Weston Brief Record of County Events and Changes
West on farmers oppose the wheat storage rise and may build a local warehouse in 1908 if the increase is not rescinded. Teacher changes at Weston Normal. Donald P. Mitchell to replace Tredway and John Mather to take over manual training. B P Hall named to the National Irrigation Congress. births and local improvements noted. A circus visit and harvest yields reported. Mrs C C Walters visiting Spokane. Mrs R B French visits from Everett Mass.
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Treadway
Kanes
Mitchell and Mather
Massachusetts
B. B. Hall
Sacramento
Weston
Walla Walla
RB. C. French
Jessie Whitaker
Everett
Mass
Los Angeles
J. BR. Killgore
Weston Normal
Pendleton
C. C. Walters
Spokane
Charles E. Tredway
Emporia
Kansas
Normal
Donald P. Mitchell
John Mather
Farmers’ Bank of
Chamberlain
National Irrigation Congress
Pilot Rock Doings and New Rail Road Plans
Pilot Rock Aug 17 The Balfour Guthrie warehouse nears completion and grain will be accepted. Pacific Coast Elevator to build a warehouse after lumber arrives. John D Ingram reports 400 tons alfalfa. plans to buy steers for spring feeding. A sawmill is promised. railroad work progresses toward fall operation. Slot machines banned by city ordinance. Harvests near completion with optimistic crop reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Elevator Company
John Day—Ingram
Pilot Rock
Balfour-Guthrie Company
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
Jake Cherry
Pendleton
Misa Eva Betts
Meachem
Flynn
Athena
John Day
John D. Ingram
Rapiny
Carnell
O R N Improvements at Durkee Ore Put In Steel Bridges
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company has added steel bridges on the Huntington to Poker City line, straightening the route. A new structure will supplement the wooden bridge over Pritchard Creek near Durkee, and a siding was added at the Nelson lime works between Durkee and Weatherby. The Weatherby Huntington area lime and gypsum plants, including Nelson Lime & Plaster and Huntington Mining, are expanding, with a broad belt of lime and gypsum nearby.
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Durkee
Ore
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Huntington
Poker City
Pritchard Creek
Nelson Lime Works
Weatherby
Weatherby and
Nelson Lime & Plaster Company
Huntington Mining Company
For Rent Cottage on Bluff Street with Bath
For Rent. A cottage offers bath and both hot and cold water at 100 B Bluff street. Inquiries invited about this rental located in a quiet neighborhood.
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Bluff Street
Cattle Feed Experiments Use Molasses and Alfalfa Mix
Loveland Idaho reports progress in cattle feeding experiments by sugar factory superintendent Fairbrother. A plant is built to process molasses with alfalfa and Johnstown meat plant alfalfa joins the mix. Trials show one half alfalfa, one fourth molasses, one fourth corn as most successful. Cattle are weighed daily to track gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland
Idaho
Fairbrother
Johnstown
Snake venom remedy endorsed by zoological society
A Lewiston Tribune summary recounts W T Hornaday endorsing a snakebite treatment from the New York Zoological Society. The letter to Lisle Hopkins details dangerous, outdated methods and urges caution, noting a reader’s personal bite experience and the need to record the responder’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Tribune
Neigh
W. T. Hornaday
New York Zoological Society
Smithsonian Institute
Liste Hopkins
Stites
Idaho
Zoological Society
New York
Hornaday
Harbaugh
Liste
Lewiston
Rev. Somerville
Episcopal Church
Ethies
Southern Boulevard
William T. Hornaday
Lisle Hopkins
Bir
Peter Gruber
Rochester
Unusual Number of Women Delegates at Socialist Congress
In Stuttgart on August 17 delegates from England, the United States, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and Finland arrive for the International Socialist congress. A record number of women will form a separate conference due to their large representation. Topics include emigration, militarism, war, and especially woman suffrage promoted by a US delegate. The gathering marks the first international socialist congress with a women’s session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
United States
Engand
France
Germany
Belgium
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Conductor Killed in Kalama Rear-End NP Collision
In a rear end wreck on the Northern Pacific at Kalama about 4 AM yesterday, Conductor C. B. Carl of Tacoma was killed instantly while in the forward train’s caboose. Brakemen Wise and Bradigan escaped with minor injuries as the caboose burned, and reports say the freight engine following failed air, crashing into the forward train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Waph
Northern Pacific
Kaluma
C. B. Carl
Brakermen Wise
Bradigan
Carl
Kalama
Trivia
Jacobus
Baseball figure Scott Hastings Dies at Sawtells Home
Scott Hastings, once noted in professional baseball, died at the Home hospital at the Soldiers' home in Sawtells California after a long illness. He is said to have belonged to the famous White Stockings of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Hastings
Soldiers’ Home
Sawtells
Cal
White Stockings
Chicago
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J. J. Beeler
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Nature
Tallman &Co
Empire Meat Co
Eee A CO
Toledo
W. H. Albee
Helix
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
The
East Oregonian
Snake Virus Remedy Has
Goulard
Gruber
Congress OF Socialists
Conductor Eimlled
Dagan
J. Donaldson
Reliable Druggtat
LAW Department
University OF Oregon
Walter H. Evans
Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Filers
Piano House
James Fletcher
Omer
the Fair Dep’t. Store
Pendleton, Oregon
Busines College
Oregon
Behnee-Walker
W. H W. Behnee
M. Walker
John Nissen
Northwestern
GAS @ ELECTRIC CO
Matlock Building
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