Good Roads Meeting Planned by Local League
By order of President Schmitt the Good Roads League will hold a convention in Athena on Saturday at 1 30 PM to foster universal road improvements and coordinate with Oregon movements. The event will be in the ex commercial association room kept by Mr O A Barratt. Also: Mr and Mrs Jerry Stone prepare a refined Athena home with remodeling, library, bath, pantry and porches. cement walks and fences soon. Athena public school children assemble a Thanksgiving box for Portland’s Orphans Home, donating provisions clothing and money in a yearly spirit of giving.
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Schmitt
Good Roads League
Oregon
Good Roads
O. A. Barratt
Jerry Stone
Athena
Athens
Athena Pubiio School
Portland
Pendleton Judge Targets Night Street Loitering
Judge T P Gilliland of Umatilla County juvenile court ordered that no child under 18 may habitually frequent Pendleton streets after 7 pm, launching a city wide crusade against street walking and loafing. He urged parents to keep 14 to 17 year olds from late city outings to curb perceived criminal life exposure.
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Pendleton
T. P. Gilliland
Umatilla County
Gilliland
Girs
Compelled to Reseed Under Swat Court Ruling
Reports from Waitsburg Washington say farmers face reseeding hundreds of acres after wheat washed at the mill and treated with vitriol to prevent a mold destroyed germination. Time since seeding allowed grass to sprout yet none of the washed wheat germinated.
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Pendleton
Waitsburg
Wash
Passenger service inaugurated on Spokane to Portland line
The Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway began passenger service Tuesday morning with No. 2 leaving Spokane. The train will run daily from Vancouver at 8 45 with eastbound service aligned to the current schedule. No. 1 westbound will still reach Vancouver at 6 55 p m and Portland at 4 30 p m. By Sunday November 22 through service will be established with double daily runs in each direction.
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Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
Oregon 15 Now Out of Debt and State Finances
Oregon reports no state debt and a cash balance of 658820.15 dollars with 214897.08 in the general fund, sufficient to cover expenses until next March taxes. Treasurer Steel proposes tax, fund, and inspection reforms and notes two-year activity in state finances. Also: seven hundred ownerless sheep found in southern Baker County. 50 mile Camas Creek irrigation plan. St Patrick’s parish sell dinner raises 930. Lieuallen Hawks marriage in Walla Walla with local ties.
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Oregon
Steel
Treasury
Pure Food
Veterinary
Board of Examiners’ Fund
Baker County
Umatilla County
Pendieton
THE ELEGTRIG ROAD POWER PLANT WORK BEGINS IN W T TRACTION CO
Work starts on the Washington and Oregon Traction Company power plant. crews haul lumber for the turbine flame construction as the dam nears completion. company plans to employ a large force once ground material is in place to finish promptly. county filings update water power site amendments near Milton on the Walla Walla river. a coyote bounty proposal seeks state legislation funding shared by sheepmen in eastern Oregon and Willamette Valley. Pendleton Commercial Club receives twenty thousand copies of a Sunset booklet promoting Umatilla County.
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Washington and Oregon Traction Company
Isaacs
John Smith
Walla Walla
Hendley
Walla Walla River
Milton
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Umatilla County
Sunset Magazine Publishing Company
Pendleton
Peebles Dies In Waldo Hills Educator Remembered
George E. Peebles Oregon educator dies at L G Griffith residence in Waldo Hills after a long illness. Born near Salem in 1864, educated at Willamette University, career spans Salem schools, city and county superintendent roles, McMinnville principalship, and Weston Normal School English professor. Survived by widow Virginia Griffith Peebles and two daughters. Also note sheep disease report and Mangrove Mercantile Christmas goods display.
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George EB. Peebles
Oregon
L. GO. Griffith
Waldo Hills
Mr. Peebles
Salem
Willamette
McMinnville
Weston Normal School
The Pope Ankeny Wedding At Walla Walla
At the home of Senator and Mrs Ankeny in Walla Walla on Wednesday evening a wedding took place uniting Miss Harriett Ankeny and Captain Francia Pope of the Fourteenth Cavalry. The home and decor featured white and yellow chrysanthemums, reflecting regiment colors, with a flowered altar and lush arrangements throughout the celebration.
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Ankeny
Walla Walla
Harriett Ankeny
Francia Pope
Fourteenth Cavalry
Paddock
Episopal
Oregon
Jobo Ankeny
Misa Winans
Mike Thompson
Oregon Supreme Court Ends Washington Oregon Boundary Dispute
The U S Supreme Court declared valuable timber lands along the Columbia River part of Oregon ending the long Washington Oregon boundary dispute. In 2005 Washington sued to stop Oregon from disturbing Pacific County residents over their land claims.
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Washington
Oregon
Columbia River
United States Supreme Court
Pacific County
Pendleton case of wife beating and gun episode during upset marriage
A wife and former Mrs. Uee Price of Adama, now remarried after divorces, was whipped by her husband Williamson in Pendleton after a marital breakup that led to a gun incident in Pendleton last spring. The Prices separated and each remarried.
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Williamson
Pendleton
Uee Price
Adama
Iait
Umatilla Tax Roll Shows Big Wealth Drop in Umatilla County
Assessor Strain reports Umatilla county wealth at 26,279,060.70, down from last year and ranking third in the state. Notes assessors set values at 60 to 70 percent of prior figures to equalize county assessments, with land and railroad property dominating the wealth.
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Umatilla County
Multnomah
Pendleton
Assess For
Algo
Strain
Tex Tal
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Watertown
Dakota
A. B. McEwen & Sons
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Juvenile Court
Dell Brothers
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Camas Creek
Echo
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St. Patrick's Catholic
Aease
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Thoreday
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Fred Lieuallen
Pilot Rocks
Mies Myrtle Hawks
Wallan Walla
J. T. Lienallen
R. O. Hawks
Miller
Peebles
Mangrove Mercantile Company
Pope-Ankeny
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