Taft to lead busy west coast exposition visit
President William Howard Taft arrives for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle from September 29 to October 1. He will attend a Washington state building reception, be initiated into the Arctic Brotherhood, address a large crowd in the Natural Amphitheatre, tour Pay Streak, join an elaborate luncheon, visit government buildings and the Igorrote village. September 30 is expected to be his busiest day with multiple appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
Seattle
Bill Taft
Athena Public School Introduces Athletics with Outdoor Courts
Principal Case and Professor Mulkey lead a large student force to set up outdoor basketball goals for boys and girls on the Athena school grounds. Clarence Brotherton and Floyd Pinkerton tour business leaders for gym funds while George Kidder donates paint. Goals shine in white and blue as grounds are improved and trees trimmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Princial Case
Professor Mulkey
Clarence Brotherton
Floyd Pinkerton
George Kidder
Athena High School
County Clerk Issues Marriage Licenses to Four Couples
The county clerk issued marriage licenses to Henry F. Peters and Jane L. Stanley, G. E. Marsh and Pearl A. Wilson, Grant A. Cooper and Lalea 0. Cooper, and Thomas Kasinger and Safronia Kasinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Peters
Jane L. Stanley
G. E. Marsh
Pearl A. Wilson
Grant A. Cooper
Lalea
Trouble for Them at the Meth odist church entrance
The Press reports numerous youths have damaged property at the Meth odist Episcopal church basement entrance. Church members know several names and plan to arrest suspects to end the vandalism. A Sunday incident at the Christian church involved a missing umbrella handle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cblurch
Musical Eckardts Bell Ringers at Christian church
The Christian church hosts the Musical Eckardts, a Swiss bell ringing family, next Monday evening September 27. They come highly recommended and promise a delightful show with remarkable musical ringing. Admission is fifty cents for adults and twenty five cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Umatilla Storage and Commission Company Incorporation
Hermiston firm files articles of incorporation with County Clerk Saling in Pendleton on Thursday. Capital stock set at 5000 dollars. Prominent Pendleton businessmen spearhead the board including E W McComas of the Northwest Elevator Co and G W Phelps district attorney, William J Clark of Clark Hardware, and F A Phelps of Hermiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla Storage and Commission Company of
Hermiston
Saling
Pendleton
E. W. McComas
The
Northwest Elevator Co
G. W. Phelps
William J. Clark
Clark Hardware Company
F. A. Phelps
Fall Term of Court Opens With Murder, Horse Theft Probes
Fall term of the circuit court convened with Judge Beau presiding. Major cases include the murder of Edward Dixon by Michael Ryan and four men charged with rustling horses from the Wenaba forest reserve. Local option law violations face three defendants. Other items note trips Athena Pendleton fare for the Umatilla Morrow County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau
Ryan
Michael Ryan
Edward Dixon
Ryan Farm
Athena
J. H. Raluy
W. P. Winter
Pendleton
H. I. Watta
W. A. Brown
George Darveau
St. George
M. V. Townsend
Freewater
Clarence Morse
Harry Morse
Sam Pambron
Roy Ellsworth
Morse Ranch
Will Jameson
Thomas Marquis
J. Thompson
R. ©. Hager
Wenaba
Umatilla
McKay Creek
Gotliet Miller
Jane 10
Frienda
Pambroo
Improved Telephone Service In Athena After Repairs
The Athena Commercial Club notes improvements from Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph after recent reconstructions. A Walla Walla official confirms outside and inside plant changes have enhanced service, with insulated wires replacing a proposed cable on Fourth Street. S. B. Wilson of Athena replies that the improvements and Fourth Street line now leave little reason for complaint and expresses continued willingness to cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Athena Commercial Association
O. P. van Houtte
Walla Walla
Commercial Association Committee
8. I. Wilson
Wilson
Fourth Street
Walla Walla, Wash
Athena Commercial Club
H. A. Barrett
John E. Foome
J. Wilson
Atbera
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
P. van Hontte
Athenon
Orog
P. van Houtte
Wahab
S. B. Wilson
Pacific extension line builds toward Spokane in mile stretch
Eight carloads of steel for the North Coast road arrived Sunday at Kennewick under master mechanic W H Saxton. Track laying began, with material for seventy two miles from Pugetto Yolo foundries. Work extends toward Yakima Valley and Spokane as grading completes. first engine expected soon from the east, with others en route. Freight service to Spokane hoped for this fall, signaling a Pacific extension of the Northwestern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
North Coast Road
W. H. Saxton
Puetto
Yolo
Yakima Valley
Spokane
Spokane Thia Fall
Northwestern
One Hundredth Anniversary of Campbell Declarations Celebrate at Christian Church
The Christian church will mark the hundredth anniversary of Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address which sparked the Restoration Movement. Next Sunday includes morning services with the theme Where the Scriptures speak we speak and where the Scriptures are silent we are silent and an evening talk A generation of Bible Students with special music and invitations to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Qampbell
Christian Church
Despondent Resident Ended Life by Fire in Walla Walla
Leo Ubung a well known Walla Walla Chinatown resident, in a state of despair due to poverty and isolation, set fire to his bed and perished in his lodging. Firemen found his badly charred body shortly after the alarm. He appeared to have lain on the ground floor bed before starting the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Ubung
Walla Walla
Chinatown
Woodward tollgate trip ends with bad weather for boys
Ed Koontz Byron Hawke and Henry LaBrache returned Tuesday night from Woodward's tollgate where they planned hunting and fishing. Except for one day of excellent fairing in the north fork of the Umatilla the party faced bad weather and had to stay in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koontz
Byron Hawke
Henry LaBrache
Woodward's Tollgate
Umatilla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
Oregon
Preston-Parton Milling Company
Waitsburg, Wash
Happy Home
Schwabacher Bros. & Company, Incorporated
Seattle, Wash
E. T. Kidder
McArthur
City Meat Market
J. H. Stone
Main Street
Taft
A.Y.P. Exposition
Quhool Athletics
Pohne Main
Dell Brothers
Theo. R. & NK
Umarilla-Morrow County Fair
Commercial Association
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!