Pendleton Fair as Model for La Grande Move
A seven member La Grande delegation toured Pendleton to study the Umatilla-Morrow district fair's methods with plans to move their Union and Wallowa county fair to La Grande and drop the speedway. The visit, led by publicity officers and local editors, aims to boost a countywide fair exhibition and secure city support to rival eastern Oregon fairs.
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Umatilla-Morrow County
la Grande
Pendleton
Umatilla-Morrow
Union
Wallowa
la Grands
Mas Wood
Golden Rule Company
Fred J. Holmes
Agricultural Society
C. D. Huffman
Union County Grange
Fair Commissioners
George H. Currey
The
la Grande Observer
F. F. Currey
la Grande Commercial Club
E.L
Eckly
la Grande Star
Union -Wallowa
Commercial Association
Fair Commission
Oregon
Dismiss Charge Against Pedlar Kennett Released
John W. Kennett arrested yesterday for peddling groceries without a license was released with the charge dismissed after he chose to pay accrued costs and leave the country. Kennett represented Parkes Brothers of San Francisco and said he was not distributing goods to farmers. He pleaded ignorance of the new law aimed at protecting local stores and offsetting tax disadvantages by requiring outside merchants to pay a license fee.
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John W. Kennett
Kennett
Parkes Brothers
San Francisco
Decorating the Streets for Knights of Pythias Fourth
This afternoon the city began decorating streets for the Knights of Pythias grand lodge event and the Fourth of July. Red white and blue bunting drapes the business district with banners from each streamer center. Electric lights will span between intersections.
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Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pendleton News Briefs: Births and Auto Orders
In Pendleton a son was born Saturday evening to the wife of Rev. W. L. Van Nuys, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Perry J. B. Perry, local attorney, will join the automobile brigade and has ordered a White Steamer, expecting delivery soon.
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W. L. van Nuys
First Presbyterian Church
Women Pay Fines After Raid at Columbia Lodging House
Three women arrested during Sunday night raid on the Columbia lodging house have paid their fines and been released. Shorty Saunders remains in jail awaiting further action as one of six arrested in the incident.
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Columbia
Homwke
Shorty Saunders
Durance Vile
Wilson Will Go Fast on Franklin Auto Arrival
F. H. Wilson, Athena lawyer, here on business, will soon travel with Athena area farmers. He has ordered a Franklin auto and eagerly awaits its arrival.
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Wilson
F. Wilson
Athena
Franklin Auto
Yearling Durham Sold At Weighty Price
James Johns sold a yearling grade Durham weighing about 980 pounds to a local butcher shop for four cents per pound. Johns says the sale validates the idea that good stock pays.
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James Johns
Durham Afteer
Bucher'ng
Mr. Johns
Delegates Named in Trans Mississippian Brese List
The recent Trans Missesissippi congress delegate roster includes several Umatilla county residents. Notables listed are W. L. Thompson T. C. Taylor Pendleton C. A. Barrett Athena Asa B. Thomson Echo and Clark Wood Weston.
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Thiy County
Trans-Mississippi
Con- Brese
Umattila County
W. L. Thompson
T. C. Taylor
Pendleton
C. A. Barrett
Athena
Asa B. Thomson
Echo
Clark Wood
Weston
Pendleton native Fred Vincent visits relatives
Fred Vincent, son of Dr and Mrs F W Vincent and a well known Pendleton youth, is visiting relatives and friends. He remains on the staff of the San Francisco Call, where he has served two years and recently covered the exposition for the Sunday Call in Seattle.
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Fred Vincent
F .W. Vincent
Pendleton
Vincent
San Francisco Call
San Francisco
Seattle
Second Rink Dance Moves to Tonight at Webb Street
The second summer dance series at the big rink on West Webb Street runs tonight from 9 to midnight. The floor is improved and ice cream booths are ready. Future dances will be held every Wednesday and Saturday.
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Weat Webb Street
Five Pennsylvanians in Pendleton seek Oregon timber land
A party of six men from Pennsylvania arrived in Pendleton last evening in search of timber land in Oregon. One remained for Hood River while the others took the Pilot Rock train toward Ukiah. The original group numbered 11, with five leaving the train at Baker City to trek to Prairie City. In Pendleton, the travelers were M. I. Garrier, Jacob Markel, B. E. Carrier, William Shulls, J. M. Porter, and C. B. Jacox.
