Unemployed Help Pledges From Local Projects
City council notes several measures to aid jobless residents. Charles W. Connor & Son win sewer extension contract for 1147.40 and promise white labor. Demolition of old high school builds debris for Tustin street grading. Cole confirms work for 20 25 men. Notices also address street cross with Hazel street sewer, new city hall janitor, and bond adjustments for city marshal.
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Hebris
Tustin Street
Charles W. Connor & Son
Connor
Carter
Hazel Street
Main
Thompson
Cole
Dix Backs Movement to End Death Penalty
Governor Dix supports the abolition effort in New York state and backs Superintendent Scott as a bill to end capital punishment is prepared. The interview with Scott stirred legislative positions as senators and assembly members weigh how they will vote. Dix called Scott’s case for ending the death penalty persuasive. A separate note reports an English machine patent to reclaim worn wooden paving blocks at 1000 an hour.
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Albany
Dix
Scott
New York State
Colonel Scott
England
Deed Transfers Land Among Pendleton Walton Family
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports Walton family members file a land deed in the west end of the county transferring ten acres to Eleanor G. Walton for 2000 dollars. Hattie and William Forsythe sell ten acres of fruit land near Milton to W. W. Roper for 2000 dollars. deed filed today. Non-Support Case Settled and dismissed before County Judge Maroney. Three petty offenders jailed for dis orderly conduct or drunkenness. Ferguson returns to town after operation recovery. Laura McKee joins Fraziers Book Store on Main Street. Pat King and George Gardner bound over to grand jury on theft charge with 300 dollar bonds.
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Hattie
Willam Forsythe
Milton
W. W. Roper
Grand Jury
Pat King
George Gardner
H. Mykranz
Penland
Justice of the Peace Parkes
Victim Swears Out Warrant in Attempted Rape Case
Nahépha an Indian woman swore out a warrant for the arrest of Ed Adams a white man alleging an attempted rape last night. She shows a black eye and bruises in substantiation. Adams is in custody of the sheriff. Reno Escapes From Pen. William Reno, sentenced for sodomy at Umatilla, escaped with another convict during road work. Sheriff Taylor is notified and seeks the fugitive. Thompsons Go to California. Mr and Mrs Sam Thompson and daughter Thelma leave for Portland then Los Angeles to visit friends and relatives, likely joined by Mrs Thompson's parents in Portland.
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Nahépha
Ed Adams
Adams
Reno
William Reno
Umatilla
Taylor
Four First Words Sermon Draws Revival Interest
At the Methodist Episcopal church revival Rev Emmet delivered a sermon on the four first words in the bible The service includes a singing note tonight with song service at 7 30 and preaching at 8 The Rev Evans invites friends to attend Also Four Failures in County Teacher Examinations per F K Welles noting discrepancies in published success lists and expirations of old certificates
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Emmet
Evans
Welles
F. K. Welles
Echoer
Salem
Mr. Welles
Joan of Arc Books Mark Half Millennium Birth
The article notes Joan of Arc’s 500th birthday with a list of works on her life including Clemens Lang McCarthy Michelot and Schiller. It also recounts a wreck at sea near Gold Beach en route to Bend, where a passenger named Averil saved the steamer by steering using a broken wheel and Moss says the experience was unforgettable.
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Joan of Arc
Angel
France
Clemens
Joann of Arc
Lang
McCarthy
Flower
Michelot
Schiller
Maid of
Orleans
Oregon
Gold Beach
Bend
Young Averil
Moss
Pendleton Relief Association Calls for Funds
J EB Keefe of the Pendleton Relief association issued a statement urging immediate donations to relieve distress in the city. He said the relief association is in need of funds to assist needy families and expressed gratitude for any contribution, no matter how small.
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Relief Ass'n
J. EB. Keefe
Pendleton Relief Association
City Relief Association
Minister Will Finance Divorce for Young Girl
Portland reports Reverend Young of Taylor Street Methodist church plans to finance the divorce of Mabel Seekatz age 14 from William Wood age 23. Wood admitted he married the girl to shield his father a music teacher under arrest in Seattle for a statutory offense against the child. Young had officiated three days earlier under the belief she was 18.
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Portland
Young
Taylor Street Methodist Church
Mabel Seekatz
William Wood
Seattle
Annual Church Banquet at Presbyterian Church
Last evening the Presbyterian Church members in this city enjoyed a lavish banquet hosted by the ladies of the congregation. The meal filled the church parlors to a large attendance and followed by short toasts from Rev. Frank J. Milnes Rev. J. M. Corneliaon Judge J. W. Maloney and C. Pr. Bishop among others. Rev Milnes also read The Passing of the White Swan to the delight of attendees.
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Presbyterian Church
Frank J. Milnes
J. M. Corneliaon
J. W. Maloney
C. Pr. Bishop
Tabasco on verge of revolution prompts U S advisory
Washington reports southern Mexican Tabasco is near revolution as governor stalls promised reforms. State department says movement appears isolated from national affairs and not enough federal troops are on site to restore order. No Americans have been molested.
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Washington
Tabasco
Mexico
State Department
Enowgd Federsl
Near Shipwreck Ride Ends As Champion Roper Returns
Roy Moss, northwest steer roping champion, and H. M. Aver ill completed a 640 mile overland journey from Pendleton to Gold Beach last fall. They returned yesterday with Moss’s status as a top rodeo performer affirmed and plans for future competitions pending.
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Roy Moss
Northwest
H. M. Averill
Pendleton
Gold Beach
Yester
Boston Pauses on Richeson Death Sentence Commutation
Boston officials state no commutation move will be made until Attorney John L. Lee returns from Virginia in about two weeks. Richeson, the minister convicted of Avis Linnell’s murder, shows penitence per Attorney Morse. The aged father in Lynchburg, Thomas Varland Richeson, reportedly warned he would disown his son if found guilty.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
John L. Lee
Virginia
Wm. A. Morse
Lee
Thomas Varland Richeson
Lynchburg
Notice to the Public From Bowman's Cleaning Works
Perry L Bowman is not authorized to collect any bills or to solicit any work for Bowman's Cleaning and Pressing Works. Be sure you send clothes to the right place. Phone Main 432.
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Perry L. Bowman
Bowman
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