Local Briefs Highlight Shops and Services
July 8 1902 brief notices cover farm loans Gratz’s rooms at Gratz’s lunch special Teutsch’s latest goods at Frazier’s Hood River strawberries at Hawley Bros fresh vegetables at Hawley Bros and Sower opportune ice cream items at Dutton’s Schlitz beer at Golden Rule basement and other promotions Drains on local real estate sales by Ashorn & Cook and fencepost mentions Pendleton Machine Shop and Thompson Hardware updates plus a August 1 rental for East Oregonian building room with steam heat and water access. sale of property Webb and Garden streets corner with Salvation Army HQ and Hunt depot adjacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Howard
Gratz’s
Teutsch’s
Frazier’s
Hood River
Hawley Bros
Gratz's
McReynold’s
Delta
Silas H. Soule
Soule Bros
Portland
Tallman's Drug Store
Dutton
Ashorn & Cook
Taylor Building
The
Phillip's
Schlitz
Golden Rule
Martin
J. R. Dickson
East Oregonian
Withee
Court St
Domestic
Davis
Rihorn & Cook
Taylor
Pendleton Machine Shop
Baliezore & Howe
BE. T. Wade
Seals
Col. J. H. Raley
Webb and
Garden Streets
Salvation Army
Hunt Depot
Notorious Tracy Escapes Prison and Forges Ahead
The desperado Tracy escaped Utah prison in 1897 after inciting a guard to expose himself, then fled with three convicts. He killed a rancher in Colorado, escaped guards, and was later linked to Oregon notoriety. He led the Hole in the Wall gang near Routt county, with a posse battle leaving Hoyt dead and Bennett lynched. Tracy and Land were recaptured. Johnstone sentenced for life in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desperado
Utah
Tracy
Sev
Colorado
Oregon
Valentine Hoye
Routt County
Aspen
Col
Powder Springs
Wyoming
William Strong
Hoyt
Colorado Cowboys
Farnham
Jack Bennett
Strong
Colorado Hne
Land
P. L. Johnstone
Johnstone
Teutsch’s store offers shoes laces hose underwear and staples
Cloth a Ing made to order. Teutsch's store advertises narrow goods including shoe laces and ladies' hose with cheap undergarments. Fresh red and black raspberries from Hawley Bros. Old potatoes at 1.25 per hundred and spring chickens at 25 cents. Standard Grocery promotes “Cheaper than meat” items and a Sunday picnic at Kine's grove with dancing at 2, Kirkman's orchestra supplies music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley Bros
Kine's Grove
Kirkman’s Orchestra
Noisy Night Hoodlums On Webb Street Disturb Kemper
Fred Kemper complains of nightly disturbances on Webb Street as hoodlums pace the block yelling cursing and using coarse language. He threatens strict action if the nuisance persists and urges neighbors to restore decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kemper
Webb Street
Mr. Kemper
Wade versus Northwestern Livestock suit filed at court
WANTS TO RECOVER. Co. B. Wade sues Northwestern Livestock and Woolgrowers' Company in a case filed at the courthouse today. The first claim seeks judgment for a note of 650 dollars dated July 7, 1902. The second seeks 917.75 dollars claimed due J. P. McManus for services on the Stock Journal, transferred to plaintiff. Carter and Raley represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B. Wade
Northwestern Livestock and Woolgrowers' Company
Court House
J. P. McManus
The
Stock Journal
McManus
Carter & Raley
Picnic at Freewater Slated for July 11
The Modern Woodmen of Walla Walla will hold their annual picnic at Freewater on July 11. A special train from the north and Freewater band will provide music. Camps from Milton Weston Athena Pendleton Prescott Dixie Dayton Wattsburg and others are invited and expected. Jeff Jennings of Walla Walla leads the program with dancing and a potential pickup baseball game against Freewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Freewater
Milton
Weston
Athena
Pendleton
Prescott
Dixie
Dayton
Wattsburg
Jeff Jennings
Woodmen
Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court in Estate Mortgage Case
The Supreme Court sustained the lower court in the case of M A Lowrey respondent versus Henry F Sterling Thomas Wade and A Ferguson appellants. An appeal from Union county tested whether the state school board could dispose of a mortgage on real property held by an estate administrator. The lower court held the administrator could mortgage to satisfy estate claims and the mortgagee could transfer it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
M. A. Lowrey
Respondent
Henry F. Sterling
Thomas Wade
A. Ferguson
Union County
State School Board
Shoes Advertise W L Douglas Boots Arrival
The advance styles of the famous W L Douglas Shoe have arrived. Our stock is now complete and you will have no trouble in getting your size and style. Over four and one half million pairs sold last year. They are union made by skilled workers under sanitary conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cleaver Bros. Dry Goods Company
Nolf's
Dutton'’s
Mase
Merrill
Universal
Nick
Utah Pen
L. Hunziker
R. Alexander
Koeppen
Main St
Joel
Teutsch's
Teutsch’s Store
OUR
Madison Square
Mrs. Southworth
Bertha Clay
Mary J. Holmes
Sweet Heart
Frederick Nolf
Beck
Cottonwood Street
St. Joe
Boston
Pendletor
Gus LA Fontaine
Chicago
Jesse Failing
Kine’s Grove
Peter Orge
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