Canal work to start at Celilo with new lock planned
Long delayed Columbia River improvements resume with concrete work to begin late this week. A revised cost estimate due to higher labor and material costs will be prepared after an extensive review by Colonel Roessler and the chief of engineers. The new lock three miles from Celilo will safeguard the canal from high water pressure and aid future boat service.
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Columbia River
W. Roessler
United States
Oregon Daily Journal
Colonel Roessler
Celilo
Rocester
Roessler
Government Inspectors Review Salt River Project Accounts
Government agents Lind and Huffer of the U S Reclamation Service completed a week long audit of the Salt River project near Phoenix. They praised the department and installed a new universal accounting system to track every project feature from Washington daily. They planned to inspect Umatilla California and Arizona sites, including the Salt River project, a $5.5 million undertaking employing 1500 workers. Read the East Oregonian.
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Uma“Ik Project
G. Lind
Frank J. Huffer
United States Reclamation Service
Washington, D.C
Maya
Bolse Capital News
Reclamation Service
United States
General Office
Washington
Mesare
Lind
Huffer
Umatilla
Hotel Arrivals and a Montana divorce law ruling
A long hotel arrivals list from Hotel St George and Hotel Pendleton names guests from Chicago, Spokane, Portland, Seattle and other cities. Montana's Judge Bourquin rules innocent divorcees cannot remarry within two years and guilty parties within three, labeling such marriages felonies. William A Clark Jr. cited for marrying soon after a divorce. Also noted are Pennsylvanian Dutch Dunkards advocating Hickory Bark Cough Remedy. County school-age counts list King and Spokane counties, with 46,136 and 25,417 respectively, up 1,383 in the past year.
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Butte
Montant
Bourquin
District Court
Montana
William A. Clark, Jr
Marce J. Medin
King County
Wash
Spokane County
Track Laying Toward The Dalles Kennewick Line
Work advances on the north bank to The Dalles track at about two miles daily. After October 15 the line opens east of The Dalles for wheat traffic from Horse Haven and eastern Washington. Ferry boats will serve the river during fall and winter with Umatilla and Simmons Landing areas as transfer points. Charles M. Leavy will inspect the line, shaping possible passenger and freight service.
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Tate
Dalles
Kennewick
Largo
Umnatilla
Columbia River
Umatilla
East Oregonian
Horse Haven
Washington
Charles M. Leavy
North Bank
Portland
Moke
North Bank Road
Simmons Landvite
Uwmatuta
Morrow
Notable Local and National News Bits From Whitman County and Beyond
George Henry sr of Whitman county loses a leg in bing machinery and has it amputated. Dr F F Moore of La Grande Ore elected president of the American Onateopathic association at Norfolk session. John Bennett Harris of Albion boasts 22 children and a twin. Harris, a town miner, and Mrs John Phillips face tragedy as Phillips dies after being shot by a burglar. Frank Harvey pleads guilty to manslaughter in Tacoma for July 1 killing of Gertrude Yail. possible 1-14 year sentence and possible mental imbalance. Clara Moore Shirley Tower injured after falling into a mining tunnel in Butte. sues for 40000 damages. Edna Zahnten of Omaha engaged to traveling man Fred C Patterson. Patterson vanishes with Zahnten’s ring and $300. Railroads may respond to pending orders but await broader state actions. Mrs William Morrison near Oxford NJ saved when a rifle shot bullet flattens on corset steel. Union Iron & Steel receiver J C Petit named. company capital 2,000,000 with mills in several states. Charles Jones son of George Jones drowned at Fort Klamath while helping construct a new agency building. interred at Fort Klamath cemetery. he was 17 and a mason. Alfred H Smith named vice president.
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George Henry, Sr
Whitman County
Umb
F. FE. Moore
la Grande
Ore
American Onateopathic Association
Norfolk
John Bennett Harris
Albion
Harris
John Phillips
Cleveland
Ohio
Phillips
Tacoma
Frank Harvey
Gertrude Yail
Butte
Clara Moore
Shirley Tower
Marcus Daly
Edna Zoahlten
Omaha
Seattle
Fred C. Patterson
Patterson
Mies Zahnten
William Morrison
Oxford
N. J
Union Iron & Steel Company
New York
Steel Trust
J. C. Petit
Michigan
New Jersey
Charles Jones
George Jone
Smithfield
Polk County
Fort Klamath
Holman
Mason
Fort Klamath Cemetery
Alfred H. Smith
Trial for manslaughter in Harlem wreck
General manner of the New York Central railroad to stand trial in the second degree manslaughter case stemming from the Harlem railroad wreck at Woodlawn on February 16, as ruled by Supreme Court Judge Gige rich.
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New York Central Railroad
Harlem
Woodlawn
Supreme Court
Gigerich
Louis Grogemiller
Huffman
Wallan Watla
Sharpstein
Uch
Superior Court
John Gow
Chinaman
Vancouver
Wish
Mite Rilla Farman
Gow
Chicago
Alfred Benjamin Clothing Ad Promises High Standard Wardrobe
The notice touts Alfred Benjamin Clothing as up to the highest standard and worn by judges of correct clothing. It appeals to buyers amid a wartime refrain about prosperity and peace, signed Bond Brothers.
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Uncle Sam
the Mikado
Alfred Benjamin
Legislator Ward arraigned in manslaughter case
Representative Charles M Ward speaker pro tem of the Michigan house and chair of the ways and means committee was arraigned to answer manslaughter charges in the death of Edith Presley a state senate proof reader. Presley died last April and authorities moved on the case recently. The prominent parties suggest a trial likely to draw wide attention.
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Oetroit
Mich
Charles M
Ward
Michigan House of Representatives
Way and Means Committee
Edith Presley
State Senate
Presley
Cuticura Remedies Said to Cure Severe Skin Disease
Mrs Omie Pam of Nashville Tennessee says she suffered a painful chronic skin condition on hands, arms, and feet after failing with four doctors and costly treatments. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and reports rapid improvement, now fully recovered and praising the products.
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11Th Ave
Nashville
Tenn
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