High School Course of Study for Next Year
The district reveals college preparatory, general, and commercial tracks with English, history, algebra, and sciences across four years. Electives include biology, physics, languages, and geography. a normal school track may be added later. The Litchfield house of Judge Tappen Reeve, home to the first U.S. law school, has been auctioned for preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. & Landers
Pfirst
Litchfield
Conn
Tappen Reeve
Indictments Sustained in San Francisco Graft Case
Judge Lawler overruled the motion to set aside indictments against Schmitz and officials of United Railroads gas and telephone companies. The ruling clears the way for the trial of all indicted in the graft cases. Defendants contended the grand jury was invalid when indictments were returned.
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San Francisco
Lawler
Schmitz
United Railroads, Gas and Telephone Companies
Biggest placer mine project near Dawson under Guggenheims
The largest hydraulle placer mining project in the world rises near Dawson under Guggenheim influence. It will take three years to complete, with a 57 mile flume and 1100 foot intake, using steel and Redwood pipe to move massive water flow for washing gold. AN C Trendgold spearheaded the venture after Canadian concessions and Guggenheims funding.
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Guggenheima
Dawson
Gugsenheim
Yukon River
Yukon Valley
California
AN. C. Trendgold
Flo
Guggenheims
Greene buys large Oregon wool clip and heads east
Charles H. Greene, representing Koshland Bros., bought about 4.6 million pounds of Oregon wool this season, about one quarter of the state clip estimated at 18 million pounds. Of the total, 3.6 million pounds will be scoured and 2.5 million baled at Pendleton and local mills. Greene plans trips to San Francisco and Boston before the wool market quiets in November.
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Charles H. Greene
San Franciero
Boston
Eastern
Mr. Greene
Koshland Bros
Oregon
Greene
Pendleton
Paleo
Messie Judd
Burke
Painter Severely Burned From Faulty Labor Day Slide
Ralph Amatley, a Meadow Park resident and local painter, was severely burned when a slide using asbestos material ignited after assistants failed to extinguish the flame. The hazardous setup was intended to be spectacular but led to a dangerous fire on the ground.
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Burd
Ste
Wallan Walla
Sept
Ralph Amatley
Meadow Park
Washington penitentiary reports diverse inmate work force
The Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla employed 250 convicts to produce one and a half million grain sacks this year. Inmates also staff the brickyard and roads, crush rock, build a coal bunker, and lay a mile of railroad spur to connect with O R and N. Machinery upgrades will supply brooms and mops to state institutions. Spokane records August as the coolest and wettest month in 25 years with 2.08 inches of precipitation and an average temperature 12.7 degrees below normal.
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Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Penitentiary Board
Spokane
Immunity Denied in Alton Case Grand Jury Postponed
The Chicago and Alton Railroad immunity was refused as the department of justice and attorney general disagree with Judge Landis. A grand jury recess was ordered to September 24 to allow presentation of additional facts to the department. Prosecutor Sime requested delay to submit further material. Also noted, a Whitman landmark pine at Walla Walla was struck by lightning, destroying a tree planted by Narcissa Whitman.
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Chicago
Alton
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Landis
Sime
Belle
Whitman
Narcissa Whitman
Marcus Whitman
Walla Walla
Cutting in Lexington Saloon Sparks Jail Stay
In Lexington yesterday a farm hand named Davis wounded bartender G Hart with a knife during a pay dispute for a drake in Dey Doherty's saloon. Hart knocked Davis down after the attack. Davis is jailed at Heppner. The saloon may close.
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Lexington
Drake
Dey Doherty
Davis
G. Hart
Davie
Heppner
Pasco Council Caps Saloons At Nineteen Licenses
Pasco city council decided nineteen saloons are enough and will not grant any new licenses though several applications remain. The annual saloon license is four hundred sixty dollars. The Phoenix Bridge Company reports seventy one dead in the bridge collapse five miles below Quebec.
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Pasco
Phoenix Bridge Company
Quebec
Standard Oil ouster case takes far reaching steps
New York and St Louis reports outline delayed hearings in the government bid to revoke the Standard Oil of New Jersey charter. The case charges a massive conspiracy to monopolize petroleum and its products in violation of the Sherman act. witnesses include John D Rockefeller and other Standard figures, with hearings planned across St Louis Chicago Denver and Texas.
