Local business and social notes fill January streets
Mayor Hall and many visitors from Union and Pendleton are seen in Baker City for meetings and social events. Numerous residents return from trips, including Mrs Urnest Hall and Walter Ferguson, while local officials and candidates stir activity with court sessions and sheriff nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Hall
Union
Urnest Hall
Miacham
Walter Ferguson
North Powder
D. BE. Cook
Baker City
Charles Volman
Mr. Johnson
Pullman
G. W. Donnelly
la Grande
Pendleton
W. C. Gibbs
Bowman
City
Walter Ferguson Opens New Stationery Store
The half page notice announces Walter Ferguson will open his new stationery store to the public next Monday morning. Ferguson is a well known local figure with many friends hoping for his business success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ferguson
Ferguson
Night Riders Attack in Arcadia Threat to Tobacco Grower
Night riders invaded Arcadia Daweon Kentucky on January 25 dragging John Heath an independent tobacco grower to the river and threatened to throw him in unless he promised not to handle any more pooled tobacco. He promised and the raiders escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daweon
Arcadia
John Heath
Pendleton Five Defeated by Walla Walla High Girls
In Walla Walla Washington the local high school girls basketball team defeated Pendleton 25 to 15 after Pendleton came east from La Grande. Pendleton showed less cohesion than usual and faces a rematch with Walla Walla on February 7 with hopes to improve by strong practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. White
la Grande
Walla Walla
Whitman College
Pendleton Enat
Oregonian
Ladd Creek
Louis J. Murdock
Mins Dora Murdock
T. T. Geer
Pendleton Tribune
Congress
Baker City
Geer
Walla Wallin
Wash
Pendleton
Oregon
Walla Wallane
Improvised electric plant lights La Gramin stores
A local energy problem spurs a makeshift generator setup in La Gramin. An old dynamo from a fiber plant near Summerville and a gasoline engine from a traveling wood saw power the Peoples Store and the Red Cross drug store this evening. Other merchants plan private plants within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Gramin
Peoples
Summerville
Peoples Store
Red Cross Drug Store
Juvenile Musicale Brightens Moore Home Afternoon
The Moore residence served as a music and merriment venue for a juvenile musical afternoon. Oregon grape decor and souvenir cards quoted Let your voices with gladness ring as the program featured Naoomi Kirtley Inez Knowles Stella Bodmer Martha Watson Ethel Wright Sadie Young Hazel Young Marie Bolton Carol Currey Amelia Collier Bessie Buehler Helen Currey Allee Hi Janette Smith Margaret and Gertrude Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Watson
Ethel Wright
Sadie Young
Hazel Young
Marie Bolton
Carol Currey
Amelia Collier
Bessie Buehler
Helen Currey
Allee Hi
Janette Smith
Margaret
Gertrude Moore
Floor sinking in new round House. tailings to raise floor
Floor of the new round House is sinking due to pipe leakage that has undermined the foundation. Depressions appear in several areas. About five carloads of tailings are available to restore the surface to the correct level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round House
Engine of Cayuse Wreck Reenters Shops for Light Repair
The passenger engine that killed Fireman McFatridge near Cayuse last year and badly injured Engineer Schilke is again in the shops for light repairs after a brief road run. Overhauled at Albina, it returned to service, but a defective air pipe sent it to La Grande for further work as crews recall the fatal wreck during maintenance. Meanwhile Central church schedules a large Bible school starting tomorrow at 10 a.m., with classes, preaching, and rally events through next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFatridge
Cayuse
Fred Schilke
Albina
la Grande
Central Church
Final Settlement Notice in Oregon Estate
Notice is given that Anna B. Bay administratrix has filed the final account for the estate of John H. Bay, deceased. The Union County Oregon county judge sets March 3, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. at the La Grande courthouse for hearing objections and settlement. Dated January 17, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Bay
Union County
Oregon
la Grande
Anna B. Bay
The Boy and the Bank Standoff in Eastern Oregon Town
A bank incident unfolds in Eastern Oregon as locals recall a tense standoff involving a young individual at The Eastern Oregon Trust and Savings bank. Authorities respond while residents await updates on safety and outcomes.
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The
Eastern Oregon Trust & Savings Bank
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T.N. Murphy
Tom Brashler
Mra
Rinehart
Brammerville
Thomas Grrham
Grandma” Russell
Ralph Russell
Island City
Selbird
Union Republcan
Lyle
Muricale
T. B. Johnson
Lawrence Caviness
Wallowa County
J. L. Caginesa
Frank Baker
Fritz
Epworth League
Mac Wood
C. D. Huffman
Towa
al Andrews
Wallowa
John Williamson
St. George
J. W. May
Radium Spring Sanitarium
Tmatilla County
J. W. Knowles
North Powder Lumber Company
North Powder News
M. Sorenson
Express
Las Vegas
Wallace
Idaho
George Duffiel
Bissell
Grand Rapids
Johnson Bros
W. B
McCall
the Golden Rule Co
LA Grande, Oregon
Rally
Sunch
Chase
Orchard Grove Poultry Farm
L. P. Day
la Granda
the Bank Book
F. M. Burkit
WM. Miller
GEO
L. Cleaver
Cashien
T. J. Scroggin
Case
F. J. Holmes
Christian Campaign
Central Church of Christ
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