Home seekers idle in line for Idaho land opening
In La Grande Idaho 45 land hungry arrivals line up early for the September 26 land opening of three townships from the Hefner forest reserve. W K Lyman leads the queue with five local women among the hopefuls. Dummies replace absent claimants as substitutes, while police threaten action though city businessmen favor orderly access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalre
Une
United States Land Office
la Grande
Adams Avenue
Hoppner
W. K. Lyman
Welser
Idaho
Cire Jn
E. R.c Rosenbaum
Street Cars Begin Yakima Line Construction
The Yakima Transportation company started the first sod on its streetcar line with work outside city limits toward a south and west route. Monday operations began at W. H. Redman Place, now L. B. Kinyon property, as material for the roadbed arrives. City work is delayed pending city-company settlement, while Lewiston broom factory runs operations on this year’s crop under Harry Harford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atree
Yakima Transportation Company
Progres
Yakima Republic
W. H. Redman
L. B. Kinyon
Vanderbilt Declared Insane in Probate Hearing
In Brooklyn on September 12 the Vanderbilt insanity hearing concluded with a jury ruling Col. Vanderbilt incompetent to manage his affairs. The verdict surprised his wife Mary Popper Vanderbilt who faced accusations of scheming to marry the elderly heir to gain his fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Vanderbilt
Col. Vanderbilt
Mary Popper Vanderbilt
WARDEN KINCAID RESIGNS AT STATE PENITENTIARY
Walla Walls Rei reports Warden Matt P Kincaid will resign to become assistant superintendent of the Portland Seattle North Bank line. He cites higher pay and broader duties. The state board of control has not named a successor but is expected to act soon. Kincaid has served about a year, succeeding A F Kees. It is rumored James A Davis may be appointed to the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walls
Rei
Matt P. Kincaid
State Penitentary
Portland
Seattle, Or “North Bank
Ford
State Board of Control
Kincald
Board of Control
James A. Davis
Con‘trol
Great Fire in Canton Hong Kong
News arrives that a large conflagration is raging in Canton. Several kerosene stores and mercery houses are burning and the loss is expected to be heavy. Fire crews are battling the blaze as authorities assess the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Hong Kong
Umatilla May Become Noted Apple District Says Inspector
Howard Heans, fruit inspector for Umatilla county, told the East Oregonian that Umatilla could rival Hood River Medford and Yakima in apple notoriety. Milton growers have received 1 to 1.50 per box, the highest price in the region, signaling high grade clean apples and strong prospects for local orchards. The Milton district is praised for soil climate and transport, aiming to elevate Umatilla to world prominence in apple production. There is no reason Hood River or Medford should outproduce Milton.
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Umatilla County
Hood River
Medford
Yakma
Howard Heans
East
Oregonian
Milton
Milton District
Nea- Hien
Hoodflower
Stone Depot for O N Officials Near Baker City
O N officials view the east end and nearly agree to erect a new stone depot building at Baker City. The Commercial club offers to furnish native stone free from a nearby quarry if the plan is accepted, using the same stone as the M B church and costing about 60 cents per cubic foot laid. Pendleton could build with about 8000 cubic feet at 20 cents per foot if stone is donated. Baker’s depot would need 7000 to 8000 cubic feet. Also noted is Theodore Burton nominated by acclamation for Cleveland D mayoralty, facing Tom Johnson.
