Local Business Leaders to Hear Pendleton Academy Plans
An urgent meeting of business men and property owners is set for Thursday evening at the Commercial association rooms. Trustees and the academy president will discuss the school's status and a future endowment to secure permanent revenue. The campaign to recruit students continues and city support is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Commercial Association
Pendleton Academy
Association
C. J. Smith
Academy
W. H. Bleakney
Phosphate Mine Sale Valued At Forty Per Acre
The Dallestemizer notes a phosphate mine on a local farm that sold yesterday for 40 dollars an acre, a price unlikely to be available today reaching two hundred dollars.
Miners Federation May Depose Moyer
Butte delegates at the Western Federation of Miners convention in Denver push P. W. Flynn for president and seek to end officer elections by convention in favor of referendum voting. Moyer may seek re election despite imprisonment in Boise tied to the Haywood trial. Socialists target Mahoney and possible affiliation with the IWW remains doubtful. Reading of officials reports dominated the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Charles H. Moyer
Butte
Mont
Western Federation of Miners
P. W. Flynn
Order
Moyer
Moyad
Boise
Haywood
Socialista
C. E. Mahoney
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Organization
Two-Cent Fare Debate Echoes Across States
Illinois and Santa Fe railroads report reduced passenger revenue despite a surge in travel under the 2-cent fare law. The Illinois Railroad Commission defends the policy as beneficial, while carriers cite higher equipment, staffing, and maintenance costs. A Kansas comparison shows 654,000 more passengers yet 297,000 fewer dollars in passenger revenue. A Tillamook man earns 16.47 dollars per cow in butter in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Santa Fe
Illinois Railroad Commission
Kansas
Pendleton Persons Abroad for Trading and Business
A long roster of visitors and locals in Pendleton on business and travel includes A. J. Morse and family from Ukiah, R. N. Stanfield of Echo, May Ludlow of Hermiston, Joe Rothlin the stock buyer, Lewis P. Foss of Young's Oregon, and others. Sherman figures, farm and ranch men, hotel owners, and officials move between Pendleton, Echo, Umatilla, and surrounding areas, with many heading to Weston, Walla Walla, Hermiston, Shaniko, and Portland for work, harvest preparations, legal matters, and land draws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Morse
Ukiah
R. N. Stanfield
Echo
Pendleton
May Ludlow
Hermiston
Joe Rothlin
Lewis P. Foss
Young
Oregon
William Stusher
Nolin
F. McCullough
D. O. Justus
Heppner
Cecil Woods
Redmond
R. E. Post
Ellensburg
Washington
Sheriff Taylor
Athena
B. & Cockrell
Umatilla
C. E. Nelson
Weston
Nesmith Ankeney
Walla Walla
C. F. Chatten
Elgin
J. E B. Smith
The
Smith Livestock Company
Barnhart
E. E. Elder
Ollie Ellsworth
North Powder
John Vert
Diina McLain
Portland
Seatte
A. A. Cole
Pilot Rock
H. H. Reynolds
Jack O’mera
O. R. & N. Bridge and Building Department
Dr. N. 3. Ring
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Shaniko
W. W. Harrah
Joe McDill
County Poor Farm
Timber deal moves 20000 acres in John Day country
Portland reports a $700,000 sale of about 30000 acres of Eastern Oregon yellow pine in John Day country. The Erwine Brothers of Saint Paul sold to Bloatern timber men, with final terms signed in Portland. The deal signals possible railroad extension up the John Day for 110 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
John Dry
Erwine Trothers
St. Paul
Minn
Columbu
John Day
Blue Mountains
Pine auction adds value to eastern Oregon harvest
A fragment notes the Blue Mountain country was withdrawn from the market by a presidential proclamation issued by President Roosevelt. The removal increases the value of yellow pine in eastern Oregon as timber assets become more scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Blue Mountain Country
Oregon
Idaho Bluestem Harvest Starts Near Lewiston
Lewiston Idaho July 12 The first of a dozen new combined harvesters pulled into a 400 acre barley field south of the city beginning the season's run. Rain delayed work but did not harm ripened grain while upland crops benefited. Bluestem wheat largely contracted to milling firms at 10 dollars per bushel. Farmers expect spring sown wheat to bring 86 cents or more. Total Lewiston gateway crops about 10,000,000 bushels with Nez Perce and Camas prairies yielding record harvests as railroads begin prairie marketing to reduce costs and increase returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Idaho
Nez Perce
Camas Prairies
English Suffragettes Hunger Strike After Fines Refusal
London July 13 Fourteen suffragists from recent riots refuse £25 fines and opt for prison. They declare no payment, will endure jail, and will fast rather than eat prison food. Magistrate offers dismissal on payment, but they insist on imprisonment. Earlier, they were arrested while attempting to storm the House of Commons and repulsed by police. Also noted is a San Francisco case where Miss Minnie Carter aided by detectives marked Johnson as a bigamist. confession attempts fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Johnson
Minnie Carter
San Francisco
Woman Faints When She Sees Wrong Man in Morgue
In Seattle on July 13 Mrs. Fred Bloomer swooned at the sight of an unidentified body, crying it was Fred before realizing the face did not match and fainting again. Bloomer had deserted his family for Alaska years earlier, and a man found last night near a trestle matched the description closely, prompting the morgue visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Fred Bloomer
Columbia
Fred
Bloomer
Alaska
Widow seeks $100000 from bigamist Madson in California
San Jose July 13. Mrs Tretheway, a wife of Christian Johnson or W J D Madson, sues for $100,000 alleging costly wedding preparations and mortgage of her home. She also seeks $1000 in attorney fees as he faces a bigamy charge. Johnson claims he was married to only three women, including Mrs Henrietta Leo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
Christian Johnson
W. J D. Madson
Village of 2200 Goes Dry by Accident
Chicago report on Arlington Heights a suburb of 2000 residents where a board quorum flaw halted a sewer ordinance vote. Three trustees skipped a meeting, leaving the measure defeated and licenses for five saloons unissued, prompting saloonkeepers to act as soda water clerks under wary police. A Springfield railroad yard note and Union area settlement call follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arlington Heights
Board of Trustees
Frog Rain Delays Trains Across Utica Area
In a heavy wind and rain storm residents report thousands of small frogs flooding sidewalks, covering half a mile of railroad and making walking difficult. Trains slowed due to the slick surface and slippery tracks in Gouverneur and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Gouverneur Tonight
Deer herd described near Prineville mountain trip
A Prineville man returning from a journey to the mountains east of the city reports the woods were filled with deer that were tame as cattle, suggesting unusually friendly wildlife in the area.
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Prineville
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MASON
Standard Grocery Co
Maoo
Miners Federation
Traveling Eye Glass
O. M. Heacock
Wm. E. Hanscom
Winslow Bros
Coss
Pendleton Dye Works
William Hodgen
Hudson Bay Country
Oliver P. Morton
Reclamation Service
Umatila
Frank Carruth
Weston Mountain
Fugene
Willamette Valley
Harrison Allen
Henrietta Mills
Joseph Kramos
J. HB. Montgomery
Puget Sound Warehouse Company
E. Noonan
Tacoma
Winn Brown
D. C
Sinotype
Tribune
East Oregonian
Spokane
Coeur d'Alene
Missoula
John Day Country
Bluestem Ig
Dollar
Madson
Boston
Springfield
Roseville
Union Republican
Union
Frog Crisis
Tallman’s
MT. Hood
Tallman & Co
F. J. Donaldson
Founda
Cor. Railroad
Willow Sts
Ore
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