Echo Oregon News Notes and Local Arrivals
Echo May 3 news item detailing improvements at the Odom household several business visits from buyers and contractors. Cattle buyer Benson purchases four fat steers from Robert Stanfield. Pendleton dealer L Straus buys wool. Willie leaves O. R. & N. post. Mudge to take 40 day vacation with undecided plans. Yakima visitors Wilson Jackson McMaster advertise shoes. Fourth of July plans under discussion. Robert Stanfield departs for Portland. jack rabbit preparations noted. Myr. Odom's son recovering from pneumonia. irrigation visit to Juniper reservoir with California engineer. Miner Housey returns from Quartzburg with mine samples. Dixie Meadows silverite assays $50 to 87. Newport brothers, Nolan extension slide work, start soon with Ross Newport in charge. Work crews to employ 30–40, new south town residence nearing completion.
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A. V. Wilson
Ro. K. Jackson
McMaster Brother
Yakima
Bebo
Robert Stannfield
Portland
A. A. Stanley
Hardman
Fleming Lrothers
Myr. Qdom
John T. Whistler
California
Juniper Reservoir
Housey
Quartzburg
Grant County
Dixie Meadows
Howser
H. G. Newport
Conference on wage scale for engineers and firemen
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company engineers and firemen held a conference with Superintendent J. P. O'Brien in Portland after Mohler's return from the East. Frank E. Holm and E. Lemong lead grievance committees as talks seek higher wages comparable to large transcontinental roads and shifts in working schedules. The report lists current pay: enginemen $445 freight, $2.70 per 100 miles for firemen. in passenger service $425 and $2.55 per 10 miles. Rio Grande Western tops Pacific Coast wages with engineers at $5 and firemen $3 per 10 miles.
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0. R. & N. Engineers
J. P. O'Brien
A. L. Mohler
Portland
Rio Grande Western
Pacific Coast
State Barbers Association Holds First Lafayette Convention
The Indiana State Barbers Association met in Lafayette for its first annual convention. Attendees discussed changes to the Constitution and by laws and planned efforts to renew advocacy for a state barber license law before the next legislative session.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana State Barbers’ Associaton
Muncie
Won the Liars Medal for Home Plans Dispute
A jokey exchange earns the Liars Medal as a man explains plans for a new home. He notes a difference of opinion with his wife over interior arrangements with the pantry and closets. The crowd laughs while Chicago Tribune is credited.
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Chicago Trine
Inseparable Cat and Hen Charm Muncie Household
Queer friends roam Muncie Indiana as a cat and hen stay glued to each other from doorstep to kitchen door. The hen even follows the cat into the kitchen while in barn or yard the pair remain together. In another note minority stockholders of the Southern Pacific appeal Friday to block Harriman and majority stockholders from voting at the postponed election.
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Muncie
Ind
Southern Pacific
Harriman
National Guard Convention Plans Increase Militia Efficiency
The Interstate National Guard Association opened its fourth annual convention in Columbus with Secretary Root delivering a long address. He reviewed growth of the national guard, outlined plans to raise efficiency, and praised cooperation among state militia groups. The gathering includes adjutants general and militia officers from many states to discuss recent congressionally adopted militia legislation and state actions to align with it.
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Columbus
Interstate National Guard Association
Root
Charles Dick
National Guard
Nadjutants
Congress
Tubeworkers Union Convention Grows in Pittsburg
May 4 delegates flooded the National Association of Tubeworkers annual convention in Pittsburg led by President Charles Sable of Washington pa. The first convention reports show nearly 10,000 members with rapid growth. The key task is drafting a national wage policy to guide future labor relations.
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Tubeworkers’ Union
Pittsburg
National Association of Tubeworkers
Charles Sable
Washington
Physicians Gather in New Orleans for Medical Associations
New Orleans is crowded with eminent physicians from the United States and Canada for the annual session of the American Medical Association. Tomorrow there will be a meeting of the American Academy of Medicine, and Wednesday the association proper will begin its business sessions.
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New Orleans
United States
Canada
American Medical Association
American Academy of Medicine
Seaglons
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