Freight rates push lumber prices higher across regions
A Seattle paper reports a federal inquiry into lumber prices after a rate hike by railways. It notes 900 trillion feet of timber in the Pacific Northwest, 2000 mills, and a $135 million annual payroll. Freight costs raise delivered lumber well above mill prices, harming markets and boosting railroad earnings.
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Seattle
Congress
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
United States
Northern Pacific
State of
Pacific Coast
Boom in Dry Farming Hopeful Activity in Wyoming
The Cheyenne Tribune reviews dry farming in eastern Laramie county with steady seasonal activity. Farmers file homestead claims at about three per day and buy land from long companies bringing settlers in. Dr. Cooke's method gains attention with trials by ranchers, Caspar writer M P Wheeler reports success sowing rye without irrigation, and Utah Arid Farming harvested 1000 acres under the Cooke system. Colorado yields improve. Australia orders Wyoming dry farming potatoes. State fair to host record dry farming exhibits. irrigation farmers in Wheatland leverage the system to boost yields. Laramie county growers urged to save specimens for Cheyenne state fair and congress.
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Cheyenne Tribune
Laramie County
Ys the Tribune
Cooke
Australia
Wyoming
Wheatland
Laramie
Cheyenne
Loretz and Hanson Open for Woolens in East Oregonlia
Loretz and Hanson announce new store at the East Oregonlia building corner Main and Webb street offering a large stock of foreign and domestic woolens with new fall and winter patterns. William H. Abercombie, formerly United States consul at Nagasaki, committed suicide in Washington by gas at 60.
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William HH. Abercombie
United States
Conmu
Nagasaki
Washington
Pineanive Carho Lixe4 Poultice Claims Inflammation Relief
A. C. Koeppens Aros sells Pineanive Carho Lixe4 as an antiseptic poultice for drawing out inflammation and swelling. It is advertised for burns eczema cracked skin and immediate relief. The product is promoted by the seller.
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A. C. Koeppens Aros
Harvesting Resumed in Morrow County Amid Bank Reorganization
Rainy spell eased, harvesting rebounded with no major crop damage in Morrow County. Bank of Heppner reorganization sees W S Whorton gain control, planning to appoint Oscar Minor as president to boost local confidence. In Lexington a cutting affray at Doherty’s saloon left Frank Baxter critically injured. L Touwvie jailed awaiting circuit court action. Coal supply woes persist as traveler Toy Gray reports Monarch Coal Co backing out, seeking Carbon Hill coal via Portland at 12.25 per ton. Portland mills unable to commit haulage, suggesting Cooperative club involvement.
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Heppner
Hinton Creek
Bank of Heppner
W. S Whorton
Morrow County
Mr. Wharton
Hts
Oregon
W. C. Minor
Oscar Minor
Lexington
Dan Dohherty
Frank Baxter
Tle
Dan Doherty
Baxter
Davis
Heppner Emitarium
Tmyls
Toy Gray
Portland
Mr. Gray
Monarch Coal Company
Sheridan
Wyoming
Spokane
Firitish
Columbia
Hoppner
Gray
Commercial Club
Cornervier
Coal supply remains dry this season
The text indicates a struggle to secure coal, noting that despite efforts to wet the situation, the supply remains insufficient and the situation is not yet resolved. Names, dates, or places are not provided.
Hotel guest list at St George and Pendleton hotels
A roster of guests visiting or staying at the Hotel St George in Pasco Spokane Milwaukee etc and the Hotel Pendleton listing numerous names including Walsh Ford Hogan Burgon Cradway Tabor Wilson Connell Dunn Hull Webbard Vance Colns Harmon McChing Sull es Laramie Col May Colns Panton Van Cleff Myers Ol gie Jacobson Aissullon Miller McFriffee and many others from cities such as Denver Spokane Portland Seattle Chicago New York San Francisco and Los Angeles with several accompanying hometowns and affiliations. The list appears to be a guest directory published in the paper.
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Hotel
St. George
George W Walsh
Pasco
A. F. Ford
Spokane
J. J. Hogan
Portland
W. Burgon
Echo
Thomas Cradway
Milwaukee
A. Tabor
Walla Walla
T. W. Wilson
Denver
C G. Connell
Wm. Dunn
W. E. Hull
Mr. BE. Webbard
Omaha
S. FE. Vance
Moscow
Chas Chulart
J. HH. Donnelly
Chicago
Misa B. L. Harmon
Kansas City
Beets Laxative Cough Syrup Ad Promises Quick Relief
Mothers and with children need no longer fear croup colds or whooping cough. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup tastes good and works off the cold through the bowels clears the head guaranteed. Sold by A. C. Koeppens Bros.
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A. C. Koeppens Bros
Improvement in Horses in Yakima Valley
J A Woodside reports to Yakima Republic that cayuse are yielding to a fine light harness type. Over three years there has been notable improvement in breeding stock and driving quality. FH B Scudder and J B Jones note rising wealth driving demand for better horses, predicting city streets and roads improve with higher quality animals.
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Yakima Valley
J. A. Woodside
Yakima Republic
Cayuse
Tenme
Scudder
Ellensburg
J. B. Jones
Seattle
North
Yakima
War Dogs and Mikado Prosperity Ad Promotes Clothing
A vintage advertisement praises a harmonious postwar era and urges purchase of Alfred Benjamin Clothing. It claims a high standard and that reputable buyers, described as good judges, wear the brand. The tone blends wartime imagery with consumer promotion for durable menswear.
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Uncle Sam
the Mikado
Alfred Benjamin
Palmistry and Psychic Reading Offers at SOL Parlors
An advertisement proclaims a trance based life reading by a palm reader who claims to diagnose health, finances, marriage prospects, and luck. It promises new vitality and remedies for disease, with hours 9 to 6 30 daily and half price for the first three days at Water Street location, private and quiet for callers.
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Pacific Coast
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