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Pennsylvania
Pendleton
Oregon
Hood River
Pilot Rock
Ukiah
Baker City
Prairie City
M. I. Garrier
Jacob Markel
B. E. Carrier
William Shulls
J. M. Porter
C. B. Jacox
Good Roads Meeting Planned by County Association
An important Good Roads gathering will convene Saturday afternoon in the Commercial Association rooms. President H J Taylor announced the meeting to receive the report of a committee formed to work with opening a road across the reservation. Committee members include J T Liezul lon, Ed Kirkpatrick, and J A Borie, with delegates also from the Wool Growers and Commercial associations.
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Good Roads
County Good Roads Association
Commercial Association
H. J. Taylor
J. T. Lieuallon
Ed Kirkpatrick
J. A. Borie
Wool Growers’ Association
Bear and cub cause alarm at Milton farm
Italian farmer near Milton heard screams Sunday and found his 22 year old son cradling a small black bear cub inside the home. The bear, weighing 45 pounds, released after a vicious kick. The bear had raided a chicken coop and killed five chickens before entering the house and was kept captive by the farmer awaiting a buyer.
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Walla Walla
Ahge
Loead
Milton
Locati
Rokken
Tovat
Jane Addams Elected President of Charities Conference
In Buffalo on June 16, Dr G H Lessie of Los Angeles and Rev 8 Friedman of Denver spoke at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. Lessie denounced sending advanced consumption patients to health resorts. Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago was elected president yesterday.
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Buffalo
G. H. Lessie
Los Angeles
Cal
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Friedman
Denver
Jane Addams
Hult House
Chicago
Kidnapers Demand $130,000 From Fruit Dealer
Evansville Indiana report states fruit dealer Michael Fasniano received a mysterious letter demanding 130000 dollars. The note threatened kidnapping of Fasniano’s daughter and was mailed from Mexico City on June.
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Evansville
Ind
Michael Fasniano
Pasiano
Mexico City
Money Transfer Ordered To Kansas City Man
Postal authorities and detectives are at work on the case as they pursue a man in Kansas City to whom the funds were directed.
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Kansas City
New York Butchers to Fight Meat Trust
New York retail butchers unite to shield customers from the meat trust. Edward F. ONeill announces the Retail Butchers Fat Rendering Co to process byproducts like tallow and candles, aiming for 7 cents a pound value on fat and potential price rises next week. The plan could force many small shops to close within six weeks amid expected market crash fears.
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New York
United Butchers
Little Fellows
Farmers Build Warehouses in Nez Perce Section
Nez Perce Idaho. Farmers' educational and cooperative union selected a site for a grain warehouse and called for bids for two houses one in Nez Perce and one four miles west. The union will handle 60 percent of local grain with capacity for 160000 sacks. Kerr Gifford & Co. will build one house and others may join the venture as indications point to multiple warehouses.
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Nez Perce
Idaho
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union
Bida
Kerr- Gifford & Co
Vollmer-Clearwater Company
Interior Warehouse Company
Fire Claims Child and Man in Benicia Residence
A residence near Benicia California burned destroying the home of W J Hamlin superintendent at Vulcan rock works. Hamlin saved his wife by hurling her from a second story window but was fatally burned himself. The child died in the upstairs room and foreman McNamara is missing. his body is expected to be found among the ruins. The blaze left the house a total loss three miles from the city.
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Benicia
Cal
Vulcan Rock Works
W. J. Hamlin
Hamlin
Foreman McNamara
Hamlins
Alice Longworth Aims To Balloon Ride After Dayton Event
New York dispatch reports Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth seeks approval from Congressman Nicholas Longworth to ascend in Foland Forbes' balloon after the Wright brothers home celebration in Dayton Ohio on June 17 and 18. Forbes, who recently won the Indianapolis endurance race, met Mrs. Longworth and agreed to lift her into the air upon his return, though her husband’s consent remains uncertain.
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New York
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Folland Forbes
Indianapolis
Longworth
Forbes
Fat Lady Seeks 320000 In Jersey City Court
New York. Miss Kitty Plunkette of Plizabeth values her flesh at 100 a pound and sues in Jersey City Supreme Court against Public Service Corporation to recover 200 pounds and 20000 dollars for the alleged loss from a fall of a car. She has 400 pounds left but says it is not enough to earn her living by her profession as a fat lady.
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New York
Kitty Plunkette
Plizabeth
Supreme Court
Jersey City
Public Service Corporation
Nordstrom to be Executed Friday at Salem Prison
Invitations were sent by C W James superintendent of the penitentiary for the execution of Adolf N Nordstrom on Friday June 18 at the prison. Nordstrom killed John Peterson in Tillamook county and was convicted on May 6 1909.
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Nordstrom
Salem
Ore
C. W. James
Adolf N. Nordstrom
John Peterson
Tillamook County
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Alice Longworktil
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Central Meat Market
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East Oregonian
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