tolleman
Miss Hilleary
Vogue Milinery
Seattle
W. F. Higgins
Umatilla
John P. McManus
Pilot Rock Record
W. A. Trites
Walla Walla
H. R. Newport
Newport Land & Construction Company
Few Teachers Taking Examinations Reported at Court House
Twenty six applicants have reported for teacher examinations with sixteen seeking county certificates and eleven aiming for state papers. About half of expected candidates appeared at the court house. grading will occur after papers from Portland, Salem, and other places are received.
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Court House
Wellen
Portland
Salem
Tech
Zena Messie
Ukiah
Florence BE. March
Weston
Daisy M. Waddingham
Anita Kirkpatrick
Hermiston
Maude Shermin
Athena
Orpha Levy
Milton
Leb. Young
Cora M. Warner
Pendleton
Luene Holsington
Mary S Dahleren
J. B. Levy
Chicago to Wage War on High School Frats
Chicago August 11 The school board plans a strong campaign to remove fraternities and sororities from public schools. President Union said the board would use unusual measures to end the societies and, if the plan is carried out, none will be left by the close of the coming term.
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Chicago
Chicago Public Schools
Board of Education
Union
Destroy Mics and Pest Plan in Roseburg Council Talk
Health Officer Houck proposes to end the Oy pest by destroying breeding beds and dedicating two weeks of spare time if needed, with a council presentation planned at the next meeting. About 70 people are on Eugene's woolen mill payroll.
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Mics
Roseburg
Houck
Eugene
Boy Mayor Talks Open Town and Saloon Issue
Milwaukee native Sherburn Becker, known as the boy mayor, argues against restricting personal liberty, praising open town policies. He recounts Milwaukee’s lax liquor enforcement, cites police outcomes, and criticizes state corruption tied to courts and officials, urging responsibility and self-policing. He cites the Sullivan will case as an example of political graft.
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Portland
Sherburn Becker
Milwaukee
Becker
Harvard
Panama
Puget Sound
Isthmus
De Wolf renews charges on officials in Washington
Tacoma reports Herbert N. De Wolf, the lawyer behind indictments against the state supreme court, claims a statewide secret political organization in Washington seeks to control appointments and profit from state and county officers. He cites recent Spokane and Panatana activity as potentially connected and says opposition from powerful interests has long opposed his actions.
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Tom
Supreme Court of
State of Washington
Sullivan
Tacoma
Herbert N. de Wolf
Supreme Court Court
Pan Tana
Spokane
Gouge Out Eyes of Chinese Opium Smoker
Victorian BC advice column reports from Monteagle arriving from the orient about the Ma himmeden uprising in Shensi and Kansu. Rebels blame harsh opium suppression by a local magistrate who gouged a gentry opium smoker’s eyes and cut off his arms, then seized the magistrate and his son was killed. The magistrate fled into a well as unrest spread to other cities with siege efforts continuing into midday updates.
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B. C
Orient
Mahimmeden
Shensi
Kansu
Miche Ibhacen
Siebe
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Standard Grocery Co
Chanee
Jeweler
Sdclessor
Winslow Bog
M. Heacock
Optician
M. J. Gogkerline
Pribco Water
Pendleton Dye Works
James Farley
Heppner
M. Hall of
David Geddes
Baker City
Bert Huffman
Minnie Aaron
Pilot Rock
William Holdman
Adams
Ralph Tuttle
R. Alexander
Wenaha Springs
H. H. Reynolds
John Welles
Frank K. Welles
J. W. Ishby
Joseph
Will Sturgis
Ringling Brothers Circus
Jack Robinson
Frank Saling
Menehnn
James Johns
Roy Moss
Wenaha Forest
BE. Rager
Harry Rees
Wenaha
Ht. C. Hager
Upper
Umatilla River
Bernard Hagen
HH. (. Oliver
D.C. Burke
Pendleton Lumber Company
Cornell
RR Aldrich
East Oregonian
National Irrigation Congress
Indand Empire Press Association
ST Sanderson
J. A. Henderson
Freewater
Seamie
Sound City
Vera Bost
Topeka
Kanan
Ing
Ben Fitt
Mary Means
Will M. Peterson
Maeachum
Sentte
W. F. Stanley
General Land Office
Hoppner
Horace T. Jones
Yestevday
Clarence Penland
Aberdeen
Fm. Troutman
Ernest Ruppe
Hon ¥. Hill
Dayton
Ivan A. Hamer
Echo
Doris £ E. Barnes
Charles M. Canfield
Sanchez
Wash
Margaret M. Johnson
Jessie A. Williams
Amy Philipps
No. 2
George B. Wright
Minnie E Baker
Iva V. Lane Pendleton
S. J. Clonke
Lawrence A. Qybouts
Beasie Morris
Daisy McIntyre
Daisy Malden
Londen
Esther Pleplow
W. H. Musavelmin
Helix
Boston
DE Wolfe
Tallman’s
MT. Hood
Aaleby
Tallman & Co
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Ufe
Jullien School
Paria
New York
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Diocesan School
Anna E. Plympton
Foleys
Koeppen & Brothers
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