Skagway Smelter Planned to Boost Alaska Ore Trade
Ex-Umatilla county man W F Matlock reports from Portland that a Skagway smelter planned for next spring will cost about 75000 dollars. He cites nearby ore deposits from Taku to Atlin and asserts the plant will cut high transport costs and revive Skagway’s economy as eastern mines gain profitable access to smelting.
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W. F. Matlock
Willam F. Matlock
Umatilla County
Portland
Skagway
Taku
White Horse
Porcupine
Atlin
Skagwhy
Oregon closes hunting and fishing seasons begins November first
A new state law tightens game rules across Oregon except Malheur Harney and Baker counties where seasons start October 15. Closed seasons run November 1 to July 15 1903 for deer antelope and other game with heavy penalties up to 500 dollars or 120 days in jail. Trout seasons run November 1 to April 1 with salmon trout exceptions and penalties to 100 dollars or 50 days imprisonment.
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Oregon
Malheur
Harney
Baker
Accident to Indian Girl Struck by Engine in Tacoma
Louise Napoleon, a about 20 year old Indian girl, was struck by a Northern Pacific engine on the track crossing South Twentieth street. Both feet were severed at the ankles and she lay bleeding until dawn. She was conscious but weak and unclear how she was struck due to intoxication. She may recover.
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Tacoma
Wash
Louise Napoleon
Northern Pacific
South Twentieth Street
Garrant Import Case Before Seventh Circuit Court
The Held Murdoch & Co customs protest case from Chicago reached the federal circuit court of appeals in Chicago on Oct 30. The dispute asks whether currant duties apply to the weight as weighed by officers or after cleansing, affecting government liability.
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Chicago
Held, Murdoch & Co
Board of Central Appraisers
United States Circuit Court
Federal Circuit Court of Ap
Seventh District
National Mothers Congress Opens in Pittsburgh Session Begins
The National Congress of Mothers convenes in Pittsburgh Pa with over 200 delegates arriving. Headquarters are at Hotel Lincoln and sessions unfold at the First Presbyterian church auditorium, featuring papers addresses and discussions over several days.
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Mothers’ Congress
Pittsborg
National Congress of Mother
Pittsburg
Lincoln
First Presbyterian Church
Two routes open for Panama canal in wake of Colombia dispute
Washington reports two options to secure the canal differ on diplomacy vs direct acquisition. The US could finalize treaties with Nicaragua and Costa Rica to build a canal, or purchase the French Panama Canal Company franchise and proceed with construction, disregarding Colombia’s stance. Omaha plans seek a Chicago and Great Western extension through Nebraska and Kansas to the Panhandle Texas, linking Omaha to Northern Texas and Eastern New Mexico.
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Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama Canal Company
Columbia
Omaha
Neb
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Nebraska
Kansas
Pan
Texas
Kansas City
New Mexico
Stillwell
Mexico & Orient
Rock Island line to St Louis via Morris and East St Louis
Indications point to a Rock Island Railroad line from Chicago to St Louis opening around the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The proposed route would run straight from Morris to East St Louis, touching several key cities while omitting Bloomington, and leaving Little Field Springfield and Alten out.
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Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
St. Louis
Morris
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Austin
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John N. Garner
Uvalde
John C. Scott
Corpus Christi
Atgn
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Garner
Culbertson and
Bailey
Garrant
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Tris
W. J. Clarke & CO
Court Street
Orlan Clyde Cullen Coumbellor
U. & Supreme Court Registerttorney U
Patent Office
Washington, D
Gus LA Fontaine
Thompson Hardware
Wilson
Universal Steel
Wilson Wood
Wilson Coal
Universal Steel Range Cast Cook Stores
The THOMPS# HARDWARE COMPANY
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