Harvest field reports mix as grain yields surge across valleys
Local harvest notes show wheat testing No 1 quality with averages near 60 pounds per bushel. Yields range from 20 to 85 bushels per acre across districts, with many fields pushing 30 to 50 bushels and several high outliers. Prices discussed include No 1 grain around 85 cents and potential dollar wheat headlines amid strong domestic demand.
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Athena
Bluestem
Casper Woodward
Washington State College
M. L. Watt
James Bryan
Union
E. Miller
United States Reclamation Service
Herminton
Timothy
Grande Ronde
Walla Walla
Eureka Flat
Thia
Touche Valley
Touchet
Waitsburg
Prescott
Dayton
Dell Place
Chas. Carpenter
Wm. Pinkerton
Binestem yields expected. first carload arrives at mill
The season's crop is expected to yield 70 bushels per acre. The first carload of binestem arrived at the mill from Downing station shipped by M. L. Watts. A letters from a 16 year old girl in an Oregon town seeks clerking, bakery or hotel waitress work, describing herself as a Lionette who is pretty. Her mother seeks a chambermaid position. the girl currently works in a bakery and would move to Walla Walla if climate is satisfactory.
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Binestem
Downing Station
M. L. Watts
Larned
Meacham
Walla Walla
Oregon
Bulletin
Abe Else Gays
Dust Not Dirt In Cars On Oregon Railroad Coaches
O R and N officials defend dust on coaches passing through Walla Walla on the Starbuck to Pendleton line. They say dirt is clean dirt due to dusty road. coaches are disinfected twice weekly and mopped nightly. Cleaning occurs at line ends and with a air blower to expel dirt, though passengers may trigger dust when fruit is eaten between divisions.
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Walla Walla
United States
Starbuck
Pendleton
C.F. Vandewater
Vandewater
Mr. Vandewater
Round Up of Cayuses on Umatilla Reservation
Hundreds of Indian cayuses roaming the Umatilla reservation ranges will be rounded up this week and shipped to Montana. The drive is led by Gilbert Minthorn with about 100 Indian cowboys assisting, a major local event. The roundup, started Monday, will likely span the week as thousands of acres hold scattered herds. Horses gathered at Upper McKay Creek and Thorny Hollow will be driven to the Mission corrals for loading.
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Umatilla
Montana
Tk Big Drive
Gilbert Minthorn
Indiana
McKay Creek
Thorny Houltow
Big Mission Corruly
McFatridge rejects Grande Ronde post in Oregon
Major A E McFatridge, dismissed agent of the Umatilla Agency, returns to Pendleton and declines a proposed Grande Ronde reservation posting. He cites few Indians, isolation, and lack of work for his family, declaring they cannot bury him alive. Freewater to get a new bank as Wilson and Nicolay of Iowa consider establishing banking here and in Milton after favorable talks with local business leaders.
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A. E. McFatridge
Umatilla Indino
Grande Ronde Reservation
Oregon
Peadiston
Grande Ronde Agency
Thia
Freewater Bank
Freewater
Messrs
Wilson and
Nicolay
Iowa
Milton
Race Track Idea Sparks Athena Groundwork
Spains talk of scouting grounds for a race track at Athena surfaces as a joint stock plan. A 10 acre tract adjoining the city park would host a track base tall grounds amphitheatre stables and an exhibition pavilion. The project aims to hold a fall fair and provide local baseball and other sports space with a thriving horse community backing.
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Spain
Athena
Wouth
Belo
Weston
Northwest
Grain Sales Policy Adopted In Walla Walla Meeting
At a Walla Walla meeting the farmers union ratified selling wheat at gross weight including sacks. H H McLean acts as southeastern Washington marketing agent. H D G Cox notes past weighing losses and predicts annual dockage savings from 40 000 to over 60 000 dollars.
