Oregon normal schools to close for two years
Colonel E B Hofer and L Starr visit Weston and Pendleton to inventory Normal school buildings and equipment. The Oregon board plans to seal, sell perishables, and hand the pedagogical library to Pendleton High School while awaiting next legislature. Hofer predicts major education standard shifts and broader civics in two years.
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Regents
Weston—Normal Library
Pendleton
EB. Hofer
Capital Journal
Board of Normal School Regents
Weston
L. Starr
Oregon
Weston Normal
Pendleton High School
Landers
State Normal School Board
Sanders
Col
Hofer
Baker City Schools Board
Col. Hofer
Normal School Board
San Francisco Merchants Plan Fight Against Spokane Ruling
San Francisco invites manufacturers shippers and bankers to a meeting at the Merchants Exchange to organize unified action against the Interstate Commerce Commission Spokane adjustment approval set for June 9. William R Wheeler of the Merchants Exchange traffic bureau will attend Washington to protest. Los Angeles and Sacramento groups may join from the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Spokane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Merchants Exchange
William R. Wheeler
Merchants’ Exchange
Washington
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Pretty Lilza Weeden Seeks Husband For Quarter Million
Menlo Park California May 25 Pretty Lilza Weeden has placed an unusual ad offering to marry for a price of a quarter of a million dollars. She says the ad is a business proposition, not a rush to wed, and she will consider only a man with genuine bank funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menlo Park
Calif
Lilza Weeden
Spokane Rejects Railroad Compromise
Spokane chamber of commerce rejected the compromise offered by G Woodworth and W H Kenny. They will demand enforcement of the Spokane rate decision by the interstate commerce commission on June 9. The compromise adds a local rate east of Chicago, yielding no relief to Inland points. Read the Want ads today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Chamber of Commerce
G. Woodworth
Great Northern
W. H. Kenny
Northern Pacific
Interstate Commission
Chicago
City Exhibits and Corner Stone Event In Town
Will arrange exhibit for A Y P exposition as B L Lathrop visits from Ohio. Corner stone laid for First Christian church on Main street with delegates from nearby towns attending. Sheep caravans moving to mountains for summer range amid good snowpack and strong pasture prospects. Bank president Frazier fished on Main street bridge for amusement as crowds watched.
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B. L. Lathrop
J. T. Dougall
Ohio
Seattle
First Christian Church
Frazier
Bank of Milton
Pendleton
Main Street
New Bulking Committee Named by Damonlodge Knights
At last evening's meeting of Damonlodge No 4 Knights of Pythias a new committee was formed to negotiate with the Elks over building a jointly owned structure at the corner of Main and Water. The members are J W Maloney T G Montgomery M A Rader W S Bowman Jack Huston Rh W Fletcher and J R Raley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damonlodge No. 4
Knights of Pythias
the Elks
Main and
Water Streets
J. W. Maloney
T. G. Montgomery
M. A. Rader
W. S. Bowman
Jack Huston
Rh. W. Fletcher
J. R. Raley
Mrs Ford Injured After Fall At Judd Building
Mrs T B Ford wife of the Methodist church pastor suffered a severe back injury yesterday after a fall while descending stairs from Dr Kern’s office in the Judd building. She was taken home by cab and is resting well despite the seriousness of the injury.
Lake County to Dip All Sheep Over Scabby Outbreak
Dr. S and W McClure of the bureau of animal industry reports 25,000 scabby sheep in Lake county after his southwest Oregon trip. Government men will dip the entire county flock. Lake county wood has sold at 20 to 21 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
S&s. W. McClure
Bureau of Animal Industry
Oregon
Visitors from Walla Walla arrive for business and pleasure
S. Rader of Walla Walla and his relatives, including W. H. Rader and his daughter Mrs Green, recently reached the Garden City from South Dakota. The visit marks 14 years since the furniture store proprietor last saw his uncle, amid a notable family gathering in Pendleton.
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Walla Walla
S. Rader
M. A. Rader
W. H. Rader
Pendleton
South Dakota
Garden City
William H. Rader
Green
West
Rushing Sheep to Mountains
A brief note on moving flocks to higher elevations as winter forage dries up in lower ranges. The shift reflects scarcity of grazing near basins and the need to access fresh forage on mountain pastures during the drought period.
