Council Discusses Water Well and Street Improvements
City council opened bids for cemetery water system but delayed action as the experimental well reaches 24 feet. Specifications were changed to accept any standard engine pump. West Court street grade and walks project referred to street committee. Street cleaning bids ranged from $90 to $194 monthly and were sent to sprinkling committee. Groves named street commissioner at $75 monthly. municipal light plan cited at $101,120 but no action. East Court bonds offered at par, about $2500, tied to assessments.
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Wes Court Street
W. J. Clarke
Cour Street
West Court Street
Main
Starr Street
J. D. Aforgan
H. H. Harvey
Co. Beale
W. P. Williamson
George Williamson
John Hastings
Groves
Samuel Groves
Murphy
Shipley & Co
San Francisco
Strain
Umatina
Newport & Son
East Court Street
East Court
Cold Warning Urges Early Action For Health
A health notice stresses that a cold should be checked at onset to prevent deep-seated illness. It warns that delaying treatment may extend suffering and delay cure, urging immediate care at the first signs.
City Treasurer Major Moorhouse Claims $150 Warrant
Major Lee Moorhouse, now city treasurer, says a warrant for $150 issued 21 years ago to him was never paid and has not been found. He discovered the sum in city records while auditing old books and contends he never received the money. He may file a bond to protect the city if the original warrant is located and presented.
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Lee Moorhouse
Major Moorhouse
Hermiston Institute to Host Local and State Addresses
Local teachers institute to be held in Hermiston with addresses by local speakers and State Superintendent Will. Superintendent Welles is now-arrived to speak as part of the Saturday program on April 11.
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Teachers’ Institute
Hermiston
Welles
Institute program lists focal speakers and performers
The program for the institute features Supt. Ackerman as a key figure with other focal speakers set to deliver addresses. Scheduled speakers include I. W. Keeler, G. M. Wolfe, W. R. Musselman, Oliver P. Morton, Mia, Augusta Moule, F. Bartlett, and A. H. Perryman, plus Hermiston school pupils. A quartet of Mesara, Welles, Landers, Owen, and Akera will perform several pieces.
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Supt. Ackerman
Themeen
I. W. Keeler
G. M. Wolfe
W. BR. Musselman
Oliver P. Morton
Mia
Augusta Moule
F. Bartlett
A. H. Perryman
Hermiston School
Mesara
Welles
Landers
Owen
Akera
New Grandstand Likely At Ball Grounds
W F Matlock, owner of the grounds, says he will erect a new grandstand if the levees are extended during the summer. Prospect grows that the ball grounds will gain a grandstand before the coming season, with unanimous local hope for the improvement. If city extends the levees, Matlock will act to build the structure.
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W. F. Matlock
Rounds
Mat Leak
Pendleton Debating Team Prepares for Taulitin Contest
Pendleton academy debaters Russell Blankenship Roy Rowland and Edmund Milne head to Taulitin academy for an April 17 debate. They oppose a postal savings bank system, after Tuallian team defeated Pendleton on the ship subsidy topic last fall, a contest awaited with interest.
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Pendleton Academy
Russell Blankenship
Roy Rowland
Edmund Milne
Taulitin Academy
United States
Pendleton
Families Leave For Marshfield To Seek New Homes
Three families F. A. Gordon and family W. J. Crabill and family and Bert Livermore and family departed this morning on the O R N local to Marshfield Oregon to establish new homes. They will travel by rail to Drain then stage over the mountains, a three day journey, with many friends seeing them off at the Co R N depot.
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Marshfield
Ore
F. A. Gordon
W. J. Crabill
Bert Livermore
Sheep King Frank Oxman Tours Oregon Sheep Farms
Frank Oxman, Baker County sheep king who acquired W G Ayer’s Durkee business last year, is in the city en route from Baker City to Heppner to oversee sheep interests. He is now Baker County’s largest grower and among eastern Oregon’s top producers outside Umatilla, predicting a prosperous year for sheepmen.
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Frank Oxman
Baker County
W. G. Ayer
Durkee
Baker City
Heppher
Oregon Electric Railway to reach 100 miles by 1909
The Willamette Valley trunk line from Portland to Salem will total 56 miles with extensions to Albany 27 miles and Forest Grove 21 miles. By January 1, 1909, Oregon Electric Railway expects 100 miles of main line in operation, aided by surveys, rights of way, and steel purchases. Gangs survey three routes Salem to Albany. Forest Grove work to start within six months. Barstow & Co. to build Forest Grove and Albany extensions.
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Oregon Electric Railway Company
Willamette Valley
Salem
Portland
Salem Statesman
Oregon, Electric Railway Company
Albany
4 Point
Forest Grove
Salem- Albany
Talbot
Turner
W. 5. Barstow & Co
Salem-Albany
April Fools Dance Prank Delights Eagles Hall Crowd
Woodcraft girls hosted a prank at Eagles hall. At 10 the Brand march started and banquet announced. Guests found tables with water cups and toothpicks before a crate of lemons was revealed. Guard teams from Woodcraft circles organized a successful event.
