Pendleton and Portland to Meet in Thanksgiving Game
Pendleton high school plans a football season starting with Weston Normal at Weston on October 19 followed by Walla Walla at Pendleton October 26 and Baker City November 14 at Pendleton. The team aims to beat Portland high school in the Thanksgiving game in Pendleton as athletic spirit is revived under Principal A. C. Hampton.
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Pendleton High School
Portland High School
Pendleton
Weston Normal
Weston
Spirit of High School
Oregon
Portland
Walla Walla
A. C. Hampton
Saloon Fight Grows Over Liquor License Arrest in Walla Walla
A warrant was served for George Mottet on selling liquor without a license. The hearing is set for 2 PM in Justice Court as temperance workers lead a Christian crusade while saloon interests vow to contest, signaling a broader reform war across the state.
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George Mottet
Saya
Walla Walla
Bridge Work Under Way Across County Bridges Let
County commissioners authorize three large bridge contracts for Salisbury McKay creek Milton bridge over Walla Walla and a 160-foot Echo river span at Umatilla. Steel abutments planned for North Fork bridge with full steel replacement later. Judge Gilliland and Commissioner Walker toured Bingh am Springs for river road improvements including small bridges.
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Salisbury
McKay Creek
Milton
Walla Walla
Umatilla River
Echo
North Fork
Gilliland
Walker
Bingham Springs
Water Wells Begun on Agency Plains Ranch Site
Drilling started last Monday at N H Pinkerton’s ranch three miles from Madras to tap a deep well for Agency Plains. The 2000 foot capacity rig will be paid $2 per foot only if water is secured, fuel provided by Pinkerton. Expect water around 490 feet. drilling by Bennett and Pembroke of The Dalles.
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Agency Plains
N. H. Pinkerton
Madras
Dalles
Pinkerton
Bennett & Pembroke
New Mall Handling Change For Portland Line
The O R N has adopted a new method after installing the local train. All Portland mail is carried on the local train and transferred with the main car to No 2, the Chicago Portland through train. Every evening the mall car is switched to the main train at this point.
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Portland
Pioneer Jonathan Quick Visits Coquelle for Winter
Jonathan Quick, noted pioneer of Coquelle in Coos county, arrived in the city last evening to stay with his daughters Miss Flora Quick and Miss Mary Quick for the winter. He speaks highly of the remarkable growth in the ecoust counties over the past year, noting rapid development in mining timber and coal resources along the coast counties.
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Jonathan Quick
Coquelle
Coos County
Missea Flora
Mary Quick
Ecoust
Display of Irrigated Fruit at Pendleton Investment
The Pendleton Investment company under the Savings bank displays a small yet creditable irrigated fruit collection from the west end of Umatilla county. The exhibit demonstrates what can be done with fruit on the desert and will grow as new specimens arrive, with a permanent display hoped for in time.
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Pendleton Investment Company
The
Savings Bank
Umatilla County
Express profits in Washington from Pacific Express earnings
An Olympia dispatch reports Pacific Express Company earnings in Washington show a net 8.45 percent of capital after paying railroads 60 percent of income. The firm earned 13,985.82 in state net after expenses from a $6,000,000 capital, with total Washington income 106,408 and a broader national profit of 7,575,662 for the year.
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State of
Washington
Olympia
Pacific Express Company
Oregon
Pendleton
Tlwaco Bay Navigation Company
Washington Railroad Commission
Nebraska
St. Louis
Harriman Corporation
Jas. Eggleston
W. R. Carter
Spokane
Walla Walla
Golden Rule Stock Sold to Local Merchants in Walla Walla
Local merchants learned that the bankrupt stock of the Golden Rule store in Walla Walla has been sold to Jay Cox & Thompson for 37500 dollars. The purchasers are Walla Walla merchants likely to combine the stock with their existing business after the store failed about a month ago following several years of strong trade.
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Golden Rule
Walla Walla
Jay Cox & Thompson
Congressman Ellis to Return Home for Brief Rest
Congressman W. R. Ellis, who has been away in the interior for weeks, is expected home this week for a period of rest prior to resuming duties in Washington for the upcoming session of Congress. He has traveled extensively by stage and rail before his leave.
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Ellie
W. R. Ellis
Washington
Congress
Inquiry from Kansas man on homeseekers in Oregon
C E Moore of Meade Kansas asked about homeseeker opportunities in the state. Office has sent literature sufficient to prompt him to buy a ticket to Oregon on the next train.
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Oregon
East Oregonian
C. E. Moore
Meade
Kansas
Twenty to Walla Walla fair draws crowds
About twenty Pendleton residents traveled to Walla Walla today to attend the fair with more expected this evening. The Walla Walla fair is claimed to be among the best ever held there.
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Walla Walla
Land Sale Near Camas Prairie Alters Stock Ranch
J. H. Ross of Camas Prairie sold a half section to A. P. Myrick of near Athena for 3600 dollars. The deal, brokered by E. T. Wade, adds to Myrick’s existing adjoining half section and yields a well located stock ranch.
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Camas Prairie
J. H. Ross
A. P. Myrick
Athena
E. T. Wade
Baker asks Roosevelt to send Burns to Baker City
Attorney Emmett Callahan appeals President Roosevelt to dispatch W J Burns the famed government detective to Baker City Oregon to aid in locating the Harvey K Brown assassin Brown a former Baker County Sheriff was killed September 30 1907 Callahan argues federal help could help secure results and rewards offered by the state remain unsettled without a bounty by the Baker County public records show the request dated October 12 1907 in Baker City Oregon
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Roosevelt
W. J. Burns
Baker City
Harvey K. Brown
Emmett Calahan
Ore
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Washington, D. C
Baker County
Oregon
Burns
Emmett Callahan
Two More Criminal Trials Open in Circuit Court
At the opening of circuit court this morning James Gardner and Bellinger were arraigned. James and Gardner entered not guilty pleas to the charges. James’s attorney, W. H. M. Peterson, revealed his client’s true name is Connor and it was changed on the docket. Gardner’s trial starts soon, though no definite date was set.
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James
Gardner
Bellinger
M. Peterson
Connor
Date Set and Continuance Granted in Spokane Witness Case
Date was set this morning, the witnesses for the state summoned from Spokane. When Bellinger's time for p came J. H. Lawrey, his attorney, asked a continuance until morning, which was granted.
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Spokane
Bellinger
J. H. Lawrey
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Cloverdale
Sac City
Iowa
E. Court St
Central Meat, Co
Carney, Ramsdell & Co
Rupp
Mottet
Board of County Commissioners
Temperance People
Winslow Brothers Jewelers & Opticies
Preto Re
the House of the Chic Hat
Carrier Millinery
Bert Campbell
Prop
Boston
Baker
Schilling
F&s
Tallman & Co
Les Lots
Room
Ludd Bldg
Nettleton Shoes
Tlemen
Men’s Shop
Max Baer
Main St
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