Free scholarships offered to eastern Oregon youths
Pendleton academy announces thirty-two free tuition scholarships to students from 16 eastern Oregon counties Wallowa Union Baker Grant Harney Malheur Lake Klamath Crook Wasco Hood River Sherman Wheeler Gilliam Morrow Umatilla to be awarded this summer and fall by county superintendents with Principal W H Bleakney handling inquiries The program aims to attract a strong class to the academy and marks a continued effort to reward eastern patrons.
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Oregon
Pendleton Academy
W. H. Bleakney
Wallowa
Union
Baker
Grant
Harney
Malheur
Lake
Klamath
Crook
Wasco
Cooper family displaced after Littl McKay Creek fire
A. Cooper and family, whose Littl McKay Creek home was destroyed, are staying with Mrs. D. Hunter on College street. Cooper estimates fire loss at 2000 to 2500 dollars, with about 800 covered by Insurance In the Oregon Fire Relief Association. Mrs. Cooper was badly burned in the blaze.
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A. Cooper
Littl
McKay Creek
Cold warning urges early treatment to prevent spread
A health advisory stresses starting treatment immediately when a cold begins to prevent deep-seated illness and longer suffering. It warns that every hour lost at the outset may extend the duration of symptoms and delay recovery.
Glasgow buyer ships Rambouillet rams to Montana
C Bonabel of Glasgow Montana recently bought six yearling Rambouillet rams from Cunningham Sheep and Land Co. He shipped them by express to Glasgow paying 10 cents a pound or 16 dollars per head. Total express charge was 96 dollars. He plans future shipments in the fall and hopes to spark interest among Montana sheepmen in Rambouillet wool in Umatilla County.
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C. Bonabel
Glasgow
Mont
Cunningham Sheep & Land Company
Express
Pendleton
Bonabel
Montana
Umatilla County
Rambouilleta
Young Team Runs Away In Court Street Hack Crash
A Bruno Webber supervised youth team ran away and hitched to a hack on Court street near the Commercial National Bank. The hack veered on a curb, nearly overturning. The driver leapt out and was dragged under the wheels but escaped serious injury.
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Bruno Webber
Court Street
Commercial National Bank
Pioneer Justice Abe Miller Returns From Colfax Visit
Abe Miller, Pilot Rock justice of the peace, came back last evening from Colfax where he had spent several weeks visiting his daughter. Harvesting has begun in Colfax district with headers and binders. little grain has been threshed, but yields are expected fair.
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Abe Miller
Pilot Rock
Colfax
Tailor Siebert Sues Sherman for 320 Dollars Rent
John Siebert Webb street tailor sues C. H. Sherman to recover 320 dollars rent on a Main street building due August 1, 1908. Attorneys for Seibert are Carter and Smythe.
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John Siebert
Webb Street
C. H. Sherman
Main Street
Carter & Smythe
Seibert
Tea and Dutch Men Stirring Opinion in Holland
A quirky note praises Dutch seafarers and tea drinkers, claiming they are hearty and calm. The fragment hints at consumer trust with merchants offering refunds if customers are dissatisfied, mentioning Mike Schillings Heat as a reference point and a promise to pay him.
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Mike Schillings
Expert's 18 Made Public and County Finances Queried
The report details corrections in the treasurer's office with $2 in favor and $9.90 against the county treasurer. It lists unpaid fines from 1905 to 1908 for gambling and liquor offenses, plus notes on forfeited ball bonds. Concludes Umatilla County's finances are strong with a cash balance of 73,461.74 and assessed valuation over 42 million.
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Bradley
Circuit Court
Met
R. Estes
B. B. Livermore
D. Carlin
E. Dickey
Virgil Wade
Joe Sullivan
C. A. Nelson
Jack Noble
Wm. Wells
L. Swaggart
D. C. Journal W
Umatilla County
Board of County Commissioners
Matrimonially Inclined Women to Be Protected
Chicago plans a national conference proposal to send guidance cards to every member of women’s unions. The Woman's Trade Union League aims to standardize proposals with rules for matrimonially inclined members across Boston Chicago and New York next month.
