City Court Fines Woman Heavy in Liquor Case
Cora Switzer, landlady of a Columbia rooming house, faced city court after a state court ruling. Judge FitzGerald set a $100 limit on her case for selling liquor without a license, while two Kay sleuths pressed a separate city court complaint. Two related cases against C. H. Brown and Teddy Brooks remain tied to state court actions.
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Cora Switzer
Columbia
Wics
Phelps
C. B. Dill
H. A. Foster
Kay
FitzGerald
C. H. Brown
Teddy Brooks
Hansel Sentenced to Hang November 14
Oswald C. Hansel was condemned for the murder of former Judge Taylor in Astoria Oregon. Judge Campbell ordered the execution by hanging at the Salem state penitentiary on Friday November 14. Hansel collapsed when the sentence was pronounced after being found guilty for shooting Judge Taylor at the railroad station in September.
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Astoria
Ore
Oswald C. Hansel
Taylor
Campbell
State Penitentiary
Salem
Hansel
West reimbursed for money spent in vice crusade
Salem Ore Oct 2 Despite protests by State Treasurer Kay the emergency board approved Governor West's claim for about 1500 to reimburse his personal expenditures in his vice crusade. The vote was five to one with Kay opposing on grounds no money was spent legally and reimbursement would be illegal.
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Salem
Ore
Plan to provide regional library access via taxed support
The proposal calls for furnishing library access to each community with books on demand and local reading rooms. Cities would keep the librarian and rooms, while distribution would be managed locally. Funding would come from a city and county tax, adding about one-tenth mill county tax on top of the existing four-tenths mill library levy, giving small towns access to thousands of volumes.
Pendleton News Briefs Include Illness and Home Project
Wes Matlock remains confined at home with illness and faces possible pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Lester Hamley plan to erect a bungalow on Garfield street behind the J J Haley residence, on the lot facing Garfield.
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Wes Matlock
Wesley N. Matlock
Lester Hamley
Garfield Street
J. J. Haley
City Police At Work Whitewashing Interior
Chief of Police Kearney orders a crew painting the interior of the jail today with men at work to give the facility a fresh coat and improved appearance for the city.
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Dail Beling Pabtited
Kearney
Csty Jal
Mrs Ruby Hamilton Receives Permit for Concrete Sidewalk
Will Bull sidewalls and Mrs Ruby Hamilton have obtained a permit to construct a concrete sidewalk at her residence on the corner of Water and Johnson Streets.
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Will Bull
Ruby Hamilton
Water and
Johnson Streets
Walla Walla Bride Drawn By Hatfield Barber Porter
Landis Sharp, a well known colored porter at the Hatfield barber shop, journeyed to Walla Walla yesterday to claim Nellie V. Humphrey, a popular colored girl there, as his bride. They plan to reside here.
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Walla Walla
Landis Sharp
Hatfield
Nellie V. Humphrey
Foreman Charles Tradburn Taken to Portland Hospital
Barnhart section foreman Charles Tradburn traveled to Portland to seek hospital treatment from O W R N physicians for an illness that has long incapacitated him.
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Charles Tradburn
Barnhart
Portland
German Bride Seeks Divorce From Husband Accused Abuses
Mary Hopkins charges Joseph Hopkins with leading to her ruin and abuses including theft, ridicule, and indignities since their April 1, 1913 La Grande marriage. She notes her German origin, Hot Lake sanitarium work, and his claimed wealth being false. He is an ex convict now in Walla Walla. Attorney is Judge Ste phen A. Lowell. Washington coverage reports tariff bill timing and expected Senate passage with little opposition.
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Joseph Hopkins
Mary Hopkins
la Grande
Circuit Court
Hot Lake
Walla Walla
Stephen A. Lowell
Realty Transfers Involving Cameron and Campbell Estates
Realty transfers show Charles E B Cameron and wife selling land to the Bank of Etho for 5000 in 1600 acres within townships 3 and 4 N R 30. Also John W Campbell sells to 8 R Wagoner 20 acres in section 15 township 4 N R 28.
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Charles EB. Cameron
Bank of Etho
N. R
John W. Campbell
R. Wagoner
Marriage license issued for William O'Marin and Emma Harriman
A license was issued today to William O'Marin and Emma Harriman a Helix couple and they were married at the Bowmin hotel by Rev Charles Quinney.
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William O' Marrin
Emma Harriman
Helix
Bowmin Hotel
Charles Quinney
City Council to Convene Friday Evening Special Session
The city council will hold a special session Friday evening to address matters not suitable for delay. It is probable that the second resolution for paving West Alta street will be discussed at that meeting.
