Farmers Under 2.0 Million Sack Calcutta Grain Deal
Contracts were set by the Farmers Union with Kerr-Gifford to furnish Walla Walla valley farmers over 1 000 000 bags of Calcutta grain sacks at 7 3 5 cents f o b Walla Walla for delivery June 16 to August 1. About 200 farmers from Walla Walla, Columbia, and Umatilla counties joined the meeting, with bids from six grain bag companies and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
J. Z Smith
Kerr-Giiford Company
Kerr-Gifford Company
Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Columbia
Umatilla
Northern Pacific Railway
B. Portland
F. O. B. Walla Walla
Union
P. F. Dufton Company
Portland
Keer-Gifford Company
Dufton Company
F. O. B. Walla Walls
Jones-Scott Company
Walla Wallin
Balfour-Guthrie Company
F. O. B. Portland
Dement Brothers
F. 0. B. Portland
Amex-Harris-Neville Company
Calcutta
Coyote slaughter rises with Alaskan winter at Walla Walla
The Walla Walla Union reports heavy coyote and lynx removals through December February with county records noting 55 coyotes and one lynx in December, 62 coyotes and seven lynx in January, and a rising February tally. Hunters use dogs to chase predators as snow and cold force coyotes toward farms and villages.
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Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Hall of Records
John Rodgers
Prescott
The Simple Minded Kurds Observed by a Traveler
A traveler contrasts Arab and Kurdish traits in Asia Minor. He admires Kurds for honesty and directness while noting gullibility and blunt manners. A muleteer recalls desertion with a confession of theft, then marriage as a redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
Khazar
Boston Listener Praises Earl of Dunmore in Echoes of Etiquette
A Boston man lauds the late Earl of Dunmore calling him a good man tall and robust with a kind face and short gray beard. He cites Dunmore’s insistence on correctness in dining dress and daily life as a fault born of aristocratic upbringing. He recalls a Beacon Street dinner anecdote about a nouveau riche man and his diamond studs.
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Boston
Earl of Dunmore
Lord Dunmore
Beacon Street
George
New Orleans
A Dinner Meet with a Prolix Englishman
Mr Travers, famed New York wit, dined beside a pompous Englishman whose letters from Gladstone to Churchill proved his status. The guest talked nonstop, sparking Travers to mock the oyster debate with a sharp exchange about brains and certainty.
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Travers
New York
States
Gladstone
Dilke
Salisbury
Churchill
Poor Consolation Excerpt Sparks Wry Society Banter
A society woman laments receiving day misery while a husband quips that misery loves company, in a light Catholic Standard observation about social manners and humor.
Scraps Quote Sparks Irish Scotchman Argument
A brief clash cited in Scraps shows the Scotchman and Irishman exchanging lines during a heated argument with playful insult and laughter. The exchange highlights regional banter and characterful dialect without further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudon
Man with a Hammer Causes Scene in Local Collision
A man wielding a hammer triggered a disturbance at a Wood Street workshop. Police report no serious injuries, and witnesses described a hurried exit as officers arrived to restore order.
Northwest sheepmen oppose government range leasing policy
The Idaho Wool Growers Association executive board named P. G. Johnston and L. L. Ormsby to form a Washington delegation to oppose public domain leasing and forestry rules. A substitute, John Killern, will act if needed. They plan the Shepherd's Journal, quarterly district meetings starting in Pocatello in March, and push a bill to set stock trains at least 16 miles per hour with few stops. Delegates from Idaho and Western states will join in Washington around February 10 or 15 to press forest and grazing legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise Capital News
Wool Growers’ Association
P. G. Johnston
L. L. Ormsby
Washington, D. C
John §&Killern
Washington
James B. Cinton
Dr. Berth
Sam Ballantyne
Shepherd's Journal
Pocatello
Congress
Idaho Association
National
Helena
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Nevada
Oregon
Rujes
West
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Testimonials
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists and others. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free. Price per bottle and sale through all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
PJ. Cheney & CO
Tolsdo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
All Drugelets
Dry farming shows water harvesting cuts costs
A Dry Farming congress speaker in East Lake City claims hauling water adds 20 percent to dry farming costs. Farmers on Agency Plains and Methodist Hill report deep wells and more are planned, arguing wells pay for themselves through savings.
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East Lake City
Madras
Agency Plains
Methodist Hill
Opal Prairie
Schilling's Beat You Pay If Unhappy With Goods
A grocer advertises Schilling's Beat consumer policy promising refunds if customers dislike the merchandise. The notice notes trading name usage and return of money, emphasizing satisfaction and brand clarity.
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Schilling
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Kerr- Gifford Company
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Geer
Grande Ronde Valley
Chesterfield
Africa
Tanta
Britannia
Goodby
Jottie
Sheerpmen
Northwest States
Dig Deep
Welles
Tallman & Co
Southern Pacific
Oregon Sunday Journal
O'Brien
Streeter
Lesse
Morrie Treeter
Bayan Stock Co
Little
The
Pendleton Drug Company
Main Street
Rader's
Eagle Show Shop
Eagle Building
Star Theatre
Paris
Hotel
St. George
George Darvead
Bath
St. George 2
Northwest
Golden Rule Hotel
Corner Court and
Johnson Streets
Pendleton, Oregon
H. C. Means
Wade
H. C. Bowers
W.C. Minnis
Henning's Cigar Store
Opposite Peoples Warehouse
Rock Springs
Bridger Vulcan
Lumber Yard
Pendleton Tannery
Alta Street
A. Otke
Prop
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