OWRN Officials Boost Roundup With Extensive Advertising
Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company officials boosted Pendleton Roundup promotion after visiting the city. The group toured Roundup Park and the woolen mills while planning broad advertising on Harriman system trains with folder distribution. The council ordered a twenty foot park driveway to improve access to the grandstand area.
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Pendleton
William McMurray
C.W. R. & N. Company
R. B. Miller
F. W. Robinson
John M. Scott
H. W. Lounsberry
Bassinger
L. J. Spence
Chicago
Oregon
Portland
Condemnation Suit Involving Hendricks Tract Near Asylum
Testimony concluded as witnesses described land values from 100 to 600 dollars per acre for ten acres owned by C. C. Hendricks. The state seeks possession for asylum use and the jury faces a moot question on testimony. Delays possible. defense wrapped with Frank Nude matter. State Treasurer T. B. Kay testified yesterday and today.
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C. C. Hendricks
Frank Nude
Hendricks
T. B. Kay
Pastor Becomes Hotel Chaplain in Spokane
Rev. D. E. Wilson resigns from Lidgerwood Congregations to serve as chaplain at a Spokane hotel. He will preach two Sundays and lead song services in the hotel roof garden and officiate weddings for house guests free of charge. The hotel claims the first U.S. hotel with a regularly ordained minister in its employ. His farewell sermon is set for May 28 before taking the new post after a short vacation.
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Spokane Wash
D. E. Wilson
Lidgerwood
Spokane
Jacob Goetz
United States
Mr. Wilson
Eastern Theological College
Northwest
Pendleton News Notes: Local Licenses and Incidents
Tari Sturdivant and Muriel Martin of Ukiah received a marriage license yesterday afternoon. The city council denied T. E. Raster’s lunch wagon petition near the depot after a license committee recommendation. The Coe section house was robbed Tuesday noon. clothes, a pistol, and other items were taken with no clues. Bond Bros. erect a large score board at Round-up Park to display inning-by-inning progress. EB C Johnson’s booklet on a famous Mexican bull fight, witnessed in Mexico City, lands in Pendleton via W F Matlock.
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Ong
Tari Sturdivant
Muriel Martin
Ukiah
T. E. Raster
Coe
Coe Station
Bond Bros
W. F. Matlock
EB. C. Johnson
Portland
Mr. Johnson
Mexico City
Chinaman Charley Young Defeats White in Bar Brawl
A fight at the Olympia saloon yesterday evening left Charley Young, a longtime employee described as a husky Chinaman, victorious over a white man. The incident sparks a new phase of tension surrounding the so called yellow peril in the local community.
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Charley Young
Olympia Eiloon
Round-up Bands in Demand for Two-Week Bayocean Engagement
R W Fletcher manager of The Round-up Cow-Boy band received a letter from Bayocean resort management asking if the group could be secured for a two weeks engagement at Bayocean park during the summer. The park is a popular coast resort and it is likely the land will accept the offer.
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R. W. Fletcher
Bayocean
Bayocean Park
New Hreservation Well Drills 251 Feet Near Foothills
John Crow, noted wheatraiser and reservation farmer, completed a new well on his home ranch three miles from the foothills. The well reaches 251 feet with water rising to 47 feet, and a gasoline engine pumps the water, keeping it from lowering despite abundant supply.
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John Crow
Kearney Case Affirmed By Supreme Court
The Oregon Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the local circuit court ruling in Clarence M. Kearney versus the O R and N Company. Kearney was awarded $2000 plus about $1000 for medical witnesses fees. railroad appeal on contributory negligence failed. Judge J A Fee and Raley and Raley represented Kearney.
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Kearney
Supreme Court
Clarence M. Kearney
O. R. & N. Company
J. A. Fee
Raley & Raley
Who Has the Authority in Sewer Dispute
Councilman Sharon raised a question at the last council meeting about authority to prevent tapping and illegal sewer connections after the sewer inspector’s abolishment. Opinions varied whether the sewer, health, or street committee or the city physician should oversee. the issue will be investigated before the next meeting.
