McWatridge Named New Agent for Umatilla Reservation
News from Washington confirms Arthur B. McFatridge has been appointed agent for the Umatilla reservation. He will relieve O Edwards after his resignation and arrive soon to assume duties, bringing stability and familiarity with reservation needs. The Winnebago agency at Nebr. will meanwhile remain under new leadership.
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Arthur BE. McFatridge
Nebraska
Vumatilla
Edwards
McWatridge
Washington
Ttlv Universality
Winnebysen
Norrtheastern
Broan, Tows
Sioux City
Town
Thorstein County
Leregan
Meenoy Cone
Woohtanton
McPitridge
Oregon Short Line to Build Employee Clubhouses in Three States
The Oregon Short Line announces plans to erect three employee clubhouses at Pocatello Idaho Montpelier Idaho and Glenne Ferry Idaho to provide rest study and recreation spaces for off duty workers. The Pocatello house will be the largest costing about 15000 and measuring 55 by 73 feet two stories with lounging card billiard and library rooms plus lecture hall facilities and separate living spaces for 41 bedrooms and bathrooms. The Montpelier and Glenne Ferry houses will be slightly smaller but similarly equipped with the same amenities.
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Oregon Short Line
Straderer Salt Lake City
Poentella
Montpelier
Glenne Ferry
Idaho
Pocatello
Train Bears Dead and Injured Victims Moved East
Santa Barbara May 14 A special train bearing the dead and injured victims of Saturday's wreck of the Shriner special at Honda left for the east. A stop will be made at San Luis Obispo where the bodies of 10 more killed will be loaded aboard. The funeral train cars are decorated with roses.
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Santa Barbara
Shriner
Honda
San Luiso Obiapo
Club aims to serve workers with improved amenities
The text outlines plans to provide reasonable recreation and rentable comforts for men, noting limited membership and the impact on a building project. It adds the railroad foresees dividends from the investment through enhanced service, stressing benefits beyond the workers themselves.
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Ivegon Sheart T
Dynamite on Electric Car on Milton Line
The Wallula Gateway reports a thrilling incident aboard the Walla Walla to Milton electric car. A dynamite stick was found on a crowded coach, killing the newspaper man’s trip and raising questions about management and safety. The piece notes few would publish protests and urges action to stop such practices.
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Wallula
Milton
Walla Walla
Walla Wailea
Wool clip sales in Oregon county loom large by May 21
Wool harvest in Umatilla County heads for a May 21 sale with a projected 700000 pounds. Reported figures show 227746 pounds already, boosted by better grease-free wool this year. Buyers like Charles H. Greene note strong activity from Tolaho and Baker City, with George Currin’s 100000 pound clip and M S Corrigal’s 27000 pounds among recent sales.
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Umatilla
Simi
Frank Sherman
Ecks
Alemdersion
Dimetitty County
Charles H. Greene
Koshland Brow
Baker City
Grand Lodge Od Fellows to Convene in La Grande
Representatives from Pendleton lodges prepare to attend the Grand Lodge session next Wednesday in La Grande. Flora lodge sends Bort Wisdom H J Taylor and J L Sharon. Integrity lodge will send five delegates J E B Beam A M Erb B E Coon G I LaDow and J S Keos.
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Grand Lodge
City of
la Grande
Pendleton
Floreka Lodge
Bort Wisdom
H. J. Taylor
J.L. Sharon
Integrity Lodge
J. EB. Beam
A. M. Erb
B. EB. Coon
LaDow
Keos
Chicago Wheat Market Opens Turbulent Amid Margin Pressures
Chicago May 14 Wheat opened irregular and unsettled as firms faced margin calls. A broker forced to buy 500,000 bushels on the market. July futures spiked to 96 1/2 then fell to 90 3/4. Oats and corn stronger. no failures reported as markets stabilize by noon.
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Chicago
Appellate Court Upholds Conviction in City Clerk Case
In Chicago on May 14 the appellate court affirmed the conviction and prison term for Johnna Conke, former circuit clerk, for public funds misuse. Sentences range from one to four years.
