Pendleton Church Dedication Prompts Train to Move Faithful
Rev Lister presents facts on a $9000 Christian church dedication in Pendleton Oregon with outside support from Walla Walla Athena Milton Helix and Adams. A special Sunday train is planned to bring visitors to the March 15 ceremony despite some churches declining over Sabbath concerns.
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Lister
Pendleton
Oregon
New Christian Church
Walla Walla
Christian Church
Adame
Athena
Milton
Helix
Wallan Walla
J. B. Lester
Oddities Among Homeseekers in Oregon Crowds
An Oregon railroad official notes that among home seekers in Oregon many are large families determined to settle there. The East Oregonian quotes the conductor describing the crowd as diverse yet firmly oriented toward remaining in the state.
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East Oregonian
Oregon
Complete line of toilet requisites including Howard Brushes
A local advert urges customers to drop in and view the store’s full selection of toilet requisites, highlighting the celebrated Howard Hair Brushes as part of the lineup.
Western travelers and Oregon life remark on distance and customs
An Oregonian narrator recalls questions from Western travelers about distances and life in Oregon. A Nebraskan jokes about stables, a man estimates timber distance, and a farmer’s mortgage is inferred by a threshing machine. Indians’ ponies shiver behind a telegraph pole as locals critique Oregon methods.
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Thorn Hollow
Oregon
Nebraska allocates 10000 for Lewis and Clark fair
Ex governor T. T. Geer reports a meeting with Nebraska Governor Mickey and the joint ways and means committee secured a $10,000 appropriation for the Lewis and Clark fair. Previously no appropriation was contemplated before Geer's arrival in Lincoln.
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Nebraska
T. T. Geer
Lincoln
Portland
Mr. Geer
Mickey
Joint
Ways and Means Committee
Ball ships beef stock to Seattle and Echo shipments
F B Ball sent two carloads of extra fine beeves via the W and C R to Frye Bruhe Company in Seattle. He oversees loading 19 carloads at Echo for the Sound market, totaling 380 cattle. The stock departs Echo tomorrow and Ball plans to return later this week to select more beef stock for shipment.
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F. B. Ball
Frye-Bruhe Company
Seattle
Ball
Echo
Sound
Mr. Ball
Excellent Horses Shipped to Sound Market by O H Holcomb
O H Holcomb of Seattle dispatched 17 horses and four mules to the Sound market by the W C railway. The draft animals included grade Clydes and Shires averaging 1,500 pounds per horse and 1,200 pounds per mule. The stock were described as fine and may advertise Umatilla corn.
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O. H. Holcomb
Seattle
The
Sound
Matlock Ships Fine Draft Horses from Umatilla County
W. F. Matlock took a carload of heavy draft horses in teams to Beattie. The select lot is touted as one of the finest from Umatilla county with plans to buy more for future shipments. If Seattle markets lag, he will ship to Alaska.
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W. F. Matlock
Beattie
Umatilla County
Mr. Matlock
Seattle
Alaska
Echo Booming As Echo Seeks Hotel Site
H C Willis night operator for the O R & N at Echo reports a Spokane man negotiating for ground and lumber to build a two story hotel in Echo. Willis says Echo has passed the experimental stage and has a sure future ahead.
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H. C. Willis
Echo
Spokane
Willis
Notice to Taxpayers for 1902 Taxes Due
Notice is hereby given that all taxes for the year 1902 are now due and payable at the sheriff's office. Taxes unpaid become delinquent on April 1. No rebate after March 15. By order of county court. T. D. TAYLOR, Sheriff.
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T. D. Taylor
Pendleton Union 699 Opens Cooperative Paint Shop
The union painters of Pendleton have formed a cooperative paint shop and are now open for business under Union No 699.
