Whitaker Dentist and Local Ads Spotlight May 22 1902
A composite page note listing Whitaker the dentist, local merchants, and services from 208 West Court Street. It mentions shops for hats, Milwaukee beer, Columbus buggies priced at 150, dairy products, ice cream, crepe paper, stationery, bicycles, grocery specials, and a parade of small ads. It also reports 18 smallpox cases in Portland’s pest house, a death in Sumpter, weather improvement, a wheat shipment to Leroy, and a crowd vote contest for Pendleton’s most popular lady with a gold watch prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Compton
Nolte
Portland
Walla Walla
Martin's Family
W. R. Forrester
Oregon
Sumpter
Here
State Line
Leroy
N. Y
Balfour-Guthrie Company
Pendleton
W. BE. Garrison
Vote Plan Tied to Pendleton Visit
Fred Shoemaker of Washington Life Insurance Company, stationed at The Dalles, visits The Dalles and Pendleton to urge support for Furnish. He will stay in Pendleton to vote, then move to Spokane to establish his future headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shoemaker
Washington Life Insurance Company
Dalles
Fred
Pendleton
Spokane
Chamberlain Gays Campaign Day Across Four Towns
Hon George FE Chamberlain democratic gubernatorial candidate tours Milton Weston Athena and Pendleton in a single day. He speaks at Milton at 11 am with county candidates and a Nichols grove picnic. From Milton to Weston at 1 30 pm then to Athena and Pendleton finishing with a fourth address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Weston
Athena
Pendleton
George FE. Chamberlain
Frazer's Opera House
Chamberlain
Miltor
Nichols’ Grove
Mr. Chamberlain
Dalles Celilo Canal funding moves forward on plan
At a conference on the rivers and harbors bill the group agreed to begin work on the Dalles Celilo canal with 340000 dollars. The current plan uses Captain Harts design and avoids another engineers’ review. Remaining 224000 from prior boat railway plus 100000 new will fund the canal and locks, with work to start after river and harbor bill passage and continue to completion. The arrangement is deemed permanent and not to be reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Dalles-Celilo Canal
Senate
Harts
Board of Engineers
Movement of Sheep by Livestock Agent Millis
Livestock Agent Millis of the O R N Company reports heavy sheep movement from Heppner and vicinity with local shipments dominating. Demand is strong and the fall outlook for feeders is favorable, as prices ease to attract buyers to place orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millis
O. R. & N. Company
Heppner and Vicinity
Radical United Brethren Camp Meeting Near Freewater
A Radical United Brethren camp meeting will start May 28 six miles west of Freewater on William Gallagher’s grounds, running to about June 6. The annual conference will be held simultaneously, led by T. J. Hardwick of Freewater, with expectations of a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radical United Brethren Church
Freewater
William Gallagher
Radical United Brethren
T. J. Hardwick
Mean Swindler Uses Dental Fraud Across Counties
A notorious con man roams neighboring counties, offering free tooth extractions with a promise of new sets. He returns days later to demand half the plate price and vanishes, leaving victims toothless and poorer. Weeping follows, yet no teeth are gnawed, only relentless chewing.
Beer Seized From Imperial Yacht Crew in Kiel Auction
During a royal visit, New York brewers served the imperial yacht crew. Deck officers saved several kiege for friends, but upon arrival at Kiel German customs seized the beer and demanded $67.50 duty. The beer was then sold at auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Henry
New York
Kiel
Roosevelt Proposes Large Expansion for Wyoming Forest Reserves
President Roosevelt plans a proclamation to add several million acres to Yellowstone and Teton forest reserves in Wyoming, expanding federal protection and land management. The move signals a major conservation push amid ongoing debates over public lands and resource use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Yellowstone and
Teton
Wyoming
Adventists Elect New Officers and Honor Prominent Men
At the Byers grove Adventist camp meeting Rev W F Martin presided over credentials and Sabbath school discussions. Ten Pendleton business leaders dined with Adventists, sample menu featured vegetable dishes. New Mount View Sanitarium board and Upper Columbia River Medical Missionary Benevolent Association directors were elected, with several current members retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers’ Grove
Committee On
W. F. Martin
College Place
Mount View Sanitarium
Spokane
Upper
Yarnell
I. A. Dunlap
Holbrook
J. A. Holbrook
Dr. Simmons
Portland
W. T. Knox
California
W. L Gardner
G. Holbrook
George Gibson
W .T. Knox
A. J. Breed
J. W. Posey
S. A. Anderson
W. H. Saxby
Baker City Doctor Charged Over Smallpox Reporting
Dr. W. T. Phy, a leading Baker City physician, faced Police Judge Bentley on Tuesday for attending a patient with smallpox and not reporting to Health Officer Dr. James Patrick Hayes. A $5 fine was imposed as City Attorney Hellner warned prosecutors would pursue all practitioners failing to report such cases. Dr. Phy immediate-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Phy
Baker City
Bentley
James Patrick Hayes
Hellner
Phy
Dr Hayes Faces Arrest Over Quarantine Failure
A line in the family of Dr. E Porter notes a smallpox case was not quarantined as required under the ordinance. It is expected a warrant will be issued for the arrest of Dr Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes
E. Porter
Hayes
Freewaterites Rally Over Electric Road Row
Citizens of Freewater report strong displeasure with Mellmann and Romo electric road plans. The map marks Freewater as unincorporated town 48 and alleges bias toward Milton. Rivalry between the towns runs deep and supporters say the electric railway promoters have alienated friends by misrepresenting facts.
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Cleaver Bros. Dry Goods Company
Dase
Nolf
St. Joe
Martin
Campbell
Orn & Cook
Taylor
Castle's
Uma Soda
Koeppen’s
Hawley Bros
Columbus Buggies
Uma- Ulla Implement Company
Hawley Bros- Dutton
Payne
The
East Oregonian
Haviland
China
L. Hunziker
Koeppen
Main Street
Court House
Umatilla County
LO Canal
Adventists
Leon Cohen
F. BE. Judd
Lee Teutsch
J. H. Raley
R. Alexander
B. P. Dodd
C. H. Carter
F. B. Clapton
John Hailey, Jr
P. Marshal
Boston
Aoe
J. C. Spoonamore
Court St
Peu
Eton
Peoples
Butterick
Mall
Beck
Cottonwood Street
Eastman
Cannon
Ona
Waterman
Parker
John Holland
Frederick Nolf
Dex
Bishop & CO
Goce & Bong
R. Martin
Westy
Rantaw
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