GOLONISTS BY THE THOUSAND TO PASS WEST
Homeseekers from Missouri river points flood Pendleton en route to Oregon and Washington. Harriman equipment strained as nearly 900 colonists ride one train with more sections planned. About 2200 passed through Saturday. 2000 more expected today and tomorrow as record colonist traffic soars past 1907. Sunshine greets arrivals in Portland as families shed winter wear and begin new starts in the Northwest.
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Harriman
Missouri River
Pacific Northwest
Pendleton
Oregon
Washington
Omaha
Northwest
Burglary Strips Police Chief of His Trousers
Oregon City on May 1 reports a burglar entered the home of Chief of Police Burns last night and stole the chief s trousers. Footprints led to the gate post where the garment was found hanging, triggering a search.
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Oregon City
Burns
Enother Patr
Ex convicts linked to Weston safe blowing in Oregon
Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Wilson arrested three men for the Weston safe blowing and arson. J A Crossley and Eli Dunn, recent Oregon Pen inmates, were previously jailed five years for the Lebanon bank robbery on February 6 1905. James F Kingsley escaped after that crime. The trio’s boy associate remains unidentified. he is described as perhaps a tramp with possible reform school time.
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Taylor
Wilson
Weston
Oregon Penitentiary
J. A. Crossley
Eli Dunn
Lebanon
Oregon
James F. Kingsley
Portland
Tom Ward
Salem
Senator Hart to Represent Governor at Conference
Salem May 3 State Senator J N Hart of Baker City was chosen by Governor Benson to attend a Washington conservation association meeting in Walla Walla on May 13. The session will coordinate Pacific coast states efforts to conserve natural resources with expected attendance by governors of Oregon Washington California and Idaho.
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Salem
J. N. Hart
Baker City
Benson
Washington Conservation Association
Walla Walla
Oregon
Washinton
California
Idaho
Whit Worth college president hoisted in effigy at Mason Library
Unrest over President H. W. Kroeze of Whit Worth college peaks as an effigy hangs from Mason Library cupola and a large sign deriding him appears on Stevens Street. A petition to limit his discipline powers to the board of trustees was presented, and faculty say they are unsure of future actions. the placard bears the name B. H. Kreeze and the figure was taken down after its display.
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Mason Library
Tacoma
H W. Kroeze
Whit Worth College
Kroeze
Stevens Street
Lesign
BR. H. Kroese
Kroes
Board of Trustees
Dean McKay
B. H. Kreeze
Roosevelt hunting party returns gifts in Africa safari
Nalbol May 3 Roosevelt party resumes hunt aimed at giraffe after rest. They stay at May Hills until May Mth. Four hundred warriors and Kikuyu chiefs danced a war dance at Fort Hillyam. Roosevelt given three sheep a bull and a wild patrieh. Roosevelt to Nairobi May 16 after May 14 start, then Sotik after three days. Colonel Toonevel killed a grenade hon crouching to spring on two members. largest killed at the beginning of the party tip. Roosevelt arrived as lightened.
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Nalbol
Roosevelt
May Hills
Fort Hillyam
Nairobi
Sotik
Toonevel
Tag Day at Memphis Benefits Home for Incurables
Memphis residents participate in Tag Day benefiting the Home for Incurables. Charming matrons and young ladies roam the city collecting funds, supporting a shelter that has endured shortages amid elevated demand, and the event continues through the day.
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Memphis
Tenn
Home For
Lynn Mase Faces Six Cent Increase After July First
Lynn and Mase are set to see a six cent per gallon rise come July first. The change affects local pricing and consumer purchases, with officials noting the adjustment reflects market conditions and tax adjustments.
Restored Land in La Grande District Withdrawn Under Reclamation Law
Secretary Ballinger restored 92 000 acres to entry in Oregon and withdrew 178 000 acres, centering on La Grande district land withdrawn March 30 for the lower Powder river reclamation project. The Burns district withdrawal, 175 000 acres, covers Powder river and Malheur projects with Burns land district to be examined for feasibility. Protests by the Negee Irrigation Company regarding Malheur were considered. The action aims at conservation.
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Powder River
Malheur
Ballinger Ciashes
Wilson Ag
General Land Office
Washington
Ballinger
Oregon
la Grande
Burns
Burns District
Neghee Irrigation Company
Clash Over Land Policy Ends With Taft Appeal
Washington May 3 Secretary Ballinger of the Interior and Secretary Wilson of Agriculture clashed over general land office policy. Chief Forester Pinchot asked Wilson to withdraw certain western lands from entry for patrol stations. Ballinger refused citing the law. Wilson appealed to President Taft for settlement.
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Washington
General Land Office
Ballinger
Interior Department
Wilson
Forester
Pinchot
Wilton
Pallinker
Taft
Threatened assassination looms over Tilamook bootlegging trial
Titthinook Ore May 3 In open court Judge Galloway said he received an assassination threat if he convicts terrain parties in Tilamook county and was warned to avoid late nights or public resorts. The remark caps a bitter clash in the prosecution of William Langworthy charged with bootlegging as many cases proceed after temperance reforms.
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Titthinook
Ore
Galloway
Tilamook
William Langworthy
Bed Rule Favors South-North Slant For Dagenee
Charlee Dickens insists on a bed slanted due north and due south. He warned of the rule before visiting a friend or hotel, keeping a compass handy during the Dagenee to verify alignment.
