Artesian Water Legislation Aimed at Eastern Oregon
Senator C J Smith promotes a bill to create artesian districts in eastern Oregon allowing farmers to merge assets and levy a local tax to fund experimental wells. The plan mirrors road district creation, requiring petitions from communities to form districts and fund sinking a well by contract, with no state appropriation or compulsion.
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Smith
Oregon
C. J. Smith
Senator Smith
North
Yakima
Bole
Pendleton
Salem's Ambitious Mayor Tells Expectations
Salem Oregon January 6 Mayor Rodgers today submitted to the council his annual message detailing progress in city building and outlining plans for the year ahead He urges a boulevard to the state fair grounds and calls for gravity water and sewer systems plus continued street improvements The city debt denial exceeds 220000 dollars
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Salem
Ore
Rodgers
Escapes English Law to Die in Earthquake
Victoria British Columbia January six Antone Losschive an arrival from Sydney last year freed after a long trial for deserting his wife and two children died in the Messina earthquake friends here learned of his death today describing his escape from British law before tragedy struck him in Sicily
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Victoria
B.C
Antone Losschive
Sydney
Messina
Australia
Jack London Abandons World Voyage On Snark Return to California
Mrs London reports in a Berkeley letter that Jack London will abandon his world voyage aboard the Snark after an operation in Sydney. The novelist plans to return to California following his treatment.
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Jack London
San Franccisco
Mountain pursuit ends in fatal clash in Snowy district
In a Lewiston dispatch to the Record Deputy Sheriff Al Morgan and John Pflager clashed in the Snowy mountain district after days of pursuit. Pflager was killed. Hugh Bell and his wife, visiting friends near Union, traveled through Pendleton yesterday on their way home to Fulton.
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Helena
Mont
Lewiston
al Morgan
John Pflager
Snowy Mountain District
Morgan
Pflager
Hugh Bell
Union
Pendleton
Fulton
Millionaire Harry MacMillan Arrested in Tonopah
West Reno Nev Jan 6 Harry MacMillan once rich and engaged to actress Edna Goodrich wife of Nat Goodwin was arrested on a gambling charge. James May accuses him of passing checks for $9000 and asked May to hold them until funds available to honor them.
Private Buwalda Pardoned After Anarchist Meeting Note
Private William Buwalda, sentenced to five years in a military prison on Alcatraz Island for applauding Emma Goldman, the queen of anarchists, was pardoned today by President Theodore Roosevelt. He had faced a prior three year sentence urged by General Funston. Buwalda claims he attended the meeting only to take notes, a claim the court did not accept.
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San Francisco
Jun
William Buwalda
Alcatray Island
Emma Goldman
Troonevelt
Funston
Buwalda
Real Big Stick For President Moosevelt
Lee Cory a cattleman and old-time scout from eastern Montana presented to Roosevelt a four foot Irish blackthorn stick weighing 20 pounds. The club is decorated with elk horn teeth and deer skin coverings and resembles the sticks seen in cartoons.
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Red Lodge
Mont. Jane
Lee Cory
Montana
Roosevelt
Mayor Jones Orders Everett Police to End Gambling
Everett Wash Jan 6 Mayor Jones issues orders to police to halt gambling of all forms. Previously games had been played quietly, but authorities are to enforce a shutdown immediately.
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Everett. Wash
Jones
Lumber Men Seek Tariff On Pacific Coast Lumber
A Pacific coast delegation representing loggers lumber and shingle makers will travel to Washington to confer with Chief Forester Pinchot on forest conservation and its role in tariff schedules. They will present additional data to the Ways and Means Committee to support retaining duties on lumber and shingles. BD E Skinner of Port Blakely is named chairman of the coast lumber tariff committee.
