Portland Bridge Contract Earns Columbia Bid Lead
The Columbia Bridge Co of Portland won a county contract to build seven bridges and two stock passes across multiple streams in Matam county. Their bid of 4550 dollars plus 20 per cubic yard for concrete undercut the next lowest by 300, eight bids were opened this afternoon with certified checks. Other bids ranged from 5210 to 1050 dollars and 10 to 14 dollars per yard. Bridges planned at Wilda Horse, Pine Creek, Dry Creek and more. The successful bid was the final one opened.
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The
Columbia Bridge Company of
Portland
Tmatitin
Giihett Hunt Co
Auss Bridges Co
Security Bridge Co
Chas. G. Bheeley
A. Walk
Coast Bridge Co
C. EB. Lum
Columbia Bridge Co
Wilda Horee
Pine Creek
Dry Creek
MAY REOPEN LORIMER CASE AND POLITICAL CLIMATE
Senate committee hearings replay statements by Edward Hines on meeting Senator Lorimer through C. Funk. Hines says Funk sought introductions, Lorimer’s enemies remained, no contributions discussed. House considers post office investigation. Sulzer and Taft era stance on Russia passport discrimination fuels Jewish groups demand. Federal court action threatened if Secretary Knox fails to compel Russia to recognize American passports.
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Senate
Funk
Edward Hines
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Union League Club
Mr. Lorimer
Hines
Senator Lorimer
Ike
Mr. Funk
Punk
Sheppard
Representative Sheppard
Texas
House
Sulzer
New York
Russia
America
Marriage License Issued in Pendleton County
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports a marriage license issued yesterday afternoon to Charles L. Pinkerton and Lucila B. Urilpen both of the county. Also notes a near death illness of Mrs. Gualaom Sul Alive and various local land sales, police notes, a grim death from typhoid fever, a court case involving O R N Co and Pendleton Drug Co over a sheep shipment payment in 1907, and local acreage transactions in Opportunity Modern Acreage.
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Charles L. Pinkerton
Lucila B. Urilipen
Clene
Justice Court
Pendleton Drug Co
Parkes
Rilroad Campany
Court Find No Dead Man In City Call
Officer Ed Stansberry received a noon call reporting a dead man at Court and Cottonwood streets. A quick search found no body or sign of life. The incident ended with the officer noting fear can revive a dead man in the minds of witnesses.
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Court
Ed Stansberry
Court and
Cottonwood Streets
Cement Walks Planned by Two Main Street Proprietors
Will Lay Cement Walks, Gus La Fontaine proprietor of the Quelle restaurant, and Peter Meder nach proprietor of the Orpheum theater, join city wide improvements. They will lay cement walks in front of their Main street properties at once, fifty and twenty five feet respectively, enhancing Main street’s appearance.
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Gus la Fontaine
Quelle Restaurant
Peter Medernach
Orpheum Theater
Main Street
Coach calls for track team volunteers at Tuesday meeting
High school coach Hrelthaupt urged interested athletes to sign up for evening training. Twenty-two candidates pledged to work, with the coach aiming to form a team that will uphold the school's reputation through consistent practice and effort.
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Hrelthaupt
Bankers' Convention News From Oregon and Local Travel
Cashier Gc M. Rice of First National Bank reports the Oregon State Bankers Association meeting in Portland. Dates clashed with Rose Festival activities June 7, and Rice also visited his son at the University of Oregon. Conductor Gua Bertholet ferried seven cars of steers to Spokane aboard the Pendleton-Paseo local. Echo farmer Joe Bailey arrived from his home this morning.
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Bankers’ Convention
Gc. M. Rice
First National Bank
Portland
Oregon State Bankers’ Association
Gua Bertholet
Pendleton-Paseo
Nate Balnet
Spokane
Joe Bailey
Pendleton Chosen For 3 Year Woodmen Convention Site
The Modern Woodmen of America triennial convention met in Milton with strong lodge delegations except Pendleton which sent none. W. E. Barmore of Elermiston was elected delegate to the state convention in Hood River on May 3. Pendleton was picked as the next meeting site three years hence for its central location.
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Pendleton
Woodmen of America
Milton
Pendleton Lodge
W. E. Barmore
Elermiston
Hood River
Cases Set for Trial by Judge Phelps at April Term
Judge G W Phelps yesterday set cases for trial at the April term of court convening. The list includes defendants awaiting action on charges and pending motions, with dates to be scheduled for arraignments and pretrial conferences.
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G. W. Phelps
Legislative and court calendar outlined for Pendleton meeting
Monday proceedings include Victor Lidwall versus Roga Guderain on April 10 and James Parrazo v a women’s group on April 11. State v. McCumber and Hurt and H. M. Todd v. George Tredo will follow, with Nolin v. Nolin later and more criminal cases after the grand jury meets, then Fire Tootoo. Bert Wilton, a mill worker, has endured multiple fires since arriving from the Willamette three years ago, losing clothing and belongings in several blazes but saving a trunk. he now plans to buy a asbestos shield or move to a fireproof home after the Berlin Dye Works fire damaged his goods.
