Pendleton to be hub for network of electric lines
Ohio and Pittsburgh capitalists plan to finance an electric street car system linking Pendleton with the Columbia River and connecting to river steamboats. An engineer’s report supports the project, which would serve Pendleton and Umatilla County through future city parks and a natatorium, with routes to McKay Creek and local irrigation districts. The ordinance committee was asked to study the franchise and report back.
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Pendleton
Columbia River
James H. Gwinn
Gwinn
Ohio
Pliteburg
Umatilla County
Columbia
Echo
Hermiston
McKay Creek
City
Umatilla
Real Strenuous Life in Eastern Oregon Oversight Bid
Ross Newport, superintendent for Newport Land and Construction, prepared to bid on levee work after the Pendleton council voted to reopen bidding. His father, Col. H. G. Newport, was asleep in Hermiston with no night phone, so Ross left at 11 pm to catch a 2 am call to his father and return to Pendleton.
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Oregon
Ross Newport
Newport Land & Construction Company
Newport
Col
H. G. Newport
Hermiston
Overlind
Col. Newport
Pendleton Council
Brutal Chicago murder shocks city with mutilated body
In Chicago on July 2 a mutilated body of Mrs. EB Thompson was found in a lodging house room. Handkerchiefs bearing the letters B and P143 may link to suspect J. H. Raymond who rented the room. Authorities report extensive injuries and a neck broken by extraordinary strength.
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Chicago
EB. Thompson
J. H. Raymond
Raymond
New York Endures Record Heat Wave Day
New York on July 2 endures extreme heat with seven deaths reported before noon. The heat blankets Manhattan with many prostrations, crippling business and overwhelming hospitals in the city’s eastern tenement districts. The day marks one of the worst heat episodes in recent memory.
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New York
Manhattan Islande
Levee Work Bid Openings Draw Interest Tonight
The Newports expect a new bid for levee work this evening as W S Betts plans to bid again. Opening of the bids tonight is awaited with interest.
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Elty
Newports
Betts
County court approves dyke funding for Little Walla Walla
The county court granted an appeal by Freewater Milton residents to allocate 400 toward a dyke for the Little Walla Walla. East end delegates pressed the proposal in court, while bids for steel vault furniture occupied the docket. The commission has not acted on a 1000 appropriation requested by the district fair board.
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Freewater-Milton
Little Walla Walla
East End
Commission
District Fair Board
Livermore Reelects Clerk At School Board Meeting
At last evening’s meeting Lot Livermore was reelected clerk. Audits for the past month were paid. Bids for fuel and general school-year supplies opened but action delayed for explanations. Vacancies in the teaching staff not addressed due to the chairman’s absence. several posts remain open.
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Livermore
Co. Jd. Smith
First Result Of Prohibition In Pendleton Dining Room Leased
J H Ledgate of North Yakima becomes Pendleton’s first post prohibition restaurant operator after leasing the Golden Rule dining room. He and wife will run a first class establishment with improvements and new attractions. J Popejoy remains hotel keeper but exits dining room duties.
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J. OH
Ledgate
Golden Tule How
Pendleton
J. H. Ledgate
North Yakima
J. Popejoy
Miners Die in Gas Explosion at Vkoroket Mine
Yueovka Russia July 2 reports say 100 miners were killed last night in a gas blast at the Vkoroket mine. It is feared 400 are trapped. Troops rushed to the scene to assist in rescue efforts.
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Yueovka
Russia
Vkoroket
Morocco on Verge of Revolt Against Hafid Rule
Fes Morocco July 2 population again on verge of revolt against Mulai Hafid the victorious pretender to the throne who tortures Abdul Aziz followers to locate a treasure Azis is believed to have hidden before the pretender s army full details scarce but tension rises across the capital and surrounding regions
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Fes
Morocco
Mulal Hafid
Sultan Abdul Aziz
Azis
Seven Killed in Missouri Train Collision Near Sedalia
Seven killed and many injured in a head on crash between Missouri Pacific California Limited and St. Joseph Express near Sedalia Missouri. Trains were moving fast and wreckage was extensive with fires. Relief crews rushed to the scene as townsfolk aided the wrecking efforts.
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Fedalia
Missouri Pacific California Limited
St. Joseph
Sanfornia
William Harking
St. Louis
California Limited
Missouri Pacific
Ttme
Knobwoster
Wreck Kills Four Near El Paso Texas
An eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train struck a washout near Borancho Texas 15 miles east of El Paso early today. Engineer Jones was killed and several prisoners injured. Fireman Elmer Ellie jumped to safety. The engine baggage car and two coaches derailed. Three unidentified Mexican men were found dead under the baggage car, bringing fatalities to four. The Mexicans were said to be riding without tickets.
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el Paso
Texas
Jones
Texas and Pacific
Bo Rancho
Elmer Ellie
Taft Invited to Spokane Visit by Local Republicans
Judge L B Nash, president of the Spokane County Taft Republican club, invites William H. Taft to visit Spokane and the northwest during the campaign. The club led northwest outreach and seeks cooperation from Taft supporters in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to persuade a Northwest trip. Nash hopes a visit boosts Taft’s regional prospects and strengthens Washington’s Republican stance.
