Local notes from Wallowa and nearby counties
Peter Beaudan closes his shear ing plant in Wallowa county after a season totaling 70 000 head sheared with 20 000 owned by him. Mr Chambers of Summerville has a beet loader project with orders for North Grande Works. The North Powder News remains active under renewed editor leadership. John Koontsche killed at the Oregon Lumber Co. Desnour Hood River. Three year old Vena Allen dies from rattlesnake bite in Grange withe. Wallowa County awaits a resident Catholic priest per Father White’s recommendation. Nez Peres county sells a lot in Lewiston for 5000 dollars at Third and ? streets. County funds indigent care by private contracts. Frank Spear, 60, Seaside night watchman’s son, drowns in the Chains river after cramps. Ira Darrow, renowned sheep herder, dies at North Star near John Day. He had spent $2000 cash in a poor year and would have received $52,000 from a Massachusetts estate if living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Beaudan
Wallowa County
Chambers
Summerville
la Grande Tron
North Powder News
Pelther
Roberts
John Koontsche
Eam
Oregon Lumber Company
Des
Nour Hood River
Vena Allen
Mra. Allen
Grangewithe
Tinho
Chains River
Ira Darrow
North Star Ai
John Day
Massachusetts
Heat, riots, and political notes from distant times
A scattered array of brief items reports heat related fital collapses near Bakersfield, a fatal assault on a city marshal in Prescott, Wis, and mixed political notes. It mentions Congressman Smith of Michigan praising Western Union dividends, Tacoma liquor ordinance impacts, and Peter Sandberg’s Phoenix resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakerefield
Cal
A. Harducel
John Leviece
Prescott
Wis
Smith
Michigan
Congress
Western Union Telegraph
Grand Ronde bed project to use two steam locomotives
The BH & X Company will deploy two steam locomotives in the Grand Ronde bed near La Grande to dig out ballast for the track over the Blue Mountain. About 20 workers are in the area awaiting heat relief. several trains will carry services within weeks. Lumber is scarce on the mountain. Pendleton and Walla Walla may face a short winter supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamels
Daly
la Grande
Walleye
Meacham
Ammmils
Larande
Pendleton
Walla Walla
J. Eliedee
la Gritde Te Wbiting
J A. Carlson
Kamel
Levi Johnson
Presbyterian
Mivne Jeannette Clarke
Emir, Englineer
Mre
J. A. Carlson
Portland
Sonaide
Meweham Tunnel
Gilbert farmers vow to buy threshing outfit locally
Gilbert farmers organized with intent to defeat the threshing trust. They pledged 96000 for a machine and plan to thresh themselves in the future. Farmers cited threshers charging six to seven cents per bushel for wheat oats and barley, prompting a move to self work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Lewiston Teller
Thresher Trust
Arrivals list spans multiple cities and names
A cluttered notice lists numerous individuals and families connected to Portland and nearby cities. Names appear with varied spellings and locales including Chicago Walla Walla Hermiston Echo Spokane and Redmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dieta Steanvrgge
J. Te Canin
M.D. Genessep
Oliver Pr
Meerun
Spooker
Oviek
Maker City
Botdenkine
Portland
Core Cirehwalte
Nterga
Moriah
Soantia
Perth
George O'Connor
la Cra
Geore W. Milner
Chicago
Jowse Minter
Chilene
B. HK. Trumtull
Fortand
BH. O. Royce
Joseph
We J. Green
Roy Fenton
Roper Weitwm
Kk Spaulding, Twetiites Fh M, Grune, Pomeroy; Homer Coygrove, Pomeroy
We J. Houser
Pomeroy
Edward Moon
Whoo
Blake Shaw
Wasco
Ro Edair
Hedley
Pca A
Eoerhart
Walla Walla
Ft Bo Multem
Spokane
George Benole
Unsie Chis
Charlee Tenace
Rop
Glathie
J. PF. McNaught
Hermiston
R. Johnson
Echo
Redmond
Dukensville
L. W. MitAdionn
Beho
Tassor
Wath Walla
G. BD
Galley
Looth
Charles Madden
Port- Inn
List of Names in Portland and Nearby Cities
