Sheriff Court Held In Umatilla County For Piano Dispute
A sheriff court session in the Umatilla county courthouse hears Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakeley preside over a jury as B. B. Richards of Athena sues Mrs. Frank Myers of Helix over piano ownership. Attorneys H. S. Watts and G. W. Coutts appear, marking the first recorded sheriff’s court in the county. The court weighs who owns the piano after initial attach and subsequent loss of possession. In other news, crops across the region receive heat and moisture updates with favorable spring weather and irrigation plentiful in western states.
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Umatilla
Sheriffs Court
Semion
Joe Blakeley
Elf
B. B. Richards
Athena
Frank Myers
Helix
Richards
H. S. Watts
G.“W. Coutts
Court House
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Intense Heat Hurts Crops Across Large Agricultural Districts
Washington reports intense heat and abundant sunshine with a marked deficiency in precipitation over wide agricultural areas last week. The weather summary notes drought conditions affecting crop prospects nationwide.
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Washington
China to Send Warships to Mexican Waters
Pekin reports the cruiser Hal Young will reach Mexican waters within a week to protect Chinese subjects. The dispatch comes after three hundred Chinese were slain at Torren, Mex, by insurrectos.
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Pekin
Hal Young
Mexican
Torren
Mex
Insurrectos
Mine Inspectors Meet in Charleston West Virginia
The National Association of Mine Inspectors opened in Charleston with near full representation from major mining districts. Inspectors plan to travel to White Sulphur Springs next week for the West Virginia Mining Institute meeting. Reported progress in miner safety in the past two years surpasses all prior history.
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Charleston
W. Va
National Association of Mine Inspectors
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia Mining Institute
Pendleton Notes Arrive For Masons and Neighbors
Newsy notes from Pendleton describe an afternoon gathering at 604 Lewis Street Calhial Minnesota hosted by Mrs Mintonbeer and include attendees Attorney BP Winter and family plus Miss Schroder. The item mentions a levitation scene by Merv Weargrove Ins and Tom Sworinger installing a new electric sign for the Viereh restaurant to attract patrons and aid the hungry and library.
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Maccabees
Mintonbeer
Merv Weargrove
Lewis Street
Calhial
Minnesota
BP Winter
Mes Winter
Miss Schroveder
Aline
Waetery
Two in Court for Intemperance and Fines
Two inebriates, Dames Wiltwine and M Casey, faced the court after evening drinking. Each received a judgment offering three days in jail or a five dollar fine. Williams chose the jail term, Miack chose the fine. Also noted is the Swiss Bell Ringers group planned to perform at the Christian church tonight with Nannts Strachan among the performers, promising a varied program of songs and instruments.
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Dames Wiltwine
M. Casey
Trinhl
Dudge Fite Gerald
Williams
Miack
Lekhardt
Carrie
Anniversary of Big Blood Flood at Heppner
June 24 marks the anniversary of the Meppner flood described as a major disaster in the county seat. Eight years since a cloudburst unleashed a deluge wiping out business houses and causing heavy human loss, noted as one of the century's great civic catastrophes.
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Meppner
Dispute Over Wife's Horse Sparks Sheriff Hearing
A Native American couple, Wild Bill and his wife, quarrel over the sale of a horse gifted to their son. Deputy Sheriff George Strand listened last evening and then declined action, advising the wife and her nephew Henry Charley to reclaim the animal.
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George Strand
Wild Bill
Wilder
Henry Charley
Northwest
Strand
Picard Error Corrected In Death Report
Henry Picard reservation rancher killed by lightning Monday night was French not French Indian as misstated. Publication notes apology to his widow and six children. burial planned at Adams.
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Picard
Henry Picard
Adams
Exciting Runaway In City Ends With Near Miss
dD B Waffle the well brew drayman lost control of his team yesterday afternoon near the river. The horses jostled the bridles loose and dashed toward Main and Alta, striking a telephone pole by the Horseshoe restaurant. Both animals and the wagon team suffered gear damage but no injuries. Walter McCormmach escaped a collision by braking hard as the runaways veered into traffic.
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Dd. B. Waffle
Main
Alta
Horseshoe
Walter McCormmach
Main Street
Chinaman Hangs Self to Evade Trial in Murder Case
Tom Yee, a Chinese man slated for trial in Pittsburgh for the April 1 North Side Chinese restaurant murder of Yeo Cheek Wah, hanged himself in the county jail this morning. He was also indicted in Philadelphia for the October 1908 murder of Joe Fouk.
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Pittsburg
Tom Yee
Yee
Yeo Cheek Wah
North Side
Philadelphia
Joe Fouk
Oldman Farmers Prep for Harvest in Holdman
Special correspondence from Holdman reports farmers repairing machinery and preparing for a good harvest. locals include Caele Sam Hargate, Frank Haldiman, Chester Miller, George Brandingburg, R. L. Harp, Ace Cobner, Roy Etter, and John Gentry seen in town or nearby. Social events include a Holdman hall dance on June 17 and Sunday church services.
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Holdman
Dhy
Portland
Dr. Campbell
Caele Sam Hargate
Helix
Frank Haldiman
Chester Miller
Wallula
George Brandingburg
Haldman
R. L. Harp
Pendleton
Ace Cobner
George
Adams Ranch
Roy Etter
Spokane
John Wilke
Weston
John Gentry
John
Holdman Hall
Washington official weds Springfield waitress in Fort Scott
Twenty four hours after they first met in a room of a Springfield hotel a census bureau chief clerk V V Wiles and Mrs Bucytt Peden of Springfield were married in Fort Scott Kansas on May 27. They kept the union secret until today when Mrs Viles left her home at Mansfield Iowa.
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Springfield
V. VV. Wiles
Census Bureau
Washington
Buc‘ttt
Peden
Fort Scott
Kas
Skilee
Viles
Mansfield
Ee Ma
Pendleton Round-Up crowd prep plan faces park ad clash
At a board meeting officials rejected selling space on the grandstand and fences for advertising during the Round-Up. No signs will be erected on the grounds and the Bond Bros scoreboard will be repurposed with Round-Up branding. Bond Bros will be reimbursed for ad expenses. Detective BE B Wood of the CWRN company arrived in the city.
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Bond Bros
BE. B. Wood
C.W. R. & N. Company
National Conference of Charities and Corrections Closes
Boston hosts the thirty-eighth annual National Conference of Charities and Corrections on June 14. The final session features talks by nationally renowned men and women on philanthropic topics. Organizers report the event the most successful in the organization’s history and signal renewed efforts against social and economic issues nationwide.
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Boston
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Whining woes curb progress says Rev Hurlstone
Dr Hurlstone warns against constant whining in a Roberts Park Church sermon urging workers to curb complaints. He cites whiners as paralyzing to God's work and stresses turning bitterness into earnest, sweet-spirited labor in the harvest field.
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Hurlstone
Goa
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Hurlstone
Roberts Park M
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Bernard O'Gara
Treas
China
Mexico
Javier Anchovies
Gray Bros. Grocery
Newsy
Tom Sworinger
Juat
Chinaman
Oppictal Warries
Oxfords
The
Bast
Oregonian
Kryptok
Quali
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist
Wm. Hanscom
the Jeweler
Taylor Hardware and
Pendleton Drug Co
Tleton Dye Works
Phone Malin
E. Alta
McKay
Birch Creek
E.T. Wade
Temple Big
Ore
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