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Commercial Club of
Baker
Citizens and Commercial Club
M. B
Pendleton
Baker City
Theodore Kd. Burton
Ways and Means Committee
House
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Inquire Into Land Monopoly Inquiries Opened
Secretary Gadfeld outlined a wide land fraud inquiry in the west, demanding railroads coal firms and large ranches prove rights to vast tracts or forfeit them. He pledged no accusations yet but promised a systematic fight under fair play rules to reclaim government lands and curb riches from public domains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Gadfeld
J Whyte Evans Sued Over Unpaid Newspaper Ads
Los Angeles judge brought in by E K Potter for the Los Angeles Examiner Times Evening Herald and Record to recover 1106.61 for advertising carried by J Whyte Evans two years ago unpaid in the newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
J. Whyte
Superior Court
E. K. Potter
Los Angeles Examiner
Times
Evening
Prem
Herald-Record
Beets Harvest Expected At 24,000 Tons In Oregon Field
Field Superintendent EL Sebbelov of Amalgamated Sugar reports optimism for a 24000 ton sugar beet harvest in the Willamette region, citing ideal weather and anticipated September 20 start. If realized, growers receive over 100000 dollars in coming days as beets arrive for processing. J D McCully shifts from Joseph Wallowa county to Hood River after 26 years in general merchandise.
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EL Sebbelov
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Sava
la Grande
J. D. McCully
Gentral Merchandise
Joseph
Wallowa County
Hood River
Grand Jury Allegations Bluntly Challenged by Affidavits
In Boise on September 12 a plea in abatement was filed by ex Attorney General Frank Martin, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government of land. Affidavits by three grand jurors claim the foreman was pressured to sign the indictment and that Borah and Martin were hidden from some jurors during the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furtner Alege
Bormhan
Martin
Bowe
Frank Martin
Government of Land
Buick
Sigtere
Borah
Rulek
Roosevelt
Reorganization Meeting for City Band Planned
A musicians meeting is called for Sunday at 1 PM in the mall room of the Zagres building to discuss forming a band for the city. All former Bagh band members are urged to attend. if a fourth band forms it will not be under the Fagles. C. G. Adams, principal musician of the ith Cay iy, now at Wall Walla, seeks directorship and the decision rests with the lone muviclike Funny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thes City
Mall
Zagres
Bagh’ Band
Fagles
C. G. Adams Princip
Ith Cay“iy
Wall Walla
Lone
Vancouver riots draw Hindu influx and Japanese reaction
Vancouver Canada September trains describe a crowd of about nine hundred Hindus landing from the Monteagle, swirling through Main Street and side streets like frightened sheep. Japanese officials show chagrin at the riot, preferring disruption in the United States. Tokyo papers note rising indignation but trust Britain to resolve the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Main Street
United States
Timn
San Francisco
Charges of graft and persecution by immigration officials
L C Dyer of St. Louis alleges graft and persecution of Chinamen by immigration staff. He asks a nationwide investigation after claims that inspectors arrest many Chinamen as unlawful entrants and coerce payments to settle cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
L. C. Dyer
St. Louis
Themmigration Service
Farmers Union Starts Mutual Life Insurance Plan
Jackson Mississippi Sept 12 Encouraged by the success of its new mutual fire insurance company the Farmers union in Mississippi will launch a life insurance concern on the mutual plan among the 65 000 members in this state each to be allowed a 1000 policy The organization is rapidly crystallizing a community movement that will embrace every article of consumption and will put every farmer on the cooperative bank working and living wholly independent of other classes They issue a weekly price list kept secret except to the planters who through direct dealing with wholesalers secure flour sugar coffee and other ordinary commodities at 25 to 40 percent less than prevailing retailer prices
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Jackson
Miss
Farmers’ Union
Minsieaippi
Missionipp
Baak
Lusitania Sets Record With Transatlantic Crossing
The Cunard steamer Lusitania arrived in the wireless zone early this morning about 226 miles southeast of Cape Race. It expected to reach New York around 1 p.m. Friday, completing the voyage in about four days and eighteen hours, breaking the previous record by 13 hours.