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Walla Walla
Farmers’ Union
Iohoss
H. H. McLean
Washington
H. D. G. Cox
Indian Incident Of 1856 A Pioneer Scout Seeks News Of Veterans
The old agent recalls an 1856 near McKay Creek Pendleton encounter with a band of Indians. Woodward Price Roxford and Wolff parleyed with the redskins as a chase ensued and Wolff fell into a badger hole, saved by Woodward. An arriving Hudson Bay pack train forced the attackers to retreat. Woodward asks whether Oxford and Price survive.
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Bill
Woodward
Bill Roxford
Silva Price
Prosg
McKay Creek
Pendleton
Price
Roxford
Francis J. D. Wolff
Caldwell
Idaho
Keho
McKay Crook
Wolff
Rexford
Wallula
Hudson Bay
Sreaper
Oxford
Barnett Maynard Wedding Celebrated at Portland Home
A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr and Mrs Ki Barnett 681 Tillamook Street on Wednesday evening July 14 soon the Portland Oregonian when their son Arthur Rex Barnett was united in marriage.
Marriage at Colton Hall Unites Hazel Maynard in Oregon Cadets Era
Hazel Genevieve Maynard wed Mendelazohn in Colton Washington with Rev E and Muckley officiating. Lena Chambers played march and Mrs M E Chambers gave the bride away. Reception followed for 100 guests as crimson lanterns and ferns decorated the porch. Groom, Oregon Agricultural College 1907 graduate and cadet captain, and Mrs Barnett left for Seattle and points on the Sound.
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Hazel Genevieve Maynard
OC. E. Maynard
Colton
Wash
E. & Muckley
First Christian Church
Lena Chambers
M. E. Chambers
P.O. Jonox
Oregon Agricultural College
Mra. Barnett
Seattle
Sound
Waitsburg boy escape after wagon wheel tragedy
Six year old Roy Casey, son of I D Casey of Casey poultry farm, fell from a runaway wagon. The wheel pressed his neck briefly but he wriggled free, suffering a deep head gash. He whispered to his father to drive to town for candy and survived, the elder Casey estimating the load weighed about a half ton.
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Ranaway
Waitsburg
Roy Casey
I. D. Casey
Casey Poultry Farm
Casey
Big Gon
Gaseya
Hill May Build in Oregon in Oregonian Forecast
An Oregonian forecast claims James J. Hill plans extensive railroad construction in Oregon and possibly California. It mentions purchase of the Oregon Trunk and Deschutes line, a Harri man system route, Pacifi cord and Hastern abort road from Medford into the Cascades, and ties to the defunct Oregon Trust bank. Also cited is Porter Brow and John S. Stevens linked to Hill interests, plus Dr J S Roddy of Medford reviewing company plans. Cyren Langley, 80, dies in Walla Walla. survived by wife and three children. funeral held Tuesday with Rev J C Reid officiating. Langley arrived in Walla Walla in 1858.
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Oregonian
Oregon
James J. Hill
Ashfornia
Oregon Trank
Deschutes
Harriman Aystem Loto Central Oregon
Pacifiod& Hastern Railroad
Medford
Ore
Cascade Mountains
Ohia
Oregon Trust and Savings Bank of Portland
Ibi
The
Porter Brow
Oregon Wrook Survey
John S. Stevens
Panama Canal
J. S. Roddy
Papilla & Baxter
Mr. Stevens
Curuy Langley
Cyron Langly
Dieir
Walla Walla
William
J. C. Langly
Mra
D.C. Danlavy
Reidence
J.C. Reid
Mr. Lougly
Baptist Church Notes and Evening Sermon at Local Church
Church notes announce Sunday services at the Baptist church with an evening sermon by Pastor Ryder on the miracles of Jesus. A presentation of pictures is shown, and the usual offering is to be collected. A small notice asks for a finder to return a lost child’s board-cloth pant and other items.
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Baptist Church
The
Ryder
Jesus
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City Meat Market
J. H. Stone
Main Street
Dell Brothers
Ston
AM & N
REOS
Cayuses
Bill Woodward
Laos
Hill
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Athens
Adama
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