Endeavor convention gathers in Portland with city welcome
The Endeavor gathering fills Baptist doors as J A Rookwood opens the session with delegates from across Oregon. Rev Boozer and Rev Edwards address visitors, committees are named, and the program includes hymns, scripture, and welcoming remarks emphasizing evangelization and organizational vitality for the state wide movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. J. Rose Dickson
Annona McNary
Salem
C. M
Christian Movement
Portland
Greatest Day in Wheat Pit Explodes on Open Market
Wheat surged in Chicago trading with May futures swinging from 1.02 to 1.07 as Armour reportedly unloads large quantities to cap prices. Openings for wheat and corn showed notable rises and declines while market excitement peaked, described as the greatest in board history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
Chicago
Jos
Oregon Feed Yards Sold to Millsap Brothers
William Boynton sells his interest in the Oregon Feed Yards to Millsap Brothers of Moscow Idaho for 3550 dollars. Possession expected about the first of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boynton
Oregon
Millsap Brothers
Moscow
Idaho
Winter Wheat Thrives Despite Moist Ground Across Belt
Athena Press reports favorable conditions for fall sown wheat across sections of the belt. Mild weather with little cold snaps and abundant moisture kept frosts from harming crops. Rainfall was well distributed and snowfall exceeded prior years, limiting winter damage. A stray sentence about a wine man and a red headed girl appears as unrelated text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena Press
Russia Expels Jews Along Trans Siberian Route
Skirmishing on the Korean front and a sweeping amnesty drive in Russia headline a tense Pan Asia report. Russian forces concentrate near Mukden and Niu Chwang while Port Arthur reports boastful mood. Jewish populations along the Trans Siberian route are expelled to guard secrets, many facing brutal journeys.
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Ing
Trans-Siberian
Chee Foo
Mukden
Niu Chwang
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Berlin
Fed
Omskromsk
Yakutsk
More Economy Needed in City Affairs An Object Lesson
A reader argues for tighter city spending and cites publishing costs as an example. The piece notes the city charges 6 cents per inch for printing city policies, equaling 24 cents per insertion or 24 for 100 insertions, illustrating higher expenses in municipal printing.
Pendleton Legal Notice on Horses and Auction Sale
Public notice lists seized animals including three geldings of roan color with weights around 1100 to 1200 pounds and ages 8 to 14. Owners must claim within 10 days or the animals will be sold at public auction for cash at the Pendleton city pound, corner Cottonwood and Webb streets, February 23, 1904. Dated February 13, 1904. M. J. Carney, City Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fendieton
Pendleton
Eclty
Cottonwood and
Webb Streets
M. J. Carney
Legal notice costs and taxpayer waste in local papers
The Hast Oregonian prints two toches at six cents per inch costing taxpayers ten ommte per indertion, while the Tribune runs four toches at 140 per cent higher, meaning taxpayers pay 140 per cent more than necessary. The speaker questions how many council members or taxpayers would tolerate such injustice in personal contracts.
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The
East Oregonian
Tribune
Pendleton
Oregonian
Apples Five Cents Each In La Grande Markets
In La Grande over the last three weeks the Blue Mountain Fruit Company shipped 16 carloads of Grande Ronde apples to Eastern markets, with 20,000 boxes produced in the Cove district in 1909 and a larger crop expected. J D Meenan shipped two carloads of potatoes recently. Grande Ronde residents in California paid six cents for apples.
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la Grande
Blue Mountain Fruit Company
J. D. Meenan
LaGrande
Cove
California
Loggers Walk Out Over Wage Cut Near Deam's Spur
Twenty loggers of the Oregon Lumber Company's crew at Deam's spur near Sumpter quit work last evening after a 25 cent daily wage cut. The labor action reflects escalating tensions over pay in this remote logging region.
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Sumpter
Oregon Lumber Company
Deam's Spur
Here
Pendleton Boy Is Honored at St Louis Exposition
Orville Coffman, a notable Pendleton youth, has been named a Jefferson Guard for the St Louis Exposition by the exposition board president Francis. The guard are uniformed police guarding grounds and buildings, offering Coffman a prized view of the fair. Coffman, the sole appointee from the state so far, works at a Woolen Mills and is a longtime resident, son of William Coffman.
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St. Louis Fair
Orville Coffmman
Blaelty
Jefferson Guarda
Francis
Exposition Board
Coffman
William Coffman
Prices of Pen Products Convict Sacks to Washington Farm
Walla Walla, Feb 20. The state penitentiary price list on pen products sets 58 50 per thousand for grain bags 70 per thousand for oat bags 68 00 thousand for jute bag material and 6 60 for brick with shipments to be paid in two installments. Applications must be by actual Washington residents and retailers must deposit 10 percent with the balance due before shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Farmere
Walla Walla
Washington
State Penitentiary
State of
Powder Works Explosions Kill Dozens At Two Sites
A massive blast at the Laffin Rand powder works near Little Falls devastates nine miles away, killing at least 25 workers and injuring many as chimneys topple and buildings crumble. In Utah at Jackson, 26 are said dead with Greek laborers among the wounded. coroner's inquest to determine blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falls
Utah
Salt Lake
Jackson
Ogden
Mina
County Clerk Hauerbach resigns amid trust fund shortage
In Walla Walla on February 20 County Clerk Arvivr A. Hauerbach offered resignation to the board of county commissioners after reports he was short in his accounts relating to trust funds of deceased persons. A separate report notes a pool room incident at Madison, Alabama with a night fight. five wounded, one unharmed, and ongoing trouble anticipated.
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Hig
Walla Walla
Arvivr
A. Hauerbach
Board of County Con Minsioners
Haut Hach
St. Luke
Red
Madison
Mormon Elder Dies After Train Pass Incident
Feb 20 in Kansas City reports Terenso Comby, a Mormon elder returning from Atlanta, shot himself on a Chicago and Alton train using two bullets. A jotter in his pocket identified him. He had served as a missionary in Missouri and Kansas. Gray Receives Five Years. Union, Feb 20 notes Woodson Gray, who killed Arch Halgarth in Elgin last October, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and fined $100 in circuit court. this is his second trial after a prior seven-year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Terenso Comby
Atlanta
Chicago & Alton
Cosby
Missouri
Kansas
Gray
Union
Woodson Gray
Arch Halgarth
Elgin
Funeral of John Southwell Held at Congregational Church
The funeral for John Southwell who died at his home yesterday will take place tomorrow at 1 PM from the Congregational church. Ray Jordan Edwards pastor will conduct the service and interment will follow in Olney Cemetery. A note ends with a stray fragment about a hypocrite observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Southwell
Congregational Church
Ray, Jonaheret Edwards
Olney
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