Winter Stock Report Mixed Across Eastern Oregon
Stockmen report little loss of cattle and sheep despite severe winter conditions in eastern Oregon. Hay remains scarce and costly, but supplies hold for several weeks, with Umatilla county noting no stock losses yet and Grant and Harney counties showing varied impacts as weather eases and snows melt.
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No Los
Umatilla County
Oregon
J. B. Perry
Harney County
Grant County
Umatilla
George Bowman Sets Out From Pendleton for Walla Walla
George Bowman a traveling salesman for Honeyman Hardware of Portland left Pendleton after a couple of days. He formerly worked for Taylor Hardware in the city and now heads to Walla Walla on business.
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George Bowman
Honeyman Hardware Company
Portland
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Taylor Hardware Company
Poisoning at Helix Ends in Narrow Rescue
Dr J Griswold and Mrs John King recover after accidental ingestion of fluid extract of aconite. A misread label caused both to take deadly doses, then Dr C J Smith rushed to Helix to treat them. The prompt intervention saved their lives and they are out of danger.
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J. Griswold
John King
Helix
C. J. Smith
Pendleton
Griswold
Pasco Club backs 12000 population slogan and road push
Pasco Washington adopts "Twelve Thousand in 1912" slogan as Commercial Club restructures and launches drive. Over 100 business leaders joined. aims for 200 by spring. Committees plan to press state officials for a Pasco road route via North Yakima and attend the Aberdeen Good Roads Convention. Civic panel seeks citywide improvement districts for street parking and tree planting with 4000 trees slated this spring if plans materialize.
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Pasco
Wash
Aberdeen
Pasco Commercial Club
Civic Improvement Committee
Echo City Busy with Visitors and Local Officials
A long list of residents and visitors pass through Pendleton and Echo, with numerous sightings of attorneys, ranchers, and merchants. Notables include Carl Gilbert, J. Hales, D. W. Bowman, Deputy Bert Wilson, Miss Myrtle Thompson, Polk Mays, Editor Harlan, Rev A. MacKenzie Meldrum, R. Lisle, J. P. Neal, W. W. Harrah, Dr. Eldon B. Waffle, Col. H. G. Newport, Alta Sharp, Will M. Peterson, EB Croarkin, Frank Stein, Judge H. J. Bean, Herman Beverly, Harry Dowd, Max Baumeister, R. R. Lewis, Winn Stewart, Cloyd Oliver, J. N. Burgess, Mrs J. G. Elliot, A. F. Hitt, Kenneth G. Warner, Kenneth Cooper, Oliver P. Morton, Jennie Cole, I. B. Young, Charles Hill, J. H. Raley, G. W. Phelps, A. L. Farington. Many travel between Pendleton, Echo, Athena, Heppner, and Portland.
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Myrtle Thompson
Athena
Polk Mays
Joseph
Wallowa
Harlan
Condon Globe
Charles Hilland Familly
P. C. Hunter
Echo
A. MacKenzie Meldrum
R. Lisle
Echo Hardware
J. P. Neal
Milton and Freewater
W. W. Harrah
Walla Walla
Eldon B. Waffle
Grass Valley
H. G. Newport
Hermiston
Pendleton
Alta Sharp
H. J. Bean
Heppner
Morrow County
Herman Beverly
Harry Dowd
Spokane
Max Baumeister
Washington- Oregon Traction Company
R. R. Lewis
West Pendleton
J. N. Burgess
Cunningham Sheep and Land Company
Pilot Rock
J. G. Elliot
South Haven
Michigan
Thomas Thompson
Waterstreet
Elliot
Tom
Sam Thompson
Tourists Heroism Saves Alpine Guide
Geneva based guide Herman Biner, famed for Zer matt climbs, survived a perilous Breithorn ascent when a snow bridge gave way. Dr Shivel clung to him, holding the rope for two hours until two Italian smugglers, arriving by chance, pulled him to safety and aided the doctor. They refused reward.
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Geneva
Herman Biner
Zermatt
Breithorn
Biner
Shivel
Munich
Theodule Pass
Female Raffles Of School Girl Variety In Kansas City
A female burglar posing as a high school girl appeared at the Kansas City Kansas home of Miss Lizzie Evans. Claiming to wait for Evans, she spoke with Mrs Evans, who was deceased. The intruder entered Evans’s daughter’s room and stole several waists skirts and many toilet articles before fleeing.
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Kansas City
Kan
Lizzie Evans
Miss Evans
William Fivans
Mrs. Evans
Hoard Hidden in Coat by American Lodger in London
A London landlady found an American recluse named John Combe dead in his room at Mrs Mediand's house. In his coat lining lay about 4500 dollars in American notes and 500 in cash, with valuable papers in a belt. Relatives in America have been notified and are traveling to England.
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London
Kew
Mediand
John Combe
Med
Duke Ernst Gunster Seeks Royal Rank in Court Case
Berlin reports Duke Ernst Gunster of Schleswig Holstein, brother to Empress Augusta Victoria, has filed another suit to prove his debt to rank as a member of the royal minting house. He claims lineage from the King of Denmark and the Prince of Oldenburg, seeking status that could affect the Empress and her children's marriages and inheritance rights. court decision awaited.
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Berlin
Ernst Gunster
Schlecewig-Holstein
Augusta Victoria
Denmark
Comet Our Guest for 200 Years Not Threat to Humans
Professor Ricard of Santa Clara college argues Halley’s comet poses no danger from hydrocyanic gas next April or May. He notes the comet has been detectable for over 2000 years with no poisoning proven, cites misattribution with wars and epidemics, and explains reasoning about cause and effect, ending with a call for education of the heart to sympathy.
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San Jose
Cal
Ricard
Santa Clara College
Taila
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Carl Gilbert
Mra
GB. Carrier
Chicago
Tom Boylen
D. W. Bowman
Bert Wilson
Will M. Peterson
W. A. Slusher
Nolin
EB. P. Croarkin
Frank Stein
A. F. Hitt
Idaho
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture
Weiser
Kenneth G. Warner
Nye
Kenneth Cooper
Bowman
Wall
West Alta Street
Ferguson
South Main Street
Oliver P. Morton
the Reclamation Service
Northwest
Portand
Jennie Cole
Garden Street
I. B. Young
Milton
County Board of Examiners
Charles Hill
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Willamette Valley
J. H. Raley
Sacramento
California
G. W. Phelps
A. L. Farington
Workingmen’s Clothing Company
Farington
Ingram’s Grocery
Raffles
Express
Boston
O. M
Wm. Hanscom
Pendleton Dye Works
Alta St
Maine
Schiool Books
Cook Books
Nelson's
Main
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