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Filichcock
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Forester Pinchot
Waye and Means Committee
BD. E. Skinner
San Francisco
Port Blakeley Mill Company
Pacific Coast Lumber Tariff Committee
Long Race To Beat Death
Mrs Augustine N Eddy dies in Washington after a long illness. She is mother of Spencer Eddy U S Minister to Argentina and of Mrs Albert J Beveridge wife of Indiana Senator. She is sister of Mrs Marshall Field of Chicago. Field returned from Europe on the Lusitania and was met by a revenue cutter off Sandy Hook then brought to Jersey City to catch an early train to Washington.
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Washington
Jan
Augustine N. Eddy
Find Body of Indian Chief in Ross Valley Fields
A plowman digging today at Lieutenant Emory Winship’s Ross Valley property uncovered an Indian burial site with flint arrowheads flint knives and spearheads. The skull contained a long thin flint arrowhead and the bones suggest the chief died in battle.
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San Rafael
Emory Winship
Ross Valley
Visiting Page & Son member tours irrigation site
A Page & Son commission firm member with strong ties to local irrigation development visited Pendleton that evening. He planned to depart that morning for the Page-Kyle ranch at Echo to inspect the projects near the county.
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F. WW. Page
Portland
Page & Son
Pendleton
Page-Kyle
Echo
Postoffice figures show strong Pendleton growth in 1908
Local post office data reveal a 12 percent rise in Pendleton’s yearly postal business to 20 315 36 in 1908 from 18 073 76 in 1907. Despite an off year financially and wheat crop shortages, the county dry, and political headwinds, monthly figures indicate broad gains with only November lagging. the April end fiscal year will finalize the official report.
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Pendleton
Harry Rees
LCAL
Post Office
Plan to settle governor dispute by legislature
Olympia report states Governor Mead may seek legislative authority to suspend executive business in the governor’s office and have the attorney general launch quo warranto actions in the supreme court to settle who shall be governor if Cosgrove balks at taking the oath. The move would avoid a direct demand on Mead from the lieutenant governor and leave no public record of an intraoffice dispute.
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Olympia
Wash
Cosgrove
Mead
Supreme Court
Governor Brady urges Republicans to fulfill pledges
Boise Idaho January indicates Governor James H. Brady delivered the first message to the legislature urging Republicans to fulfill party pledges. He calls for enacting a direct primary law and county local option laws and presses adherence to pledges made at the outset of the term.
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Boise
Idaho
James H. Brady
State GOP convention backs Heyburn for Senate
The state Republican convention urged the re election of United States Senator W. B. Heyburn. It also advised creation of a public utilities commission to oversee all public services corporations, plus funding to finish the capitol and Seattle exposition buildings.
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W. B. Heyburn
United States
Public Utilities Commission
Seattle
Jeffries May Fight Johnson Amid Arena Sale Talk
In Los Angeles the Vernon Arena club that runs Jeffries is for sale and a $56,000 offer to fight Johnson is reportedly under serious consideration. Promoter James Coffroth may buy the club while Jeffries contemplates a return after years of saying he would not reenter the ring without a $50,000 offer.
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Los Angeles
Jeffries
Johnson
Vernon Arena
James Coffroth
San Francisco
Jeffrick
Prometer McCarey
Bowers Plans Return After Dallas Trip for Wife Health
Being disgusted with the weather at that place, J. T. Bowers who was suddenly called to Dallas, Ore., on account of the fitness of his wife, writes that he will return to Umatilla county as soon as health will permit.
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J. T. Bowers
Dallas
Ore
Umatilla County
Wheat Growers Rejoicing Over Heavy Snow In Northwest
Snow blankets Willamette valley with six inches at Salem and Albany, easing wheat fears. Northwest counties report general storm with heavy snow, cold temps near zero, but snow protects grain. Pendleton fears fade as flakes appear and prospects brighten for farmers and stockmen.
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Salem
Ore
Willamette Valley
Pilot Rock
Athena
Umaia
Pendleton
Biazard
Fin Ineli
Snowfall Grounds City As Storm Continues
A heavy snowstorm blankets the area with about two inches on the ground and more falling rapidly. The weather began last night with a cold north wind that persisted for 16 hours, chilling anyone outdoors and signaling ongoing winter conditions.
