Wool sales at Shaniko set strong price marks
The first wool sales at Shaniko this week moved about twenty million pounds with prices from 18 to 21 cents. The Baldwin Sheep and Land Company of Hayeverk sold 150,000 pounds at 20 to 84 cents per pound, while Ewen Melonnan of Sharke topped at 21 and 18 cents. Shaniko remains the largest wool market in the United States. A district high school in Madras will be voted on at the annual meeting next Monday, seen as essential for local education.
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Shaniko
Baldwin Sheep & Land Company
Hayeverk
Ewen Melenoan
Sharke
United States
Madras
Department Teuchme
Bracehes
Dry Country Areas Forecast Big Crop Prospects This Season
The irrigation neighbors to the south may rely on their laurels as they face crop yields this year. Agency Plains and Haystack districts, described as dry country, promise substantial production in the coming season.
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Agency
Rain Saturates District Spurs Farm Prosperity
A soaking rain benefited crops last Monday night in the district, easing irrigation concerns and boosting optimism. Wheat prices are high, irrigation projects near completion promise a ready cash market for produce, and farmers foresee a prosperous season with a possible immense crop.
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Chiat
Land values rise as conditions shift in Oregon wheat country
The East Oregonian recalls how Sand Ridge in Grand Ronde valley shifted from worthless grass to prime wheat land and notes similar changes across Umatilla county. It warns that Harney Malheur Gilliam Morrow and other counties with waste lands may follow suit as markets and farming prospects evolve.
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Oregonian
Sand Ridge
Grand Ronde Valley
Umatilla County
Pendleton
Wue
Harney
Malheur
Gilliam
Morrow
East
Reckless shooters threaten safety near Crooked River
A report laments armed locals roaming the area after a hunter near the Crooked River gorge fired three shots toward UOA Riddle while he fished. The shot missed by three feet, splashing water, and the shooter remains unidentified. The piece urges confinement of such dangerous individuals to protect the public.
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Uoa Riddle
Crooked River
Someotio
Notice for Timber Land Sale Under Act of 1878
U S Land Office, The Dalles Oregon, announces a timber land sale under the 1878 act. William Antonore of Antelope Oregon filed an affidavit for the purchase and will offer proof of value for timber and stone at The Dalles on the 25th day of January 1878. Witnesses include Thomas Hurlbut, Horace Killer, K Dean Histon, and Al Eastwood. All adverse claimants must file by January 25, 1878.
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Oregon
Pales
Thomas HL Hurl Hurt
Bhantko
Horace @ Killer
Antelope
K. Dean Histon
Hiewald
Aingier
W. Moorf
Notice for Public Sale Timber Land Act June 4 18
Notice in the Daties Oregon dated June 1 18 that Nancy B Lagan of Penneville Crook County Oregon seeks timber land under the Timber Land Act. She will offer proof to show the land is more valuable for agricultural purposes and names witnesses Henry Stiles and ROO Smith. Public hearing scheduled at Hunneville Oregon on August 4.
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United States
Orecon
UNI
Norios
California
Oregon
Nevada
Nancy B. Lagan
Penneville
Crook
State of
Hunneville
Gates files water right for Munteles River plant
H. V. Gates seeks a water right on the Munteles River to build a power plant supplying electricity to Prineville Light & Water Company. Work start is uncertain but expected in the coming fall.
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H. V. Gates
Munteles
Prineville Light & Water Company
Cline Falls Power Company Advances Pump Upgrade
Ed Harbin oversees a larger centrifugal pump installation at Cline Falls, delaying irrigation until completion. A heavy concrete foundation is being built while the 150 horsepower turbine drives the new, higher capacity pump from Shaniko.
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Cline Falls Power Company
Ed Harbin
Shaniko
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