Government Declines Lead Case as Witnesses Absent
Government officials announce they are not ready to proceed with Case No. 2887 against Franklin Pierce Mays due to missing witnesses including Robert Simpson and Guy Hof. If Mays goes to trial on the Blue Mountain Reserve case, no other case will be pursued this term. Judge Huot notes Mays is fit for trial, likely August 6, while he rests at Seaside.
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Franklin Pierce Mays
Peter- Mays
Blue Mountain Reserve
Journal
W. D. Fenton
Mays
Francis J. Hesey
Bing Mountain Reserve
Heney
Robert Simpson
Roseburg
Guy Hof
Maya
Hamilton H. Hendricks
Winlow W. Breiner
Charles B. Zachary
Comit Mays
Fenton
Huot
Boy Missing in Mountains Sparks Kidnap Theory
Fr Le Brittain, father of Cecil Beittain, reported to be at Walla Walla Tuesday morning and Tollgate afternoon. He believes the boy was kidnapped after receiving a phone message from his wife saying nothing new had developed. he is confident no news implies further clues.
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NocWew
le Brittain
Cecil Beittain
Walla Walla
Moria
Tollgate
Thera
Brittain
Mr. Brittain
Pendleton Tribune Writer Seeks Back Pay After Arrival April 23
Miss Smella Robey Athena correspondent for the Pendleton Tribune has not been paid since starting April 23. She agreed to 60 cents per column plus free daily and Sunday editions, with payment promised after the bookkeeper checked files. A June 11 letter from Watson, the managing editor, said remittance would follow. she sent a month’s work, but no check arrived, prompting Attorney Peterson to threaten court action in Juanius Chamberlain's court for about 8 to 12 dollars. Also notes teachers’ contracts show a rise in county salaries and reports 45 acres of spring barley averaging 80 bushels per acre on the G DeGraw place east of town.
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Smella Robey
Athena
Pendleton Tribune
Miss Robey
Misa Robey
Watson
the Tribune
Peterson
Juanius Chamberlain
Fire risk reduction efforts at Current street clearing work
Peshler and Chamberlain set a precedent by employing two men to back fire dry grass and weeds along Current street near a long shed storing vehicles and farm implements. The west wind aided a slow westward burn as farmers harvest nearby fields, with 200 workers needed for the harvest in the area.
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Fre
Peshler
Chamberlain
Coroners Jury Rules Accidental Shooting Fatal to Prell
Tollgate reports that John Prell a sheepherder for Martin McCumber died from an accidental gunshot. The jury found the rifle discharged by Prell while his hand covered the muzzle as he stood on a log near the Little Salmon river. The body lay on one side of the log with the gun on the opposite side and was buried where found.
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Tollgate
John Prell
Martin McCumber
Little
Salmon River
Sanday
Prell
Magee
Veteran Dies of Injury at Walla Walla High School
Thomas F. Cockburn of Milton dies at 80 from internal injuries after a fall at the high school during a Grand Army encampment last month. He suffered the accident Wednesday night at the hospital. the fatal injuries occurred when he missed his footing and fell down stairs during the event.
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Thomas F. Cockburn
Milton
Walla Walla Hospital
Grand Army
Cockburn
Marching Army on the Move Across United States
The Department conducts the greatest foot movement since the Civil War with almost the entire U S army marching to seven camps. Regulars and militiamen train together as hardships of heat fatigue and horse damage reveal weak spots to harden troops for near war conditions. General Oliver notes soldiers have grown soft and aims to season them through sustained marches.
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United States
Oliver
Wheat Harvest and Arrests Mentioned in Watts Report
M L Watts notes Buffalo Pitts engine works well as harvests proceed on his land north of town with 45 bushels per acre and grain testing high at 68 pounds. Meanwhile George Diamond, brother of a slain horse thief, was arrested in Hunt’s Junction after resisting officers and faces transfer to Yakima county. another Diamond brother was jailed in Walla Walla and serving a three year Oregon sentence for horse stealing.
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M. L. Watts
George Diamond
Prosar
Hunt
Diamond
Allum
Yakima
Kara
Jack
Aircriff
Yakima County
Oregon
Dick Diamond
Walla Walla
Oregon Penitentiary
Washington railroad commission seeks grain rate cut
Walla Walla dispatch reports the Washington state railroad commission will press for a reduction in grain rates from 19 1 4 cents to about 17 1 2 cents between wheat locales and tidewater. The plan, not fully mature, aims to show the maximum rate is costly and unnecessary and could be driven by political timing.
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Washington Railroad
Walla Walla Dispatch
State Railroad Commission of Washington
Tidewater
Walla Walla
Commission
Washington
Seattle
Bellingham
Gray's Harbor Country
Graip i
Palouse
Spokane
Commisson
Remains of 8. A. Maloney Interred at Athena Cemetery
The body of 8. A. Maloney, who died Tuesday at Kin eon James’s home in Pendleton, was laid to rest in Athena cemetery beside his wife and mother. A large crowd attended the funeral with Masons leading the procession from the O R M station to church and grave. Rev M W Howard conducted the services at the Methodist Church South. Maloney, born May 16 1800 in Green County Tennessee, lived in Missouri before moving to Oregon in 1881 and Athena in 1888, leaving only son J W Maloney alive among his three sons and four daughters.
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A. Maloney
Kin Eon James
Pendleton
Athena
Dolph Lodge A. F. & A. M
Maponic
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. W. Howard
M. E. Church South
Milton
Mr. Maloney
Green County
Tennessee
Missouri
Mim Merryman
Oregon
No license issued for Athena saloon venture
The Athena and suburbs will have three saloons for a year as no license was granted Tuesday evening. No $600 fee was deposited and no application filed. the fourth saloon could not open because Jonas would not fund without secure partnership.
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Athena
Notics
Becwuse
Jonas
Busines
Moorhouse Pictures Burned in San Francisco Fire
Major Moorhouse received word from San Francisco that his two hundred portrait collection bound for Milan was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake fire. The loss, valued at 150 dollars, falls entirely on Moorhouse.
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Major Moorhouse
San Francisco
Milan
Italy
Myn the Tribune
Moorhouse
Wheat Quality Report From Whitewan Farm At Pendleton Mills
Wheat on the Whitewan place shows heavy and excellent quality for both spring and fall sowing. New crop grain received at Pendleton mills is of high quality and closely monitored for weight and poundage standards.
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Whitewan Place
Pendleton
Fire at Helix causes explosion and loan loss
A fire at Helix erupted Tuesday night when tools exploded, causing damage and a loan of 500 in the joudiké amakement parlore. The resort is owned by EB Bott.
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Helix
EB. Bott
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Manasse
Butterick
Adams
T. J. Kirk
FP. & la Grow
J. M. Kemp
Ren T. Cashier
H. C. Adams
F. 8
LE Grow
D. H. Preston
P. E. , Colbern
Henry
Deering
C. A. Barrett
Dell Brothers
Corre
Spondent
G. DeGraw
Walla Walla Harvest
Walla Walls
Watts
Laftin
Milan Laflin
Star
Baloon
Jonas & Coston
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