Oregon Colonist Rates Push Home Maker Immigration
The piece urges Oregon communities to promote low priced one way colonist fares to attract home makers from across the United States. It notes rates from Kansas City and St Louis and other points, urges reliance on local agents, and cites prior successes in Tillamook County and Corvallis. It highlights strong interest in Oregon farming lands and the Oregon Development League’s inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
T Ae
United States
Canada
Trans-Continental Passenger Association
Ratea
Kansas City
Iaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Missouri Valley
Umatilla
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Portland
Tillamook County
Corvallis
Oregon Development League
Pacific Northwest
Convicts to Build State Road under New Law
Thirty convicts from Walla Walla prison, guarded by five, will leave this week for Pateros in Okanogan county to work on a new state road. The penitentiary supplies the labor at the request of the highway board, with transport, food, clothing and camp costs covered by the road appropriation. No wages will be paid to the convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Pateros
Okanogan County
State Penitentiary
State Highway Board
McBride Team Recovered After Theft Near North Yakima
Harry McBride of McBride & Co livery recovers a stolen team and gear after a theft report near North Yakima. The thieves fled. the team changed hands, then entered Enterprise livery in Yakima before the owners learned the ruse. McBride sold the horses for 200 dollars and sent the rig home. Madras faces a damaging hail storm crippling local crops in Crook County. D. B. Jarman reports wheat loss. Nate Pinkerton and Ora Rhodes also noted in Madras area. A state attorney general opinion blocks Weston and Ashland normal school expansions as repairs. Fourteen-year-old A. Bott dies after an operation in Helix. burial planned in Helix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McBride
McBride & Co
North Yakima
Holdman
McDonald
Enterprise
Yakima
McBride
Madras
Crook County
D. B. Jarman
Nate Pinkerton
Ora Rhodes
Rhodes
Jarman
Weston
Ashland
Stricken in Pulpit Reverend M W Howard Dies
Reverend M W Howard pastor of the Methodist Church South at Milton was stricken with paralysis during a Sunday sermon and died Tuesday evening after relatives including his son Professor Howard of Columbia College Milton and Mrs N B Dexpain of Pendleton were notified. He was about 60 and well known across Umatilla County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Howard
M. E. Churrch
South
Milton
Compton
Professor Howard
Columbia College
Mra. N
Oregon Special Edition Promotes Homeseekers to West
An April 29 issue highlights Oregon as a beacon for homeseekers with extensive industry data and travel incentives. It urges sending names for free copies and promotes colonist train rates from the East to Oregon and the Northwest to spur settlement and growth.
Milton Hotel Incorporation Plans Report in Oregon News
The Milton Hotel company is organized with 12000 capital and a five member board including A. M. Elam and Mrs. H. M. Qockburn. The project aims a brick hotel with three stories, furnishings costing about 15000, construction likely to start within 60 days. Grain men visit Walla Walla for Puget Sound Warehouse business. Sam White suffers a bad heel laceration operating a hay rake on Pine Creek.
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Milton Hotel
Milton Hotel Company
Hoa Teen
A. M. Elam
J. E. Davis
W. &. Potman
A. Miller
H. M. Qockburn
Walla Walla
B. B. Richards
Puget Sound
E. Noonen
Doe Bi
Nooneb
Marner Mai
Big Pine Creek Place
Sam White
Harvest yields and drought halt Athena wheat district
Reports show yields ranging from 40 to 60 bushels per acre in Athena with several 60 bushel wells. The Kirk place reached about 50 bushels per acre while overall average runs 45 to 60 bushels. New combines faced weather setbacks with rain delaying work, and over 200000 bushels of new crop sold locally to the Prin ton Parton Milling company at 69 to 71 cents per bushel. Independent Warchows and Pacific Coast Elevator Company agents bought additional thousands of bushels. A band of gypsies departed after a brief town visit Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinell
Bony
Athena
Kirk Place
Printon-Parton Milling Company
David Taylor
Independent
Warchouws
O' Barra
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
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Manasse’s
Davis-Kaser CO
Alder St. Walla Walla, Wash
Dell BR
Bott
J. K. Bott
Heliz
Tie Home
Helix
Orogopian
Department of Industry
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Northwest
Bastia
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co
Wm. McMurray
Genes
C. A. Barrett &Company
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