Scriber Found Guilty in Bank Embezzlement Case
Oregon items report Jefferson W. Scriber cashier at Farmers & Traders National Bank La Grande found guilty on 40 counts of embezzlement abstraction mis application and false entries. Jury deliberated 15 minutes on four indictments. Insanity defense not considered. In Marshfield a business dinner backed Coos Bay Oregon Idaho Railway with a 150000 bonus. C O Smith leads with 25000 and Boise road seen as best route this summer.
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Scriber
Portland
Jefferson W. Scriber
Farmers & Traders’ National Bank
la Grande
Chandler Hotel
Coos Bay
Oregon & Idaho Railway
C. O. Smith
Minnesota
Dhe
Boise Road
County Petitions Filed for New Williams County
Petitions filed in the Secretary of State office by F. W. Benson seek creation of Williams County from parts of Lane and Douglas. Additional petitions request annexing part of Clackamas to Multnomah and boundary changes for Washington County with Orchard County and others anticipated.
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Salem
F. W. Benson
Williams
Lane
Douglas Counties
Clackamas County
Multnomah County
Washington County
Orchard County
Wood camp stabbing ends in county jail for two partners
In Sandy Hollow a cutting affray between partners Otto Gessel and Bobby Burns at a wood camp left Gessel with multiple neck wounds and Burns jailed in Klamath Falls. Burns allegedly struck after bottles were knocked over by Burns while preparing root beer.
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Merrill
Otto Gessel
Bobby Burns
Klamath Falls
Sandy Hollow
Geass
Burns
Gessl
Secretary designates large Oregon lands as not irrigable
Secretary Ballinger under the enlarged homestead act designates 120 600 acres as not susceptible to irrigation at reasonable cost in several townships across Oregon. The total designation in the state reaches 88 948 800 acres.
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Portland
Ballinger
Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College to mark quarter centennial
Invitations have been sent for the quarter centennial celebration of the Oregon Agricultural College as a state institution. The event runs June 10 to June 14 with a literary and musical program, class reunions, and a presidents reception at Waldo Hall on Monday evening June 13.
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Corvallis
Oregon Agricultural College
Waldo Hall
Well Digger Strikes Copper Ledge in Local Dig
While sinking a well at 95 feet H H Willburn of this city struck a two foot thick ore ledge initially thought to be gold. Analysis showed a rich copper deposit. additional samples to be sent to Portland for fuller analysis.
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Condon
H. H. Willburn
Portland
Construction to Start on Coos Bay to Boise Rail Line
Francis H. Clarke president of the Coos Bay & Oregon Central Railroad says work will begin before September 1 on the route from Coos Bay to Boise via Roseburg. The Portland statement confirms the project timeline.
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Portland
Ore
Coos Bay & Oregon Central Railroad
Coos Bay
Boise
Roseburg
Francis H. Clarke
Oregon News Bits From Cities Across The State
Prairie City banks to start with 26000 capital. Dallas Republicans plan assembly June 25. Klamath Falls opens Swift Packing branch. Portland hospital heart surgery on Clyde Engle of Oregon City. Eugene shines in track meet as Oregon defeats WSC 81 59. Portland hosts Willamette Baptist Association session May 30 to June 2. Eugene supplies intercollegiate oratory champion Glen Hoover of UW. Roseburg fruit growers form Umpqua Valley Horticultural Society Fruit Association. Salem files suit to recover 4207.50 in taxes from Clatsop County. Marshfield man dies after drinking glass. Pendleton wool sale sees 100000 pounds sold at 14–17 cents. Astoria magnate Samuel Elmore to sell holdings. Canyon City murder trial jury formed. Eugene Skull and Chain Society formed at UO. The Dalles court cases next term. Mills forger delayed. Tommy George convicted. Moran murder verdict. Salem Governor Benson grants Missouri suspect William Allen requisition. Salem Frank L Smith Meat Co complains to Railroad Commission about livestock losses.
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Klamath Falls
Klamath County
United States
Swift Packing Company
Chicago
Portland
St. Vincent's Hospital
Clyde Engle
Oregon City
University of Oregon
Washington State College
Pullman
Willamette Baptist Association of Oregon
W. B. Hinson
Eugene
Glen W. Hoover
University of Washington
S*Sté
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Roseburg
Douglas County
Umpqua Valley Horticultural Society
State of Oregon
Clatsop County
Marshfield
Frank Granholm
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Astoria
Samuel Elmore
North Pacific Coast
Mr. Elmore
San Francisco
J. K. Armsby Pany
Canyon City
Ben Hinton
Hinton
Ollie Snyder
Skull and Chain Society
Dalles
F. E. Mills
Tommy George
John Moran
C. W. C. Larsen
Salem
Benson
Missouri
William Allen
Hank Gibbs
Allen
Frank L. Smith Meat Company
State Railroad Commission
Noted Scientist Koch Dies of Heart Disease in Germany
Brief items report Professor Robert Koch’s death in Germany from a heart disease. Other notes cover U S plans to retain influence in Nicaragua, a 20 000 harvest workforce need for Kansas, Oklahoma governor Haskell trial date, a new townsite Astor in Washington, royal tulips sent to Paris, Taft Roosevelt homecoming plans, Miss Mathilde Townsend Gerry’s wedding, Mrs Aoki seeking divorce, 1906 religious census salary averages, Taft Panama Canal trip plans, and Oregon Senator Chamberlain’s homestead bill proposal.
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Robert Koch
Germany
United States
Madrid
Bluefields
Kansas
Charles Harris
State Free Employment Bureau
Haskell
Oklahoma
Fuskogee
McAllister
Washington
Astor
Colville In- Gan
Secretary of the Interior
Paris
Bagatelle
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
New York Harbor
Villa Nova
St. Thomas College
Mathilde Townsend
Peter Goelet Gerry
New York City
National Capital
Carson
Nev
Gunjiro Aoki
Gladys Emery
Archdeacon Emery
San Francisco
Aoki
Durand
Department of Commerce and Labor
Panama Canal Zone
Canal
Dickinson
Meyer
Knox
Chamberlain
Oregon
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J. L. van Blaricom
L.H. Shirley
E. L. Evans
S.E. Watkins
Allen Smith & Co
Price Biet
Williams Bros
Mra Lears
Coos
Prairie City
First National Bank of
Prairie City, Or
Dallas
Polk County
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
Eee
Jung
L.E. Brown
Chehalem Valley Mills
Newberg, Oregon
The
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
C. B. Cummings
Newberg, Or
J. H Wilson & CO
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