Lumber Prices Rise in Northwest Retail Market
Marshfield Oregon lumber prices rise as C A Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Co announces higher local rates due to increased demand. Finished lumber up from 20 to 27 dollars per thousand, with an overall average rise near twenty percent. Wheat outlook improves after rains. some damage to vetch noted. Coos Bay growers adopt slogan for better fruit and prices and seek a cannery. Yakima-Northwest baseball league talks include North Yakima, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Haber City, La Grande, and Bolac with potential North Yakima entry via Portland franchise or eight-town expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Coon Hay
C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Coos Bay
Yakima
North Yakima
Walla Walla
Pendeton
Haber City
la Grande
Bolac
Fortland
Salem packing firms fined for adulterated lard
Fined for mixing foods. Salem based F P C Cross and Son and Steusloff Brothers pleaded guilty to selling lard adulterated with tallow. Each was fined 25 dollars by Justice of the Peace Daniel Webster. George Fredrick faced charges, pleaded not guilty, and awaits trial next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
FP. C. Cross & Son
Steusloff Brothers
Reading
Justice of the Peace
Daniel Webster
George Fredrick
State Dairy and Food Commissioners
Campaign for Marshfield Roseburg road begins
Marshfield Ore residents push for a first class road linking Marshfield Roseburg and nearby towns. Mayor Straw circulates a petition asking county court to raise 50000 dollars by taxation for construction with possible additional funds from subscriptions. Road would connect Empire North Bend Marshfield Coquille Myrtle Point to Roseburg.
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Marshfield
Roseburg
Ore
Waco
Straw
Empire
North Bend
Mirshfield
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Rosebure
Defective California Lemons Discouraged in Oregon
Lemons from California infested with oyster shell scales were found in Roseburg. Shipped by a Portland commission firm, they were destroyed by order of District Horticultural Commissioner Carson and Inspector McCall. Carson warns Oregon may require pre sale inspection on such fruit.
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California
Rowburg
Ore
Roseburg
Portland Commission
Carson
Grants Pass
McCall
Oregon
Surveyors work relocates camp near Gilmer valley
A crew of 15 North Coast surveyors led by BE. 8. Clark as locating engineer runs from Camas Prairie and Gilmer valley 12 miles north, down Gilmer creek to the White Salmon river. The Gilmer camp will operate for 60 days. A second North Coast crew of 30 arrives at Klickitat river en route from Toeppenish to Camas Prairie.
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Husum
Wish
North Coast
Clark
Camas Praiie
Gilmer Valley
Gilmer Creek
White Salmon River
Gilmer
North Coast Survey
Kilckitat River
Toeppenish
Camaa Prairie
Fastern Oregon Baseball North Yakima Movement
A fragmented item reports a movement involving Fastern Oregon Baseball and North Yakima Washington. The readable portion mentions ongoing talks or actions to include North in a regional plan. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
North Coast survey crews locate line toward White Salmon river
An 18 man Husum Waeh crew with EK & Clark as locating engineer runs a line from Camas prairie and Gilmer valley twelve miles north toward Gilmer Creek to the White Salmon river near this camp for sixty days. A second North Coast crew arrived at Klickitat river en route from Toppenish to Camas prairie.
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Husum, Waeh
North Coast
EK. &. Clark
Camas Prairie
Gilmér Valley
Gilmer
Timber Cut Expands Amid Newport Timber Trade
Newport men sell timber as ranchers in the Pend Oreille river region face heavy winter cuts. Panhandle Lumber and Moeser Remley Lumber will buy large shares, with Fidelity Lumber, Jurgens Brothers, and Dalkenn Milling sourcing from Kaniksu National Farm and north of Newport. Overall, winter timber harvest is expected to triple past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Wash
Pend Oretile River
Panhandle Lumber Company
Moeser-Remley Lumber Company
Fidelity Lumber Company
Jurgens Brothers
Kan
Scarlet fever outbreak reported near Corvallis health officer's update
County Health Officer Dr. A R B Cook returned from Waterloo 25 miles southwest of Corvallis and reports an alarming scarlet fever outbreak with 18 cases. A 6 year old girl from the Dixon family died yesterday and others are in dangerous condition.
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Waterloo
Corvallla
Wash
A. RB. Cook
Dixon
Western Umatilla River Water Users' Association formed
In Hermiston Oregon an association named the Western Umatilla River Water Users' association and Incorporated with capital stock of 10000 dollars was organized to cooperate with the Western Land and Irrigation company for government reclamation west of the Umatilla river. Directors are C D Teal president C Canfield vice president J W Campbell secretary and Thomas Hurlburt treasurer. The waters will cover about 10000 acres now and may reach over 100000 acres if reclamation proceeds, turning barren land toward productive use.
