City Brevities Dry wood and cheap hats offered
Notices show dry wood from Minnis and Lee Minnis, low prices on winter hats at Campbell's Millinery, rental listings, and various help wanted ads. Listings include rooms for rent, housekeeping positions, a Japanese cook seeking work, and an incubator catalog offer from Goodman Hardware Co. A large land investment pitch promises over 20,000 profit with quick action.
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Lee Minnis
Campbell's
Sons Soud Club
Mra
Lee Moorhouse
East Oregonian
Oregonian
Cgocdman Hardware Co
Goodman Hardware Co
Eldridge
Horses Wanted for White Pass Daw son Stage Line
Eastern Washington and Oregon horses are best suited for heavy work on the Daw son to Whitehorse stage line. Superintendent Dr. Coutts plans to secure 60 to 70 horses, replenishing a string that requires 100 to 160 animals in the busy season. Relay stages use four to six horses per run, with each relay about 20 miles. Some horses go to other states or pasture after the season. The inland empire is noted as plentiful in good horses for this work.
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Son Dine
Washington
Oregon
Dawson
White Horse
Coutts
White Pass
Overland
Walla Walla
Whitehorse
Inland Empire
Northwest
Woman Lands in Prison After Northern Prisoner Transfer
The WalIa Walla Bulletin reports 14 prisoners arrived Saturday afternoon under Traveling Guards Waterbrook and Lovell, including Florence Eder a former reform school inmate. Eder was sentenced by Judge T Warren to six months to five years for robbery of a laborer, whom she pickpocketed of 120 dollars after getting him drunk. Police arrested her as the scuffle began. She is described as a peg legged, bad character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbrook
Lovell
Walla Walla
Florence Eder
Reform School
Davenport
T. Warren
If You Overlook It on January First You Might Resolve
The line hints at making a resolution at the start of the year. It suggests beginning anew if one misses the chance on January 1, implying a broader call to commit to a goal or habit into the year.
Personal visits fill city with regional notables
A long list of visitors and locals stop in La Grande or pass through on business. Among those noted are J. T. Brock of Pilot Rock A. W. Norton of Echo W. H. H. Scott from Athena and D. McNabb en route to Echo for professional business. Maurice Bcroggs of Hermiston arrives on reclamation service business, with many others spending time at the Golden Rule hotel or City offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Norton
Echo
W. H. H. Scott
Athena
Dr. D. ©. McNabb
Eoho
I. M. Kemp
M. I. Morrison
Helix
M. Sherer
Spokane
Golden Rule
W. A. Gigson
Starbuck
Louis Mueller
Helix District
C. A. Payne
Portland
Sprague
Vincent
Freewater
Joe H. Parkes
Pendleton
la Grande
D. C. Brownell
Umatilla
W. A. Crank
T.C. Taylor
G. W. Hansell
Golden Rule Hotel
John W. McFadgen
Pilot Rock
James Elder, Pacific Coast Traveler, Dead at 75
James Elder longtime traveling man on the Pacific coast dies at 75. For six decades he roamed the west for Clark O. II. 1. thread, marking a career spanning many states and towns. His death closes a noted era in regional travel lore.
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James Elder
Pacific Coast
West Coast
Street Car Extension Plan For Walla Walla Trail
Isaac W. Anderson president of the Walla Walla Valley Traction Company and officials inspected the Pleasant Street route for a proposed extension. If bonds can be secured, construction could start soon to meet a April 1 deadline with property owners who already subscribed $14,000. The firm may seek local funding as eastern bonds are hard to sell and requested a three month extension to July 1, while some owners urge adherence to the original April completion date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac W. Anderson
Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
Iain Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Lne
Last Years Bank Failures in the United States
Figures from a Portland source show 1907 had fewer bank suspensions than 1902 or the following year. A New York journal tallies 88 failures in 1907, 20 in 1908, and 96 in 1906. Suspended banks span national, state, savings, private, and loan trusts, with most likely to reopen after reorganization.
