Pendleton Market Day Opens Amid Bargains And Bands
A lively Pendleton first sales day draws crowds with a band at Main and Water streets and a sale at the pavilion. About 60 horses, some cattle hay saddles and buggies are offered as bidders grow more active. Merchants report strong storewide specials and overall mercantile bustle despite cautious bidding. Separately, attorney Drew asks bail for ex mayor Schmitz in San Francisco as Ruef immunity discussions stall prosecution.
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Pendleton
Main
Water Streets
Fall Pavilion
J. M. Bentley
the Moorhouse
Sam Bitner
Rabbit drive to bring big Northwest harvest for farmers
Spokane January 11 Hunters and ranchers from many points will gather next week for a large rabbit drive in Cowlitz canyon. Several hundred hunters in three contingents will converge to kill rabbits, a menace to farmers since the last drive years ago.
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Spokane
Cowlche Canyon
Johnsons Son Weds Myrtle Green in Kansas Nuptials
Glenn Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs Burr Johnson, married Myrtle Green of Madison Kansas in Emporia January 6. After a short stay in Kansas they will return to Pendleton to reside permanently. Mr Johnson left Pendleton for Emporia at Christmas.
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Glenn Johnson
Burr Johnson
Emporia
Kan
Myrtle Green
Madison
Kansas
Mr. Johnson
Pendleton
District 38 Abolished and Absorbed by Nearby Districts
The district boundary board yesterday approved absorbing district 38 into districts 6 and 28. The abolished area north of Nolin joins Echo and Nolin districts. District 38 existed two years but never had its own school.
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Fow
Nolin
Echo
California Congressman Attacks Heney Over San Francisco Prosecutions
Washington January 11 Congress man Duncan McKinley of California criticizes Special Prosecutor Francis J Heney for pressing graft prosecutions in San Francisco He argues Heney rushed Schmitz to conviction on public sentiment and damaged California justice by emphasizing probable moral guilt over strict legal standards.
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Duncan McKinley
San Francisco
California
Washington
Francis J. Heney
Schmitz
Heney
Fine Yakima Steers Sold To Frye Bruhn Co In Seattle Trade
Yakima Republic reports James Wright sold 600 White Faced Herefords to Frye Bruhn Co of Seattle at 40 cents per pound, a half cent above market. The 2 year old cattle average 1220 pounds, bred from Beau Donald II lineage and Splawn stock. The deal totals over 27000 dollars with 900 dollars above market price.
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Yakima Republic
Yakima
Seattle
James Wright
Frye-Bruhn Co
A. J. Splawn
Wright
Farmer Warren’s watch recovered by Echo sheepman
M L Warren, a well known farmer, advertised a silver watch in the East Oregonian. Joe Cunha, a sheepman from Echo, identified and returned the watch, which had been lost in Coombs canyon last May after purchase from Louis Hungiker.
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East Oregonian
M. L. Warren
Joe Cunha
Echo
Coombs Canyon
Louis Hungiker
Sleighing in Baker City Amid Colder Weather
Baker City reports good sleighing while Pendleton enjoys June weather and Grand Ronde valley experiences much colder conditions. A brief rural weather note contrasts warm and cold pockets across the region with sleighing mentioned as active in Baker City.
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Baker City
Pendleton
Grand Ronde Valley
Jury Delighted Thaw Jury Call Clean Cut Best Yet
New York January 11 Evelyn Thaw praises the jury in the Thaw case calling it a hundred percent better than the first and a clean-cut panel. Jerome says it’s one of the best he has seen in his career. Alienists report Stuporous melancholia as Thaw’s new mental diagnosis replacing brain storm and dementia americana in the second trial. There is talk Jerome may seek discharge for a juror allegedly signaling he would not vote for conviction.
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Evelyn
Fini Onue
Jerome
Thaw
New York
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Panic at Harvey Institute Kills Sixteen in London
London January 11 a panic at Harvey Institute in Barsley killed sixteen people mainly children. The cause remains unstated. Later reports claim zero injuries.
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London
Harvey Institute
Barsley
Too Many Kinds of Fruit Criticism from Dayton Courier Press
I G Campbell, buying fruit for W N White & Co of New York, says Umatilla county should reduce varieties as buyers avoid mixed lots. He notes a shortage pushed more fruit to market, but good fruit still finds a market. He cites frost scale moth and the belief that an orchard will care for itself as major drawbacks.
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Umatilla County
Dayton Courier Press
I. G. Campbell
W. N. White & Co
New York
Hogs of Cattle Shipments Head to Portland
One of the first live stock shipments to depart eastern Oregon in years moved down the O R N this morning. Three carloads of hogs and four of cattle were sent from Elgin to the Union Meat Company in Portland.
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Portland
Oregon
Elgin
Union Meat Company
War talk becomes serious with Japan strained ties
Washington January 11. Relations between the United States and Japan have fallen under heavy strain though war remains a possibility. Ambassador O'Brien sought a clear stance on coolie immigration. Hayashi dodges the issue and demands guarantees against an exclusion bill. Root prepares a reply while avoiding fleet escalation from its western base.
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United States
Japan
O’brien
Hayshi
Root
Washington, D. C
O'Brien
Hayashi
State Department
Officer Says U S Is Preparing for Conflict
Portland Jan 11 In this evening's issue the Portland Journal will publish an interview with an unnamed high ranking American navy officer who warns the United States Japan crisis is most serious. He says the nation is making every preparation for armed conflict. Fortifications at Point Loma are on a war footing, the San Francisco bay and Puget Sound have been mined, and work to mine the Columbia River mouth is near completion with mines awaiting arrival. Electric wiring was finished recently.
