Pendleton Men Invest in Echo Real Estate Boom
Echo notes real estate activity with purchases by W A Morris and Patrick Kline, plans for a two story store and offices, liquor business on Main Street frontage, and options on city lots. Cattle shipments to Tacoma and Portland reflect market demand. New residences rise on Sprague Street and near the school, while O R & N stockyards may move to allow company improvements. Union Evangelistic meetings run through the 28th with ministers from Echo, Pendleton, and nearby churches. A new Woodmen of the World camp forms in Echo. Pendleton invited to host charter events February 2.
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Pendieton
Ue Sound
Streck Yards
Union Evangelistic
Pendleton
Echo
W. A. Morris
Wullder
A. L Eysteb
Morrie
Patrick Kline
Main Street
Stanfield
Tacoma Moat Company
Foster Ranches
John Shaw
Portland
Butter Creek
H. Koontz
Sprague Street
George
W. L. Barmore
Frank Harris
F. D. Pugaley
H.T. Irvin
West Lawn
Burt Benedict
Palows
Echo M. E
William DeWeese
M. E. Church
BE. T. Allen
Presbyterian Church
Levi Johnson
Mores
Morerove
Here
Beth
John T. Whistler
Reclamation Service
Oregon
Government Ditch
Mire Lole Smith
Iand
Tex
Verley
Wallin
Walla
Sorrett
Tacoma
Joseph D. Brookaweet
Patrick Kitne
Matina
Inland Empire
Kennewick
Lani
Jiarney Bheran
Nutter Creak
EB. H. Brown
A. D. Cridge
Ll. B. Older
J. Mo Mummy
Diviserieutenant
A. B. Gillene
Guy Stratten
E. H. Brown
Alex Thompson
J. L. Hhades
Andrew H. Harmes
Frank Markham
J. E. Templeton
Winster
Roho
Heaviest Baker County Snow in a Decade Reported
Baker County reports record snowfalls over ten days with depths exceeding three feet in Baker City valleys and eight to nine feet in western mountains and eastern canyons. Old timers deem this season the heaviest in ten years, with irrigation and mining impacts balanced by assured water storage and favorable overall profits unless a rapid thaw or flood follows.
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Baker County
Baker City
Cornucopia
Medical Springs
Goose Creek
New Town in Grant County and Confusion Over Postal Names
The Blue Mountain Eagle reports a deed from Sumpter Valley railroad transferred land in section 21 to Whitney Town Site Company, laying out the town site of Austin. The government also established a Fisk post office in Austin, causing mail to be routed via Fakeost. Names should align to avoid postal confusion, suggesting Flak or Austin or similar.
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Sumpter Valley Railroad Company
East Willamette Meridian
Whitney Townsite Company
Blue Mountain Eagle
Austin
Fisk
Grant County
Male
Fink
Trout and bass talk and primary voting noted
The article recounts New Zealand fish commissioner Ayson touring U S hatcheries and praising trout growth, then shifts to a primer on primary election rules for party voting on April 20, explaining how cross party votes affect ballot counting and nominee designation. The piece includes commentary on fish breeds and import bans, with a political primer woven in.
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L. F. Ayson
New Zealand
Wellington
Knutsford
Game and Fish
Sharp
Salt Lake
Mr. Ayson
United States
Ayson
Great Lakes
America
Jon
Timber ties bid inquiries shift to Oregon mills
The Prineville Journal reports Southern Pacific purchasing agents are soliciting bids from western Crook county mills for pine ties. After earlier talks with a U and S sawmill, the railroad asks another mill to supply and deliver ties to Forest, Redmond, and Bend. It remains unclear if Mr. Cowles secured a firm contract for Great Southern ties.
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Oregon
Southern Pacific
Prineville
Forest, Redmond
Bend
San Francisco
Cowles
Great Southern
Willamette Valley Electric Trolley Vision Emerges
Albany Democrat predicts a future where an electric trolley system for the Willamette valley becomes a major developing power surpassing the electric railway. The piece envisions frequent car service linking cities and countryside, boosting suburban life and freight conveyance, with buses and trolley lines transforming regional transport.
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Willamette Valley
the Democrat
Bingle
Albany Democrat
Southern politician recalls a Gulf state quake incident
A southern politician recounted an earthquake that struck a Gulf state, felt statewide and most in the capital as legislators fled the state house. The session paused, and upon reconvening, a grimly humorous member added an entry to the Journal about the upheaval.
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Gulf States
State House
Journal of
Notable features in the Argonaut January 20 1906 issue
The issue highlights The Corporal's Private Jag a Nell Gillespie army tale Parle Pensions and Petrol an insider look at a French boarding house Modjenka's Farewell by Josephine Hart Phelps and Comedy in Disguise by Porter Garnett Also includes memories by Rove Eytinge and the usual departments.
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Argonaut
Nell Gillespie
Modjenka
Josephine Hart Phelps
Porter Garnett
Rove Eytinge
Permits Granted On Wallowa and Cernimine Reserves
The La Grande Observer reports on reserves issuing 260 cattle permits at Wallowa representing 19 445 head and 82 sheep permits totaling 360 060 head. Cher Nimine reserve shows 40 cattle and horse permits for 5 612 head and 22 sheep permits for 84 812 head.
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Wallowa
Chernimine
la Grande
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Uuratilla County
Union Pacific
Woo
Pullman Standard Ami
Omaha
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Kanaan City
Pullman
Emet
Ch'cngo
Mall & Ecorace
Spokane
Pondieton
Epokane
Walla Walla
No. L
Snake River
Riparia
Lewiston
Smith
House
Harper
Bradfield Regulator C0
Atlanta
East Oregonian
Soso Dwiftoon
Bovanty
Ogden
Denver
Tresomae
W. C. M'Bride
Third Street
Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Fork
Crookston
Winnipeg
Helena and
Butte
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Japan
China
Vioorthern Pacific Steamaly Co
Americas Line
Tims
Pentleton
Charlton
Portland, Or
Washington & Columbia River Railroad
St. Paul
St. Louis
Kanner City
St. Joseph
Sound
W. Adame
Calderemad
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