Weeds Take Crops Wim Hill Mustard Threatens Wheat Land
A Walla Walla Statesman report warns one fourth of Franklin county crops cannot be harvested due to Jim Hill mustard a spreading weed from eastern rail lines. Fields are choked, heads of wheat scarce, land prices likely to fall as farmers sell due to crop ruin across Connell and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim Hill
Franklin County
Statesman
Here
Snake River
Walla Walla Statesman
Walla Walla
Jim Hill
Connell
North
Faramiere
Main Street
Warm Sunny Week Across Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon
The week opened warm and sunny in the Willamette Valley with maximums near 0 degrees or higher in the western counties. Eastern Oregon recorded a 90 degree peak, followed by a cooler, cloudy, below normal end to the week. Thunderstorms and high winds affected several counties, with notable activity in Morrow, Umatilla, Wasco, and surrounding areas, and some locations reporting heavy rainfall and mild thunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Valley
Douglas
Josephine
Jackson
Willametts Valley
Coast
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River Valley
Mountain Park
Wasco County
Raymond Markley
Ella
Morrow County
Carl F. Treedsen
Heppner
Geo
Pendleton
Umatilla County
H. F. Johnson
Weston
Umatifia
Maud M. Baker
General Kuroki Impresses in U S Visit
Brief note praises General Kuroki for his favorable view of the United States and lauds Alfred Benjamin & Co for quality clothing and courteous service. The fragment urges readers to seize opportunities and expresses confidence in proper treatment and satisfactory dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuroki
Japan
Sam
Republic
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Dreser
Hotel guests listed across multiple states and cities
A fragmented hotel register shows numerous guests and visitors from Portland Seattle Spokane and beyond. Names include Oxglivie Thompson Bloom Birdsall Teance Kleen Watson Orvitt Rollins Morgan O Neal Dolles Johnson White Bolsted Dupois Green Platt Magunder Reed Spokane Wilson Olmore Haley Albany Shaw Harold Wagner King Paul Harry Barnard Cassidy Moon Galley Elder Sanford Tuttle Mayfield Kimmas Clapp Van Cleave Chaffin Barber among others. The long list lacks dates or room details but records a wide range of travelers and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
A. G. Oxglivie
Portland
L. H. Thompson
Seattle
Paul] Bloom
Hermiston
Geo
O'Neal
the Dolles
R. R. Johnson
O. White
Echo
Frank Bolsted
B. F. Dupois
Weston
C. Green
Huntington
B. T. Platt
Genneesee
Ida
Mia. Watson
Gennesses
W. J. Hughes
Union
J. R Duncan Garfield
Charles Bummer
Wallace
New York
W. I. Landon
Remington
Wm. Redahafter
Edith Redahafter
Mrs. & T. Tucker
T. G. Magunder
Emmett
Golden Rule Hotel
A. Reed
Spokane
William Ebert
James Wilson
David Olmore
Walla Wallin
C. B. Haley
Albany
W.T. Shaw
Hudson Bay
Sharold
Garfield
J. A. Wagner
Reno
F. King
Paul Harry
BE. T. Barnard
A. H. Cassidy
J. BR. Means
W. F. Moon
M. J. Galley
City
A Happy Man Healed by Bucklen Arnica Salve
A Port Bryan man aged 86 recovered from a long sore on his abdomen after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The product is advertised as a universal healer for sores burns cuts wounds and piles, guaranteed by Tallman & Co. Oregonian ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amon F. King
Port Bryan
Fife
Bucklen
Arnica Ralve
Tallman & Co
Drugainte
New Mexico Government Irrigation Celebration Planned
A three day event in Cornbad New Mexico marks the start of government irrigation efforts. Officials from the Interior Department and reclamation service will attend alongside local leaders to celebrate projects that will bring water to tens of thousands of acres across the Rio Grande, Mesilla Valley, and Rio Hondo regions, funded by the territorial treasury. The Carlsbad reclamation project and other works aim to transform arid land into productive farmland, with extensive canal and diversion constructions and a planned lake to store water for 180000 acres across New Mexico Texas and Old Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornbad
New Mexico
Territorial Treasury
Department of the Interior
Reclamation Service
Washington
Carlsbad
Dreath
Avalon Dam
Tee
Pecoa
Avaterm
Mesilla
Rilo Grande
Leasburg
Las Cr
Texas
Old Mexico
Rio Hondo
Ropwell
Northern Pacific Takes Over W & C Railroad History Made
Walla Walla State man reports that at midnight Northern Pacific assumed control of the W. & C. system. Old officers kept, Pasco division now NP, with J. G. Cutler assistant superintendent, 3. B. Calderhead general agent, and George O Connor traveling freight agent. No train running changes yet, but NP promises to investigate. Fireworks ban on key streets for Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Fornally
Saya
Walla Walla
Pasco
B. Calderhead
George O'Connor
Ellensburg
Spokane
Elliot
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East Oregonian
Oreon
Bond Brothers
Pendleton’s Leading Clothiers
Bam Oregonian
Bridge
High Street
Court Street
Gardon
Vincent Street
Cottonwoodtreet
Toathoad Street
The
Pendleton Savings Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
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T. J. Morris
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Boettcher L, Dusenbery
I. H. Rashy
Alexander Chas.h
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Marshall
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the Alexander Department Store
United States Depository
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Geo, Hartman, JR
Taylor
W. F. Matlock
G. M. Rice
Mleod
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Washington & Columbia River
Will Nell
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Omaha
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