First Beet Crop Leased Land Near Echo Planted in Umatilla County
C A Lisle owns the land leased for the first sugar beet crop in Umatilla County. Seven teams and equipment from La Grande will prepare and plant the seed, sourced mainly from Germany. The Oregon seed program includes native seed from Union. The county’s season is earlier, boosting early growth and reducing drought risk, unlike Grande Ronde where cold snaps last year rotted seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Lisle
Umatilla County
Umatilla
Echo
C. R. Lisle
la Grande
Sugar Company
Germany
Utah
Oregon
Union
Grande Ronde Valley
Mrs Clarke to Return From Eastern Buying Trip
Mrs Clarke head of the ladies ready made department at Peoples Warehouse is due home tomorrow morning after a six week plus absence. She has been in New York Boston and other eastern cities buying a large stock for her department and has gathered together purchases unseen in Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Clarke
Peoples Warehouse
Mra Clarke
New York
Boston
Pendleton
Pendleton telephone girls in child jah story implicated
The Morning Tribune reports investigators question Pendleton telephone girls over alleged involvement in the child jah case. The Union carried a four day old version, which Tribune reprinted this morning, widening the dispute over complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Morning Tribune
Walla Walla
Honesty as the key to a failed endeavor
A garbled line emphasizes honesty as the guiding principle missing the chance to advertise and advance, suggesting a misstep in presenting or promoting a venture. The fragment hints at a missed opportunity tied to trust and visibility.
Despondent Man Attempts Suicide in Pendleton
Henry Smith of La Grande was found in a bed with throat cut and wrists slashed after a failed self harm attempt. He was rushed to St Anthony Hospital in critical condition, with windpipe injury and heavy blood loss but a fighting chance for recovery. The motive cited is ill health and despondency. no clear reason given. Separately, Rev W Hendricks of New York will start a free lecture series at the courthouse on religious and scientific topics, with daily themes and a question session each evening. nearly all Pendleton churches cancel services to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony Hospital
Smith
Henry Smith
la Grande
J. B. Smith
Ife
W Hendricks
Missionary Union of New York
Pendleton
Hendricks
Amsterdam
Holyland
United States
Pocatello
Mormondyernacle
de Hendricks
Methods and Machinery For Nome Property Purchase
W M Beagle and Wesley Matlock left for Portland and other Southern Oregon and Northern California points to study mining methods. They aim to guide future machinery purchases for Mr Matlock's Nome property. They will inspect mines locally, then proceed to San Francisco to buy equipment and arrange shipment for early season use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Beagle
Wesley Matlock
Portland
Oregon
California
Photographic novelty prints on colored cloth
A new photography method prints negatives on sensitized cloth in various colors. The cloth, notably old gold, yields rich effects and can be washed without harming the image. Inventor Glen Schafer of Salem Oregon coins the term lusterine on secount for the prepared cloth, signaling a promising amateur photography development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Schafer
Salem
Sickers Wanted In Pendleton Real Estate Ice Homes Push
A letter from Trough Arkansas dated February 18 1904 asks the East Oregonian for any news on patent right products sold in Pendleton or Umatilla County. It seeks details on kitchen cabinets pantries churns farm records window locks bed springs and similar patent goods including dates buyers and sellers. The writer W J Caldwell expresses hope for prompt information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Oregonian
Arkaness
Businews
Pendleton
Umatilla
Ark
W. J. Caldwell
Women of W C U Meet to Organize Temperance Work
The W C U ladies met at Mrs. A M Raley's home to strengthen their union and organize committees representing each church. Vice presidents from each church were chosen, with plans to form children temperance bands and host entertainments, lectures, and public meetings to combat intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Co. TU
A. M. Raley
Helen JD. Harford
Royal Temperance Legion
Mities
Union
Mre
M. A. Rader
Laat
Snow floods Kamela region with heavy five-foot drifts
The heaviest snowfall of the winter blankets Kamela and Blue Mountains with about five feet of snow in the area. Heavy timber near Kamela remains snowbound, wind and sun not yet packed, raising expectations for abundant water in mountain streams. Woodmen push winter wood shipments while timber dwindles. crops suffer as wheat remains unstored and unfed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy
Blue Mountains
Kameola Yesteday
Kamela
McKay
Hireh Creek
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Edwin Clapp
Dindinger, Wilson & CO
Tallman & CO
Central
Revere Coffee
F. S. Younger & Son
W. Hendricks
Ing
Beagle and
Matlock Wii
Arkansas
W. C
Atters
S. G. Bryson
OWL Tea
East Court St
ST. Joe Store
Lyons Merchantile Coo
Androned
W. C. Minnis
Newman
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mils W. S. Byers
Proprietor
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