Secretary Garfield Awards Three Key Umatilla Decisions
Secretary Garfield announces three pivotal rulings on the Umatilla irrigation project. Entrymen in Pendleton are excluded from government water rights. first land payments are extended to December 1909 with grace. and no new land will be opened until the Hermiston unit is cultivated and producing revenue, while the remainder remains withheld pending water reliability and canal readiness. The decision underscores patience, staged development, and praise for Hermiston settlers and their progress.
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Umatilla
James A. Garfield
Interior Department
Firet
Pendleton
Hermiston
Aptttern
Garfield
Reclamation Department
Echo
Japs Offer Aid to Philippine Rebels Reported
Hong Kong July 11 A Filipino arriving from Manila says a general uprising against US authority is planned on the islands and rebels are obtaining arms on the China coast with believed help from Japan. US agents are probing a small Filipino party that arrived ten days ago after separate arrivals and a secret confer ence. Some members went to Macao and Canton. two Chinese junks suspected of carrying rifles have vanished.
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Hong Kong
China
Manila
Japan
United States
Macao
Canton
Harvest yields rise as farmers report strong early threshing
In Umatilla county to date threshing shows promising results with wheat averaging 25 bushels per acre at the Temple place and 25 to 30 bushels at the Dave Nelson farm. Barley yields in Pilot Rock country exceed wheat, and early estimates from Vansycle indicate 28 to 30 bushels per acre for first grade wheat. Local growers anticipate normal to strong overall harvest in the coming week.
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Vielda
Temple
Dave Nelson
Pilot Rock Country
Umatilla
Northwest
W. P. Temple Place
Despain Gulch
Herman Suh Place
Walter Paning
Pilot Rock
Knight Brothers
Serei Brothers
Tom Thompson
Wright and
Weber
Harley Rothrocke
A. Ruppe
Grain India
Jerry Stone
Athena
Vansycle
Charles Campbell
E. E. la Hue
Train hold up creates panic and brief delay
Passengers faced a sudden hold up as shots from a highwayman’s rifle warned them to stay down. A dynamite blast shattered a car’s windows and wood finishing, but no injuries occurred. The incident lasted only minutes and caused a brief delay.
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Thught
Czar Plans European Tour Amid Fear of Assassination
Czar, near collapse from fear of assassination, announced he will follow advisers’ plan and tour European capitals this fall or spring. He will visit Emperor Franz Josef first, then the Italian king, President Fallieres of France, King Edward, the Kaiser, the king of Greece, and the Prince of Montenegro.
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St. Petersburg
Franz Josef
Austria
Italy
Fallernes
France
Edward
Greece
Monte Negro
Gravity Water System Plan Backed by Mayor and Council
Mayor Murphy and councilmen favor a gravity water system plan arguing preliminary steps will be taken before next summer. They say a better water supply would boost population, the plan is feasible, a supply is available and bonds to install the system could be floated without trouble, likely including a municipal power plant.
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Murphy
Pendleton
Two New River Boats Under Construction For Upper Columbia
Open River Transportation agent A L Wylie announces two new steamers will serve the upper river between Celilo and Pasco with powerful engines to handle swift waters. Chief Engineer Kellogg travels to Pittsburg to oversee machinery, about 115000 dollars already raised toward 150000 dollar project. Boats expected in eight weeks to haul grain and support portage road expansion.
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Portland
A. L. Wylie
Open River Transportation Company
Kellogg
0. R. & N. Company
Pittsburg
Dalles Chronicle
Wyllie
Fortland
Big Eddy
Inland Empire
Wylie
Dalles
Celilo
Pasco
Priest Rapids
Wash
Interior
Fleet Sails On Big Ships Through Daily Maneuvers
On board U S S Georgia in July one report from H Lee Clotworthy says the Atlantic fleet progresses toward Hawaii with 1050 miles west of San Francisco at noon. The ships sail at 10 knots in calm weather, maneuvers proceed daily, and no accidents have occurred.
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H. Lee Clotworthy
United States Press
Georgia
Hawaii
San Francisco
Chief No Shirt longs for boyhood home at Wallula
Walla Walla Umatilla chief No Shirt, confined on the Umatilla reservation for decades, longs to return to Wallula and, if granted citizenship, sell reservation lands to buy sagebrush land along the Columbia. He plans to relocate with followers to establish a homestead near the river, reviving ancestral life and hunting grounds.
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No Shirt
Walla Walla
Umatilla
Columbia River
F. B. Leupp
Indian Department
Department
Wallula
Columbia
Reception at Ellis Home for Secretary Garfield
A public reception honoring Cabinet Officer James R. Garfield was held informal at the home of Congressman and Mrs W R Ellis on Lewis street with several hundred attendees. Garfield praised Umatilla County residents for their progressive spirit, thanked settlers on irrigation projects, and departed with the party on the O B R train to Idaho to inspect the Carey project at Twin Falls.
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Garfield
Umatilla County
Lottom
Idaho
James R. Garfield
Umatilla
A. B E. McFatridge
Hermiston
Bowman Hotel
W. R. Ellis
Lewis Street
Ellis Home
Ellis
EK. R. Swinburne
C. J. Smith
A. J. McAlister
Bilis
Faye Bartholomew
Eleanor Vincent
Carey
Twin Falls
Train Robbery Near Naples Idaho Ends in Escape
Great Northern train No 3 was halted by a lone bandit about ten miles east of Naples Idaho. A section crew served as a decoy while the bandit fired on the train, wounding conductor A M Matthews in the lung during a duel. The robber escaped into the brush as a posse pursued him, and the car woodwork was shattered by bullets.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Naples
Idaho
A. M. Matthews
Dad” Morrill
Matthews
Chicago Envelops in Heat as City Suffers
Chicago records a heat wave with one death four prostrations and twelve illnesses in 24 hours. Thermometer hits 91 degrees at noon and no relief is seen. Tenement districts suffer intensely while stockyards idle and many wealthy families flee the city.
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Chicago
Spectacular Seattle Fire Destroys Red Light District
A blaze in Seattle gutted eight three story buildings and several smaller structures in the restricted district, leaving one Japanese man dead and another badly injured. About 200 people homeless as hydraulic pumps battled the flames, with water from a 24 inch main helping avert total destruction. Origin of the fire remains unknown and total loss about 100000 dollars.
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Seattle
Dearborn Street
Hydraulic Company
Redlight
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Setilera
Newell
Sand Acres
Morrow County
Philippine
Czar
Europe
Agton
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