Grand Jury Indicts Few in Prohibition Case Fiasko
Twenty nine true bills and one not true bill mark the Unatilin county grand jury term. Eight indictments target four men with two evading arrest. Athena residents face the strongest cases. Freight depot thefts are under review with several indictments yet to be publicly released. The jury urges funds for better evidence gathering and recommends alfalfa conversion at the Poor Farm to reach self sufficiency.
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Unatilin County
Athena
Frejeht
Kem Steret
Nquor
Moenies
Mayor Withdraws Card Playing Ordinance Veto Threat
In Bellingham on April 22 Mayor Elder of Landen initially renounced a council ordinance permitting card playing in basias but reversed course today, withdrawing the renunciation and declaring he would veto the measure. He believed he must sign every approved ordinance.
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Bellingham
Elder
Landen
Officials Consider Railroad Complaints
Salem April 22 The state railroad commission will hold a meeting at Comstock on May 7 to determine the fairness of Curtin residents demands for a new depot and better transportation facilities. Southern Pacific warns Curtin is a small station and stopping there could be disastrous. A Salem hearing May 11 will address double deck chutes for loading double decked cars on the Harriman lines in Oregon. The commission will also review depot facilities at Vale the terminus of the Malheur valley railroad branch of the O R N.
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Salem
State Railroad Commission
Comstock
Curtin
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Oregon
Railroad Commission
Vale
Malheur Valley Railroad
General rise in bread across the Northwest expected
Reports from the Pacific Northwest indicate a general bread price increase in the next days. Flour shortages and bakers losing business accompany the trend, with Prosser Benton County Washington the sole exception where bakers cut bread prices.
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Portland
Pacific Northwest
The
Journal
Benton County
Washington
Prosser
Trial Over Beer Case At Queen Chop House
Jury began hearing the case charging Albert Dendauw and Oleson with selling beer to Chester Gilliland in violation of local option law. Defense admitted the cook supplied the beer but argued he acted without the proprietor’s knowledge. Witnesses testified Gilliland was intoxicated and that the cook obtained beer from a nearby saloon, while the proprietor claimed no agency. Verdict expected this evening.
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Albert Dendmauw
Albert Dendauw
Chester Gilliland
Bow
Raymond Walker
Oleson
Young Gilliland
Walker
Gilliland
Tallman
Llquor
Council Accepts Bond of High Street Improvers
Hermiston council accepted the bond of Skin der Shotwell contractors set to improve High Street and conducted minor routine business. The session was brief, with a called meeting possible this week as A B Libber hart of the Columbia Bridge Building Company of Walla Walla may submit Lee Street bridge plans for approval.
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Skinder & Shotwell
Hermiston
High Street
A. BL Biberhart
Columbia Bridge Building Company
Walla Walla
Lee Street Bridge
Wheat King Patten Flees amid Threats and Reports
James Patten, the wheat king, vanished during a market surge and fled in fear of letters threatening his life. He denies plans to tour the wheat fields and says he seeks rest at friends’ ranch near Trinidad, Colorado, to recuperate. He was seen in Hutchinson, Kansas, en route to Trinity, California, claiming to escape reporters.
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Colorado
Chicago
James Patten
Patten
Friends
Trinidad
Patten Seens
Hutchinson
Kas
Patton
Trinity
Cal
Not Enough Religion Among Student to Save Rat
Atlanta April 22 The Rev W E Vaughan of California said among 7000 college students in California there is not enough religion to save a rat if salvation were possible. Speaking to Methodist clergy in Atlanta Vaughan argued colleges have too little piety and warned against handing the West to northern ministers or the devil.
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Atlanta
W. E. Vaughan
California
Golden State
Merc
Methodist Goreymen
Vaughan Wmlals
Government buys Australian coal for ships and forts
Port Townsend April 22. The chief army quartermaster at Vancouver barracks awarded the contract for the Puget Sound artillery fort and district coal supply to Pacific Coal Company. Australian coal chosen over Washington product due to price, about sixty cents per ton cheaper.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Puget Sound
Vancouver Barracks
Pacific Coal Company
Washington
Roosevelt Arrives in Africa to Hunt on Kapiti Plains
Ux-President Roosevelt lands in Mombasa and is greeted by King Edward. A rousing reception follows a club dinner as Roosevelt plans a week of hunting on Kapiti plains. The party intends antelopes and ostriches and strong evidence of civilization cited in his remarks.
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Tenter
Mombasi
Cheeral Long
Hanquet
Ary
Kapith Plains
Cable Mes‘vee
Mombasa
Roosevelt
Areese
Wool Market at Lewiston Busy with Strong Hopes
Lewiston on April 22 sees wool buyers flocking as selling season opens midweek. Estimated Lewiston tributary clip at 750000 pounds with around 20 cents per pound. Silmon river country expected 250000 pounds, likely to be shipped through Lewiston.
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Lewiston
Silmon
American Schooner Seized by British
Washington reports official word of the seizure of the American fishing schooner Woodbury by the dominion government cruiser Kestrel. No action will be taken until a full report is received. Consul General West of Vancouver transmitted the notice to the state department.
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Washington
Woodbury
State Department
Vancouver
Oregon Census Set To Start April 15 1910
Washington reports the census will begin April 15 1910. Oregon will employ two supervisors and 490 enumerators. Country enumeration must be completed within 30 days. In cities of 1000 or more, work may take two weeks.
