Colored Folk Picnic in Pendleton Emancipation Day
A large gathering of Pendleton colored residents and guests from Walla Walla celebrated Emancipation Day with an all day picnic at Barney Doherty grove near the city. The event featured shooting, dancing, and eating, with auto transport and multiple cars due to the crowd. Walla Walla guests expressed satisfaction and promised a reciprocal dance next winter.
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Pendleton
Walla Walla
Barney Doherty Grove
Henry Hobson
Ben Hickman
Joe Cunningham
Lan
Blue Mountain house burns at Penmar injuring two
Baltimore August 5 A blaze at the Blue Mountain house a summer hotel at Penmar destroyed the building early today. More than two hundred guests lost clothing and jewelry worth over seventy thousand dollars. The total loss will reach about two hundred thousand with two injured and many barely escaped. The fire spread rapidly and the hotel burned through the night.
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Baltimore
Blue Mountain House
Penmar
Newsy Notes of Pendleton and Local Arrests
Pendleton notes report a Commercial Club meeting tonight in club rooms with Secretary R W Ritner stating matters of interest will be discussed. A warrant charges C C Hendricks with disorderly conduct after a complaint by city street commissioner John Heathman. the case is set for tomorrow. Fred Lockley, Oregon Journal writer, is visiting from Portland and received praise for his Coos Bay I W W coverage.
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Commercial Club
The
Commercial Association
R. W. Ritner
Fred Lockley
Oregon Journal
Portland
Lockley
Coos Bay
Journal
Meeting Tonight With Judge Lowell Oversees Civic Committee
The committee to meet tonight on the Episcopal church lawn to accommodate Mayor Matlock. All members urged to attend downtown gathering. Weather report notes extreme heat yesterday harmed farm stock and city residents, with some relief today but continuing high temperatures.
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S.A. Lowell
Commission
Episcopal Church
Matlock
Farmer Fined for Molesting Indians in Police Court
Bo Kirkpatrick, a farmer, was fined fifteen dollars for molesting two well known Indians, Joe Craig and Lucian Williams. He was arrested on alleged personal abuse and pleaded guilty, saying he was too busy at this time of the year to fight the case.
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Bo Kirkpatrick
Joe Craig
Lucian Williams
Recorder Idle As County Office Sees No Instruments Filed
The County Recorder B. Burroughs is on vacation and the office reports an unusual lull with no deeds mortgages or satisfactions filed since yesterday morning. Staffed by capable hands, the office remained quiet during the day and into the afternoon.
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County Recorder
Burroughs
Screens Guard Jail Windows To Foil Smuggling
Guards install heavy wire screens over county jail windows and doors to prevent firearms and other items from being handed to inmates by friends. Work underway today as officers tighten security and reduce inmate access.
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Friends
Farmers Hopeful As Alfalfa Crops Progress In Hudson Bay
Reports say Hudson Bay county farmers finish second alfalfa crop and will start third. The first crop suffered from late rains while the second was nearly perfect. Early indications point to a good third crop and favorable hay prices for the year.
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Hudson Bay
Deer Hunting Expected To Be Excellent This Season
District Game Warden BE F Averill, visiting the city after a Lehman stay, says deer are plentiful in the mountains this year. He adds pheasant hunting should be good and notes the south end resort enjoys one of its most successful seasons with many campers and hotel guests.
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F. Averill
Grand Jury Called For Special Session
Grand jury members Sam R. Thompson foreman Tra McDonald Walter Benson William Duff Louis Geiss J M Royer and R H Weiman are to report to the courthouse at 9 am on August 10 for a special session of criminal business. Judge Phelps aims to clear matters and court will likely convene the following week.
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Court House
Phelps
Sam R. Thompson
Foreman
Tra McDonald
Walter Benson
William Duff
Louis Geiss
J. M. Royer
R. H. Weiman
Peaches Near Umatilla County Growers Ship 18 Cars
G L Hurd of Stanfield says growers around that town have ordered 15 000 peach crates and 18 cars of peaches will be shipped from there this season indicating the area's growing fruit trade and potential for peach production in the region.
