Hermiston Notes News of Weston and dam project
Hermiston March 9. Government dam work employs about 200 men. Two carloads weekly of crude oil supply fuel. New Frazer hardware two story brick under way. Northey furniture brick building also rising. Williams hotel furniture shipment due. Morgan’s hotel crowded. 25 driving horses shipped from Baker City to local stables. Oil tank setup for reclamation service. fuel shipments include five cars of wood two of slabs three of coal. New editor Lathrop to Pendleton. Bingham leaves Great Northern to join Hermiston Bank. Nearby notices include Y M C A speaker Rhodes praising Reno Hutchinson. Four hogs sold near Pendleton for 120. Prince Maro to perform at Fra wer.
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Hermiston
Ile
Frazer Hardware Store
Northey
Maxwell Land Company
S. R. Oldaker
Montana
Newport & Skinner
Nester
Baker City
Irwin
Bost
Portland
Reclamation Service
Wnty
Frazer
Enat
Dodd
Lathrop
Hermiston Herald
Pendleton
Bingham
Cascads
Mont
Great Northern
Hermiston Bank and Trust Company
University of California
U. of C. Athletics
Hotel Portland Adv Promotes Rates and Tours
Portland hotel advertises American plan from $3 per day and up. It serves tourists and commercial travelers and offers special rates for families and single men. Management available to show rooms at all times.
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Ywr
Portland
Oregon
Railroad Sign Language Helps Japanese Workers Learn Directions
A Mountain division foreman trained a green crew of Japanese laborers on the railroad to drive rails by using two words. He found they instinctively recognized Idaho and Portland locations, shouting IdaHO to go east and PORTLAND to reverse westward moves, teaching them when English signs failed.
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Etio
Thhe
Ups
Idaho
Portland
Bound railroad law volumes issued by state printer
The Salem Statearman reports the state printer Duniway has produced new bound copies of the Chapin railroad bill. They are neatly bound and well printed by his force and can be obtained at the railroad commission office. Yesterday several orders went out, including 509 copies to the O. R. & N. railroad.
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Duniway
Chapin Railroad
Salem Statearman
Railroad Commission
O. R. & N. Railroad
Campbell System Misnamed Dry Farming Debate
H W Campbell defends his so called dry farming system, arguing it is wet farming due to ample moisture. He says multiple firms support the approach, and the method is a scientific soil culture usable on quarter to half section farms with similar labor to standard cultivation.
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H. W. Campbell
Campbell
Illinois
Indiana
Colorado
Damage to Hop Crops From Willamette Floods
High water along the Willamette River and its tributaries severely damaged hop yards. Krebs Brothers yards above Independence saw major disruption as flooded grounds wrecked poles and tangled wires. Estimated losses in the Krebs yard reach $1600.
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Willamtte
Willamette
Salem Journal
Independence
Krebs Broa
Krebs Yard
Japanese laborers quartered at Finlock Farm in Walla Walla
Twelve polite smiling Japanese arrived from Seattle and are housed at Finlock Fruit company farm as an experimental workforce for fruit raising and gardening. The Walla Walla Statesman notes the company’s plan to conduct a series of agricultural texts this spring and summer.
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Seattle
Finlock Fruit Company
Walla Walla
Age 100 plus widow Jane Anderson dies in Bellingham
At Bellingham Washington on March 6 Mrs Jane Anderson aged slightly over 100 died March 7 She refused physician services saying faith in doctors would have caused her death 20 years ago or sooner
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Bellingham
Wash
Jane Anderson
Lewiston-Clarkston Resources Booklet Authorized
The 21 committee at Itemeet Ink authorized printing 10,000 copies of an illustrated booklet on Lewiston Clarkston county resources and opportunities. Cost about 1000 dollars. Secretary Rohrabacher aided by a committee of Kjos Bender and Hooper in tone and text editing. Bonds set for secretary 500 dollars and treasurer 1000 dollars to be borne by the club.
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Lewiston-Clarkston
Rohrabacher
Mesars
Kjos
Bender
Hooper
Lewiston Teller
Pine Salve Carbolized Sold by A. C. Koeppen Bros
A salve described as a poultice like Pine Salve Carbolized is advertised for cuts burns burns and chapped skin with a price of 26 cents. It is sold by A C Koeppen & Bros. A Yakima Inter-Valley Traction company board meeting on March 5 decided to start construction of the system immediately.
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A. C. Koeppen& Bros
Yakima Inter-Valley Traction Company
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Williams
Cole
Mr. Morgan
Charles Wilmarth
O. R. & N. Company
Packeon
Washington
Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Dade
Secretary Rhodes
Reno Hutchinson
Spokane Y. M. C. A
Maro
Magic
Hermann the Great
Central Meat Co
Carney, Haamsdell &Co
Telephone Main
HOTEL
George Primrose
the Frazer
Blalock
E. J. Murphy
Prop
E. Court St
DR. King’s
Rex
Tallman & Co
Lewis Hunter
Pendleton’s Leading House
Furnisnhr
The
East Oregonian
Frazer Theatre
Balsamo
Marvel
the Orient
Prince of Magic
Herman the Great
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