Bond Proposal Floated After Mass Meeting Debate
A mass meeting urged by residents led the school board to consider a $62,000 bond to relieve district debt and expand facilities. Debate centered on size and location of new or enlarged buildings, with support for smaller, regionalized plans and two possible sites near Lane School and the ball grounds. The board will review sites and prepare a bond call in the near future.
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Jeither
Lane School
Alta
Court
La Grande City Election Results and Bond Issue
La Grande voters elected J B Foley as mayor by 288 votes over the socialist candidate W Miller and chose L Rayburn as recorder and J Walsh as treasurer with majorities over socialist rivals. The total 647 votes favored bonds of 25000 for a new courthouse and city hall by 276. Independent Republicans won all positions except Ed Walsh, a Democrat, for treasurer. The marshal opposed open gambling while the mayor supported it. Socialists polled over 100 votes and challenged for council seats in all wards. Resigns From Commission Fort Worth reports former Governor Stanley of the Indian Territory resigned from the Dawes commission.
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William Co. Miller
Recorder
L. Rayburn
J. Walsh
Ed Walsh
Fort Worth
Stanley
Indian Territory
Dawes
Norm Iselon
Ohio State professor dies by own hand in 18 months
In Columbus on March 15 Charles Walter Maslech assistant professor of German and other languages at Ohio State University reportedly killed himself with a poison while awaiting a new professorship. The note says he faced the prospect of replacing Professor Ex. In San Francisco on March 16 jurors were selected for the Botkin case, bringing total to a reported number and expected verdict soon.
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Marcy
Charles Walter Maslech
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Eulogie
Maglech
Dine Durora Seal
San Francisco
Botkin
Jing
Iti
Port Arthur Battle Report and Far East Skirmishes
London reports a torpedo duel near Port Arthur on March 10 with Japanese losses and Russian bravery hailed by survivors. Cossack and Japanese cavalry skirmish near the Yalu, with Japanese forced to flee. Tokyo dispatches note espionage networks, convict arming at Saghalien, and uncertain Japanese land forces.
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Port Arthur
Yalu
Anju
Korea
Grand Duke
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Emar
Togels
Deserter Heard From in Tacoma Tale of Frank Sayers
Frank Sayers, penitentiary turnkey from Walla Walla, deserted his wife and three children last week. He has appeared in Tacoma repentant and promises to return. A letter to his wife blames drink for the act, while another letter to Sayers from a stranger discusses a Montana meeting and lodging house plans for May 1. Mrs Sayers is prostrated as rumors spread that he planned to desert again with another woman.
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Walla Walls
Frank Sayers
Tacoma
Sayers
Montana
Busmess
Terrorizing Union Men Charged Raiders Sweep Colorado
Telluride Colo March 16 One hundred members of the Citizens' Alliance in a tense raid menaced union miners homes and warned rivals under threat of death as tensions rose in the mining communities.
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Telluride, Col
Chtisenu’ Alliance
Sym
Mob dispersed by force at depot beatings reported
Pathixera and forced march to the depot ended with trains taking them away at 2 this morning. They were warned not to return under pain of death. Resistance in several cases led to severe beatings. A number of the mob are well known business men.
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Antelope Arrives Safe After 68 Days From San Francisco
Port Townsend, March 16. The schooner Antelope, 68 days from San Francisco en route to Coquille River Oregon, arrived badly battered and was reported lost after a storm. The vessel was found and brought in after wandering far off course.
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Antelope
San Francisco
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Walla Walla Race Meet Preview
Walla Walla May 25 to 28 will host the spring meet of the County Fair association with about 100 horses expected. The program includes one harness event daily and three running races. ER G Estabrook of the post office force is at home recovering from grip.
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Walla Walla County
Estabrook
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Steamer Aramay Believed Wrecked With 100 Lost
Brisbane reports a steamer bound for Cavined wrecked near Split Tear on Sunday. About 100 passengers feared lost as the vessel broke apart after collision. Six small boats launched. two with 58 passengers survive. Several steamers search in bad seas for the remaining four boats without word.
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Brisbane
Aramay
Violence at Rawhide Mine Sparks Stockton Labor Trouble
In California at the Rawhide mine in Stockton on March 15 an attack by striking miners occurred. Foreman Splo Torch was hurled through a glass front and cut by broken glass. He obtained warrants for Albert Seraron and Mc Naughton of Jamestown to answer the charges.
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California
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Jamestown
Splo Torch
Albert Seraron
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Moros attack reconnoitering force near Cotabato repulsed
Colonel Wood reports an engagement east of Cotabato with a strong Moro party. The Moros shelled out the reconnoitering position and abandoned the works after the attack, with no American casualties reported.
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Wood
Cottabato
Mrs Griffin Dies Daughter of Senator Mitchell
Mrs Griffin daughter of Senator Mitchell of Oregon died this morning in New York. Senator Mitchell’s daughter was noted in a brief New York report dated March 15. Meanwhile reform debates continued in London and Washington with mixed outcomes on military and educational matters.
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New York
Mrs. Griffin
Oregon
Fishing Boats Suffered Setback At Sea March 18
All but one of the boats launched from the wrecker steamer Aramac have been poked up by steamers and went in search. The incident details focus on the coastal craft and the salvage effort underway as weather and currents hinder the exploration.
Irrigation Project Under Way Near Ontario Oregon
Harney County residents optimistic as a major irrigation scheme along the Owyhee river 18 miles above Ontario advances. A 10 to 40 foot dam will create a reservoir one mile long to irrigate up to 50,000 acres of desert land. Plans include extending the canal to Dead Ox Flat, transforming the Owyhee valley into a multi crop alfalfa area with growing fruit and vegetables. Prohibition on docking horses also noted in Des Moines.
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Malheur County
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Owyhee
Dan
Nevada
Dead Ox
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Owyhee River
Harney County
Supreme Court Denies Interstate Rights Challenge
The high court rules five to four that state laws cannot grant corporations rights to curb interstate or international commerce. The decision upholds federal power, rejects state-imposed restraints, and signals the nation’s supremacy in enforcing federal law against anti interstate actions. Wall Street reacts with stock declines as the market weighs the ruling’s impact.
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Supreme Court
Congress
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Firework Factory Fire Kills Four in Chicago Plant
A blast at the Chicago Way Novelty Company plant in Chicago killed three and possibly four men. Foreman Gorden dropped a box of log torpedoes triggering other explosives, wrecking the building and causing severe injuries to his own body and two boys.
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Chicago Way Novelty Company
Gorden
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