Fruitgrowers Meet in Walla Walla Seeks 1008 Convention
Walla Walla Commercial club urged to bid for Northwestern Fruitgrowers association meeting next year. Delegates from Walla Walla to the 1907 Vancouver BC meeting December 4 and 6 will push to host the next gathering in the Garden City. The society, formed in 1696, serves Washington Oregon Idaho and British Columbia. It has wide local membership and has not met in Walla Walla for years. Dr. N G Blalock helped organize it. The hoped outcome is to bring NW fruitgrowers here where discussions and papers educate and aid the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Northwestern Fruitgrowers' Association For
Commercial Club
Vancouver
B. C
Garden City
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
British Columbia
N. G. Blalock
Northwest
Local residents and visitors converge in city for Thanksgiving week
A stream of visitors and residents pass through the city for Thanksgiving. J F McNaught of Hermiston and F B Van Dusen of Hermiston travel home after brief stays, while Rev F E Billington of Albany and M A Johns of Salem visit at the Golden Rule Hotel. Others include J E Taylor of Echo, N Stanfield of Echo, G H Sutherland of Walla Walla, A Dewitt of Walla Walla, and Dallan Mays of Weston. Multiple locals plan trips to Portland and other destinations, with E Mann seeking rheumatism treatment at Hot Lake and Frank Robinson returning from North Yakima after selling his business. Major W H Lyman returns from Walla Walla and prepares for a California winter, and H A Brandon moves to Portland to open an engineering office.
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F. EB. Billington
Albany
Golden Rule
Rt. N. Stanfield
Bank of Echo
M. A. Johns
Salem
Golden Rule Hotel
George H. Sutherland
Wala Wallars
Oliver Dewitt
Walla Walla
G. E. Hobbs
Polk Mays
Joseph
Wallowa County
Dallan Mays
Weston
E. A. Mann
Hot Lake
Government Cuts Wages Hit Reno Canal Work
A Klamath Falls dispatch reports government crews on the Reno canal face wage cuts from 3.00 to 2.00 per day, with workers being turned away as layoffs spread. Plans for large canal construction next summer depend on maintaining the current wage level amid broader financial strain in Interior Oregon. Southern Pacific survey crews are also withdrawn from Lake and Klamath counties.
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Reno
Klamath Falls
Klamath
Interior
Oregon
Southern Pacific
Lake
Klamath Counties
Size of Oregon Towns from Doans 1908 Almanac
Doans 1908 directory lists Oregon towns with populations over 1000 as revised to Sept 1, 1907. Figures include Portland 176000, Salem 14000, Eugene 6600, Astoria 10000, Albany 6200, Dallas 2400, Corvallis 6400, Grants Pass 600, Medford 400, Roseburg 000.
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Doan
Oregon
Astoria
Albany
Baker City
Condon
Corvallis
Cottage Grove
Dallas
Elgin
Eugene
Forest Grove
Grants Pass
Heppner
Hillsboro
Hood River
Independence
la Grande
Lebanon
Marshfield
McMinnville
Montavilla
Newberg
North Bend
Ontario
Pendleton
Portland
St. Johns
Salem
Union
Medford
Ashland
Roseburg
Rooters Serenade Coach After Football Rally
Following a high school rally, students led by an improvised band marched through the business district to the Hil residence to serenade their coach who had just married Miss Myrtle Hill. The bridegroom was unable to appear, though his best wishes were conveyed.
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Acroga
Hil
Myrtle Hill
Retired sheep king returns home from Yakima duties
Charles Cunningham of Umatilla county, famed sheep king, has just come back from Yakima and Klickitat counties where he cared for a large herd of young cattle. His stock are thriving and feed is ample in that region. Dan P Smythe addressed the rooter brigade briefly at Charles Cunningham Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cunningham
Umatilla
Yakima
Klickitat
A Rebus Teases Readers for a Dollar Prize
A quirky rebus puzzle invites entrants to Cail at Fergy's for a dollar reward. It proclaims Tam the owner of a living soul blessed with sense and knowledge and hints the first correct answer will be rewarded. The notice evokes the trumpet of Gabriel and rising the dead as a playful challenge.
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Tam
Gabriel
Cail
Fergy’s
Kennedy Family Thanksgiving Visit in Baker City
Here from Baker City Mr and Mrs B B Kennedy and family are spending Thanksgiving with relatives. They are guests of Mr Kennedy’s father J B Kennedy on East Webb Street during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker City
Delayed Coaches to Portland
Coaches left at the elon yesterday afternoon were taken to Portland this morning on the O R N local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Elon
Agent Returns to Farm After Brief City Service
E C Hogue, who has acted as Pacific Express agent in this city for two months, has gone back to his farm near Kahlotas Washington. The note describes him as in poor business for attempting to undermine a faith that supports people near the grave.
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Kahlotas
E. C. Hogue
Pacific Express Company
Washington
Fresh Oysters and Winter Goods Ad Mix in City Briefs
A bustling list of local ads and notices runs through the city brief section. Fresh oysters at Hohbachs, dry wood from Minnis, Christmas tree orders for Forshaw, and a bread wagon from the Electric Bakery. rentals on several houses and rooms, Bowmans Photo Studio services, Johnsons Restaurant meals, and Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the French restaurant. Hiring notices, piano tuning, violin lessons, and paint supplies appear alongside coal, wood, pickles, Edison records, and hardware ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forshaw
Malin
West Court
Bowman's
Johnson's
Main
Aura Street
East Oregonian
West Webb
Peoples Warehouse
Oregon Lumber Yard
Deschutes River Would Take 62 Years to Navigate
Prineville Review notes the Deschutes River, famed for its clear year round flow and 400 foot drop over 200 miles, would require 62 years to become navigable at a cost exceeding 800 quadrillion dollars, with underground stretches and minimal flood impact compared to other streams.
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Deschutes
Prineville Review
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teutsch’s
Fruitgrowers’ Meeting
Patterns of Haviland
China
A. C. Koeppen & Brothers
J. E. Taylor
Echo
J. F. McNaught
Hermiston
Frank Robinson
E. H. Swisher
Adams
Cambridge
Adama
George Hartman, Jr
First National Bank
H. A. Brandon
Brandon
W. H. Lytle
The
Sound
W. H. Lyman
City
California
San Francisco
Rooters Serenade
Man
Dan P. Smythe
Rooter Brigade
Hohbach'a
Stansbery& Milne
Edison Records
Guernsey
Mualo
Webb and Garden
W. Webb
D. C. Durham
A. H. Johnson
Johnson
Post Street
Acme
Goodman Hardware Company
Hiawatha
Hiawatha Hall Tonic Co
Tallman & Co
Goodman Hardware Co
United States
Louis Hunziker
Jeweler and
Optittan
Main St
Walt
Il Heater
Japan
Nickel
Olamp ™ Raye
Ranra
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Cloak & Suit House
Crank’s
Per Garme
Morris B. Streeter
Worrie Treeter
Bryan Stock Co
the Princess OF Patches
Golden West
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