Bert Hopkins Trial Under Way In Wallowa County Case
Bert Hopkins known as Tige, once a farm hand in Athena, faces murder charges for the December killing of Ferdi nand Sanday in Wallowa county. He admits the shooting but claims self defense. Coroner Booth notes a single center chest wound. Goldie Sanday testifies Hopkins and accomplices took cover in a granary as shots were fired. a gate warning came before a fatal volley. Judge Fee presides as recess shortens trial wait. defense and prosecution expected to finish soon.
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Bert Hopkins
Athena
Tige
Ferdinand Sanday
Wallowa County
Enterprise
Judge Fee
Hopkins
Booth
Goldie Sanday
Orville Myres
Orville
Underwood
Fee
Obituary of Jonathan N Bonaparte Gerking of Oregon
Jonathan Napoleon Bonaparte Gerking was born in 1846 in Martin County Indiana and died May 8 1928 in Tumalo Oregon at age 82. He crossed the plains with his parents in 1862, lived in the Grande Ronde and Willamette Valleys, married Lucy Potteroff in 1868 and had ten children. He moved to Eastern Oregon in 1872 homesteading near Athena and helped develop the region becoming a charter member of the Athena Christian Church. He leaves his wife Lucy of Tumalo, eight surviving children, two brothers, and a sister.
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Jonathan Napoleon Bonaparte Gerking
Martin County
Indiana
Tumalo
Oregon
Grande Ronde Valley
Willamette Valley
Howell Prairie
Silverton
Lucy Potteroff
Lucy Gerking
Otis Gerking
Weed
California
J. B. Saylor
Echo
T. €. Becker
Enterprise
George Gerking
Athena
Charles Gerking
Pendleton
Gnov
Christian Church of Athena
PaNe va Ge Samp Congress and 1913 appropriation note
The item notes that PaNe va Ge Samp Congress later in 1913, with this body behind him, secured an appropriation of $450,000 from the authority or source referenced in the text.
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PaNe Va Ge Samp Congress
Classified For Sale List From Historic Ad Swap
A mix of farm to sale notices items including a Jersey milk cow hay bundles a Hamilton Player piano Jersey bull calf 70 ewes and lambs a three bottom plow pasture stock pricing and team work services. Names include John Tompkins Henry Koepke Ralph Allen Claud Dickenson with various Athena Helix and contact phones.
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John Tompkins
Helix
Hamilton
Athena
P. & O. Gang
Henry Koepke
Ralph Allen
Father of Tumalo Project Remembered as Community Leader
Obituary honors J. N. B. as Father of the Tumalo Project and Grand Old Man of irrigation policy. He shaped state level irrigation efforts and was cherished for Christian character, progressiveness, and civic involvement, leaving a lasting local loss.
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Tumalo
Oregon Psychologist Wins Fellowship Place
University of Oregon psychologist Eugene Thomas Outsforth head of experimental psychology laboratories awarded a research fellowship by the Social Science Research Council. He studies the psychopathic personality of the blind as a factor in economic male adjustment and will advance vocational education for the blind. Outsforth is blind himself and helped develop many laboratory apparatus.
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University OF Oregon
Eugene
Thomas Outsforth
Ekperimental Psychology Laboratories
Reseay
Social Science Zearch Council
Onganization
United States
Forth
Thomas Cutsforth
Cutsforth
Cuteforth
Sim
Feeling Was Mutual Between These Men
The hall echoed with dancing shoes as two men discussed a tall sharp-nosed woman in the corner. They agree they are in perfect sympathy about her, calling her the last woman they would marry, each claiming a paradoxical admiration.
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Pittsburgh Chronice-Telegraph
Wash Bear Why Raccoons Wash Their Food
The raccoon or coon is famous for washing or soaking its food before eating. It holds prey in its fore paws and shakes it in water to rinse mud and sand. The habit likely began to clean aquatic prey and persists even without water, leading Germans to call it waschbaer or wash bear.
Soapsuds and Plants Benefit from Soapy Water
Pathfinder Magazine notes soapy water may aid soil and plant growth during dry weather but likely has little direct effect on plants. The growth boost comes from excessive watering, while soapy solutions serve as a good soil dressing.
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United States Bureau of Plant Industry
Pathfinder Magazine
Athena Echo Chronicle 1906 May 18 notices and events
Fred Lockley visits town. Barrett pursues candidacy in the southern county. Road work crews crush rock east of town. Mrs. Ann Kirk visits Walla Walla and stays with Mrs. George Dunlap. Westonites attend Sunday ball game. Len Douglas recovering from knee injury. Echo closes gambling due to women’s clubs drive. Reed Hill returns from California to Athena. School board names Marquis principal. Cannon McDaniel Gibbons retained. Clemons to install 7 HP motor for chop mill. poles ready. Preston-Parton orders power and wiring for local mill. Athena Republicans invite all to speak May 19 at Athena opera house with Gov. candidate James Withycombe. Telephone office shakeup: Dr A B Stone resigns. Velma Wilkinson named manager. Fannie Tharp remains operator. Six graduates at high school. program led by S B L Penrose with Orations and musical numbers. diplomas to be presented.
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Fred Lockley
Charles A. Barrett
W. J. Wilkinson
Ann Kirk
Walla Walla
George Dunlap
Ben Dupuis
Ed Wood
Athena
Athena Opera House
James Withycombe
Telephone Company
A. B. Stone
Velma Wilkinson
Fannie Tharp
S. B. L. Penrose
Whitman College
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Jersey
Claud Dickenson
U. of O
Mrs. Plamondon
Eugene Schrimpf
Ernest Zerba
Edith McBride
Aithedoceres
Athena Service Station
C. B. Moore
Victoria
Steve’s Grocery
W. G. Cowan
W. Boyd Whyte Chiropractor
Stangier Building
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
The
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
F. Sharp
J. L. Geyer
Post Building
B. B Richards
Eleo
Alice Eager
Grian
Sperry
Lee Wilson, M’gr
Bell & Venable
Conoco Gasoline
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
Icy
A. W. Logsdon
Main
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lam Lumber Co
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