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R. R
Co. Seat
E. T. Wade
West Alta Street
Sues to Collect Note Debt From Bergevin
Harry Biffle sues C. D. Bergevin to recover 550 dollars plus interest on a note signed by Bergevin's agent Louis Bergevin. Attorney fees of 100 dollars are claimed. The suit is represented by A. Lowell.
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Harry Biffle
C. D. Bergevin
Louis Bergevin
A. Lowell
Local residents visit Pendleton area yesterday
Names from Walla Walla Helix Pilot Rock and Echo report visitors in Pendleton and Hermiston. Notables include William Swash Mrs Reeves John Gurdane J H Reid and Neamith Ankeny. Timoth y S Od alfalfa sod and silos are discussed with emphasis on pit silos and soil fertility.
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William Swash
Walla Walla
Dot Sloane
Helix
R. C. Pickering
Pilot Rock
G. W. Bush
Piiot Rock
Reeves
Stanfield
H. FR. Lorenzen
Big Stage Gulch Ranch
Thomas Kerr
Echo
W.O. Marrin
Pendleton
Lillian Carnes
Portland
City
N. E. Meacham
Baker
St. George
James Healey
John Gurdane
Fondieton
J. H. Reid
Dan Levens
Hub
H. A. Waterman
Hermiston
Fount Plans Open Meeting On School Debates
Chairman Frock calls a 7 30 p m meeting in Clerk Lot Livermore's office on Court street Owen votes to keep the water commission in power until the gravity system is finished The committee report last week noted three votes in favor were cast by D B Waffle Mark Patton and BE 8 Aldrich with A J Owen seconding and voting for the motion
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Britld
Frock
Lot Livermore
Court Street
Masked robber tale at New Grand Hotel questioned by police
Night Clerk Meach claims a masked man with a handkerchief face held him up about five this morning at the New Grand Hotel and flashed a gun, but police Chief Kearney and Officer Manning doubt the account, suggesting Meach's tale may stem from overindulgence.
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New Grand Hotel
Meach
Mearch
Kearney
Manning
Custody Modified in Baker Versus Davis Baker Case
Judge Phelps today altered a three and a half year old custody order in Minnie Baker versus Davis C. Baker. He grants temporary custody of the two minor children to the father after the mother, now married, moved to Wyoming and sent the children to an aunt who returned them. The modification awaits a response from the mother.
State Supreme Court Enjoins Judge Humphries in Seattle
The Washington Supreme Court issued an alternative writ restraining Superior Judge John E. Humphries from hearing contempt cases against Emil Hendrickson and Thomas Russell. They had been cited to answer for defiance linked to a Socialist movement resolution. Of about 80 signers, 65 were arrested and over a dozen remain jailed in the county jail, including a woman.
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Humphries
Seattle
State Supreme Court
John E. Humphries
Emil Hendrickson
Thomas Russell
Socialista
Speakers Advocate Diversified Paring in Farming and Community
A graphic address by Prof. Holden dominated the evening program. The talk emphasized that diversified paring benefits the farm, community, and nation, aided by a chart illustrating key points and infused with wit and light banter from the speaker.
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Holden
Holden Alan
Speaker Advocates Pit Silo For Corn Silage Use
The speaker demonstrated a pit silo with a drawing and a concrete pipe, urging it as the cheapest method to achieve silo results. He recommends chopping corn for silage and argues alfalfa silage is not advisable, preferring to cure alfalfa as hay.
Motion Picture Defense of Alibi in San Francisco
Fred Brokaw of Tacoma in custody awaiting extradition to Pittsburg for assault to commit robbery offered as an alibi motion pictures of himself taken September 6 in front of a theater in San Francisco His attorneys had the film shown on screen and Brokaw was seen in the crowd advancing into the theater lobby as the alleged crime occurred in Pittsburg.
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San Francisco
Fred Brokaw
Tacoma
Pittsburg
Brokaw
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Johnson Sts
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Washington
Oct
Simmons
Senate
City Innis
Willard Jones
Elvin Lampkin
James M. Leezer
Jones
John Russell
Frank Sullivan
James Hartnett
Meadow Creek
Jack Gibson
Chile
Hohbach’s
U. S
THE
Oregon Market Post Office
Idaho
John B. Stetson
Boston
Manu
Facturers
Dr. Thos
Olimart
Taylor Hardware Bldg
Dale Rothwell
Hanscom
Jeweler
Oregon
Marion Claman
Keswick
Gray Bros. Sanitary Meat Co
Hohhbach's Bakery
Pendleton Drug Co
Central Meat Co
Taylor Hardware Co
Griggs Grocery Livengood & Co
Alexander
H. H. Wessel Empire Meat Co
the Leader
Wm. B. Hanscom
Workingmen's Clothing CO
St. George Hotel
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