Oregon Happenings of Prison Reforms and River Damages
Governor Chamberlain ends publishing of discharges of prisoners to help ex convicts stay on honest paths. Milton notes record high water threatens Walla Walla river area with plans for new span and levees shared by Walla Walla and Umatilla counties. Various Oregon firms listed with capital amounts reflecting losses and projects across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Chamberlain
Milton
Walla Walla
Umatilla
Good Prices For Shearers In Oregon This Season
Sheep shearers in Oregon expect good prices as a skilled worker can shear about 100 head a day and faster men fleecing more. The season should be brisk due to healthy sheep and wool conditions, with many local shearers at work near Echo and farther west. A crew of about a dozen heads north to towns along the Northern Pacific in Franklin and Lincoln counties, Washington, with more outsiders joining in about ten days. They then move through Umatilla and other Eastern Oregon counties toward Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Echo
Northern Pacific
Franklin
Lincoln
Washington
Umatilla
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Political Convention Schedule Across Oregon in April to June
A series of party and group events across Oregon outlines the election season. Republican district gatherings occur in Salem and Portland on April 13, with state and labor conventions following in Portland and Oregon City in April and May, culminating in a June 6 general election and a mid June animal reunion in Hood River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Portland
Oregon Cattlemen’s Association
State Federation of Labor
Oregon City
State Grange
Corvalllis
Department of Oregon
Hood River
New Creamery Company Formed in Cove Region
Articles of incorporation filed for Grand Ronde Creamery as successor to Cove Creamery. Plans include operating creameries at La Grande and Union, manufacturing butter ice cream and cheese, with skimming stations at Cove and Medical Springs. La Grande plant to be a brick building on Elm Street 40 by 50 feet with a cellar. O. F. Harper listed as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Creamery Company
la Grande
Grand Ronde Creamery Company
Cove Creamery Company
Union
Cove
Medical Springs
Elm Street
O. F. Harper
Wade cattle herd shipped from Oregon after dip
The C B Wade herd of, once dipped for mange, was shipped out of Oregon after a second dip for those buyers exporting out of state. The eighty head herd had been fully dipped initially with the second operation only for those selling abroad. PORTLAND MARKETS report: wheat, barley, flour, millstuff, hay, butter, poultry, vegetables, potatoes, fruit, beef, veal, pork, wool and mohair prices with varied per unit ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. D. Wade
Pendleton
C. B. Wade
Oregon
Walla Walla
Valley
Hope
Woolf Valley
el Oregon
Pendleton Faces Flood Threat As Snow Melts
Cold weeks followed by heavy snow in the Blue Mountain region pushed Umatilla tributaries toward overflow. Ukiah reported 17 inches of snow with Meacham and other points seeing heavy falls. A warmer chinook and rain accelerate melting, raising flood fears as riprap work remains unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Ukiah
Meacham
Blue Mountain
Umatilla
Rich iron ore deposit found near Willamette Falls
West Oregon residents report a rich ore find near Willamette Falls with assays at 54 percent metallic iron. The Oregon Iron and Steel Company owns the land and officers are assessing the extent and value of the discovery across adjacent ravines and hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon City
Oregon
Willamette Falls
Oregon Iron & Steel Company
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Oregon Corporations
Secretary of State
Orpheum Amusement Company
Butte Falls
Sugar Pine Lumber Company
Eeeatte
Northwestern Logging Company
Cottage Grove
Lost Valley Land and Lumber Company
Lost Valley
Castle Rock Land Association
the Dalles
Medford Athletic Club
Medford
Express Telephone and Telegraph Company
Durkee
Baker County
Oregon Lumber, Wood and Light Company
False City
Bridal Veil
White Rock Irrigation and Power Company
Tetherow Bridge
Crook County
Grande Ronde Creamery Company
Clatskanie Lumber Company
Clatskanie
Portland Markets
Pear High Water
Tan
TTD Pacific
And
Union Pacific
Omaha
Raneaa City
Saars Sri
Pive
Chicago
Chic
Woolson Spice Company
Toledo
Ohio
Safelowss
Ae Eel
Timate
Woolson 8S. Co
Sen Be
Toledo, Ohio
Portland, Or
Salt
Huntington
Atlantic
Yaquina
Albany
Leavea
Allie
Detroit
PPP
CeCereer Rer
Aoe
Gainen
8. P
Corvallis
Eang Breitenbush
Thee
Edwin Stone
Thos. Cockrell
H. H. Cronise
San Francisco
Astoria
Way Points
North Beach
Sum
Wen Peach
A. L., Craig
The
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Portand, Oregon
Nas
Scientific American
Spokane
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
All Points East
Cascade
Rocky
J. W. Phalon, T. P. A
H. Dickson
CTA
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