Inland Empire Wheat Promising Reaches Pacific Northwest
Inland Empire wheat prospects for 1909 look strong with 60 to 70 million bushels expected across Oregon Idaho and Washington. Acreage up 10 to 16 percent aided by bluestem premiums and fall planting. Vermin-free fields and new mills in Portland boost rail and grain storage. Malheur irrigation talks hinge on 166000 acres signed and reclamation plans.
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Idaho
Washington
The
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Inland Empire
Willamette Valley
North Pacific
Coaat
Iowa
Walla Walla Club
Oregon-Washington
Pacific North- West
Malheur Irrigation Petition Reaches Washington from Ontario
Walter Griffiths of Ontario represents land owners under the Malheur irrigation project in eastern Oregon. He arrived in Washington with signatures of local land holders and the petition to secure approval for the project.
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Washington
Walter Griffiths
Ontario
Malheur
Oregon
Simplified Spellers End Their Convention
New York report says Simplified spelling board adjourned at the Waldorf after discussing public education aims. Proposals include a simplified spelling book a monthly magazine and a corps of spellbinders to promote the reform similar to temperance crusaders.
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New York
Waldorf- Asterlit
Temperance Crusaders
Spokane fund raises for irrigation and expo publicity
Spokane Publicity Fund reports subscriptions totaling 25499 to support the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress and the Second National Apple Show plus the fourth year of the chamber of commerce publicity drive and Spokane visitors en route to the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. In Baker City a Grande Ronde Presbytery spring meeting will convene Tuesday, uniting Eastern Oregon Presbyterian ministers and elders.
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National Irrigation Congress
Chamber of Commercce
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Baker
Baker City
Oregon
Grande Ronde Presbytery
Tady Boosters Reorganize in Spokane for Home Seekers
The women's booster group to the 150,000 club of Spokane has reorganized for the year with active officers and a large membership to aid home seekers and settlers arriving this spring and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition visitors next summer and fall.
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Tady
Spokane
Wash
Ne-Mow-E-Nak- Opa
Portland Streetcar Traffic and Population Boom
Portland streetcar traffic quadrupled over ten years as the city’s population rose from a little over 30,000 in 1883 to about 260,000 now. The recent three year period saw an annual population increase around 70,000, nearly matching the town’s 1883 size during a pivotal North Pacific era.
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Portland
Northern Pacific
Potatoes In Yakima Valley See Market Crackdown
Representatives of Puget Sound commission houses work to record high prices for Yakima Valley potatoes as supply nears exhaustion. Speculators have paid 33 to 46 dollars a ton. Two of the city’s largest warehouses are fully stocked and farmers are selling quickly, rewarding crop holders with strong prices.
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Yakima
Puget Sound
Sheep Train Ships 7226 Head From Condon to Montana
A special train of 30 cars carried about 7226 mixed yearlings and wethers from Condon Oregon to Fort Benton Montana on Wednesday. Bought by Montana sheep buyer C B H Ragland, the stock valued at about 4 dollars per head will yield roughly 49100 dollars in the county. Most sheep had wool on and were in good shipping condition.
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Fort Benton
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C. B H. Ragland
Montana
Scrub Woman Who Was a Fortune in Life
North Adams Mass Mrs Ann Collins a washwoman left $36241 20 in personal property and $7000 in real estate after dying at fifty nine three months ago She was widowed with six children twenty years and supported them by washing at home scrubbing and housecleaning She built up two sons for college bought a cottage and a nearby farm and left savings in banks despite rumors of poverty
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Ann Collins
Collins
Hermiston Notes on Tree Planting Week and City Plans
Hermiston reports a record Umatilla project planting 50,000 trees across streets and surrounding areas. The effort draws wide support and may spark broader valley adoption. City Council to draft a new charter. updates include residents relocating to the project area and local business and sports figures pursuing regional contracts.
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Hermiston
Umatilla
Pacific Northwest
Bartlett
New Mail Division Opens Seattle Headquarters
Washington April 10 Hitchcock signed an order establishing a new mail division with Seattle as its headquarters. The division named the thirteenth covers Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho. Oregon City banquet by the Commercial club in Masonic Temple planned a $10,000 publicity fund to promote Oregon City and Clackamas county attractions and resources.
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Oregon City
Commercial Club
Masonic Temple
Clackamas County
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