Flax crop boosts Idaho growers profits this season
Idaho farmers will gain larger returns from flax than 1,250,000 bushels of wheat. In Nez Perce County over 35,000 acres were contracted at about one dollar a bushel with Chicago market advances. some early flax sold as high as 1.53 per bushel, yielding about 122 per acre. An additional 15,000 acres were produced by other growers. A new prune dryer near Corvallis will dry 30 carloads of prunes weekly, employing about 100 people and touted as the world’s largest. The facility uses ten tunnels, a railroad-like moving platform, and a dipper system to automate drying.
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Idaho
Nez Perce
Chicago
Corvallis and
Benton County Prune Company
Corvallis
Washington Leads U S Wheat Harvest by State
The Orange Judd Farmer reports national wheat conditions by state. Washington shows top winter yield at 26.0 and spring yield at 29.0, with winter average 92.3 and spring average 83.4. Washington outpaces all states and the overall averages.
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Orange Judd
United States
Washington
Union
Rich Copper Discovery Near Siskiyou Mountains
Mc Vey and Co report a vast copper mine on the west side of the Siskiyou range in California. The site lies about 8 miles from Garretson’s springs, 22 miles from Oak Bar, 5 miles south of the Oregon line in Josephine County, and 24 miles from Jacksonville. Ledge width ranges 300 to 350 feet, claimed larger than Keswick’s Iron Mountain mine and likely to boost regional output. discoverers have been offered 150000 dollars for the property.
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McVey & Co
Siskiyou Mountains
California
Garretson
Timber land sale seals largest unbroken tract in state
A. B. Hammond of Portland completed the purchase of fifty thousand acres of timber land in a single block along the Tualatin and Trask Rivers from the Southern Pacific. The closing occurred at the start of the month with the price amount withheld but estimated near a substantial sum.
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A. B. Hammond
Portland
Tualatin
Trask
Southern Pacific
Lewiston merchant buys Town Lots at $14,000 total
A. Kjos of Lewiston Idaho completed the purchase of 61 feet frontage on Main and Fifth streets from J. Eichenberger for 13500 with a street grade assessment making total 14000. A three story brick store building valued at 65000 will be erected on the corner next spring.
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A. Kjos
Lewiston
Idaho
Fifth
J. Eichenberger
Railroad to be built in eastern Oregon between Arlington and Gilliam
A new railroad project in eastern Oregon plans a forty mile line from Arlington on the Columbia River due south to the Gilliam County seat. The capital stock is $500,000 with shares of $100 each. Right of way is being acquired as surveys progress and the line will run to Gobet seat of Gilliam County.
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K. Moore
J. B. Hosford
Elrod
Arlington
Columbia River
Con- Gobet
Gilliam County
Senorita
Silvia Alfonso Y Aldama
Cuba
United States
France
Beau Ws
Havana
la Figno
Senoria Alfonso
Senorita Margue Ite Mendoza
New Smelter at Darrington in Washington State
A new $75,000 smelter with a daily capacity of 250 tons is to be built at Darrington Washington. The deal is closed and Denver capital backs the project as construction begins on the plant to extract minerals from local rich ores.
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Wash
Denver Capital
Silk Tops Maru Cargo From China Worth 385000
A 3200 ton general cargo aboard the Maru from China carried silk valued at 385000, the costliest silk shipment yet. Also. concentrates from Leigh J Hunt's mines in Corea were sent to a Tacoma smelter, valued at 25000.
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China
Leigh
Hunt
Corea
Tacoma
Unclear fragment hints at prosperity trends in economy
Fragment references rising total resources and national condition, suggesting unexampled prosperity. Mentions figures like 27,698,377 and a rise to a little more than twelve individuals, but the text is incomplete and lacks full context.
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Odie Anthen
New Route to Gray's Harbor Rail Line
About 600 workers and many teams are building the Hoaut am extension of the Gray's Harbor branch of the Northern Pacific Railway. Grading aims to finish before wet season, with track laying begun and a year to complete the line into the Quinsault Indian reservation. Three surveying parties operate north of the reservation, and a right of way to the Straits is expected by track completion.
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Hoaut' Am
Gray’s Harbor
Northern Pacific Railroad
Quinsault
Anthracite Coal Found Near North Yakima Washington
Prospectors locate thirteen coal and iron claims in the Cascades about fifty miles west of North Yakima. George Weikel tests a coal load in Yakima. described as high grade anthracite that burns clean with no smoke and leaves no cinders. Five coal veins range from three to thirteen feet thick, with large iron ore deposits traced for eight miles. Coastal railroad bids expected as Senator Clark negotiates first thirty miles of a Los Angeles to Salt Lake line, totaling 713 miles and funded by 20 million dollar bonds and stock sales. Santa Fe builds 450 oil tank cars for California and Texas trade.
