Hermiston Dads Hold Busy City Session May 29
Hermiston Oregon May 29 city fathers convened a lengthy meeting approving a fire chief appointment John Donovan and bids for Main Street work. They planned parkland near First Street, authorized land condemnation, and discussed water system reports and Washington water right rulings.
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Hermiston
Ore
John Whitatler
John Donovan
Umatilla Storage
Inland Empire Lumber
Firat Street
Sime
Charles Skinner
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Umatilla
Tim Riven
Thes
Maxwell Land and Irrigation Company
Maine
Hermiston Avenue
K. of P
Reclamation Lodge No. 107
Knights of Pythias
George Root
Portland
Blacksmith Shop Sons
Jacob Stock
Newport Land and Construction Company
Stock
George Briggs
Oregon
J. H. Williams
Briggs
Erie
Calendar of the week events across nations and cities
A rundown of upcoming activities and observances from Monday to Saturday, listing court appeals in New York, Supreme Court decisions, royal levees in London, conventions in New York and Pittsburgh, naval reunions in Washington, art auctions in Amsterdam, and numerous regional ceremonies and anniversaries including Memorial Day observances, Lincoln Memorial dedication, post office expansions, and international events in St Die, Paris, and Copenhagen.
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Albert T. Patrick
New York Court
United States Supreme Court
King George
St. James' Palace
London
National Electric Light Association
New York
W. VI
Kansas City
Naval Academy
Washington
de Kuyper
Amsterdam
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pittsboro
Tombighee River Improvement Association
Columbus
Lincoln
Lincoln Farm
Kentucky
Chicago
The
Church of the Brethren
St. Joseph
My. Joseph
Robin
St. Paul
Western Union Telegraph Company
Annapolis
Henry James
St. Die
France
Jefferson Davis
South
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Sweden
Western Economic Society
Welch Line May Build Electric Route Eugene to Monroe
Eugene and Monroe extension likely as Welch interests push to link with Corvallis & Eastern road recently acquired. Party including A Welch of Portland and Philadelphia investors toured Corvallis route, while Portland Eugene & Eastern holds right of way to Monroe and 2000 acres of fruit land. A test of an automatic switch impressed Welch, who plans to equip all street railway lines with it.
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Eugene-Monroe
Eugene, Or
Welch
Eugene
Monroe
Corvallis & Asset Road
A. Welch
Portland
Eugene & Eastern
William Brock
D. Sinkler
Clyde A. Heller
Philadelphia
Isaac W. Anderson
William Pullman
Mr. Davidson
Corvallis
Portland, Eugene &Fastern
Mr. Welch
Lnes
Plot Against Chinese Court Disrupted in Peking
Victoria news reports the Tamba Maru carried word of a Chinese court conspiracy to assassinate officials in Peking. Seventy Chinese were reportedly arrested at a theater during preparatory coup activity.
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Victoria
B. C
Peking
Stanfield to sue Water Users over seepage nuisance
Stanfield city council acted to abate nuisance from seepage and overflow from U S reclamation service canal affecting nearby project. Attorney A W Gray traveled to Hermiston to serve papers initiating a suit. Local residents H C Means R B Stanfield H C Burroughs and C P Bowman were noted in Stanfield visits and business entries.
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Stanfield
Hermiston
U. S. Reclamation Service
A. W. Gray
H. C. Means
Umatilla
R. B. Stanfield
Echo Banker
H. C. Burroughs
C. P. Bowman
Butter Creek
Stanfeld
SQUAW FIGHTS COMPANY IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASE
Northwestern Electric files condemnation suit in Superior court against Erma Cave a squaw and native citizen over land near Lyle Oregon. The case seeks to determine adequacy of the offered compensation as surveyors from rival firms stake rights to waterpower near the Big Klickitat river falls three miles upriver. Emma Dave watches from a tepee as workmen move, while court to decide if the settlement offered is fair.
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Northwestern Electric
Lyle
Lyle, Ore
Northwestern Electric Company
Erma Cave
Big Klickitat
Emma Dave
Squaw
Gves
Sea Lion Season Set to Open on Curry County Coast
Marshfield Oregon coast fishermen prepare for the yew Hone season along Curry county with varied periods at different points. The industry has long carried on extensively, valued for fat and hides used in belting and tanning. Season dates are shot and picked to fit seagoing boats.
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Curry County
Centenn ial racing excitement at Astoria regatta
Astoria Oregon hosts the Centennial regatta for small sailing boats from 26 to 30 feet long with 6 to 8 foot beams. The five mile course runs along the river watchful crowds follow. Skippers compete fiercely for substantial cash prizes as expert seamen navigate currents eddies and wind quirks.
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Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Special sale offers on Franklin Webb Willow and West Court houses
Saturday after supper and Monday specials promote a 7 room Franklin Webb corner house listed at 850 from 1200, a 6 room Willow Street lot valued higher than 1500 with no house, and a 7 room West Court Street home priced 1100 from 1700. Office stays open until 9 8 this and Monday evenings.
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Franklin and Webb Streets
Willow Street
West Court Street
Sailing boats vs motor fishing boats at regatta
Astoria hosts a race contrasting sailboats and six horsepower fishing craft. More than 6000 fishing boats exist in Astoria, many motorized, barred from the main sailing race but the motor fishing boat event promises heated competition as the fishing season closes during the regatta week.
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Astoria
Great riot reports in London over shouted phrases
1629 a treasury secretary issue a notice to the attorney general as authorities contend with unrest. The fragment mentions a riot in London tied to calls for high church and reference to the Duke of Ormond amid the Turies.
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London
Duke of Ormond
Secretary of the Treasury
The biggest duck on the pond is the one the gunners are after
A compact clipping lists historical notes from 1845 to 1915 including a new Franco British slave trade pact, Wisconsin statehood, Granada abolishing slavery, Confederate events, Grant’s nominations and proclamations, and a record long distance flight by Glenn Curtiss, concluding with a proverb about gunners chasing the biggest duck on the pond.
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United States
France
Great Britain
London
Wisconsin
Congress of Granada
Issippi
Glenn Curtles
Albany
New York City
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Hermiston City
H. T. Irvin
John
Pendleton
Loudensinger
Edgar
Frank R. Harrison
Reclamation Service
Robert Frome
Cliffford L. Morgan
Ft. Wayne
L. P. Hills
Miss Whipple
Whipple
Rt. W. Rees
Department of Horticulture
Oregon College
Milton
Hood River
Tum O Lum Lumber Company
Clay Embrey
Lewiston
Idaho
Hood
Norman Plass
Boston
Calumet & Hecla
Houghton, Mich
United States Naval Academy
Welch Line
Squaw Fights Company
Teutsche
Bickers
Real Estate and Insurance
Corsa Miss
Grant
Sacramento
Virginia City
Newfoundland
Romptly
the Bitters
East Oregonian
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