Pendleton's New Telephone System Demonstration
Citizens are invited to tour the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph office in Matlock building Court Street to view the new common battery central lamp-light system. Manager Carr showcases a modern setup with 1400 underground wires, main frame, protective gear, and a large dynamo room enabling clearer, more reliable long distance connections.
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Ciizens
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Matlock Building
Court Street
Carr
Adele Mouse
Gavin
Tito
Light Company
Ois
Morgan’s Fat Run Sets Freight Record Yet Unbroken
Locomotive engineer Blinky Morgan, recently appointed for the state portion, allegedly ran 19 miles in 21 minutes with a freight train on the OR & N La Grande Armatilla division. The run, said to be in spring near Pendleton after ballast and track work, followed a banter with conductor Dad Nash and occurred on the Mae Moun in-Stnnt line.
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Mae Mounin
Dad” Nash
Bihiky’" Morgan
State Portage Road
la Grande-Armatilla
OR & N
Morgan
Huron Station
Pendleton
Dad" Nash
Pendleton Telephones Up To Date In Empire System
Describes Pendleton public toll service with a six-operator switchboard, lamp indicators, and instant connections. Details the long distance section stamping times on tickets, and a chief operator desk with rooms for stores and shops. Notes regional adoption and a nearby La Grande installation. PROCEEDINGS ARE ISSUED. Records of Eighth Annual Livestock Convention Now Being Distributed. Secretary Gwinn sends 400 page volume with photos and Public Land Commission meetings. Johnnie Kuhn Acquitted. Train narrative follows with Blinky Morgan’s swift freight run and high speeds through canyon, engine actions, and brakeman’s efforts.
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Denrd le Mo
Pendleton
Tnland Empire
la Grande
Secetary
James H. Gwinn
National Livestock Association
Denver
Uvestick
Public Land Commission
Newell
Bert Huffman
The
East Oregonian
Blinky
Morgan
Huron
North Fork
Wan
Meacham Creek
Hingham
Train on mountain division sets unbroken time record
The engine and crew faced a wild soundscape of wheel rattle and clatter as 55 cars climbed a mountain grade with many sharp curves. After starting in Huron, the train reached Bingham 21 minutes later covering 19 miles, with the engineer calmly smoking his cob pipe and pulling the whistle cord. The record on the mountain division of the R. N. stands unbroken.
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Huron
Bingham
Great Britain Loses Land to the Sea
A historic survey notes that Britain shed 148,906 acres from 1867 to 1880 and 28,155 acres from 1880 to 1899 due to coastal erosion. Edward I’s duchy of Cornwall was once listed at 1,500,000 acres but Ordnance Survey later reduced it to 829,500 acres. Villages have vanished underwater, as with Dunwich where only a ruined church remains at the shore.
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Great Britain
Duchy of Cornwall
Dunwich
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NEW Portage
Julia Romaine
the Frazer
Mansiger Carr
Johnnie Kuhn
Grant County News
Bingham Springs
California Fig Yu Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Broadhead Dress Goods
Pakers
Golden Rule
Orrine
Orrintt Co., Inc
Washington, D. C
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