Umatilla Notes Show Freight Rates and Local Events
Umatilla notes report merchants profiting from low water freight, saloons selling liquor to minors, a man killed by a dump car at the north bank tunnel, local births and moves, staff changes at the O R and NW railroad, and a push to enforce anti liquor laws. The town urges council action and public awareness to curb saloon abuses amid improving boat freight rates.
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North Bank
Roy Knight
Seattle
Umatilla
W. H. Switzler
Portland
Marie Bagley
W. H. Gilbert
William Connolly
A. W. Fraser
Omer Stephens
Stephens
Young
Means
H.C. Means
Cambridge
B. F. Manning
Messrs
Livingoo
Berry
Teutsch Department Store
Pendleton
N. P. Hospital
D. Cc. Brownell
Portlana
G. W. Mottinger
Charles G. Lovell
Cold Springs
East Oregonian
Well Worth Trying Says Vermont Pension Attorney
W H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont praises Dr King's New Life Pills as the best thing next to a pension for family health. He notes the remedy relieves headache constipation and biliousness. 25c guaranteed at Tallman Co.'s drug store.
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W. H. Brown
Pittsfield
Alcohol From Corn Cobs Demonstrated At Town College
Experiments at the Town Agricultural College's experiment station show corn cob alcohol can be produced cheaply. Cobs, once a disposal problem, are ground into pulp, boiled, fermented with yeast, and distilled. Cost is about 2 cents per gallon, with denatured alcohol selling for 20 cents a gallon for fuel, yielding profit to the distiller and handler.
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Town Agricultural College
Westiller
Autumn Weather and Crops Report From Oregon Week
The Post summarizes a cool wet post week across Oregon with sun at start and end, heavy rain in western counties midweek, and showers in the east. Frosts occurred on select nights, winds varied by region, and temperatures stayed below normal amid cloudy skies and mountain snow.
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Bulletin of
Oregon
Seaa
Wind River
Wargo County
N. Pyerlee
Tontilla
Tinatitia
Helen T. Duncan
Pendleton
Tmpauilin
HL F. Johnson
Weston
Umatilla
Maud M. Baker
Wyoming for Bryan Democrats Nominate State Ticket
A Cheyenne dispatch reports the Wyoming Democratic state convention endorsed William J. Bryan as the 1908 candidate. The platform calls for eight hour labor laws, stricter state accountability for officials accepting railroad passes, a primary election law, and a return to Australian ballot. The ticket includes A. D. Kelster for governor and Themis A. Dunn for state auditor. Also notes the death of F. Tobin, founder of the Fitzernia bank in San Francisco and former police commissioner.
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Cheyenne
Oroon Daily Journal
William J. Bryan
A. D. Kelster
Allte
Daniel W
Larninie County
Themis A. Dunn
Stake Rayrer
Jose L Lobban
Sheridan County
Mire May Hamilton
Natrona County
Congress
John ©. Hamim
Vinta County
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DeWitt
Tallman & Co
Morrow County
Heppner
Irrigation Congress and Development League
Umatilla County
Music Wall
Willie
Hitch-Up
Morrow and
Umatilla Counties
de Caprio
Northwest
Pavillion
Railroads
Columbia River Valley
Salle
Sometmes
K. Cunningham
Charles K. Cunningham
Haker City
Lostine
Wallowa
Mena
James Balsely
Wyoming
Bryan
Kh. J. Tobin
The
Fitbernia Bank of
San Francisco
Wonder Store
Despain & Bean
Postoffice
Portland Realty
North 5Th Street
Glisan
3Rd and
Washington Sts
Portland, Obe
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