Two Roads to Asylum Mayor Pushes New Pendleton Roads
Pendleton mayor W F Matlock unveils plans for a permanent highway system including hard surfaced 80 foot wide routes from Main street bridge to Walters mill, and a river route via West Court street to the branch asylum with a bridge near the old railroad site pending county cooperation. He offers to fund four blocks himself and seeks county backing to cut costs and ease stock and farmer transport through town.
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Branch Asylum Grounds
Main Street
Walters Mill
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Asylum
Warren Construction Company
Old Council
East Alta Street
Matlock
Branch Asylum
West Court Street
OR. & N. Prade
Timatilia
Tiana
Iast Court Street
Byers Mill
Lmits
Lahorite Disappears in Omaha Business Scene
Omaha February reports the disappearance of Frank Paynter a Furni ture salesman for the Structural Tron Workers Union who vanished after selling his furniture and dropping from sight speculation grows as he has been gone a week.
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Lahorite
Omaha
Nebr
Frank Paynter
Structural Tron Workers’ Union
Re Ca
Indictments mailed as grand jury ends in Indianapolis
Final copies of the indictments were mailed today. Arrests of the labor lenders are expected Monday or Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Erand
Time still allows more candidates for congress and offices
A brief note underscores that there remains ample opportunity for additional candidates entering congress and other offices, signaling ongoing qualifying periods and potential filings.
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Congress
German US notes aim to keep open door in China
Berlin reports the German foreign office issued a statement to United Press on the exchange of notes with the United States about preserving neutrality in China. The notes emphasize mutual interests and pledge abstention from intervention while seeking an open door policy. Shanghai notes that Japanese troop concentration on China's northern border halted after the exchange, with Germany and the US opposing Japan's territorial grabs.
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Berlin
United Press Association
United States
Germany
China
Knox
Shanghai
Japan
Bombardment threat lifts Beijing as panic spreads
Tien Tsin reports the bombardment of Peking is imminent with the capital in a state of panic. Thousands flee while imperial warships enter Shan Hai Wan harbor east of Peking.
Concrete Garage and Shop Set for Pendleton Streetfront
W F Matlock and P F Tromley announce a contract for a 45 by 126 foot concrete L shaped building fronting Court and Garden streets in Pendleton. The new brick structure, to replace the Pendleton Printery, will house a garage and auto repair shops with Cadillac agency later, start soon, and be the city’s first brick-to-concrete modernization in years.
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W. F. Matlock
PF. Tromley
Bothon Court
Garlen Streets
Snatler He & Garage
Alte
Pendleton
Court Street
Garden Street
Court
Trombley
Pendleton Auto Company
Joe Broht
Mr. Matlock
Cadillac
Matlock
East Cregonian
Folk Quits Race for Champ Clark in Missouri
Governor Folk of Missouri withdraws from the presidential race and agrees to cast the entire Missouri delegation for Speaker Champ Clark if Clark has a chance to win the Democratic nomination. Eighteen Folk delegates will be instructed to back Clark now, with plans to support Folk if Clark cannot win. Folk says Clark has the better chance.
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St. Louis
Ato
Joseph Folk
Missouri
Champ. Clark
Clark
Wilson
Harmon
Folk
Joplin
Roland Oliver Files Petition for Oregon Legislature Seat
Roland Oliver, announcing his candidacy to succeed L. I. Mant, filed his petition with the county clerk. His platform calls for economy in appropriations, lower taxes, good roads, water rights adjudication, sericultural development, and maintenance of the Oregon system of government, with the ballot line reading Lower Taxes and the Oregon System of Government. He also pledges to back the people's choice for U.S. senator regardless of personal preference.
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Roland Oliver
Hitltel
L. I. Mant
Oliver
Portland
California
Oregon
Statesen
United States
Arizona to Become a State Wednesday
President Taft announced he would sign the proclamation making Arizona a state on Wednesday the inauguration of the governor also occurring that day, moving up from the 12th. The report notes surprising falsifiers among men connected with the colonel.
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Arizona
Washington
Taft
Rebel Attack on Mexico City Frustrated by Federal Force
American refugees surge into El Paso and border towns as reports describe large scale anti American sentiment in Chihuahua and uprisings brewing against Yankees. Mexicans allegedly pursue a campaign under the banner Mexico for Mexicans prompting border concerns and tensions escalate.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Chitahua
Carrillos
School House Burns Near Pilot Rock
School district No. 37 near Pilot Rock loses its building in a last night blaze. Flames reported at nightfall, origin undetermined though suspected to originate from a faulty fire. Insurance of 1000 dollars covered. funds to aid a new building in the summer. Temporary quarters to be arranged to continue the term.
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Pitot Rock
Oliver Knotts
Express Merger Seen Between Wells-Fargo and U S A Press
New York financial circles expect a Wells-Fargo United States press merger. Harriman interests, already patrolling Wells-Fargo, have also elected four of seven directors at the rival firm.
