College Place school plans $10,000 home and March bond vote
Walla Walla Union reports the College Place school board plans to hire a new $10,000 school home and seek a special March election to approve selling district bonds. The move follows College Place’s 4-year separation from the Walla Walla district after choosing home rule. Meanwhile, trains in Telocaset and surrounding lines face heavy snow with four feet on hills, causing delays and the rotary snow plow to be used repeatedly as crews clear tracks.
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Calleme Price
Walla Walla
Dimtriet
College Place
Arranging for the Funeral for James Cameron
James Cameron died suddenly in San Bernardino at 64. He lived in the Helix area for 28 years, last year with the McEacheron family. The body will be brought to Helix for interment and funeral services to follow on arrival. He has two sisters and two brothers in Scotland and no spouse or close relatives in this country.
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J. P. McEacheron
Helix
James Cameron
San Bernardino
McBacheron
Scotland
Trains Blockaded Recalled in Old Railroading Scene
Old-time railroading on the O. R. and WN is recalled as trains are blockaded by snow on Teleonser TL, recalling blockade events. The piece preserves a vivid memory of early railroad disruption and the challenges faced by crews and passengers during winter snows.
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Teleonser TL
A Use for Your Phone in Drug Store Orders
A brief notice encourages telephone orders for drug store purchases. It promises quick response and prompt delivery, noting that phone orders are being received continually.
Quick Response Drug Store Offer Promises Easy Orders
A brief ad-style notice from Tallman & Co describing a fast order method for drug store goods. It emphasizes convenient ordering by phone, with no obligation to keep items and assurance that the supply is factory-direct heat obtainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallman & Co
Bowling score recap from Brunswick game
The first of multiple bowling games last night at Brunswick parlors featured a match between the telephone company and Pendleton Business College students. Final scores followed this opening frame and continued in the series.
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Brunswick
Pendleton Business College
Burglar Shot By Neighbor Near Vaughan House
A night-time break-in attempt on Water Street near College led Mrs Vaughan to alert neighbors. A man, possibly intoxicated or disoriented, fled after a gunshot fired by T Warner. A suspect, Casey or Davis, was arrested then released after Vaughan could not positively identify him.
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Dogg
Vaughan
Water Street
College
Casey
Davis
Trusty
Repairing Umatilla Bridge With New Steel Girders
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company plans to install new steel girders on the large bridge over the Umatilla River at Umatilla Junction this winter and spring. A crew is placing framework to let carpenters set girders, with concrete piers to support them. The bridge will be returned to heavy-traffic condition as traffic now diverts westward. The pile driver on the John Day River bridge will be used extensively this winter, with Pendleton yard crews preparing timbers for an extension to the pile driver system.
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Umatilla
Umaile
0. R. & N. Company
John Day River
Charlies Ford
Pendleton
John Day Bridge
Texas Panhandle land buyers eye bargains in Dalhart area
O Montgomery reports a letter from T B Richmond of Dalhart saying the country looks good for investment and land nearby is selling for 4.50 to 8 per acre with prices rising daily. Richmond is part of a four member party that left Helix ten days ago for northwest Texas. Fred Shoemaker, back from San Francisco, notes many parties are departing for Texas Panhandle to investigate conditions.
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O. Montgomery
T. B. Richmond
Dalhart
Texas
Mr. Richmond
Helix
Fred Shoemaker
San Francisco
Marge
Ube Texas Panhandle
Partial airmail freight handling reform to speed shipments
General Superintendent Buckley ordered that partly loaded cars not billed direct to Portland or Spokane be set out at Miles City for inspection and rehandling. The move aims to reduce delays in O H M and N freight and hasten deliveries, increasing Pendleton warehouse workload but improving dispatch to destinations.
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Mile City
Buckley
Portland
Spokane
Pendleton
Three Spaniards Injured In Camp Accident Near Boise
Victor Baraloa was killed at Barber Lumber Co camp No 6 about 32 miles from Boise on Grimes Creek after orders were misunderstood. Two other workers Jose MecAnseabe and Pedro Argistaen suffered serious injuries. Argistaen reached St Alphonsus hospital. Bodies were taken to Boise by camp laborers. Interpreters aided Frank Baraboea, brother of the deceased, in gathering details.
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Barathea
McAnacabe
Pedro Argistaen
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Victor Haramos
Boise
Spain
St. John's Cathedral
St. John's Cemetery
Jove McAnacale
America
Victor Baraloa
Barber Lumber Company
Grimes’ Creek
Iaborera
Jose MecAnseabe
Robee
Bodly
Harainca
Schreiber & Brennan
Frank Baraboea
Sixty Per Cent Assessment Policy Backed in Olympia
Yakima County Assessor Coonse returned from Olympia praising the convention’s agreement to set valuations at 60 percent of actual values for tax purposes. He argues it will distribute the tax burden more evenly, lower overall levies, and keep railroads from shouldering more than farmers and business men. He notes state tax commissioners would pressure noncompliant counties at the state board of equalization and expects a future law limiting indebtedness by purpose.
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Yakima Daily Republic
Coonse
Olympia
Republic
State Twix Commission
State Board of Equalization
Big Snow in John Day Valley Promises Strong Year
Snow in the John Day Valley surpasses 15 year highs with a blizzard boosting mountain snowpack to about four feet at Dixie Butte. Old timers note eight years since sleighing depth reached similar levels, while ranchers and miners hope for above average water for mining and irrigation. last year drought hit streams and springs, but current snows suggest better conditions ahead.
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John Day Valley
John Day News
Canyon City
Dixie Butte
Baker County Stock Doig Finely in Winter Conditions
Baker County notes excellent winter conditions with heavy hay supply despite heavy snows and plowed roads. Hay from Snake River County has drawn many cattle into Baker County for feeding this season, keeping prices low for feed. Joan Bhebast io stands trial in Yakima for the murder of George The, with 32 witnesses scheduled, 27 of them Indians.
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Baker County
Snake River
Baker City
Joan Bhebast Io
Yakimy
George the. Hoth
Safe and reliable remedy boasts world tour offers
The passage touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the safest cure for stomach illnesses and lists cures for indigestion dyspepsia constipation heartburn and colds. It also advertises extensive travel tours to Europe Japan and around the world with a February program in New York led by Frank C. Clark at 96 Broadway.
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Europe
Japan
Frank C. Clark
B'way
New York
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Mires
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la Grande
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Glen Vickers
Wa Ray Chapman
Vone
Charles Waehburn
Fred Ingram Sone
Ben Ferguson Werner
Lay
Winslow Bros
Main Street
Opticians
Pendleton, Oregon
Stranger
BR. & N. Bridge
THE
Texas Panhandle
T. H. Richmond
Washington
Jown Day Valley
Boston
Aygol
Goodman-Thompson Hardware Co
Alta House
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A. J. Gummings
Prop
Ontario
Oregon
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West End Grocery
Howard Co
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Despain’s Cash Store
East Court Striet
Golden Rule Hotel
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