Boston Wool Buyer Predicts Lower Prices This Year
Joseph Strong, a renowned Boston wool buyer, reports from Salt Lake after Cheyenne stay that 2,000,000 pounds of 1407 wool were purchased in Central Wyoming. He says Wool prices may ease this year though supply remains good with rates from 18 to 22 cents per pound, while Wyoming ranges show fair to good condition amid weather concerns.
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Cheyenne Tribune
Joseph Strong
Boston
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mr. Strong
City Scrip Wanted and Lodging Listings
City notes announce county scrip requests and various rental offers including furnished rooms at 317 Garten street and 302 Logan street, lodging house sale by J. J. Rharon, and a 15 room property near the depot. Also ads for dry firewood from Minnis, a milch cow for sale, hotel Oregon rates, and lumber from Oregon Lumber Yard with a new shed display. Coffee free Saturday at Crank's Cloak and Salt House and Empire Tea for visitors and customers.
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Minna
South Main Street
Minnis
Logan Street
J. J. Rharon
Binnie Street
Garten Street
Portland
Oregon
Crank's Cloak and Salt House
Empire Tea and Crockery Company
Campbell Millinery
Campbell's Millinery
Yale College Play Prompts City Theater Need
Pendleton audience applauded Paul Gilmore in a Pendleton theater curtain speech after a lively performance of AL Yale. He urged the city to fund a new theater, praising fresh, manly acting and the show’s appeal.
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Paul Gilmore
Pendleton
Neiin
AL Yale
Gilmore Leads Strong College Comedy at Frazer
Paul Gilmore stars in a simple yet solid college light drama at Frazer theater. The cast includes Clinton Clay as Jock Randall Leona Ball as Dorothy Randall and Edward Merrigan as Jimsoy. The production emphasizes college spirit, loves and hates, and youthful energy in a lively evening.
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Paul Glimore
College
Ife
Paul Gilmore
Captain de Bonaire
Inst
Eenson
Clinton Clay
Jock Randall
Chum
Leona Ball
Dorothy Randall
Edward Merrigan
Jimsoy
Frazer Theater
Gilmore
Marshall Field Estate Wealth Reveals Large Tax Burden
Chicago World correspondent reports Marshall Field estate details showing total wealth over 206 million dollars with personal property assessed at about 40 million. Taxes on assets exceed 1 million annually, including 360 thousand from real estate taxes. Estate includes 65 million in stocks and bonds, 10 million Cook County real estate, and 8 million New York holdings.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
New York World
Field
Fr My
Wold
Publc
Ford Estate
Cook County
New York
Strayed Horses Near Cold Springs and Reservation
Two hay mares about 1100 pounds each branded T connected J R and a pale horse with white face and cocked ankle, about 1000 pounds. Liberal reward offered for return to Umatilla Meat Market.
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Cold Springs
Reservaton
J. R
Umatilla
Bridge Construction Advances on Umatilla North Bank
Heavy fill on the north side of the Umatilla river near the Pilot Rock branch junction is finished, enabling bridge work to commence.
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Umatuiii
Pilot Rock
Elks Meet Tonight At Pendleton Lodge No. 288
Pendleton Lodge No. 288 BPOE will hold its regular meeting tonight at Eagles hall. All members urged to attend. Also noted, Peter Trudson drowned in Lost Creek southeast of Eugene while attempting to cross in a wagon. Job openings for two wooden hoppers advertised by Meacham. applications to Henry Kopittke in the city.
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Elks
Pendleton Lodge No
Eagles’ Hall
Peter Trudson
Lost Creek
Eugene
Pendleton
Notable Visitors and Local Business Trips in Echo
A flurry of visitors and travel notes fill Echo today. W H Harrison and Alex McDonald arrived from Walla Walla on business and city trips. C A Gilbert and Mrs Gilbert joined a brief visit. Multiple railroad staff and merchants including O B Harper and F F Bursell were in town or passing through. J T Lievallen and daughter visited from Adams, Miss Myrtle Hawkes left for Riensburg for normal school studies, and hotel transfers and sales reshaped local commerce as Hotel Helix changed hands.
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W. H. Harrison
Echo
W. &. Orrison
Walla Walla
Alex McDonald
Mra
C. A. Gilbert
O. Be, Harper
Blue Mountain
Tolaho
Frank Foster
Union County
A. PF. Bradbury
H. T. Irvin
M. Irvin
Feho
St. Coorge
J. H. O'Neill
Spokane
I. BR. Traver
F. Fr. Wamsley
J. F. Eddy
O. K R. & N. Company
Myrtle Hawkes
Riensburg
Wash
Opening New Coal Fields Near Kemmerer
The Union Pacific begins track construction from Kemmerer to new coalfields seen as a future coke hub in Wyoming. Patrick Quealy owns the Kemmerer Coal & Coke Co. deposits, with tests suggesting a world class coking coal bed. The camp aims to produce 1000 tons by July and 2000 tons daily later, signaling a potential economic boom.
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Union Pacific
Kemmerer
United States
Cheyenne Tribune
Patrick Quealy
Kemmerer Coal & Coke Company
Wyoming
Ambriy
Drugginrs of the Sound country face freight blockade
Drug supplies for Seattle and Tacoma are delayed by a freight blockade. Oarloads have been hung up for weeks somewhere west of the Missouri river, causing widespread disruption to shipments in the Sound region.
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Sound
Seattle
Tacoma
Missouri River
Stagecoach Route May Replace Rail Links Between Walla Walla Pendleton
Walla Walla faces transport disruption as O R N and W S R rail lines remain tied up after washouts. A Pendleton stage service may be the only link for a month, with mail by wagon and drummers traveling via mud routes. Wagons charge high fares, and a stage ring between Walla Walla and Pendleton is under discussion by merchants and the Commercial Club.
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O. RB. & N. Herings Buck
Walla Walla Statesman
Carden
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Statesman
Matt
Portland
Beattie
Oregon City
Walla Wallang
Commercial Club
Invoicing Miller Stock on Main Street
T. M. Lowe and Tom Milarkey Jr prepare invoicing of the Miller stock of groceries on Main Street. The stock has been attached by Wadhama and Co of Portland and the store will not open until invoicing is complete, then the stock will be closed out.
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Miller
T. M. Lowe
Tom Milarkey, Jr
Main Street
Wadhama & Co
Portland
Twin Falls Yields In irrigated district crops report
Alex McPherson director of the Twin Falls experiment station notes strong yields across crops. Wheat samples reached 71.2 bushels per acre, Rural potatoes 461.3 bushels, Sugar beets 21 tons per acre, Red Ninety Day corn 94.6 bushels, cane fodder 9.2 tons per acre, alfalfa up to four tons, and other varieties show solid production across wheat potatoes beans corn and grasses in the past season. Read the Hast Oregonian.
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Twin Falles
Alex McPherson
Ohio
Carmen
Iowa
Illinois
Carsian County
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Yate
Louis Hunziker
Main &T
West Estate
Meacham
Henry Kopittke
Thin City
Ackoeppen
J. D. Muir
Pasadena
Cal
John Sims
Southern Pacific
Oakland
J. B. Smith
As Fisher
Fisher
Garden City
Zac
Wonder Store
Oregonian
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
Big White
India
SS OO
KO OO
India News
the Fair
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