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Chicago
Woman's Trade Union League
Boston
New York
Morrow County Wheat Crop Expected To Shrink Sharply
Morrow county will harvest about 600000 bushels, roughly one fifth of last year’s 2690000, according to C A Rea of Heppner First National Bank. Wheat mainly grows in foothills near Heppner, with prairies around Penland butte and the Columbia river nearly bare. Buyers offer 75 cents a bushel at railroad stations. Farmers report debt-free status and sufficient liquidity to endure a dry season without mortgaging farms.
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Morrow County
C. A. Rea
First National Bank of
Heppner
Penland Butte
Columbia River
Hardman
Body Found in Stream Near Plains Mont Identifies Man
The body of a man was found in the river Tour miles west of Plains Montana on Saturday. From descriptions it is believed to be W A Wood of Rodney Ontario an engineer employed by W F Carey contractor on the Paradise Bt Regis Wine project. Wood reportedly drowned in the Missoula river on July 1 while using a boat to stretch a cable across the stream.
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Plains
Mont
W. A. Wood
Rodney
Ont
W. F. Carey
Paradise- Bt. Regis
Wood
Missoula
Port Nelson Murder Arrest Opens Trial Referral
Pat Croghan, a well known resident of northern British Columbia, is jailed for the murder of his stepson Ben Croghan near Port Nelson on the Naas river. Trial arrangements have been referred to the attorney general.
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Pat Croghan
British Columbia
Ben Croghan
Port Nelson
Naas River
Irish emigrant seeks admission to Salem asylum
James Cruthers applied for admission to the Insane asylum at Salem on the ground that he is insane. He came to America nine months ago from Ireland, and privations are supposed to be responsible for his condition.
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James Cruthers
Insane Asylum
Salem
Cruthers
America
Ireland
Reservation funds boost Pendleton economy with per capita payments
The Umatilla Indian Reservation paid about 125000 dollars to every man woman and child in the tribe over the past year. Payments are made in various forms as heirs' disputes delay some rents. Agent McFatridge reports strong support among younger Indians and growing business activity in Pendleton.
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Umatilla
Pendleton
McFatridge
Chief No Shirt
Umapine
Northwest
Unwritten law rejected in Oregon case Young must serve six years
In a Slater opinion the Oregon Supreme Court affirms Judge Cleland's sentence for Joe Young, convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon on Caspar Van Dran in Portland. The court rules a husband cannot kill to prevent his wife’s debauchery, even with wife’s consent, and that such acts are manslaughter. The perjury case against T J Luper is pardoned, with no publication of the prior judgment. The editor notes a moral about lifting for others reducing danger to oneself.
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Salem
Ore
Slater
Supreme Court
J. B. Cleland
Circuit Court
Multnomah County
Joe Young
Caspar van Dran
Portland
Young
van Dran
Ice Cream Jailings Hubby
In Cleveland on August 5 Joseph Smok of 4307 St Clair Avenue was sentenced to six months in the workhouse and fined $200 plus costs by Police Judge Manuel Levine after his wife accused him of striking her when she asked for money to buy ice cream. Smok preferred imprisonment to fulfilling her daily demand, saying she consumed a gallon a day and that a woman is entitled to ice cream occasionally.
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Cleveland
Joseph Smok
St. Clair Avenue
Manuel Levine
Trunk
Smok
Liberty Way Short Lived
Frank Weston a forger from King s county Washington and James Casey a burglar from Stevens county escaped Walla Walla prison about 3 oclock Monday afternoon. They traveled four miles before being captured and returned to their cells.
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Frank Weston
Kings County
Washington
James Casey
Stevens County
Walla Walla
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City Property
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E. Court
Pendleton, Ore
Cal
United States Depository
J. Skogland
Morrow
Cornelius
Park and Alder Streets
Europlan
N. K. Clarke, Mgr
C. W. Cornelius
Roosevelt
Hubby
4Th & Pike Sts
Seattle
Watchmaking and Engraving School
The
First National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
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