Open River Meeting in Walla Walla Opens Debate on Jute Tariff
Hundreds of delegates gather at the Open River Convention in Walla Walla to press for Pacific coast state cooperation in opening the Columbia and Snake rivers. Athena attorney Will M. Peterson and Jerry Stove push a resolution urging repeal of the tariff on jute bags used in grain and hop commerce.
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Walla Walla
Awell Lanquet
Will M. Peterson
Athena Attorney
Athena Commercial Association
Jerry Stove
Oregon
Washington
California
Idaho
Pacific Coast
Calcutta
India
Congress
Rural Lines Organization forms officers at latest meeting
The Rural Lines patrons elected J. W. Pinkerton as president, Cass Cannon as treasurer, and Gus Schubert as clerk with new directorates. Meanwhile an advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and The Kavorine Prescription as feminine remedies, urging readers to request extracts via mail from Dr. Vieree and listing claims of health benefits.
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Cass Cannon
J. W. Pinkerton
Wm. Schumpf
David Ferris
Athena Yt
Trno No. 1
Line
Gus Schubert
Vieree
Pierce
B. ¥. Viren
Invalides’ Hotel
Mother's terrible ordeal in a blizzard
A mother named Mrs. Jacques, living near Leavenworth Washington, saved one child from a six foot snow drift but perished others. She carried the younger child toward a neighbor's house in brutal cold when the older girl died in the snow. The mother survived, a hospital patient in Leavenworth in terrible pain. Her rescued child is badly frostbitten but expected to recover.
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Jacquea
Thes Hospital
Leavenworth
Waah
Mrs. Jacques
Mr. Jacques
Larden
Mabel Spangler
Alfred Spangler
Brent
Walla Walla
Mabel
Willie J. Bellows
Bellows
Five Indians burned to death in Umatilla jail blaze
Fire at the Umatilla agency jail early Sunday morning trapped five Indian inmates. Only Industrial Agent Gardner, busy rescuing children, had a key to the jail. Bodies burned beyond recognition lay in corners. cause undetermined though cigarette spark is suspected. Indian police and workers struggled to restore order amid shock and investigations.
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Umatilla
Brat Geen
A. Chrisrtianaon
Gardner
Indian Department
Banner Salve and the Myth of Luck in Wealth
An old editorial urges that wealth comes from persistent work and positioning, not luck. It argues wealthy founders often started with savings, and promotes a bank offering 4 percent interest on savings compounded semiannually with careful, safe handling of earnings.
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Athena
Manasse Athena
First National Bank
H. ©. Adams
J. Kirk
H. C. Adams
T. J. Kirk
F. 8
le Grow
D. H. Preston
P. E. Colbern
Stone
The
C. A. Barrett & CO
Dell Brothers
Organization OF Rural Lines
O. C. Floyd
McBride
John Kemp
Enat Otifield
Backlen
Umatilla Agency
Tatcher Ham
E. E. Shaw
Walla Walls
August Sherpa
Mort Madison
King
Banner
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