Freewater Advices and Local Happenings
Special correspondence from Freewater Oregon notes a rancher’s son breaking an elbow and arm near Freewater, treated at St Marys in Walla Walla, now recovering. Also mentioned are visitors G W Buckman and Rhinehart reunion, Lyric theater, O K N saloon improvements, Guilds selling fruit ranch, Mrs Ed Lewie and Mrs Lealie White travel to British Columbia, and D J Kirk returning from Pendleton Knights of Pythias grand lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewater
Ore
H . Smith
Page Waa
St. Mary's Hospital
Walla Walla
W. Buckman
Aldrich
I. B. Mitchell
Rhinehart
The
Lyric
Mr Kirk
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Black Jack Skinners Strike Near Bend
A notice tacked to a homestead 16 miles north of Bend on the Deschutes River reports cattle on HL C Barney land and a half mile of wine fence destroyed. Barney, absent surveying mountains, fears intimidation by large stockmen and recalls past arson cases, including J S Williamson’s burning. ex-Sheriff C Sam Smith is mentioned in connection with the Williamson incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Jack Skinners
HL C. Barney
Fend
Deschutes
Barney
J. S. Williamson
Harney
C. Sam Smith
Williamson
Harriman to extend Oregon Eastern railroad
Harriman to extend the Oregon Eastern railroad from Natron to Klamath Falls, about sixty miles total. Bids will be opened at the Southern Pacific office in San Francisco within two weeks. The project aims to improve the grade between Oregon and California by avoiding the Siskiyou mountains, with an estimated cost around 2.225 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Harriman
Oregon Eastern Railroad
Natron
Klamath Malls
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Klamath Falla
Loch Harriman
Enuirely
Klamath Falls
Nathon
California
Siskiyou Mountains
Parson Uses Booster to Promote Marriages in Oakland
A city scene at the county clerk window sparks rumor as a handsome young woman is linked to a preacher named J Harwood Fierce. He vows to hire the worker to help lure couples into marriage amid rising license figures, claiming a thriving business opportunity in coordinating unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Ieee
Varletta
Tony
Pion
Wis
J. Harwool
Milton Prom 6000 Crates Shipments Spotlight Fruit Prospects
In Milton and Milton-Freewater the strawberry season nears its end with up to 10,000 crates shipped and averaging about 2.25 per crate net to growers. Prunes contracts with an Eastern house set at 30 per ton. Cherry orchards are well loaded and prices strong. A Milton court case Weddle vs Dixon ruled for the plaintiff. A local wedding to the Shangle couple and notes on residents, visitors, and upcoming events fill the social page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom
Milton-Freewater
Persom
Prom Milton
Milton
Freewater
H. D. Lamb
Sealed Proposals for Umatilla School Wood
Notice that sealed proposals will be received until 7 o'clock p.m. Tuesday July 6 1909 for furnishing School District No 16 Umatilla County Oregon with 100 cords of red fir wood four foot length cut from timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla County
Oregon
Pendleton Street Improvement Resolution Adopted 1909
The Pendleton common council at its June 16 1909 meeting adopted a resolution to improve Lewis Church and Patent streets by excavation fill and rolling to established grades. Costs will be charged to fronting property as provided by city charter. The recorder will publish the resolution in the East Oregonian for ten days. THOS FITZGERALD City Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
City of
Pendleton
Lewis Street
Jeff Davis Street
Patent Street
Church Street
Eddy Street
East Oregonian
Thos. Fitzgerald
City Recorder
