Sugar Beets Produce Big Gains in Longmont Model
T M Callahan of Longmont Colorado banker and merchant visits Nampa to praise the local sugar beet factory idea. He cites Longmont's growth from 2200 to 4500, land values rising, and a 60 percent first year sales boost plus 3 percent second year as proof that beet manufacturing fuels rapid town prosperity and community sacrifice pays off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Callahan
Longmont
Colorado
Nampa Leader-Herald
Nampa
Crickets Invade Idaho With Novel Destruction Method
The Oregon Short Line organized an excursion from Bingham and lower Fremont counties to St. Anthony to view crickets in epidemic numbers. About 260 bushels of pests are reported destroyed daily. a funnel canal near St. Anthony directs crickets into a water current where boards and tin create a bottleneck. Wooden rollers at the exit turn to aid the process.
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Oregon
Bingham
Fremont
St. Anthony
Capital
Rigby
Snake River
Egan Beach
Plant Your Money Here Don’t Let It Idle
A bank advertises its free booklet and officers to request details. It offers 1 percent interest compounded semi annually and claims strong financial standing and conservative methods. The copy urges deposits for growth and safety, inviting inquiries at the bank.
Crushed Crickets Persist in Water as Mil Lions Respond
Report notes paddle wheels churn water and crickets are crushed by mil lions. Some sections show checks, others reveal increasing destruction. No clear outside agency named. text describes ongoing crushing and difficulty drowning the insects.
Teams May Merge Proposed Solution for Inland Empire League
Boise June 26 The latest solution to Pacific National league troubles is merging the remaining teams with the Pacific coast league creating an eight team circuit. Bebee and Spokane may join the coast league while the Pacific National is outlawed. The coast league plans to negotiate with players and timing allows preparation before the season starts in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Pacific National
Pacific Coast Organization
Bebee
Spokane
Coasters
Library Associations Meet at Portland Convention
The library associations of Oregon, Washington and Idaho will hold a joint convention in Portland on July 6 at 2 20 p m in the Art Association building. Prominent librarians from the Pacific coast will discuss the profession and aim to expand libraries here and there. W P Johnston Librarian of Congress will lecture on libraries at the Lewis and Clark fair in the government building biographical room. Miss Mary Isom of the Portland Library association will oversee convention arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orego
Wiaho Ams
Washington
Seesiong
Wbrary Associations
Oregon
Idaho
Portland
Art Association
Wbrary
Pacific Coast
W. P. Johnston
Librarian of
Congress
Mary Isom
Portland Library Association
Heavy Passenger Trains Push Westward Rail Traffic
Rail records show unprecedented passenger load on RB N lines with heavy helper engines across the Blue Mountains. West bound trains run scarcely with sufficient cars as service frantically sends empty coaches eastward to meet the surge in travel.
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Blue Mountains
New Switch Engines for Oregon Railways and Babcock Ranch Sale
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company is receiving three new switch engines weighing seven tons each for use in La Grande Albina and possibly Pendleton. W W Babcock sold the B and B ranch near Trinidad Washington, totaling 54 000 acres with 13 000 sheep and 700 cattle for 150 000 dollars. He also sold three carloads of wool at 11 cents per pound.
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la Grande
Albina
Pendleton
W. W. Babcock
Trinidad
Wash
Mr. Babcock
Ife
Railroad men may go north to Alaska in 1909
Rail labor rush drives to Alaska as O R N and other firms seek 2000 laborers for Seward extension and Tanana routes. Brakemen conductors engineers and firemen consider moving north for promotions on new lines with short construction seasons. Northbound vessels from Seattle and Tacoma are crowded. firms advertise for skilled train and engine men ready to relocate this summer.
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Tanana
Seward
Alaska
Tacoma
White Pass
Yukon
Seattle
Fast Time On Short Line Sets Ida. Speed Record
Westbound train No. 5 on the main line from Mountainhome to Nampa covered 65 miles in 58 minutes, averaging 0.9 hours. Engine 861 driven by Engineer Gump powered a heavily loaded consists that included 12 cars with a steep 25 mile grade at the start, then rapid 35 to 38 second miles. The Boise Caplan News notes the Union Pacific line features top filter engines and compares the feat to the Twentieth Century Limited.
