Newsy Notes of Pendleton
Rev C Mack to hold services for the German Lutherans of the city tomorrow. One offender add ten dollars to weekly police court revenue for drinking and disorderly conduct. Albert Bowlsby paroled after a larceny sentence. John Schebers fined. Birth of a seven and a half pound son to Mr and Mrs J H Christy in Kalispell Montana on January 12. Mrs Eaton sister of H J Looney will have brother buried at Pilot Rock cemetery Monday. Store fire shocks former clerk J B Johnston. Kerr Gifford Co sues R E Callison for 409.73 plus interest on a note.
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John Schebers
J. H. Christy
Kalispell, Montana
Christy
H. J. Stillman
Agnes Nelson
Pilot Rock
Eaton
H. J. Looney
Spokane
Grain Company
Thomas Kerr
Peter Kerr
Andrew Kerr
Kerr, Gifford & Co
R. E. Callison
Echo
Express Wagon to Aid City Delivery Service
Manager Parlett of the American Express Co announced a new wagon starting Monday to deliver packages and expand city delivery, aiming to spur growth and extend service. Louise Brown sues for divorce and custody of three minor sons, alleging her husband John M. Brown deserted her in 1911 after their Medford marriage in 1895. Attorney is J. B. Perry. District Game Warden Averill notes the irritations of official life, recounting a 2 a.m. call about the open duck season, which closes April 1. Ford agent Ben Trombley reports a snow blockade test as a Ford car seeks to break through to Pendleton. Chief Kearney pursues missing-relatives cases, including Edward Eby seeking his son Claude Eby in Napa. W. H. Ferguson of Roanoke learns of his brother FE. Ferguson’s death via misdirected letters. Judge Thomas FitzGerald marries George Murray and Lena Bell Camp, with no witnesses, supplying a bridesmaid and best man. City Attorney Carter and Lonergan congratulate and profit from the union. Judge Parker substitutes for Judge Phelps in circuit court. T. P. Candleva and First National Bank of Milton to face trial. jury not yet secured.
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Louise Brown
John M. Brown
Medford
J. B. Perry
Licerior
Thomas FitzGerald
Cupid
George Edwin Murray
Lena Bell Camp
Recorder's Office
Richard Mayberry
Laura McKee
City
Charles Carter
P. A. Lonergan
Pinger verdict awards plaintiff 350 for knife injuries
A late Thursday decision grants the plain tiff $350 in damages for personal injuries from a knife attack by the defendant. Belenda B. Collins has secured a permit to build a 12 by 24 foot, nine foot high box house on lots 49 and 10, block 151 in the Reservation addition, east end. Luck and Rosenberg announce a mule and horse sale of 116 head at their Fulton ranch on February 4 at 10 a.m. Col Yohnka will auction with EB Ty Smith as clerk.
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Pinger
Belenda BH. Collins
Luck and Rosenberg
Fulton
Yohnka
EB. Ty Smith
General Film Company Controls Motion Pictures
New York report shows after 18 months since May 15, 1910 the General Film company controlled 83 percent of the nation’s moving picture business. Henry N. Marvin testified about exchanges valued at about 3 million dollars and William Pelser denied knowledge of plans to acquire rivals. Pelser said minutes of executive meetings were not kept.
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New York
General Film Company
Moving Picture
Moving Picture Trust
Henry N. Marvin
Motion Picture Patents Company
Central Film Company
William Pelser
Pelzer
Teacher Takes Count From Angry Mother Seaside Ore
Mrs L T Jetty visits Seaside school after believing her 11 year old Herbert was unjustly whipped. She confronts Principal J W Brantsator and delivers a rapid sequence of blows, leaving the teacher unconscious. Public reaction split, with some backing the principal and others siding with the mother amid ongoing discipline debates.
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Seaside
Ore
Herbert
L. T. Jetty
J. W. Brantsator
Ike
Rabbit Shoot Near Condon on Sunday
In Condon Oregon the local Gun Club drafted resolutions urging raising the predator bounty and adding a 5 to 10 cent bounty on magpies. A big rabbit shoot is planned for next Sunday with two teams and a point system awarding each rabbit coyote or magpie killed. Winners receive a supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condon
Ore
Condon Gun Club
Fraud trial nears end for Wisner and Meyers in mail fraud case
In federal court New York on January 18 the government prepared to rest its case after 90 witnesses over five weeks. Testimony from Guy H. Salisbury and George W. Strock focused on California Diamond Oil stock sales. Salisbury said stock continued to be sold after oil lands expired in 1907 despite no profits. Strock said over 1.8 million shares were sold for $18,546 in cash, with Wisner distributing dividends totaling $3,246 despite no declared dividends.
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New York
A. L. Wisner
John J. Meyers
A. L. Wisner and Company
Nevada
California
Guy H. Salisbury
San Francisco
George W. Strock
California Diamond Oil Company
Wisner
Salisbury
Strock
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Newsy
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Edward E. Eby
Napa
Claude Eby
FE. KR. Ferguson
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Lhench
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Ta Grippe
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