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Umatilla County
G. L. Hurd
Stanfield
Admission prices fixed for Umatilla county fair pavilion
At a meeting the Umatilla county fair board set admission rates for the annual exhibit. During forenoons afternoons and first two evenings adults pay 25 cents and children 15 cents. On the last four evenings the price rises to 60 cents with a program of entertainment and exhibits deemed worth the cost.
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Umatilla County
Residents Begin to See Returns From Local Land
The community leader notes landowners are starting to reap benefits as alfalfa yields were strong with minimal rainfall damage. The second cutting is nearly finished, the third almost ready, and some expect a fourth crop to be harvested.
Wheat Prices Steady as Buyers See No Current Sales
Wheat remains quoted at 67 cents with no sales reported and few purchases expected until prices rise. Buyers indicate an anticipated increase may take time.
Custody Complaint Filed Over Children by Kilpack
J G Kilpack representative of the boys and girls aid society yesterday filed a complaint against Nora Dupuis divorced wife of Rodney Dupuis charging she is not a fit person to have custody of her children. The case follows a Governor West letter from the children's father alleging improper conduct and will be handled by juvenile officer John Hailey and brought to court.
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J. G. Kilpack
Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Socety
Nora Dupuis
Rodney Dupuis
Governor West
John Hailey
Grants Pass Germans Take Carbolic Acid
Two personal crisis reports in Grants Pass via the carbolic acid route. Thomas Thomas, a German horse trader, was found dying near his home. Herman Westerhelde, a meat market proprietor, drank an ounce of acid and died at his home.
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Grants Pass
Ure
Thomas Thomas
Herman Westerhelde
Sidewalk Standards Contest in City Court
Sidewalk contractors faced a city case over street walk construction. Judge FitzGerald held that the ordinance requirements could not be substituted by the defendants who argued a bond and satisfactory work. City Attorney Carter prosecuted, Roy Raley represented the defense.
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FitzGerald
Carter
Roy Raley
Rescue from Lake Chelan Saves Drowning Child
At Lake Chelan Washington a two and a half year old boy was carried 150 feet downstream after vanishing for about 15 minutes under water. Campers pulled aside brush to reveal a hand then freed the child who appeared dead with no heartbeat or breathing. Professor J. D. Houston and helpers worked to revive him.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Lake Chelan
C. BE. Lucas
Chelan
Railroad Creek
J. D. Houston
C. FR. Dexter
Roy Smith
Miracle Rescue Revives Boy After 40 Minute Effort
A professor worked over a comatose boy, applying artificial respiration and massage for over forty minutes. The child’s color returned, heart beat resumed, and he awakened the next morning asking for food, later playing as if nothing had happened.
Hoppe to Return to Ring After Hand Injuries
San Francisco report says Willie Hoppe, famed four round boxer, will resume boxing within six months despite mutilated hands from a July 4 explosion. He lost a finger on his right hand, two on his left, and fingertips, yet remains undaunted and plans a comeback. In Medford, doctors report Bud Anderson’s appendix surgery wound is healing well.
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San Francisco
Willie Hoppe
Hoppe
Notable Drowning Hoax Trial and Boxing Match Plans
A coastal taint of quirks features a swimmer prankster who died in a surf rescue attempt, a Vernon Labor Day boxing match between Joe Rivers and Lead Cross with 134 pound weights, and a Bryan cocktail trend in San Francisco. Also noted is a record Alaskan king salmon weighing 113 pounds, minus its head, landed at a canneries. Robert Sheldon sells the Torch car to Councilman Al White for a Bold Far North journey to Shushanna gold fields.
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Los Angeles
Joe Rivers
Leadh Cross
Vernon Labor Day
Tom McCarey
Seward
Alaskan
Ita
Port Conclusion
Valdez
Alaska
Fairbanks
Chitna
Riobert Sheldon
al Whie
White
Shushanna
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