Old Baker City settler recalls den of rats and cat market
A. P. Snyder of John Day recalls Baker County history from 1862. He describes a pest plague of rats and mice in early days, shortage of cats, and how a wagonload of cats sold for high prices. He notes mornings in dusty freight days, and memories from The Dalles to Baker City. The piece also mentions a new raspberry strawberry hybrid reportedly cultivated near Quincy with no cultivation needed, and its unusual growth and flavor.
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Baker City
A. P. Snyder
John Day
Idaho
Baker
Baker County
Snyder
Powder Valley
Klamath Falls
South
Dalles
Quincy
New berry developed by Illinois farmer gains attention
Horticulturists in Galena Illinois express excitement over a newly developed berry by a local farmer. The discovery promises potential tastier yields and may influence regional cultivation practices. Further testing and trials are planned to assess flavor, hardiness, and market viability.
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Illinois
Pastime Pictures Please All Locals at the Oregon Lumber Yard
A dense notice lists entertainment and ads: Pastime Pictures at the Oregon Lumber Yard with more moving pictures than any theater in the city. Henry Kopittke advertises Rock Spring coal and dry oak wood, phone Main 178. Items include For sale G flat Buffet Clarionet, feed and chop mill, automobile stage to Lehman springs, and inquiries at this office. Rentals offered for a four room cottage and East Oregonian Building space. Also listed are Canary birds for sale, Mrs. W. N. Arbuckle room 13 EB 0 building, and various buy now while price is low promotions.
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Oregon Lumber Yard
Rock Spring Coal
Henry Kopittke
Bluff Street
East Oregonian
Main Street
H. P. Edgar & Jay
Bridge
Moving pictures used by Agriculture Department
The Department of Agriculture plans to use motion pictures to educate farmers nationwide. Secretary James Wilson advocates visual proof to show modern farming methods, with films produced from experiment stations and distributed through farmers’ organizations and state institutes.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture Ia
Tama Jim" Wilson
Department 4
Department of Agriculture
Moving Picture Syndicate
Navy Department
Naval Service
Engines Replace Horses In Lumber Industry
Grants Pass Oregon reports a radical shift in lumber transport as Spaulding Bros introduces a traction engine with four trucks capable of hauling 40 000 to 60 000 feet of lumber from mill to factories and railheads over 13 1 2 miles. The $10 000 outfit will employ two to four crew members per shift and replace costly team hauling, promising to cut lumber transport costs within two years.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Spaulding Bros
Pilace
Love's Station
Tell
Wo Yeura
Man Says He Is Happier In Jail In New Jersey
A New Jersey man claims jail life suits him better than freedom. He says he finds happiness behind bars, prompting commentary that misery can be borne more easily by those who accept confinement.
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New Jersey
Cleveland
Exploring world to aid American farmers in new crops
Frank N. Meyer, a United States Agricultural Department scout, travels from Washington to Europe and Asia in a three year Orient journey. He praises Turkestan grapes and notes potential for wine, almonds, melons, peaches, alfalfa, and other crops. His expedition aims to study forage crops and climate parallels to the United States for future investigations.
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Washington
Atlantic
Europe
St. Petersburg
Caucasus Mountains
Samarkand
Taskand
Frank N. Meyer
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Meyer
Orient
Turkestan
France
Spain
United States
Globe
Vigilance to Halt Fish Pirates Reaches Arcata
Complaint received by Collector F C Harper spurs dispatch of the revenue cutter Arcata from Port Townsend to Point Roberts to suppress depredations by fish pirates. The move signals growing alarm over illicit fishing activities along the coast.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Collector of Customs
F. C. Harper
United States Revenue
Arcata
Point Roberts
Vacant Baker County School Land Offers Western Home Hope
In Baker county the Democrat notes 19,000 acres of vacant school land exist and hints at a chance for a man seeking a western style home to settle there.
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Baker County
Cost Of Keeping Chicago Cleanly
Chicago per capita costs for cleanliness total 12.28 based on 2 672 835 population placing it among the world’s big four alongside London New York and Paris. The report notes health conservation spend 13 cents per capita and ash removal cost 704 001.86 for 1908 with a 33 906 divorces and 324 718 marriages in ten years.
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Chicago
Bureau of Statistics
London
New York
Paris
Buffalo
Horats for Sale and Readmittance Claim
For sale good stock horses inquire J R Porter Pendleton Oregon. A man released from Douglas County jail applied next day for readmittance claiming he took the place.
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Horats
J. R. Porter
Pendleton
Oregon
Douglas County
Summer Vacations Cost Great Sums Across Nation
The article reports total summer vacation costs in Chicago at 525000 and a national total of 100000000, with average vacation expense 151.79 and Uncle Sam's workers taking 60 days off with full pay. It notes gaps in federal staffing, calls for economy, and cites national payroll figures including 519,751 salaried and 5,470,321 wage earners totaling 5196901763.
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Chicago
United States
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
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F. E. Livengood & Co
Ladies Home Journal Patterns
Pioneer
John Dy
Galena, Ill
Canary Birda
Mra. W. N. Arbuckle
Mia. F. Myers
Helix
Our
Koeppen’s
Shm
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Jersey
Moat
Kayser
Alexander’s Dep
T. Store
East End Grocery
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