City Briefities and Local Ads Chronicle Pendleton
A collage of small ads and notes for Pendleton readers includes shopping offers, rentals, a fresh milch cow, dry wood, household goods, a Fox terrier, film and songs at the Star Theater, cottage listings, butter prices, gas appliances, hotel and resort promos, and a 22 caliber rifle with ammo. Listings feature Lehman Springs, Hidaway Springs, and Bingham Springs excursion tickets. Bowman Photo Studio and Rohrman bread are promoted along with new bowling alleys and Pastime Parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Leathers
Koox Sailors
Campbell
Ross Carney
Cosbie
East Oregonian
Star Theater
Lilloth Street
Bowman Photo Studio
Peoples Warehouse
Sage
Lehman Springs
Alta House
Goodman Hardware Company
Stge
Clock sales offer from harvest to mantle family
The ad lists clocks for harvest cell kitchen and mantle styles with prices from 3 to 25 dollars and a personal guarantee. It promotes kitchen clocks from 82.50 to 6.00, harvest cell clocks from 800 to 3 dollars, and mantle clocks priced 5 to 25 dollars with a guarantee.
Restored painted rocks spark Yakima valley history plan
Indian ethnologist L. V. McWhorter and photographer Mrs. Lee Delle restore forty to fifty painted rocks in the Natches valley. The stones, about a century old, are linked to spirits that re touch the cliffs. Photos will aid a valley history book and a local historical society to preserve relics and form a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natches Valley
L. V. McWhorter
Mra. Delle
A. J. Splawn
McWhorter
Indianate
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Spokane and Wallan Walla
John W. Noble sues for divorce from Clara Noble in Spokane, married May 17, 1906. Jessie BH Carlan seeks divorce from Dave Carlan, married July 24, 1906 in Wallan Walla. Attorney Peter West represents both suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Noble
Clara Noble
Spokane
Jessie BH
Carlan
Dave Carlan
Wallan Walla
Peter West
Star Theater Presents Mim and Mrustrated Songs Tonight
The Star theater hosts two new performances featuring Mim and Mrustrated with a total of 2000 feet of new material premiering this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Theater
Personal notices of travelers and locals in La Grande
A flurry of brief mentions shows John Smith of Cove visiting the city on business while Mrs. Kees and children relax at Bingham Springs. Many others, from lawyers to farmers, are noted as leaving for Portland Lehman Springs Meacham Baker City and Seattle for work travel rest or family visits. Ezra Meeker nears Oyster Bay after retracing the Oregon Trail seeking a highway recommendation from President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Cove
John 8. Kees
Bingham Springs
Dr. Moormiester
la Grande
R. H. Wilcox
Meacham
Stromer
Frank L. Walt
Wind River Lumber Company
Cascade Locks
Grant Marquis
Adams
Viettora
P. Hutchinson
Eity
J. H. Lawrey
Portland
S. B. Bowman
Wileman
Palr
Lehman Springs
Frank K. Welles
P. J. Sullivan
Smith-Premier Typewriter Company
Wood Paslay
Alexander Department
William Scheer
C. Quinny
Pendleton
Baker City
Donald Russell
Starbuck
Henderson
Spokane
Ezra Meeker
Oyster Bay
Puget Sound
Pacific
New York City
Roosevelt
Omaha
Meeker
Infamous Ice Trust Sparks Seattle Water Shortage
Seattle water officials blame the ice trust for shortages as dealers refuse to sell in small quantities, charging high prices. Superintendent Youngs of the water department stated this morning that the practice of selling only in large quantities exacerbates the city’s water crisis.
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Trust
Mr. Youngs
Seattle
Youngs
Water Department
Seattle News
La Grande Sees Quiet Mid-Summer Dullness
The Morning Star notes La Grande is rationally inactive and notably dull this midsummer. Yet the lull arrives at a fitting moment as many residents escape to mountains, rest under open skies, and plan to return before winter ends the quiet spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grande
Morning Star
Diversified farming gains interest in Whitman county
Whitman county farmers seek change in agricultural methods, per The Pullman Tribune via the Seattle Post Intelligencer. They resist large grain fields as insufficient returns and loneliness drives demand for nearer neighbors and better homes. Many switch from traditional crops to dairy poultry and hog raising to diversify farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Tribune
Whitman County
Seattle Post
Real Estate Transfers Filed Today in Wasco County
Real estate transfers recorded include Th E K Kennedy and wife to J B Kennedy for the east half of late 9 and 10 of block 1 south Pondieton with consideration £200. Elizabeth J York to W H Howe. and B W Ma for the southeast quarter of section 10 town 2 north range 29. Also noted is the life with dementia case of Circle, aged 44, sent to the state asylum from Wasco county.
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Th. EK. Kennedy
J. B. Kennedy
South Pondieton
Elizabeth J
York Tn
W. H. Howe
Townelup
North Range
B. W. Ma
WIT Circle
Tine
Wasco County
Joaquin Miller Plans Water Power Project Near Eugene
Poets Joaquin Miller and his brother George Melvin Miller have filed for a water right at the Stasian river 40 miles from Eugene to build a canal and plan an electric plant for Eugene and nearby cities. Miller, noted for mining profits, intends to finance the venture and begin canal construction soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
Eugene
Oregon
Sys
Eugene Guard
Tower Stasian
George Melvin Miller
Joaquin
Measurements on Eagle Chief peak height
Engineer T. R. Berry of Virtue Mining and Sanger Jelnes, who last year discovered Eagle Chief mountain east of Baker City, are checking measurements of Eagle Chief, the highest peak of the Eagle range and several hundred feet higher than Mount Hood. The Sunset Magazine publication of its height caused a sensation and Berry’s figures will be watched with interest, says the Baker City Democrat.
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Eagle Chief Peak
T. R. Berry
The
Virtue Mining Company
Sanger Jelnes
Eagle Chief Mountain
Eagle Range
Baker City
Mount Hood
Eagle Chief
Sunset Magazine
Berry
Regular as the sun Dr King’s New Life Pills ad
An old expression and the sun are noted as regular, with the claim that Dr King’s New Life Pills regulate the bowels. Guaranteed by Tallman & Co., druggists, 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
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Teutsch’s Dep't. Store
James Cornfield
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Tena
C. Rohrman
Rohr
Rohrman
Louis Hunziker
Main St
Saving Indian Pictures
Charles H. Carter
M. 5. Kern
Roseburg
Stanley N. Ring
Malheur County
8. W. McClure
T. P. Ghilfiand
Stewart Creek
J. B. Saylor
Freewater
Butter Creek
J.B. Perry
Mies Jennie
Skagway
Alaska
Hert Sturm
F. J. Quinlan
T. M. Lowe
Ontario
G. W. Bradley
Bradley
Adame
H. L. Kohn
Tomorr
W. 8. Holt
Pacific Coast
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Robert Diven
John Catlin
Albany
Catlin
ICE Trust
Cleveland
Clevelands
Crowda
Lewis Hunter
S-Hoont
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E. Court. St., Pendleton, Ors
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