Lee Ot Bridge Almost Done in Umatilla Project
The new steel bridge across the Umatilla River on Lee street will open to the public within two weeks, officials said after Chief Engineer Smith reported concrete abutments finished, steel received, and most of the metal ready to bolt in. Delayed steel shipments caused a contract extension, first payment was made by Mayor Murphy and Recorder FitzGerald, with concrete payment due today. Ranchers north of town and daily travelers welcome the completion, which ends riverbank access issues that forced use of the Main street bridge and steep hill road.
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Umatilla River
Lee Street
Murphy
Smith
Columbia Bridge and Building Company
FitzGerald
Echo Ditch Nears Completion At Echo Oregon
Echo Oregon August 25 under the Western Land and Irrigation company project 15000 acres of choice alluvial sage brush lands with 2000 owned by the company are being placed under the plow. Lands lie south and west of the Umatilla river and are among the Northwest's most productive fruit and alfalfa lands. The soil is deep with natural drainage to the river. Water is taken from the Umatilla about a mile above Echo. Headgate dam and spillway are complete. a 400 foot dam will be rushed to completion this fall. Main canal bottom width is 30 feet for six miles then 20 feet for six more to the diversion point. Water in the canal and laterals this year is sufficient to irrigate a large area and the completed dam will allow full irrigation next year.
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Echo, Ore
Western Land & Irrigation Company
Umatilla
Umtilla
Russian Hercules to be deported from Washington
Walla Walla August 25 convict No. 5012 August Koch billed as the strongest man in Washington is slated for release for deportation to Russia. Immigration Inspector Wells pursued the case after learning Koch was not lawfully in the United States. Koch supposedly works like several men, lifting a 400 pound steel car and performing tasks beyond one man, earning two rations.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Kock
Washington
Russia
Wells
Koch
United States
Daylight Robbery Nets Big Haul In Portland
In Portland on August 25 two thousand dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from J. W. Kilkyson division superintendent of the Pacific States Telephone company at 1048 Thurman street. The burglars used skeleton keys while Mrs Kilkyson was away and left the house after locking the front door, taking only the jewelry from an unlocked bureau drawer.
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Portland
Ore
J. W. Kilkyson
Pacific States Telephone Company
Thurman Street
Mre. Gilkyson
Indian Chief Sam Resurrection Found Dead in Bonner
Missoula Mont Aug 25 Chief Sam Resurrection a Flathead sub chief was found dying beside the Northern Pacific tracks near Bonner. Police suspect foul play. His skull was fractured and his left wrist broken. He was a key witness against a Missoula saloon keeper indicted for subordination of perjury in liquor sales to Indians.
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Missoula
Mont
Sam Resurrection
Northern Pacific
Bonner
Chief Resurrection
Pendleton Echoes Busy with Visiting Tourists and Locals
A flood of short notes lists visitors and residents in Pendleton and nearby areas. Names include C. M. Ketley Burns. John Estes. W. J. Clarke. Floyd Rahe. C F Walker. J. A. Fee. H. Kernan. W. A. Hardy. Mrs. Fraser. W. M. Blakely. William J. Pitt. I. Seales. Mrs. E. C. Wood. Don Thornton. E. P. McGee. J. H. Hall. Nellie Hansen. Mrs. W. F. Snodgrass. John R. Dickson. Jack Vincent. B. C. Kidder. E. C. Skiles. W. B. McDougall. F. C. McNurren. N. A. Miller. Hazel Rader. William Peterson. John Wall. G. O. Richardson. B. J. Wilbur. Will M. Peterson. W. G. Hynd. Jack Hynd. Mrs. J. P. Walker. Elvin Craig. L. E. Penland. Mrs. H. J. Bean. Will Sturgis. J. A. Booth. G. O. Richardson. B. J. Wilbur. Elmer Knight. W. H. McCormmach. Edith Slusher. D. C. McNabb. Edith Raley. Ned Strahorn. Edward Thompson. I. N. Prater. The note ends with a quip on divorce as fashionable social dress.
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W. B. McDougall
Homestead
Oregon
Pendleton
F. C. McNurren
Umatilla
N. A. Miller
Athena
Hazel Rader
Walla Walla
William Peterson
Echo
John Wall
Will Sturgis
J. A. Booth
H. Forshaw
Portland
Metropolis
G. O. Richardson
Adams
B. J. Wilbur
McKay Creek
Will M. Peterson
Horse
W. G. Hynd
Heppner
Jack Hynd
Cecil
J. P. Walker
Flora Walker
Elvin Craig
Pilot Rock
Gilliam Ranch
Local Auto in Big Relay Race
H. J. Kingston of the Philadelphia Press arranged with J. W. McCormmach to participate in a cross country relay auto race between Philadelphia and Seattle. Twenty relays will be run by local men starting September 10 from Philadelphia.
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H. J. Kingston
Philadelphia Press
J. W. McCormmach
Philadelphia
Seattle
MacCormmack
la Grande
Private yacht uncovers new glacier named Princeton
The Yucatan, carrying George W. Perkins party, spotted a new active glacier on Knight's Island’s northwest coast as it neared Dutch Harbor. The two mile long ice river stands 200 feet high at the face, near 100 fathoms of water. Miss Perkins christened the glacier Princeton, and Mr. Perkins plans to seek federal recognition and mapping.
