City Book Audits Taft Invitation at Walla Walla Meeting
Pendleton city council considers auditing city books with Bun & Wilson experts from Apokune at $15 daily. Mayor and several councilors plan to attend President Taft in Walla Walla to hear his remarks. Fire and street improvements discussed. alarm system favored but not enacted. Rubbish removal urged after fires. cloth signs rule violations noted.
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Bun & Wilson
Apokune
Taft
FitzGerald
A. Moore
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Taft Sieak
Walla Ware
Ulp
Garden Cs
Watls
Washington and
Blaine
Strobte
Teestern
Connoiltum Dyer
Oisiness
Murphy
Million Dollars for New Industries in Spokane
Spokane announces plan to form a million dollar corporation through the chamber of commerce to attract and support new industries. It would finance manufacturing plants by investing in first mortgage bonds, with stock sold only to Spokane business people and property owners and not listed. J S Gillespie endorses the plan as practical and appealing to business men.
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Spokane
Wash
Frank TR. Culberton
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Gay
J. S. Gillespie
Chamber of Commerce
Culbertson
Gasoline Burns His Hands in Harrington Incident
In Harrington Washington a man identified as Taylor severely burned his hands while wringing gasoline from a cloth used to clean clothes. Fleming, with F Brenchley & Co., used a hand chemical fire extinguisher to extinguish the flames before the fire department arrived. The report notes a separate line about a divorce.
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Harrington
Taylor
J. Ly, Fleming
F. Brenchiey & Co
Pendleton Notes on Property Transfers and Local Projects
Newsy Notes of Pendleton report James W. Terry and wife of Ukiah sold 644 acres in the Hidaway Springs country to Edgar C. Nichola of Lebanon for 4500. C. Bowman sold to Ida M. Baker property in block 8, Reservation to Pendleton for 1665. Reports on Portland construction and church office expansion. county court to consider taking over the old Woolward toll road into Milton from Union county. Henry Ekhart, a stuntman, appeared seeking consideration of the matter.
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James W. Terry
Ukiah
Edgar C. Nichola
Lebanon
Woolward Tol
Milton
Union County
Henry Ekhart
Strnckman
Three Drunkards Stand Before Police Judge
Three inebriates appeared before Police Judge Fitz Gerald to answer for their sins. John Vogel pleaded stomach trouble and whisky as a remedy, but the judge prescribed three digs on prison fare to restore his digestion. Loftyn accepted a three day sentence without complaint, while Bailey bought freedom due to a spotted trouser incident.
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Fitz Gerald
John Vogel
Loftyn
BR. Bailey
Threatens Boy Who Roped Him In Chicken Theft
Younes Trunk Smith Jr son of Frank Smith Jr allegedly threatened a boy who stole a chicken from a railroad track. He warned if the trick was repeated he would beat him to death. The chicken was later identified as belonging to Cash Meat Market and traced to Charles Myers' yard.
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Younes Trunk Smith, Jr
Frank Smith, Jr
Charles Myers
Myers
Apportionment of County and State School Funds
More than 20 900 is being apportioned among 95 districts today from county and state funds. To date the county share is 9 666.50 and the state share 11 515.90 totaling 20 184.40. Pendleton’s October share is 3.06.80.
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Pendleton
County Clerk’s Office Foils Elopement Plan
In a Portland courthouse scene Judge Maloney and Deputy Clerk Brown encounter a pair seeking a license for a rush marriage. The bride claims North Yakima residence despite her mother’s sworn county residence, prompting the clerk to shred the license forms and the trio to depart in disappointment.
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Maloney
Brown
Fred J. McNeill
Bva Carr
Umatilla County
Malorey
Walker
Alan
Turkish Plebts Reported Destroyed by Italians
Reported chaos across the Balkans grows as Hallans are said to be lost fifteen killed and many wounded. A Balkan uprising against the Sultan of Turkey is feared with fighting under way near Prevesa after an Italian landing. Powers seek to stem the coming storm.
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Hallans
Talkan
Vienna
Pilgaria
Montenegro
Balkan
Turkey
Prevesa
Logging Accident Kills Worker at Camp No 9
Cranbrook five miles from town reports the death of C Levi Spelling a Mast Kootenal lumber company worker who was crushed between two logging cars at Camp No 9 near Cranbrook. The coroner viewed the remains and ruled an inquest unnecessary.
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Cranbrook
Levi Spelling
Mast Kootenal Lumber Company
Doctors to Close Mondays for Winter Evenings
Penleton residents must rely on non routine care as doctors suspend office hours on Monday evenings from 7 to 7:30 during winter. A post graduate course will run on Mondays for emergency calls only, per the local physicians association meeting. Officers elected: President D. J. McFaul, Vice President T. Henderson, Secretary-Treasurer I. Temple.
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Penileton
Association of Physicking
D. J. McFaul
Local Personal News From Adams County
Mrs Oliver and children Samuel and Nellie returned home Wednesday from La Center Kentucky where they visited Mrs Oliver's mother for six months. Mrs Lyons and Miss Maud Sheridan left on the Northern Pacific for Minneapolis, home of Mrs Lyons and her husband.
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A. Oliver
Samuel
Nellie
la Center
Mrs. Oliver
W. G. Lyons
Maud Sheridan
Alice Sheridan
Minneapolis
Lyons
Boy dragged to death in Gulf by big fish
Houston Texas report says Addie Ek aged 21 drowned east of Galveston near the Atlantic dredge boat hole after a skiff accident. The rescued brother Biddle tried to save him but the fish pulled them both under as they attempted to free the line.
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Houstin
Texas
Addie Ekflung
Athantic
Galveston
Maehing
Eler Brooke Biddle
Woman attributes life to baseball in Worcester
Mrs George F Austin one of the citys oldest residents says she has not missed a New England league game in three years and credits baseball with her longevity Abe Attell and Leach Cross are mentioned obliquely amid garbled phrases and nonsensical text
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Worcester
Mass
George F. Austin
New England
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Chylef Vaughan
Yeaeon
Esven
Streble
Oregon
Dyer
Jes AL Fee
Warren Bros
Dn Sn
Wonder Store
THE
Drummers Sample Store
Newsy
Contraction
Portland
S. Peretti
Jett
Tonae Lo
Spyriel
Deatil
Gulf
Haseeball
Abe Attell
Leach
Ely
Watfever
Cotta
Tia
Ely Trothen
Warren Street
New York
Kryptok Lenses
Dale Rothmel
Optometrist
Hanscom the Jeweler
Pendleton, Oregon
Oregon Motor CO
Court ST
Ore
A. Schneiter, Prop
Main Street
Franklin Motor Cars
Pendleton Auto Coq
Pendleton Cash Market
Cor E. Court
Johnson
Clark’s Grocery
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