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Washington
Oregon
Drewerymen Arrested for Mutilating Saloon Petition
Portland April 22 District Attorney was told to issue warrants for M Reinstein president of Portland Brewing Co and A Hreslauer head bookkeeper for forgery by altering public documents They allegedly opened the city hall record vault and altered the McKenna petition to regulate saloon traffic The edits erased addresses and inserted fake ones to block the ballot The McKenna Law would overhaul saloon licensing and interior rules changing how a saloon operates
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Portland
Cameron
Barbur
M. Reinstein
Portland Brewing Company, and
Francis J. McKenin
Intereat
City Hall
Lotan
Mutehivean
McKenna
Narbur
Bartur
James Gill
Local Men Honored by Gov Benson
Governor Benson appointed delegates to the national conference of charities and corrections in Buffalo on June 9 and 16. Names include Rev. T. T. Elliott of Portland, Mrs. C. A. Johns of Baker City, Mrs. W. F. Osborn of Eugene, W. T. Gardner, Rev. A. A. Morrison, Mrs. Millie Trumbull of Portland, Rev. J. N. R. Gell of Corvallis, Mrs. Sakie A Flint of Roseburg, and W. A. Denton of Salem. Delegates to the peace conference in Chicago May 3-5 include Rev. J. B. Ford of Pendleton, Samuel White of Baker City, and R Alexander of Pendleton.
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Salem
Benson
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Buffalo
T. T. Elliott
Portland
C. A. Johns
Baker City
W. F. Osborn
Eugene
W. T. Gardner
A. A. Morrisen
Millie Trumbull
J. N. R. Gell
Corvallis
Sakie A
Flint
Roseburg
W. A. Denton
Chicago
Rev. J. BH
Ford
Pendleton
Samuel White
R Alexander
Eastern Oregon Anti-Saloon Conference Pushes Prohibition in 1910
Delegates from across eastern Oregon meet at Pendleton's Methodist church to back statewide prohibition for 1910. J R Knodell, state anti saloon leader, predicts victory and immediate campaign start with final decision in Portland. Baker City and Roseburg follow up with additional meetings as Eastern Oregon unites for a state vote.
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Oregon
Baker City
Portland
Methodist Church
J. R. Knodell
Anti-Saloon League
Pendleton
Roseburg
Willamette Valley
State school law compilation to be ready by May 11
Salem April 22. J H Ackerman state superintendent announced a new compilation of school laws will be ready for distribution about May 11. Legislation provides four copies to each district and one to each legislature member, five to each chartered educational institution, and ten thousand copies to county school superintendents and public libraries.
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Salem
J. H. Ackerman
Young Turks surround Constantinople as riots rage
A detachment of Young Turks crosses to the Asiatic side of Constantinople, sealing the sultan from loyalists. Rioters release four hundred prisoners in Smyrna, with murders, arson, and pillage reported. At Tarsus five thousand are homeless and two hundred are dead as villages burn, Hadjin endangers five American women, and widespread fires devastate surrounding areas.
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Constantinople
Sofia
Sea of
Marmara
Turkey
Smyrna
Ayas
Tarsus
Hadjin
Miss Lambert
Woman Arrested After Stealing Bread and Milk in New York
New York April 22 Mrs Anna Trafford widow of John Trafford Peruvian mining promoter after losing seventy five thousand dollars at the Tice tracks was arrested today accused of stealing a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk to break a long fast. She admitted in court that she followed the milkman and breadman into a basement and stole what they had left.
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New York
Anna Trafford
John Trafford
Oregon Potato Supply Shortage Narrows to One Month
Portland April 22 Oregon will lack enough potatoes to meet demand for more than a month. It will take about two months for new California potatoes to arrive in sufficient quantities. Western Oregon currently has 150 cars of potatoes, 100 held by dealers and 50 by growers, with most of the 100 cars already sold to California buyers for future delivery or to satisfy regional trade in the coming month.
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Portland
Oregon
California
Daughters of Revolution Await National Officers Vote
Washington April 22 The congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened to await ballot results for national officers. Mrs Scott of Tinolw Indiana and Mrs Story of New York are rivals for the presidency. Story expects to win Oregon Utah Colorado Washington relations with rival states and regions remain unsettled.
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Washington
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Scott
Tinolw
Ind
Prominent Albany Figures Attend Funeral in Oregon
Prominent Albany residents including Ete Borla and an Albany lodge 359 member attended a funeral in Corvallis today for FLOC. Witte, head carpenter at the Oregon agricultural college, accompanied by a club member from Albany.
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Ete Borla
Albany
Oregon
Albany Rilke
Corvallis
Floc
Albany Lodge 359
Witte
Oregon Hericultural College
Washington Man Considers A Y P Position
Seattle April 22 Will F Thomas of Washington D C manager of inaugural ballads from Cleveland s second administration to Taft s has tentatively adopted a position as director of concession at the exposition here
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Seattle
Will F. Thomas
Washington, D. C
Balla
Cleveland
Taft
Dynamite Planned at Niagara Falls Ice Jam
Buffalo April 22 Two thousand pounds of dynamite sent by train to Youhngatawn for use in breaking the mammoth ice jam at the mouth of the Niagara River The ice dam is about 60 feet high and twelve miles long officials fear the worst flood danger yet reported at the falls
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Buffalo
Youhngatawn
Neaagire River
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Tts
Northwest
Cleson Cage
Council
Ning Edward
British Africa
Gill
Gov
Methodist
Knodell
Thay
Mr. Knodell
Sewischool
Gity
Daughters OF Revolution
Niagara
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