Great Heppner Flood Tragedy Reaches 30 Dead
News from Heppner details a devastating flood with more than 200 bodies recovered and the water expected to rise further. Survivors describe wrecked buildings, crushed debris, and people clinging to trees or plummeting into swift water. Rescue efforts continue as crews work to recover victims while relief supplies are dispatched and citizens brace for further inundation.
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Gmen
Hepp
Niles
Hoppner
James Kelly
Thos J Kelly
Pendle
The Miner’s View of Western Gold Rush Life
A student narrator recalls his move to the West in 1901 to study mining and the life of prospectors. He describes the harsh journey, frontier towns, and the wary optimism of workers who trade social life for months in solitude, valuing education and self‑reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibad
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
West
Officers Named for Company Under Capt Lansdon
Capt Robert Lansdon has organized the company with non commissioned officers and officers. First lieutenant Ha Har per, second lieutenant Woodson Jeffreys, first sergeant Lafe Lansdon, second sergeant KR H Glaze, first duty sergeant C G Dolman, second duty sergeant Harry Wulff, third.
Bridge Fund Progress and Idaho Rail Expansion Hopes
Subscriptions for a bridge fund in Weiser approach the 15000 dollar goal as residents are urged to sign on. State Engineer Darlington may visit to locate the site and start plans and bids. The article also discusses timber wealth, lumbering activity, and the potential for a railroad loop via the Short Line to connect Meadows Glenn's Ferry and Marshall Idaho, with land reclamation and settlement expected to drive traffic.
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Weigser
K. M. Baryton
Darington
Weiser
Weiser Canyon
Council
Maat
Marshall
Idaho
Glenn's Ferry
Post office to be opened at South Fork crossing on Thunder Mountain trail
Lawrence Phelan notes a postotive will be set up at the South Fork crossing near Thunder Mountain around July 1. He expects appointment of a postmaster and a chain of offices from Weiser to Thunder Mountain with another post office planned in Big Creek. Mail now travels daily from Meadows to Warren.
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Lawrence Phelan
South Fork
Thunder Mountain
Phelan
Schiefer
Big Creek
Weiser
Meadows
Warren
Meadows Firm Expands Sheep Ranch Holdings in Idaho
Meadows correspondence from Meadows Idaho dated June 15 1905 reports A G Butterfield and Harry Mitchell acquiring land six miles by four miles at Price Valley including Lost Valley Deer Lick and Little Valley ranches plus Freeman ranches and other claims. They control the Station area and reserve lands while building the largest sheep ranches in the valley feeding finest land beat stock. Ellis Hartley Milam Davis camped on Mud Creek with four bands half interest from George W Leighton as they move sheep to Hazard Lake once snow recedes. Snow remains high in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
A. G. Butterfield
Harry Mitchell
Price Valley
Lost Valley
Deer Lick
Little Valley
Freeman
Wiley
Little Salmon Forest Reserve
Butterfield
Mitchell
Washington County
J Best
Tostirm
N. Railway
Snake River Valley
Ellis Hartley
Milam Davis
Mud Creek
Meadows
George W. Leighton
Mr. Leighton
Idaho
Hazard Lake Basin
Couny
Oregon Short Line Eyes Twin Falls Irrigation Route
Salt Lake Tribune reports Resident Engineer William Ashton will send a foraging party in a few days to survey the Twin Falls irrigation region in Idaho. Engineer Stradley will lead the field work likely for most of the summer as surveys begin along a line from the Tako division west of American Falls in a southwestern course. The Twin Falls project aims to irrigate 27 000 acres.
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Oregon
Twin Falls
Idaho
William Ashton
Salt Lake Tribune
Stradley
Bnt
Tako
American Falls
Asio
Sheep Cases Before Salubria and Cambridge Justices
Several trespass cases within the two mile limit were tried this week. Favre versus Carlson resulted in judgment for the plaintiff with costs. In Cambridge, Hinshaw versus Sater and Hartley versus Sater both favored plaintiffs with varying costs. Lawyers Carroll Dolman and Harris Smith represented the parties. appeals are likely.
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Cole
Salubria
Favre
Carlson
Plantiff
Justice Chileers
Cambridge
A.M. Hinshaw
Giles Sater
L. H. Hartley
Costa
Carroll
Dolman
Harris and Smith
DeWitt Co Witch Hazel Salve Promises Scarless Cures
An 1903 advertisement claims DeWitt & Co make genuine Witch Hazel Salve that cures blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles as well as burns, eczema and other diseases. It touts summer diarrhoea relief for children and urges sale by druggists and merchants.
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C. DeWitt& Co
Warkin & Sommercamp
Two mysterious surveying parties sighted near town
For several days two well equipped survey crews have been active west of town. They arrived Thursday and began preliminary work near the city with tents and wagons in tow. The workers refuse to identify their employer, claiming government work, prompting speculation they are railroad surveyors bound for the coast.
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Oregonian
Kelly
Pendleton
Wm. Scollard
Kernan
O. K. & N. Railroad
Portland
C. A. Buen
Mark Hindman
Rhea
Heppner
Roosevelt
Socrates
Horace Greelly
God West
Fred Edwards
Win. Link
Cope
Roy Sutcliffe
John Nevins
D. M. Lloyd
Tsadore Smith
Bert Jeony
Frank Cull
Roosevelt Hems
College of Physicians
Chicago
Tad
Fe West
Thabo
Mer
Bridge Fund
KR. C. McKissay
Ihe
Wisconsin
Minnesota
TE Noutel
Logan Creek
Hanais & Dian
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