Notable Visitors and Local Notes From Pendleton
L W Reed of Athena and others visit Pendleton with residents from La Grande and Walla Walla. Mrs Jessie Salling from Athena visits relatives. Myrtle Parris from Athena marries Clyde Myers at the Methodist church. Government Indian School head Mollie Galther visits Portland. Gaither praised for building the Umatilla school. Oregon Daily Journal and regional figures highlight church, military, and social activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A Davidson
BE. H. Davidson
la Grande
August Ropers
Cold Springs
Jessie Salling
Athena
J. B. Saylor
Fred W. Andrews
Butter Creek
Oregon Daily Journal
Hey
W. E. Potwine
Church of the Redeemer
Pendleton
Golden Rule Hotel
Ukiah
Frans Garrison
L. M. Lobstad
L. 5. Rinehart
G. M. Johns
T. C. Warner
Thompson and
Alta Streets
C. E. Hogenson
Hogenson
Myrtle Ash
Mise Mollie VY. Galther
Government Indian
Umatilla
Portland
Mias Gaither
Washington
W. and C. R. Bridges to Be Ready by January
J G Cutler, cashier and civil engineer for the Washington and Columbia River Railway, reported in Pendleton that steel for the Umatilla River bridge is en route and expected by mid January. Piers for the Walla Walla River bridge near Hunts are finished and work on the W C line is pressed to complete the new crossing shortly after the steel arrives.
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Stee
Umatilla
J. G. Cutler
Washington & Columbia River Railway Company
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Umatilla River
Cutter
One and One-Third Fare for Teachers Institute Trip
County School Superintendent J F Nowlin announces excursion rates over all railroads for teachers attending the institute here on the 29th 30th and 31st. The fare is one and one-third. Teachers should secure a receipt when buying to Pendleton. this entitles the return fare of one-third if presented to the agent at Pendleton.
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Teachers’ Institute
J. F. Nowlin
Pendleton
What Will Portland Do for Beef
The Eastern Oregon cayuses may freeze and starve as winter nears after the Linnton horse cannery burned. Frank Turner attempted suicide in Portland yesterday but his bid was futile and he was only badly wounded.
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Portland
Oregon
Linnton
Frank Turner
Bia Jsto
Will Go to the Pen Stole a Watch From a Friend
W. Epinger was sentenced to 18 months in state prison after pleading guilty to stealing a watch from a friend of short acquaintance in Pendleton. He had arrived two weeks earlier at Hotel St George from San Francisco claiming to represent Western Printing Company, soliciting ads and spending victims’ money on whisky. The court ordered confinement with board and a striped suit, to be taken to Salem in a few days.
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W. Epinger
Ellie
Epinger
Hotel St. George
San Francisco
Western Printing Company
Pollcn
Monteith
Bpinger
Wade
California
Pendleton
Salem
Dead Man's Hill massacre near Pendleton in 1875
In July 1875 during the Bannock war near Pendleton Oregon three freight teams from La Grande were attacked on Dead Man's Hill above Cayuse Station. Eleven men were murdered abandoning crushed skulls, scattered flour and bacon, torn harness, and wrecked wagons. The stage arrived the next day and mourners buried the dead in rough coffins.
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Pendietor
Cayuse Station
Pendleton
Oregon
Idaho
la Grande
Blue Mountains
Umatilla Landing
Jack McCoy
Jack McLaveblin
Jim Myers
Meacham
Excent
Oregon Sisters
Oregon Daily Journal
More Schools Visited by Superintendent P Nowlin
School Superintendent J F P Nowlin continues touring districts near Pendleton visiting Pilot Rock Lahre Belts districts 43 57 and Stewart Creek area schools The Pilot Rock school led by Lynn Gubser with aide Mrs Pearl Ryerson has 61 pupils and is running smoothly Lahre taught by S S Dernel has 19 pupils Birch Creek Doug Belts district taught by William Eames has 23 pupils District 43 led by Albine Humphrey has about oil pupils The Stewart Creek mouth school has 20 pupils taught by a California native and runs in harmony.
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J F P. Nowlin
Pilot Rock
Lahre
Belts District
Pendleton
Lynn Gubser
Pearl Rynerson
Tts
Luhre
Dernel
William Eames
Birch Creek
Doug Belts
Eames
Union County
Mises Albine Humphrey
Stewart Creek
California
Collapse at Old Singer Building Injures Nine Italians
Eight Italian laborers were injured when the third floor of the old Singer building collapsed during demolition in New York. No fatalities reported.
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New York
Singer
Three Steel Works Workers Killed by Girders in Pa
Harrisburg October 22. Wilson Fetterhoff Frank Hirt and Jacob Bolak were crushed to death as sheet girders fell at the Pennsylvania Steel Works this morning. In other news a sale advertises 150 pullets six to eight months old and a Jersey cow, contact 2103 West Webb Street or the office.
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Pennsylvania Steel Works
Harrisburg
Wilson Fetterhoff
Frank Hirt
Jacob Bolak
West
Webb Street
Ely Cream Balm Cures Catarrh and Restores Senses
Mrs Franklin Freeman of Dover New Hampshire reports life and hope after using Ely Cream Balm for catarrh that blinded taste and smell and poor hearing. She notes relief after first application and praises the balm for not causing irritation or sneezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cents or by Ely Brothers New York.
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Ely
Marcus G. Schoutz
Hahnor
Franklin Freeman
Dover
N. H
Drugeiste
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Mark Twain Seeks Fuel via Treasury Letter
Washington dispatch says Mark Twain sent a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury listing fuel needs for winter. He requests forty-five tons of old government bonds for furnace use, twelve tons of early greenbacks for cooking, and eight barrels of seasoned postal currency as kindling, to be delivered at his Riversdale house at low spot cash rates. He promises gratitude and to vote right.
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Treasury
Department
Washington
Transury Department
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Riversdale
Mark Twain
Weston Oregon Promises Free Water for Early Builders
The Weston Improvement Co announces free water for household use for 10 years to residents who begin building before April 1, 1903. Normal Heights offers building sites with water sidewalks grading and shade trees at low cost near Eastern Oregon State Normal School. The town markets its educational center appeal and pleasant living conditions in a period of local development.
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Weston
Oregon
Eastern
Oregon State Normal School
Weston Improvement Co
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Dindinger, Wilson & Cows
Cleaver Bros
L. W. Reed
Albert Harala
Aldams
Ben Johnson
Helix
William Potts
Myrick
BE. A. Dudley
A. B. McEwen
Charlies W. Mathies
the Rock
Rev. J. J. Gallaher
C. B. Wade
Boise
E. N. Smith
Kansas City
Ish Cox
Missouri
A. Jones
Pilot Rock Country
J. H. Klodius
A. P. Nash
Hot Springs
Ark
Tallman & CO
W. & C. R. Bridges
Station
Alta Street
West Webb St
Arnhart
Nowlin
OLD Singer Building
Orlan Clyde Cullen
I Supreme Court
U. S. Patent Office
U. S
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Washington, D
Ladyemith
Emmy &S
Bey
James
E. T. Wal
ST. Joe Stor
Grocery Department
Kine Ammlee
Lyons Mergantile
Carrier Millina
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