Vanderbilt Rumor Sparks High Life Gossip Cruise
San Francisco gossip reports Mrs Virginia Fair Vanderbilt plans permanent separation from husband William J. Vanderbilt Jr over alleged infatuation with opera singer Madame Cavalier. Meanwhile Vanderbilt reportedly cruises on his private yacht while Mrs Vanderbilt remains in New York.
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San Francisco
William J. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Madame Cavalier
Vanderbilt Ia
New York
Vanderbilt
Insanity plea seeks mercy for Moscow murder case in Idaho
In Boise a prisoner named Fred Seward, condemned for the murder of Mrs. O’Neil of Moscow, Idaho, writes to his sister claiming happiness. As the date of execution approaches, an effort is underway to grant a stay on the basis of alleged insanity, with Seward set to die by hanging February 19 unless stayed.
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Boise
Idaho
Fred Seward
O'Neil
Moscow
City employes must work longer hours
New York, Dec. 5. Comptroller Metz ordered his staff to work until 6 P.M. starting today, meeting the Greater New York Taxpayers Conference demand for eight-hour days for city employees. The move would raise payroll by about 16 million dollars annually.
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New York
Metz
Greater
President Castro Undergoes Kidney Operation
Berlin report states former Venezuelan president Castro was operated on yesterday for kidney trouble. Surgeons expect his complete recovery.
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Castro
Berlin
Venezuela
Will Court Pay The Bill For Prohibition Detectives
County court faces decision on payment of 8350 claimed by District Attorney Phelps for detective service prior to the last grand jury. Commissioners objected that sheriffs should handle enforcement, while the DA argues extra detectives are needed to enforce the prohibition law. A ruling at the upcoming session or during the grand jury may shape future enforcement actions.
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Ami
Phelps
Walker
Lee
Prisoners Returned to Benton County for Robbery Trial
Sheriff McNell of Benton county arrived in town with John Schroeder and Jas Craven, two youths recently jailed by Marshal Tillson of Umatila, to transport them back for trial on charges of robbing a Japanese man on the north bank of the river across from Umatilla.
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Washington
McNell
Benton County
John Schroeder
Jas. Craven
Marshal Tillson
Umatila
Umatilla
New Chopper in Local Forest Puts On Impressively
Pendleton Lodge No. 41 of Woodmen of the World initiated 41 members in a ceremony led by Head Consul Bank, with Captain Carden and assistants delivering an outstanding degree. Mayor Murphy turned over city duties to the head consul as plans for installation and dedication were postponed to Wednesday night.
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Murphy
Consul I
Northwest
Pendleton Lodge No. 41
Carden
John H. Pattison
Colfax
Burk and
Zeuske
R. Alexander
J. F. Robinson
J. P. Walker
Consul Bank
Pattison
Haines
Young Hartle children struck by fatal typhoid pneumonia
Little Peter Hartle aged 12 is dead and a younger brother, a second Hartle child, lies near death at home from typhoid pneumonia. Funeral services for Peter will be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church. The bereaved family had seen a brief recovery before a sudden collapse, and the other child shows little chance of recovery.
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Peter Hartle
G. B. Hartle
Methodist Church
Fashion Creates New Human Being in Directoire Style
Paris reports a fashion revolution redefining the silhouette with a full straight line front and back. The "tube woman" emerges as dresses mimic walking stove-pipes, demanding corsets of extreme length reaching nearly to the knees, crafted from rubber and whalebone and showcased in major shops.
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Paris
Directod
Directoire
Philadelphia
Mrs Reeves and daughter visit after twenty years
Mrs C C Reeves and Mrs Douglas of Hermiston have been guests of their niece Mrs E Reager whom they had not seen for 20 years. They were accompanied by their daughters Iga Blanch Reeves and Orn Douglas.
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C. C. Reeves
Douglas
Hermiston
E. Reager
Iga Blanch Reeves
Orn Douglas
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Moosevelt
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