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Cook
Chicago
Appellate Court
Johnna Conke
Circuit Court
Safe Blown and Robbed in City Bank Robbery
May 14. A safe in the city bank was blown by thieves and robbed. The safe contained $44,000 though the exact amount taken is not learned. Police investigations underway.
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Batesty
Winter Snow Grips Eastern Nebraska Hard Freeze Hits North
Lincoln Nebraska May 14 snow fell across eastern Nebraska aiding wheat but froze in the northern counties. The pale white cover disrupted agricultural plans as farmers gauge damage and prospects for springs crops amid lingering winter conditions.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Artesian Well a Success at R N Round House
The La Grande Observer reports the artesian well at the R N round house is sufficient to serve 30 plus engines and the round house. Acting engineers Miller and West have dismantled the drill. A large water tank may be built 45 feet above the pipe to boost pressure throughout the yard. Tests show 42 pounds per square inch, implying the water could rise two feet per pound of pressure.
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Binet
H. A. Prandon
la Grande Observer
Mesars
Miller
West
May 14 1909 labor strikes stir San Francisco and beyond
Reports from San Francisco say a general strike may be voted after a citywide union meeting, with unions across blacksmiths electricians firemen engineers and masons seen as affected while six streetcar lines run with little opposition. Smelter workers in Utah walk out seeking 50 cent higher daily pay, 600 grain elevator workers strike in New York in sympathy, and a daring rescue in Chicago saves an unidentified man overboard.
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San Francisco
Gov Authority
Hingham Junction
Utah
Cited States
New York
Jesse Kurkle Body Returned for Despeoin Gulch Accident Funeral
The body of Jesse Cederdale Kurkle, the boy accidentally shot in Despo in Gulch yesterday forenoon, is at Parker and Foltom undertaking parlor awaiting two brothers' arrival from afar for his funeral likely Friday afternoon. He was step-son of Godteny Kurkle, previously lived in Seattle, lost a leg at age five under a train in Seattle yards, described as industrious and aspiring to be a jeweler. his name corrected from Turrley.
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Jesse Cederdale Kurlle
Despoin Gulch
Yeetenday Forenoon
Paker & Foltom Undertaking Parlor
Heendeed
Godteny Kurrle
PenMellon
Seattle
Military Funeral for Johnson
The Walla Walla Bulletin reports the funeral of J. E. Johnson who died after an accident near Hillsdale. The service at Mac Martin's chapel featured the Fourteenth Cavalry band playing the dead march and troopers escorting Johnson to city cemetery. Captain Joyce conducted the services with railroad men among the mourners.
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Johnson
Walla Walla
Wus
J. EB. Johnson
S J. Anthony's Hospital
Hillsdale
Fourteenth Cavalry Band
Fourteenth Cavalry
J. E. Johnson
Joyce
MacMartin's Chapel
Salem to host second Cherry Fair and Flower Festival
The Salem Journal reports the capital city will stage its second annual Cherry Fair and Flower Festival July 10 to 12. The Marion County Horticultural Society, meeting at the board of trade on State Street, decided to expand the event and boost the rose and flower festival in prominence.
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Salem Journal
Marion County Horticultural Society
Board of Trade
State Street
Salem
Fifty Firemen Overcome In Broad Street Fire
Fifty firemen were overcome while battling a major blaze at the Remington Typewriter building on Broadway New York May 14. The fire began in the cellar among a stock of carbon paper sending poisonous fumes upward as water worsened conditions. The flames stayed confined to the building’s lower part, but property losses were heavy and several firefighters faced serious health risks.
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Funes
New York
Remington Typewriter Company
Strike Threat Looms as Union Warns Navy Port May 14
Seatile authorities report the Riggers and Stevedores union demanding higher wages with a midnight deadline. Employers refuse the increase and vow to resist any move to strike, which could disrupt shipping across Puget Sound except possibly at this port.
