Reservation land lease dispute and Senate bid
A chaotic week on the reservation includes Reinhold Harras claiming to lease 640 acres from Jerry St. Devuls, while St. Dennis contests the deed asserting drunken signing and seeks to annul the lease. Elsewhere, U. H. B. Boott resigns a Philippine appointment to join Manila’s educational department. James Foss sustains minor injuries from a grain pile collapse. Floods delay trains on the O R N line. the main east line to Pendleton reopening midweek. Governor Chamberlain announces candidacy for the U S Senate, advocating direct election and party reform to place national interests above faction.
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Reinhold Harras
Jerry_St. Devuls
St. Dennis
Moses Taylor
Harras
Athena Defeats Milton 5 0 In Wet Grounded Game
Rain soaked Sunday baseball on the Athena diamond ended with Athena 5 Milton 0 after six innings. Pitchers Storm Hastings Henderson for Milton and Stone Dudley Smith Booker for Athena worked through mud and slow play.
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Athena
Milton
Athens
Storm
Hastings
Henderson
Stone
Dudley
Smith
Booker
Tribute to Judge Hailey as Pendleton Son of Idaho
Obituary notes Thomas G. Hailey ex district attorney and supreme court justice born July 18 1865 in La Grande Oregon raised in Boise City educated at Penleton and Washington and Lee. He practiced law in Pendleton later serving on the Oregon Supreme Court before moving to Portland where he died after a long illness. He was married to Maud Bowoh with two children Genevieve and Elizabeth.
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Thomas G. Hailey
Portland
Supreme Bench
Hailey
Chamberlain, Hailey & Thomas
Milton Inst
Bailey
Aketoh
Judge Hailey
Lowell
Thomas Griffin Hailey
John Hailey
Congress
Idaho
Lucinda Griffin
la Grande Oregon
Boise City
Cox & Minor
B. Cox and Wert
Pen- Heton
Oregon
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Virginia
Pendleton
Salem
Wolverton
Kee, Carter, Hailey & Austin
Union
John J. Balloray
Stephen A. Lowell
Aupreme Court
Sixth Judicial District
Chamberlain, Thomas & Hailey
Episcopal Church
Maud L. Bowoh
Ackley
Town
Genevieve
Elizabeth
Sudden Death of W H Scott Shocks Community
Telegram notified David Taylor of the sudden death of W H H Scott in Long Beach California where he had gone six weeks earlier to visit his brother James Scott. The 67 year old pioneer of the county died of heart failure. his body may be brought back for burial. He and his family had long held respect in Gerking Mint as early homesteaders.
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Athena
Oregon State Library Association
Byron Hawka
Pioneer Drug Store
State Library Commission
Dann Old Home
Mythland
Japan
Shandon
Prank Brown
Little Konrad
Iron Way
Oakleigh
David Copperfield
Porto Rico
Holland
Abraham Lincoln
Astoria
Isle of Dreams
Nature's Craftsmen
The
Sea
Norvell
Arid America
the Quartet
Conqest of
Tinkham Brother
Mantera
Betty Wales
Chronicles
Rebecon
David Taylor
W. H. H. Scott
Scott
Mr. Scott
Gerking Mint
Main Street Improvement Plans Move Forward At City Council
The council read a petition for grading and macadamising the west end of Main Street and referred it to the street committee. An ordinance authorizing the improvement is expected. Mayors and city officers reported, bonds approved, and new year committees named. E. L. Gerking, 71, longtime resident, died in Wolver, Idaho, after a lingering illness. remains were to be transported here but railroad washouts caused a change in plans.
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Main Atrest
Keup
Marabal Gholeon
Foas
Richards
Plamondon
Watts
McEwen
Tompkins
Mokwen
McBride
Putdio
Tompling
Grow
MeoBride
la Grow
E. L. Gerking
J. BE. L. Gerking
Towmday
Welver
Idaho
Joel
Quill Gerking
I. N. Richardson
Wolver
Minister Resigns From Local Christian Church
Pastor W. E. Hoven of the Christian Church tendered his resignation to the church board. The act takes effect in late June. Mrs. Hoven plans a visit to her Los Angeles parents next month. The church praises him as an eloquent preacher and active worker.
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W. E. Hoven
Christian Church
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Preston-Parton Milling Company
Waitsburg
Wash
Rj, Boody
J. H. Stone
Blue Bell Heidels Co
Watertown
Dakota
U. S.A
A. B. McEwen & Sona
Philippines
U. H. B. Boott
Athena High School
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Manila
James Foss
Preston-Parton
Wea Walla-Pendleton
Chamberlain
George BE. Chamberlain
United States Senate
Charles W. Fulton
United States
Natobex
Mississippi
Inington and Leon University
James Withycombe
J.lelan
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. E. Froome
Prop
ST. Nichols
Athena, Or
Dell Brothers
Rour
Abe Paraiste
Caab
Thomas G. Haley
John Q Peebler
W. H. Scott
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