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Charlee Dickens
Peace Conference Opens in Chicago with High Attendance
The second national peace conference begins in Chicago with over a thousand delegates and visitors. President Taft sends a letter of regret and support. Samuel Gompers and David Starr Jordan headline the first night as 15,000 attended last year’s event, and many foreign dignitaries from Germany Sweden China Britain and Norway participate.
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Chicago
Taft Twondle
Gompers
David Starr Jordan
Taft
Robert Treat Paine
Boston
Dickinson
Major Busse
Dineen
Samuel Gompers
Stanford University
New York
Chieigo
Johann Helgreteh von Bornstorff
Germany
Herman TP. Leger
Missouri
Willamette Valley tour on Oregon college funding referendum
E J Kaiser editor of the Valley Record Ashland is touring the Willamette Valley to gauge support for applying the referendum to a state legislature appropriation for Oregon Agricultural College. He has until May 23 to file a petition amid uncertainty about its purpose not to block maintenance funds but to seek a separate 210000 dollar improvement appropriation.
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Salem
E. J. Kaiser
Valley Record
Ashland
Willamette Valley
Oregon Agricultural College
Kaiser
Railroads Limited to Transportation Under Hepburn Clause
Washington May 1 The commodities clause in the Hepburn rate is declared constitutional by the United States supreme court The clause restricts railroads to their business as common carriers It forbids transporting non timber manufactured products or goods from any state to others or foreign countries with fines up to five thousand dollars per offense
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Plotters Executed in Constantinople in Mass Rally
In Constantinople on May 2, thirteen plotters were executed before crowds. A deposed sultan’s fate loomed as officials announced the crimes of the condemned. Police cordons controlled onlookers while each victim was hanged by pulley and strangled, with soldiers and a leader shot or hanged among them.
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Constantinople
Salonica
Testimony in UP and SP merger dissolution case begins in Portland
In Portland Oregon on May 3 testimony is being taken in the government suits to dissolve the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger. Many subpoenas have been served to witnesses including railroad men who were previously employed by one or the other railroad and local shippers.
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Portland
Ore
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Catholic College Proposed by Jesuits in City
There is a good probability of establishing a Catholic preparatory college for young men in the city. The Jesuits, owners of a lot west of St Mary’s Catholic church, are considering the plan of a school. If built it would not rival St Joseph’s Academy run by the Sisters of St Francis.
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Order of Jesuits
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Jesuits
Gonzaga College
Spokane
St. Joseph's Academy
Sisters of St. Francis
Bulng
I. F. Howard
M. W. Callahan
Supreme Court in Session Opens Eastern Oregon Term
All five members sit as the spring term of the eastern Oregon Supreme Court opens. Nine cases disposed of that day, with a five day docket clearance expected. Cases argued or submitted include State vs C Sam Smith Crook county and others from Malheur and Union counties. Attorneys Hartlett Johns and McCullock seek admission to the bar.
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Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Oregon
C. Sam Smith
Salem
Crook County
Malheur County
F. F. Sharp
Orah Beecher
Wallow
Claude M. Johns
C. C. McCullock
Baker City
Oregon Will Get Justice in Tariff
Washington, May 3. Senator Bourne of Oregon pledged to protect the lumber duty sections of the tariff bill. Senator Bourne said finance committee members assured he would be pleased with treatment of Oregon interests in lumber, wool, hops, hides and gum. Hourne learned his mother, 97, died in New Bedford and departed to be with family. he had prepared a lumber speech but withdrew to revise after the news.
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Washington
Piles
Bourne
Oregon
Hourne
New Bedford
Mass
Maryland Leads In Melt Age Health Challenge
Maryland is described as the most advanced state in the union in the Melt age, confronting the “white plague” per a bulletin from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
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Maryland i
Union
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Bootleggers Caught in Indian Liquor Case At City
Frank Parr and James Myers were arrested by Chief of Police Gurdane on liquor sales to Indians violating the local option law. Myers convicted on Indian testimony, fined 50 dollars or 25 days. Parr fined 25 dollars or 12 days. A third man suspected and another arrest possible. A. E. McFatridge warns Indians about land proceeds. government blacklists drunken Indians.
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Frank Parr
James Myers
Myers
Gurdane
Ticoni
Ti Coni
Bill la Rock
Anderson Sh'ptour
Frank Johnson
Parr
Tsadore Whitehull
Nils
A. E. McFatridge
Trian
Prominent Men Hurt in Auto Accident on Beach Road
San Francisco May 3 Former six companions including Senator Plunkett were seriously injured when their automobile crashed on the great highway along the beach early today. Plunkett suffered severe bruises and internal injuries. chauffeur L B Percival was internally injured and may die. Mrs Mildred Forbes and Alice Collige were also injured as the car skidded while turning into the drive, throwing the occupants out.
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San Francisco
Senator Plunkett
Plunkett
L. B. Percivial
Alildred Forbes
Alice Collige
Merrill men jailed over alleged attack on Miss Ward
In Reding California on May some men from Merrill Oregon were jailed here for an alleged attack on Miss A Ward during a bicycle ride. Names reported include Clay Kahn Thomas Loveland and Elmer Muyt.
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Reding
Calif
Youss Men
Merrill
Ore
Miss A. Ward
Pries
Clay Kahn
Thomas Loveland
Elmer Muyt
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Huntington
Portland Journal
Hoyt Street
NANG
Wittworth
Lynn
Mase
LA Grande District
Catholic Young Men's College & Possibility
Christ C. Roe
Hoyt Arnold
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