Rudge and Vicinity Personal Notes
A January 17 note from Ridge reports a large gathering at Doherity's barn on Butter Creek. It mentions James Kinney moving sheep to his home ranch, Fred Fletcher’s poison oak illness, Ed Chapman the blind musician visiting, Dr. Snap treating J M Ogle for a side abscess and Mrs Ogle with smallpox, plus severe cold with wire damage and failed Chinook.
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Fred Fletcher
Milton
Gurdane
Roggerios
Pendleton
Ed Chapman
Butter Creek
Chapman
Dr. Snap
Ukiah
J. M. Ogle
Returned from the East Asa Moore Tells of Missouri Home Visit
Asa Moore of Milton reports five weeks visiting his old Missouri home after crossing the plains from Cameron in 1879. He left Milton in the 1880s and now says crops are good, prices high, and farmers prosperous in his new world. Travel east by Union Pacific was delayed by engine withdrawals and congestion, with westbound trains to Denver crowded. Moore also visited Newton Kansas and Pawnee County Oklahoma but remains loyal to Milton wheat farming in Oregon’s mountain shadows.
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Asa Moore
Milton
Missouri
Aen Moore
Cameron
Umatila
Mr. Moore
Union Pacific
Denver
Moore
Newton
Kan
Pawnee County
Oklahoma
Milton Wheat
Rive Mountains
Oregon
Coyote Killers Pay Bounties As Jackrabbit Rise Endangers Range
The Eugene Guard notes that bounty programs in Montana and Eastern Oregon aimed at coyotes backed by sheepowners backfired as coyote decline allowed jackrabbit populations to surge. Vegetation and sheep conditions worsened while coyotes were once seen as helpers against jackrabbits. The piece argues the coyote was a man’s friend despite public misgivings.
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Montana
Oregon
Eugene Guard
Kearney Landmark Buildings Fall to Modernization in Las Vegas
The old adobe structures in the Kiblberg block of Las Vegas New Mexico are being demolished to make way for a new two story brick office building. Demolition began as the city shifts toward Americanization, recalling Gen. G. W. Kearney’s historical ties to the area. The San Francisco Examiner notes the loss of early 1900s landmarks amid development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Las Vegas
N. M
Protresa
W. Kearney
New Mexico
San Francisco Examiner
Oldest Postmaster Resigns After Long Service
Elias Leinbach of Lelebach Berks County Pa, a Republican, resigns as oldest postmaster after serving since 1952, challenging the saying that officeholders die and never resign. The youngest graduate is James Mansfield Cleary of Chicago, age 15.
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Elias Leinbach
Lelebach
Berks Couny
James Mansfield Cleary
Chicago
Gordon Shay Grand Opera at Fraser January 27
The Gordon Shay Grand Opera Company brings eight performers with their own orchestra and scenery to Fraser for a Tuesday January 27 performance of Il Trovatore. Denver Times praises Miss Rose Cecilia Shay as a rising prima donna with a superb voice and magnetic stage presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon-Shay Company
Saunders Gorton
Gordon- Shey Grand Opera Company
The
Fraser
Denver Times
Denver
Col
New York
Rose Cecilia Shay
Walla
Seville
Gordon Shay Company
Frazer
Wool Pooling Aims to Boost Oregon Wool Prices
Wallowa County Woolgrowers Association met in Joseph and agreed to pool the 1903 wool clip and not sell before July 1. The plan, used in The Dalles and Shaniko, raises prices by drawing bids from buyers while protecting members from broker price cuts. Sheepmen will haul wool to Elgin or Wallowa bridge warehouses, ending individualized sales and mimicking Crook and Wasco practices. The Daily East Oregonian is sold in Portland at Rich Nye stand and Hotel Perkins and Hotel Portland.
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Wallowa
Great Wallowa County
Elgin
Wallowa Bridge
Crook
Wasco
East Oregonian
Portland
Rich Néewe
Hotel Perkins
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Alexander
Monte Carlos
Lander Dept. Store
Pendleton Academy If
H. M. Hanaford
Maes Iron
Prater Opera House
Inday
Ibers
Columbia Ing House
Black & Weeb &Te
Biempp
Prop
D. Kemler & Son
Court Street
Arts Street
Savings Bank
Wholesale Commission Merchants
Rudge and Vicinity
Coyote
Rabbit
Grand Opera Company
Wallowa County
Alicemia
Duisville
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