Lely Wins Mines Amid Local Election Surges
Lely of Lewis ton wins his mining unit after long litigation with Eureka and Fargo Mining Co. The gold copper claims lie on Snake river near Imnaha mouth. In Athena, local option passes, Democrats lead in county races, and officials elected include Hartman, Blakely, and Taylor among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Lively
Lewiston
Eureka Mining Co
Fargo Mining Co
Fargo
Eureka
Lively
Snake River
Imnaha
J. W. Smith
Athena Celebrates Fourth of July with Planned Festivities
Funds are assured for the Athena Fourth of July celebration. Mayor Taylor will oversee plans with committees on finance and general arrangements led by A. M. Gillis Wm Mangrove Dr J D Plamondon Bam Booker Dr A W Botkin and Alt Johnson. David Taylor named president and H A Barrett marshal of the day. Posters will be distributed countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Taylor
Welle
Chas. Gay
MD Manasse
Vien Oi Niriaeertert
A. M. Gillis
Wm. Mangrove
J. D. Plamondon
Bam Booker
A. W. Botkin
Alt. Johnson
David Taylor
H. A. Barrett
Marabal
Yoce
DITCH COMPLETED FOR IRRIGATION NEAR UMATILLA
Pioneer irrigator D C Brownell finished a new ditch above Umatilla with a large culvert under the O R N track ready to water the tract. He plans to seed alfalfa and barley this fall for a first class crop next year and flood the land from October to May for rich forage and grain yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
D. C. Brownell
Umatilla
Lynchings at Whitebird End in Mob Action
Thomas Myers who shot George Brownlee and wounded Wallace Jarrett on May 18 was killed by a masked mob Saturday near Whitebird after being seized from Deputy Sheriff John Seny. The assailants, armed and masked, forced the officer to move away and vanished after surrounding the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bim
Thomas Myres
George Brownlee
Wallace Jarrett
Whitebird
Myers
John Seny
Buying Freewater Acreage Expands Near Milton
Real estate activity rises around Freewater with irrigated tracts selling at 150 to 400 dollars per acre. C G Rogers sold 20 acres to Geo Dexter of Wallowa. A E Gandy bought 6.5 acres near town from Andrews. C W Clark, from Grand Ronde valley, bought 10 acres from M Martison. Purchasers plan to remain nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewater
Milton
C. G. Rogers
Geo. Dexter
Wallowa
A. E. Gandy
Great Fields of Barley and Potatoes
W M Pierce recently returned from California showing barley on Victoria Island owned by W M and Henry F Pierce. Heads twice as long as those in Eastern Oregon. 3000 acres yield an estimated 100 bushels per acre. Victoria Island has subsoil irrigation and fertile soil. Barley sown on potato ground, harrowed in and trampled by sheep bands. There are 1600 acres of potatoes on this island, the largest potato patch in California and possibly the world. Weston Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Pierce
California
Victoria Iekind
W. M
Henry F. Pierce
Oregon
Victoria Island
Weston
Cures Old Sores Advertisement from 1902
A Ballard Snow Liniment Co. notice from Westmoreland Kansas describes a customer praising the liniment for a sore on the chin thought by some to be cancer. The letter asks for a bottle to be sent to Sophia J. Carson in Allensville Pennsylvania. Wm. McBride is listed as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland
Kansas
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
Sophia J. Carson
Allensville
Wm. McBride
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Manasse Corner Main and Third Sts
Manasse
Butterick
Cox & Mewen
Sampson Wind Mills
Lely
Enterprise
Washington & Oregon Power Co
Walla Walla River
Walla Walla
Paras
Alexander McKenzie
Strain
Chamberlain
Blakely
Hartman
Bean
Blakley
Raley
Phelps
Morrow County
Botkin
Republican
Henderson
South Athena
North Athena
Congress
George R. Cook
E. Simmons
H. W. Stone
J N. Williamson
Justice of Supreme Court
C. J. Bright
Prohibition
C. ©. Mikelsen
Frank A. Moore
Thomas O'Day
Oregon Dairy and Food
J. W. Bailey
Ira W. Berry
M. Douglas
N. Rasmussen
Sixth Judicial District
G. W. Phelps
Jas, H. Raley
Morrow
W. G. Cole
F. B. Holbrook
M. W. Howard
H. CO. Adama
J. J. Balleray
W. M. Blakely
W. D. Chamberlain
N. A. Davis
F. A. Sikes
M. W. Turley
Robert Warner
H. J. Bean
G. A. Hartman
G. W. Rigby
O. A. Barrett
Oliver Dickson
W. H. Fowler
J. H. Lesser
S. G. Lightfoot
E. J. Sommerville
R. E. Stewart
W. T. Rigby
Republlican
C. P.strain
W. Talbert
J. E. Simmons
H. W. Stowe
J. N. Williamson
C. Mikelsen
F. A. Moore
Thos. O'Day
Oregon Dairy and Food Commissioner
J. H. Raley
B. Holbrook
Mayberry
C. ©. Berkeley
J. W. Kimbrell
T. M. Hooderman
G. O. Richardson
William Loyd
F. H. Richmond
Horace Walker
Republicain
O. G. Chamberlain
G. W. Tittaworth
Peddler
Buck
Davis Vertical Feed
Davis Easer
Alder St
Washington
Dell Brothers
South Side Main Street
Brownell
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