Barrett Announces C A Barrett Candidacy for State Representative
Hon C A Barrett of this city announces his candidacy for representative in the legislature subject to the republican primary nomination. He pledges to represent all the people if nominated and elected and reserves the right to support any preferred candidates in primaries. Barrett supports direct primary law and states the majority should guide the choice for US senator. He has lived in Umatilla County 35 years and asserts familiarity with local wants and needs.
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C. A. Barrett
United States
Umatilla County
A. Barrett
Gamblers Fined at Pendleton in Circuit Court
Pendleton residents Lester Swaggart Jess Sellers and J A Ogg a saloon keeper pleaded guilty to gambling and were fined 100 each in circuit court. The case highlights local gambling crackdown and reflects enforcement actions by the Pendleton judiciary.
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Pendleton
Lester Swaggart
Jess Sellers
J. A. Ogg
Open Branch Store by D B Jarman at Weston
D B Jarman proprietor of the Fair department store plans a Weston branch. He secured a bank building store room and Jay Gross will run the Weston store. Mrs Jarman previously operated a Weston shop. Illness delayed the opening and prompted home time plans.
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D. B. Jarman
Big Fair
Weston
Jarman
Bank
Jay Gross
Weston Leader Adopts Postal Rule on Delinquent Subscribers
The Weston Leader announces strict enforcement of Postal Order No 907 effective March 1 1908. After a one year grace for renewals delinquent subscribers will be dropped and prepaid second class rates apply to unsatisfied accounts. The paper cites losses over 3000 dollars and calls for cash payments from all patrons.
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Weston Leader
Post Office Department
Wisg Raling
Sint
Cnab
Inland Empire excursionists greet Portland visit event
The Inland Empire visitors arrived by a palatial special train at Union depot at 11 AM and received hearty hospitality in Portland. Governor Chamberlain and Mayor Lane spoke at luncheon with Spokane Chamber of Commerce President Goodall replying. Tours included Council Crest and a banquet at Hotel Portland, ending with an evening of informal entertainment. In Walla Walla, Pearsons academy beat Weston Normal 18 to 16 in a Tetoro basketball game, their second win in two weeks.
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Portland
Inland Empire
Union Depot
Rose City
Spokane
Walla Walla
Chamberlain
Lane
President Goodall
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Pearsons' Academy of
McKinley to Face Forgery Trial in Portland Monday
Horace G. McKinley, called a land thief and soldier of fortune, is slated to stand trial for forgery in United States federal court in Portland. The Oregon Daily Journal notes he faces Judge Wolverton with Judge Tracey C. Booker presiding. He is believed to be in custody, awaiting the April term opening, after escaping previous indictments.
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Horace G. McKinley
Bean
Oregon
Faro
China
Egypt
Wolverton
United States
Tracey C. Booker
Oregon Daily Journal
McKinley
Great Pacific
Portland
Burns
Mr. Honey
Untried Oregon land fraud cases set for April term
After convicting John H. Hall for conspiracy in fencing land for the Butte Creek company, the April federal court term will take up 22 untried Oregon land fraud cases. Tracy A. Becker will lead the government, with Heney handling Hermann and Williamson. Sentences for Hendricke Zaobery and others are postponed to April 1. Heney and party head to San Francisco to pursue graft cases.
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John H. Hall
Butte Creek Company
Oregon
Tracy A. Becker
Hermann and Williamson
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Charles F. Lord
Charles EB. Hayes
Hendricke
Clarence B. Zaobery
W. W. Steiner
Zaobery
Hall Cave
Honey
Portland
San Francisco
Falton
Fulton
Local weddings and market reports from Pendleton area
The marriage of Frank H. Coolidge and Edna Strahl was solemnized in Moro with relatives present. Inland Grain Growers Association and Kerr-Gifford Co. awarded contracts for over 1,000,000 Calcutta grain bags for next season. Pendleton market day grossed over $5,000 with buyers flocking to Waiteburg and Freewater considering markets. Fulfillment notices include farm labor ads seeking capable cooks and workers.
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Frank H. Coolidge
Edna Strahl
Moro
Coolidge
Athena
Inland
Pendleton
Associaton
Farmer's Union
State of Washington
J. Z. Smith
Kerr-Gifford Company
Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Columbia
Umatilla
Waiteburg
Freewater
Open Yakima Reservation Land For Settlement Soon
The interior department plans to open 1 145 000 acres of Yakima reservation land to settlement this year or early next year. If classification and valuation are not finished this year the opening may be delayed until 1909 harvest season. Valuation requires payment of a purchase price to Indian owners plus homestead fees. The opening is expected to spur growth in reservation towns and attract hundreds of white farmers, with interest from buyers nationwide, including North Yakima.
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Department of the Interior
Yakima Reservation
Department
Washington
Yakima Republic
North
Yakima
United States
Middle Western States
Seeing Big Lights Over Tacoma Mystery Airship
Strange colored lights appeared on the western horizon Saturday and Sunday nights near Kent and Tacoma. Observers, including train passengers, reported a large cigar shaped object flying high from north to south, bearing a foreign flag possibly French or Japanese. Some saw it as part of a Japanese airship probe, with others noting nightly lights along the coast between 7 and 9 o'clock. The Tacoma item notes public interest and varying theories about espionage.
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Reaideata
Kent
Tacoma
Saya
Northern Pacific
Fifteenth Street
Grays Harbor
Pacific
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Representative Barrett
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TS Weinley
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Orient
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West Webb
Yakima Land
Pilot Rock News
Pilot Rock
Jobo P. McManus
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