Local Notes From Eddy County and Nearby Visits
Local items note Rev C Be Deal preaching on Patience and Father Whyte traveling to Baker City to walk Bishop C J O’elly. Mrs W D Long returns from Wasco after six years, Len Johnson heads to Logan Utah, Commissioner Ben Brown to the state fair, and Presbyterian Aid to meet at Mrs Anderson’s. President Kerr of Corvallis Agricultural College leaves for Baker City after a valley visit. An appeal in G M Curtis vs Roll Walker is perfected with a favorable justice court judgment for Curtis. Mr and Mrs A M Donald and family visit Cochran in Grande Ronde before Starbuck, Washington trip. Mrs Homer Denny arrives from Pleasant Valley and secures a loan on the O R N out of La Grande. Brenholts family to Red Oak Iowa with travels east. Mrs McCoy en route to Spokane via San Francisco. Noted visits include Mrs James McCoy, and Mr and Mrs F L Sheets visiting Baker City and returning to Joseph then Grande Ronde. Mr Sheets to resume Baker Democrat.
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Father Whyte
Baker Chy
C. J. O'elly
Mra
W. D. Long
Wasco
Mics
Len& Johnson
Logan
Utah
Ben ‘Brown
Presbyterian Aid Society
Anderson
Kerr
Agricultural College
Corvallis
Baker City
G. M. Curtis Va
Roll Walker
Justie Court
A. M. Donald
Seymore
Iowa
Gen. Cochran
Starbuck, Wash
Homer Denny
Pleasant Valley
Denny
la Grande
W. L. Brenholts
Red Oak
Brenholts
James McCoy
Spokane
San Francisco
Parade With Aster Show In City on Saturday
A children’s parade will headline the after show in the city next Saturday with a forenoon start likely around 11 o’clock. Entries will feature local residents only and donations of asters are welcome to contact Mesdaines BE H Bragg B Polack or George Palmer on the arrangements committee.
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Ito
Detalla
Committee On Arrangements
Mesdaines
Marriage License Issued in Grande Ronde City
County Clerk Ed Wright issued a marriage license in the afternoon to Charles Gore and Miles Lizzie Waller, both of this city. The groom is an electrician with the Grande Ronde Electric Co. and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Waller. The bride formerly worked as a compositor at The Observer office.
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Ed Wright
Charles Gore
Miles Lizzie Waller
Grande Ronde Electric Company
Waller
Observer Office
Clonigar troupe to perform melodrama at Beward House
Press agent W Houschart announces the Clonigar Repertoire company will stage a melodrama each night next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the Beward opera house. The six piece troupe plans to open with The Counterfeiters likely, as Clonigar tours the West from southern California and aims to please western audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Houschart
Clonigar
Biéward Opena House
California
Coset
Bootlegging arrests and arraignments detail line up drinking incident
A court case describes bootlegging arrests linked to a line up drinking scheme. McDowell and an accomplice allegedly arranged drinks to impair boys on a line up. L. W. Porter and William Chandler testified to taking drinks and becoming ill. Porter’s parents are divorced. Chandler claimed it was his first drink. Justice Angus Stewart arraigned the suspect, guilty plea entered, sentence suspended pending further findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McTewett Te Eet Aaning
Angus Stewart
L. W. Porter
Meacham
McDowell
Porter
McDonald
Willam Chandler
Squatter Contests Trigger Land Office Standoff
Officers clear a crowded sidewalk as a new squatter line forms before the land office. Local and county residents, led by a mix of bona fide claimants, face off with police. several applicants from La Grande and Wallowa County are tentatively declared successful in filings.
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Adams
McLaughlin
Upieces
Isma
Nellie M. Spence
la Grande
EB. G. Lovely
la Grandee
Chester Foreman
Portland
A. J. Webb
Walter Brenholts
Florence Brenholm
Mary P. Ross
Wallowa County
Green Trump
Bftle K. Trump
Jones Trump
Wallowa
Lownie Lloyd
John M. Brown
Frank C. Topping
Harry E. Misner
Carl R. Stanley
Wallows
Ivan W. Leffel
Charles H. Neuman
Trouble with strikers near Vancouver strikebreakers clash
A Winnipeg special says Daniel Hepner, a Canadian Pacific strikebreaker, shot and probably fatally wounded Robert Kirk, a striker's picket, after Kirk taunted him. Hepner was found at his father's home and placed under arrest as hundreds of strikers marched to the railroad shops to overawe strikebreakers. riot call sent and officers dispersed the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Daniel Hepner
Canadian Pacific
Robert Kirk
Kirk
Hepner
Hépner
Are Hest
Labor Leaders Probe Alaska Labor Conditions
Dawson reports C B Mahoney of the Western Federation of Miners arriving to investigate labor matters. He says workers here appear to be outlafied as tensions rise in Alaska.
Miss Roxie Robbe Dies in Grande Ronde Hospital
Roxie Robbe of Mississippi died this morning at Grande Ronde hospital. Her funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 PM from the Baptist Church with burial in the Mahonie cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Robbe
Grande Ronde
Ma- Honie
Harriman Announces New Cananea Railway Opening
Harriman plans through service on the Cananea Yaqui River Pacific railroad between Guaymas and Culiacan a 405 mile route opening tomorrow. A large demonstration will mark the event. Engineers estimate 15 miles of Sierra Madre construction will cost about 125000 in gold per mile despite the route’s deep barrancas and towering cliffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Farmers and Traders National Bank Loan and Real Estate Figures
The bank reports overdrafts temporary bonds warrants and other real estate related items. It lists demand loans cash and due from banks and total assets. The statement includes profits capital stock surplus circulation and unpaid dividends with rediscounts and undivided profits. The note urges customers that the bank is trustworthy and best for business.
Labor meeting weighs AFL Denver platform in Michigan
Labor in Lansing discusses whether the Michigan Federation of Labor will endorse the AFL stance on the Denver platform and Ramuel Gomper. Debate centers on loyalty to the American Federation of Labor and the Gompers program amid opposing slogans and criticism of others profiting from ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, Mich
Michigan Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Ramuel Gomper
Nigen
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Eddy Jahere
Rev. C. Be Deal
F. L. Sheets
Gon
Bakerity
City
Aster
Tere
Pega 1
Jefferson D. King
Charles L. Selby
James R. Farrell
John K. Sloan
Perry Owens
William Fish
L. C. Henderson
Fred FE. Palmer
Nellie BE. Vinacke
Horace C. Vinacke
Guy M. Burkit
Richard Claycourt
Lucy B. Webb
Ira Lovely
Joseph L. Munhall
la Grane
Thomas Siegmond
Alaska
Miss Robbs
Thergain
Oregon
Ike
Abe
Denes
Seroeteas O
Patr
Davon
Clark
Rhe
Aaue c
Vee Dbo
Veeede
the Golden Rule Co
Ide Nation Talon
Harriman's New Road
O’connell
Farmers and Traders National Bank
Tims Loans
Undivided
the Farmers and Traders National Bank
O*? UL ‘Gran
Federation of Labor
Newlin
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