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Cordova
Alaska
Yucatan
George W. Perkins
Seattle
Sitka
Dutch Harbor
Knight's Island
Prince William Sound
Princeton
Miss Perkins
Perkins
United States
Yale
Harvard
Harriman
Tillman Attacks Taft Over Census Enroller Tactics
Senator Tillman denounces President Taft in Anderson South Carolina as he accuses the census enumerator appointment of aiding a political machine. He references the Solid South and recalls 1876 Red Shirt actions to seize power from Black voters and carpetbaggers, urging opposition to Taft’s policy.
Lord Eliot Death ruled a suicide in coroner verdict
Plymouth England Aug 26 Lord Eliot fatally shot Monday and the coroner's jury found he committed death by his own action He was heir to the Earl of St Germans and was said to have killed himself after his father barred a marriage to Estelle Chiney an American show girl The tragedy occurred at the earl's home.
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Plymouth
England
Lord Eliot
Lord Fillot
Earl of
Twelve Men Die in Santa Fe Southern Pacific Collision
Bakersfield reports from the county coroner confirm twelve men killed in the collision between a Santa Fe freight train and a Southern Pacific switch engine near Marava yesterday. Engineers and firemen aboard both engines died, along with two brakemen one Nevada miner and five tramps.
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Bakerfield
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Majava
Nevada
Barry Beats Burns in 19 Round Los Angeles Fight
Jim Barry won a newspaper decision over Jack Burns in a nineteen round bout in Los Angeles last night. The fight was slow and uninteresting.
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Barry
Jack Burns
Los Angeles
Jim Barry
Stolen Goods Found In Suit Cases Near La Grande
A suitcase with a new suit, underwear, shoes from Moses store and a canvas grip with old working clothes was found near the railroad on La Grande’s outskirts. Police investigate whether items were stolen from Pendleton or from a local buyer. officers note tickets on the new suit. Percy Melville and Raply Merchi reported the find. Officer I W McFaulk examined the items, while speculation centers on origin of the goods.
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Moses
la Grande
Pendleton
Percy Melville
Raply Merchi
Standard Old Company
I. W. McFaulk
Workingmen's Clothing Company
Grangers Hold Fair at White City Park
Philadelphia August 26. Nationally renowned agricultural experts address farmers gathered for a three day Grange session and fair at White City Park with events opening today.
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Philadelphia
White City Park
After court adjourns, the average judge has no objection to trying a case of beer
A lighthearted item notes jurists relaxing after sessions and a judge willing to sample a beer in a casual setting, reflecting a joke about court life. The line plays on the stereotype of courtroom seriousness giving way to a tavern notion.
Hair color and temperament faith in hair theory
Hair color linked to temperament claims blonde hair signals affection and constancy while a hairless scalp implies character. Prof Sabouraud notes a germ linked to dandruff can cause total baldness in five weeks in a rabbit. The ad promotes Newbro’s Herpicide to destroy the cause and remove the effect, sold by A Koeppen & Bros.
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Sabouraud
Paris
France
Newbro
Westampa
Herpicide
Detroit
Mich
Koeppen & Broa
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White House
Standard Grocery Co
East Court St
Lee
Howard
Wm. E. Hanscom
Jeweler
Winslow Bros
M. Heacock
Optician
Hercules
Daylight Robbery
Vienna
Yemen
Arabia
Constantinople
Pendleton Dye Works
Myrick
C. M. Ketley
Burns
John Estes Tere
Porthand
W. J. Clarke
Wilson
Durkee
W. R. Graham
C.J. Smith
Floyd Rahe
C F Walker
City
James A. Fee
H. Kernan
Joseph
Wallowa County
W. A. Hardy
Mrs. Fraser
Hermiston
William J. Pitt
North Yakima
I. Seales
Oregon City
E. C. Wood of
Nye
Don Thornton
E. P. McGee
Boise
J. H. Hall
Nellie Hansen
W. F. Snodgrass
Colfax
Cora Bland
Laura Berland
Enterprise
John R. Dickson
Tokeland
Jack Vincent
Wenaha Springs
B.C. Kidder
E. C. Skiles
Baker
Union Counties
L. E. Penland
Lehman Springs
W. H. McC Ormmach
Elmer
Wlalt
James McLoughlin
Willam Pearson
Echo Transfer
R. L. Oliver
R. N. Oliver
Meacham
Eriksen
Mia
William Slusher
Mias
Edith Slusher
North
Mre
D. C. McNabb and
Allna
Edith Raley
Seaside
Elmer B. Knight
Will Moore
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
R. ©. Chariton
Department of the Road
Edward Thompson
W. L.thompson
Charles Hamilton Ranch
Ned Strahorn
I. N. Prater
Helix
John Timmerman
Timmerman
Bluestem
Tillman
Elliot
Boston
Charagion
Tallman’s
MT. Hood
Prrovide
Tallman & Co
Business College
School OF Quality
Morrison
A. P. Armstrong
Commercial School of the
Northwest
the Pacific Monthly
the West
Jack London
West
Weno
Coepee
Pendleton Drug CO
U.S Government
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Big Lost River
Arco
C. B. Hurtt
Colonization Department
Boise, Idaho
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