Fair Board Opens Pavilion Office for Fair Entries
The district fair office in the pavilion is now open with Miss Paralee Halley in charge assisting Secretary FitzGerald. The office looks improved, a new coat of paper and paint completes a roof replacement by Gibson & Cole. Local merchants have reserved booth space and more are urged to apply at once as space is expected to be premium this year. Existing occupiers include W. J. Clarke & Co. The Peoples Warehouse Nissen & Co. The Northwestern Gas & Electric Co. and the East Oregonian Publishing Co. Others with old space should notify the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paralee Halley
Gerald
Judge FitzGerald
Gibson & Cole
W. J. Clarke & Co
Peoples Warehouse
Nissen & Co
Northwestern Gas & Electric Company
East Oregonian Publishing Company
Cherokees Reject Inauguration Flag Presentation
In Oklahoma a band of full blood Cherokee Indians at Big Tucker Springs, Cherokee county, adopt resolutions through Kee Too Wah Society declining to accept from Congressman Charles Creager the flag that flew over the White House during President Taft's inauguration. The group states the flag would be used as a political trophy and emphasizes their society is nonpolitical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskgee
Okla
Big Tucker Springs
Cherokee County
Charles Creager
White House
Taft
Creager
Salem City Ramps Up Auto Speeding Crackdown
Mayor George F. Rogers and Salem police pledge to curb speeding in the city. An order to arrest violators was issued. A warrant was issued for F. S. Stewart of Portland, agent for United Wireless Telegraph, for exceeding the speed limit. he has not yet been arrested as he is not in Salem. He will face the city recorder and pay a fine on his next visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Rogers
Salem
The
Statesman
F. S. Stewart
Portland
United Wireless Telegraph Company
City Recorder
Pendleton Fire Chief to Attend Pacific Coast Meeting
John Vaughan, chief of the Pendleton volunteer fire department, left last evening for Seattle for the Pacific Coast Firemen's association meeting. He expects to be away several days. Also noted are updates on local families and a league social at the M E church with no admission fee tomorrow at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vaughan
Pendeton
Epworth League
M. BE
Three Marriage Licenses Issued This September
Three new licenses have been issued this month. Wilfred Edmond and Addie Louise Avery, Ora W. Shigley and Jennie May Herrold, Clyde Davis and Eva Rothrock are the couples granted marriage licenses.
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Cupid
Wilfred Edmond
Addie Louise Avery
Ora W. Shigley
Jennie May Herrold
Clyde Davis
Eva Rothrock
Still More Sportsmen License Totals
The county clerk issued licenses today bringing season totals to hunting 493 and anglers 1035. Many anglers were residents of Washington and paid a license fee of 65 dollars, so estimated revenue from fishing licenses exceeds 1500 dollars.
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State
Washington
Record Falls as 76 Books Taken from Library
Miss Batterson reports the one day record for book removal at the library was smashed on Saturday with 76 books checked out. Ten new patrons registered that day, surpassing the prior Saturday record of 67 books and 12 registrations. Registrations continue daily.
Smith Day honors at Seattle fair declared Mrs. N H Smith pressiest
Seattle papers say Mrs. N H Smith wife of Dr Nathan Smith and sister of Mrs Rose Campbell Mrs Joe Parkes and Mrs Dean Tatum was named pressiest married Smith woman at the fair on Smith day Last Thursday's Smith day drew hundreds of attendees with special exercises bisecting the event
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Seattle
N. H. Smith
Nathan Smith
Rose Campbell
Joe Parkes
Dean Tatum
Library Books and Board Terms Highlight Local Reading
The notice lists board members with term expirations: Will Moore 1912 J T Brown 1914 J R Dickson 1916 and J B Taylor 1918 James A Fee 1910. A shipment for the public library includes Hastings Dictionary of the Bible 1908 Introduction to Literature of the Bible by R G Moulton Moeller Methods in Sunday School Work by Mead and Washington Gladden Who Wrote the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
Iiz
C. M. Robinson
J. A. Fairlie
University of Michigan
Will Moore
J. T. Brown
J. R. Dickson
J. &. Taylor
James A. Fee
Juste
Hastings
R. G. Moulton
Mead
Washington Gladden
Circuit Court Busy With Motion Day And Detective Case
Circuit court opens with Motion Day and continues into a week focused on the famous detective case. Witnesses from across the county will be summoned, juries not required for this equity trial, and the old grand jury reconvenes as the term approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Bill
Equity Department
WILL INVESTIGATE DEATH DUE TO CAROUSAL
Buffalo N Y Sept 7 It is rumored the Erie County Grand jury may be called to investigate the mysterious death of Victor Speer after a night of revelry at a nearby automobile roadhouse. Officials fear determining whether he was murdered by jealous husbands or died by own action or accident.
