Savings Bank 5 Now National Becomes American National Bank
One of the pioneer financial institutions of Eastern Oregon, the Savings Bank 5 Now National is to be known as American National Bank. It reports capital, surplus and profits over a quarter of a million, with more than 3000 customers including farmers, stockmen, and inland empire businessmen.
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Eastern
Oregon
Inland
Pendleton
Pendleton Savings Bank
Inland Empire
American National Bank
Fie
Northwest
Pendleton Bank Authorized to Begin Business
Washington August 27 J W Maloney cashier Pendleton Savings Bank Pendleton Oregon The American National Bank of Pendleton No 9228 is today authorized to begin business charter is malted T P Lane Acting Comptroller.
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Washington, D. C
J. W. Maloney
Pendleton Savings Bank
Pendleton
Oregon
American National Bank of
Maloney
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
American National Bank
United States
Pendleton Savings Bank Becomes American National Bank
The Pendleton Savings Bank is renamed the American National Bank after a federal approval to convert to a national bank. It opens with capital and surplus over a quarter million dollars and resources above one million, serving about 2000 customers in eastern Oregon.
Post Office Robbers Make a Rich Haul in Tacoma Suburb
Robbers entered the Parkland post office near Tacoma last night and partially wrecked the building. They stole $1600 in cash 22000 two cent stamps 26000 one cent stamps and $1200 of Post Master Erickson personal money.
Oregon State Bank to Become National Bank
Time Jocks safe deposit boxes and every convenience of modern banking will remain. The conversion from a state institution to a national bank will be under U S supervision. Officers and stockholders stay the same. customers meet old friends in new departments. President Mande B Gwinn was unanimously elected president of the Oregon State Bankers' association. Gwinn has livestock interests in eastern Oregon and moved to Pendleton over two years ago. Vice president Harold C Stephens arrived from Denver recently after years as a banker. J W Maloney, cashier, has served eight years and was county recorder prior to joining the bank.
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Nations Bank
United States
Oregon State Bankers’ Association
Gwinn
Oregon
Pendleton
Harold C. Stephens
Denver
J. W. Maloney
Typhoon sinks Dunecairn. 51 dead of 53 crew
A cable dispatch from Aug 28 reports the British steamer Dunecairn sank off the China coast after a furious typhoon. Of 58 aboard, only two escaped as men were swept from decks during the rapid foundering. Engineer Hardy and a seaman survived. the ship bound for Saigon with cargo and personnel.
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Saigon
San Francisco
China
Gay
Nikolnoski
Indo-China
Porte Gato
Kaushin
Hardy
Settlers Queue At La Grande Land Office For Open Tracts
About 25 hungry settlers line up at the La Grande land office ready to file for parcels to be opened near September 16 in Wallowa forest reserve land now released. The line includes farmers and stockmen from Wallowa and Union counties who will stay in chairs day and night for 18 days, using umbrellas in rain, reading and smoking, hiring substitutes for meals.
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la Grande
Wallowa
Union
Land Office
Moscow stamp fraud shocks empire with millions dodged
Moscow reports a vast government post office fraud with millions in cancelled stamps cleaned and sold as new. Thirty arrests cited as the scheme involved city and suburban post offices and several officials confessed portions of the plot. Investigations planned across major offices.
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Moscow
Russia
Ruastin
Posto
Death Valley Scotty Ordered Out of San Francisco
San Francisco August 28 Death Valley Scotty the famed desert gold swindler and alleged Arizona mine owner was told to leave the city by Chief of Police Biggey. He spent the morning at Rieger's Office after a night in jail following a spree.
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San Franchisco
Death Valley
La Grande Woman Awarded $3000 Damages in Wreck Suit
Santa Cruz report says after a night of deliberation jurors granted Mrs. Mary C. Forrest of La Grande Oregon damages from Southern Pacific for her husband’s death in a wreck. She sought fifty thousand dollars but was awarded three thousand.
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Santa Cruz
Mary C. Forrest
la Grande
Ore
Pracifice
American Association officers elected in unanimous vote
Seattle August 28 by unanimous vote the American Association elected Frederick W Lehman Saint Louis president John Whinkney New York secretary Frederick W Wadhams Albany treasurer W Hart New Orleans Walter C Smith Philadelphia R C Brown Minnesota J M Dickinson executive committee the ballot list reflects leaders from major cities and states.
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Seattle
The
American Association
Frederick W. Lehman
8&T. Louis
John Whinkiey
New York
Frederick W. Wadhams
Albany
N. Y
W. ©. Hart
New Orleans
Walter C. Smith
Philadelphia
R. C. Brown
Minnesota
J. M. Dickinson
Hains Brothers Denied Bail in Murder Case
New York Aug 28 Captain Hains and his brother Thornton were handcuffed again and before Magistrate Gilroy accused of murdering William Annis. They were bound over to the grand jury with no bail. A special grand jury and judge will hear the case.
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New York
Hains
Thornton
Gilroy
Wm. Annis
Evelyn Thaw in Sanatorium Amid Bankruptcy Turmoil
Report says Evelyn Thaw is in a sanitarium described as a nervous wreck with expenses paid by friends. She is said to be registered as Mrs Fitzgerald and, since her husband's bankruptcy proceedings, has been unable to obtain money. Her allowance has been spent as received.
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New York
Evelyn Thaw
Fitzgerald
Evelyn
Baseball Scores Show Tight Portland Loses to Oakland
Oakland edges Portland 3 to 2 in a close contest as San Francisco shuts out Los Angeles 6 to 0. Oakland’s pitchers limit Portland despite late threats while San Francisco cruises behind strong defense and offense.
