New Telephone Line Endorsed for Ukiah to Long Creek
Commercial association backs a funded telecommunication project to build a line from Dale to Long Creek. Promoters seek 400 dollars in Pendleton to buy stock at 100 dollars per share, with dividend potential and resale value. R H Wilcox and G M Rice handle subscriptions. a 2000 dollar capital stock company aims to complete the project.
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Nottig
Wilcox and Rice
Board of Managers
the Commercial Association
Ukiah
Long Creek
R. H. Wilcox
Pendleton
Dale
Grant
G. M. Rice
First National Bank
Rectory Planned For Church of the Redeemer
Vestrymen plan to build a new rectory for the Church of the Redeemer rector. Funds to be raised. site will reuse the present location. Estimated cost about 3000 dollars. Rev Charles Quinney will occupy the old rectory as the new one is erected.
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Church of the Redeemer
KR. J. Slater
Whder Way
Charles Quinney
Indians in Pendleton Fourth of July Parade
Pendleton plans to include 16 to 20 Umatilla Indians in the Independence Day procession with Joe Craig and Captain Sumkin arranging with the parade committee. They seek to express friendship to Pendleton’s business community and citizens, not for pay but to honor the celebration, and lists of elder war heroes may be worn as finery. Baker City has failed to secure Indians for its own Fourth of July float.
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Pendleton
Joe Craig
Captain Sumkin
Indiana
Ald Craig
Enat Oregonian
Umatilla
Meeting yields pledge to raise twenty five dollars each
At the meeting the board of managers concluded that most attendees would contribute twenty five dollars apiece, and there is little doubt the full amount can be raised locally.
Council Meeting Tonight Debates Special Election Result
The council will canvass the recent special election vote and declare the result. Amendments adopted will take effect and the council may act on levee city hall and other improvements, with preliminary steps toward implementing plans.
Dodd Nominated for Mayor of Hermiston
Dodd formerly of this city now living in Hermiston has been nominated for mayor by east side residents near the O R N track. West side supporters plan to nominate tonight with Engineer Carr of the reclamation service favored. The city election is set for next Monday July 1 amid high interest as each side surveys districts and forecasts victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. Dodd
P. Dodd
Hermiston
Engineer Carr
Reclamation Service
Consolidation Defeated In Mil ton Area School Vote
In a recent school election the proposal to consolidate districts 12 18 and 67 near Mil ton failed decisively. Districts 12 and 14 did not post proper notices so the question was not put to a vote. In district 67, the largest, consolidation was rejected 19 to 2.
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Milton
Funeral Directors Meeting Draws Oregon Leaders
M. A. Rader, prominent undertaker, travels to Portland to attend the Oregon Funeral Directors association meeting this week, which will conclude with a banquet Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Rader
Portland
Oregon Funeral Directors’ Association
Marriage License Issued for Crayne and Hutchen
A marriage license was issued limiting the license to John Sherman Crayne and Mable M Hutchen, both residents of the county.
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John Sherman Crayne
Mable M. Hutchen
Labor conditions improve for wheat harvest in Athena area
Rancher Jerry Stone reports favorable farming conditions in the Athena section and a potential bumper crop if weather stays right. He expects harvest labor to be easier to secure this year due to mill closures in western Washington, with workers becoming plentiful in Walla Walla. A Nex Perce Indian named Mark Simmons was found dead near Culdesac Idaho. death suspected murder, though a fall from a horse could be a cause.
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Jerry Stone
Athena
Westerny
Mr. Stone
Washington
Walla Walla
Mark Simmons
Culdesac
Idaho
Resume of Public Land Resolutions
The document summarizes a public land convention stance favoring land sales to settlers, protecting state water rights and irrigation, promoting low cost water and power, and endorsing forest reserves only where compatible. It urges honest reporting, penalties for false statements, and expansion of inspection authority. It also supports the irrigation law, protections for homesteaders, and reduction of excess forest reservations where undesired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Land Department
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Forestry Service
Wedding Plans Prompt Action With Quick Decision
The speaker notes the wedding is two weeks away and stresses the need to decide soon. They propose a plan to resolve the matter quickly and suggest heading out to begin making preparations. The fragment ends with an invitation to continue the discussion.
Winslow Bros Jewelry Store Offers Wide Selection
The Winslow brothers present a large range of items suitable for every buyer. Customers are urged to visit to see and choose from the extensive offerings.
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Winslow Bros.’ Jewelry Store
Crank skating contest results and lodge notes
The Crank rink contest yields results for Elain Matlock and Clara Thompson among others with scattered entries and a judge noting a possible season record. Also reported are the Eastern Star Bushee chapter’s recent meeting with nine initiates and a summer recess announced until September.
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Elain Matlock
Freak Rose Found Growing Stem Through Blossom
Judge Thomas Fitz Gerald displays a bizarre rose grown entirely through its bloom with water circulating through the petals and branching leaves above. Also noted is Carloade Horn 4.H. Switeler visiting the city, involved in shipping twenty cores of horses to the middle states, while New York and Chicago Philadelphia acreage figures are cited as 219,015 or 342 square miles and 196,767 acres or 307 square miles respectively.
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Thomas Fitz Gerald
H. Switeler
Umatila
Middle States
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
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Empire Tea Co
Empire Tea & Crockery Co
Schmidt Bldg
W. Campbell, Mer
Bud Atkinson
Alta Sts
Tel
Red
NEW Telephone Line
China
Tallman & Co
Patriotic Young America
Fraziers’ Book Store
Wim
Council
Will
Hendrickw
Cormuer
Rally
Round the Flag Boys
Boston
Roosevelt
Crank
Recorder's Office
Foz Gerald
Bushee
The
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Iia
Max Baer
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