Umatilla Dredge Advances Work at Celilo and Homily Rapids
The Umatilla dredge, costing over $60,000, is the most powerful boat of its kind in the United States. Captain Winslow, its commander, praises its handling and steam steering gear. The vessel operates on the Snake and Columbia rivers, clearing gravel bars with a monster rake and explosive charges to widen channels. After Celilo, it heads to Homily Rapids to remove large boulders, with Pasco and Richland officials welcoming progress.
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Wallowa
Snake River
V. Winslow
Ettuns
Egatilla
Fountain Gem
Celilo
United Tes
Winslow
Uma
Celibre
Umatilla
Priggs Shoal
Columbia River
Wrights win prize cups in record French flights
Wilbur Wright flies in France on December 18 to set distance and height marks. His craft spent an hour forty nine minutes aloft with forty five circuits covering about 75 miles. Balloons at 325 feet tested height while the Aero Club awards a prize cap and Roosevelt speaks.
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Wilbur Wright
France
Yakima
Wright Brothers
Hamburg
Dresden
Leipsic
Berlin
Inland Empire Arrives for Trial Trip on Columbia
The new boat Inland Empire docked Monday afternoon and welcomed by Kennewick Commercial Club. On its trial run it carried 85 tons of freight bound largely for Pasco Newport and upriver points, the largest Columbia load this season. The voyage included stops at several landings to set up future business, with a 24 hour stay at Wallula to install steering gear before continuing toward Homily.
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Inland Empire
Kennewick
Umiatilt
Wallula
Suggestions for polite telephone etiquette to aid operators
A public guidance note urges kindness to telephone operators workers handle thousands of calls daily. It advises speaking digits separately giving name when calling and keeping conversations brief to avoid extra charges.
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Jones
Robbery at Tomar Station Leads to Arrests
A Jap watchman at Tomar second station on the North Bank was robbed at 1 am by two men with a revolver. The watchman pursued, followed by train to Plymouth, saw suspects near cliffs, then saw them steal a boat. Umatilla Marshal traced the goods to a pump house in Umatilla, arresting the culprits and recovering the stolen items for Prosser court proceedings.
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Tomar
Plymouth
Oregon
Umatilla
Prosser
Walla Walla
Fruit Growers Meeting Called in Kennewick
A general meeting of the Fruit Growers of the Valley is scheduled for next Tuesday January 5 at 1 20 p m at Kennewick town hall. The gathering aims to discuss marketing strategies to maximize profits and prevent delays during shipping season. Farmers urged to attend and help plan collective marketing.
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Kennewick
O K Soda Bottling Proprietor Retires After Plant Sale
George C. Fendler thanks customers for liberal patronage as he retires about January 10 after selling the O K Soda Bottling works to Twin City Ice and Cold Storage company. New management pledges continued generous treatment and improved service.
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George C. Fendler
O. K. Soda Bottling Works
Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Company
Farmers Institute Held at Congregational Church
The Benton county Farmers Institute drew about 125 attendees with practical talks by state college instructors on Commercial Fruit Growing Anf alfalfa uses and combatting orchard pests The session by Prof Melander on coddling moth recommended arsenate of lead at one pound per 50 gallons of water with emphasis on thorough calyx opening during spraying.
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Farmers’ Institute
Benton County
State College
Thornber
McDonald
Department of Animal Husbandry
Melander
Spray timing and mixtures for controlling orchard pests
The guide advises spraying at 150 to 200 pounds pressure with a Bordeaux or coarse nozzle to reach blossoms just before sepals close. Timing differs by fruit: apples within ten days, peaches and pears longer. It lists pests such as San Jose scale, red spider, green aphis, peach twig hover, and woolly aphis, recommending sulphur lime wash at one pound per 12 to 14 gallons.
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San Jose
Christmas Quiet in Carley and Luzon Vicinity
Christmas was quietly spent in the Carley and Luzon area with visits from Mr. and Mrs. Bass and family, Mr. Gilliam, Dr. Barnette, and Frank Crowe of Walla Walla. A special Carley school meeting was held Monday afternoon as J W McKinney’s brother D J McKinney of North Carolina arrives to make his home here. Edd Mulvany spent the holidays in Walla Walla and plans to begin residence on his homestead soon.
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Bass
Gilliam
Barnette
Frank Crowe
Walla Walla
Bennetts
W S Barnette
Chas. Dixon
Carley
J. W McKinney
D. J. McKinney
North Carolina
Edd Mulvany
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Aful
Tion
Sanland Empire
Dregde
Homilly
Peer
A. Schlund
Garfield
Mrs. Klitten
Alma
Order of the Eastern Star
L. E. Johnson
G. M. Annis
Carl Klitten
C. O. Anderson
Conway
L. W. Soth
Scott Z. Henderson
J. Sercombe
L. W. I Soth
the Farmers’ Institute
Pullman
Carley and
Luzon
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