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Hermiston
Ore
Western Land and Irrigation Company
Umatilla River
C. D. Teal
C. Canfield
J. W. Campbell
Thomas Hurlburt
Albany Herald Changes Hands Albany Oregon
Rev E L Jones former Albany resident from Portland buys Albany Daily Herald plant from W A Shawhan of Oregon City taking charge Monday. Jones formerly studied at Albany college and pastored the Evangelical church here and spent the past year with Jacobe Stine real estate firm of Portland.
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Albany
Ore
E. L. Jones
Portland
Albany Daily Herald
W. A. Shawhan
Oregon City
Sues Snowstorm Mining for Damages in Idaho Suit
Jacob Thomson sues Snowstorm Mining of Wallace Idaho to recover 500 dollars claiming costs from an October 1908 fight over a restraining order on Thomson interfering with Snowstorm lands in Hunter district. Court ruled in July 1909 Snowstorm not entitled to injunction. The notice includes an advertisement for Foley's Orino Laxative by Koeppen Bros.
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Wallace
Idaho
Snowstorm Mining Company
Jacob Thomson
Thomson
Hunter District
Yellow Jacket to Resume Work at Leesburg Idaho
A. Cuttieron arrived en route to the Yellow Jacket property to organize a crew for pulsing and assessment work. In spring the new company will start active operations at Yellow Jacket. D. O'Brien, manager of the Leesburg Mining Company, left for Red Rock Montana to be away until month end, saying the company has a large milling ore body in sight and a vast amount of low grade ore worth from 4 to 80 dollars per ton.
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Yellow Jacket
Leesburg
Idaho
A. Cuttieron
D. O'Brien
Ilersburg Mining Company
Red Rock
Mont
Rev I W Williams Testifies on Kidney Remedy
Huntington West Virginia preacher Rev I W Williams writes that Foley's Kidney Remedy cured his nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and endorses that it will do all that is claimed. Koep nen Bros published this testimonial.
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I. W. Williams
Huntington
W. Va
Foley
Koepnen Bros
Bright
Koeppen Bros
Water rights filed for Flathead reservation lands
Spokane Washington H N Savage chief engineer of the United States reclamation service has filed water rights for more than 64000 acres on the Flathead reservation in western Montana. The land will be opened to settlement next spring and water is drawn mainly from Tend Ore-
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Spokane
Wash
H .N. Savage
United States Reclamation Service
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Water rights plan to reclaim vast acres in Kalispell region
The filing seeks 100 600 cubic feet per second from the ie river and Mud creek in the Mission mountains to reclaim 66 000 acres. Water would be diverted through tunnels and turbines to irrigate arable land with government rights limited to power and irrigation. Kalispell reports many Uncle Sam lottery claims will be settled this year.
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Actal
Spokane Lays Plans for Public Improvements
Spokane Mayor WN Pratt announces several miles of high grade paving to be laid in Spokane this year with work starting April 1. The city engineering department awarded contracts totaling over 1 460 000 dollars for public works including bridges, signaling heavy expenditures in other building lines as 1909 operations proceed.
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Spokane
Wash
Pratt
Dietricats
Lity Engineering
Spokane County Eyes New Highway Loan Campaigns
The Spokane County Good Roads association led by president Frederick H. Mason plans to push for more than 100 miles of country highways from Spokane over the next five years, with costs shared by the county state and local districts. The article notes a prior financing near nine million dollars and expects this year’s work to exceed that record. It also includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a testimonial from J. P. Klote of Edina Missouri.
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Spokane County Good Roads Association
Frederick H. Mason
Europe
Spokane
Chamberlain
J. P. Klote
Edina
Lifting of steamer saves company from huge loss
The Hamburg American line Fuerst Bismarck arrived Havre lifting anxiety for the company as the ship freed from a mud bank after 12 feet of water. Officials refused French naval aid to prove self reliance, with only part of cargo sacrificed. A valuable California fruit shipment and most of the coffee and lead were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parie
Fuerst Blemarck
Havre
Lage
California
Curb 4 Call In One Day Patent Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promises a cure for ailments by taking Laxative ROMD OQninive Tablets. It offers a refund of money if the remedy fails to cure and bears a signature label E W. GROVES.
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E W. Groves
Cinderella by the Dumb Pantomime at Preston
Deaf and dumb children of the Royal Cross School in Preston staged Cinderella, lasting two and a half hours. Though unable to hear music, they danced in perfect step, guided by the head master’s baton. Lip language carried most dialogue, yet the audience stayed entranced and enthusiastic.
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London
Royal Cross School
Preston
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy for catarrh, claiming it treats the constitutional disease internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The notice offers a hundred dollar reward if it fails to cure, urging readers to send testimonials to F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
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Noor
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