Local items from Pendleton and surrounding areas
Local notes report visits and travel by F B Stillwell Ritter and W R Rivette to Portland and Boise. J A Pullen of Jacops Stein Realty visits family in La Grande. Jay Van Buren returns from Portland auto show. Police Chief Rayburn ill. J W Quirk of Transvaal Gold in city. Wilma Rinehart returns from Summerville. La Grande Chapter Masons initiates four and accepts two. Revival leaders and Mrs Whistman present at Christian church. George Ball in stable condition. O s Methodist Church hosts ladies at Currey home. Skating events lead into Canadian championships in Montreal with multiple distances. Five Year Proof notice for land claim to be filed March 16 1910 with witnesses Shilling Rehen James Pohrman.
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A. G. Pullen
Jacops-Stein Realty Company
W. R. Leighton
Jay van Buren
Portland
Rayburn
J. W. Quirk
Transvaal Gold and Mine and Milling .Co
Joseph
Wilma Rinehart
Summerville
la Grande Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Whiston
Longman
United States Lawn Office
la Grande
Oregon
John Shilling, Jr
Henry J., Rehen
James Shilling
Fred Pohrman
Smoky City Billiard Championship Goes to Hoppe and Morningstar
Pittsburg hosts the first Smoky City championship billiards match with a $1000 purse as Willie Hoppe and Ora Morningstar duel over three nights at Great Northern Hall. Both are undefeated in the 18-2 balk-line game and speculation centers on who will prevail and meet Calvin Demarist of Chicago, last year’s winner.
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Pittsburg
Smoky City
Willie Hoppe
Ora Morningstar
Great Northern Hall
Hoppe
Calvin Demarist
Edward Holland to Speak at Scenic on Sing Sing Prison
Edward Holland presents slides and an lecture at the Scenic this afternoon tonight and tomorrow afternoon and night with the topic Behind Prison Bars at Sing Sing. Features include Marjorie the prison baby the Carlyle Harris electrocution and attorney Albert Patrick images from the Rice murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Holland
Sing Sing
Marjorie
Carlyle Harris
Albert Patrick
Millonaire Rice
Beenie
Outdoor Skating Races Baranic Lake Champion
International outdoor skating champion activities reported at Baranic Lake on February 2 with details incomplete.
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Baranic Lake
Nickelsons Host Five Course Dinner for Son George Birthday
Mr and Mrs T T Nickelson entertained friends at their home on 3d Street for their son George birthday anniversary. The house was well decorated and guests enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
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T. T. Nickelson
3D Street
Geroge
Forty Nine Bodies Recovered at Primero Mine Disaster
Forty nine bodies have been recovered from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co mine at Primero Colorado. Officials plan to explore a tunnel believed to hold 27 more victims. State Mine Inspector Jones and assistants work today to determine the disaster cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primero
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Jones
Epidemics Break Out In Paris Water Supply
Typhoid fever cases surge in Paris as mains and trunk sewers break, contaminating the usual water. Health authorities urge boiling water for domestic use and warn residents to avoid nonessential use while bridges reopen and traffic returns to normal as the Seine falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Department of Health
Seine
Notice of Timber and Land Purchase Claim in Oregon
Walter B. Pratt of Alicel Oregon filed June 24 1909 sworn statement to purchase 1 2 NE 1 4 Section 8 Township 2 South Range 40 East Willamette Meridian timber and land under the Timber and Stone Law appraised at 245 00 timber 206 000 board feet at 1 00 per M land 40 00 final proof to be made April 21 1910 before U S Land Office La Grande Oregon to contest before patent issue by affidavit if needed F C Bramwell Register
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U. & Land Office
la Grande
Oregon
Walter B. Pratt
Alicel
East
Willamette
Register and Receiver
United States Land Office
F. C. Bramwell
Register
Public Land Notice for Adolph Laver Homestead Entry
Notice from U S Land Office La Grande Oregon states Adolph Laver of La Grande filed a homestead notice for multiple parcels in Section 20 Township 4S Range 38E Willamette Meridian after obtaining Entry No 14038 on January 3 1905 and Serial 04326.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Land Office
la Grande
Oregon
Adolph Laver
Range
Willamette Meridian
Merchants Save Large Sums by Local Fire Mutual Aid
In 1907 Oregon merchants saved over 10000 by carrying of their own company the Oregon Merchants Mutual Fire As Dayton Oregon. In they will save 15000 During the same period neighbors paid out 1500000 in profits to outside companies.
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Oregon Merchants Mutual
Dayton
Cpa
1808Ayton
Oregon
Eye Care Notice From Optometrist W Bewit
An eye care advertisement by W Bewit, optometrist and jeweler, urges proper use of glasses and notes long experience fitting lenses. It claims glasses should be worn only when refractive error exists and can be trialed before curing.
Also Mentioned on This Page
TEMS
F. B. Stillwell
Pendleton
Photographer Ritter
W. R. Rivette
Boise
United States
Canada
Montreal
Scenic
W. D. McMillan
Painless Dentistry
la Grande National Bank
Blue Mountain
E. D. Selder
Grande
W. Oliver
Kingsley & Coger Shoes
Preston
Dr. M. P. Mendelsohn
Avean
Adams
Fom
Anyeas
Guarantesa
W. Bewit
Optometriag & Jeweler
C. C. Pennington Co
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