Harvest Labor Scarcity Delays Morrow County Work
B F Swaggart reports Morrow County harvest delayed by labor shortage. Wages have averaged 3 to 5 dollars daily for two months. Machines run about 30 days and some halted due to lack of help. Excellent crop, good prices, but losses loom. Swaggart explains fair absence due to pressing harvest and cannot leave threshing and harvesting. He leases Prospect ranch and will winter 100 head of horses near Pendleton.
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Morrow County
B. F. Swaggrart
Heppner
Swaggart
Mor Ton County
Swaegart
Prospect Ranch
Pendleton
Open River to the Sea in Northwest Waterways Plan
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Oregon lawmakers receive praise for river improvements and funding. The convention expresses support for the president and highlights executive committee achievements, including a state portage railroad, steamboat line, and increased canal and river appropriations on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
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State of
Oregon
N Association
Washington
Northwest
Congress
Idaho
United States
J. A. Smith
Baker County
W. J. Mariner
Sherman County
Ore
N. G. Blalock
Walla Walla County
Henry Hahn
A. H. Devers
Multnomah County
J. T. Peters
Wasco County
Hon. Jos
N. Teal
Portland
Big Eddy
Celilo
Dalles
Celilo Canal
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Early warning on cold starts and rising illness risk
The message urges immediate action when cold starts to prevent deepening illness. Delays can lengthen suffering as every hour lost at the outset may extend the duration of illness. Take prompt steps to seek care and mitigate progression.
W C T U Convention Held in Freewater
The Umatilla county W C T U annual convention opens in Freewater at the Congregational church with Miss Hose Adella Davidson national secretary and organizer lecturing this evening and giving a recital tomorrow. Attendance is strong from across the county.
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Freewater
Umatilla County
Congregational Church
Coffman Returns From Local Post to Los Angeles
In Los Angeles O. W. Coffman, once chief of police here and later owner of a French restaurant, has moved there with his companion. They have been in the city for a month or more since leaving here. A remark notes that even the bargain hunter’s cheap Manila keeps the line.
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O. W. Coffman
Los Angeles
Hoth
Mr. Coffman
Storm in Alberta Deflates Wheat and Crops
A letter from M A Beagle of High River Alberta reports a September 9 snowstorm that buried fields with about 20 inches of wet snow. Grain was flattened delaying harvest, with an estimated 25 bushels saved per acre for wheat and notable losses for barley oats and flax, while overall the season was the worst since starting to farm due to frequent rain.
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Alberta
C. A. Turner
M. A. Beagle
High River
Elks Plan Rough Rider Parade Trip to Walla Walla
Pendleton Elks plan to join the Walla Walla fair parade as a rough rider brigade. Members will wear cowboy attire and ride fiery steeds, potentially traveling overland or by special car to the event next Thursday evening. Initiation tonight will finalize arrangements for the trip.
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Walla Walla
Pendleton Elks
Exaiter Ruier Ferguson
Elks
Brigadier General Godfrey Retired on Half Pay for Life
Brigadier General E. Godfrey, now at Fort Riley Kansas, formerly colonel at Fort Walla Walla and friend of Major Lee Moorhouse, has been retired on half pay for life after 41 years in government service. He was promoted to brigadier general last January and has seen action in major Indian wars over the past two decades. He served with Major Reno at the Battle of the Big Horn and was a member of the Seventh Cavalry for four years continuously.
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Godfrey
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Walla Walla
Lee Moorhouse
Jjast
Hoe
Reno
Battle of the Big Horn
Seventh Cavalry
Arkansas coal owner tours Idaho to push shipments
E. J. Martin of Russellville Ark one of the owners of a large hard coal mine travels to Pocatello on the way west He sells hundreds of tons to Secretary Julian Rosenberg of the Pocatello Commercial club for local distribution and places orders along the Short Line and O R N up to Pendleton He notes Harriman Lines have given low rates for Arkansas coal to Idaho points and are pushing to move shipments without delay.
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E. J. Martin
Russellville
Ark
Pocatello
Julian Rosenberg
Pocatello Commercial Club
Pendleton
Harriman
Arkansas
Idaho
Pocatello Tribune
Deputy Commissioner Plans Westward Inspection Route
Deputy Labor Commissioner and factory inspector E. D. Trumbull left this morning for Adams to inspect the feed mills there and will return this evening. He currently operates from La Grande but will seek to establish headquarters in Pendleton as his western territory expands toward Bridal Well.
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E. D. Trumbull
Adams
Mr. Trumbull
la Grande
Bridal Well
Pendleton
Blake Divorce Suit Filed Over Desertion
Clara Blake filed for divorce from John Blake today alleging desertion as the cause. The couple married November 1 1882 at Pittafield Illinois and have six children, all in Clara Blake's custody. John Blake is said to have deserted his family on July 1 1906.
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Clara Blake
John Blake
J. T. Hinkle
Blakes
Pittafield
Oliver trio visits Pendleton as Balloon route traffic head
Claire Oliver Tere. Co. W. Oliver, son of F. M. Oliver, who once lived here, returns to Pendleton with friends and relatives. He is now traffic manager for the Balloon route excursions, the scenic line operating near Los Angeles.
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Claire Oliver Tere. Co
W. Oliver
F. M. Oliver
Pendleton
Los Angeles
Trout eggs secured for Stone Creek hatchery project
Walla Walla reports about 200000 government trout eggs secured by Game Warden C L Whitney for the local area. They will be placed in Stone Creek to hatch and mature and be released into larger streams. Whitney urged county commissioners to ban fishing in Stone Creek for three years, a ban they approved. Stone Creek runs near the Moore farm east of the city and flows west through the poor farm into the Yellowhawk. Badly garbled rest of notice mentions residence property for sale and Bond Bros in Umatilla county.
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Walla Walla
C. L. Whitney
Stone Creek
MN Whitney
Moore Farm
Rune
Poor Farm
Yellowhawk
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China
Serallus
Cole Trex
Winslow Brothers Jewelers & Opticians
Nowelpin Morrow
Id. F. Swaggart
F&s
Tallman & Co
W. C. T. U. Convention
the House of the Chic Hat
Carrier Millinery
Pendleton Lodge
Garden City
Roosevelt
Boston
Cluett
Wilson
Wallace Frenchinet
A. Kunkel
Monroe Street
Spokane
Wash
Bond Bros
Men’s Shop
Max Baer
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