Laws Collect Toll Shares From Locks Firm
Salem June 17 Attorney General Crawford to begin action against Willamette Falls Locks and Transportation Company and successors for recovery of state share of net toll earnings from freight lumber logs stock and passengers passing through Oregon City locks for at least six years past. Court action aims to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars using records from company. timing and statute of limitations under review. Oregon National Guard to participate in exposition encampment at Gearhart park July 19 to 25 with dress parades grand review drills and a simulated battle near Guilds lake viewed from Bridge of Nations.
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Salem
Crawford
Willamette Falls Locks and Transportation Company
Oregon City
Legislative Assembly
Wilamette Falls Canal and Locks Company
Nho
Nsminat
Moon
Oregon National Guard
W. E. Finer
BH. Wy
Goode
Caimp
Gearhart Park
Portland
Exposition
Govermmor Chamberlain
Manhenyers
Bridge of Nations
United Suwsa
Willamette River Channel Improved by Government Work
Major W C Langfitt and David B Ogden report the upper Willamette navigation is unbroken this season. A dipper dredge is cutting 600 feet near Independence, with plans to extend to Moonshine Tank and beyond. Revetment work at Independence nears completion and jetty expansion at the Columbia mouth progresses toward fall goals.
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W. C. Langfitt
David BR. Ogden
The
Chirp
United States Engineers
Independence
Willamette
Oregon Daily Journal
Indépendence
Columbia
Coquille
Sham Battle At The Farr At Lewis and Clark Exposition
A staged sham battle is planned for July 21 at the Lewis and Clark exposition. National Guard units will participate in a mimic warfare display designed to entertain crowds. The event marks the featured highlight of three days of military maneuvers in which at least 1500 troops will take part.
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National Guard
Noted Race Horse Dead at Fairgrounds
Noted Oregon race horse Oregon eorke died suddenly at the fair grounds yesterday morning. Owned by Frank Wilder of Heppner, the aged horse valued at 1060, was in training at the track for the northwest circuit and was to be shipped to Rayer City yesterday afternoon. A ruptured blood vessel is believed the cause.
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Meegan
George
Oregon
Frank Wilder
Heppner
Fair Grounds
Willa Walla
Conditton
Wilder
Oregon Eorke
Hors
Rayer City
Whirlwind Led Umatilla Scouts in Sheepeater Capture Quest
Historical account from Pendleton recounts Chitie Shaplish Whirlwind leading Umatilla scouts to pursue and seize the Sheepeater band in the Salmon river mountains. Lieutenant Farrow and five white allies joined twenty scouts in tracking 64 warriors, who surrendered after a tobacco ruse and a warning to quit retreat. Remaining words note the scouts and the hostages, with names of participants and the capture outcome at Vancouver.
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Pendleton
Salmon River Mountains
Ekhemiah
Salmon River
Farrow
Chitie Shaplish
Whirlwind
Uma- Ulla Reservation
Nce
Umatilla County
Parrow
Todiana
Sheerpen
Squin
Vancouver
Peo
Kwechoot
Henry Barnhart
Victor William
Captain Sumkin
Small Hawk
Henry Campo
Olana
Dying of Famine and Consumption Described in Testimony
A Cearfoss, Maryland resident William Myers recalls suffering from consumption and its torment. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing his cough and bronchitis after trying other medicines, noting prompt relief and a claimed pneumonia prevention. Tallman & Co. offers 60c and 1.00 dollar bottles with a trial bottle free.
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Consumpton
William Myers
Cearfoss
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Your Life as an Open Book by Prof La Mare
An advertisement for a palmistry and clairvoyant service touts a testable open reading by Prof La Mare. It markets the medium as unique among fortune tellers, promising guidance on life, business, love, marriage, divorce, and hidden treasures with a no-prepayment, no-commitment approach and a emphasis on satisfaction.
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Canal and Locks Company
Willamette River
Farr
Shap-Lich
Pendleton Cigar Factory
Model Bakery
Court Street
Canyon
Mexico
Poo
Joiurn
Hotel LaFontaine
Shell
Prof la Mare
HEE Hive
She Finame
Zink
Lepee
Wade & Butcher
Lisle
Christ
Live Ladies
Ife Maen
Ozen Crothie Pins
Men's Black Sox
Sanford
Postoffice
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