Wallowa Line Extension Plans Stir Oregon Rail News
J P O'Brien announces Oregon Rail and Navigation Company will extend the Elgin branch 64 miles southward through Wallowa County to Joseph and the Joseph Lake region, with a projected cost around 600000. The plan aims to open 120000 acres of farmland and boost dairying, irrigation, and settlement while surveying crews at Elgin and Grand Ronde areas prepare the route. Contract awards for construction from Rijairi to Lewiston are given to Erickson and Peterson of San Francisco, Deadline April 1, 1906.
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Oregon Duty Journal
Elein
Doveph
Wallown County
Eitemdon
Elgin
OF. B.S. Company
Joweah
Onde
Combiny
J PL O'Brien
Menage
la Grande
Too
Willamette Valley
Joseph Lake
Wallowa
Lostine
Enterprise
Joseph
Elkcia
Wallowa County
Stacq
Marble Tink
Rijairi
Lewiston Mowers
Erickson and
Peterson
San Franchsca
New Railroad Lines in Oregon Reach 400 Miles Under Way
The Oregon Sunday Journal notes about 400 miles of new or announced rail lines in Oregon and tributaries. Key items include Elgin to Joseph four miles. Arlington to Condon thirty five miles. Dahles to Dufur thirty four miles. Weed road into Klamath County sixty miles. Medford to Crater Lake twelve miles. Medford to Eagle Point under wider construction. Water Power & Railway to Troutdale seven and a half miles. Portage road half mile. Celilo to The Dalles two and a half miles. Portland to Forest Grove twenty six miles. Riparia Lewiston Grangeville extension eighty six miles. Lewiston to Grangeville five miles electric. and five miles more for Columbia Valley extension.
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Oregon Sunday Journal
Oregon
Riparia-Lowinton- Gringeville
Tako
Portlaind
Elgin
Joseph
Arlington
Condon
Diller
Portland
Forest Grove
Oregon Traction Company
Riparia-Lewiston
Grangeville
Northern Pacific
Columbia Valley Railway Company
Lewiston
Rooms for Pendleton and Umatilla County People at the Portland Fair
Rooms for Pendleton and Umatilla County People at the Portland Fair offered by Mrs. William B. Bol ton at 574% Fifth Street Portland Ore convenient to grounds. Rates 1.00 1.25 and 1.50 including breakfast.
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Pendleton
Umatilla County
Portland
William B. Bolton
Fifth Street
Ore
Lehman Springs Stage Schedule From June to October
The Lehman Springs stage will operate from Saturday June 36 to October 1 carrying passengers and the mall. It departs Lindsay's stable on Cottonwood stream. Some riders move slowly while Mont people are jest alow.
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Lehman Springs
Lindsay's
Cottonwood Stream
Veal and dining digestions in early press rhetoric
A fragmented historic reprint discusses veal digestion times and national eating habits, noting veal must weigh 120 pounds for market quality in New York and contrasting meat digestion with roast beef pork and bread. It references ostrich farming queries and a Bedlam Abraham ward etiology with Abraham men mischiefs.
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New York
China
Japan
New York Press
Resting place aboard a ship during a mid Atlantic storm
A London Chronicle account recalls a voyager finding a quiet rest in a bath during a violent mid Atlantic storm. The writer describes slipping into a warm sea bath, floating buoyantly as the ship pitched and yawed, the bath water maintaining its gravity while the bather smiled.
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London Chronicle
Polite chatter and sarcasm in a social chasm
A humorous exchange notes that sarcasm cannot bridge politeness. A joking diet jokes about social divides while a tired citizen seeks clarity. It quotes satirical lines from the Baltimore American and New York Press and mentions a scientist’s editorial take on hereditary genius.
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Baltimore
Ninth annual convention of the Machinel Association notes
Agents and railroad delegates gather in Portland for a three day session at the American Inn during the Lewis and Clark exposition. Topics cover uniform accounting, reducing handling errors, and improving agent recognition. Eastern delegates arrived by special train. city officials and expositon leaders welcomed them. After sessions, delegates take a Columbia River excursion to The Dalles before returning east.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Commercial Club
Lane
Coode
A. L. Craig
Oo BR. & XN. Company
A. M. Cleland
Northern Pacific
SK. Hooper
Denver & Rio Grande
G. F. Rummer
Burlington
EB. F. Saur
Vandalia
Effingham
W. H. Cary
Armory
Mies
C. C. Gors
T. M
Little Rock
Ark
L. C. Ll
W. . Kerr
Newark
I. M. Hudgens
E. Flack
Til
W. G. Clarke
ANX. Reltz
Cleveland
C. T
D. W. Spoor
Memphis
Western Railway Association
Columbia River
Dalles
Swamp Land in Swan Lake Basin Probed by State Agent
Stute Land Agent Oswald Weent inspected Swan Lake basin lands in Klamath county to assess swampy acreage taken up for homesteads by about a dozen settlers. He found about 1000 acres unquestionably swamp, which would revest to the state and be offered for sale after proof of swamp condition. The land, once acquired, could gain value through future drainage and irrigation projects benefiting agriculture.
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Stute
Oswald Weent
Klamath County
Swan Lake Basin
Saya
sSielem
State Land Office
Wet
Roseburg
West
Mr. West
Herd of 175 steers from Gila county sold in Arizona market
A shipment of 175 head from Stewart and Rollins range in Gila county arrived at Temple Inés Saturday night for fattening on alfalfa. The buyers, Nella Peterson and John Anderson, plan to finish the herd for market. County reports from Kansas show cattle numbers down, tied to overall herd conditions and reduced ranch activity. The New York Merchants Association, about 8000 members, launches an educational drive advocating reciprocity treaties.
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Arison
Phoenix
Ariz
Stewart & Roltan
Gila County
Temple Inez
Nella Peterson
John Anderson
Kansas
Merchants’ Association of New York
Hotel St. George Promoted as Modern Oregon Hotel
The Hotel St George at corner Main and Webb streets a block and a half from the depot advertises itself as one of Oregon’s most modern models. It offers European plan accommodations with steam heat throughout en suite rooms with baths and a large new sample room. Telephone and fire alarm connections extend to the office in all rooms.
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St. George
Oregon
Pendleton
Portland
The Golden Rule Hotel Refurbished on Court Street
The Golden Rule Hotel on Court Street is remodeled and refurnished throughout with neat clean up to date interiors. Features steam heat and electric lights, offering best cabriole and prompt service.
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Alexander
Mustin Gownn
Wickham
Newton
JW. O. Wickilam
J. O. Wickitam
New Management
Long Beach, Wash
Cali
The
TaylOr Hardware Co
T. C. Taylor
Main Street
the Seaside House
Glassop Beach, Ore
Necanicun River
Seaside
Cauny
Robinson's
Corner Court
Thompson Streets
Ebay
J. P. O'Brien
Grand Ronde
Wallooa
Mixa Smith
Joe
Baleimore Herald
Utih
Emma
John
Manmi
Madimma
Papa
Lehman Springs Stage
Bedlam
Bethlehem Hospital
Abraham
Mereditary
Prigid
O. W. Holmes
Patellc
Portand
Vention
Land Agent
Tevestignies
Klamath County Tract
Hotel
George Darveau
Court Street
W. J. Parker
Bollons & Brownz
Commondions Sample Rooms
Connecdom
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Alliance Assurance Co, London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co
North British & Mercantile
Ve. Royal Insurance Co
Ancel
Frank Bclopton
East Court Streby
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