Union County Farmers Convene in Elgin and Prineville
The Farmers Union convention in Elgin gathered farmers from Summerville La Grande Cove and Union with autos arriving by 5 am. Speakers included John Couch Alicel and Moore North Powder. A plan seeks lower rates from Home Independent Telephone or a selfbuilt system after August 1. In Prineville the Oregon Development League met to unite interior towns for central Oregon growth with talks by Thomas Lawson and Carl Gray of the Spokane Portland and Seattle railroad.
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Elgin
Farmers’ Union of
Union County
Summerville
la Grande
Cove
Union
Eagle Hall
John Couch
Wallowa
McMillian
Alicel
Moore
North Powder
Home Independent Telephone Company
Grand Stonde
Farmers’ Union
Gray
Central Oregon
Editors of the Interior
Central
Oregon
Deschutes Valley
Crook, Lake, Harney
Klamath Counties
Interior
Bend
Burns
Crescent
Culver
Hillman
Klam
New Strawberry Field Gains Portland Exhibition
A crate of Umatilla county strawberries from Weston district is shown by the Portland Commercial club. Weston growers tout fruit as a rising industry with high prices and strong local prosperity. Engineers report 10,000 irrigable acres at 66 dollars per acre and a Pine Creek dam plan to conserve water, funded by local capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Umatilla County
Portland Commercial Club
Weston Commercial Club
Weston Mountain
Weston
PF. W. Prebster
Landis
Pine Creek
Smoke from Broken Top Crater Stirs Northwest News
In Oregon a rising plume from Broken Top in the Cascade range west of Bend rekindles talk of recent regional volcanic activity. Prospectors report a long lasting steam column from the crater, tying local seismic events to northwest disturbances noted in geology reports.
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Bend
California
Broken Top Mountain
Gascade Range
Broken Top
Wellington New Town Survey Advances Near Malheur Lake
A new town of Wellington is being surveyed about two miles from Narrows on Malheur Lake, linked to a railroad junction at Oregon Eastern and Hill lines. Land bought by Port land empresario Mr. Howell and an anticipated Harriman interest spur growth, with water, electric power potential, and sage brush removal signaling a prospective success.
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Burns
Howell
Portland
Malheur Lake
Harriman
Yate
Wellington
Narrows
Oregon Eastern and Hill Railroad
Bliltgen
Lakes Restocked With Trout From Oregon City
Springfield these measures send 18000 young lake trout in 20 cans to Summit Lake 100 miles away in the Cascade Range to aid restocking. Eight thousand more trout go by auto to Triangle Lake in the Coast Range from Oregon City. Drew Griffin and George McClain of Eugene lead the effort. First shipments reached Triangle Lake in hours by W A Kuykendall of Eugene. Gateway well drilling completes an artesian well for Deschutes Railway near Deschutes Gateway with water 29 feet below surface.
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Springfield
Summit Lake
Cascade Range
Triangle Lake
Coast Range
Oregon City
Drew Griffin
George McClain
Eugene
W. A. Kuykendall
Gateway
Central Orecon Well Drilling Company
Deschutes Railway Company
Madras
Vale Trading Bank Builds Modern Store in Eastern Oregon
Vale Trading company is erecting a new store building 90 by 100 feet with pressed brick and large plate glass fronts in eastern Oregon. Last year the Drexel hotel cost $55,000 and was built by the United States National Bank, while T P Nelson raised a white pressed brick building costing $22,000. Crops this year are good due to more plentiful water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vale
Metolius Lime Deposits Developed by Savage
Lime deposits east of Metolius are being developed by L G Savage with fifteen men employed in the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metolius
L. G. Savage
Oregon Trunk workers improve yard trackage in weeks
Metolius men employ by the Oregon Trunk railway are improving yard trackage. The work is expected to require several weeks to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metolius
Oregon Trunk Railway
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S. Cox
Hell Phone
Independence, Ore
Independence and
Drexler & Alexander
Independence, Oregon
Fares East
Southern Pacific
Independence
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Paul
Parc
Minneapolis
C. Bluffs
Duluth
St. Louis
S. P
WM. McMurray
Portland, Oregon
Watt Shipp
The
Salem, Oregon
Sun Typewriter
Independence Steam Laundry
Independence Meat Market
Will Bloch
Prineville
Polk County Bank
Monmouth
LW. Hawley
Butler
Mia C. Powell
Cashire Jr
Powell
Simpson
the Arcade Cigar Store
F. A. Williams
L. G. Reeves
the Grocer
H. Hirschberg
C. W. Irvine
A. Nelson
B. F. Smith
D. W. Sears Otis D. Butler
New Strawberry Field
Peak
Postal Bank
Grants Pass
Postal Savings Bank
E. J
William Winter
Walla Walla
Charles Ferdine
Upper River Road
Wellington, New Town
Dallas Lumber & Logging CO
Willamette Valley Lumber Co
J. S. Bohannon
Bell
Jim Hillird
Main Street
White House
WM. McGilchrist & Sons
Willamette Valley
Salem
State Street
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