Farmers Friend Georgia Leader Travels to Address Farmers
Barrett of Atwater Georgia known as the farmers friend and president of the Farmers union of the south passed through on his way to Walla Walla Dayton and Pullman to address farmers meetings and help organize. He advocates unions ranges and cooperatives to raise prices and control costs. The southern farmer sees prosperity through organization and better farming methods.
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Farmers’ Union of the South
Walla Walla
Farmers
Barrett
Atwater
Georgia
Dayton
Pullman
Garrett
South
Cleanly Woman Believes Scalp Washing Cures Dandruff
An advertisement argues that daily scalp washing fails to cure dandruff and that only Newbro’s Herpicide kills the dandruff germ. It claims dandruff is caused by the germ, not by dirt, and promotes samples and two sizes sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bro in Detroit.
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Danie
Newbro
iCo
Stampa
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
A. C. Koeppen & Broa
Small farmers shift to marketable crops and thriving prices
The passage notes a shift from careless farming to diligent, thorough cultivation leading to higher prices. It highlights vast idle land in need of irrigation, attracting families from the south toward the northwest, drawn by state advertising and prospects of new homes.
OBrien to Be President of Harriman Lines
Harriman lines shuffle top executives with J P O'Brien of the Oregon Railway and Navigation to become president of his system. Harriman likely to stay as chairman while others like Mohler Calvin Bancroft take new president roles across the Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Line. A plan includes strengthening boards with new directors to share growing system responsibilities. Body of wreck victim sent to Seattle for burial. Nicola Serifino killed in Cayuse wreck to be interred there.
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Harriman
Nea
J. P. O'Brien
Omaha
A. H. Mohler
Union Pacific
HE. E. Calvin
Southern Pacific
W. H. Bancroft
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Seattle
Messrs
Baker & Folsom
Nicola Serifino
Cayuse
Buriel
Wage settlement grants higher pay and shorter day for train crews
The wage settlement raises passenger conductor pay from 140 to 150 dollars monthly and cuts work trains from 12 to 10 hours daily. Overtime rules for delays apply. baggage and flagmen receive monthly increases. Freight conductors gain, with overtime based on 15 miles per hour. Regular overtime is noted, and the change yields per-hour gains for yard workers, with 40 cents daily rise for five yardmen.
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Corvallis
Miners in Family halt work on county bridge project
sickness in the family of C. H. Knowling at La Grande forces a pause in construction on the county bridge over the Umatilla River east of the hospital. Knowling, superintendent for Esterday Bridge Company, must stay in La Grande until the family matter resolves and work resumes.
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C. H. Knowling
la Grande
Umatilla River
Pni
Knowlmaw
Esterday
Capipany
World's Largest Bridge to Span Columbia River
The Portland Seattle Railway advances a vast steel bridge across the Columbia at Vancouver near the city limits. Construction began in 1906 and is slated to finish in 1908, with 200 workers, 20,000 tons of steel, and granite abutments quarried at Index Washington. The project features 48 piers, a 404 foot draw bridge, and a heavy focus on caisson work despite dangerous conditions.
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Columbia River
Portland
Seattle Railway Company
Vancouver
Union Pacific
Seattle Tealway Company
Willimette
Index
Washington
Great Northern
Seattle
Great Northern Tunnel
Crosby
Kerr road verdict and local races shape Oregon county scene
A Kerr road case verdict favors the county with $75 damages for the elder defendant and $0 for his son after a $1200 and $600 demand. A separate district race sees Miss Lillian Kidd of Roseburg challenging for a $175,000 prize while Miss Dunlap campaigns for her. Hawthorne school district votes to annex to Boise, 60 yes of 125.
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McManus
Kerr Road
Kerr
Lillian Kidd
Roseburg
Dunlap
Hawthorne
Boise
Miss Dunlap Heads Jamcetown Trip Contest
Miss Della Dunlap of the city is among leading candidates for a Jamcetown excursion prize by the Portland Telegram. She has 169 918 votes and leads as the contest continues.
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Miss Dunlap
Della Dunlap
Portland Telegram
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T. S. Pringle
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Winslow
Winslow Bros. Jewelers
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Tallman & Co
Hendricks
Main
Webb
Barrett OF
Pendleton
Carrier Millinery
Western
Oregon Daily Journal
Chicago
The
Columbia
E. J. Murphy
Roosevelts Store
Kerrs
Ely
Ani
Nickhy
Drosgiete
ELY Brothers
Warren Btreut
Lane Bros. & Co
Adler
Max Baer
Walter
Walters’ Flour Mills
Pendleton, Oregon
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