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The
Standard Company
St. Louis
Chicago
Denver
New York
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Standard Ol
Ferries
St. Louie
United Bimtes
Standard of New Jersey
William Rockefeller
H. H. Rogere
Honaparte
Circuit Court of Appeals
John D. Rockefeller
A. H. Rogers
Hilary M. Flagler
John O. Archbold
Oliver Hayne
Charles M. Pratt
Standard Ol Company
Waters- Pierce Oi Company
Republic Oil Company
Charles J. Bonaparte
Wisaschetont
Milton D. Purdy
Washington
United States
Harry W. Blodgett
St Louis
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Harriman
Ferris
Riots in San Francisco Leave One Dead During Labor Parade
Sept 3 riot scenes along Market Street ended in gunfire by a United Railroad Inspector. Two men killed, several wounded, and a Sutter Street car wrecked amid clashes between union supporters and strikebreakers. Police arrested ringleaders and dispersed the crowd after the melee.
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San Francisco
United Railroad Carmen
Market Street
United Railroad
Sutter
Market
Missijen
Mwige
Carmen
Sutter Street
Harbor Station
Corwd
Wm. Vowan
John Peterson
J. W. Hache
Charles Summerfield
Bert Wallace
Dee Turner
Anderson
Pendleton Business College Opens Fall Term With Record Attendance
Manager Prof W Steele reports renovations at Hendricks building and a larger turnout than last year. Boston's E K Brown to join as commerce instructor, Mike Minnie Liebrecht to lead shorthand and typewriting. New staff sought as in person and distance interest rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Steele
Pendleton Business College
C. W. Steele
Hendricks
E. K. Brown
Boston
Mike Minnie Liebrecht
Sieele
Hood River District Orchards Listed by College
Howl River Orchards RW reports Hood River district contains 430 hearing orchards. The Oregon Agricultural College will issue a bulletin with owner names foreage yield and value of the orchards in the near future. Other fruit districts in the state will also be listed by the college.
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Howl River
Alien
Oregon Agricultural College
Hood River
Vericultural College
Itso
Divorce Suits Filed for Jenneon and Call
Today Pette Jenneon filed for a divorce from John M. Johnson. They married in Pendleton on June 19, 1907, and have no children. Rose A. Call filed for a divorce from James W. Call. They married at Lowston, Idaho, on February 12, 1893, and have two children. Peter Went is attorney in both suits.
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Pette Jenneon
John M. Johnson
Pendleton
Rose A. Call
James W. Call
Lowston
Idaho
Peter Went
Saloon Blown Up By Dynamite At Detroit Ore
A saloon owned by John Daly in Detroit Oregon was blown up with dynamite on Saturday night. The blast wrecked the building and the explosion was heard for miles, shattering windows in nearby structures.
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John Daly
Detroit
Ore
Esther Mitchell to Pen for Seattle killing brother
Esther Mitchell, daughter of Father Mitchell the so called insane Holy Roller who killed her brother in Seattle last year, will be brought to Walla Walla and confined in the ward for the criminally insane after being pronounced insane by the Washington commission several months ago.
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Esther Mitchell
Father Mitchell
Holy Roller
Seattle
Walla Walla
Commission of Washington
Ruggs Plan Winter Visit Then Return to Pendleton
Mr and Mrs GO W Rugg will depart around September 16 for Stockton Kansas to visit a daughter for a month before returning to southern California for the winter. They expect to return to Pendleton about April 1. The funeral of Archbishop John J Williams who died in August in Boston will be held September 4 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
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GO. W. Rugg
Stockton
Kansas
California
Pendleton
John J. Willams
Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Levee Repairs Slated Limited This Fall
Levee patching will focus on a wing wall and minor wall work this year. City officials, led by Levee Committee chairman Cornellman Swearingen, say extensive rehab and lengthening are deferred due to bids almost doubling available funding and bond sale delays. The 176 foot wing wall, riprapped with heavy toe rocks, aims to protect against floods while broader work remains contingent on finances and bond sales.
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Cornellman Swearingen
Swearingen
Laying Steel on Central Railroad Branch Work
Conductor James Conners of the La Grande freight division of the O. R. & NX is in charge of a work train gang laying steel on the Umatilla Central railway or Pilot Rock branch. After Birch creek bridge completion, steel laying will be rushed with a large force of men.
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Umatilla Central
Pilot Rock
James Conners
la Grande
Umatilla Central Railway
Birch Creek
First Carload of Cans at New Cannery
The Walla Walla Bulletin reports unloading the first car of cane for the new cannery. About sixty to seventy thousand cans are arranged in rows. Cans from the American Can Company are ready to fill. Freight traffic and tomato shipments from Freewater and Milton are increasing as the plant is expected to start operations in a few days.
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Walla Walla
American Can Company
Freewater
Milton
Star Theater Crowded With New Comedy and Pictures
The Star theater was well filled last night for the three act comedy Wanted A Wife. A Milne company presented the show and the pictures were new and attractive. Thursday night another new play will be shown The Man from Arizona.
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Star Theater
Milne
Arizona
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Caesar
Cesar
Koshland Brothers
Standard Oil Company
Oferen
Black Hand
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