Postmasters Seek Classified Service For Fourth Class Offices
Wonk! A state meeting led by Bennett formed a Umatilla county postmasters association to push fourth class Portland post offices into classified service. Officers include F and McCrmie Holdman president J C Williams Hermiston vice president and H G Casteel Pilot Rock secretary treasurer. Bennett plans statewide county organizations to press for efficiency based criteria.
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F. & McCrmie
Holdman
J. C. Williams
Hermiston
H. G. Casteel
Pilot Rock
Umatilla County
Bennett
Oregon
Means Stars for Pendleton on Oregon Eleven
Pendleton’s Lester Means earned praise for standout play as Oregon faced Multnomah in the home Thanksgiving game. Means ranked second on the varsity, broke up two first-half plays, blocked a key kick in the second half, and recovered a fumbled ball near Multnomah’s goal line.
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Lester Means
Pendleton
Oregon
Means
Carlson
Multnomah
Stott
Pilkington
James
Cold Starts Warn You To Act Early
A health advisory urges immediate action at the first signs of a cold. Delaying treatment may allow the illness to deepen and lengthen recovery, with each hour wasted potentially extending suffering. Take prompt steps now to curb the duration.
Commendation for Juvenile Court Work Prelude sermon
In the Sunday evening service at the Methodist Episcopal church Dr Ford will discuss conditions that necessitate juvenile court intervention, probation officers, and detention homes. He will commend Judge Gilliland’s efforts to shield young girls from assaults by men of baser sort and urge parents to supervise daughters out at night or unchaperoned at shows.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Ford
Gilliland
Tea as royal indulgence two centuries past
A fragment notes TEA as a royal indulgence from two hundred years ago and urges purchase from Schilline's Best with a promise of payment, while a grocer returns honey if not.
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Schilline
Woman Accused of Beating Boy Faces Juvenile Court
In a juvenile court inquiry Judge T P Cilli hears an allegation of severe abuse by Mrs. Platter on a boy under her care. The child, whose parents are dead, was reportedly struck with an axe handle and a shingle after alleged stealing. Neighbors aided the boy as the case unfolds.
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Willie Ayres
Wollie Platter
T. P. Cilli Fund
Acvordus
Uttle
Birch Creek Gil Narrow Escape in Los Angeles Fire
Grace Gilliam, a stenographer at the Balloon Route Excursion company in Birch Creek, narrowly escaped death when her office building caught fire in Los Angeles. She descended a smoke filled ladder into the arms of firefighters, supported by C. W. Oliver and others as smoke overwhelmed the second floor office.
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Grace Grillam
Birch Creek
Los Angeles
Balloon Route Excursion Company
Mise Grice Gilliam
Balloon Route Company
C. W. Oliver
Woman seeks habeas corpus for child custody in street scene
Mrs Lizzie Williamson seeks custody of Bud Leo Price, son of her first marriage, claiming wrongful withholding by his grandmother who currently has the boy. The writ was served on the street as a custody dispute follows a double divorce and remarriage within six months. The case involves a deceased father and a grandmother resisting the mother’s claim. Senator Levi Ankeny was in Pendleton between trains during a Baker City visit.
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Lizzie Williamson
Lizzle Williamson
Lizzle Price
Bud Leo Price
Williameson
Adams
Price
Janates
Wemotes Williamson
Yakima
Levi Ankeny
Walla Walla
Wis
Pendleton
Trief
Baker City
Expressmen and cabmen fined in Matlock field transport case
Grievances over transport of high school football fans to Matlock field led to trials for hauling without permits. Judge Fitz Gerald ordered both expressmen and hack drivers to cease abuse and be good, with several pleas entered or changed to guilty and suspensions tied to non repetition.
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Santa Claus
Therese
Expressmen
FitzGerald
Matlock Field
Loren Coffman
D. B. Waffle
J. C. Connen
J. B. Halley
J. Randolph
Hackmen
W. C. Kennedy
Guinea
Expresmen
Why No 1 Was Late in Pocatello
An hour delay on passenger train No 1 near Pocatello stemmed from a dispute between a mail clerk and the train dispatcher over the mail car’s position. The mail clerks refused to move the mail car, citing United States and R.M.S. rights, causing the delay before the train resumed its usual arrangement.
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Becaues
Pocatello
Reir
United States
Uncle Sam
Idaho
Nomination Equals Election At Helix Town Ticket
Nomination is equivalent to election in Helix where a single city ticket appears for the municipal election on Monday December 8. Norvall is nominated for mayor, Piper for recorder, Logan for marshal, Robertson for treasurer. Six councilmen are to be elected: Morrison Bayne Hutchinson for two years and Stanton Smith Lewie for one year. Voters will decide on a city pot ar mill tax to fund city government.
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Helix
Norvall
I. Piper
Recoiver
C. A. Logan
Marshal
Thos. Robertson
M. L. Morrison
J. H. Bayne
N. L. Hutchinson
Chas, Stanton
T. D. Smith
G. M. Lewie
New Contestant Enters Journal East Oregonian Race
Walter Taylor from Weston gains 2110 votes in the city division lineup for a subscriber contest tied to the Journal and East Oregonian. The standings show multiple contestants from Milton, Eugene, Hermiston, Athena, and other towns with Taylor listed at 2110 votes and Froome at 13266 in Helix for the out of town division.
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Journal-East Oregonian
Walter Taylor
Walter Iss
Isabella Taylor
Weston
Geraldine Froome
The
Journal
East Oregonian
Umatilla County
John Smith
Daily Or Sunday Journal
Milton Ganghl
Eugene Lymin
Gladys Brownfield
Burton Greulloh
Carrie Kennedy
Hagel Wyrlek
Harry Monteraatell
Fred Markhim
Echo
Carlina Agnew
Hermiston
Lola Bowers
Adams
Aliee Gaines
Athena
Odesea Russell
Joe Read
Wonton
Ester Sturtevant
Pilot Rock
Alina Stewart
Freewater
Helix
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Citron
Standard Grocery Co
Porm
F&s
Tallman & Co
Winslow Bros
Jewelers
Opticians
Commercial National Bank
United States Depository
Dio Pute
Roth
Pocatelo
Boston
Letal
Cluett
Max Baer
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