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Idaho
Mountainhome
Nampa
Saga
Boise Caplan News
Orchard
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Gump
Union Pacific
Guilty of Manslaughter In Dudley Culley Killing
Walla Walla on June 26 Harry Schonleber found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Dudley Culley on June 6 while Culley was drunk and was recommended to the court mercy after a 66 hour jur y deliberation Schonleber borrowed a gun from the Norman saloon that evening and gave rambling inconsistent statements about the affair no motive was found and many believe Culley died accidentally or by suicide.
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Schonleber
Dudley Cully
Walla Walla
Harry Schonleber
Dudley Culley
Schenleber
Dudley
Edith M. Davis Files for Divorce From James Davie
Edith M. Davis filed for divorce today against James Davie of Ridge claiming inability to live together after 1899 marriage at North River Washington and six children. The complaint alleges depravity including sleeping with boots on, seeks division of land valued around 2000 and 250 attorney fees, and notes Davis was jailed on the wife’s complaint.
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Edith M. Davis
James Davie
Ridge
North River
Wash
Teer
Davis
Suit Seeks Change in Contract Form In Equity
E L Smith sues Interior Warehouse company to compel a contract change over a Wheat delivery row. He alleges he acted as agent for multiple principals and signed as principal by error, seeking rectification. Also reports a spring building boom in Pendleton with new three 9 room cottages by Mrs Downey on Webb and Garden to meet rental demand.
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L. Smith
E. L. Smith
Interior Warehouse
Met
Mr. Smith
A. Laing
J. A. Cresswell
R. L. Harp
Smith
Laing & Hartney
W. W. Hartle
PJ Nelson
Kenneth McCrea
William Mille
Henry Thorne
A. W. Daubner
Henry Taylor
J. &. Hardell
Perry
Martin
Pendleton
Webb and Garden
F. Downey
Last Salvation Army Officers to Leave Lewiston
Adjutant Stevens and Captain Burton of the Salvation Army report to Spokane and will hold a final Lewiston meeting tomorrow at 3 PM in the afternoon. They have directed eight months of work in Lewiston with about 60 conversions. A farewell service will follow at Clarketon in the Baptist church tomorrow evening.
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Salvation Army
Stevens
Captain Burton
Salvation Army Corps
Spokane
Lewiston
Clarketon
Burton
Pat Mullen Indicted for Larceny at Hunsiker Jewelry
District Attorney G W Phelps returned an indictment this afternoon against Pat Mullen for larceny of a witch from the Hunsiker jewelry store last week. Mullen, an Oregon railroad worker, was arrested by Marshal Coffman after attempting to sell the stolen watch. The Lewis and Clark fair rush spurred the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company to create a superintendent of equipment post, appointing veteran conductor W E Coman, with office in Portland to distribute passenger couches as needed.
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Pat Mullen
G. W. Phelps
Hunsiker
Mullen
Marshal Coff- Tan
W. E. Coman
Coman
Portland
New Wheeler County Sawmill Gets Giant Boiler
The B C Le L and Le Co new sawmill receives a massive boiler weighing about 12000 pounds. Charles Fox hauled it from Arlington using eight horses. The mill will soon start up in virgin timber, as Lehman Springs Resort opens with James Lehman handling summer operations but no Fourth of July plans.
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Wheeler County
le. Co
Charles Fox
Arlington
Lehman Springs
James Lehman
Ten Drunks Before City Recorder This Morning
A class of 19 drunks appeared before the city recorder for inquisition this morning and were each fined the customary six or three days. Several of the number were Indians.
Shetland Pony Herd Grows in Union Oregon
Gus Levy of Union raises Shetland ponies on a moderate swald with a herd of 12, reportedly the largest single herd in Eastern Oregon.
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Shetland
Union
Gus Levy
Oregon
Real estate transfer in Pendleton record
Realty transfer lists H. C. Pranateller and wife and A. Parley as parties with property added to Pendleton city limits for a consideration of 3600 dollars.
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H. C. Pranateller
Pendleton
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OWL Tea
Colorado Town
Umatilla County
Orion
Williams
Tallman & Co
NES the Bank
Library Associations
Boon
Strain
State Tax Commission
F. W. Mulley
J. Lachner
E. B. Seabrook
C. B. Atchison
Boston
Roosevelt
Conrad Platzpeier
Sullivan & Bond's
Pendleton Meat CO
Conrad Platzoeder
Main Street
Robinson’s
Umatilla Meat Corner Court
Johnson Streets
Conrad Slatzoeder
W. H. Gatward
Gro. M. Baer
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