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Pendleton
Cattle Shipment to Seattle and Local Moves
Morning dispatch notes 12 carloads of cattle shipped to Seattle from Echo buyer R N Stanfield. Mrs L B Phelps arrives with two children to join husband. Mr Phelps to locate in the county. Van Orsdall party back from Meacham reports heavy snow and intense cold. Fogle of Athena halted en route to Willow Springs ridge. James Jacobs from Oklahoma City visiting Rader then heads to Walla Walla to see sister M Boulden ill with consumption. Catherman and wife of Foster visit Wade. Catherman half-owner of Maxwell ditch. Robbins and Michael in Pendleton on business. Michael with Turnagain Arm Co financing mining ventures in Sumpter.
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W. I. Gadwa
Mr. Connell
Timatilla
Lottie Livermore
A. Ker
Helix
Pendleton
James Doty
Portland
J. R. Baird
Walla Walla
John Walters
Eva Massett
Salt Lake City
Fred Crawford
Reardon
Washington
Ralph McLaughlin
Mose Taylor
Athena
Dr. House
Weston
A.W. Bradigan
Macon County
Missouri
Joseph Gibbon
Alba
Alfred Sondo
Richard Osborn
Peter Henderson
Patton
John Crow
Echo
Ethel
Maude
Morrow County
J. M. Upton
Union
William Fitzgerald
F. M. Standley
la Grande
Hatton, Wash
Hugh McArthur
George Bannister
Colonel McNichols
Interior Department
Seattle
R. N. Stanfield
L. B. Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Phelps
C. A. Chapman P. Ll. van Orsdall
Marion van Orsdall
Meacham
B. Fogle
Willow Springs Ridge
James Jacobs
Oklahoma City
Rader
M. Boulden
Mr. Jacobs
Mr. Rader
Indiana
W. H. Catherman
Foster
C. B. Wade
Mr. Catherman
Maxwell Ditch
Mr. Wade
J. H. Robbins
Joseph L. Michael
Sumpter
Mr. Michael
Turnagain Arm Company
Minneapolis
Cracker Oregon
Cracker Jack
Hereford Bull from Rigby Ranch Gains Hawaii Notice
W T Rigby returns from Union county and Grand Ronde valley. James Hendricks, ranch manager, reports a year old Hereford bull bred on the Rigby ranch was sold last spring to a Hawaiian stockman. The bull, shipped at one year old, weighed about 1100 pounds and netted Rigby $450.
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W. T. Rigby
Union County
Grand Ronde Valley
James Hendricks
Rigby Ranch
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Rigby
Wheat market weakens as prices fall in local market
East guidance drives a downtrend in the wheat market with No 1 club nominal at 638 cents but locally worth only 62 cents or less, as buyers expect further declines.
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No. 1 Club
Antelope Woolgrowers Meet Sets Northern Reserve Stock
The Antelope Woolgrowers Association held a meeting at the Occidental hotel on Saturday March 17. The Northern Division allotment of range in the Cascade reserve was made with 97000 sheep allowed including lambs.
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Antelope Woolgrowers’Association
Occidental Hotel
Cascade Reserve
Lambe
Cures Listed for Cold in One Day and Ferryboat Note
An advertisement claims a cold can be cured in one day by Laxative Hremo Quinine Tablets with a refund if it fails. Grove's signature appears on a boxed box. The Sellwood ferryboat is set to operate by electricity.
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Aroarieia
Grove
Sellwood
The Old Maxwell Ditch irrigation debate
An article argues for state control of irrigation noting waste under private ditching. It claims waste occurs by runoff and evaporation in forgotten spots and by inefficient application. It contends state supervision would conserve water, letting a modest supply irrigate large areas.
Two Convicts Die of Tuberculosis at Walla Walla Prison
Two inmates died within two days at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla from tuberculosis. Basil Adrian, an Indian, 29, serving life for assault, died Sunday night. James Smith, 19 years into a second degree murder sentence, died Monday. Smith was buried in the prison cemetery. Adrian's relatives planned interment in Tekoa. Adrian arrived June 1, 1902, from Spokane County and was married.
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Colville Reservation
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