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United States
Portland
Wus
New York Financial Journal
Etate
Loan and Trust Companies
How Bode Lost Convention and Idaho Boost Fight
Delegates from the Idaho state convention at Poca and the national Woolgrowers meeting in Helena recount Boise losing the national convention. Pocatello won the bid over Boise due to political ties and endorsements, while Boise’s backing sank amid factions that opposed Pinchot favored policies. Idaho’s delegation settled on Pocatello, securing the Gate city as the national convention site and leaving Helena with the event and a large cash influence.
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Pocatello
Helena
Boise
Boise Capital
Bose
Idaho
Pinchot
Bome
Gate City
Baise
Engineers Await Wage Increase Talks On Harriman Lines
Northwest enginemen and firemen await a San Francisco conference where management aims to announce higher pay. General Superintendent M J Buckley of Harriman lines in Oregon will attend along with west coast representatives. Previous discussions last year sought increased wages but specifics were not fixed. Meanwhile Oregon National Guard Company L plans a Thursday dance at Armory Hall with good music and expected strong attendance.
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Harriman
Northwest
San Francisco
M. J. Buckley
Harriman Lines
Oregon
Portland
Chicago
Oregon National Guard
Armory Hall
Radical Nevada Speaker Attacks Papers in Debates
Speaker Skagis of the Nevada legislature railed at state newspapers accusing mine owners of subsidies. He called them blackmailers and warned against any bill for a state police force, signaling a defiant stance in ongoing deliberations.
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Skagis
Nevada
Lars
Westward March of Empire Moves Rail Growth West
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes a westward shift in population and commerce. In 1907 rail mileage rose to 220 miles, with over half west of the Mississippi and Texas Louisiana leading in new track. It recalls earlier rail milestones, centers, and the growing span of transcontinental lines.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Empire
United States
Mississippi
Big River
Pacific Coast
trans-Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
South Dakota
Washington
California
Nevada
New England
New York
Illinois
Chicago
Duck Island
East St. Louis
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Missouri
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Hannibal & &J. Joseph
Sportsmen Elect in Union County Fishing Plan
The Eastern Oregon Fish and Game association met at the La Grande Commercial Club to approve extended stocking of mountain streams in Union county and reelect officers for the coming year. H. J. Hockenberry was named president with A. Andrews as vice president, George L. Cleaver as secretary, and C. T. Bacon as treasurer to oversee fry delivery to La Grande and distribution to streams.
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Union County
Eastern
Oregon Fish and Game Assoctation
la Graunde Observer
Commercial Club
la Grande
H. J. Hockenberry
A. ¥. Andrews
George L. Cleaver
C. T. Bacon
La Follette Boom Spurs Whitman County Support
A movement backing Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for the Republican presidential nomination is starting in Whitman county. Direct legislation clubs statewide support the drive and strong local sentiment favors La Follette. He is a cousin of W. L. La Follette of the county and has visited here, making many friends.
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Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Whitman County
la Follette
W. L. la Follette
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Made
Teutsch’s Dept Store
Stansbery & Milne
Bluff Street
Countey
Enre Golden Rule Hotel
Care East Oregonian
Pilot Rock, Obe
Copeland & Son
Alaska
Koeppens
J. T. Brock
Maurice Bcroggs
Reclamation Service
Hermiston
G. W. Parman
L. G. Parman
Condon
J. M. Kemp
Athens
W. H. Daugherty
The
Union Meat Company
S. M. Strowhecker
Frank K. Welles
Theodore Danner
Ian
Christian Church
George G. Smith
R. F. Johnson
Briggson
R. R. Johnson
Eeho
A. W. Robinson
Oregon Lumber Yard
Cascade Locks
Elsie
Lena Minnis
George Ireland
Milton
BE. E
Ireland
William Troensegaard
Postoffice
Union
Walla Walley
John Shaw
Clarence Orton
B. E. Ireland
Janet Young
Slater
Young
Dalles
J. &. Linders
M. I. Campbell
Fraternal Brotherhood
Order
BakerCity. Co
Flynn
Triumph
Baker City
Elliott Himebaugh
Seattle
Mountain Home
I. W. Anderson
Bode
Woolgrowers
Sorosis
Iife
Buster
Alexander Department Store
Ilinois
Kansas
Indiana
Perons
Fig River
Sportsmen Elect
Astern
Oregon Game Association
I. C.S
International Correspondence Schools
Scrantes
Pendleton Drug Co
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