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Buffalo
Erie County Grand Jury
Victor Speer
Speer
Pastime Theater Offers New Tonight Programs
New today at Pastime Theater feature the thrilling Niagara in Winter Dress and the romance How Brown Got Married. A farewell dinner scene accompanies The Hunchback and a comedy bill includes The Hungry Actor with a squire menu. Mr Frige appears in an additional engaging story.
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Niagara
Brown
Mr. Frige
Pendleton youths head East for winter study
A party of Pendleton young people plans to leave in a few days for cities in the middle west and east to attend school during the winter. Bernice Thompson and Edna Thompson will study music in New York. Miss Mixsna Smith returns to Washington, D C for studies. Dave Hill goes to Denver to enter a dental college. Jack Vincent travels to Peoria Illinois to resume work in an optical school.
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Pendleton
Middle West
East
Bernice
Edna Thompson
New York
Mixsna Smith
Washington, D. C
Dave Hill
Denver
Jack Vincent
Peoria
Dead Woman Identified In Ann Arbor Case
Detroit reports the head and limbs of a woman found yesterday have been identified as Miss Mabel Millman of Ann Arbor Michigan. Police seek her murderer as investigators pursue the case for facts and a possible arrestee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mabel Millman
Ann Arbor
Mich
Forestry Professor Arrives at University of Idaho in Moscow
Dr C H Shad dock and family arrive from South Carolina to take charge of the new forestry department at the University of Idaho in Moscow Idaho confirming faculty expansion and program establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tdaho
C. H. Shaddock
South Carolina
University of Idaho
Mill plan for new planing unit faces distribution issues
As ta New Mill FH McMartin general superintendent for Standard Lumber Company affiliated with Pendleton lumber company was here on business connected with a proposed new planing unit. He said the firm contemplates a mill to produce doors and sashes for distribution across its Inland empire yards but several problems remain to be solved before ordering and before any distributive rights are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta New Mill
McMartin
Standard Lumber Company
Pendleton Lumber Company
Inland Empire
One Water Commissioner Seat To Be Elected In December
The paper misstated that two water commissioners would be elected this December. J. R. Dickson, secretary of the board, says only one man, Judge James A. Fee, will be elected to fill the unexpired term of W. J. Furnieh, who resigned, making him the sole candidate amid the confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Taylor
J. R. Dickson
James A. Fee
W. J. Furnieh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Grocery Co
East Court St
Paralee Hatley
Fair Board
Winslow Bros
M. Heacock
Optician
Pendleton Dye Works
Pendleton Public Schools
Pendleton Academy
Tueday
St. Joseph’s Academy
the Handy Store
Main Street
Ross Carney
Jon Taliman Ang
Gilman Folsom
McKay Creek
Faye Maybelle Sullivan
Haylem Owen Shuster
Mamie Sullivan
Long Beach
California
John Halley, Jr
William G. Sutherland
Gurdane
E. T. Wade
Harry Hayes
John Hailey
Pastime Theater
Hunchback
Tallman’s
MT. Hood
Tallman & Co
Boston
School of Commerce
Richard Mayberry
Oregon
U.S. Government
Snake River Valley
PDAC
Big Lost River
Arco
Idaho
C. B. Hurtt
Colonization Department
Boise, Idaho
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