Hotel Arrivals and a Land Claim Dispute Report
A long list records hotel arrivals including J. R. Carer ter La Grande G. F. Conwell Nam pa J. F. Phy La Grande Percy A. Cupper Salem and many others from Portland Spokane and Hermiston. The article also covers a land dispute in which the state asserts prior rights to timber land over the Northern Pacific filings with the Coeur d Alene land office and a series of 12 deputy decisions largely favoring the state, with appeals to the secretary of the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George
Jos
R. Carerter
la Grande
G. F. Conwell
Nampa
J. F. Phy
Percy A. Cupper
Salem
H. R. Jackson
Portland
C. Foersteman
Milton
H. M. Armstrong
Weston
H. D. Hamilton
Chicago
Chas
A. Webster
Helen Weir
Mia
F. A. Petray
Child
Yealdaberg
Cal
D. MacAllister
Denver
Maud Hough
Walla Walla
Otis Turner
F. B. Sharpellen
D. White
Northern Pacific
Persens
Jack Simpkins
Coeur d'Alene
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Idaho Seeks Rights To Northern Pacific Timber Land
Boise Statesman reports Idaho to contest timber land rights in the St Joe river country. State seeks 10 000 acres amid a $250 000 timber value dispute. Secretary of the Interior to hear cases after Land Office ruling favored the state. Attorney Snow travels to Washington to argue, decision likely shaping similar disputes with the Northern Pacific railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Northern Pacific
Boise Statesman
St. Joe River
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Snow
Washington
Tate
Timtwrland
Department
Hunt
Gt. Joe
Dying Glass In Dresden Museum Draws Attention
A large Dutch workman cup in the Dresden Museum of Art sits under a heavy glass cover. Berlin reports it is isolated due to a supposed glass disease causing consumption that can spread to other glass objects. Remedies exist but not applied to study its progression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Art
Dresden
Germany
Berlin
A Big Calculation In Water
A summary of planetary water estimates states oceans span about 145 million square miles with an average depth near 12,000 feet and a water total around 3.27 quintillion tons The rivers could cover this area daily but could not supply enough as evaporation would ruin the flow If oceans dried up it would take 3 500 years to refill the basin
Enter the Eternal Court Worthy of Kings and Queens
A Ruskin quotation speaks of choosing company beyond servants and crowds, inviting access to a universal court of society where rank is earned by desire and cannot be lost but by one’s own fault. It contrasts trivial gossip with royal fellowship accessible to all who enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booka
John Ruskin
Electric Bitters Cited In Cedar Grove Man’s Cure
A Cedar Grove resident, Geo H Parris, writes that after long liver and kidney illness he used Electric Bitters from Tallman & Co. and was cured after three bottles. The letter touts the remedy as best for stomach, liver and kidney troubles. 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Parris
Cedar
Grove
Tallman & Co
First Rig to Cross Mountain This Year Reaches Granite
Thee Feet of Snow In the Mountains. W F Cunnington of Canyon City and a Mr Wood of La Grande spent Sunday night in Granite while traveling from La Grande to Canyon with a team and wagon. They crossed the mountain via Sheep Ranch and North Fork, facing two to three feet of snow. It was the first crossing of the year and the trip was hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FR. Cunnington
Canyon City
Wood
la Grande
Granite
Canyon
Sheep Ranch
North Fork
Granite Gem
Fortunate Texan Praises Dr King’s New Life Pills
A Texas resident, E W Goodloe of Daling, commends Dr King’s New Life Pills for malaria and biliousness, claiming strong relief without grinding or gripping. Advertised by Tallman & Co.’s drug store in the East Oregonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E W. Goodloe
St. Louis St
Daling, Tex
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Transcontinental rail lines slow schedules for better accuracy
The U R N and partners plan slower crossing times to improve reliability. Transcontinental trains will gain four and a half hours of running time, with a new 13 hour schedule proposed from Portland to Chicago. Managers cite costly rapid runs and growing traffic as reasons to favor steadier service over speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. & N. Short Line
Union Pacific
Li Ie
Creck
Harriman
Chicago
O. R
Oregon Short Line
Portland
Scandal of Spanish King Heirs sue for rights
Madrid dispatch reports the supreme court has declared itself competent to hear the suit by Elema Sanz’s heirs against Alfonso XIII’s lineage. The long row over the will and payout to Sanz’s children risks public scandal, exposing late king Alfonso XII’s affairs and possible protected details from his twilight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso XII
Madrid
Spain
Elema Sanz
Alfonso Kit
Alena Sane
Alfonso
Alfonso XT
Prrie
Mme. Sanz
Senor Mongues
Chamber of Deput
Supreme Court
Alfonso XI
Telephone companies meet in Chicago to plan merger
In Chicago on June 6 representatives of T7000 Companies gather with about 1000 managers and presidents to develop a plan to unify 7000 American and Canadian telephone firms. The three day convention at the Auditorium hotel aims to create a national organization and unify toll services for over 3 million independent line users. Ohio leads the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Cannada
Sest
Auditorium Hotel
Ohio
The King of Blood Purifiers and Its Claims
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as the King of Blood Purifiers for over four decades, promising cure across blood and skin diseases. It stresses pure vegetable ingredients, safety for all ages, and a claim to eradicate inherited and acquired blood poisons, with testimonials from Mrs. Clara Daubert endorsing its cleansing power and health benefits. The Swift Specific Company of Atlanta, GA is cited for distribution and free literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
Clara Daubert
Schuylkill
Haven
Independent telephone consolidation conference calls nationwide
The piece notes a consolidation movement among independent telephone companies in the United States and Canada. It lists member states including Indiana’s 800000 and 200000 figures, cites Ontario growth, Manitoba authority to create long distance links, and plans to connect Manitoba Alberta lines. The trend follows years of record prosperity for independents expanding from rural to major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ure
Indiana
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Micnais
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Texas
New Hampshire
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Tennessee
Vermont
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Dr. Baker Cancer Specialist Promises Noninvasive Success
Dr Baker of Oakesdale Washington offers non surgical cancer treatment with adjustable strength remedies. He claims to remove cancers from mouth eye and other body parts without knife or X ray. He invites consultation free and asserts many satisfied patients and warns that delay is dangerous.
Osteopathy Growth Noted by Boston Globe
The Boston Globe comments on the osteopathic movement in New England noting over four thousand graduate osteopaths now practicing. It highlights the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville Missouri and claims osteopathy has more colleges and students than homeopathy and ranks second to allopathy. It stresses nerve focus and seeks permanent cures without sedatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
The
Boston Globe
American School of
British Columbia logging camps to close for indefinite period
Loggers in British Columbia plan a June 28 shutdown after a month output of 23 260 000 feet. More than 2000 workers will lose wages totaling about 200 000 dollars monthly as the Loggers association cites cheap logs and overproduction. Dave Esson's logging camp on Thurlow Island burned June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Loggers' Association
Dave Esson
Thurlow Island
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W. B. Gendering
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A. E. Telchert
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Tom Oldman
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A. Nathan
Ed. Guerburg
R. EF. Woods
Seattle
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C. EK. Baker
H. Dyke
D. C. Corrigan
O. J. Wiltert
A. D. Chase
Gada Bule Hotel
James Murray
Dolee City
Wm. L. Campbell
Lexington
Alyce Young
Tandagioni
Geo. Carmichael
Weirton
Thos. Purcell
Weerton
Wm. A. Meat
Freewater
Mattie Mitchell
Morrow
W. F. Crowe
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Walter Houck
Barnhart
J. . Johnston
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King OF
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DR. Baker
Oakesdale, Washington
Bingham Springs
Blue Mountain
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