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Express
New York
Wells-Fargo
United States
Harriman
Payment of County Taxes To Begin At Court House
Taxpayers in Umatilla county can start paying taxes at the sheriff’s office court house Monday. A circular outlines rebates and penalties: 3 percent rebate if paid by March 15. no rebate or penalty if paid between March 15 and first Monday in April. 10 percent penalty plus 12 percent interest for late payment after first Monday in April. partial payments allowed with deadlines through October. personal property taxes require payment of half by April and potential levy after May 1. failure to pay by August 1 triggers advertising costs. delinquent certificates may bear 16 percent interest after October 1.
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Court House
Umatilla
Sheriff's Office
Sal Ing
Taylor
Mexican rebels defeated near Mexico City in fierce hill battle
Zapatista forces numbering about two thousand clash with twelve hundred federal troops at Horse Shoe Hill fifty miles south of Mexico City. More than one hundred rebels killed as government forces drive them back after a hard fought engagement. The action signals continued fighting as the revolutionary attempt to seize the capital unfolds. At Washington, four hundred Fort Whipple infantry sail for El Paso to join U.S. cavalry under Colonel Steever, with Major Moore’s battalion due at El Paso tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Juarez
United States Department of State
Calquitt
Texas
Sto Grande
State Knox
Mexico City
Mex
Zapatista
Anid
Caplttal
Horse Shoe Hil
Here
Tnn
Madero
U.S
Fort Whipple
Arizona
Provend
United States Cavalry
Steever
Moore
HI Pasa
Wisconsin Senator Stephenson Unproven Seat Challenge
In Washington on February 19 the state committee on elections reported that charges Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin bought his seat are unproven. The move is expected to end the bid to unseat the aged lumberman.
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Washington, D. C
Tate Committee On Elections
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Shot and Robbed in Spokane Nightclub Killing
In Spokane Washington on February 10 Hen Kaiser 21 was held up and fatally shot twice after leaving a night life venue where he worked. He was robbed of eighty dollars. Police investigated the fatal incident as a crime at a local nightclub location.
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Spokane
Wash
Hen Kaiser
Icy Wave in East Causing Many Deaths
Reports from Ontario say several people have frozen to death in remote areas as temperatures plunge. Cities across Canada and the northeastern United States report record lows with Toronto and Hamilton registering around 34 below zero and Buffalo about 13 below.
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Hamilton
Ont
Ontario
New York
New York State
Buffalo
Erie
Penn
Saulte Ste Marie
Mich
Lansing
Toronto
Pendleton Man Receives Weston Saloon License
Weston Oregon February 10 a one year license at 1500 was granted to CGL McGinnis Pendleton man with clean record to operate a saloon at the Saling brick corner of Main and Water under the Aquor ordinance. An ordinance taxing card and billiard rooms passed unanimously imposing a 100 annual license with Sunday and 16 o clock closing rules minors barred from the room and no gambling or drinking on premises with penalties including license forfeiture on a second offense.
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Weston
Ore
CGL
McGinnis
Aquor
Pendleton
Saling
Main and Water
Anti-Yankee Alarm Sweeps Washington
Washington officials report rising anti-American sentiment in Mexico could trigger a U.S. invasion. Consular reports say an Mexican revolt threatens American lives and could mobilize up to one hundred thousand troops along the border within a week.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
State Department of
United States
War Department
Coast Artillery
Wood
Am Coon
Ammunition Orders Headed to Five War Vessels
Mare Island February 10 reports Navy Yard dispatches for immediate distribution of 1 rounds of armor piercing shells to five cruisers. Cleveland and Denver are both暂无, each to receive 2000 rounds while Galveston at Bremerton will get a supply. Repairs for the Cleveland and Denver are also planned.
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Mare Island
Bush
Navy Yard
Piercine Sheila
Cleveland
Denver
Galveston
Bremerton
Girl Claims Hawley Will Bequeaths Fortune
Margar et Cameron, a protess of Edwin Hawley, the railway wizard, says she found Hawley’s will in his country home and claims a large share of his thirty million estate. She will produce the document once Hawley heirs are located and informed.
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Babylon
L. II
Margaret Cameron
Edwin Hawley
Hawley
Dong
Taft Reprieves Murderess on Wickersham Request
President Taft reprieves Mattie Lennox a murder convict from hanging on February 19 to May 20 following Attorney General Wickersham recommendation. The decision was announced in Washington on February 10.
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Washington
Wickersham
Taft
Mattie Lennox
Wilson speaks to Kentucky solons on reform and privilege
Gov. Wilson addresses the Kentucky legislature urging a revision of laws and the removal of privilege that binds business. He warns big interests control politics, calls for a channel to readjust and notes insurgents have aligned with governing principles except tariff. He favors gradual change over a full upheaval, aiming to curb artificial advantages.
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Wilson
Gov. Wilson
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