Reclamation Fight Drives Hermiston West Extension Drive
In Hermiston Oregon February 10 special correspondent recounts Elmer P Dodd of the Hermiston Commercial Club as he praises local support for the West Extension of the Umatilla project. Citizens from Hermiston Pendleton Umatilla and Irrigon unite to pressure the reclamation service and Interior Department amid competingCounty and state opposition and a Portland rally.
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Reclamation Service
Elmer P. Dodd
Oregonian
Oregon
West Extension
Irrigation Age
Secretary of the Interior
Umatilla
Pendleton
Irrigan
Portland
Congress
Borah
Ballinger
Army
Army Board of Engineers
J. Bowerman
Wallace McCamant
Chamberlain
Ellis
Reclamation Fund
Army Board
Idaho
Montana
Tom Carter
Wyoming
Pacific Ocean
O. K
Western Oregon
Klamath
San Francisco
Washington
J. J. Hil
Howard Elliot
Umatilla River
Pendleton Commercial Club
West
Leap year proposal wins $500 and a man
A Pittsburg Mass report notes a leap year proposal where a woman asks a man to marry him after a five year courtship. The scene ends with his five minute hesitation before he answers, amid a celebration of the unusual wager. The article frames the event around a prize of $500 and a leap year proposal tradition.
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Pittsburg
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Robert
Fort George as a Jobbing Centre Choice Farm Lands
Vancouver News-Advertiser reports local business leaders urge building a railroad to Fort George and the Peace River country. The line would shift trade, making Vancouver a Pacific Coast metropolis and enabling lumber, wheat and coal flows north and goods south. Fort George seen as strategic BC hub at Fraser and Weechaco junction. Development expected in 1912 with canal-era freight savings boosting wholesale and jobbing roles.
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Vancouver
Fort George
Peace River Country
Pacific Coast
Canada
British Columbia
Peace River
Edmonton
Fraser
Weechaco
Panama Canal
Teutsch & Bickers
Oregon
Washington
North Coast Land Company Limited
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B. F. Trombley
E. Court Street
Umatilla County Distributors
Thomas Hampton
L. D. Eaton Stoce
H. P. Case Traction Engine
Oliver Gang
Cassady Gang
Columbia Gang
S. D. Stoufer
Col. Wm. F. Yohnka
Morra Potter
General Electric Works
Robert James Jeece
Miss Potter
Leon Potter
Hosick Falls
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