Grand Ronde Mill Prepares Five Mile Oregon Rail Line
Grand Ronde Lumber Company of Perry plans five miles of railroad grade from Meacham to tap a north pine timber belt. A mill will be built at the canyon head west of Meacham near the O R N line. A storage pond will serve log handling with several log trains. The line may extend and spawn further branch lines next year.
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Grand Ronde Lumber Company
Bull Sawmill
Canyon
Meacham Station
Perry
Meacham
Last Ascension Fizzle At Ball Grounds
A fourth attempted balloon ascent by Arconaut Paul ended in a dismal failure. The balloon lifted to about fifty feet, then descended and landed back at the ball grounds amid a large crowd. Officials cited construction flaws though the balloon appeared well filled.
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Arconaut Paul
Right Leg Broken by Horse Kick Near Birch Creek
John Sparks of Birch Creek suffered a broken right leg below the knee when kicked by a horse Saturday about 4 pm while driving a combine harvester among horses. Dr. J A Best attended him. Sparks is resting as well as possible. Read the East Oregonian.
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John Sparks
Birch Creek
J. A. Best
Sparks
Wool Market Slips After London Price Drops
Low Woot, Prices, Boise Paper Reviews the wool market with Shaniko sale prices about one cent lower than prior. Buyers' restraint, London auction declines, and old stock cleanups influence rates. Analysts weigh buyer combinations and producer needs as prices ease from early season highs.
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Ben
Shaniko
London
Ti Ja
Captain Bruin Detected in Pendleton Visit
Captain Patrick C. Bruin, Portland detective chief, arrives in Pendleton with his wife to visit Judge Thomas FitzGerald’s family. He plans to spend most of a two week vacation here before returning, following a career shaped by Scotland Yard experience and service in the Philippines constabulary.
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Patrick C. Bruin
Portland
Pendleton
Captain Bruin
Thomas FitzGerald
Letiman Springs
Bruin
Scotland Yards
London
Hile
Parth
Philippines
Lane
Uni
New Mexican Earthquake Shocks Felt in Albuquerque
An earthquake tremor was felt in Albuquerque at noon on July 18 with no damage reported locally. The quake continues a sequence felt in Socorro San Marcial and nearby towns causing alarm and evacuations. The adobe building housing the Colorado Telephone company in Socorro collapsed at noon and other structures were badly damaged.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Soerorro
San Marcial
Socorro
Colorado Telephone Company
Street Car Men in Portland Demand Reinstatement and Wages
The newly formed Street Car Employes union plans to issue an ultimatum demanding the reinstatement of Motorman K J McKenny and a wage of 27 cents per hour. A strike is expected if the company refuses. Also reported: Elks train wreck with engineer killed near Forbes Junction. Chicago murder suicides at a millinery store. Dreyfus retaliation threat in Paris. Wisconsin powder mill blast reportedly kills 25 workers.
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Portland
Tonteht
K. J. McKenny
Dreyfus
Floods Subside. Northwest Grain Draper In Service
Stockton July 1 floods easing nationwide with hopeful outlook. The largest grain draper in the northwest is now in use at Hatton Ward by Goodnough & Kelsey. It is 40 feet long and eighty feet wide. Ordinary drapers measure 36 to 44 inches wide and proportionate in length.
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Northwest
Hatton
Ward
Goodnough & Kelsey
Walla Walla Firm Wins Umatilla Bridge Contract
Bids opened for a new steel bridge across the Umatilla above Pendleton. BE Eberhart & Co of Walla Walla won at 2150 for a 100 foot span 28 feet wide to be completed by November 1. Court action delays north bank road petition while the project proceeds.
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Walla Walla
North Bank Wild Horse
Waa
Tx. Preson
Acros
Umatilla
Pendleton
BE. Eberhart
Eberhart & Co
Wild Horse
Athena
Lee J Street
North Bank Road
T. C. Taylor
Jlernal Road
Human "rattlebox" Whitman Arrives in Opie for Shows
Ellis Whitman, the so called human rattlebox from New York, arrived from the west and will stay a few days to visit physicians. At 21 he can dislocate nearly every joint and eviscerate internal organs, including moving the heart and liver. his feats astonish surgeons. He has toured the country and Europe and once performed before the Prince of Wales.
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Whitman
Ellis Whitman
Opie
West
Toca
Salt Lake
Whitman Halls
New York
Je Dlensen
Europe
Prince of Wales
King Edward of
England
Police Court Case Involves Two Neighboring Families
In police court this morning Mr and Mrs Donald Robinson and Mr and Mrs Artiris Hall faced charges of assault and battery after a Saturday altercation. City Attorney McCourt heard the complaints before Judge Fite Gerald, who took the matter under advisement for a week.
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Donald Robinson
Etariris Hall
McCourt
Fite Gerald
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Cure for Coughs
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents consumption. It warns against unknown preparations and promotes the genuine product in a yellow package from Koeppen Drug Store. The Walla Walla Methodists plan a church house costing between $49,000 and $60,000 at Becond and Birch streets.
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Foley
Tara
Koeppen Drug Store
Walla Walla
Man falls from window in fire dream at Queen lodging house
Lee, a farm laborer from Pendleton, awoke believing a San Francisco fire danger and leaped from a second story window at the Queen lodging house. He suffered a dislocated shoulder, was treated by Drs McFaul and Smith, and rest remains as the injury was set under chloroform.
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Lee
Queen
Pendleton
Dr. McFaul
Dre. McFaul
Smith
Y P M Society to Meet at Miss Scott’s Home
The Young People's Missionary Society of the Epworth League will gather at 624 Garfield Street on Tuesday evening July 17 at 8 o'clock. Members should come prepared to respond to roll call with a missionary news item.
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Y. P.M. Society
Elth
Young People's Missionary Society of the
Epworth Scewe
Mise Kya Scott
Garfield Street
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