May 23 Commencement Set for High School Class of 1912
Commencement day for the high school is set for May 23, two weeks from today, with seventeen seniors receiving diplomas enabling entry to university or college. Honors include Karl Eaton, Chester Fee, Chester Gordon, Claude Hampton, Leo Haw, John Hinderman, Hubert Hopper, Clayton Strain, Bernice Dillon, Alice Forshaw, Lenora Horn, Helen Johns, Della Morse, Myrell Parrett, Claire Raley, Gladys Satterlee, and Katherine Stanfield. Professor Ressler of Oregon Agricultural College will give the commencement address and Rev. Raymond C. Brooks of Walla Walla is invited to deliver the baccalaureate sermon. arrangements for the full week are still being finalized.
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Karl Eaton
Chester Fee
Chester Gordon
Claude Hampton
Leo Haw
John Hinderman
Hubert Hopper
Clayton Strain
Bernice Dillon
Alice Forshaw
Lenora Horn
Helen Johns
Della Morse
Myrell Parrett
Claire Raley
Gladys Satterlee
Katherine Stanfield
Raymond C. Brooks
Walla Walla
Brooks
Animals play games says Bronx Zoo curator Dimar
Curator Dimar notes animals engage in playful acts based on observation. Peruvian chinchillas exhibit squat tag with squeaks and rolling, while squirrels play hide the nut and deer run jumping races. Badgers tumble playfully and pigs imitate tag unsystematically, with guinea pigs quarreling more.
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Bronx Zoo
New York
Dimara
Bronx Zoological Park
Back From California W A Finnell Still Lame
W A Finnell returns from California still lame from a five month old scaffold fall in Oakland in which his leg was broken and his eyesight is affected. Wesley Matlock takes his youngest daughter Lulu to Portland for eye specialist care as advised by physicians. A new five passenger Cadillac roadster arrives in Pendleton driven by Dana Smythe on a sand road trip. Civic club seeks enforcement of weeds in street ordinance and urges immediate council action before weed seeds mature.
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California
W. A. Finnell
Oakland
Wesley Matlock
Lulu
Portland
Dana Smythe
Umatilla
Civic Club
Property Transfers And Parole Update In Pendleton Area
Harry T Hexter sold to Joseph Francis multiple lots in Reservation addition Pendleton for 100 dollars. C FR Miller and wife sold Lot 1 Block 2 Kirk's third addition Athena for 1400 dollars. Sheriff Taylor took Bert Pixler to Salem penitentiary after parole revoked. Pixler faces multiple indictments as he serves the remaining term before a new one.
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Harry T. Hexter
Joseph Francis
Pendleton
South Market
Post Streets
C. FR. Miller
Athena
Dora
Jesse Myrick
Kirk
Taylor
Salem
Bert Pixler
Pixler
Weat
Epworth League Elects Officers at Monthly Meeting
The Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church elected officers including President W B Waters and vice presidents Fannie Wyllie Ellen Gregory Marie Snyder Ida Hinderman for the branch with 103 members, reports show growth and missions support. The treasurer noted 432.10 raised, and projects include new pulpit light, communion set, and lawn improvements.
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Epworth League
Methodist F Episcopal Church
W. B E. Waters
Fannie Wyllie
Ellen Gregory
Marie Snyder
Ida Hinderman
Alfred Chistiansen
Edna Earl
Edna Wisdom
Dorris Gregory
Japan
League
Plan for Big Trip to Old Baltimore
During a Portland meeting of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge finance committee the delegation discussed a June trip to Baltimore to organize the group and transact business. The main issue is selecting a national committeeman from Oregon with Sen M A Miller reportedly seeking to hold the post and rivals named including Judge A S Bennett Judge Will R King and Fred W Holman.
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Portland
Dave
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Maloney
Baltimore
Oregon
Sen
M. A. Miller
A. S. Bennett
The
Dalles
Will R. King
Fred W. Holman
Father shoots son during home interview over wife
John Shell, 52, shot and wounded Arthur Shell, 27, at 2426 La Salle St in Chicago after the son insisted on seeing his wife, the elder Shell’s stepdaughter. The father says self defense. Arthur was taken to People's Hospital with a bullet thru the left lung and another through the left wrist. Authorities planned statements but Arthur’s condition hindered interview.
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Chicago
Arthur Shell
John Shell
Twenty-Second Street
Shell
la Salle Streets
People's Hospital
Ryan
Indiana judge uses hand test for vagrants in Munlee
Judge Frank Feley of the Munlee City Court applies a native four part hand test to vagrants who claim honest work. When confronted with a prisoner, the judge demands to see hands. If the hands look unduly labor free, conviction follows. Ira Bracken testified of hard work and no current job before the court.
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Munlee
Ind
Frank Feley
City Court
Ira Bracken
Veterinary liquor prescriptions in dry territory debated
The State Board of Pharmacy asked if a duly registered veterinary can write a whisky prescription for a sick horse and have it honored in a dry area. Attorney General Hogan says take the horse to a wet county for treatment and notes prescriptions may be refilled but the alcohol may not reach the horse. Also includes ironic maxims about avoiding wasted money and discovering a woman's weakness.
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Columbus
State Board of Pharmacy
Hogan
Blow to pieces as he sits down in Sharon Mass
Thomas J. Leary town tree warden, 35, contractor, reportedly carried dynamite in his pocket. He sat beneath a Foxboro street tree and a blast blew him apart, carving a three foot crater. Reported cause unknown though contact with a rock is suspected. Nearby houses rocked for miles. Funeral arrangements announced for deceased brother Eric.
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Sharon
Mass
Thomas J. Leary
Foxboro Street
Leary
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Blue Mountain, OR
Ressler
Agricultural College
Rev. Brooks
D. Ressler
Oregon Agricultural College
Inland Empire Biscuit Go's
Gray Bros. Grocery Co
Quality Grocers
Newsy
Real Estate Transactions
Old Baltimore
Indiana
Bracken
Wm. Hanscom
X Chang
Pising
Alta
Workingmens Clothing Co
Integrity Lodge No. $2
Eric
Ned Cropper
N. G
Kloster Bray Beer
Alfred Schneiter
Golden Rule
Clark’s Grocery
Main Street
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