Freewater Open Town Case Opens Local Option Question
In Freewater the local option law is challenged as invalid due to improper petition recording. Judge Ellis acquits Geo Treland, saying the North Milton district subdivision petition was not properly filed, leaving Freewater open to saloons like Pilot Rock. Also in Salem a new irrigation bill is planned and figures on normal schools funding and graduate costs are noted.
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Pendleton
Freewater
Chasera
Pilot Rock
Geo
Treland
North Milton
W. BR
Ellis
John McCourt
Ellin
Salem
Senator Pierce
Agricultural College
J. M. Church
Miller
Senate
Saloon Keeper Patros Arrested for Coal Theft
John Patros who runs a saloon near the O R and N depot to Walla Walla was arrested in the police court and fined 40 dollars for stealing coal from the railroad company. Detective Fitzgerald and Officer Casey assisted in laying the charge, Patros confessed and paid the fine.
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John Patros
Walla Walla
Fitzgerald
Secret Service
Casey
Patros
Indictments Target Portland Legal Figures in Perjury Case
Federal grand jury indicts Judge Albert H. Tanner for perjury allegedly spoken before the panel in January regarding Senator John H. Mitchell and land speculator Frederick A. Kiubs. Additional counts name Hamilton Hendricks, George O. Brownell, Henry Meldrum, George Waggoner, David Kinnair, Rufus Moore, John Hamaker, and Frank Van Winkle for conspiracy or related offenses.
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Portland
Ore
Albert H. Tanner
United States
John H. Mitchell
Citizons
Grand Jury
Mitchell
Frederick A. Kiibs
Hamil
Ton H. Hendricks
Butts Creek
Dodd to Wed Stella Charlotte Alexander in Pendleton
Pendleton publisher and editor Dodd to marry Stella Charlotte Alexander on February 28 at 8 30 pm. The couple, honored in social circles, joins two bachelor editors left in the county, with light notes on their single status and local journalism.
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R. Alexander
Pendleton
Stella Charlotte
Elmer Perry
Dodd
Miss Alexander
Mérchante
Mr. Dodd
Pendleton Tribune
Bro. Dodd
McManus
Pilot Rock Record
Quarantine Law Push Aims at Adams Diphtheria outbreak
Pendleton officials including M A Ferguson and local prosecutors discussed enforcing the quarantine act near Adams where several Indians are ill with diphtheria. They plan strict quarantines and seek legislative amendments to tighten vague clauses.
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M. A. Ferguson
Adama Advance
Pendleton
Adams
Ponable
Smith
Soan
Did Not Sell Leader Publisher Keeps Weston Paper
Clark Wood did not sell the Leader as reported by the Tribune and will continue to publish the Weston paper. A lighter note mentions a pretty Alpine hat wearing girl and praises the sensible girl who uses Rocky Mountain Tea from Pioneer drug store.
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Clark Wood
Leader
The
Tribune
Wood
Weston
Rocky Mountain Tea
Pioneer Drug Store
The Backward Social at Opera House Tuesday Evening
A town notice describes The Backward Social program at the Opera House Tuesday evening with a sequence of musical and dramatic pieces led by local performers including Cora Davidson Zelwa DePoatt Maud Gholson Betty Scott Lucy Jenkins and Jon N Scott. Also noted is the lease of The Fair Store room in the New Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellow building on Main Street by D B Jarman as he plans fixtures and a modern display for a furniture store.
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Opera Home
Opera House
Bosiaty
Kate Ketehom
Cornet
Bales
Cora Davidson
Tenait Maud Gholaon
Betty and
the’ Bear
Zelwa DePoatt
Geo
Jon
N. Scott
Maud Gholson
Dor
O. A. Rhodes
Jarman
D. B. Jarman
Main Street
Watts for Mayor Nomination Filed by Petition
M L Watts ex principal of Athena public school now with Prenton Parton Mill ing Co has been nominated for mayor by petition. The petition with 21 citizens names has been filed at the city recorder s office and blanks for councilmen nominations are ready.
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M. L. Watts
Athena Public School
Prenton-Parton Milling Co
City Recorder's Office
Little Walla Walla Irrigation District Law Passed
The Pierce bill creating the Little Walla Walla Irrigation District near Freewater in Umatilla county becomes law. The measure mirrors municipal powers to levy and use funds for irrigation. The house also passed the Jayne local option bill with a 40 percent petition rule and precinct strictness, amid a record legislative crowd. The state will adjourn Feb 17 with no special session.
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House
Jayne
Kay
Marion County
Pierce
Little Walla Walla
Freewater
Umatilla County
Agricultural College
Multnomah
United States
Mitchell
New Constitution Journal Proposes Wide Range of Changes
The Salem Journal urges a constitutional convention proposing amendments on legislative agenda timing electors registration freedoms for colored residents governor veto power on appropriations state printer salary municipal charters election timing salaries for state officials liability of solvent stockholders county indebtedness abolishing probate courts township government and irrigation and drainage laws.
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Ournal
Salem Journal
Journal
Vert Made Receiver of Golconda Mining Company
John Vert longtime confidential man at First National Bank of Pendleton has been appointed receiver of Golconda Consolidated Mining Co by Judge Eakin and now manages the property. Creditors led by the bank, with a $10 000 mortgage held by J A Howard and others, sought a receiver earlier after foreclosure suit filed in circuit court and federal court injunction on sale. Alexander Prussing of Chicago represented minority stockholders.
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Eakin
Golconda
Pendleton
John Vert
First National Bank of
Golconda Consolidated Mining Company
J. A. Howard
Circuit Court
Alexander Prussing
Chicago
H. T. Hendryx
Mr. Vert
Pendleton Bank
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Manasse
Athena’s
Butterick
Cox & McEwen
IGE
South Side Main Street
Athena
Oregon
North Milton Invalid
Drain
Ashland
Monmouth
Oost
C. A. Barrett & Comp’y
Dell Brothers
Judge Tanner
Frank J. van Winkle
Benedict
Bachelordam
Indiang
Watts
Little Walla Walla Irrigation District
Vert
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