Water Board Defends Gravity Water System Plans
The Pendleton Water Board releases a detailed account defending the gravity water project. It outlines site surveys, cost estimates, and the shift from North Fork to Thorn Hollow springs, plus pipe routes, reservoir plans, and road and right-of-way work through November 1918.
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Moore
la Dow
Sack
Brown
City Water Commission
Best
Water Commission
Pendleton
Frank C. Kelcey
Umatila
McKay Creek
Umatilla
Cayuse Springs
Thorn Hollow
Kelsey
Eastern
Oregon State Hospital
Baker City
Shapl’sh
Commission
Wenix Place
North Fork
Indian Reservation
Forest Reserve
Thompson Street
Alta Street
Main Street
Water Street
Webb Street
Shaplinh Springs
Paca Cavesuns
Kimbrell
Encenne
Wikivela Pied Win
Shaplish Springs
Water engineer Kelsey overcharges revealed in detailed claim
Frank C. Kelsey submits itemized statement to the Pendleton Water Commission detailing charges for locating pipelines, conduits, maps, profiles, and supervision. He argues 60 percent of payments were expenses, with $7250 claimed as expenses and $5064.25 for actual engineering services, totaling a final project cost of $138,055.30.
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Water Board
Frank C. Kelsey
Kelsey
The
Water Commission
Pendleton
Ore
North Fork
Umatilla
Thorn Hollow
Thorn Hollow Springs
Frank Kelsey
Kelsey Report Details Cost of Gravity System in Public Brief
Campaign in brief cites four water commissioners and a signed report by engineer Frank C. Kelsey. Public access to books and vouchers, with the cost breakdown totaling 12334 dollars. Sixty percent covers expenses leaving 5084 dollars for personal services over years.
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Kelsey
Frank C. Kelsey
More Battleships to Mexico With 21st December Arrival
The navy department announced that the battleships Connecticut Kansas and Ohio of the Atlantic fleet's fourth division will be off Vera Cruz by December 21. They are en route from the Mediterranean and ordered to sail by Monday to relieve the Louisiana Michigan and New Hampshire, with no change in the Mexican situation expected. Rebels predict General Carranza will reach Mexico City by January 1, a belief echoed by a state department official.
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Washington
Navy Department
Connecticut
Kansas
Ohio
Vera Cruz
Mediterranean
Louisiana
Michigan
New Hampshire
Norfolk
Villa plans march on Mexico City amid rebel reviews
General Villa consolidates forces and readies an advance toward Mexico City while warships are redistributed to support Mexican voters under the administration plan. Pendleton high school claims eastern Oregon title after a Thanksgiving win as typhoid pneumonia claim Mrs. Loran T. Goffman.
Astor to Wed Huntington Heiress in Top Match
Vincent Astor the world richest bachelor at twenty two will marry childhood friend Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington of a New York Hudson area home. The Astor and Huntington families have long dominated New York society. Huntington is about twenty years old. Astor was twenty two on November 15.
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Miss Huntington
Vincent Astor
New York
Vincent Asor
Helen Dinsmore Huntington
Hudson River
New York City
Young Astor
Europe
Astor
Huntington
Mrs. Dinsmore
Mis
Carolne Shermerhorn Astor
Newport
Mr. Astor
Salem dry vote voided by Oregon court ruling
In Salem and across Oregon, local option elections held November 4 are void unless tied to regular city elections. Circuit Judge Galloway declared the statewide ruling, affecting dry victories in several cities, pending potential Supreme Court review on the timing rule.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Galloway
John Stillman
Supreme Court
First Shovel Placed for Pacific Highway in Oregon
In Medford Oregon Governor West and state highway commission members plus 100 Jackson county citizens witnessed Samuel Hill turn the first spadeful. The ceremony marked the Pacific highway project start with an initial expenditure near 107000 dollars.
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Medford Ore
Governor West
State Highway Commission
Jackson County
Oregon
Samuel Hill
Northwest
Mayor Shank Resigns Over Street Car Strike Rift
Indianapolis mayor Shank resigns amid disputes over handling the recent streetcar strike. A new street action by local teamsters looms as tension grows in the city government and labor relations.
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Indianapolis
Shank
Teamstera
Villa reviews his rebel troops in Terra Blanca victory
General Villa reviewed his rebel troops at El Paso in celebration of Terra Blanca victory and ordered hastened departure for a first attack on Chihuahua City then Mexico City. He may leave Juarez tonight or Saturday as tensions rise with merchants over rebel currency and potential looting. A Juarez policeman jailed after killing a rebel captain and lieutenant during a gambler incident. locals sympathize with him. Washington report notes President Wilson and party travel to New York for the army navy game with plans to monitor Mexican affairs through Bryan. Britain’s Grey officials questioned over exaggerated protests from Tuxpan and Tampico.
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Villa
Mexico City
Galloway
Salem
Willamette River
Portland
EL Paso
Terra Blanca
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Leutenant
Washington
Wison
Eleanor
Grayson
Tumulty
New York
Army and Navy
Wilson
Bryan
William Tyrrell
Grey
England
Tuxpan
Tampiclo
Astoria Police Chief Suspended for 20 Days
Astoria Ore November 28 Mayor Gray suspended Police Chief F J Kearney for 20 days after a circuit court grand jury report cited neglect of duty in the city's questionable district. Kearney will be given 20 days to defend himself.
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Astoria
Ore
Circuit Court
Gray
F. J. Kearney
Kearney
Filipino schools draw Philippine education to North Borneo students
The bishop of North Borneo secured permission to send children to Filipino schools as Philippine educational standards gain high recognition in the Orient.
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Philippines
North Borneo
Embass y in Mexico City Appeals for Aid Rise
The American Embassy in Mexico City has seen many appeals for help grow more alarming due to food and fuel shortages. Observers believe Huerta’s regime nears collapse as the treasury runs dry and citizens endure hardship.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Fed
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Arma
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