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Victor Lidwall
Roga Guderain
James Parrazova
Women of Woodcraft
The
State
McCumber
Hurt
H. M. Todd
George Tredo
Nolin
Grand Jury
Tootoo
Bert Wilton
Ryers
Pendleton
Willamette
Alta
East End
Mr Love
Jolingon Street
Berlin
Wilson
Daniel B. Watson Appointed Warden in Pendleton
Daniel Noone Watson, a well known Pendleton resident, was yesterday named deputy game and fish warden for the county by Master Fish Warden Clanton and Mr Game Warden Stevenson. His appointment lasts until the new fish and game commission takes effect around May 20. Several prior deputies were asked to resign, and Watson replaces James Istes and Doc Maple in the local lineup. Local sportsmen expect Governor West to appoint the new commission soon, with Cranston being urged for a board seat and to back a deputy recommended by the local association.
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Daniel Noone Watson
Pendleton
Clanton
Stevenson
Weston
Fish Oni Game Commission
Olf
James Istes
Doc
Watson
Mstes
Maple
Bert Livermore
Flbe
Barnhart
Tt i
Governor West
Fish and Game Commission
C. K. Cranston
Umatilla County Fish & Game Association
Cranston
Depuy
Jocal Association
Orpheum Pendleton Pictures Friday Program Highlights
The Orpheum in Pendleton books a fine Friday program with six films. Fisher Folks from Biograph tells a coast village romance about coquetry and family unity. Red Eagle from Vitagraph offers an Indian love story with dramatic appeal. Regatta Along the River Mekong from Pathe shows yacht racing atmosphere. Undying Love Pathe drama features strong singing and acting. The Old Family Bible from Edison depicts a domestic setting with admirable staging. A Night of Terror from Edison presents a comedy about two brave souls in the west with entertaining action throughout.
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Orpheum
Pendleton
Biograph
Red Eagle
Vitagraph Company of America
Mekong
Pathe
Eadison
Edison
Nat Goodwin to wed again on Broadway whispers
New York reports Nathaniel Carl Goodwin famed as the marrying actor plans another marriage. Rumor places his next bride as a St Louis girl, with Edna Goodrich already a recent wife. The tale notes a New York decree limiting remarriage and jokes on statehood advocacy as a motive. Betting on Broadway favors a nuptial before month’s end.
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New York
Nathaniel Carl Goodwin
Broadway
Nat
Edna Goodrich
St. Louis
Miss Goodrich
New York State
Arizona
New Mexico
Haind
Crases
Opening of seventeenth annual artists society exhibit
Buffalo on April 6 reports the opening of the seventeenth annual exhibition by the Society of Artists featuring original works in oil watercolor black and white and sculpture on view today.
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Buffalo
The
Society of Artists
Election officials named and powder house planned in city
The council last night named election judges and clerks and approved a $240 expense from C H Penland trustee. A Hose Company petition seeks two new shutoff nozzles. The hardware firms will build a powder storage house near Olney Cemetery on city ground with hillside excavation to minimize explosion risk.
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C. H. Penland
Hose Company No
Olney
The House of Quality And Other Stage Shows
A compact review of Tuesday’s program featuring Extra food, Love and the Stock Market, and Edi son drama. Includes The Little Shepardess by Selly with a love triangle ending in marriage in America, plus In the Hot Lands and Forget Me Not with thrilling scenes and lively comedy.
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House of Quality
Edison
New York
Wall Street
Shepardess
Selly
Aly
America
Melles
Intercollegiate Civic League meeting at Columbia University
Representatives from thirty nine universities gather at Columbia for the Intercollegiate Civic League meeting on political and civic uplift. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler presides at Earl Hall luncheon with papers from University of Virginia Wisconsin Hamilton College and Columbia on college political teaching and election activity. Delegates to visit Washington to study Congress while Taft and others host a reception. A final note says Siam faces coal scarcity limiting gas illumination and only Bangkok uses electricity.
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New York
Columbia University
Intercollegiate Civic League
Earl Hall
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Sesson
New South
University of Virginia
Mountain
University of Wisconsin
Hamilton College
University Club
Washington
Congress
Taftt
Juathee Hughes
Champ Clark
German Liner Goes Aground In Fog Near Fire Island
New York April 6 A German liner with about a thousand aboard ran aground in dense fog near Fire Island. Passengers were evacuated as life savers and tugs converged. Captain Godward reported all safe and the vessel resting on the sand with a slight list. Steel patterns to pull her off at high tide.
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New York
Prine
Irene
Fire Island
Princes Irene
God- Ward
Sheep Shearing Begins in Walla Walla Valley
Wool harvest starts as warm weather makes sheep comfortable. Snake River district herds and Starbuck area workers join in the annual clipping. Weather has improved wool quality and clipping is under way across the valley with many more flocks to come.
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Walla Walla Valley
Snake River District
Walla Walla Union
Ore- Bon
Starbuck
Polnta
Roosevelt Addressed 20,000 at Tacoma Stadium
Roosevelt arrived in Tacoma on April 6 and spoke to 20,000 people at the stadium after a hotel breakfast with 26 prominent businessmen. He then toured the city by automobile before delivering a public reception and brief address.
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Tacoma
Roosevelt
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