Water system satisfactory and meter plan shows relief
The Athena water system imposes monthly meters and receipts at the city recorder’s office to avoid marshal-driven collections. About eighty meters are installed with no noticeable rate increase. customers pay for the water used. Also reported: Cora Lawson married Otis Kelty in Pendleton. land sale in Sunnyside. Mae Walker named North Fork teacher. Turner will case set for July 1.
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Athena Water System
City Recorder’s
Cora Lawson
Otis Kelty
Pendleton
G. L. Hall
The
Baptist Church
Kelty
Hudson Bay
Sunnyside
Dunnington
Helix
Mae Walker
North Fork
Peterson
Woman Against Woman staged amid lively audience
The Wood ailing drama Woman Against Woman opened to a festive crowd at the Athena opera house. Mr. and Mrs. Welch led a strong local cast with plans to present Athena next, while critics praised the production and joked about Wood and Swaggart’s behind the scenes fray.
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Wood
Albert Welch
Weaton
Welch
Athena
Charles Brotherton
Link
O R N Blocked Delay Hits Walla Walla Depot Plan
Litigation halts construction of the O R N passenger depot at Muin street with $40 000 set aside. A 575 verdict awarded to E J McCormack for condemned lot 4 block 18 Ritz addition, was appealed to the state supreme court by Brooks Bartlett after McCormack failed to defend.
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Walla ‘Walla
Muin Street
Ritz Addition
E. J.mccormack
Walla Walla Statesman
McCormack
Brooks & Bartlett
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Wingard Custody Battle Over Child In Walla Walla Court
Mrs L Wingard sues to modify a prior divorce decree and regain possession of her minor daughter. The suit, heard in open hours then adjourned, follows Wingard’s custody grant to the father after the original case from Pisteo county. Wingard defends against the mother's claim of an improper guardian.
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L. Wingard
Walla Walla
Rough Rider Dag Flyon Named for Heppner July 4 Broncho Bust
Dag Flyon, longtime W B Taylor ranch hand from Grant county, remembered in Athena for breaking cavalry heroes. He will ride in Heppner’s July 4 broncho busting contest, chasing a purse of 85 dollars and a $200 bet despite a failing horse.
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Dag” Flyon
W. B. Taylor
Grant County
Flyon
Athena
Taylor
Nate Pinkerton
Kerpire
Heppner
Pretty home wedding unites J Fred Gross and Laura Keen
A Sunday afternoon ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs Jobo Kean united J Fred Gross and Laura May Keen in marriage by Rev. Geo T Bilis. Relatives and friends attended and a substantial dinner followed the ceremony with the couple known to local county residents.
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Dan Capid
Peter West
Uribune
Saling
Jane
Beatrice Fairfax
Weerdom Bu
Peter
Harry O. 'Thompson
Ethel Johnson
Neils Hendrickson
Corina
Maud Robinson
Louis Sation
Etna Kopitzke
Theodore W. Sharer
Nellie Hoyt
Thomas Fix
Gertrude Taylor
Paul L. Betts
Eugenia McAllister
Robert S. Richardson
Clarice Clareen Gibly
Eamond A. Riggs
Jessie McFalla
Henry O. Perry
Helen Whittemore
James W. Benedict
Aurora E. Verette
Luke Cawapoo
Julia Dixon
J. Fred Grogs
Laura May Keon
George W. Kelley
Abbey Miller
Sawner J. Reynolds
Lola Carlisle
Uroni-Keen
Jobo Kean
Geo. T. Bilis
Bonda
J. Fred Gross
Laura May Keen
John W. Keon
George Grom
Aftermath of Furuial defeat noted in Umatilla Chronicle
The Umatilla Chronicle reflects on W J Furu ial losing to governorship four years ago. It suggests future prosperity lies in farming, ditch maintenance, and practical labor over politics, predicting alfalfa and grain yields across thousands of acres and urging focus on agricultural progress in Oregon.
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Porbupa
W. J. Furuial
Wana
Anya
Umatilla
Oregon
Wheat rate ruling hinted by state railway commission
The Washington state railway commission signals a joint wheat rate and relief for Walla Walla and Pendora area, but delays formal findings and order. It seeks input from shippers and railroads while noting current tariffs are discriminatory and need careful, extended consideration.
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Walla Walla
Bantera Washington
Bulletin
Commission
Eurska Bint
Hippern Railroada
Portland
Bad Money Makers Confess in Counterfeiting Case Near Huntington
United States Secret Service reports four of the five men arrested near Huntington Oregon last week confessed to involvement with a counterfeiting plant on the Bastion ranch. Elza R. Goon Elmer Turner A J Tarner and J Milly provided statements. Jobon B Williams and Joe Hansen deny any details. Mary Bastion and another suspect remain at large. Larner brothers cattlemen from Woiser Idaho are named in the case.
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United States Secret Service
B. W. Bell
Bastion Ranch
Huntington
Oregon
Elza R. Goon
Elmer Turner
A. J. Tarner
J Milly
Secret Service
Jobon B. Williams
Joe Hansen
Jute Mill Proposal Moves Oregon Legislature
At a Pendleton meeting on Saturday the Inland Empire Wheat Brower association adopted a resolution urging the next legislature to secure a jute mill for Oregon for grain and wool production and to memorialize Congress to remove tariffs on jute and its manufactured products.
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Oregon
Pendleton
Inland Empire Wheat- Browere’ Ampeciation
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P. E. Colbern
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Freewater Briefs
Deering
C. A. Barrett
Dell Brothers
Daw Gupid
Weston Talent
King Bros. Lease Land
King Bros
Atnena Everymen
James Britten
Wild Horse Mountain
Swaggart
Ely, Swaggart, Wood & Co
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Washington & Columbia River
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