Wenaha Water powers claim 50,000 inches at McKay creek
Wenaha Water & Power Co. files for 50,000 inches of water from McKay Creek claiming an August 24 posting by J A Borle. Irving Worthington had filed for 20,000 inches the day before. Wenaha outlines a McKay canal plan including a dam and multiple reservoirs to divert water near sections 1 2 11 12, T1S R33.
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Wenaha Power & Water Co
McKay Creek
Irving Worthington
Wenaha
Wennha Water & Power Company
J. A. Borle
I. Worthington
McKay Power
Worthington
McKay
Wentha Power Company
Wenaha Company
South Range
Republican platform draft adopted at state convention
Oakland Aug 28 The Republican state convention opened with a platform draft urging a reformatory for first offenders, segregation of new criminals from the old, condemnation of the Springfield riots, pledges of negro protection, harbor and river improvements, and initiation of presidential elector nominations.
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State
Springfield
Robbers strike Kennet depot in broad daylight
In Chico on August 28 two masked men robbed the Kennet depot night operator H W Woods. They forced the safe, taking 45 dollars from a cash drawer. They forced Woods to walk away, ordering him to await morning, while a posse pursued the robbers.
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Chico
Kennet
H. W. Woods
Woods
Police boat fails to find five youths lost near Goat Island
San Francisco reports the police boat completed a bay search but found no trace of the five youths missing since yesterday. The last sighting placed them near Goat Island as the search ends without results.
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San Francisco
Goat Island
Laborer Run Down By Train Near Vollmer Idaho
Frank Gries a laborer on the Northern Pacific near Vollmer Idaho was struck by a construction train yesterday afternoon. The wheels passed over both legs causing severe injury with one leg likely to be amputated. Gries traveled to Vollmer from Spokane.
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Frank Gries
Northern Pacific
Vollmer
Idaho
Gries
Spokane
Eleven Drowned in Cloudburst at Folsom New Mexico
Eleven people are dead and many more feared dead after a cloudburst flooded Folsom New Mexico. The mountain town was swept away, houses vanished, and search parties are being formed as the death toll is expected to rise beyond eleven.
Flood losses near two million in Augusta areas
Atlanta reports floods have peaked with water still deep in Augusta streets and crops ruined in some districts. Fifteen deaths are confirmed, mostly Negro residents. Rains ceased and the river is receding. destitute residents are being helped as total losses are estimated near two million dollars.
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Atlanta
Augusta
Widow sues city for fifty thousand in riot deaths
Springfield Aug 28 The widow of Scott Burton lynched in the recent riot files a $50,000 suit against the city under riot death provisions. Heirs of William Donnelan are said to plan a similar suit as property owners continue damage filings. It is believed the city will not fight the claims.
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Springfield
Scott Burton
William Donnelan
New Teachers Elected by School Board for Year
The school board met last evening selecting Prof. W. E. Allen to head the high school science department and J. G. Potter as assistant. Allen, from Nebraska, holds A B and BS degrees and leaves a midwestern post for the opening year. Potter, Weston Normal graduate and former Wheeler County high principal at Fossil, is an active young educator with athletic interests.
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W. F. Fargo
W. E. Allen
J. G B. Potter
Allen
Nebraska
Middle States
Joe Pen
Potter
Weston Normal
Wheeler County
Fossi
San Diego Girl Hero Rescues Boy From Drowning
In San Diego on August 2 12 year old Alice Whaley is praised as heroine after rescuing seven year old Bruce MacKennie from drowning at the ocean beach. She saved him by towing him to safety by a strand of his hair as he waded in over his head.
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San Diego
Calif
Bruce MacKennie
Alice Whaley
Pendleton Leader Named President of Northwest Development League
Judge 8 A Lowell returns from Coos Bay praise for the harbor prospects and declares Coos Bay could become a top Pacific coast port with dredging and jetty work. He views coal, timber, and other resources as engines of future growth and notes roads and railroads to link Coos Bay to the Southern Pacific main line.
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Coos Bay
Pacific Coast
A. Lowell
Northwest Development League
Association
Cool Bay
Pacific Fe
Lowell
Marshfield
North Bend
Harriman
Bay
W. W. Dindinger
Cecil Wade
Fred Gordon
George Maple
George Curry
F. H. Brigham
Pendleton Lane
Judge Lowell
Development Association
Fatal Railway Wreck Near Kalispell Mont Kills Fred Hopkins
Fred Hopkins died after a railway wreck near Kalispell Montana on Sunday. He was riding in a box car when the train derailed and, attempting to jump to safety, was caught under the cars as they piled up.
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Fred Hopkins
Kalispel
Mont
Sheep Freight Rates Fall Across Transcontinental Lines
Dan P. Smythe reports reductions on sheep freight by several lines including Burlington Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago Great Western and Chicago North Western. Union Pacific has not matched cuts, directing shipments to Burlington to pressure UP.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paw
Chicago & Great Western
Chicago & North
Western
Thhe
M. & St. Paul
Dan P. Smythe
G. B. Walker
the National Sheep Asociation
Union Pacific
BSC
Burlington
U. P
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the Government
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Tmenlin County
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Mande B. Gwinn
Hety
Nigeest
Liverpol
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Senator Hale
Commission
Frateo
Congress
Ethel Barrymore
Postoffice Force
Histary of the Empire
Scotty
Thin Association
Hains Brothers
Raseball
Oakland
Los Angeles
M'Kay
Matilla
MacKay Creek
J. W. Kimbrell
Aaron M. Isanes
el Paso
Tex
Folsom, N. M
Allen and Potter
Science
Dleton
S$. A. Lowell
Fine Harbor
Oregon Coast
Pendleton Man
NEW League
Ture
Burt
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