City Briefs and Local Ads Include Ice Cream and Rentals
Local notices list Hohbach's ice cream, dry wood from Minnis, sewing wanted, rugs at Pendleton Furniture, and chicken deliveries from Stark Poultry House. Rentals offered for housekeeping rooms, store rooms, and East Oregonian building space. Miss Genevieve Fish teaches plane instruction on Monroe Street. Transfer work by Stansberry & Milne. Hotel Bowman Cafe opens serving a la carte strawberries and ice cream. Goodman Hardware Co announces a seasonal sale on appliances, freezers, hammocks, and more. A featured piece portrays Show-His-Gun, a Crow warrior visiting Lewiston for Independence Day, seeking an Indian wife amid attention from Nez Perce and local photographers. He plans to return to Montana soon and may choose a mate before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton Furniture Co
Stark Poultry House
East Oregonian Office
Malin Street
East Oregonian
Bowman
Goodman Hardware Co
Show- His-Gun
Fort Lapwal
Nez Perce
Lewiston
Montana
Crow Chief Would Wed Show-His-Gun to Take Nez Perce Bride
Lewiston Idaho Aug 6 Chief Show-His-Gun of the Crow tribe returning from the Nez Perce reservation is reported to have decided to wed and bring a bride to the Crow agency though modesty delays formal announcement.
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Show-His-Gun
Lewiston
Idaho
Nez Perce
Crow Agency
Wheat samples show No 1 grade from local growers
J. W. Tulloch from the McComas place near the reservation and Frank Snyder living north of the city brought wheat samples to town today. The grain tested from 69% to 61% per bushel and the yield, based on threshing so far, is average.
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J. W. Tulloch
McComas Place
Frank Snyder
Surprise party honors Mr and Mrs Gibson at Willow Street
Pendleton circle of the Women of Woodcraft tendered a pleasant surprise at the Gibson home on Willow street last evening. Mr and Mrs Gibson had just returned from a visit to Portland. Refreshments were served and the evening was enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Gibson
Pendleton
the Women of Woodcraft
Willow Street
Mrs. Gibson
Portland
A. J. Owen
Forest Grove
T. P. Gilliland
Hidaway Springs
Gilliland
Pilot Rock
Will M. Peterson
Walla Walla
Blue Mountains
Repairing Old Rectory Near Completion
The rectory building bought by Joe Connolly at Alta and Thompson is nearly finished. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Quinney will occupy it until the new rectory is ready.
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Joe Connolly
Alta and
Thompson Streets
Charles Quinney
Feast of Transfiguration Service at Redeemer Church
Tomorrow August 6 a brief service and short address will be held at the Church of the Redeemer at 7 a.m. Observance marks the Feast of the Transfiguration with a concise ceremony.
Installing New Scales at Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage
Henry Koppitke installs a new Fairbanks scale set along the Main street sidewalk near the Pen dleton Ice and Cold Storage Co. office. W. B. Hale handles the work duties.
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Henry Koppitke
Fairbanks
Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage Company
W. B. Hale
Personal mentions fill Pendleton city daybook
George Clay of Helix, H. C. Willis from Wal beat Wal-l a Walla, A. B. McCarty from Echo, C. D Teel of Echo, and attorney Will M. Peterson on professional business in the city. Local officials, merchants, and travelers from Portland to Meacham are listed with various visits, outings, and summer plans including Meacham camps, Seaside trips, and forest excursions. Many names appear in short notes of movement and stay in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clay
Helix
H. C. Willis
Walla Walla
A. B. McCarty
Echo
C. D .Teel
Will M. Peterson
Athena
Freeman
Portland
Portland-Pendleton
Clark
Lexington
Douglas Johnson
Pendleton Academy
Lehman Springs
Frank Robinson
Robinson
Third
Ankeny Streets
C. P. Strain
Meacham
Mr. Strains
R. N. Oliver
T. D. Oliver
RB. L. Oliver
Barker Place
BR. N. Oliver
American Lake
J. P. McEachern
Seaside
McEach
Orn
Rumor Links Black Hand to Fernie Forest Fire
Vancouver reports from Nelson and Fernie that a multi location fire may have been started deliberately. Rumors tie escaped Italian Black Hand prisoners to the blaze to free inmates. Numbers vary on deaths with 20 to 170 claimed. Fireging areas include Fernie Elk Creek Michel and Coal Creek with extensive losses and evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Nelson
B. C
Fernie
Fernile
Thomas Biggs
Fernie Miners’ Union
Associated Press
Neilson
Elk Creek
Hosmer
Canadian Pacific
Michél
Michel
Frank
Blairmore
Coal Creek
Brother Slayer Threat Backfires In Okanogan Shooting
J B Seibert of Enterprise Ore traveled from Okanogan county after his brother R Seibert was shot and killed by an Indian named Chas Phillips. Phillips, once a Seattle police murder convict paroled, terrorizes areas in the region. A posse hunts Phillips, offering 260 dollars, as Seibert organizes a photograph from the prison to aid circulars in a bid to capture the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Seibert
Enterprise
Ore
Okanogan County
R. Seibert
Republic
Chas Phillips
Walla Walla
British Columbia
Seibert
Board of County Commissioners
Selbert
Wth
July Rain in Portland Shrinks to Tiny Amount
Portland’s July rainfall totals only 0.05 inch over 31 days, nearly tying a 37 year record. The last shower occurred July 13 at 0.01 inch. traces on July 24 and again later, with no rain since, as fire danger and smoke persist and loggers hope for a soaking rain.
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Portland
Saya
Miniature Windmill Model Shines in Local Window
One of the prettiest models exhibited in the city is now in the window of W. J. Clark hardware store. A two foot brass windmill complete in every detail and powered by electricity, it serves as an attractive window decoration.
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W. J. Clark Hardware
Riprap Replacement Under Falling Building Area
Work to replace riprap on the levee section beneath the Falling building and the Main street bridge began yesterday and is advancing quickly. Large rocks are laid without mortar to ensure they will stay put.
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Main Street
Pastime change of program at the Pastime
The Pastime showed a mixed bill including Two Orphana and The Stepmother with Mother-in-law Is Coming. Also shown Troubles of a Coon and a song So Long Joe, as part of today’s entertainment lineup.
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Joe
Fires Threaten Spirit Lake Idaho Then Are Contained
Forest fires near Spirit Lake Idaho on Sunday and Monday menaced the town but were checked by the fire department with aid from citizens. The item ends with a light aside about the "big lonesome" feeling in a small cottage when the wife and babies are away.
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Spirit Lake
Idaho
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Vesta
Sho
F. E. Livengood & Co
Teutsch’s Old Stand
Hohbach’s
Garden Street
Genevieve Fish
Monroe Street
Stansberry & Milne
East Oregonian Building
Crow Chief
Louis Hunziker
Jewelery and Optician
Main
Gibsons
Kobe
Roscoe Frost
Goodman Hardware Company
C. M. Kearney
Theodore Land
Coquille City
Martin Compton
Soldiers
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank MecKenzie
the Tribune
James Cresswell
Umatilla
Justice of the
Joe H. Parkes
Parkes
Black Hand
B. Seibert
Okanogan
Odds and Ends
Pendleton Cloak
Suit House
Cass Matlock
Long
Edison
Workingmen’s
Webb Sts
Old Hunt Depot
Foleys
Tes Medicine
Pendleton Drug Company
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