Good Old Days: April 26, 2018

8 years ago

The Commoner

April 14, 1893

Heavy rains have loosened the rocks on the hillsides of Railroad Avenue residences south of the Wall St. bridge and Monday a huge mass of earth and rock slid down on Dr. G. A. Miller’s woodshed and storeroom, completely demolishing them and driving the timbers deep into the ground.

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Trustees of the Snake River Fruit Growers’ association have contracted with Gilbert, Hunt & Co. of Walla Walla to erect a 20-foot water wheel on the Holt place at Wawawai on the Snake River, where the banks are unusually steep. It is calculated to raise water to a height...