Oregon's New Textile Factory Town
The Gordon Falls Electric and Manufacturing Company plans a new textile town on Gordon Falls, 28? miles east of Portland near Bridal Veil, with a $225,000 capital and 440 acres on the Columbia river. It will prohibit liquor sales, provide homes and parks for workers, and develop water power of up to 2,200 horsepower for woolen and worsted textiles. The venture includes a hotel and worker cottages at an initial $20,000 investment.
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Portland Oregonian
Columbia River
Gordon Falla
Pendleton
Pacific Coast
Mingiexippi River
Porland
Brida Vell Falla
Gordon Falle Electric & Manufacturing Company
Portland
Bridal Well
Charles Coopey
Gordon Falls
George L. Peaslee
Peaslee Brothers Company
Gordon Falls Electric & Manufacturing Company
Lown of
Oregon
Columbia
Big industrial plant proposed for city growth
A prominent plan proposes a new electric light and power plant, a woolen mill, and an excelsior factory with initial expenditures of 39192 47700 and substantial investment. Work to begin soon, creating hundreds of jobs near the city. Stockholders include E Y Judd of Pendleton and Hartford and T Oliver Dowd, MA capitalist.
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E. Y. Judd
Pendleton, Ore
Hartford Conn
Judd & Root
T. Oliver Dowd
Massachusetts
Cooke Arrested in Baker County Land Fraud Case
Deputy U S Marshal Nicholson arrested H E Cooke in Baker City after his detention on timber land and government fraud charges. Cooke waived examination, bond set at 5000, and he was sent to Portland then to New York. Elmira stock buyers in the Oregon Ranching and Timber scheme say transactions were sound. Federal probe hints at a broad land entry review in Baker County.
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Hunker City
Ore
Baker City
United States
Nicholson
H. E. Cooke
Biker
Cooke
C. A. Moore
Portland
New York City
Elmira
N. Y
Oregon Ranching & Timber Company
Ti Ia
Baker County
la Grande
H. FE. Cooke
United States Land Office
Ash Houston A Slugger Returns From Inland League Pennant
Ash Houston Kotterman and Lodell have returned home after helping La Grande win the Inland Empire league pennant, per the Portland Telegram. Houston and Kotterman will rejoin the Frakes Sunday. Lodell may play first base for the Vancouver Pioneers in the Tri-City league. Five to six Inland league players are expected to join Tri-City teams soon, boosting the class of ball. Houston led the league in hitting on his first trip as a pro, with six home runs, while Kotterman impressed La Grande’s pitchers and awaits Northwest league tryouts next season.
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Ash Houston
Kotterman
Lodell
la Grande
Portland Telegram
Houston
Frakes
Vancouver Pioneers
BI Kotterman
P Kimball Plans Cherry Drier for 200 Bushels Daily
P Kimball operates a cherry drier with 200 bushels daily capacity set to start Wednesday per Capital Journal. He will pit and dry the rest of his large crop, offering a solution to over production for canneries with a fast powered pitter. Dried cherries fetch strong market demand and ripe fruit yields best results when sticky.
Explosion Injures La Grande Man At Work
A noon blast in a residence area results from gas in an empty barrel once containing wood alcohol. Frank Floyd of Newlin Drug Store sparked the flame and suffered a bad burn on his hand but remains able to work this afternoon. No other injuries reported.
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Frank Floyd
Newlin Drug Store
la Grande Observer
Lumber Output Tops 1907 United States Total
Census Bureau figures show 1907 U S lumber output at 40 266 000 000 feet with total national production 2 705 000 000 feet higher than 1906 output. Southern mills led the nation with 17 694 218 000 feet of yellow pine, up 17 percent from 1906. Lake states and Minnesota saw declines. A Lewiston Lumber Co purchase and plan to build fruit box capacity followed by a new plant in Lewiston are noted. De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills praised by Bert Barber of Elton Wis. Sold by Tallman & Co.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Pacific Coast
Lake States
Minnesota
Lewiston Lumber Company
A. W. Hawkins
Colby, Coryell & Howe Company
Jacques Spur
Lewiston Tribune
Lewiston
A. W.hawkins
Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Golden Medical Discovery touted for stomach and throat cures
An 19th century promotion claims Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. Pierce treats weak stomach indigestion liver biliousness and related conditions not aided by alcohol. It lists endorsements from medical books and warns it cannot cure advanced consumption, urging timely use and free mail offers for more information.
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Golden Medical Discovery
Pierce
Cioldeon
American
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Baker Flour Mill Assured in Baker County
The Baker City Democrat reports that a committee raising funds to purchase land for a new flour mill has secured the necessary money. The project is now an assured fact and the committee is thanked for their sacrifices in abandoning businesses for the community’s good.
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Baker Flour Mill
Democrat
Baker City
Baker County
Consumer letter praising Kodo remedy from Georgia buyer
A customer from Roding Georgia, C N Cornell, writes in 1906 to Be DeWitt Co Chicago saying a 1902 bottle of Kodo cured his stomach and bowels and wishing long life. The note ends with thanks and is sold by Tallman and Co.
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C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Georgia
C. N. Cornell
Roding, Ga
Tallman & Co
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Man Pendleton
Cinchaky Pennant
Hicks-Chatten Engraving CO
Alexander Dep’t Store
Seattle
Watchmaking and Engraving School
4Th & Pike Sts
Pendleton Roller Mills
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