Hall Brothers Secure Control of Home Telephone Company
The Home Telephone Company stockholders meeting, delayed by an error, met with 382 of 455 shares present. The Hall brothers won control with 51 percent ownership and formed a new board including Chas Hall, E Hall, J E Hall, O B Copple, and EK C Smith. The meeting approved reviewing the financials to restore dividends, with efforts to pay a return to stockholders and possible rate adjustments. New officers elected: Chas Hall president and manager, ELC Smith vice president, E O Hall secretary, EF O Blanchar treasurer.
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Home Telephone Company
Hall Brothers
Chas
Hall
E. Hall
J. E. Hall
0. BE. Copple
EK. C. Smith
Chas, Hall
Whs
B. L. Smith
Hardinger
Allbacklers
H. J. Hibbard
F.C. Smith
E. O. Blanehar
J. W. Koberg
Elc. Smith
Vce
E. O. Hall
EF. O. Blanchar
Doll Society Reception in Hood River Ends in Tragedy
A debutante doll and her elite circle gathered at Mount Hood hotel for a grand doll society coming out in Hood River. The event featured music by Lillian Brock and others, with gossip about royal-dolled attendees and a missing diamond brooch later blamed on a home absence. The tragedy followed the next morning as Miss Cram suffered a fatal fall on the way home, and she was laid to rest as family mourned.
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Mount Hood Hotel
A. Bell
Lillian Brock
Suzanne Kay
Mikens
Anna Mae Chipping
Elda Jackson
Della
Dell
Doll Society
Hood River
Miss Cram
Doltic
Mina Cram
Corrowlog
Grand Jury and Court In Session Open at January Term
The January circuit court opened with the grand jury meeting. Thompson’s case, tied to the Cascade Locks wreck, dominated focus as the railroad commission conducted an independent inquiry for rail safety. Testimony from Conductor Anberry, Brown, McKeen, Shay, and others questioned emergency braking and signaling steps. The grand jury returned indictments against W S Davis for passing fraudulent checks.
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Circuit Court
W. H. Thompson
Cascade Locks
Thompson
State Railroad Come
Aitcheson
Railron
Anberry
George Brown
Atl McKeen
Shay
Brown
McKeen Teatifid
Grand Jury
Brough
WS Daevis
Japanese Consul Seeks Good Citizenship for Hood River Japanese
The Japanese Consul at Portland and the Japanese Association of Oregon urged Hood River residents to reform the Japanese community. A public meeting at the opera house discussed eliminating gambling and illegal whiskey selling, with Takahashi urging lawfulness and a ten member committee to oversee conduct.
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Oregon
Takahaah
Japanese Association of
Y. Nomano
Portland
Yoshinari
Takahashi
Hood River
Opera House
Takthusha
Namano
Yashinari
Portindl
Whs
New York City Fruit Trade From Cuba Florida and California
The New York Times outlines how pineapple sources are dominated by Florida with some from Cuba and Porto Rico. oranges flood through California and Florida, with California leading in high season profits. Apples remain the major crop with Baldwin and Greening favored. New York’s orchards age long bearing trees though debates over imports persist.
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Cuba
Florida
Maine
Florida Pines
Florida Pineapples Co
West Indies
Porto
California
New York
Courar
Callifornia
American Pomological Society
Baldwin
West
Holland
America
Chita
Portland Auto Road to connect city with eastern Oregon gains momentum
William Wemme, president of the Portland Automobile Club, leads a campaign seeking a wagon road from Bridal Veil to Cascade Locks linking Multnomah and Hood River counties. Petition signs total $80.4 million in property value, with a projected cost around $41,000, and a route along Base Line road up the Sandy River toward The Dalles. If built it would become a scenic, practical highway to eastern Oregon and Mount Hood via Hood River.
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William Wemme
Portland Automobile Club
Portland
Multnomas
Oregon
J. P. O'Brien
Bridal Veil
Cascade Locks
Multnomah
Hood River
Frank T. Walsh
Fiosset and Walsh
Sandy River
Troutdale
Columbia River
Dalles Ia
Hudson
New York
Rhine
Germany
Mount Hood
Hood Piver
The Dalles May Have Gas Plant Franchise Sought
The Dalles city council will consider granting a franchise to J D Wilcox representing Portland capital to erect a gas plant for cooking and lighting. The plan calls for a $50,000 facility with mains and pipes to lay along city streets. Neighbors expect lower light costs and improved service once competition arrives.
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J.D. Wilcos
Porthind
Capitallers
Wilcox
Chronicle
Portland
Dalles
O R N double tracking extended toward Huntington phase
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company moves toward double tracking the Portland to Huntington segment, with authority granted to double track the 17 mile The Dalles to Deschutes section. Total project costs exceed 1 million dollars, plus further work on the St John Troutdale line and a new Troutdale line entrance to Portland.
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O. RO &N
Portland
Huntington
Dalles
Deschutes
St. John-Troutdale
Troutdale Hne
Umatilla
Washington
Mall
Great Northern
Portland Matt
Biten
Spokane
Vie
North Bank
Puget Sound
Warrint
Harritan Oele
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Hood River Valley
Lass
New York City
The
New York Time
Fratt
Hodson
Hoodiver
Ciregon
Head Valley
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