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with city affiliations including Portland Seattle Chicago Boston La Grande Salem Athens Athens and others. The text reads as a roster of people with varied spellings and inconsistent punctuation, lacking a clear event or context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel
Mendieton
W. A. Martin
Portland
A. GC. Rerse
W. M. Paterson
Athens
T. G. Hailey
EL Mathews
Chiccako
M. Currier
Aberdeen
F. Welfen
J. Pitagerald
W. Young
Feartland
CC. L
Indub
San Francisco
Heath
J. McArthur
W. T. Surrey
H. Byrne
Porthind
PB. Singthe
Fporthods
J. Wirth
Seattle
A ¥. Mingham
Poeton
M. J. Hurkey
M. J. Hurkey, Bostone D. HM. Hartt, Howton; We. A. Greene
Chicago
P. Lederle
la Grande
Soldiers To Moise Troop Headed To Boise Capital
A force of 24 troops led by Lieutenant Hagin from Fort Wall Walla travels to Boise as a precaution to guard the Tole county jail where Haywood, Mover, and Pretiiivine are held for murder. Trials are set for next February and guards will remain to prevent any rescue attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Bojee
Story of the Linotype Mergenthaler’s Risky Breakthrough
An aging printer recalls the invention of the Linotype by Ottmar Mergenthaler and the early skepticism of his investors. The tale notes the swift shift from hand setting to machine composition, the printer’s missed profits, and how a stubborn breakthrough reshaped newspapers nationwide. The anecdote frames a caution about innovation, investment risk, and the industry’s transformation.
Man Credits Foley Kidney Cure After Four Years
Carlisle Center New York resident B Burhame writes he was cured four years ago after using less than two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. He reports brick dust sediment, pain and kidney symptoms disappeared and have not returned. Koeppen Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Burhame
Carlisle Center
N.Y
Foley
Koeppen
Labor Exodus Hits Oregon Harvest Fields
The Dayton Courier-Pream reports hundreds of men bound for harvest leave the Riparia Lewiston extension area, aided by RR N employment agencies in Portland. Workers carry bundles of blankets for free transport to Riparia, where they abandon railroad work en route to fields, draining millwork labor as harvest drives desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Courier
Pelle
Riparl- Lewiston
Portland
Riparia
Milliroid Company
Filiporio
Mparia
Millread
Fleida
Kidney Cure Testimony Warns of Bond Vote for Water Works
Ira W. Kelley of Mancefield Pa states he was in poor health two years with kidney and bladder trouble and was cured by Foley's Kidney Cure after doctors failed to help. He urges others to try it. Koeppen Drug Store sells it. Orofino Tolaho plans a bond vote on a water works system. First-class drinking water is a mile away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Ira W. Kelley
Mancefield
Foley
Koeppen
Orofino
Tolaho
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Peter Sandberg
H. Metcalf
Auditorium Theater
International Stage Employes
Eeewldn
Howton
America
Papo
St Petersburg
Hae
Peterhof
Phil- Nice
Nicholas
E. W. Sentell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Saliebury
England
Sentell Fom
Charlies E. Bentell
Alanche M. Ane
Gertrude M
Philiplet
Petrovek
Caucasus
Piaghertans
Veure
Philipleff
Heservacion
Kamela News I7is
GTADN
Idaho
Tor
Moise
Mergenthaler
Netz Wiks Phe
Butte
St. Louis
Cineinnati
Ontmiy Mergenthaler
Apeak
Polithett Rlohos
Therm
Celtel
Merpenthaler
Wim
G. FB. Nurhame
Dimities
Alexander
Sorosis
Charter Oak
Graham Furniture Co
FE. Powlsby
TAS
J. Hardwick
Pawnuroker and
Money Loaneic
Railroad Street
C. E. Bowlsby
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Northwestern Gas and Electric Co
Corner Court and Garden
Frank B. Clapton
London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co
North British & Mercantile Insurance Co
Royal Insurance Co
New York
Underwriters’ Agency
Alliance Assurance Co
Chiropadint
Atvona
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