Factory coming to Pendleton new enterprise to employ 10 men
Pendleton readers learn that W D Fletcher and son R W Fletcher have secured patents on a dish washing map and plan to build a factory employing about 10 men. The device combines a hollow handle with a knife scraper and a mop head for washing pots and dishes. They expect to begin manufacture here after securing estimates for 60,000 lots of knives and springs from eastern manufacturers.
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Fletcher and
Fletcher
Pendleton
W. D
R. W. Fletcher
W. D. Fletcher
Pioneer Woman Dead in Blue Mountains Hospital Camp
Mrs. John M. Hill of Walla Walla died this afternoon in the Blue Mountains of hemorrhage of the brain. A longtime resident and popular figure, she crossed the plains in 1853 and lived in Walla Walla since, survived by her son County Clerk Dorsey Hill, a daughter Mrs. R. B. Brackett, and six brothers among other relatives.
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John M. Hill
Walla Walla
Blue Mountaina
Hill Camp
Blue Mountains
R. BE. Brackett
This City
Nathan Pierce
Fred Morie
Seattle
Charles and
Sr Berry
Spokane
George Berry
Idaho
Marion Berry
Oregon
Levi Berry
Milton
George T. Berry
Burford Transfers From Local Telephone Office
W. D. Burford, local manager for the telephone company, will leave soon to take a new position with the same company in Spokane. He will travel extensively in the new role. A successor for the local office has not been named but is expected to arrive soon.
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W. D. Burford
Telephone Company
Spokane
Mr. Burford
Presbyterian church to be built at Aberdeen Washington
A new Presbyterian church is planned for immediate construction in Aberdeen Washington. The project signals growing religious expansion in the region and aligns with local community faith needs.
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Aberdeen, Wash
Views of Holy Land by Prof Horner at Presbyterian church
Prof J B Horner of Oregon Agricultural College will present about 100 personal photos from a three month Palestine tour. The free stereopticon show at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening covers biblical and antiquarian sites, with brief explanations. Masons and church members invited. electrician John Vaughan to run the projector. religious services precede the event.
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J. B. Horner
Palestine
Holy Land
Mediterranean
Presbyterian Church
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Horner
Holy Isand
Joppa
John Vaughan
Robert Diven
Pilot Rock Growing With Two Big Warehouses Planned
Pilot Rock records a building boom with two large warehouses under construction below town for Balfour Guthrie and Pacific Elevator, plus plans for two more by Pendleton millers. A 60 by 160 foot structure 16 feet high will hold about 60,000 sacks, with 200,000 feet of lumber on hand. Track work advances slowly due to labor shortages, and the first train is expected within six weeks. Dr Blakeslee will return August 18. Rains across the Inland Empire caused limited county damage.
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Pilot Rock
Balfour, Guthris & Company
Pacific Elevator Company
Sturtevant Spring
William Hilton Se
Balfour, Guthrie & Company
Thomas Jaques
Paelfe Elevator Company
Will Moore
Moore
Alba
Hilton
Haseal Mil
Ora Arbogast
Piant Rock
Byers
Fred Walters
Pendleton
Oregon Boosts East Oceanic Rates to Lure Settlers
An Eastbound rate campaign begins September 1 lasting 60 days to promote Oregon as a land of opportunity. Senator M A Miller urges spreading the message of Oregon’s climate, resources, and opportunities to attract homeseekers, noting forests, lumber growth, and industry potential. The piece highlights Willamette Valley dairy promise, timber wealth, and robust education, urging Oregonians to recruit population and investment. A Prussia river disaster closes the text.
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M. A. Miller
Linn County
Oregon
Oregon Development League
Senator Miller
Willamette Valley
New England
West Virginia
Northwestern States
Pacific Coast
Washington
California
United States
James J. Hill
Kay
Ames College
Iowa
Farrington
Wisconsin
Big Goat Ranch on Sound Near Bellingham Promises Huge Herd
A correspondent reports L H Alger and Charles Davis plan a major Au rara goat ranch on Lake Whatcom near Bellingham Washington. They will bring 500 goats from California and Oklahoma to start a farm on three tracts, with an initial investment of 12000. They claim Whatcom County is ideal for goat raising despite wet weather. Alger and Davis are noted as the nation’s largest goat breeders with tens of thousands on farms in California Oklahoma Michigan and Georgia.
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L. H. Alger
Senator Alger
Michigan
Charles Davis
Cotton King
Atlanta
Lake Whatcom
Redding
Cal
Cherokee
I. T
Whatcom County
Alger and
Davis
United States
J. T
Clairs
Mich
Alger
Bellingham
Corbett
Corbetts
Moody
Davin
Nature Spares The Stricken Nose From Grief
An old time advertisement extols nature sparing the nose from grief by praising hair health. It claims a germ or parasite destroys hair follicles and touts Nowbro’s Herplcite to stop the germ and allow natural growth. Sold by druggists and The Herphide Co Detroit with prices 10c, 50c, and $1.00.
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Erie
Detroit
Koeppen & Tiros
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