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Atlantic
Cape Hace
Cunard
Lusitania
New York
City council weighs Byers case and pole sign ban
City officials and Byers legal counsel meet after hours to discuss the Byers injunction over a track removal on Fast Court street, with a special committee formed to pursue a settlement. Also, a plan to ban signs on telephone poles is advanced as city attorney prepares an ordinance. Meanwhile Sumpter Valley engineers strike, halting service on the Baker City line as wage and hour demands go unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
Fast Court Street
Mesora
Lowell & Winter
Millman
Charles H. Carter
Hinkle
Messrs Thompson
Swearingen
Murphy
Fee
Monroe seeks attachment in circuit court for 726.15
In circuit court today J J Monroe through MacCourt and Phelps began attachment proceedings to recover 726.15 from D R Benson and J C Wright. The complaint claims 129.40 for labor during harvest and notes other similar claims pooled and transferred totaling 726.15 from John Monroe 165.60 M Monroe 148.80 Louis Monroe 49.46 Silas Monroe 58.60 Willis Page 55.30 Lester Fellows 45 Nellie Bangor 63.
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J. J. Monroe
MacCourt & Phelps
D. R. Benson
J. C. Wright
John Monroe
M. Monroe
Louis Monroe
No Hope for Permanent Arbitration The Hague
The Hague Sept 12 The belief is rapidly growing that the International Peace conference has no hope of establishing a permanent arbitration court due to German opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Strikebreakers Riots in San Francisco Street Car Strike
San Francisco reports ongoing violence as non union carmen clash with police near the Utah street carbarns. A non union motorman William A. Bruce was arrested after being struck by a patrolman’s club. Police strengthen presence, banning strikebreakers from streets except to man cars as tensions rise.
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San Francisco
Twentyfourth
Utah
William A. Bruce
Kerrigan
Utah Street
Telegraph Operators Threaten Strike on Northern Pacific
In St Paul on September 12 reports show telegraph operators on the Northern Pacific system plan a strike within ten days. A nationwide vote at headquarters indicates strong fear of a walkout if a 10 percent wage increase is not granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Funeral Service for Mrs. W. J. Clark Held at Church
The funeral of Mrs. W. J. Clark was held at the Church of the Redeemer this afternoon with interment in Olney cemetery. Rev. Charles Quinney led the services. Pallbearers included BE, H. Clarke, W. A Brown, T. D. Taylor, Frank Curl, Thomas Thompson and T. W. Ayers. Honorary pallbearers from Winatils Mounty Hardware, of which Mr. Clark was a prominent member, were T. C. Taylor, John Nissen, W. Brock, A. J. Goodman, E. L. Smith and R. H. Wilcox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Clark
Church of the Redeemer
Olney
Charles Quinney
H. Clarke
W. A Brown
T. D. Taylor
Frank Curl
Thomas Thompson
T. W. Ayers
Winatils Mount
Narrow Escape From Death on Logging Road
Judd Covert, a Grand Ronde Lumber fireman, narrowly escaped death when he fell between the engine and car while stepping onto the moving engine. Dragged about 100 feet before his cries were heard. He sustained bad bruises but was not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd Covert
Grand Ronde Lumber Company
Pat Hilgard
Captain J C Green Led Wrecked Vessel Crew Near Point Reyes
Captain J C Green, longtime master of the Columbian, who was recently sunk by a collision with the San Pedro, is identified with the wrecked lumber schooner ashore near Point Reyes.
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J. C. Green
Point Reyes
San Pedro
Anonymous notices urge Japanese Chinese to quit city
In Bellingham on September 12 an anonymous order asks Japanese and Chinese residents to leave. About twenty Japanese have departed, and some 200 Chinese workers in the canneries threaten to quit if armed actions by Japanese occur.
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Bellingham
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la Grande Land Office
Hefner Forest Reserve
Grand Roudo
Helief
Twat
Loentorn
Nwe
Yakima
Keeirie
Lewiston
Harry Harford
Warden Kincaid
Pisin Offivink
North Bank
Koni
Hood Tiver
STONE
Garimeld
J. Whyte Evans
Auick
Pickerton
Boise
Avery C. Moore
Board of Examiners
Pinkerton Agency
Moore
Olond
Galatx
Roumania
Kishineff
Lode
Tokio
Immigration Inspectora
CITY
Sumpter Valley
Brotherhood of
Foren
Ireimen Neocamry
Norther Pacific
Wim
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