Local residents arrive and depart as travel resumes
Local society notes show many residents visiting from Baker City Colfax and Union. Mrs. J. L. Brandt in from The Dalles for legal matters. Jewelry firm head George Bernie returns home after six months away visiting Minnesota and Nevada. Travel includes D. H. Steward’s trip to several West Coast cities and Vietnam. A Catholic social at Mrs. O Conner’s drew strong support and funds. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Aiken plan departure for Portland with daughters Moina and Erma. Moina to Eugene to study boxing and stay with Clyde R. Retty’s family.
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Mesdames
P. Pratt
Gladys Baxter
Union
Sumimer House
Manuel Snider
Delbert
North Powder
David Brichoux
Wallowa County
Bertha Blattner
Welzer
Anna Relsland
George Bernie
Siegrist & Co
Minnesota
Nevada
W. H. Spurgeon
Colorado Springs
George L. Cleaver
W. F. Snodgrass
Charles Green
Baker City
Colfax
BE. M. Heacock
Newberg
Ore
O. M. Heacock
Clyde R. Retty
Eoma
Boxinens College
Mysterious Lumber Floats Ashore at Point Arena
San Francisco reports officers cannot explain the raft of lumber drifting ashore near Point Arena on Wednesday night. No wreckage found after a lengthy search. Meanwhile a Douglas County man sold 150 tons of Bamilett Pears to a cannery.
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San Francisco
Revenue Clutter Manning
Point Arena
Douglas County
Prosperous showing with few mortgages filed in September
By noon September a total of 40 instruments were filed with the county recorder. Three were mortgages and three satisfactions of mortgages, with the majority being warranted deeds. Silent records reflect the county's prosperous yet mortgage activity during tough financial times.
Picnic at Proebstel’s Grove Hosts Grange Members
Grangers in Picnic at Proebstel’s grove on the river enjoy lunch under shade trees. Ada Roush photographed groups as Misses Ada Roush and other locals joined the fun. Attendees include Fred Huffman, Benjamin Gekeler, Lillian Holman, Jessie Smith, Walter Parker, Burl Tuck, and others bound for Weston Normal School on the 1ath. Last year 35 to 40 attended from the county. numbers likely to rise.
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Blue Mountain Grange No. 345
Proebstel’s Grove
Ada Roush
Weston Normal School
Fred Huffman
Benjamin Gekeler
Lillian Holman
Jessie Smith
Alicel
Walter Parker
Burl Tuck
Nip
Stella
Irene Conley
Frank
Josie Miller
Joseph
Erastus Paxton
Claude
Bessie Kelley
Fred Seaford
Cove
Weston Normal
Minnie Holmin Appointed to Swing Term at Grave Creek
Miss Minnie Holmin has been secured to teach a three months term of swing on Grave Creek in the Mountain Home district.
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Minnie Holmin
Grave Creek
Mountain Home District
Pacific monthly pre mini readers enjoy early prize and new fiction
The Observer notes Pacific Monthly offers a $506 prize for predicting the ending of Jack London’s Martin Eden, praised as a bold rise from seafaring to virtue. October issue features a baby on the cover and the theme of wealthy heirs in The little children of the rich. McClure's September adds Kuropatkin’s secret Russo-Japanese War history excerpt showing causes of the conflict.
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Observer
Pacific Monthly
Premini
de Kioning
I Magazine
Jack London
Martin Eden
Cosmopolitan
Making a Record for 1908 Tax Roll Preparation
The assessor's office works on the 1908 tax roll due to the county court by October 19. Clerks Humphrey and Vanderpoel began transcribing on August 1 and are more than halfway done. Extensions are usually requested, but this year the work will be completed and corrected before the law’s deadline.
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Humphrey
Vanderpoel
Tme
Gane Nelson Fight Film At Pastime And Sherwood
The Pastime will exhibit the Gane Nelson fight film Monday afternoon showing the ten beat rounds and the foul in the thirty second round with Nelson losing to Gans. Admission is 25 cents due to high royalty. The Sherwood program includes Bluebird reels and a mystifying feature with a strong comedy number. Baritone Hiatt sang at the Pastime this afternoon and will appear again tonight. The Robin Hood feature is the stellar attraction for the week-ending.
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Gane-Nelson
Fim
Nelson
Gans
Gans-Nelson
the Sherwood
Bluebird
Tte
Hiatt
Beenie Theater Promotes Salome Run With Mies Preston
The Beenie theater enjoys a splendid run with its headliner Salome and has secured Mies Preston of Balt Lake who appears at the matinee this afternoon and will perform at tonight’s shows. Management promises a strong attraction this weekend and a good run again tonight.
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Beenie Theater
Salome
Mies Preston
Balt Lake
Ank
Up to 184 Hunting Licenses Issued in Union County
The clerk’s office has issued as many as 184 hunting licenses to applicants in Union County. The article notes the large number as evidence of ordinary American youths growing up with firearms and the habit of handling guns from a young age.
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Union County
Scenses
Rattlesnake confinement ends in tragedy at Tele caset
Last June boys at Tele caset imprisoned a five and a half foot rattler that lived in solitary confinement until last week when a six foot black rattler with sixteen rattles joined it. The first snake died soon after they were housed together, cause unclear. The black rattler escaped a box and died violently this week.
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Telecaset
Union Republican
Presbyterian Ladies Cooking Exchange at Rohnenkamp Home
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church will hold a cooking exchange on Wednesday at 2 o'clock in September at Mrs W H Rohnenkamp's residence on Second street. Each attendee should bring a notebook pencil and her best recipe plus 25 cents. A buffet lunch will be served anytime in the afternoon.
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The
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Rohnenkamp
Second Street
the Vetty
Highwayman Holds Up Young Couple in Eugene
A Eugene man and his companion were accosted by a highwayman who demanded money, but the man had no cent to offer. The incident occurred as they walked along a city street.
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Eugene
Sheriff notices warn of overdue April tax half due by October
The sheriff’s office sends notices to those who did not pay April taxes. The final half must be paid by the first Monday in October or face 12 percent interest from April 1 and a 10 percent penalty. Total 1907 tax is $220,000 with $158,000 paid, leaving $32,000 unpaid. A Red Cross Drug Store offer features two bottles of liquid hand lotion for the price of one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Red Cross Drug Store
Farmers and Traders National Bank Financial Summary
Time loans 6 percent redemption fund 77,666.00 3,846.78 19,732.89 16,611.00 6,000.00 7,160.00 139,632.90 profits capital stock surplus and liabilities. undivided deposits and due to banks 179,076.57 60,000.0 2,748.48 15,000.00 1,200.00 4,600.00
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Hd Conley
J. L. Brand Iis
Fronter City
Luther Ward
Figara
J. L. Overton
Bighs
Sapte
Portland
Seattle
J. L. Reavis
Walla Walla
Turner Oliver
Long Beach
R. R. Kesey
Waila Waila
D. H. Steward
Tacoma
Bellingham
Vietna
Vancouver
B.C
Tention
Tamber Mistery
Cherry
Mra
William Anh
Grangers
Proebstel Bridge
Playhouses
Sherwood
Presbyterian Cooking Exchange
the Golden Rule Co
J. A. Arbuckle
Farmers and Traders
National Bark
LA Grande
U. S. Bonds
Undivided
the Farmers and Traders National Bank OF
Grande Rondc
Umber Co
Perry, Oregon
W. E. Bean
Venir
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