Land Rush to Seize Southern Pacific Holdings in Oregon
Oregon residents flood into land districts along the railroad to claim up to 3,000,000 acres. Entrants rush by day and night, law offices strain under demand, and clerks hasten to prepare papers as buyers press to force the railroad to disgorge holdings under congressional grant terms. The Western half of Oregon braces for court battles over vast tracts and potential rapid internal changes.
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Weat
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Oregon
Oregon Daily Journal
Oregon
Southern Pacific
Yamhill
Southern Pacific Company
Blood Purifier Fails, Blood Builder Promised
Fragmentary ad style text touts a blood purifier and a blood builder to remedy impure blood, claiming enhanced vitality. The readable lines suggest a product pitch without concrete details or credible evidence.
Movement to compel railroad land sale gains backing
In Eugene Dallas Monroe Grants Pass and other localities about 200 200 100 and 200 participants join a plan to force the railroad to sell lands at government price of 2.60 per acre. Claimants move with resolute American spirit and support from able counsel.
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Court of Last Resort
Eugene
Dallas
Monroe
Grants Pass
Merchants Should Know the Truth About Advertising Matter
Pendleton May 29. In the Pendleton Tribune an unfair article questions our advertising plan. John P. Fink offered to print the cloth hanger and take a share of proceeds, then demanded 258 for Tribune share. He branded us as fakers when we declined and now alleges our plans are unworthy.
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Pendleton
Pendleton Tribune
John P. Fink
Tribune
The
Aberdeen Bulletin
Mr. Fink
Pendleton High School Class Day Excercises Shine
Pendleton high school held class day exercises last night at First Christian church, drawing a large overflow audience. The program featured a Pendleton academy piano solo, graduation orations, and performances by Prof. A. E. Harrigan, the school quartet, and the girls chorus, all praised for quality and effort.
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First Christian Church
Pendleton High School
East Oregonian
Musle
Pendleton Academy
A. E. Harrigan
Girle
Circus Memorial in Baker City May Event
A Baker City correspondent reports Sella-Floto circus joins in honoring departed heroes on May 40. The procession to Mount Hope cemetery will pause circus business as bands merge, funeral dirge plays, and workers decorate the grave of Alexius Preskorn who died in 1904. Also noted is Will Tone and Repair Pianos Co. A Ridgway opens a piano shop at 318 West Webb Street after relocating from San Francisco where a fire followed the earthquake.
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Baker City
Saya
Mount Hope Cemetery
Alexius Preskorn
A. Ridgway
West
Webb Street
Ridgway
Oregon
Pendleton
San Francisco
County Commissioner Walker Urges Weed Control Across County
Commissioner Walker returns from trip with weed concerns urging farmers and road supervisors to follow weed law. The county will cooperate with farmers to kill weeds along roads and highways and aims for a countywide movement urged by officials.
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Walker
Mr and Mrs Gray Arrive From Astoria
Charles Gray and his bride arrived on last evening's train from Astoria greeted by a large crowd at the depot. Friends showered them with rice and old shoes. Mr Gray is a member of the Gray Bros grocery firm in the city.
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Mrs. Gray
Charles Gray
Bride
Astoria
Mr. Gray le
Gray Bros
Couple united in Pendleton hotel ceremony
Hangen Hall George Hall of Portland and Lens Hansen of Bingham Springs were married by Justice of the Peace Parkes in the Pendleton Hotel parlors yesterday.
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Hangen Hall
George Hall
Portland
Lens Hansen
Bingham Springs
Justice of the Peace Parkes
Pendleton Hotel
Lone Bear the Richest Indian Leader in Wind River Lands
Lone Bear heads a vast Arapahoe family on the Wind River reservation with holdings that total at least a quarter of a million dollars. Eight hundred forty irrigated acres leased to Wyoming Central Irrigation for five years will revert to the Lone Bear family, with potential land value rising to about eighty four thousand dollars. The family’s wealth spans lands flocks and herds across 16 miles of the reservation. A separate note reports Rev J W A Stewart leaving for Portland to attend Baptist meetings and visit sites in Oregon during June.
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Lone Bear
Cheyenne Tribune
Lone Dear
Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Arapahoe
Wind River
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
Lke
Former Helix Pioneer Hero Visits from Albany
W B Henderson, who gave Helix its name and left seven years ago for Albany, Ore, is in the city visiting pioneer friends. He plans trips to Helix Adame and Pilot Rock to see his brother A C Henderson, then returns. Henderson once owned Helix land and sold to John Timmerman who still owns it. He is enjoying his visit in Umatilla county. President Campbell of the University of Oregon will deliver Pendleton high school commencement address at the First Christian church tomorrow evening.
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Helix
W. B. Henderson
Albany
Ore
Adame
A. C. Henderson
Pilot Rock
Henderson
John Timmerman
Umatilla
Campbell
P. L. Campbell
University of Oregon
Pendleton High School
First Christian Church
Portland
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back
Kidney trouble makes you miserable. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root advertised as a remedy for kidney, bladder, and liver troubles. Sample bottle offered by mail with free book. bottles sold by druggists. address in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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Board of Trade
Empire Tea & Crockery Co., Inc
Schmidt
W. W. Campbell
Mgr
Winslow Bros
Tallman & Co
Carrier Millinery
Arapahoe Chieftain
J. W. A. Stewart
Rochester Theological Seminary
G. W. Hall
Baptist Church
Baptist County Association
Hee
Star Restaurant
YAP & Hing, Prop
Auta Street
Roosevelt
Boston
Lewis Hunter
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
Hawes
Max Baer
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