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William H. Taft
Spokane
L B. Nash
Spokane County
Taft Republican Club
Northwest
Taft
Washington
Oregon
Toaho
Montana
Mr. Taft
Judge Nash
Mr. Roosevelt
Careless boy compared to a hen for losing yesterday’s words
A quip notes the boy is unlikely to find what he said yesterday, likening his carelessness to a hen misplacing items. The joke hinges on a simple home content line about forgetfulness and repeated misplacement.
Bishop Potter Loses Strength Nearing Death
Cooperstown July 2 Bishop Henry Codman Potter cheerful with physicians as his strength wanes and doctors say he has only a few hours to live. Though he feels no pain his condition is rapidly deteriorating and an end is near according to Dr. Jan Verin and Dr. Bassett.
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Cooperstown
Henry Codman Potter
Janverin
Bassett
Railroads Ready to Use Nonunion Workers in Strike Prep
Chicago July 2 railroads take precautions against a possible freight handler strike. If talks fail, a walkout will be declared and nonunion workers will be employed. Rock Island and others have created shifts in warehouses for substitutes while the union executive board is instructed to act to prevent wage cuts.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Union
Pendleton High Fraternity Gains National Lambda Sigma Honor
Harold Warner wins admission for Pendleton High School fraternity Alpha Psi to the Lambda Sigma national association. Ithaca meeting confirms the honor after prior rejection over a year ago. Local joy runs high as the group gains exclusive status and will change the local name to reflect Lambda Sigma membership.
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Harold Warner
Pendleton High School
Pendleton
Alpha Psi
Lambda Sigma
Cress Sturgis
Harold Warter
Ithica
New York
Warner
National Association
Tthica
Indiana
Installing Pumping Plant On Umatila River Irrigation System
Wentworth and Elder of Echo installed an eight horsepower gasoline engine and 65 inch pump for a private irrigation plant on the Uma tila river. They excavated four holes 0 feet long by 25 feet wide and 15 feet deep to tap underflow water and will have a large supply for irrigation. The pump lifts 700 gallons per minute to a height of 16 feet, forming a complete irrigation system within itself.
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Wentworth and Elder of
Echo
Umatila
Towne for Vice President Seeks Anti Injunction Plank
Charles Towne of New York arrives from Lincoln with his own boom for the vice presidency and demands a strong anti injunction plank. He says Bryan will insist on clear language and on meeting labor demands, even if he must attend Denver. Bryan men call Parker’s Cleveland tribute a covert attack on the anti injunction plank. Omaha Mayor Dahlman says the convention will honor Cleveland’s memory.
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Denver
Cleveland
Charles Towne
New York
Lincoln
Bryan
Towne
Dahlman
Omaha
Kern Visits Lincoln Amid Bryan Convention Talk
John W. Kern of Indiana visits Lincoln and says he is not a candidate for vice president. He asserts Bryan’s friends will control the convention, that Bryan will be nominated on the first ballot, and that a platform aligned with progressive democracy will be adopted.
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Lincoln
John W. Kern
Indiana
Bryan
Tammany on the Way to Denver Convention Fight
Chicago June 2 Chairman Murphy of Tammany Hall Lewis Nixon State Chairman Connors and other advance guard New York delegation to the Denver convention passed through Chicago today. They indicated they expect a fight before the convention.
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Tammany
Chicago
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Lewis Nixon
Connors
New York
Denver
King to Crook Engineer Heads for Month’s Work
Horace W. King the engineer departs Pendleton for Laidlaw Crook county where he will spend a month with a company active in developing the area. He will combine his duties with an owing and return to Pendleton after completing the assignments. His office is in the Despain building. Previously he worked with the reclamation crew on the East Umatilla project and led the dam construction.
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Horace W. King
Laidlaw
Crook County
An Owing
Pendleton
Despain
King
East Umatilla
Rail line in German Southwest Africa to be rebuilt
The Swakopmund to Windhoek railway, a 2 foot 6 inch base used mainly for military operations against rebels, will be reconstructed to Cape gauge 3 feet 6 inches. The line currently runs 236 miles and will connect with Cape colony railroads.
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Africa
Swakopmund
Windhak
Cape Colony
Sensational Idnaper Kidnapper Surrenders Reported
Fresno report states Loveall, the kidnapper, surrendered this afternoon. Coalinga says Tony Loveall, the outlaw who plotted Edna Domingine’s sensational kidnapping, eludes pursuers while starving families are forced to feed him. He uses intimate knowledge of terrain and rapid, elusive movements to avoid capture. a new posse forms as Adolph Domengine vows to chase him.
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Coalinga
Cal
Tony Loveall
Edna Domengine
Tracey
Adolph Domengine
Loveau
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Pendleton and
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Itops
East Slide
Freewater Committee
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Pendleton School Board
Daily Revolution
Missouri
Cras
Sedalia
Taft Club
HGH School
New Yorker
Kern Noy
Fresno
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