Local Advertisements From East Oregonian Window
Short notices list chimney sweep services, Demott's white Haviland china, dry wood, furnishings, rentals, job ads, hardware, furniture, and meals. Includes two store rooms for rent, a piano tuner, farm implements, lost belt buckle, hall meeting notice, clothing ads, footwear, sign painting lessons, new spring suits, incubator sale, and Barry Rose seed potatoes.
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Demott‘s
Demott’s
East Oregonian
E. J. Marshall
North Main
Goodman Hardware Co
Project to Build Big Muddy River Canal
A seven man crew works months at the Big Muddy mouth with camp buildings a blacksmith shop and a gasoline engine spending $1000 monthly on labor and material. They plan sinking shafts to reach solid rock at the Big Klickitat and to dam and raise the river 276 feet so water can flow into the main canal to Horse Heaven. Settlers sign contracts paying $30 per acre for water and $1 per acre annually as water tax. Total contracts run into millions. canal cost estimated at $3,000,000 and expected to be profitable but not ready for a year or two.
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Big Muddy River
Piasco
Big Klickitat River
Horse Heaven
German emperor at music show inspires quick wit
The German emperor attends a musical comedy and often composes two or three original jokes. Those pieces are handed from the royal box to the reading comedian for interpolation during the performance.
Local visitors and residents travel through Pendleton today
A long list of people from Adams Athena Butter Creek Huntington and other towns visit Pendleton or stay briefly at local hotels. Among them are Lowell Rogers Z W Lockwood Aliie Knight J. H. Atkin H G Hurlburt and J W Spalding along with several Dust residents visiting for business taxes trading trips or social engagements. Notables include Rev A B Foster Miss Lulu Lorenz and Jerry Stone while plans emerge for a farmers organization and a permanent wheat sack deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Rogers
Adams
Z W. Lockwood
Athena
Worrigal
Butter
Creek
Aliie Knight
J. H. Atkin
Huntington
Pendleton
H. G. Hulburt
Beho
Jerry Stone
Weston Normal School
No divorce for Laings in judge's ruling
Judge H. J. Bean denied both Effley B. Laing and Arthur Laing divorce petitions after finding misconduct by both parties. The court dismissed the complaint and the answer, with both sides denying the other's allegations.
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H. J. Bean
Effley B. Laing
Arthur Laing
Laing
Bean
Pendleton Man Gillenbeck Dies in San Francisco
A San Francisco hospital obituary notes Thomas Turner reports the death of Pendleton native Gillenbeck who came to Pendleton 24 years ago to perform in a vaudeville venue and later ran the Poodle Dog on Main Street. He left Pendleton eight years ago and lived in San Francisco most of the time. Funeral held in San Francisco today.
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The
East Oregonian
Thomas F. Turner
San Francisco
Salem
Taylor
Gellenbeck
Mr. Turner
Gillenbeck
Pendleton
Main Street
Bay City
Reeves Taken to Penitentiary on Parole Violation
Thomas Reeves, arrested here several days ago for violating a parole from the penitentiary, was taken to the penitentiary today by Sheriff Taylor. Reeves was serving a 1h-year sentence from Benton County and had been liberated on parole which he failed to live up to.
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Reeves
Thomas Reeves
Silem
Taylor Reeves
Benton County
Old Time Sale Bill Dug Up by Missouri Paper
Humansville Leader reprints a 1846 Missouri Pike County sale bill listing items for cash auction including oxen wagons enslaved people tools and produce. The document notes a journey to California and names John Doe and Richard Roe as drivers with celebratory refreshments.
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Missouri
Humansville
State of Missouri
Am Gwine
California
Cattle Freight Dominates Mountain Tonnage
Beef cattle led freight tonnage over the mountains from La Grande in the last 24 hours. A 13 car train passed through for Union Meat at Troutdale. Six more cars bound for the same firm were unloaded locally to feed in yards. A 14 car shipment from Baker County started west from Baker City, totaling 33 cars to Troutdale since yesterday.
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la Grande
Troutdale
Union Meat Company
Sage, Wye
Baker County
Baker City
Spokane Reporter Seeks 150 Damages Over Fall
F. W. Middaugh, a Spokane newspaper writer, filed a claim against the city for 150 dollars after a January 16 fall on a sidewalk at Surague Avenue and Post Street. He alleges permanent injuries hindering sleep and states damages total 800 dollars, with a willingness to settle for 160 dollars.
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F. W. Middaugh
Spokane
Surague Avenue
Post Street
First Indian allotment patent filed in Okanogan county
The first US land office patent for an Indian allotment in Okanogan county was filed last week with County Auditor Wilmarth. It awards 647.4 acres to Ah Now Ah or Julia Ce cile of the Chief Moses band, south of Loomis along Sinlahekin creek. Loomis town sits on such an allotment awaiting interior department action for title to homes and businesses.
