Club and Federation Current Literature and Thursday Clubs
Mrs Sommerville entertained the Current Literature Club with a study on the German Reformation, Luther, and Savonarola, plus Dickens etchings and songs by Miss Bettenbender and Mrs Roach. Annual meeting March 17 praised Bay View course. officers chosen for next year include G A Hartman president and Mrs Edwin Switcher vice president. Next meetings planned for March 25 and late March at Mrs Starkweather and Mrs Smiths homes.
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Mra Sommerville
E Sommerville
Cluir
Germany
Martin Luther
Sivonarola
Kaly
Charles Dickens
Regent Bettenbender
W. Roach
Lee Moorhouse
Bay View
G. A. Hartman
Edwin Switcher
Fred Shoemaker
J. F. Rovinson
T. M. Starkweather
C J. Smoith
Lewis Street
J. Ross Dickson
Jessie Hartman
Peter West Recovers From Diabetes Battle
Peter West returned to town yesterday evening for the first time in three months after confinement with diabetes. He is slowly regaining health and hopes to return to normal strength soon. J Officer of John Day is in the city for a short business visit, a noted stockman who recently returned from Calgary with a large shipment of horses for sale.
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Peter West
Calgary
John Day
Mr Officer
Sewer Connection Ordinance Aims at Regulating Private Waste Lines
A city sewer committee plans a new ordinance to standardize private to main sewer connections. It will set material standards, methods, and require a plumbing inspector. With July 1 deadline near, delays risk condemning old cesspools and closets and clogging the system, causing higher costs.
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Walla Walla
Riprap theft sparks city fine plan for levee repair
City officials pursue a resident who removed riprap from the east end levee top to build a basement. The man hopes to avoid replacement, while authorities propose fines ranging from ten to ten dollars per 24 hours until restitution is made, seeing a potential enforcement strategy.
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East End
Railagad to Dufur Branch of R and N Twenty Seven Miles Long
A Daliee i in the city reports a new railroad line planned from three miles above The Dalles to Dufur, 27 miles through a rich wheat district. The route will join O R & N tracks at Fifteen Mile creek mouth, near The Dalles, and is viewed as a branch of the O R N S N. The aim is completion to harvest the Dufur wheat crop this year to replace wagon transport.
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Conner
Dalles
Dufur
Fifteen Mile Creek
Washington
Bhe
O. KR
Wasco County
Mar
Prohibition Meet Held by City Officials and Guests
Hockert and Elmer A Newby lead the prohibition management in the city while entertainment providers depart for the valley to continue work in Western Oregon for the rest of the season.
Funeral of O W Dunbar Held at Gar den Street Home
Funeral services for O W Dunbar were conducted by Rev Robert Warner at his Gar den street residence with burial in Olney cemetery. A large crowd accompanied the casket to its final resting place. Pallbearers were news paper men from the city offices including E P Doddeg A Lathrop W E C Pruitt C Wo Mvere from the Tribune, R Edwards from the Guide, and Bert Huffman Fred Lampkin and Charles Sampeo from the East Oregonian.
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O. W. Dunbar
Garden Street
Robert Warner
Methodist Church
Olney
Pallhearers
The
Tribune
E. P. Doddeg A Lathrop
W. E. C. Pruitt
Demorest Medal Contest Aims For Prominent W C T U Program
The Women of the W C U T in charge of the Demorest medal contest plan a Monday night program at the Baptist church on March 21. The event, part of a broader city effort for the spring months, focuses on the temperance cause and promises a leading winter entertainment.
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W.C. U T
Baptist Church
Miss Dunbar Stricken With Severe Illness
Miss Agnes Dunbar was taken to St Anthony's hospital yesterday afternoon with a serious illness caused by a complication of grip and other ailments. She has long endured weak lungs and contracted a severe cold while visiting her father during his illness, leading to her current condition.
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Miss Dunbar
Miss Agnes Dunbar
St Anthony's Hospital
Montgomery brothers visit Kent Oregon for business
A B Montgomery and J E Montgomery of Helix are guests of their brother T G Montgomery. All three are grain buyers from Helix and are traveling to Kent Oregon to remain for an extended period on business.
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A B Montgomery
J. E. Montgomery
Helix
T. G. Montgomery
Aentlemen
Kent Oregon
Bualnese
Wilkinson Resigns to Join Planing Mills Staff
Herbert Wilkinson, engineer at the scouring mills for six years, resigns his post and will start work in a similar capacity for Hubert Forster at the planing mills. The change takes effect on the 21st of this month.
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Wilkinson
Herbert Wilkinson
Hubert Forster
Planing
Resignation of Albany Official Cited by Pressure of Business
G A Westgate of Albany, longtime member of the state agricultural board, has resigned from the Fair Sears board due to increasing private business pressures.
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G A. Westgate
Albany
State
Agcultural Hoart
Prohibition Lecture Draws Crowd at Court House
A large audience gathered at the court house last night to hear Rev. R. W. Kelsey of Newberg speak on prohibition. He outlined liquor’s harms to individuals and the state and business, urging action. Afterward, donations and pledges were collected to support the statewide prohibition campaign. W. Eugene Knox also spoke briefly.
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Court House
R. W. Kelsey
Newberg
W. Eugene Knox
Upcoming political and civic events in Oregon
April 18 Democratic state convention in Portland. April 14 Republican state convention statewide. April 16 meeting of Oregon Caterers' Association in Portland. May 2 Oregon Federation of Labor in Oregon City. Mar 1 General M E conference in Los Angeles. June 23 Oregon pioneers gathering at Weston. June 6 Oregon general election. June 15 16 17 Oregon encampment G A R in Hood River.
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Portland
Oregon Catteerowers
Oregon Federation of Labor
Oregon City
Mar
M. E
Los Angeles
Umatilla County
Weston
Oregon
Hood River
Hartman to Portland for weeklong trip
G A Hartman will depart in the morning for Portland to visit friends conduct business and look after land interests. He plans to stay about a week and return.
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Hartman
Portland
G A Hartman
Surveying Wild Horse Road Cutoff by County Surveyor Crew
County Surveyor J. W. Kimbrell and crew surveyed the new county road cutoff from Lee Street Bridge to the Wild Horse road above the Rugg farm. Moody delegates carried in county primaries by electing 97 of 107 delegates.
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Wild Horse Road
J. W. Kimbrell and Crew
Lee Street
Rugg Farm
Moody
Wasson County
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Edwin Clapp
Ewdin Clapp
Dindinger, Wilson & CO
Club and Federation
Woman's Club
Tallman & CO
Mantig
Just
F. S. Younger & Son Telephone Main
Railagad
Rev. Warner
Demorest
Fair Sears
J. A. Folger & Co
San Francisco
Collier
Conrad Platzoeder Meat Market
Herr Martin
OWL Tea
K. B
Kohn Brothers
Chicago
Kor
Boston
Main Street
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