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Cascades
North
Yakima
Wash
George Weikel
W. A. Clark
Montana
San Pedro, Angles and Salt Lake
Los Angles
Pomona
Salt Lake
The
Santa Fe
California
Texas
Southern Pacific to switch locomotives to oil fuel
General Manager Kruttschmitt returns from a San Francisco to New Orleans inspection and announces all locomotives will burn oil instead of coal. Storage tanks with 30,000 barrels capacity will be built at Oakland Fresno Mendocino and Seo Peres for rapid conversion.
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Kruttschmitt
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
New Orleans
Oakland
Fresno
Mendocino
Seo Peres
Beesine
Mammoth log raft reaches San Francisco from Columbia River
The raft carried 520,000 lineal feet of piling with lengths up to 120 feet and a total length of 626 feet. The raft cost about $30,000 to construct and is expected to contain 7,200,000 feet of lumber.
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Columbia River
San Francisco
Jefferson Monument Designed by Himself
A rough granite shaft, designed by Thomas Jefferson, stands at the University of Missouri in Columbia. It is to be moved to St Louis for the forthcoming exposition and honors Jefferson as author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Religious Freedom statute, with a note on his role at the University of Virginia.
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Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
University of Missouri At Columbia
St. Louis
Monticello
Jefferson
Statute of Virginia
University of Virginia
Congress
University of Missouri
Arizona farms and acreage rise in census report
A Washington Star summary notes 5800 farms in Arizona with 1 935 827 acres, 254 521 improved, 1769 owned by Indians, and 29 906877 dollars in land value and livestock. The decade shows 162 percent wealth gain, irrigation expansion, and alfalfa as principal crop while cattle and sheep totals reach 607 454 and 668 458 respectively.
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Arizona
Census Bureau
Washington Star
Census figures list Italian city populations
Italy totals 82,449,764 with Rome at 463000 Napoli 663721 Milan 491460 Turin 335689 Palermo 310352 Genoa 284900 204920.
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Italy
Rome
Naples
Milan
Turin
Palermo
Genoa
River Seine Holds Record for Traffic in France
The Seine carried 60,048 vessels and 27,000,000 passengers last year with 10,000,000 tons of merchandise. The record reflects peak river traffic in the region.
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Seine
France
Lincoln and Davis Log Cabins at Pan-American Expo
At the Midway exhibition the Old Plantation features two log cabins. One is Lincoln’s birthplace home, the other the Confederate president Davis’s birthplace hovel. The Lincoln cabin was sold by Rev. J. W. Bingham to A. W. Dennett, who leased it after a search locating him in California. Exhibitors pursued removal as the cabin was stored in a Bowery restaurant cellar.
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Abraham Lincoln
Jeff Davis
Lincoln
J. W. Bingham
Marion County
Kentucky
A. W. Dennett
New York
Logs from famous cabins spark historic exhibit confusion
A chaotic scene at a Tennessee Centennial exhibit reveals two sets of logs loaded for transport. One pile contains ninety two logs, then a second pile proves to be from an entirely different kind of wood. Investigations show the second set are parts of Jefferson Davis birth cabin. Both Lincoln and Davis cabins were displayed at the Tennessee Centennial in Nashville in 1807. The Lincoln cabin was later shipped to New York and stored, while the Davis cabin was sent elsewhere.
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Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Davis
Tennessee
Nashville
New York
Historic Cabins Display Relics of Great Leaders
Two furnished cabins on desirable sites house a display of relics tied to famed leaders, preserved as in older times, with interiors containing items once owned or used by notable figures, attracting interest from visitors seeking a glimpse of history.
Grass Versus Lawn Confusion by Fresh Air Boys
In New York, two city youths touring the country debate whether the greenery is grass or lawn. The piece notes many city children have never seen the country and imagine it grand, with trees, streams, hills, and animals. A boy even kisses and rolls on the grass to test it.
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New York
New York Tribune
Mixing Metaphors in Irish Oratorical Moments
A compilation of humorous mixed metaphors from public figures. The Irish audience enjoys the playful contrasts as speakers style claims about Ireland England and reforms with vivid, sometimes clumsy imagery. The remarks highlight the era’s rhetorical flair and urban wit.
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The
Academy
Dublin
England
Alger's War Book Delayed by McKinley's Death
New York Oct 7 General Alger's book on the Spanish American war will be issued Thursday delayed by McKinley’s death. It surveys 1898 Cuban events unpreparedness for war and the response, covers Tampa embarkation, the Santiago march and the Shafter Sampson differences, plus the Miles Eagan beef controversy and the 1898 War Department commission probes.
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New York
General Alger
McKinley
Spain
Tampa
Alger
Santiago
Shafter
Admiral Sampson
Miles- Eagan
War Department
Army of the United States
Washington
Secretary of War For
General Miles
Miles
Ins
New York City
Associated Press
Metropolitan
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