Pilot Butte Carey act project approved in Oregon
President Roosevelt approves the Pilot Butte Development Company plan under the Carey act, reclaiming 84,707 acres in Deschutes valley for irrigation. The contract permits $1 per acre annual water rental, with an eight thousand five hundred dollar lien, marking Oregon’s first Carey act approval.
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Roosevelt
Moody
Oregon
Deschuter Valley
Pilot Butte
A. M. Drake
Pilot Batle
Rickards
Greene
Drake
Washington
Department
Pinchot
Newell
Lange
Tandy Ob
Desobuthe Valley
Uee
Hertal
Uns
Oregon Brigae Tien
Indians Hold Dance At Kooskia Idaho Camp
The Nez Perces Indians dance near the Pattatel mouth with a medicine lodge and several wickiups. About 200 engaged in ghost and medicine dances for two weeks, despite authorities' disapproval. Chief Joseph recently arrived from Colville to discuss tribe claims against the United States for promised funds.
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Nee Perces
Pattatel
Idaho
Perces
Joseph
Colville Reservation
Kooskia
United States
Joseph’ iv
Washington
Daiuin
Sunday School Workers Unite at Vinatilla County Convention
The ninth annual Vinatilla County Sunday School Association meeting met in Milton under H. H. Curtis with sixty delegates. Sessions featured devotional exercises, welcomes by Rev. Cartwright and Rev. Gibbs, and talks on teachers and keeping scholars. Officers elected include Curtis as president and Maude Frazier as recording secretary. Local news also notes Arbuckle coal mine activity and a public notice restricting sheltering of a minor, Lucia Naylor.
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Jenton
Mitom
Vinatilla County Sunday School Association
Milton
H. H. Curtis
G. H. Gibbs
R. L. Cartwright
Nenda
8. Conn
Fannie L. ©. Belts
D. O. Sanderson
King of
Pendleton
Mra. Sanderson
Mra. Miller
Echo
W. Susith
Athena
R. Jones
Kobo
Mine Maude Frazier
Miteva Belts
Pilot Rook
Home Department
B. Ki. Coon
Yates
T.T. Salt
Titan
Mix
A. Lowell
B. R. Richmond
K. W. King
Hueguelet
Koy
W. R. Jewett
Mra
Frenchman Ledge Prospect Draws Oregon Miners Interest
A sensational find in the Gold King group on Josephine creek western Josephine county yields ore assays from $100 to $1000 per ton. The ledge runs 10 feet wide and extends about 1200 feet up the mountain. The tale ties to Louis Belfils the French prospector who sought the famed Frenchman's Lost Ledge since 1852.
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Oregonian
Gold King
Quarts
Josephine Creek
Josephine County
Pioneer
M. Marks
Seattle
Louis Belfills
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Crescent City
Louis Belfils
Waldo County
Church Calendar and Illinois Central Fare Announcement
Sunday services include preaching at 11 with Sunday School at 10, Junior and Epworth Leagues, evening preaching at 7 90, midweek prayer Thursday 7 30, and various auxiliary meetings. East to west excursion fare promotion from February 15 to April 30 via Illinois Central to Washington Oregon and Idaho routes, with 15 routes offered and personalized service. Contact B H Trumbull, Commercial Agent, Central Railroad, 142 Third St, Portland, Oregon.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pocatello
Tolaho
Havre
Mont
Church OF Cubist
Zod and Adams
C. A. Sins
Ehoot
Chiviatiant Endeavor
Ladies Aid
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Illinois Central R. A
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
B. H. Trumbull
Cent. R. R
Third St
Portland
Oro
Dream Cure for Catarrh Promises Quick Relief
Thousands try Ely's Dream Cure for catarrh and cold in the head. A 10 cent trial size is offered, with testimonials from Oscar Ostrum of Chicago praising the remedy. Ely's Cream Balm is marketed as cocaine and mercury free, priced at 50 cents and available at druggists or by mail.
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Ely
ELY Bros
Warren Bt
Oscar Ostrum
Warren Ave
Chicago
Ill
Fly
Potent Patent Remedies and Local Engine Sale
An array of early 20th century patent medicines claim cures for coughs, lung diseases, and blood conditions with money‑back guarantees and free samples. Includes Acker’s English Remedy, Dr King’s New Discovery testimonials, Acker’s Blood Elixir, and a traction engine for sale or trade by O A Zerba in Athens Oregon.
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Acker
W. H. Hooker & Co
Buffalo
McBride & Co
G.C. Osburn
O. A. Zerba
Athena
Oregon
Domestic Laundry Pendleton Ad Focuses On Linen Care
The notice promotes Pendleton domestic laundry services by A. J. Parker, agent, highlighting faultless linen and up-to-date laundrying for color ed shirts and white vests. It emphasizes how warm weather affects freshness and cleanliness and presents the service as a smile inducing routine.
Notice of liquor license request in Athena Oregon
Public Notice. I will apply to the Mayor and common council of Athena Oregon on the sixth day of February 1903 for a license to sell liquors to be sold in a building on the west half of lot 8 in block 5 of the city. Applicant: bedeman. Dated Robs 6 Lie.
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Athena
Oregon
Maid City
Bedeman
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Deschutes
Pilot Butte Enterprise
Wallowa Valley
Kanvink
Sweetwater
Potlatch
Edinns
Umatilla
Agency School
Henderson
Morse Rustlers
Alex
Dry Creek
Weston
Robert Still
Dashew Lak
Joseph Leat Washington
Arbuckle Mi
Ni Gentry
George Whitles
Arbuckle
Heppner Gazette
Looia Naylor
FG. Naylor
Athens
F. G. Naylor
Heppner
Walla Walla
McClish
Knights of Pythias
la Grande
Modern Woodmen
C. O. F. Hall
Inland Empire
State Supreme Court
Junot Circuit Court
D. A. Pinkerton
Chas. Cunningham
Qunningham
Pendleton Tribune
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Quarlea
Buffalo, N. Y
McBride € Co
Rosenaweig & Shiek
Unutille Implement Co
Bapti
C. K.lamar
Nande
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Adaran
W.E
City Drug Store
Adams, Oregon
A. B. Stone
Adams
McBride & Company
Parker & Keen
South Side
Main Street
Columbia River
Pacific
Fred Kershaw
Walla
Wash
McBride & Co.'s
Domestic Laundry
A. J. Parker
Agt
Will M. Peterson
L. J. McAtee
F. Saanr
A.W. Borsix
Sharp & Botkin
Third Street
OREN
Union Pacific
DALY
Pullman Standard
Omata
Pullman
Kanang City
Memphis
Baker City
Antseast
Portis
Paymercion
Colts Patt
Gilo P. m
Tilo
P.m
Intermedi
Ate Points
San Francisco
Fortiard
Snake River
Riparia Perce
Batarny
Lewiston
A. Sart
C. E. Troutman
Association Building
A.B. Stone, M.D
Ins'singcon
Blacksnake
Mark Patton
Foley
James Coffee
Raymond
Missouri
C.J. Bishop
Agnew
Mich
Pfoley
N. Jackson
Danville
J. W. Bryan
Lowder
THE
Palace Drug Store
South Side Main Street
Athena Orecan
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