Oregon State Normal Opens 1908-09 with Large Freshman Registration
Oregon State Normal begins the 1908 09 school year with a morning bell assembly led by President Ressler. 78 students have registered, including 41 new entrants, and by month end enrollment is expected around 125. The day features devotions, greetings, and social events as new instructors win confidence and plans unfold for champions and athletic and oratorical contests. The obituary of W W White notes his Polk County roots, Grange leadership, and interment at Zena Cemetery.
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Ressler
Buckham
Allne
Ress
W. W. White
Wallowa County
Polk County
Plains
White
Zena
John C. White Dead at Oak Grove
John C. White died Monday evening about six o'clock near Oak Grove from general illness. He had been ill for some time but kept at work prior to his decline.
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John C. White
Oak Grove
Mr. White
Willie Strong
J. E. Winegars
Pete Cornwell
Salem
Democratic Party
Joe Radek
J. W. Howell
Eva A. Butler
College Street
Dell Butler
J. B. V. Butler
Portland
Neva Whitney Rutherford
Tillamook
Hops and business trips mark Monmouth region visitations
Miss Agnes Kile of Monroe visited relatives here at week’s end. Otis Wait sent a sample bale for hops to the State Fair Saturday. Jack Carmichael of Salem visited Saturday about his hop yard. Graves Crowley of Monmouth operates a groceries and provisions shop at James Yokum’s yard for Peter Cook. Glenn Orr toured the capital city last week. Mr. Penton and Oliver Wait did business in Salem Friday. Arch Miller, from Michigan, hauling hops for Arch Myers. Arch Myers pays pickers 50 cents per box for his 60 acre hop crop. W A Fishback of Monmouth Heights visited his parents Sunday.
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Graves Crowley
Monmouth
James Yokum
Peter Cook
Arch Myers
Airlie Hops Harvest Nears End and Local Accidents
Airlie reports McCormick Bros expect to finish picking hops this week. George McDowell fell from a hop house platform last Thursday breaking three ribs and injuring his back causing partial paralysis. Carpenters finish H. S. Portwoods residence. J. M. Staats starts Airlie's new school with Jack Glazier and W. N. Wood assisting. A. N. Newbill hauls lumber to build a fall home. W. B. Marble moved to town to build a residence and blacksmith shop and will sharpen farmers plows by plowing time.
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George McDowell
F. A. Link
W. B. Marble
Narrow Escape at Fairgrounds Auto Train Incident
J W Howell and family with L H White faced a near disaster on the road to the Salem fair when a train of electric cars and a passing auto and teams caused their horse to bolt. Howell suffered a sprained wrist and White a badly skinned nose as the carriage struck a telephone pole and a daughter was thrown from the rig.
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J. W. Howell
L. H. White
Salem
Mr. Howell
Mr. White
Two Polk County Pioneers Reunite After Fifty Years
George Himes narrates a secretive reunion at the 1906 Oregon Pioneer Association gathering. Isaac V. Mossman and Sam Tetheron, late 1840s and 1850s settlers nearby Dallas, are surprised to meet after decades, sharing a war and frontier hardship history. The reunion follows with local news notes on residents, schools, and the fair.
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Herald
Oregon Pioneer Association
Polk County
Tem
Certin Point
Ike
Sam
Dallas
Walla Walla
Bennett
Marion County
Ike Mossman
Isaac V. Mossman
George H. Himes
Independence Happenings In Our Sister City Column
Regular notes from Independence recount Montgomer y Montgomery and Charles Epperson traveling to Portland Chicago trips for Miss Hattie Mix and Miss Sadie Tilden. A hops warehouse fire near Independence caused a 12000 lb loss while Pacific Telephone Co. manager Babe Damon remains. A traveling man narrowly escaped a freight collision near Lindsay Co. store as horses swerved and engine halted.
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Pearl Montgomery
Portland
Charles Epperson
Hattie Mix
Chicago
Gillespie
Amity
Mabel Cooper
Eugene
Charles Hicks
Will Percival
Charles McCready
Falls City
Mollie Allen
Oregon
Will Walker
Chamberlain
A. L. Frazier
Sadie Tilden
Pacific Telephone Co
Byron Atkins
Corvallis
J. Flukes
Dave Boydson
Mabel
Independence
J. Hirschberg
J. L. Murphy
Yachats
Dallas
Lindsay & Co
Local travelers visit for fair week activities
D. M. Hampton and wife attended the State Fair on Wednesday. J. B. Stump traveled to Salem on Thursday to see the Fair. Uncle Joe Ingalls from Centralia Washington arrived on the 11 o clock train to visit relatives.
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D. M. Hampton
J.B. Stump
Salem
Joe Ingalls
Centralia
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oregon State Normal News
Rickreall
Agnes Kile
Monroe
Otis Wait
Jack Carmichael
Glenn Orr
Mr. Penton
Oliver Wait
Arch Miller
Michigan
W. A. Fishback
Monmouth Heights
Airlie
McCormick Bros
H. S. Portwoods
J. M. Staats
Jack Glazier
W. N. Wood
A. N. Newbill
W. C. Boots
Mother
Irene Dalton
W. A. Weist
North Yamhill
C. Lemasters
Luckinmute Valley
O. A. Wolverton
Milton Force
Herald Office
W. N. Boots
Prin, Travers
A. E. LaDow
LaDow
Independence News Budget
Pondent
Riverside
Babe Damon
The
Dr. Crowley
F. Angel
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