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Woodcraft
Eagles’ Hall
Wil
County road dispute sparks petition for two new roads
County court weighs a road fight from Cabbage Hill residents who seek two new roads while opposition from multiple parties clouds the outcome. The decision remains undecided as arguments continue.
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Cabbage Hill Country
Pioneers Mr and Mrs Meiners Will Visit East
Will Leave for Peoria Illinois next Monday to visit. accompanied by Mrs Conrad Kohler who will travel eastward to Nebraska for a short stay.
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E. J. Meiners
County
Peoria
Ill
Nebraska
Conrad Kohler
Two Diphtheria Cases Reported at Recorder Office
Two new diphtheria cases were reported yesterday at the recorder's office. M. Grrton of 2041 West Webb Street was assigned Dr. BR. E. Ringo as attending physician. Glenn Finch of 712 Ann Street was assigned Dr. I. A. Temple as attending physician.
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Recorder's Office
M. Grrton
West Webb Street
BR. E. Ringo
Glenn Finch
Ann Street
I. A. Temple
Artisan Officers Visit Promotes Local Order Assembly
Dr. W. O. Manion supreme medical examiner of the Order of Artisans visits Portland, reports the city assemblies in excellent condition. A new Assembly to be organized at Hermiston this week, with the order counting over 100 members in the city.
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W. O. Manion
Portland
The
Order of Artisans
Hermiston
Attorney Bailey Moyes Moves Office to Taylor-Brownfield Building
Bailey Moyes Office attorney D. W. Bailey relocates from the Smith-Crawford building where he shared rooms with Will M. Peterson to J. B. Perry's office in the Taylor-Brownfield building. He will henceforth have his headquarters there.
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D. W. Bailey
Smith-Crawford
Will M. Peterson
J. B. Perry
Taylor-Brownfield Building
Pastime Pictures Change with New Bills Tomorrow
Amusements note shows changes at the Pastime with new films Do As I Do Elope ment Faithful Dog She Won t Pay Rent Orange Peel and the illustrated song Love in Time. The Eagle Show Shop also updates its program today with fresh, funny and instructive acts until Saturday and another change after Sunday. Brewers Still at the Star features colored vaudeville artists performing new moving pictures all week with nightly program changes.
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The
Eagle
Eagle Show Shop
Star
Vaude Ville Artista
Star Theater
Pendleton Furniture Dealer Receives Carload Goods
W Stroble a well known Court street furniture dealer received a carload of furniture for his spring stock this morning Other shipments of furniture and spring goods are arriving daily over the O R and N and Northern Pacific for Pendleton merchants and the outlook is excellent
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W. Stroble
Court Street
Northern Pacific
Pendleton
The Dime Announces New Film Program Change
The Dime will shift its motion pictures tomorrow with new illustrated songs continuing through Sunday. After that, another change will occur, following a week of popular showings and enjoyed performances.
Town Married. Hackett Receives Word of Union in Spokane
James Hackett of this city confirms John Town the noted Cutbank Mont sheep buyer, who purchases in the county annually, has just been married at Spokane.
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James Hackett
John Town
Cutbank, Mont
Spokane
Card of Thanks for Infant’s Illness and Death
A brief card expressing heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted during the late illness and death of the infant child. Signed by W. A. McCarty and wife.
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W. A. M’carty
Appearing Old Acts as a Bar to Profitable Employ
An old self help advertisement warns that aging hinders work prospects and promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims dandruff is a germ-related cause of baldness, promotes the product as both hair care and dandruff remedy, and urges readers to buy from Koeppen & Bros with sample requests to The Herploids Co in Detroit.
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Newbro
Herploids Co
Detroit
Mick
The Greatest Naval Cruise of Modern Times
Review of Reviews writer Winthrop L. Marvin analyzes the Atlante fleet circumnavigation calling it the greatest naval cruise of modern times. He notes the voyage cost about 1 000 000 extra for coal transport, while stressing the fleet’s workmanlike profile, regular Caribbean drills, and frequent port calls in Trinidad Rio de Janeiro Punta Arenas and Callao.
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Winthrop L. Marvin
Atlante
Narrangansett Bay
Magdalena Bay
Hampton Roads
Straits of Magellan
Navy
South America
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Callao
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Naval
Guantanamo
Cubs
Treasury
Dry Farming Progress At Model Farm Showcased
Dr. Cooke and Governor Brooks visit the Model farm east of Cheyenne where winter wheat and rye are thriving despite a dry winter. Plans include continuing demonstrations through summer and encouraging ranchers to test crops like potatoes speltz wheat oats barley on land with no irrigation to prove dry farming viability.
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Cooke
Cheyenne Tribune
Brooks
Dry Farming Congress
Model Farm
Eity
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Tallman & Co
Hermiston Institute
Pendleton Creamery Co
the Commercial National Bank
United States Depository
Taelitin Academy
Sheep King
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April Fooled
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