Back to Prison for Ex-Convicts in Oregon Case
Sheriff Taylor took three ex convicts to state penitentiary for renewed terms. William Reno aka Will Berger or Yorky Bill faced up to five year Sing Sing link, convicted of attempted sodomy and given two and a half to four and a half years. R. W. Jillett and R. C. Padden each faced indeterminate or specific terms for theft and receiving stolen goods. Padden’s wife Dorothy Clayton Violet Padden also indicted on related charge.
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Taylor
Salem
State Penitentiary
William Reno
R. W. Jillett
R. C. Padden
Reno
Washington Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Will Berger
Yorky Bill
Umatilla
Jutler
Twohy Bros
Jillett
Here
Huntington
J. H. White
Padden
RC. Clayton
Dorothy Clayton
Violet Padden
Trina
Col H G Newport Injury After Home Accident
Special correspondence from Hermiston Oregon reports Col H G Newport a prominent resident suffered a scalp wound from a basement fall. Five stitches were needed to close the injury and he likely will travel to Hot Lake for a few days this evening.
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Hermiston
Ore
H. G. Newport
Hot Lake
Morgan's Phone Deal May Fail
New York reports that J P Morgan may not complete the consolidation of Bell and Independent telephone firms unless an equitable Square deal is secured. Frank Woods, president of the Independents, says talks with Morgan's representative H H Davidson and American Telephone leaders Vail continue as the Independents vow to resist an unfair merger.
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New York
Bell
Independent Telephone
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Independents & Square
Frank Woods
Woods
H. H. Davidson
Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Amoy-Changchan Railway to be reorganized in 1911
Consul Julian H. Arnold notes that Amoy Changchan railway construction paused for months due to funds. A recent offer by Chinese Penang capital Jatz to buy the line for nine percent of total outlay was refused. Reorganization of the company is expected early in 1911.
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Amoy-Changchan
Julian H. Arnold
Amoy- Changchan
Penang Capitaljatz
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Out of the Hospital
Bert Andrews of John Day has recovered from a knife wound and blood poisoning and is now more able to walk. Col L Morgan, famed colonizer, will depart for Fort Wayne to organize another immigrant colony after bringing a carload of settlers to Hermiston government project. Two Indians In Court: Wild Bill and Anna Thompson, both elderly habitual drunks, received standard drunkenness sentences in Judge FitzGerald's police court.
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Bert Andrews
Col L. Morgan
Hermiston
Fort Wayne
Ind
Buck
FitzGerald
Wild Bill
Anna Thompson
County Court Opens February Term Budget Audits Begun
The regular February term of the county court began this morning with Judge Maloney and Commissioners Walker and Cockburn busy auditing the budget bills presented.
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Maloney
Walker and Cockburn
Hailey Property Sold Under Trust Deed In City
Hailey property at the corner of Jackson and Monroe streets was sold by a trust deed filed in Recorder Burroughs office. Judge Stephen A. Lowell is named as the present holder. The residence is among the city’s oldest homes and overlooks the river.
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Hailey
Courtmartial Reacts To Drill Absences In Co L
Members of Company L were summoned to a court martial to answer for missing drill in the past month. Captain of Ordnance M H Kern acted as judge and fined delinquents one to five dollars, with funds supporting armory maintenance. Round-up grounds work began with County Surveyor Kimbrell and E W Brown mapping sites. Glen Bushee leads a crew tearing down fences and razing the old grandstand while J P Heine oversees track construction arriving by motor and to start work immediately.
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Co. L
Ordnance
M. 8
Kern
Kimbrell
E. W. Brown
Glen Bushee
J. P. Heine
Interesting Services at Methodist Church Evoke Strong Interest
Union evangelistic services drew intense interest last night with Rev Parker presiding. Revs Stanton and Jones of the Baptist evangelistic committee and Evangelist Lenins gave stirring talks. The audience sang with vim as the large chorus choir did splendid work. Rev Lewtas will speak each afternoon except Saturday at 3 p m and evening at ? p m with a song service at 7 30 p m.
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Union
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Parker
Stanton and Jones
Baptist Evangelistic Committee
Evangelist Lenins
Lewtas
Street lights to brighten Pendleton area with new iron lamps
The article notes main street lighting upgrades soon, with measurements this afternoon for three or four iron posts to be placed in front of the Pendleton hotel. Additional lamps will be installed at the post office and the electric building, aimed at lighting night pedestrians.
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Sam More
Main
Pendleton
Hawthorne School Eighth and Seventh Graders Tour City Institutions
Older pupils of Hawthorne School are on excursions to public institutions to learn practicality. Yesterday Miss Warren guided eighth graders to the public library where librarians explained reference book use. Today Miss Conklin led seventh graders to the courthouse for an explanation of office and court work.
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Hawthorne School
Miss Warren
Miss Fleck
Miss Conklin
Disturbance at Oregon Theater Drowns Performance
Patrons complained of constant talking and laughing during last night’s Oregon theater show. Disturbances persisted through the performance, not by rowdy hoodlums but otherwise respectable attendees, who displayed loud and self important behavior and spoiled the experience for others.
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Oregon Theater
Swims Across Spokane River in Mid-Winter
H Leonard Knowles of Spokane, physical culture director, swam the Spokane River from bank to bank on January 21 at 12:26 PM, amid a 31 degree air temp and near freezing water, winning a $100 wager with E E Walker. Nearly 2,500 spectators witnessed the feat, using the Australian crawl.
