Memorial Hall Row Tries to Capture Oregon Exposition Funds
Salem debate centers on Lewis and Clark Fair Corporation refusing to allocate 59 000 of surplus funds to buy a site and erect a Memorial Hall in honor of the exposition and explorers. Attorney W B Fenton asserts delays and financial strain, while John H Albert presses for compliance with the act authorizing the 500 000 appropriation and donor memorial.
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State of
Oregon
Lewis and Clark Pair Corporation
Salem Peo
Lewis and Clark Fair Corporation
Pacific Coast
Sayn
Salem Statesman
W. B. Fenton
Portland
John H. Albert
Mr. Albert
State Fair Commission
Oregon Historical Society
Albert
Fenton
Oregonian
Cattle Cars Move Through Union Toward Portland
Five cattle cars were loaded at Union and headed down the O R and N today bound for the Union Meat Company in Portland.
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Union
Union Meat Company
Portland
Gymnasium director chosen for Portland club
J E Wilson of Portland named physical director of the gymnasium by the Commercial association board. He will begin work to supervise setup as rooms arrive and salary to be set later. Floto show manager Punch Wheeler reports Pendleton patronage and improved acts and menagerie. A water main burst in Stockton street San Francisco beneath an empty trailer, the trailer lifted so high passersby could not reach it.
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H. E. Wilson
Portland
Wilson
The
Commercial Association
Gymnaerium
Cymnasium
Flote
Punch Wheeler
Thin City
Wheeler
Pendleton
Stockton Street
San Francisco
Boys Reach Portland After Train Journey Incident
Six youths from Fumpler rode a freight to Portland before their parents traced them with a message to Officer Childers. He aided the boys off the train and escorted them to Baker City, then to the city station where their parents collected them and returned them home. A separate report notes a deadly molten iron explosion near Hethichem, Pa., injuring two men, Samuel Lawrence and James Ruth, during gas pressures after cooling. The text ends with an ad promising new ring styles and low prices.
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Honaways
Fumpler
Baker City
Portland
Childers
City
la Grande
Hethichem
Samuel Lawrence
James Ruth
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BALES
Simonides
Esther
Cook
Perry
Nolf
Court Street
J. E. Wilson
Winslow Bros
Joweler
Optician
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