Eastern Oregon debating title and teams face off
Big debate set for tomorrow at the Methodist church as Baker and Pendleton high schools clash for eastern Oregon honors. The topic is Resolved that further material advances in the United States navy are desirable with Pendleton defending the negative. Judges include Marvin Evans and professors Barton and Ruby.
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Claud Hampton
Chester Fee
Wheeler County High School
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Baker
Prineville High School
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Methodist Church
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Walla Walla
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Ruby
Whitman College
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Girs
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Eugene
Two Drunks in Court and Men Sent to Jail
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports Charles Kurn and Louis Ricken Meir received three days in the city jail for intoxication. Sheriff Taylor took Robert McCumber and Clyde Franklin to Salem to serve terms. Smythe Is Danek, Dan P.F. Smythe, head of the Commercial club, returned from Arlington and Portland after attending a press club breakfast honoring Portland municipal candidates at the Hotel Portland.
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Louis Ricken Meir
Taylor
Salem
Robert McCumber
Clyde Franklin
Smythe
Danek
Dan PF. Smythe
Commercial Club
Arlington
Portland
Press Club
New Heating Plant At Patton Barbershop
Mark Patton, proprietor of the Patton barber shop on Main Street, has installed a new Humphrey hot water heater in the basement to prevent overheating during warm weather.
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Main Street
Mark Patton
Humphrey
Missionary Eddy to Speak at City Church Meetings
Mrs 5 W Eddy of Bombay India arrives to lead a women only meeting at 2 30 PM tomorrow at the Methodist Episcopal Church She will also address young people and children at the same venue at close of school Come and hear her address this evening at 8 PM at the church
Clyde couple visit city as father falls ill
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brotherton of Clyde Washington visited their ailing father Sanford Strout in the city. Mrs. Brotherton arrived a week ago, and the family planned to return to Clyde this morning. The Brothertons farm 4000 acres and report crops looking fine despite the illness.
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Frank Brotherton
Clyde
Wash
Mrs. Brotherton
Sanford Strout
Mr. Brotherton
No. 5
Baseball League Meeting and Officer Vetting in City
The Blue Mountain league convenes in the city this evening to vet officers and representatives from its six clubs as part of investigations into referred matters. Weston plans to protest losses to Walla Walla and Athena on grounds that the two clubs violated the professional players article.
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Baseball League
Blue Mountain League
Weston Club
Walla Walla
Athena
Negro Fined for Assault in Police Court
Bert Mashaws a well known man in the city was fined ten dollars by Judge FitzGerald in police court on an assault and battery charge, his wife a named witness. The woman known as Ray and Queen Bess had appealed to the deputy district attorney yesterday. Mashaws spent hours in jail before his employer paid the fine.
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Bert Mashaws
FitzGerald
Ray
Queen Bess
Marlowe
Opium Addiction Chains Prison Inmate Lung
Pitiful evidence of opium’s grip appears in the city jail where Lung a Chi naman recently jailed fifty days for running an opium joint grows weak and trembles as he is cut off from his supply. Officials may call a city physician if his condition worsens and a drug may be prescribed for relief.
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Lung
Eclipse of Sun Occurs Tomorrow Across Regions
Washington reports a major solar eclipse will occur tomorrow afternoon, visible across most of the United States and Canada, with totality lasting about five minutes. Observers in Vavau, Pacific islands, will see a complete eclipse with aid from a private science party and a British warship escort. In New York a partial view will occur before sunset, while San Francisco will see about one quarter of the sun obscured from 2:04 to 4:24 p.m. local time.
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Dry alfalfa farming urged for eastern Oregon
Portland reports A F L Hitt special agent for the bureau of statistics urges eastern Oregon farmers to adopt dry alfalfa farming. He notes Idaho success with 3 to 9 inches of rain and says central Oregon can be equally profitable. The plan promises hay harvests, soil restoration, and improving worn wheat lands over three years.
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Oregon
Italia
A. FL Hitt
Washington
Idaho
Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture
Hitt
J. J. Sayer
West Court Streets to Be Improved
City council last night approved items including 80 for Harry Hart the dog catcher, bringing his total remuneration to 155 with last week’s 75. Interest over 520 was allowed the American National Bank. Cork carpet bids for the city hall were opened and sent to a special committee. Koch and Baker of the city offered to furnish yards of carpet at 1,420 per yard. Debate over whether the city or Water Commission should pay for a sandpipe on the north river bank ended when Councilman Montgomery quipped that the city owns the Water Commission and funding comes from the city.
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Harry Hart
American National Bank
Charles Koch
J. 8. Baker
Water Commission
Diacves
Montgomery
Police Chief Receives Telegraph Code For Quick Suspect ID
This morning Chief Gurdane received a small book containing a telegraph code to locate criminals. The code allows an officer to send a brief letter sequence describing a wanted person’s entire physical profile. It details head shape foot size habits and other distinctive traits.
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Gurdane
Mneaiy
Madras Growing as Colonists Settle in Central Oregon
Midros, Or. Thie city is growing rapidly as Homeseekers from the middle west and east relocate to Madras. Dry farming has long succeeded here and large farms are being subdivided into smaller holdings. The area aims to become one of central Oregon’s richest cotton and grain producers with a focal mill producing flour and apples prized for flavor. Irrigation plans rely on water from Crescent Lake to supply vast tracts of fertile land and sustain moisture for farming.
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Nere
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Oregon
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Crescent Lake
Reddy Brennan Visits Pendleton Veteran Boxer Still Ready to Fight
Old pugilist Red dy Brennan visits the East Oregonian office to hear Wolgast Hogan results and boasts he can still "go some" at 54. He shares past bouts with Carp Casey and Babcock in Pendleton, notes 194 finish fights, and recalls his Danforth title wins with Fitzsimmons as referee. Brennan travels with manager Cleve Boyd.
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Carp Casey
Reddy Brennan
Robert Fitzsimmons
East Oregonian
City
Brennan
Pendleton
Babcock
Scrapper
Tommy
Danforth
Fitzsimmons
Hif
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Milton
Cleve Boyd
Current Literature Club Meeting Announced
The Current Literature club will hold its weekly meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. E. J. Sommerville.
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Current Literature Club
E. J. Sommerville
Publisher’s Ad Rates Tied To Advertiser Results
A publisher vows to abandon uniform pricing, promising varied rates per advertiser, arguing that the true value of advertising lies in tangible results rather than a single rate.
German Invention Lights Gun Barrel for Night Hunts
An electric searchlight devised to attach to a gun barrel aids hunters by illuminating game at night. The invention, attributed to German engineers, promises improved visibility and target acquisition in low light conditions.
Inventor Claims Moisture Proof Bricks Float in Water
An inventor introduces a new brick form said to be impervious to moisture and so light it would float when placed in water. The claim suggests a building material breakthrough with potential for construction and shipping innovations.
Advertiser Stresses Train Service Value in Rail Talk
A Northern Pacific Railway advertising manager J N Stewart says the best transport line is the one with persistent ads and prompt service, promising strong monthly revenue figures. He urges saving money by reading today’s ads.
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J. N. Stewart
Northern Pacific Railway
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