Pendleton City Sealed Bids for Street Improvement
The common council of Pendleton Oregon will receive sealed bids for street improvements from the north line of Railroad to the south line of Webb street, due June 20 1909 at 7 30 PM. Bids must include prices per cubic yard for excavation and earth filling and per 60 front lot for rolling with city road roller, accompanied by a $100 certified check. The city may reject any or all bids. Dated Pendleton Oregon June 17 1908 THOS FITZGERALD
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Common Council
Oregon
Thos, Fitzgerald
City Recorder
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Freewater Advices
PF Smirth
Wells
Walla Walla Hospital
Lend
Shanike
All Pointe East
Slened
Parson
Booster
Marriagablt
Milton Station
Shue Zolma
Jin Li
Frugier
Mise Aelia
Hruve Shangle
Ar Iroh
H. A. Shitnglue
Lorena Meadows
Heppner
Paine Shangle
Frazier Home
Delia Samuels
Shangle
Progressive Realty Company
Walla Walla Valley
H. S. Shangle
la Grande
Hertha Miller
Ralph C. Costan
Dayton-Walla Walla Or, & N
W. C. Howard
FB. R. VanWert
C. R. Samuels
Dayton
D. P. Palley
Waltsbury
Victor Canfield
Commercial Department
Columbia College
First National Bank
Nla. Davis
Seattle
Harry Wisen
Bruce Shingle
Earl & Gear
Watley Walla
J. J. Wetter
Milton Eagle
Brent Onny
Labor World
International Printings and Procomen and Assistants’ Union
Omaha
Neb
Union Printers
Colorado Springs
Colo
Boston Coal Teamsters and Handlers’ Union
New York Central Federated Union
Women's Trade Union League
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
Chicago Vessel Unioners’ Union
International Typographical Union
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
Florida House of Representatives
Cumberland
England
Durham
Northumberland
Ashtonmniler-Lyne
New York Typographical Union No
New York
Pittsburg
J, ¢. Bathorn
Painters’ Union
Iabor
Massachusetts State Board of Arbitration
Regislaure
Board of Directors
Lot Livermore
Oregon Railroad @ Nav. Co
Oregon Short Line and
Union Pacific Railroad
Spokane
Tacoma
Points
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Chicago
East
Middle West
South
Denver
WM. McMurray
Por
Manela & Brown
Riverside
East Oregonian Office
Pine Street
Lane
Idaho
Madam Kennedy
Court Street
T. B. Shearer
Webb Street
Classified
Garfield
M. D
Judd Block
Lynn K. Blakesler
Judd
Main
Court Streets
E. A. Mann
Commercial Association
DR. M
Kern
Judd Building
Vaughan Bros, Dentists
D. C. M'Nabb
State Veterinary Board
Tallman's Drug Store
Rea
J. A. Donaghueb
Ontario
Veterinary College
Raley
Richards
Carter & Smythe, Attorneys At Law
Savings Bank Building
James B. Perry
Taylor's Hardware Store
Lowell & Winter
Georged W. Coutts
Beistates
Schmidt Block
Peterson & Wilson
Attorneys At Law
Smith- Crawford Building
Phelps & Steiner
Atorneys
At Law
Smith-Crawford Building
Peter West
Garden Street
Chas. J. Ferguson
Attorney At Law
Office
Association Block
Douglas W. Bailey
Rooma
Taylor Hardware Store
W. Stroble
Insurance and Land Business
Hartman Abstract CO
James Johns
Henninger
C. A
Marsh
J. M. Bentley
Oll
Alten Rhodes
Mer
Eeee
HJ. J. Keogh
General Electric Work
Pendleton Iron Works
Court and
Arm Streets
Marion Jack
A. F. May
East Court Street
J. L. Vaughan
W. Court Street
United Engineering CO
P.I
Washington
F. G. Lucas
Athena
First National Bank of Athena and
Farmers’ Bank of Weston
M. A. Rader
Chicago College of Embalming
Webb Streets
Baker & Folsom
Pendleton Lodge No
A. F
A. M
B. P. C. Elks NO
Eagle's Hall
G. W. — Phelps
E. R
Thos
Gerald
Secy
Damon Lodge NO. 4
K of P
A. E. Lambert
C. C
R. W. Fletcher
R. End
Malabon
United Spanish War Veterans
Eagle-Woodmen Hall
George A. Hartman, Jr
van V. Bowman
Adjt
J. L. Frankum
D. A. May
Oregonian
CITT
sTauLy
Thompson Street
Carey & Kennedy
Bast
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