Roosevelt Popular With Blacks On African Hunt Trip
Nairobi May 26 United Press dispatch reports Roosevelt and his party are popular with natives at Heatly ranch camp. A buffalo hunt failed to locate the seven herd but Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit had sport with smaller game. Roosevelt to visit Governor Jackson at Natroh and stay until June 2 before continuing hunting ventures southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrington Dawson
United Press
Nairobi
Roosevelt
Heatly Ranch
Colonel
Kermit
Natroh
Jackson
STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION NAMED
Salem May 25 Governor Benson announced the conservation commission members seven J N Teal Portland F G Young Eugene C B Watson Ashland State Senator J N Hart Baker City J C Stevens Portland State Senator Frank J Miller Albany Principal C R Wilson of Portland academy The commission will take up the work started by the Chamberlain body to conserve the state's resources cooperation with other states and the United States government to achieve that end.
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Salem
Benson
Conservation Commission
J. N. Teal
Portland
F. G. Young
Eugene
C. B. Watson
Ashland
J. N. Hart
Baker City
J. C. Stevens
Frank J. Miller
Albany
C. R. Wilson
Portland Academy
Chamberlain
United States
Champion pugilist in auto accident near Elizabeth
In Elizabeth New Jersey on May 25 Jack Johnson heavyweight champion escaped serious injury after his automobile crashed into a tree on North Broad street near Westfield avenue. Johnson and no companions jumped clear as the car suffered heavy damage and required four hours to repair. The new car will be shipped to Europe soon for his use. He agreed to cover any tree damage if it contributed to its decay.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Jack Johnson
North Broad Street
Westfield Avenue
Johnson
Europe
Sister Accidentally Kills Her Brother in Spokane
In Spokane Washington on May 26 Mrs Steven Shields of Bonner Ferry Idaho accidentally shot and killed her 12 year old visiting brother Johnny Sullivan as he ran past a target. The bullet struck him in the right breast and he died instantly. Mrs Shields was prostrate at the scene.
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Spokane
Wash
Bonnera Ferry
Idaho
Steven Shields
Johnny Sullivan
Shieldsng
Weston Leaves Agate on Pedestrian Journey to Coast
Col. Agate May 25. Edward Pay son Weston the pedestrian is walking to the Pacific coast. He left Weston for Deer Trail, 13 miles west, to spend the night. He covered 37 miles yesterday after starting at Hugo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Agate
Col
Edward Payson Weston
Pacific Coast
Deer Trail
Hugo
Picturesque Forestry Building At Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo
The Forestry building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition showcases giant Douglass fir logs from Washington. Logs in the towering front colonnade exceed five feet in diameter, though contracted to be no larger. The exhibit includes a timber testing apparatus by the U S government, with the University of Washington to use the building as a forestry school after the fair, establishing Seattle as the Pacific Northwest timber testing station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
University of the State of Washington
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Hood River Berry Crop Poised to Reach 60000 Crates
Hood River Oregon May 25 shipments of strawberries begin arriving with early berries at $5 a crate and demand outpacing supply. Mosier ships about 12 crates daily from East Hood River Fruit Co claiming the area hosts the largest 33 acre field. 60 to 80 pickers will soon join. Crop expected to total 60000 crates, shipping a week to ten days later than last season. Thomas Prime exhibits a box of fruit from plants set last November, noted for rapid maturation under a new cultivation system.
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Hood River
Ore
Mosier
East Hood River Fruit Company
Oregon
Thomas Prime
Oak Grove
Prime
Suspect Arrested in Union Pacific Mail Robbery Probe
A tramp calling himself L. A. Steinhoff was arrested in Cheyenne Wyoming as a suspected accomplice in the Union Pacific mail robbery near Omaha on Saturday night. On arrest, authorities found bank notes totaling about 800 dollars issued by Reno Seattle Spokane and Towahanks.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
L. A. Steinhoff
Union Pacific Mail
Omaha
Reno
Seattle
Spokane
Police Court Fines Hit Four Men After Street Fight
Judge FitzGerald presided over a busy police court day with bootlegging and drunk and disorderly cases in the morning and four men fined in the afternoon. Al Richardson received 10 dollars as chief offender, Will Fish got five, Chick Humphrey and Bill Johnson each fined five after a Cres cent saloon dispute that moved to the depot.
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FitzGerald
al Richardson
Will Fish
Richardson
Fish
Chick Humphrey
Bill Johnson
Crescent
La Grande Father Visits Field Meet Star Son
Jack Peare of La Grande, father of one of La Grande's athletic representatives, and former holder of the coast high hurdle record, came over this morning to see his boy perform this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Peare
la Grande
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Standard Grocery Co
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Wm. E. Hanscom
Pendleton Dye Works
Carl Wheeler
Alta Street
Cottonwood Street
Wheeler Property
Dan P. Smythe
Arlington
Echo
State Conservation Commission
Hanan C. O
C. O
Douglas
Kelly C. O
Boston
Pendleton Drug CO
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