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H. Leonard Knowles
Spokane
E. E. Walker
Spokane Hardware Company
Knowles
Walker
Quar
Noted Swimmer Knowles Praises Cold Water Bath
Knowles swam in the Columbia river last January and, from a hygienic health standpoint, is an ardent exponent of the cold water bath as he shouted to the crowd, Fine dope, boys, near the riverbank.
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Knowles
Columbia River
Electric Power Transforms Virginia Plantation Living
A Virginia plantation on the Allegheny slope near Oak Ridge in Nelson County now operates a complete electrical system. The restored estate, ancestral home of financier Thomas F. Ryan, spans eleven thousand acres with farms, meadows, and game preserves. Electric power runs farm machinery, dairy, ice manufacture, and all chores, replacing eighty horses and five hundred men with a single dispatchable energy source.
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Allegheny Mountains
Virginia
Thomas F. Ryan
Amercan
Oak Rtage
Nelson County
Charlotteville
Lynchburg
Political History of Oregon to be Recorded
University Professor collaborates with eastern historians to contribute an Oregon article for a forthcoming Cyclopedia of American Government. Dr. Joseph Schafer, author of several works on Oregon history, will summarize early political history and analyze distinctive features of the Oregon system under editors A C McLaughlin and A B Hart.
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Joseph Schafer
Oregon
New York
O. Appleton & Co
A. C. McLaughlin
Chicago
A. B. Hart
Harvard
O, Bulletin
Luxurious Motoring Club Opens Beside Pall Mall War Office
Motorists in England unveil a lavish clubhouse on the old war office site in Pall Mall. Described as the grandest yet seen in clubland, it sits on the sweet shady side opposite the Junior Carlton. Managers boast no casual visitor can navigate the building in under two years without steady attendance.
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Pall Mall
Carlton
Naval officer’s medical bill ruled personal expense
A Navy official sought reimbursement for medical services while staying in Englewood New Jersey to escape heat. The comptroller of the treasury ruled the government not responsible and that Assistant Naval Constructor E. B. Land must pay the bill himself for treatment sought beyond immediate naval medical reach.
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Comptroller of the Treasury
E. 8. Land
New York Navy Yard
Englewood
N. J
Poultry Breeder Says Hens Fund Wheat Ranch for 1910
Frank Breed of the Walla Walla region states that 200 hens produced enough eggs and chickens to cover all expenses of a 400 acre wheat ranch for 1910 including groceries fuel meat and threshing 200 acres of wheat leaving a balance of 82.60. Cc. C. Parker owns the Davies ranch on Dry Creek and they are pure bred poultry.
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Frank Breed
Walla Walla
Cc. C. Parker
Davies Ranch
Dry Creek
Advertising is the Wrong Kind of Advertising
A compact reflection on marketing ethics notes that promotion loses value when it misleads or mischaracterizes. It argues that honest, targeted messaging better serves brands and audiences than aggressive or deceptive tactics.
Willamette Valley Irrigation Project Starts
A Portland syndicate advances irrigation of 4000 acres near Salem with a canal from the Santiam River. Canals and laterals are under construction to water crops this season, despite high yearly rainfall. Experts say irrigation could boost alfalfa forage, root crops, fruits, and dairy yields, with E G Hopson of the United States Reclamation Service calling it unmatched on the Pacific coast for promise and scope.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette Valley
Salem
Santiam River
Oregon
Longest wooden railroad bridge to be filled near Spokane
The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway plans to fill one of the longest wooden bridges over Sprague Gulch, about 40 miles west of Spokane. The project, costing about 400000, will require 2500000 yards of earth and two years or more to finish, with a 6000 foot trestle rising 46 to 90 feet. A nearby 100 acre tract was purchased for dirt, to be dumped into the gulch after shovels load it into cars, and a concrete arch will channel water through the ravine.
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Sprague Gulch
Spokane, Portland & Beatrice Railway
Spokane
Mormons Here for Revenge In Pendleton Showdown
The Mormon basketball team from La Grande arrived in Pendleton to face the local high school quintet tonight. After a 29 to 22 loss last Thursday the visitors seek revenge, claiming their victory was aided by Pendleton overconfidence. The Pendleton squad, playing at home, aims to extend their earlier win margin on home floor. An exciting game is anticipated, with high interest and public support hoped for due to the substantial travel expense already incurred.
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la Grande
Pendleton
Big P
la Jraine
Rehearsals for Sullivan Trial by Jury Underway in Pendleton
Rehearsals for the comic opera Trial by Jury are held each evening with the cast delivering polished performances. The chorus of bridesmaids from Pendleton society adds beauty, while the jurymen and defendant create lighthearted tension as the plot unfolds under Judge Williams.
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Pendleton
Thomas Williams
Mary One
Oregon Theater
Church of the Redeemer
Pendleton real estate and ranch ads highlight values
A T room corner house with bath and oil water tank plus shed and shade trees priced at 850. A six room stone foundation home near west court street at 1000 with water system. Rice and grain land parcels include 30 acres of bottom land irrigable and 160 in wheat at 20 per acre with options to trade in Portland Pendleton Pasco or Spokane. A Main street business proposition and a 500 acre stock ranch in Chinook belt near reserve with strong water and grass, all for sale at 10.
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West Court Street
Pendleton
Portland
Pasco
Spoane
Main Street
Chinook Belt
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Sheriff Taylor
Hot Lake Sanatorium
the House of Efficiency
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Nav. Co
W. T
WM. McMurray
Dale Rothwell
W. E. Hansoom
Wakefield
Fide
Pendleton Dye Works
Alta
Newsy
England
City Dye Works
Douglas Sho
New Boston
East Oregonian
Berlin
Jack Webster
Temple Ridg
EK T. Wade
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