Congress Holds Sunday Session During Inaugural Week
Washington March 3 Senate and House sat on Sunday for the unusual legislative session as Congress neared noon Tuesday. Visitors for the inauguration watched lawmakers work. Speaker Clark pounded the desk gavel to control a noisy floor. Naval bill battleship provisions faltered as conferees failed to reconcile House and Senate plans, risking the fate of a 150 million dollar appropriation.
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Streets Should Be Renumbered Say Pendleton Group
At a Commercial association meeting C. Wheeler and supporters propose renaming and renumbering Pendleton streets and houses for a clearer addressing system. They favor numerical or alphabetical layouts to aid locating addresses without maps and seek Commercial club endorsement.
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Commercial Club
Princeton Students Greet President Wilson at Willard
Washington reports Princeton University honors its distinguished alumnus President elect Wilson with a large reception at the Willard Hotel. About 9900 alumni and students attended a carded, two hour event prior to his inaugural address tomorrow. Local alumni act as hosts while Mrs. Wilson and daughters do not attend.
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Princeton University
Wilson
New Willard Hotel
Princeton
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Nassau
Capitol
Taft
Yale Almuni Association
Wiley to Speak Tonight on Pure Foods at Pendleton High
Dr Harvey Wiley former chief of the chemistry bureau of the department of agriculture will lecture on pure foods at the Pendleton high school auditorium replacing John E B Gunekel on the lyceum program. His fight against poisons in foods has earned nationwide admiration and he is expected to draw a large audience. The talk will start at o'clock and Gunekel tickets will be honored at the door.
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Pendleton
Harvey W. Wiley
Chemistry Bureau
Department of Agriculture
John EB. Gunekel
Lyceum
Wiley
Dr. Wiley
Gunekel
Fisher Defers San Francisco Water Rights Request
Secretary Fisher flatly refused the request to grant San Francisco water rights in Hetch Hetchy valley for a city supply, stating he did not have the authority to act.
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Washington
San Francissco
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Fisher
Newsy Notes of Pendleton
Newborn daughter announced for Mr and Mrs W L Boynton of 308 Bush Street. Emma Colomb from Portland joins Miss Anderson's millinery in Pendleton. Three men Madison Wright Hale jailed for drunkenness in police court. Burgess and Mann depart for Salem to join adjourned legislative session. Real estate transfers include Walter B Brooke and wife to Laura Childers for six and twenty three acres, and C F Schmscher to George T Talbert for four thousand dollars for twenty acres.
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W. L. Boynton
Bush Street
Boynton Grocery
Walter B. Brooke
Laura Childers
N. R
C. F. Schmscher
George T. Talbert
Hal Corby Injured in Horse Riding Accident
Hal Corby, salesman at the F E Livengood store, cannot work today after a horse ride on West Court Street ended when the animal fell and broke his foot yesterday. Additionally, two flatcars on O W R N side tracks drew attention, loaded with large flammable tubes for a pinch gas plant to supply coaches. Circuit Judge G W Phelps, recently recovering from smallpox, will resume duties tomorrow as quarantine ends.
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F. E Livengood
West Court Street
Phelps
G. W. Phelps
Aged Father Is Dead Near Eugene Oregon
Henry Thompson left this afternoon for Dearborn on the McKenzie river near Eugene after learning of his father Fayette Thompson’s death last evening. The 89 year old pioneer of Lane county had recently endured his wife’s passing months earlier.
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Sage
Laine County
Plains
Bert Livermore Paroled After Gambling Raid Guilty Plea
Bert Livermore, one of five men arrested in a gambling raid, pleaded guilty in police court Saturday and was paroled this morning by Judge FitzGerald after paying $25 of a $75 fine. He appeared at 9 o'clock and was released on parole under a friend's guarantee to return.
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Bert Livermore
FitzGerald
Land sale commission suit filed over 280 acres in Wallowa County
S. L. Burnaugh Jr sues L. A. Pinkley for 35 as commission on a 280 acre Wallowa county land sale to Young M. Costley and James W. Muir. He claims legal appointment as agent and Pinkley failed to honor the agreement. Land brought 7000. Burnaugh seeks 5 percent. Attorney is Thomas M. Dill.
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L. A. Pinkley
Wallowa County
Young M. Costley
James W. Muir
Thomas M. Dill
Change of Principals at Washington and Hawthorne Schools
Miss Sarah Ruggles, long time seventh grade teacher at Washington, is appointed principal of Hawthorne School replacing A. B. Sacre who resigned and departed for Hood River. Miss Mary Maclay moves to Ruggles eighth grade, while Lena M. Gilman of Portland is elected to fill the Hawthorne vacancy. Gilman previously taught at Fossie and Grass Valley.
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Washington School
Hawthorne
A. B. Sacre
Hood River
Mary Maclay
Miss Ruggles
Lena M. Gilman
Portland
Gilman
Fossie
Grass Valley
Interested In Magazine Founder Resigns to Buy Magazine Interest
A. R. Lord, long time advertising manager of the Walla Walla Bulletin and former Pendleton resident, has resigned and bought a half interest in the Up-to-the-Times Magazine. The monthly publication promotes regional development. Lord will stay in Pendleton for two weeks to organize a Umatilla county department.
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A. R. Lord
Walla Walla
Old Spelling Bee Revival In Umatilla County
County Superintendent I E Young revived the long-dormant spelling bee at a county principals meeting. Pupils across Umatilla County will compete in correctly pronouncing words in proper sequence, with examples like xylobalsomum.
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I. E. Young
Umatilla County
Countywide school contest to crown district champions
The county plans to divide into districts to select district champions who will compete until two remain to meet for the county championship in Pendleton. Contests start with the next school term. An industrial exhibit may be added to the district fair or the teachers institute if no fair is held. The county athletic association executive committee meets in Athena Friday to arrange the annual track meet.
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Teachers’ Institute
County Athletic Association
Athena
Wilson and Bryan greeted with ovation in Trenton
Thousands gathered to welcome Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan as they prepared for the inauguration. Up to sixty special trains carried visitors toward Washington and nearby cities, while Princeton undergraduates supervised the home departure. Wilson joked about a coin on his instep and noted a mole removal on his forehead.
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N. J
Woodrow Wilson
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Wilson
Old Nassau
10 000 Women March in Nation's Capital
A massive suffrage parade in Washington D C drew 10000 marchers with floats from many nations and regions. Bands, banners, and costumed groups led by heralds showcased the progress of women’s rights from 1840 to today and featured nurses lawyers teachers and homemakers among the diverse contingents.
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Germany
Rosalie Jones
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Friends of Suffrage
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California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
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