Telephone work expands line under new owner Hilton
William Hilton has purchased Pendleton Telephone Company and plans major expansion. New line work will extend from Owens ranch on Bear Creek to Guilford's and Charles Cunningham's ranch, adding miles of lateral lines to connect Pilot Rock Alba Veal Springs and surrounding stations. Crews are replacing poles and inspecting lines to have the system ready before winter with further improvements planned in spring.
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William Hilton
Pendleton Telephone Company
John Endicon
Pacific States Telephone Company
Mr. Hilton
Owens Ranch
Bear Creek
Butter Creek
Vinson
Guiliford
Ountry
Charles Cunningham
Big Sheep
Pilot Rock
Alba
Veal Springs
Hilton
Big Find of Honey Near Pilot Rock Cave
Samuel Endicott, veteran bee hunter from Umatilla county, reports a large honey find about ten miles southwest of Pilot Rock in Bear Creek country. While tracking bees, he discovered an old cave once used for saltpeter work, filled with a vast honey swarm and large honey deposits.
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Sam Endicott
Pilot Rock
Samuel Endicott
Umatilla
Bear Croek
Honey Cave Discovery Attracts Attention In Local Scene
The cave, filled over years with labor, houses an estimated 600 pounds of honey. Mr. Endicott plans to return with gear to secure the find by force. In Portland the Aga B. Thompson case defense proceeds with about 40 witnesses. T. G. Halley and J. A. Fee travel to manage the defense as others depart Monday morning.
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Endicott
Portland
T. G. Halley
Aga B. Thompson
J. A. Fee
Monster Carrot Exhibition In Main Street Window
A 15 pound monster carrot raised by Grant Earhart of Wild Horse is on display in Berkley’s Main Street window. The root measures 214 feet long and 20 inches in girth at the widest point, pulled from Earhart’s ranch as one of several large specimens this year. News also notes cattle shipments toward Frye-Huburn Seattle and a visit by Prof. Royal of Olympia, former city high school principal, with a newborn daughter announced for Mr. and Mrs. Ross of Wallula.
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Grant Earhart
Berkley
Main Street
Wild Horse
Professor Royal
M. G. Royal
Olympia
Royal
Missionary Rev L W Reiley to Preach at Baptist Church
At Ovemon Baptist Church Rev L W Reiley the Baptist missionary will preach tomorrow both morning and evening. Reiley is noted as a forceful speaker and his remarks should interest all who attend.
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Baptist Church
L. W. Reiley
Ovemon
Reilley
Pendleton Social Scene Darkened by Minsiwnore Sheridan's Death
Thanksgiving week social life in Pendleton centered on mourning for Minsiwnore Sheridan. A planned Wednesday dance by William Sturgis was canceled. Many hosts hosted dinners for close friends. Notices speak to changing manners in schools and homes, with "Yee" and "No" replacing "Yes ma'am" and "No ma'am" in polite address. Numerous local residents and visitors enjoyed gatherings, theater plans, and church events amid the holiday.
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Pendleton
Minsiwnore Sheridan
Willam Sturgis
King Turk
Statue plans honor Sacajawea at fairs and St Louis
An article argues for honoring Sacajawea with statues at the Lewis and Clark fair in Oregon and in St. Louis. It praises the Shoshone woman’s crucial role and notes government funds did not reward her. It suggests the Gulfiana Purchase Exploration Co. can further memorialize her and include descendants among attendees.
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Oregon
Sacajawea
St. Louis
Loulalana Purchase Experition Company
Lewin and Clark
World’s Fair Company
Sacajawea Wan
Chaboneau
Lewis and Clark
Bioth
Bird
8 River
Montana
Crooked Creek
Goulsiana Purchase Expaaltion Company
Bacajawea
Maximilian
Prince of
Wied
Indian Office
Washington
North Dakota
South Dakota
Health note on phosphates in food and baking powder
The article asserts there is no fault with phosphates as constituents of food or as baking powder and emphasizes their safety and acceptance in household use. It highlights the harmless nature of phosphates in common culinary applications and references their universal acceptance.
Wae Not Konasek Brice Hanrahan Dies After Fall
Brice Hanrahan the boy fatally injured when he fell from the ton brikeheam of No 1 the O N messenger train at Bridal Well Thursday died in Portland yesterday. He was not from this city and reports of his identity here were unfounded. Hanrahan and a companion were riding the rails toward Portland. Johnson Marquis James A Marquis and Hewson Johnson of Adams wed at the Adams Episcopal church parsonage on the fifth by Rev G C Rebarson. Both are well known in Adams where they have taught and will live.
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Konasek
Brice Hanrahan
No. 1
Bridal Well
Portland
Konnasek
Hanrahan
Snow largely melted by warm rains in mountains
Weather report notes warm rains have melted most mountain snow and left little snowpack on plains, with only heavy glacier areas retaining notable snow. The week’s mild temperatures reduced snow cover across elevations, easing travel but signaling continued runoff.
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Trier
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New Wallula
Younger & Son
Vicinity
Cecil Wade
Walla Walla
W. H. Holly
Wailla Walla
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Milton
Albert Cohen
Matisse
Athena
J. W. Sullivan
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Weidner
Thomas C. Warner
Eile Jean Frazier
St. Anthony Hospital
Mian Pearl Rrigon
Peoples Warehouse
Ella Hexter
Charles J. Ferguson
Walloa Walla
Anna Bracken
Fred Shoemaker
Wallaburg
Wash
Thomas Ayres
Club and Federation
Jof Tartar
C. F. Chandler
Columbia University
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