City Baseball League forming with O W R N crew team
A city baseball league formation is under way led by O W R N employees and the Local Elks Lodge. The group aims to schedule Sunday games, build a local league with extra teams, and raise funds for the Elks travel to the Portland convention. Players include Joiner Wiesler Rose Beam Barr Brush McKee Copeland Dietz and Keefe Sturgis as a battery, with plans to host Elk teams from Wallin Wall a and La Grande.
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Bcal
Elks
Loca
Wiesler
Walter Rose
Habe Beam
R. J. Brush
Pat McKee
Lees Barr
Copeland
Bill Dietz
Portland
Keefe
Sturgis
Wallin Walla
la Grande
Reward Offered for Bay Horse Colt Strayed in Pendleton
A $15 reward is offered for the bay horse colt three years old this spring. It is heavy with a blocky build and branded R L on the left shoulder, a star on its face, and a white hind foot. It strayed from Capt. Kid's pasture on McKay Creek. Alfred Laing.
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Pendleton
Kid
McKay Creek
Alfred Laing
Pendleton Athletic Club Boxing Event Postponed
The Pendleton Athletic Club announces an indefinite postponement of the smoker and boxing contest scheduled for tonight. No new date has been set and admission details remain unchanged.
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Boxing Club
Pendleton Atletic Club
Pendleton Athletic Club
Cooked Food Sale by Church Ladies
The ladies of the Christian church will hold a cooked food sale at the Creamery building on Saturday March Sth. Proceeds support church activities.
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The
Ladies of the Christian Church
Wit
Creamery
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Tells of local sickness and meetings
Several Pendleton items report Dickey Evans Jr. sinking fever to 104 and a typhoid case. Property owners plan a Jackson street meeting at the Commercial club to discuss street improvement. Pred Peterson returns from Argentina after Holt Harvester work while Martin’s pavement stance draws owner interest. A one year old Carney child near McKay shows cautious pneumonia improvement at F M Edwards' home on Ash Street.
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Jackson Street
South America
Pred Peterson
Helix
Argentine
Holt Harvester Company
N. P
Pendleton
E. B. Carney
McKay
F. M. Edwards
Ash Street
Funeral for Charlie Hawkes Held at Methodist Church
Dozens pay respects as high school honors deceased student Charlie Hawkes. Funeral at the Methodist church featured Rev. Nathan Evans delivering the sermon while students and friends gathered for the last rites.
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Charlie Hawkes
Methodist Church
Nathan Evans
High School
Miss Genevieve Hailey Designs Portland Elks Card
The Hartman Abstract office displays an official invitation card for the Portland lodge of Elks. Drawn by Miss Genevieve Hailey daughter of the late Thomas Hailey the design was selected from many submissions and praised for its artistry and suitability.
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Miss Hailey
Hartman Abstract Company
Portland Lodge of Elks
Genevieve Hailey
Thomas Hailey
Portland Lodge
Dr Whittaker Returns From Cambridge Idaho
Dr Whittaker has returned from Cambridge Idaho where he had been for several weeks tending interests. Mrs Whittaker remains in Idaho. The physician says spring is a few weeks later near Cambridge than in Umatilla county. Spring work will not begin there for two weeks.
George Cochran Visits Eastern Oregon Candidacy
George Cochran of La Grane a member of the state water board and Republican candidate for congress from the Eastern Oregon district was in town last evening. He left for Portland and will tour eastern Oregon towns on his return to campaigning.
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George Cochran
George T. Cochrane
la Grane
State Water Board
Congress
Oregon
Mr. Cochran
Portland
Hermiston fans seek rematch with Strangler Smith
Following Jack Kennedy’s notable showing against Eddie O Connell of Portland, Hermiston supporters urge a home town match pitting their local grappler against Strangler Smith. The Kennedy defeat by Multnomah Instructor did not dampen enthusiasm, and fans back their 150 pound champion against O Connell or any rival in the same weight class.
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Strangler
Jack Kennedy
Hermiston
Eddie O'Connell
Portland
Stanfield
Pride of the Project
Strangler Smith
Kennedy
Multnomah
O'Connell
Officials Here on Inspection Tour
A party of O.W. BR. & N. officials led by J. P. O'Brien J. D. Sinck and William Follows arrived in Pendleton from Spokane for an inspection tour of Washington and Oregon. They spent the night and departed this morning with Connolly returning to Spokane and the Oregon officials joining the Westbound local in their private cars 01 and 03.
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J. P. O'Brien
Oregon
J. D. Sinck
William Follows
William Connolly
Washington
Pendleton
Spokane
Connally
Elks Elect New Officers At Regular Meeting
At the Elks regular meeting last night officers for the coming year were elected: C S Cheshire exalted ruler James H Sturgis leading knight Cheeres Strand loyal knight Roy Alexander lecturing knight Thomas FitzGerald secretary Fred W Lampkin treasurer Thomas Smart tyler D B Bailey grand lodge representative Frank J Quinlan alternate representative Ron W Ritner trustee. They will begin duties on the first Thursday in April when appointive officers are announced.
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Flks
the Elks
Cheshire
James
Sturgis
Cheeres Strand
Roy Alexander
Thomas FitzGerald
Fred W. Lampkin
Thomas Smart
Tyler
D. B Bailey
Grand Lodge
Frank J. Quinlan
Ron W. Ritner
Whistler Arrives to Begin Power Site Investigation
John T. Whistler, the Portland engineer who built the Umatilla project, has arrived on No 6 and left at 7 with City Engineer Kimbrell for Milton to start work. The council has taken an option on the power site and Whistler’s findings will largely determine the fate of the proposed municipal power plant.
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Whistler
John T. Whistler
Portland
Umatilla
Kimbrell
Milton
Local Couple Get License For Walter A Smith Dora Johnson
County Court Has Troubles In Designating Polling Places. Commissioners Walker and Cockburn struggle to secure convenient sites as farms consolidate. Cottonwood and Fulton lose school houses as polling venues. An excursion train of business men will stop in Pendleton March 26 at 4 33 p m to promote the livestock and twearket industry with a one hour visit.
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Walter A. Smith
Dora Johnson
Walker
Cockburn
Cottonwood
Fulton
Keefe
The
Commercial Association
Washington-Idaho Development League
Pendleton
Jack London Ships A B Crew With New Wife
Writer Jack London will sail as an A B on the Dirigo bound for Seattle with a coal cargo. He travels with his new wife Charmion Kittredge and plans to voyage toward the Horn in a square rigged Yankee clipper. London’s marriages and legal entanglements are noted, with background on prior Illinois divorce law and cross state considerations.
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Horn
Baltimore
Jack London
Seattle
London
Chicago
Illinois
Long Lan
Julien W. Mack
Commerce Court
Ilinois
Charmilon Kittredge
Persian famine relief appeals prompt Red Cross aid request
Dr Moody reports cannibalism tale in Hamasan province where 40 000 people face starvation. The Persian American Educational Society urges Red Cross to help and notes W Morgan Shuster, once Persia’s treasurer general, might have eased the crisis if Persia had supported him, blaming grafters for draining the public treasury.
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Tied Cross
Washington
Persia
Pr Moody
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Echo
Norway
Finnan Haddie
Gray Bros. Grocery Co. Quality Grocers
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Dudley Evans
Martin
C. H. Martin County
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A. BR
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