West Court Open Extends to Hazel Street
West Court street is opened to Hazel Street within three blocks of the city edge. Street Commissioner Glagacock, aided by Marshal Gurdane, cut several fences to clear the way through land owned by W F Matlock and Nate Raines. Despite threats, the street runs along both Cunningham field and Pedro land, opening the route to the river and around McKay Creek bluff as proposed by local landholders.
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West Court Street
Haze Street
Glagacock
Marshal Gurdane
W. F. Matlock
Nate Raines
Matlock
Raines
Cunningham Eld
Cunningham
Pedro
Havie Street
Richardson Place
McKay Creek
Tutullin
May Have Girlless Phones In Walla Walla
Friends of the Home Telephone company announce entry into active competition with Pacific, signaling new phone service options for residents of Walla Walla. The move aims to expand local telephone accessibility and innovation in communication.
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Home Telephone Company
Walla Walla
Friends of the Home Telephone Company
the Pacific
Independent Telephone Firms Prepare Northwest Expansion
States Telephone companies across the northwest say the feud will soon open in Walla Walla as the Independent company, based in Portland, works on the city exchange. In Salem, Home company crews string wires and seek subscribers while planning automatic systems that replace the central operator. After Portland and Salem are completed, crews move to Spokane and Walla Walla where franchises exist.
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Portland
Salem
Spokane
Walla Walla
Salem excursion coming to Eastern Oregon and beyond
Salem Statesman reports a planned business men's excursion to eastern Oregon and possibly Washington. Ex Councilman Fred Steusloff drives steps, with Mayor Rodgers and Salem Commercial Club president H B Thielson endorsing. The itinerary may include The Dalles Walla Walla Pendleton Moscow and possibly Spokane as part of a civic and industrial knowledge trip modeled after last year’s California journey.
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Salem
Oregon
Washington
Salem Statesman
California
Fred Steusloff
Buebees
Rodgers
H. B. Thielson
Salem Commercial Club
Dalles
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Moscow
Spokane
Shot and Killed His Brother by Accidental Gunfire
Ellis Belanger a 16 year old boy accidentally shot and killed his brother Cecil with a Winchester shotgun at their parents home three miles north of town. The incident occurred about 7 am after breakfast when Ellis fetched the gun to fetch a bird and, while loading, the shell discharged killing Cecil instantly at their mother's feet. This report from Loomis Wash Prospector notes the Belanger family had moved to the valley two years ago.
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Ellis Belanger
Cecil
Ellie
Little Cecil
A. Belanger
Loomis
Wash
Infected Trees Threaten Hood River Orchards
Fruit Commissioner Weber examined nursery stock from the Willamette valley at Hood River and found live scale under a microscope. He warns a single female can produce 5,000,000 offspring, risking infestation across valley orchards and likely destruction of trees.
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Weber
Willamette Valley
Hood River
Dalles Chronicle
Turner Will Case Argument Resumes in County Court
The Turner will case returns to the county court with judges hearing arguments today and tomorrow. Objections from residents of Wallula Walli Walla Portland Tacoma and other areas were submitted before the proceedings continued.
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Turner
Walli Walla
Portland
Tacoma
Pendleton Observes Record Clean-Up Day Across Town
Pendleton reports a city wide clean up with extensive trash burning and raking in streets and yards. Five teams worked as households joined in the effort with schoolchildren granted a half day. Officials anticipate strict enforcement of an anti garbage ordinance as cleanup continues into the next day.
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Pendleton
Webfoot
Phenomenal Sheep Prices and 1906 Jubilee Demand
The American farmer hails 1906 as a year of jubilee for sheepmen with prosperity at the Chicago show marking the best pure bred display on the continent. Auction prices soared with Lambe at 311.26 per hundred, sheep at seven and one lamb ram reaching 205 for the owner. A Pullman, Washington sale by W H Kincaid saw a mule fetch 220.
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Chicago
Lambe
Pioneer Newspaper Man D D Earp in Walla Walla Deal
Pioneer reporter D D Earp from the inland empire is in Walla Walla to finalize a deal disposing of a large Echo district land tract. His son Frederick, formerly city editor at the East Oregonian, now works for the Seattle Times.
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Pioneer
D. D. Earp
Inland Empire
Walla Walla
Huoriness
Echo District
Frederick
Lawyers Return Home From Supreme Court Case
Judge James A. Fee and John Mc Court have returned from Salem after arguing the McLeod-Des pair case before the supreme court. The career appealed from the circuit court here where a judgment was given in favor of the McLeod side. The appeal was then taken by the Derspaing.
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James A. Fee
John McCourt
Salem
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
McLeod
Derspaing
Neynel Horray Plans Return to Garden City Packing Shop
Neynel Horray, former manager of Garden City Packing Company’s Main Street butcher shop, has returned to the city and is preparing to reopen the shop for business. He previously led the shop during its operation and now intends to restart services.
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Harms Wii
Neynel Horray
Garden City Packing Company
Main Street
Pioneer Woman Dencil Passes From Stroke in Oregon
Pioneer woman Dencil, also known as Mrs FE and Mrs WH Lewis, died from a severe stroke. She was a settler connected with the Barlow family who founded the Barlow road toward the Cascade Mountains and traveled to Oregon with one of the early migrations.
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Dencil
Lewis
Union
Barlow Road
Cascade
Oregon
Sixty Homeseekers Through Milpouri to Washington
Sixty homeseekers, monthly from Milpouri river points and Oklahoma, passed through the city this morning over the O R N to eastern Washington points.
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Milpouri River
Oklahoma
Washington
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Health Claim Card
Advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a health cure for liver and kidney troubles dyspepsia indigestion female ailments and colds with a guarantee of purity and effectiveness, claiming widespread relief for various ailments.
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Empire
Empire Tea & Crockery Co., Inc
Maln and
Alta Streets
T. S. Pringle
Mgr
West Court
Hazel Street
Winslow Bros. Jewelers
Opticians
F. and
Price
Tallman & Co
Pendicton
W H. Kincaid
Pullman, Wash
Hostetter
Pendleton Ings Bank
Hanan Select Rambler
Brockport Rose
Comfort House
Boston
Pendleton Roller Mills
W. G. Byers
Adler Bros. & CO
Max Baer
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