20 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
The Echo Register
Location
Echo, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
1
Citizens of Echo and western Umatilla County urge the county court to end unequal treatment in road improvements. They fault delays and the need for local funding, calling for a competent road supervisor empowered to act promptly without red tape. The letter notes recent Buttercreek to Echo repairs and stresses county-wide equity in tax-supported projects.
The Oregon State Fair will be the forty eighth annual gathering in Salem during the week of September 14. It is under the Oregon State Board of Agriculture with F A Welch as secretary and W F Matlock as president. Racing promises top speed and rich purses while grounds receive improvements for visitor comfort. The camping quarters are ready under Albert Tozier and the tented city is expected to grow. Massive oaks shade the camp area offering a pleasant week’s outing away from home.
A guarantee style testimonial notes the Chamberlain remedy never failing to relieve active symptoms since 1872. A commercial traveler from Oakland Indian Territory endorses its reliability and readiness for trips. Dorn & Dorn druggists are advertised as sellers.
Harley Ware, a prominent Farmington furniture dealer, drowned August 11 after a Chautauqua outing with six friends near the power house. His body was found at dawn in shallow river water after an all night search. He leaves a mother three sisters and four brothers. Funeral was held Saturday at the Baptist church with interment in Bonaparte cemetery.
Echo business men urge immediate action to begin the John Day irrigation project with a $1,000,000 start and aim to complete 250,000 acres of arid lands. They call for officials to be prodded and for Ballinger to visit Echo to hear local support for faster reclamation.
An odd civic note links Portland auto enthusiasts planning an auxiliary police group to curb fast driving. A delinquent driver who struck a woman or child was said to travel only four miles per hour and escape punishment for cussing. A Drummquin Ontario resident promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion, praising them as effective and easy to take with free samples at Dorn & Dorn Drug Store.
A list urges developing a first-class cement block maker, candy factory, planing mill, electric lights, sash and door plant, building loan group, cigar factory, cheese factory, broom and sugar factories, and a canning plant to pull Echo together.
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