Hood River fruit industry praised by irrigation delegate
Representative GC A Barrett reports the Hood River session produced good for irrigation. He notes the Hood River fruit fair showcases apples peaches and pears with prices up to 8 10 per box all fruit sold in New York. Barrett admires orchard care and envisions mountain district potential for fruit growing near Wild Horse. Also reports the marriage of Ernest Rogers and Lucy Hansell at the bride's parents home and future move to Cambridge Idaho.
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GC. A. Barrett
Hood River
Mr. Barrett
New York
Barrett
Highland
Mountain
Wild Horse
Ernest Rogers
Lucy Hansell
W. E. Hoven
Mra Hansell
George Hansell
Cambridge
Idaho
Athena
Franklin County Crop Report Shows Strong Wheat Yields
W P Read tours Weston from Ryegrass district in Franklin County as local harvests show solid No 1 wheat yields. Reports note hot July weather trimmed potential but overall production remains promising with several growers delivering 15 to 25 bushels per acre. Local farmers are optimistic about future bonanza gains as county advances.
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W. P. Read
Weston
Ryegrasa
Franklin County
Hoe
H. W. Moulton
Ed Johnson
Cambellers
William Walker
Read
Free Show for Walla Walla Convicts at Prison Orpheum
Nearly 500 inmates at the Walla Walla penitentiary attended two full performances in the prison diving room last Friday night. The New Orpheum company staged the shows with manager Lecitt and ex-Captain Charles B. Woode addressing the crowd. The event offered convicts a rare glimpse of freedom and entertainment within the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
New Orpheum Theatre
Lecitt
Charles B. Woode
Orpheum Theatre
King Brothers Lose Lease on Reservation Land
The King brothers lost their wheat land lease from James Briton after Indian Agent Major Edwards issued a ten day vacate notice for failure to present a garified lease at the agency. They had paid Britton $180 cash and spent substantial labor on the place, now unlikely to recover. A separate note mentions a train load of cattle acquired by W. J. B. Saylor to be fed at his ranch for spring market.
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King Brothers
James Briton
Major Edwards
Mr. Britton
Edwards
Britton
Bobo
W J. B. Saylor
Batter Creek
Saylor
Baker City
Legislators urged to meet in Pendleton next month
The Umatilla Morrow county delegation proposes an informal legislative gathering in Pendleton to discuss measures such as a jute mill and pack factory at the penitentiary and a plant for wool growers. Delegates will tour a similar operation in Walla Walla and Weston Normal School officials seek outreach before sessions.
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Pendleton
Umatilla-Morrow County
Penitentiary
State Woolgrowers Association
Oll
Walla Walla
Weston Normal School
Bids for Umatilla canal work sent to Washington. interior awards schedule one
Bids from engineers for the Umatilla project main canal and laterals were reviewed in Portland. Schedule No 1 went to Thomas Jaquea of Pilot Rock for 20 212.50 dollars. Schedule No 2 bids were rejected as too high, forcing force account work by the reclamation service.
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Board of Consulting Engineers
Portland
Umatilla
Department
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Thomas Jaquea
Pilot Rock
Reclamation Service
Klamath Project
Oregon
Edwards pleads guilty in Yakima deputy case
Prosecuting Attorney Krutz reports Major Edwards of the Umatilla reservation pleaded guilty to attempting to provoke an assault on W G Dodds. He was fined about 100 and costs likely similar. Oregon district attorney requested remittance of the fine to be handled by Judge Taggard.
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Krutz
North Yakima
District Attorney of
Oregon
Major Edwards
Umatilla
Yakima County
Taggard
Costa
Edwards
Yukima
W. G. Dodds
J. A. Taggard
Edwarda
Hoe
Edward
Accounts payable due October 1 with 8 percent interest
All accounts owed to Cox and McEwen are due October 1. If unpaid during October, the balance will accrue 8 percent interest from October 1. The remainder of text is garbled and unreadable.
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Cox & McEwen
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