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Seatile
Bemployers
Lang Cox declared insane in Toja Kan court
Toja Kansas May 14 Lang Cox author of the Nick Carter novels was adjudged insane today. He had been turning out about one novel weekly for some time. Winter in Concordia Kansas May 14 snow this morning and frost is predicted.
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Toja
Kan
Lang Cox
Nick Carter
Kansas
Concordia
Kans
Christians Meet at Athena Today
Northeast Oregon Christian Missionary society holds its second annual convention in Athena with delegates from Hood River Pendleton Walla Walla and nearby areas. A full program includes praise services sermons and discussions on Bible school imperatives and centennial plans through Wednesday evening.
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Athena
Oregon Christian Missionary Society
Severnl
Oregon
L. J. Fone
W. FE
Haven
J. W. Jenkins
Hood River
Word of God
Victor W. Dorris Pendleton
Geo. Gherkin
Bible School
Morton Gregory
Walla Walla
George Gherkin
Mra
Coryeau
the Dalles
Kees
Pendletonu
Co. W. Th. M
L. M. Hornday
Morc
Northeast District
Mra. M. &. Whitman
Pendleton
C. H. Hilton
Milton
Sihf
Dave
Victor W. Dorris
Five Days Each For Two, On Furnish Whiskey To Prisoners
Two offenders faced the police court in the morning. One man, accused of supplying whiskey to friends inside the city jail by the funnel method, was sentenced to five days. Another ex-soldier from Mare Island wearing khaki urged others to buy him drinks and also received five days.
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Jistice
Mare ‘Taland
Hin Garbwan
FitzGerald
Five jurors chosen as trial nears in Haywood case
Rome May 14 Five jurors were provisionally accepted with three to be challenged. The panel includes A L Twing a Civil War veteran, William Vanorsdel a grocer, Samuel D Gilman a rancher, Walter Shaw a farmer and Alan Sride a ranchman. Haywood shows strain from confinement as his wife and daughters attend sessions and he studies law under counsel.
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Haywood
Rome
A. L. Twing
Licely
William Vanorsdel
Samuel D. Gilman
Philippines
Walter Shaw
Alan S'ride
Borah
Coreys Sail From New York Amid Tense Scene
The Coreys sailed from New York on May 14 after a morning quarrel with reporters on the pier. Corey grew furious and threatened to break a camera until Mae Belle Gillman, his bride after midnight, calmed him. He then wished well to the press and New York.
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Coreys
New York
Corey
Maebelle Gillman
Earthquakes Hit Tin Messing Italy May 14
Shocks continue across the territory reaching Mount Etna since Monday noon. Residents flee as tremors disrupt daily life in the region surrounding Messing and nearby towns.
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Tin
Messing
Italy
Aetna
Wheeler Photographers Plan East Coast Tour
Renowned Pendleton photographer C. Wheeler and partner plan a July 1 to October 1 three month research trip visiting Salt Lake City Denver Peterson Town Chicago Buffalo Niagara New York Washington Jamestown Baltimore and other cities to study new methods and establish their gallery during absence. The second annual Yakima Sunday School convention runs May 14 to 16.
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Atol Mra
Wheeler
Pendleton
Yielf
Pen- Meton
Salt Lake
Denver
Peterson
Chieno
National Convention of Photographers
Dayton
Buffidlo
Niagara
New York
Washington
Jamestown
Baltimore
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Two miners in Redding area commit suicide in separate incidents
In Redding on May 14 two despondent miners died by self inflicted gunshot wounds. Joe Anderson a Clark mine on Canyon creek miner blew his brains out. Ben Norton a Ble Creek miner shot himself through the heart while holding his baby on his knee. He handed it to his wife before killing himself. Both men were described as despondent from illness and overwork.
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Redding
Cal
Joe Anderson
Clark
Canyon Creek
Ben Norton
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Harriman
Howe
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Schuelgenbund
J. M. Schmidt
Glorid
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Nions
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