Athena Adopts Saloon Licensing Ordinance At Six Hundred
The Athena city council passed Ordinance No. 121 licensing and regulating saloons with a $600 annual fee. The measure imposes licensing terms, bond requirements, building and operation rules, and penalties for violations including fines and imprisonment. The ordinance restricts Sundays sales and sets open hours and staff accountability, aiming to curb disorder while regulating liquor sales.
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Athena
Johnson
Tts
McEwen
Ordinanda
City of
Oregon
Peti
Counsil
State of
Valuations of Oregon Corporations Set by Tax Board
State Tax Commissioners have completed total valuations for several Oregon corporations for the State Board of Equalization. Included are the Oregon Short Line at 28.71 miles valued at 1541.50, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co at 47,660,050, and Oregon & California Southern Pacific lines at 82,688,950 for 618.16 miles. Portland Light & Water system is 22,186,748. Pollman Car Co at 605,010 for 817.58 miles. Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph at 48,794.00. Some property remains under county jurisdiction. figures may change by the State Board. In a separate note, Syrian peddler Najjar is detained for alleged attempt to defraud the American Express Co, with a stolen valise from La Grande claimed. A valise found in town is believed to have been planted by Najjar after a prior scheme.
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Tax Commission
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Oregon & California
Southern Pacific
Portland Light & Water Company
Pollman Car Company
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
State Board of Equalization
R. Najjar
Nodor
Banco Omer
Expresa
Najjar
la Grande
Tenia
Express
bin Posseasion
Tt Iw
Malton
Charley Baddeley Dead in Walla Walla Hospital
Charley Baddeley known as Charley to Umatilla and Hastorn Ore people died in a Walla Walla hospital Tuesday morning after several weeks of illness. He formerly lived northeast of Weston on a county ranch and bred trotting stock and rowdators. Survived by three sons. Funeral held Wednesday afternoon, burial beside wife in Weston cemetery. Good Roads meeting in Pendleton discussed county issues with another session planned for December 17 inviting all interested in roads and urging Umatilla delegation attendance.
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AJ. A. Baddeley
Umatilla County
Hastorn
Charley
Walla Walla Hospital
Mr. Baddeley
Wallowa County
Walla Walla
Harges
Baddeley
Enterprise
Wallowa
Weston Cemetery
Good Roads
Commercial Club
Umotilin
Marriage Announcement and County Levy Meeting Notes
The county court invites new and old members to attend the levy discussion for road purposes. A committee was formed Saturday to study the levy and report at the next meeting in two weeks. A Pendleton marriage merged into church and town life as Mr Carl Christian married Miss Amy Boober. The couple, friends of Athena readers, will reside in the Jones addition on Jefferson Street.
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Bers
Pendleton
Carl Christian
Mics
Amy Boober
Charles Boober
Athene
Christian
Athena
Mr. Christian
Jones Pottage
Jefferson Street
Hair-raising buggy runaway injures Miss Van Winkle in Athens
In Athens a buggy runaway occurred when Miss Booher drove the team. Miss Van Winkle suffered a concussion and a bruised hip after the buggy overturned near the Baptist church. She was carried to James Henderson's home, regained consciousness, and was later returned home with medical care.
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Athens
Misa Zaida van Winkle
Iady
Leon Miller
Mien Gertie” Booher
Miss van Winkle
Mr. Miller
Miss Booher
Cohoo House
Saby Stanca Mr. Miller
Miss Booker
Togey
Baptist Church
Atenet
Mies van Winkle
James Henderson
Obituary for iFred Gross Sr in Athena Oregon
iFred Gross Sr died at age 15 in Athena after a stomach cancer operation performed Wednesday evening. Born in Logan Ohio in 1848 he lived in California then Brownsville before moving to Athena in 1898. Survived by wife, one son, two daughters, and a former wife’s child in Colorado. funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church.
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Prod Grow, Sr
Dem Lottner
Walla Walla
Mr. Groas
Logan
Ohio
California
Brownsville
Athena
Colorado
Odd Kellow
Maconbee
Methodist Church
Lawson Dicinting
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Splendid New Clothing
T.M. Taggart
Athena’s Leading Clothier
Cash Grocery
Hill Bros
Worthington
Reliable Blue
THE
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
Council
United States
Recorder's Court
Thia Ordinanos
Otty
Awe
Sgunw Creek
Jobo Pierce
Pearl Lynd
Lynd
Pieroe
Pierce
Pao Veer
Dell Brothers
State Board of Tax Commisssion
Charley” Baddeley
Ifred Gross, SR
Uuior
Clay Jackson
Ralph Richmond
Roy Richmond
Ashford Dowden
Ellis Hopper
Oneila Jackson
Varoyn Koopke
Lillian Gething
First Nations Bank of Athena
Pem
La'g
Walter ¥. Woelke
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