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United States Land Office
Okanogan County
Wilmarth
Julia Cecile
Interior Department
Lewiston Teter
Yield of a Steer For Efficient Dressed-Weight Cuts
A good steer yields the following dressed-weight percentages in round numbers for easy memorization: Loins 16, ribs 10, rounds 21, chucks 19, plates 16, flanks 4, shanks 7, tallow 3, kidneys 0.25, sausage meat 1, shank meat 1.5, tankage 2. The note appears in Market Review with a marginal remark on cutting efficiency.
From Penitentiary to Death Hawkes Killed by Train
Alvin Hawkes convict No. 443 recently released from Walla Walla Penitentiary was killed by passenger train No. 15 of the NP at Pasco while standing on the main track near the depot. He had travelled from Walla Walla toward Spokane and ignored warnings from bystanders before the collision.
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Alvin Hawkes
Walla Walla
N. P
Pasco
Spokane
Watchmaking Industry in Switzerland Statistics
Consul Francis B. Keese reports Swiss watchmaking employs 115,617 people from a population around 3.5 million. Of these, 55,988 are men and 59,629 women. The 62,752 watchmakers include 25,278 men and 17,874 women.
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Switzerland
Francis B. Keese
Geneva
All Members and Candidates W O W to Meet at Eagles Hall
All members and candidates of the order are asked to attend at the Eagles hall Monday night February 24 at 7 30 sharp. Neighbors from Milton Weston Athena Echo Pilot Rock and La Grande will be present along with Heart Manager Pattison. A banquet will conclude the evening’s exercises. Jr. P. Earl C. C Attest J. P. Walker Clerk.
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Eagles’ Hall
Milton
Weston
Athena
Echo
Pilot Rock
la Grande
Heart
Pattison
Elks Meeting at Pendleton Lodge 288
Pendleton lodge No. 288 B P C E will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 for initiatory work. MARK MOORHOUSE, Secretary.
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Elks
Pendleton Lodge No
Mark Moorhouse
A Poet's Plight in a Kansan Journal Exchange
A Kansas Ulty Journal fragment shows a poet asking for a pen to order and payment. The writer offers to mirror nature, while the poet inquires about the cost of a small mirror. The exchange hints at creative struggle and transactional tension.
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Kansas
Oregon Hop Acreage and Union Failures Cited by Krebs
Conrad Krebs declares the Pacific Coast Hopgrowers union a failure after three weeks of data gathering. He cites 26 152 acres cultivated by 1424 growers averaging about 0.18 and one half acres each, with total Oregon acreage likely around 27 000. Only 1 12 acres represent bylaws signers, about 34 45 percent of state total, excluding unsecur ed acreage. He notes plans for certificates of work value and an agency search for a county rep with high integrity.
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Conrad Krebs
Pacific
Krebs
Oregon
Pacific Hopgrowers’ Union
Settlers to Help Irrigate on Uncompleted Projects
Settlers occupying lands on unfinished government irrigation projects will be offered a chance to earn by performing construction tasks such as grading hauling and delivering materials. Payment will be in certificates redeemable against water rights, not cash, with work arranged by Water Users associations or landowner corporations and subcontracted to settlers by unit price.
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Reclamation Service
Inferior
Osvief
Water Users Association
Water Users Association of
Water Users Association of the Landowners’ Corporation
Wanted Male Catholic Seaport Representative
Advertises for a Catholic gentleman as local representative at sea, seeking energy and ability. Salary listed as $18 per week. Instructs to write Hoey Publishing Co located at 324 Dearborn Street Chicago for details.
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Asea
Hoey Publishing Cs
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teutsch’s Dep't Store
Stansberry & Milne
New Hotel Bowman
Haviland
Demott's
J. M. Schaffer
Thornton Music Co
Gibion Brown
Madison Street
Thomas Warner
Water Street
Hall
G. A. Robbins
Stein Bloch Amart Clothing
Alexander Department Store
Fromheim
Alexander Dept
Lee's Crossing
F. R. Peale
Lane
C. B. Daniels
St. George
Barry Rose Seer
Clark's Grocery
Saight
Empire Meat CO
Koeppens
George Strand
EB. Niles
Irrigon
J. W. Spalding
Drain
P. T. Harbour
Weston Brick Yard
Hollingsworth
Colfax
Bowman Hotel
C. P. Strain
W. 5. Powell
Portland
Clyde E. Miles
Irrigan
Golden Rule
Thomas C. Brumblay
Pocatello
H. T. Kelley
Singer
H. G. Hurlburt
Bonkers
John Shea
la Grande Division
al Slusher
Nolin
Jackson
Oregon Daily Journal
Carl Tuggle
Lulu R. Lorenz
Pipers
Rev. A. & Foster
Kent
Crook County
Brown Hall
Pendleton Academy
J. A. Masterson
Elgin
Rena Masterson
Koontz Hall
M. &. Kern
Harney County
Joseph N. Scott
Athens
Golden State
Laings
George Gellenbeck
Gwine
John Doe
Richard Roe
O. Ry & NS
P. Earl
C. C Attest
J. P. Walker
Pendleton, Oregon
United States Depository
National Bank Act
Federal
Fur County
Geo. W. Bradley
Stack
C. A. Barrett
Het
Horace Walker
A. H. Sunderman
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
Henneman’s Cigar Store
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