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Sharon
City Hall Meeting Room Opens For Small Conventions
The second floor city hall room has new chairs and setup after a council meeting. It resembles other city theaters in size and seating capacity, designed to avoid crowding for attendees with long limbs and suited for ladies clubs and small organizations.
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Connellman Montgomery
City Council Rules on Livery Barn Ban Power
Court actions may challenge a proposed livery barn in West Webb district. City Attorney says city may prohibit in any area but requires a special ordinance to designate a district. Council fears setting a bad precedent though residents may seek redress in circuit court.
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West
Eclrcurt
King named estate administrator after father's death
A Frank EB. King has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father Jacob R. King who died at Weston on May 4. The estate is valued at 15000 dollars with Will M. Peterson as attorney for the administrator.
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Frank EB. King
Jacob R. King
Weston
M. Peterson
Mrs Green Wins Railroad Ticket At Peoples Ware House
Mrs Nate Green of 402 KEmst Alta won a free railroad ticket and Pullman fare from Peoples Warehouse with ticket No 231. Another ticket will be drawn tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the same manner.
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Green
Deaf mutes divorce in Seattle court case
In King county superior court Judge Wilson R. Gay grants a divorce between Bessie Garrett and Andrew Garrett based on testimony given entirely by deaf mutes. The case featured sign language testimony and reflected careful questioning by Mrs. Garrett's attorney. The Garretts, married in Russell Kansas, are parents of two daughters.
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Sien Langgage
Seattle
King County
Wilson R. Gay
Bessie Garrett
Andrew Garrett
Garretts
Russell
Kan
Garrett
Kansas City
Seaside Man Killed by Falling Tree While Felling
John Roberts, 67, died in Seaside Oregon after a tree he was felling with partners toppled. The trunk struck him on the head causing a skull fracture and instant death. He left a widow and six children: Thomas Jr. Dorothy Emma Baker Coffman Bain.
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John Roberts
Seaside
BPE
Stowell
Locksley Hall
Mr. Stowell
Miller & Company
W. J. Nelson
Northern Express Company
Portland
Mr. Roberts
Roberts
Thomas
John Jr
Dorothy
Emma Baker
William Coffman
Ph. H. Bain
Elsma
Wash
GorgonZola Routs Italian Stowaway
Antonio Skala, a Neapolitan stowaway bound for Keokuk, sneaks aboard Cunard’s Saxonia in Naples. He hides in the hold among Gorgonzola cases, enjoys the cheese on day one, then finds the odor and heavy atmosphere unpalatable by the second day at sea.
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New York
Antonio Skala
Keokuk
Antonio
Cunard Line
Naples
Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Frames Repaired
An optical shop offers eye examinations, eyeglass fittings, duplicate lenses, and frame repairs. Services cover prescription verification and frame adjustments.
Sailor in Odd Onboard Episode Near Gibraltar
The crew described a sailor acting wildly on deck, comparing him to an animated Gorgonzola. Captain Bettison had Antonio put ashore at Gibraltar, yet he vanished there. On the fourth day he was found cuddled in the fo'c'sle and fed, but forbidden to land in New York.
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Bettison
Antonio
Gibraltar
Savonia
New York
Senate Restaurant Declared Unreasonable Monopoly
Washington DC report says another monopoly was smashed as it sought to control the dispensation of pie and relief from high prices in the Senate and House restaurants. Senator Crane, acting as court of last resort, delivered the opinion. The New England Pie club, with secretaries and leading Northeastern officials as active members, orchestrated a wholesale plan but was met with retail pricing from the Senate steward.
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Washington, D. C
Crane
Senate
New England Pie Club
Gardner
House
New England Pre Club
Ple
Senator Crane Rules Against Senate Pie Club Discrimination
Senator Crane, chair of the rules committee, held that the senate restaurant conspired to monopolize food service for all and unjustly restrained trade against the New England Pie Club. Applying the rule of reason, he ordered members must have pie and could buy it at wholesale prices in the senate restaurant. No appeal lies.
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New England Ple Club
Crane
Committee On Rules
Ple Club
Senate
Cap
New England Pic Club
Senator Crant
Supreme Court
New England Pie Club
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James A. Fee
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