Oregon Commission Adopts Permanent Rules for Depots and Stations
The Oregon railroad commission approved a permanent set of rules governing depot and station facilities and accommodations. Fines from 100 to 1000 dollars apply for violations. Rules require clean waiting rooms and cars, reliable lighting heating ventilation water, and accessible toilets, with separate facilities for women. Waiting rooms and ticket offices must be open from 26 minutes before train arrivals and after arrivals, with adjustments for delays and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Commission
Oregon Railroad
Oregon Railroad Commission
Jasper Manning seriously ill in Pilot Rock hospital
Jasper Manning of Pilot Rock is very seriously ill at the hospital where he has been for a month. He suffers from Bright's disease and is under the care of Dr. C. J. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Manning
Pilot Rock
C. J. Smith
Fire destroys Christy clothes-cleaning shop on Court Street
A fire at 9:20 last evening gutted the Christy clothes-cleaning shop and its immediate frame building on Court Street. Origin undetermined but likely carelessness. nearby livery stable and lodging house were at risk. The blaze damaged a lower Court Street phone cable, putting about 112 phones out of service on the city’s east end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carclesmrse
Christy
Court Street
Carney & Kennedy
Court and
Johnson Streets
Lot Tivermore
Northwest fight against mall order houses in lumber trade
Northwest lumber and hardware dealers unite to curb Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck influx. They plan to methodically order catalogues to raise costs for these firms without boosting local sales, arguing mall order houses contribute nothing to local taxes or expenses. The campaign seeks to push big mail order business out of the west, keeping operations near home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Pendleton
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sears & Roebuck
Lumber Dealers’ Association
Lumber J and Hardware
Nebraska
Thue
Wate
Lincoln Bucks Ordered by Smythe and Smythe
Smythe and Smythe contract five hundred Lincoln bucks from Canadian breeders. A Smythe will travel to Canada in September to personally select the herd. Part of the bucks will be used by the firm and the rest sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smythe & Smythe
A. Smythe
Canada
Portland couple welcome a daughter to Brown family
Dangstér born in Portland to Mr and Mrs E J Brown a daughter. The husband serves as the Pacific Paper company representative in this territory and is well known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dangstér
Portland
E. J. Brown
Pacific Paper Company
Oregon's 1907 Wool Clip Worth Big This Year
Oregon wool growers report 1907 as a peak year with prices high and production rising. Total clip around 20 million pounds valued near 3.8 million dollars, up from 18 million pounds last year. Eastern markets, rail shipments, and intense competition drove sales despite weaker intrinsic quality compared to 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Oregonian
Pendleton
Shank Ko
Boston
Pitiful Case Destitution At Proebatel Bridge
The La Grande Observer reports Mr. and Mrs. William Kingaley in deplorable condition camping near Proebatel bridge. He is a Civil War veteran with a $12 monthly pension, trying to reach Pendleton by August 4 to receive mail. They traveled from Cincinnati February 1 in a light rig, had a Wyoming wreck, and Kingaley lost an arm and a leg in 1890. His wife, years ago, ingested lye, crippling her speech, and she has been begging for care along North La Grange. Their poverty and need prompt concern for their welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kingaley
Proebatel Bridge
la Grande
Kingaley
New York Corps of Engineers
Pendleton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wyoming
North la Grange
Beaven
Kingsley
Pen sion money and higher land assessments in Oregon
The Eu gene Guard reports Lane County plans to raise the county tax on Southern Pacific land to eight dollars per acre, up from four. An assessor, Ansensor B F Keeney, doubles the land value and raises road bed plus rolling stock to nineteen thousand dollars per mile, though the board previously cut rolling stock to one thousand. The average reflects county and regional assessments set at an earlier convention, which Keeney says he will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keeney
Southern Pacific Company
Congressional
Eugene Guard
Board of Equalization
Douglan
Linn
Couiiries
Oregon
Keeney
Death of Mrs Rollo Brown in Springville Iowa
Mrs B B Bailey learned today of the death of her cousin Mrs Rollo Brown at Springville, Iowa. She died of appendicitis after two days of illness. Mrs Brown was wife of Rollo Brown the pitcher for the Yellow Kids of Athena in the days of the town league team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollo Brown
B. B. Bailey
Rollo Brown
Springville
Towa
Yellow Kids
Athena
Rohrman Bread Ad Promises Creamy Taste and Savings
An advertisement urges customers to buy Rohrman bread from a local bakery. It claims superior taste, savings by buying direct, and invites readers to visit the shop for inspection and to enjoy the “creamy” flavor, positioning Rohrman as better than home baking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrman
C, Rohrman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Empire Media
Java
Af Teas & Coffees
Empire Tea & Crockery Co., Inc
E. Court
W. Campbell
Mgr
Commission
Winslow Bros. Jewelers
Main Street
Bendricks
Main
Webb Stree
Livermore Building
Washington
Columbia River
Milla
F. &. S. Bitters
Tallman & Co
Ustetters
Lane County
Coorg ‘Seah
F. J. Donaldson
Max Baer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!