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U. S
Portland
Ore
Portland Journal
United States
Japan
Point Loma
Bay of San Francisco
Puget Sound
The
Columbia
Justice Harlan Warns Of Coming War Between Races
Associate Justice Harlan warned at the Navy League dinner that within ten years an army of 5,000,000 could be trained in China by Japanese instructors and whites displaced. He predicted a great war between yellow and white races and urged U.S. navy buildup to deter any foe.
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Washington, D. C
China
Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Navy League
Capitol
United States
Aroused Over Case of Dr Johnson Pendleton
Local G A R members demand H F Johnson move his father from the state insane asylum to a sanitarium or be cared for privately. Kit Carson post backs a private care plan and may seek a guardian if ignored. Committee says reports of the comrade’s condition were untrue.
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Pendleton
Johnson
H. F. Johnson
Grand Army
Kit Carson Post
1St Oregonian
J. F. Carrol
Salem
G. A. R. Post
Mr. Webster
Pentlieman
Morocco faces sultanate clash as Hafid declared
Paris dispatches report Mulal Hafid proclaimed sultan at Fes. Priests vow holy war if he seizes throne. Germany warns of interference unless France and Spain restore peace, risking collapse of the Algeciras Conference.
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Mulal Hafid
Germany
Paris
Morocco
Fes
Mulal
France
Spain
Algeciras
Congress Takes Steps to Probe Brownson Controversy
Washington January 11 Congress moved toward a formal investigation by adopting the Gill resolution. It demands the secretary of the navy produce all correspondence and materials connected with the assignment of Stokes as commander of the hospital ship Relief and Brownson’s resignation. This marks the initial move in congressional scrutiny of the Brownson affair.
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Washington
House
Gill
Secretary of the Navy
Stokes F
Brownson
Seattle buys Hermiston dirt and paves future growth
Seattle millionaire James D. Loman buys 26 lots from Maxwell Land & Irrigation in Hermiston for 4070 dollars, planning to build and improve amid expected district interest and Umatilla irrigation project. Property on the west side of the railroad will boost appearance and value. Also, PF B. Van Dusen sells a lot and brick building to Mrs. Mary D. Loman for 1600 dollars.
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Hermiston
James D. Loman
Seattle
Maxwell Land & Irrigation Company
J. F. McNaught
Loman
Umatilla
Tacoma
McNaught
van Dusen
B. van Dusen
Mary D. Loman
Pi M. Scarborough
George Tracy Elected President of State Federation of Labor
Valero Calif January 11 George Tracy was elected president of the state federation of labor of the state today.
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Valero
Calif
George Tracy
State Federation of Labor
Sample Suit Says Husband Cruel and Neglectful for 17 Years
Mrs. Mary E. Sample files for divorce from Andrew J. Sample alleging long term cruelty and neglect. She accuses him of being shiftless and failing to provide, and of calling her names in public. She seeks divorce, costs, and alimony of 20 dollars monthly.
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Mary E. Sample
Andrew J. Sample
Fool
Corporations Pay Little Tax In Yakima Report
A Yakima paper notes the small tax paid by large state corporations. Timber land value, five thirteenths owned by Weyerhauser, exceeds state assessment by 40 million dollars. Tax commissioners say if railroads and timber paid fair shares, other property owners would have little ground for complaint.
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Yakima
Weyerhauser Corporation
Grand Jury to Hear Key Criminal Cases Next Term
District Attorney Phelps will seek a grand jury at the January circuit court term to hear complaints including the brand alteration case against A Perard and other offenses. Skidmore, Shackleford, Payne and Kelly face robbery trials while three Indians await trial for robbing a fellow redskin. Lavender case may be taken up if pursued. The term is not expected to be lengthy.
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Cirrcuit Court
Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Marshal Lavender
Weston
Reed
Lavender
A. Perard
C. A. Johnson
Perard
Petard
F. S. Skidmore
Mark Shackleford
Arthur Payne
Harry Kelly
Peter Corbett Not Dead In Pasco Slay Report Correction
A Pasco murder report corrects earlier claims that Peter Corbett an Umatilla Indian was killed there. The scar faced Indian killed at Pasco Thursday night is unidentified while Northern Pacific Agent Walter Adams suspects he bought a ticket to Pasco that evening. No tribesmen have verified which individual died yet.
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Peter Corbett
Umatilla
Pendleton Tribune
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Pasco
Peter
Northern Pacific
Walter Adams
Council Meets Tonight Over Macadamizing Repairs
The city council convenes an adjourned meeting to hear the street committee report on Newport and Son macadamizing work. At the prior session, contractors were to leave five percent of the contract sum with the city to guarantee future repairs on East Court Street and Alta. The committee's findings are to be revealed, and Newport and Son are said to have yielded a reasonable stance leading to a satisfactory agreement.
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Newport & Son
East Court Street
Alta
Newports
Kragen Department Store Placed Under Receiver in San Francisco
The Kragen department store, among the city's largest, was put into the hands of a receiver yesterday. The action places the retailer under court supervision as creditors and management sort through debts and restructuring options.
Navy orders 1600 tons of provisions to Mare Island
Washington dispatches 1600 tons of provisions to Mare Island to prevent Pacific fleet delay on reprovisioning as it reaches San Francisco. Navy expects word soon that the fleet has arrived at Rio Janeiro.
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Washington
San Francisco
Navy Department
Mare Island
Rio Janene
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