Grant Keys Flight Machine Promises Oregon Aerial Test
Grant Keys near Laotoa envisions a canvas aeroplane with a two-horsepower engine and 190 pound weight. The design features a fir framework, canvas wings, and a steering system using small surface planes to control descent. Keys plans a preliminary test before attempting sustained flight, aiming to lift off at six miles per hour and ascend with a 650 pound anchor system.
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Grant Keys
Latoa
Keys
Qo Massachusettes
Han
Columbus
OREN
Aeria
Bindy & AvEnue
How a Keys machine lands a buoyant aeroplane
Describes a large canvas aeroplane rising due to its size and how an operator slowly lowers it. By tilting deflecting planes toward the earth and reducing buoyancy with weight, the craft gradually descends until near the ground where it settles gently, similar to a parachute.
Murder charge hits Miners' Federation leader
Telluride reports President Moy er arrested on a charge of aiding and abetting the murder of Charles McCormick and Melvin Brooks tied to the Vindicator mine explosion. Moy er, taken to Cripple Creek by a Mine Owners' Association deputy and detective, protests the accusation. In Idaho, Mrs. J B Wen, lone woman delegate, departs Chicago as a party political figure.
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Telluride
Moyer
Cripple Creek
Mine Owners’ Association
Charles McCormick
Melvin Brooks
Chicago
Lewiston
Jude
J. B. Wen
Idaho
Old Soldier Meeting Ends with Large Attendance
Hood River reports the state G A R encampment closing after three days of ideal weather and over 100 visitors. Delegates return home as officers for the coming year are elected by the W R C and the Oregon G A R Department. Next encampment set for Oregon City with delegates chosen for the national encampment.
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Hood River
Oregon Lily
Bertie Smith
Porthland
Hipwers
Rose Wiedman
Grants Pass
Kathryn Cameron
Union
Ida Hardiman
Portland
Pritcharm
Martha Leach
Helen Southwick
G. A. BR
Department of Oregon
B. F. Pike
Wasco
Tai Canning
Head River
Bo Swan
J. Barr
O. W. Rigby
Pondieton
A William
P J. Neuberg
E Hoops
Forest Grove
D. Webster
Balem
J. H Winslow
Sheridan
Ares Po Pferdiner
Z. N. Parvin
Salem
O. L. Stranahan
Fruits and Orchard Values in the Valley
A Freewater Times summary details cash values from farmland and orchards nearby. It highlights Mumford’s four acres of strawberries and a one and three-fourths acre peach plot, noting Hood River strawberry use and spring plantings. The report cites $51735 in berries sold, $200 in peaches, and $400 from a three-fourths acre plot, saying many trees are young or recently reset.
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Freewater Times
W. Mumford
Mumford
Hood River
Narrow Escape Of Merchantmen In Japanese War Crisis
Japanese steamers Wis and Sake Maru were attacked by a Russian squadron near Fouyama. Wis escaped to Fukuyama harbor. Sake Maru was overhauled but released as Russians avoided Japanese warships. Panic over Osaka bank failure spurs war bond subscriptions totaling 320 million men. Russian losses at Vafangow reported as 20 killed and wounded.
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Sea of Japan
Tokio
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Sime
Soreema
Tw Men
Slocum View
Street Car Accident in Salt Lake City
A drawhead fracture on a construction train caused a gravel car to derail in Salt Lake this morning. Five electric cars wrecked, Mr. Chapman fatally hurt, several others injured. The line ran at high speed through the business district toward the Grand depot. A separate item notes a 17-year-old, Frank Neal, drowned at Tipso, Washington, after falling from a horse.
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Chapman
Gectiog
Re Grande
Disaster toll rises as Slocum tragedy claims dozens
A New York crowd records 562 bodies recovered 522 identified 271 missing from the Slocum disaster. First funerals begin as East Side mourners fill churches and streets. Coroner and police revise dead list. most buried at Brooklyn Lutheran cemetery. deaths include many children.
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Vietine
Liocum
East Side
Avena
Brooklyn Lutheran Cemetery
Two School House Sites Are Selected
The school board met at 2 34 o clock to choose northern and western school sites. They approved Burgess property, 12 lots in Howser's addition, for 2000, over Matlock property. The Matlock site was deemed undesirable, and the board instead bought the old poor farm at reserve addition lot 36 for 2 526. Both purchases are valuable. work on new buildings will start as contracts are arranged.
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Howser
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Paselesl
Schmidt Plans Large Red Brick Store With Glass Front
John Schmidt announces a two story red brick building on Main Street extending 76 feet toward Alta Street. Construction will replace the old wooden shacks by July first with a department store tenant planned for the lower floor. The project will use Kansas brick, white mortar, red stone trim, and plate glass windows.
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Eter Schmidt
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Chri Rawley
Senheng
Noor
Earow
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Behmidt
Speohane
EB. Troutman
T. F. Ihiward
Believes In Strawberries At Weston Mountain
F. Johnson of Weston Mountain predicts a shift to strawberries and potatoes in the valley with crowberries and lowland crops. He aims to expand strawberry acreage and expects a larger crop this year with ready sales. A. R. Darwin of Walla Walla says Blalock Fruit Co will establish an Weston office to buy strawberries currants and gooseberries in quantity.
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Weston Mountain
Johnson
Wairview Farm
Wrn
A. R Darwin
Walla Walla
Weston
Blalock Fruit Company
Convention Conventions Splits Over Cortelyou Choice
Roosevelt supporters rally behind Cortelyou while opponents push for a broader camp. California delegation arrives in force for the Chicago meeting. Fairbanks leads for vice president amid mixed sentiment. La Follette faces defeat. Compromise proposals surface as figures from New Jersey and California arrive to shape the nomination battle.
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