Fire destroys Murphy and Bennett shop in Portland
A blaze at the Modern Machine Shop of Murphy and Bennett on Bradford Street destroyed the building and its machinery. No insurance was carried, and investigators suspect an incendiary or tramp. The firm plans a larger plant nearby and will resume production within weeks. The Rose Carnival of 1909 is praised, with St Johns and the Peninsula noted for their role and celebratory crowds in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy & Hennett
Bradford Street
Gillespie
Murphy & Bennett
Tacoma
Bradford
Messre, Murphy & Bennett
Fire Department
Tts
Portland
Johne
St. Johna
Georgia Perrine
St. Johns
Carnival Association
Peninsila
Messrs
Chipman
Norton
Gilbert Goodhue
Fessenden Street
Peasenden Street
Recorder
Pacific States Telephone Company
Granger
Ivanhoe
Villa Boulevard
Home Telephone Line Expands to St Johns by August
The Home Telephone company is laying poles along the line to extend service to St Johns after securing a franchise years ago. Citizens welcome the move after patience worn thin by the existing provider’s dictatorial methods imperfect service and high prices. The Home is expected to reach St Johns by the first of August.
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The
Home Telephone Company
St. Johns
WH. Johns
Chiefs Visit Chief H P Haroldeen Guests of Police Chief
The Vandusen buyer entourage toured the city staying with Chief of Police Bredeson and family this week. They praised the local area and admired Chief Johns for his prudent choice of location. They plan to attend the Seskite fair before returning home.
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H. P. Haroldeen
Vandusen
Bredeson
Gt. Johns
Seskite
Hogs Bring Record June Price at Chicago Market
The highest June price for live hogs since 1882 was set at the Union Stockyards in Chicago on Monday with top porkers selling at a record level. Scarcity across Western packing centers and a drop of 20,000 head in nine Western markets driven prices higher and boosted provisions to multi year highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Chicago
City panel approves Portland boulevard contract bid
City council in regular session reviewed street projects and bids for Portland boulevard improvement. Mason’s bid topped the lowest by 920.99 and secured the contract while viewers’ reports on Richmond Buchanan and Melmond street were discussed and set for hearings.
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Portland Boulevard
Buchanan and
Richmond Streets
Richmond
Buchanan
South Ivanhoe
Polk
South Hayes
Ida
Holbrook Addition
Street Committee
Johne Avenue
Kellogg
Chapel Streets
Wills Boulevard
Bruce Street
Weyer
Alkerson
Pottage of
Portland
Cenl
Thos
Cochran
Mason
Williamette Boulevard
P. Hill
Chas
Trngolet
Melmond Street
Caples Tract
Ommel Chamber
Huchanan Street
Couch
Bonham
A. My Atearan
Straete
St Johns Lads Injured After Rose Festival Ride
Two St Johns youths were hurt returning from the Portland Rose Festival last Thursday. Morris McKinnon, rider in the parade, was injured when his horse stumbled and fell. The horse bolted, leaving him by the roadside until Dr. MacLachlan found him and brought him home. His fracture is serious but healing. Gail Perrine was brushed from a crowded car on the steel bridge, bruised with a cut under an eye, yet he was active again the next day.
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St. Johns
Portland
Morris McKinnon
Gail Perrine
Yahee Boy
Pleasantly Entertained Ming Florence Carlson Party in St Marys
Pleasantly entertained guests mingled with Ming Florence Carlson at a St Marys gathering Tuesday. A four to six party launched the evening followed by a twelve course dinner served by a Portland caterer and assisted by staff. The hall featured yellow tulle decor and refined silver service. Vinton Scott of Falls City, Oregon, spent days with his mother Mrs Beate and reported a growing dental practice in Walls County.
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Ming Florence Carlson
St. Marys
Portland
Prospective Settlers Pleased With St John’s Area
Henry Schellenberger and Mr Thorn of Owosso Michigan visited St John to evaluate living there. They enjoyed the climate, vegetation, flowers, and surroundings and may move soon. EB Angell, who has been on a large rail contract at Silverton, plans a brief stop in St John’s before returning home.
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Henry Schellenberger
Mr. Thorn
Owoso
Mich
St. Jolne
Mr.Thorn
Asoon
Mr. Schellenberger
EB. W. Angell
Silverton
St. Johns
Independent packing plant movement on Portland peninsula
Leading Pacific coast stockmen plan an independent packing plant near the Swift plant on the Peninsula with a $2,000,000 corporation. A. Robinson, Jamon, and Harry Mitchell head the project as California capitalists, aiming to regulate prices and ensure producer profits. Schwarzechild & Bumberger are planning a large modern plant on the Peninsula, near the Swift site, with construction likely after Bulaberger’s upcoming inspection.
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Nealte
Wieacren
Portland Journal
Pacific
A. Robinson
Jamon
Harry Mitchell
California
Mitchells
Rocky Mountains
Schwarzechild & Bumberger
Zimmerman
Portland
Peninwula
Swift
Bulaberger
Western Oregon soil as a gold mine under intensive farming
Statements from Oregon husbandmen in the Yearbook of the Eugene Guard reveal high returns from small plots with intensive cultivation. Examples cite $640 per acre from cherries, $1700 first-year cherry sales on 10 acres, peach, apple, pear, walnut, corn, oats, clover, timothy, onion and wool yields, and large per-acre profits across Hood River and Rogue River districts, illustrating vast potential for western Oregon agriculture.
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Oregon
Eugene Guard
Cancades
FF. M. George
Enoe Proanal
J. A.peterton
C. la Follette
L. T. Reynolds
M.N. Bowman
L. 8. Puller
A. S. Breadsley
W. Britfin
Morris
James Whitbycombe
Corvaille
Frank Diem
L. Groner
P. Kloppin
J. CG
Tom
J. W. Blaton
Andrew Sanders
Clarence Koon
Dewes
Lambe
Hood River
Rogue River
Quiet Place Visitor Seeks Solitude in Store Stroll
A nervous man entered a store last week and sat for about half an hour. When asked if he needed help, he declined. After more time, the owner offered assistance again, but he preferred to browse quietly. He cited his physician’s advice to seek quiet and avoid crowds.
Summer Session Attendance to Break University Record
Announcement by Dean H D Sheldon confirms record attendance for the University of Orekontian Summer Session beginning June 28 and running six weeks to August 6. Prof Samuel B Seward Jr of Stanford will replace ill Prof Howe teaching English Literature and Rhetoric with courses aimed at August state examinations. A Bleed town Michigan paper notes a local business man challenge at the field as Albina ball club prepares to play locals Sunday amid a wave of recent publicity.
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Universty
Orekontian
H. D. Sheldon
Seaalon
Samual B. Seward Jr
Stanford University
Howe
Ilness
Seward
Michigan
Albina
Remarkable Taft College student Wiener to graduate early
Norbet Wiener, a Taft College senior in Medford Maus, is set to receive a bachelor of arts at college commencement upon completing a four year program in three years. The 14 year old is hailed as the most remarkable student on record at any college or university, having mastered reading, Latin, arithmetic, geometry, and multiple languages by ages seven to nine.
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Norbet Wiener
Taft's College
Medford
Maus
Aity of Tutta
Wiener
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St. Johns Queen
Jusman
Valentine
D. Stone
Schaffer
K. Stone
Howard
Utility
Summers
Olney
Helser
Adams
Pembroke
Cj Pry
St. Johns Lads
Greater St
Johna
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