Local Oregon train extended to Pendleton by order
The Oregon Railroad Commission ordered No 8 Higgs local extended to Pendleton as a daily local train with adequate equipment. It also ordered an extra Southern Pacific northbound train between Roseburg and Portland and mandated Now, 7 and the Pendleton-Portland trains to run with better connections, effective within 20 days. The move aims to ease crowded schedules amid a colonist rush and test commission authority in court.
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Biggs
Arlington
Heppner Junction
Eastern
Oregon
Nod
Mie
Railroad Commission
Thi City
Thany
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Roseburg
Portland
Salem
Southern Pacific Company
Rowehyre
Rr, & N, Company
Condon
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Tested War Balloon Trial at Farnborough Face 16mph Wind
London reports a successful test of a new Britileh war balloon at Farnborough today. The craft performed a routine maneuver under a 16 mile per hour wind, demonstrating stability and control in the gusty conditions.
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London
Farnborough
Value of Goats and Mohair in Oregon Mohair 1906
The Oregon Mohair product was valued at $160,000 in 1906 per the Oregon Daily Journal anniversary issue. Climate favors goats producing high quality mohair, with prices 10 cents higher per pound than Texas. Flocks yield about 6 1/2 pounds per head, mohair priced 40 to 80 cents per pound. A 160-acre farm with 60 acres of rough land can raise 26 to 60 goats safely.
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Oregon
Oregon Daily Journal
Texas
Bert
Express Collision Near Woods Croming Injures Five
The Portland Chicago express on the Oregon Short Line collided head on with a freight train this morning twelve miles north of Utah Salt Lake area. Engineer Abe Sach and three passengers were badly hurt as the wreck burned and firemen fought the blaze.
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Salt Lake
Rept
Woods Croming
Here
Abe Sach
Seattle Kid Teddy Pointer Arrested for Cigar Stand Burglary
Seattle police report Teddy Pointer an eight year old boy was arrested yesterday for burglary after he admitted stealing from a cigar stand. He claimed he did not know what he wanted from the plunder.
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Seattle
Teddy Pointer
Declared Unconstitutional In Penn sylvana Philadelphia Sept 10
Common Plans Judge Wilson and Audenfeld ruled the two cent fare unconstitutional in Pennsylvania. A separate report notes the death of Mrs Mary L Rorscharch in Norfolk Virginia after a burglary at her home. A Budapest mill fire caused multiple deaths and injuries, blamed on strike actions.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Audenfeld
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk
Mary L. Rorscharch
L. C. Rorscharch
Tenneeke
Portamouth
Budapest
Hungary
Real
Prosecute the Prosecutions Prosecute the Prosecutions
Francois J. Heney and District Attorney Bristol arrive in Portland and declare they will reopen the land fraud prosecutions at the October term in Midland. They assert no government witness is lost and promise to press twenty land fraud cases involving about 100 defendants, beginning with denials of any abandonment and noting they will personally conduct the trials.
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United States Court
Midland
Heney
Portland
Francois J. Henney
Sound
Bristol
San Francisco
Ford
Oregon
Kcute
Sald Ar. Heney
Hermann
Triad
Lenox Alignment Stirs Markets With $2.5 Million Tie
Lynn and Mare report James T. Lenox aligning with Hablitisers in a $2.5 million affair that has shaken financial circles. Lenox shows interest in about 40 corporations, signaling bold expansion.
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Lynn
Mare
James T. Lenox
T Lenox
Expenditures in state funds trigger Pinkerton alarm
A detailed state expenditure record from Steunenberg to today shows Pinkerton bills totaling about 29 000 with many incidentals including cigars and fund subscriptions to the Western Federation defense. The accounts reveal detectives paid dues and officers escorted Moyer Haywood and Pettoone from Denver, while bottles of liquor and other expenses are listed.
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Pettibone and Moyer
McParland
Wester Federation Defense Fund
Pinkertons
Federation
Moyer, Haywood
Pettoone
Denver
Trains Fail to Connect With Heppner Train Five Times
Court officials Judge Henry J. Bean and District Attorney G. W. Pheipe of Sixth Judicial district waited in Heppner Junction for the No. 1 train to connect with Heppner to hold district court in Morrow county. Delays throughout the week disrupted connections, and a baggage car derailment near Mea Cham added about two hours to the wait.
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Heppier Dunetion
Henry J. Bean
G. W. Pheipe
Sixth Judicial Dietriet
Railroad Commission
Heppner
Heppner Junction
Morrow
Meacham
Heppher
Pendleton Public Schools Open With 753 Enrolled
First day enrollment in Pendleton public schools reached 753 students. Attendance at the district schools was strong despite the early opening and many patrons remaining in the countryside for the wheat harvest. City Superintendent J. S. Landers released district totals noting Field, Lincoln, Washington, Hawthorne and High schools with enrollment figures.
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Pendleton
J. 8. Landers
Lincoln
Washington School
Hawthorne School
Chool
Hartman Ant Tart Notion Meets Taft Visit in Portland
The Oregon Daily Journal notes former Umatilla County Judge George A Hartman known as a strong local Democrat may face questions from old allies if he returns to eastern Oregon. Statements from ex-Treasurer E J Sommerville Henry Lants and others in Pendleton followed Taft’s Armory appearance Friday night.
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Taft
Ike David B. Hinl
Hartman
Billy Bryan
Pendleton
Grover Cleveland
Grover
Percheton
Umatilla
Oregon Daily Journal
Hartiman
Portland
George A. Hartman
Umatilla County
Bunchgriss
E. J. Sommerville
Henry Lants
Joe Basler
Armory
Judge Hartman
Oregon
Doc Campbell
Missouri
Byers Protest Removal Of Track At Pendleton Mill
W and Byers files an injunction to stop the city from removing or altering a railroad track projecting into Court street at the Byers flour mill. The track sits about two feet above street level, and street grading would require lowering to match. City officials indicate possible council action to remove the track despite the injunction, with McCourt and Carter for the city and Judge A Lowell for Byers.
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W. & Byers
Pendleton
Court Street
Byers
Mic- Court
McCourt
Charles Carter
A. Lowell
Byyers
J. W. Van Slyke Injured After Crossing Train Incident
J W Van Slyke seventy year old pioneer lies in precarious condition at St Marys hospital Walla Walla after a wagon and team were struck by a Pendleton to Walla Walla passenger train near Freewater. His head and internal injuries are severe and his condition is still critical.
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Mr. van Slyke
Walla Walla
Tirussel
Freewater
J. W. van Slyke
St. Mary's Hospital
Weston
Pendleton
Anit Ie
No Cause Found in Webb Hotel Fire Verdict
Shelton Sept 10 The coroner's jury ruled no one is to blame for the Webb hotel fire last week that killed nine people. The investigation found no assignable cause for the blaze.
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Shelton
Webb
Pendleton Church Leader Warner Announces Departure
Rev. Robert Warner, long pastor of Pendleton First M E, will leave for Wilbur Memorial in Walla Walla after farewell sermon. Rev. W T Easter of Lewiston will arrive in about 10 days to lead Pendleton church. Conference attendance reached about 700 with six delegates to Baltimore. Warner helped build the elegant stone church and served five years in Pendleton.
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Lewiston
Pendleton
Columbia River District
Warner
Robert Warner
M. EB
Wilbur Memorial Methodist Church
Walla Walla
M. E
Spokane
Baltimore
Pendleton Field
Dalles
Wilbur Memorial
Northwest
Washington
Ancheondi
Great Falls
Moscow
Thie Field
Pendieton
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