Echo News Notes mix of projects and business changes
Echo news notes report 18 laborers at the Umatilla ditch repairs requiring concrete lining across hundreds of feet over weeks. Local business changes include W A Jones and E Smith buying the livery, Hugh D Smith purchasing D R Norton’s stake in Smith Hardware. Bank president Dr A Rhea visits. Editor E H Brown attends State Press meet. Umatilla vs Echo basketball game ends with Umatilla leading 14 to 16 before strike outcome. Henrietta Flour Mills expected to operate by week’s end under manager W H Daughtrey. mill rebuild and riprap work on new span ongoing. Umatilla Ranch owns the mill with substantial wheat on hand to grind. Continuous riprap work for the new bridge span underway.
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Echo
Heppner Bank
Horace W. King
Umatilla
W. A. Jones
E. Smith
A. Rhea
First National Bank
Heppner
E. H. Brown
Echo Register
Portland
State Press Association
Henrietta
W. H. Daughtrey
Umatilla Ranch Company
Royal indulgence recalled in early trade ruse
A fragment notes a royal indulgence from two centuries ago and hints at a modern grocer policy promising money back if not satisfied. The line mentions Schilling's Beat and a money restitution offer, unclear in context.
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Schilling
Bridge Project Accelerated Before Spring Floods at Umatilla
Work on a bridge over the Umatilla at this place will be rushed to finish before high water arrives in spring. Moody, a Spokane real estate firm representative, visited recently on business. A social dance Friday night was a pronounced success. Much land not yet cultivated is being prepared for crops next season, with a larger wheat acreage anticipated.
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Umatilla
Moody
Spokane
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy Advertised by Pendleton Drug Co
A sure cure you can depend on Hickory Bark Cough Remedy promises relief for lung trouble coughs colds hoarseness and sore throat. Available at any druggist and first-class dealers everywhere Pendleton Drug Co.
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Pendleton Drug Co
Baker City Cites Crusade Against Female Street Walker
The Baker City Democrat notes police plan a crackdown on the so called female street walker after a new fall completion, addressing the lack of suitable confinement for the most degraded women and signaling a department action under way.
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Bobe
Baker City Democrat
Policing Plan Aims to End Roaming by Young Women
The police propose to use a new facility to confine roaming young women after hours, arguing previous lack of detention space forced permissive roaming. The change seeks an excellent place to care for persons of shady character and curb nightly disturbances.
Rabbit Industry in Portland Area Boosts Wages for Hunts
In Oregon, Bunnies in Portland and nearby homesteads led by Ote Henkle ship 49 dozen rabbits last week to Portland and Seattle. They earn about three dollars per dozen, a rate that could support wages for rabbit hunting. The writer notes a preference to starve rather than eat one, tipping to local sentiment in Terrigon Irrigator.
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Portland
Ote Henkle
Seattle
Willamette
Death of Howard Kelper After Hazing at Terre Haute
Howard Kelper son of a Louisville merchant is dead from injuries suffered after hazing by several Rose Polytechn ic college men in Terre Haute Indiana during autumn 1906. He allegedly contracted tuberculosis following the incident.
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Howard Kelper
Louisville
Rose Polytecnic College
Terre Haute
Ind
Kelper
Hermiston Notes Shows Land Boom and Dam Near Complete
Hermiston notes report the east Umatilla dam nearing completion with reduced labor, while about 200 men stay on for months for pipe laying and repairs. W. M. Sherrad and L. M. Hill bought four residence lots and three business lots to build on. Col. J. F. McNaught and son visited La Grande on land office business. Maps from the Interior Department detail one fourth of the Umatilla project for water rights and irrigable lands. Buildings rise in Hermiston, land cleared nearby, and crop prospects in Lexington praised as moisture and mild winter boost yields.
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Hermiston
la Grande Land
East
Umatilla
W. M. Sherrad
Seattle
L. M. Hill
Ione
Col. J. F. McNaught and Son
Carl
la Grande
C. B. Baker
Umatilla County
Portland
Editorial Association
H. B. Burchell
Lexington
Times
Heppner Times
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Back and Kidney Relief
Pendleton residents urged to use Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and urinary ills. Mrs. H. Coger of La Grande reports relief from kidney pain and back trouble after using the product. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole agents. price 60 cents. remember the name Dean's.
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Coger
Second and
Grandy Avenue
la Grande
Ore
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United Btnters
O. R. and N. May Change Train Time
Rumors say the Portland to Spokane route will be extended via Pendleton and Walla Walla with the Spokane midnight train meeting the Walla Walla local to Pendleton. The change aims to stop long waits for mall and passengers, improving service. A day train to Walla Walla from Spokane may not change. A cougar scares Colfax near Cochran farm as hunters pursue the animal.
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Portland
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Spokane
Mall
Prcent
Wallum Gateway
Man Refuses To Die With Sexine Pills Pitch
A sales pitch claims Sexine Pills are the greatest tonic for men and women. The ad from Pendleton Drug Co offers one box for a dollar or six boxes for five dollars and promises genuine, non substituted remedies from a store known for principal medicines.
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Pendleton Drug Co
Japan's Drive to Absorb Korea and Empire Reach
A brief, promotional notice asserts Japan will unify the Korean peninsula with its empire, while a separate ad-like pitch touts strong business efforts and value in modern clothing. It invites readers to explore menswear offerings and special deals.
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The
Nerbert Carlyle
the Streeter-Bryan Co
Oregon
Pendieton
DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Cochran Farm
Colfax
Japan
Koreas
Peninsula
Ous
Bond Brothers
Northwestern Gas
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