Land Sale Signals Soaring Wheat Prices In Knox Quarter
McKinnon sold the Knox place north of town to Joseph Sherad for 105 per acre, total 16800, up 65 per acre in four years. The deal, via Craghead & Hays, moves land between Sherman and Sherad holdings. McKinnon plans to invest the proceeds in Alba. Governor Mead faces official inquiry into penitentiary affairs and related issues including typhoid, executions, factory inspections, and staff conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Iining
John McKinnon
Knox Place
Joseph Sherad
McKinnon
Cas Qua
Portland and Seattle railway contracts bid at Vancouver
The Portland and Seattle railway contracts near Kennewick and Cape Horn see General Contractors Sioma & Shielda securing bids from ten firms for about 190 miles of line. The projected price totals around 10 million dollars with completion hoped by November 1, 1906. Separate Columbia and Willamette bridge costs exceed 2 million.
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Vancouver
Wash
Sioma & Shielda
Portland & Seattle
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Kennewick
Portland
Cape Horn
Kenewick
Péter Siems
Columbia and
Willamette
Caps Horn
Pigweed Fatal to Cattle Reported at Agricultural College
At the Oregon Agricultural College it is announced that pigweed or redroot can be fatal to livestock under certain conditions. Professors Pernot Lake and Coote traced thousands of seeds in cattle feces to pigweed seeds, finding sharp silica spines in the intestine causing severe inflammation and death in cattle. The weed is particularly dangerous to cattle in Willamette valley pastures. Local wheat market notes are tacked to the report with Athena buyers quoting 64 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llia
Agricultural College
Willamette Valley
Pernot
Marion County
Gervais
Professor Lake
Profesor Coote
Czar Abdicates as Witte Becomes Prime Minister in Turbulent Russia
Reports say the Romanoffs fall as Witte accepts a prime ministerial mandate to form a real legislature. Provisional government forms at School of Technology. troops surround the building amid deadly casualties in Odessa and Warsaw markets. Public panic, riots, and looting reported. crowds hold firm as authorities claim control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Witte
Peterhof
Tifty
School of Technology
Odea Sanday
Popnico
Warsaw
Failuseye
Free Scholarship At Pendleton Academy For Local Youth
The Pendleton Academy board offers a free scholarship to a deserving local boy or girl who has completed at least seventh grade. The winner will graduate from the academy, with potential access to Harvard's classical course within five years. The term starts January 3, 1906, and the board emphasizes cultivating cultured minds over mere technical training. The goal is to inspire higher learning and guide youths toward completing a college path.
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Pendeton Academy
Oregon Cource
Pendleton Academy
Pacific Coast
Academy Cours
Harvard University
Oregon
Portland
Proay
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Manasse
Butterick
COX & Meven
South Side
Main Street
Athena
Ely
Scott
Sherad
Overnor
A. F. Rees
Walla Walla
Washington State Board of Control
State Penitentiary
A. F. Kees
Y. C. Blalock
Bradshaw
Franklin County
Phillip Berry
Berry
Washington
Mead
Keos
Prescott
Harkness
North Yakima
Pendleton
Thiang
Coeur d'Alene
Dell Brothers
Sre
Myrtle Typton
Walla Walla County
St. John
Whitman County
Newley
Harkness Ranch
Myrtle
Conta
Waya
Czar
PRESS
of Education
Columbus County
Dayton, Wash
Barley Browers
Columbia
United Artisans
Athena Assembly No
Masonic Hall
G. ©. Bahelman
John A. Daron
Nalerant
C. G. Chamberlain
Chicago
Bucklen
G. Welch
Mich
McBride's
Athena Mercantile Co
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