Public Schools Ready for Opening City updates plans and teachers
Superintendent Sanders issues school assignments for south river pupils to Hawthorne Washington and Lincoln. First grade to Washington Hawthorne Lincoln. six year olds eligible by November 1. Field school may reopen. teachers listed by school with grade and subject assignments. A preliminary teachers meeting set for Saturday at city hall.
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Sanders
City Hall
Main Street
Hawthorne
Washington
Lincoln
Feld
Landere
Fair pavilion 18 being improved for fair week
Pendleton district fair pavilion renovations progress as carpenters and painters whitewash the interior and install an awning. Street decoration plans advance, aiming to brighten the city for fair week starting Monday, Sept. 26. Local merchants urged to brighten storefronts, with some already painting fronts.
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Pendleton
Payette Valley Sees Large Winter Fruit Shipments
Payette Idaho reports an expected harvest surge as orchard men and packing houses anticipate 450 cars of winter apples and 150 cars of prunes. The drive for help will rely on valley women joining work in the orchards and packing houses, boosting local income for growers' families despite some concerns over labor quality and wages of 32.25 and 2.50 per day.
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Payette
Idaho
Special offer No 12 from American Supply Co
Ladies urged to act on fast selling women’s specialities. Easy refined work, rent free to you. Write today for Special offer No 12. American Supply Co., 65 Third St., Portland, Oregon.
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American Supply CO
Third St
Portland
Ore
Pendleton Newsy Notes and Weather Totals
Weather shows a 79 degree high and 35 degree low. Pendleton council met with routine business, bills allowed and reports read. St Joseph’s Academy reports record fall attendance with 100+ pupils, 40 boarding. students hail from Oregon Washington British Columbia and as far as Chicago. Nora Whitman Indian woman died age 45 from cancer. funeral held today at Tutuilla Presbyterian Church.
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St. Joseph's Academy
Oregon
Washington
Pritish Columbia
Chicago
Nora Whitman
Agency Grounds
Tutuilla
Ackerman Shows Great Growth of School System
Salem Oregon Superintendent J H Ackerman presents a year by year view of Oregon public schools. Expenditures rose from 4235528 64 to 5062580 87 with receipts increasing to 6278509 20. Enrollment reached 118322 and 4734 teachers were employed. Salaries rose for male and female teachers and for principals. Population of school age children from 4 to 20 was 171742 with a gender split of 87609 males and 84133 females. The district levy fell from 4 448 mills to 3 52 mills.
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Salem
J. H. Ackerman
Oregon
Prize for Best Packed Carload of Apples
Spokane notes the Chicago Association of Commerce awards a silver trophy to the National Apple Show for the best packed carload of apples exhibited November 14 to 19 in Spokane. Ben H. Rice says the prize will boost competition for the $1,000 award while highlighting packing skill. Chicago aims to showcase show exhibits in Chicago after Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Box Pole
Chicago Association of Commerce
Northwest Pacific Coast Trade Extension
National
Apple Show, Inc
Chicago
Ben H. Rice
Creat
First Regiment Armory
Paris Soldier Sentenced to Life for Goulin Murder on Rail
In a dramatic conclusion to the Goulin murder on a railway near Parle the French soldier Michael Grady and another serviceman were tried. Grady received life imprisonment in New Caledonia's penal colony after an earlier death sentence. The case followed his dishonorable discharge and a presidential action.
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Paris
Madame Gouln
Parle
Michael Grady
Michael
New Caledonia
Grady
Fal
Reprieve for Grady Death Sentence and Paris School Fetes
Lieres signed a reprieve and Grady’s death sentence was changed to life imprisonment. Madame Gouln’s murder echoes amid France’s Stein hell case turmoil. No clues at first. two French soldiers seen leaving the train. Grady and Michael degraded before their regiment recently in a solemn scene. A notable school fete at City of Paris Technical School for Girls in Rue Fondary, ages 13 to 15, trades and housekeeping, scholarships and fees, poverty known only to the directress. Eight trades include modes, artificial flowers, children’s dresses, embroidery, corsets, vests, jackets, and sewing.
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Lieres
Grady
Madame Gouln
Steinhell
France
Michael
City of Paris
Rue Fondary
Six Hundred Men Laboring on Canal in Boise Idaho
About 600 laborers work on the New York canal widening project in Boise with a payroll estimated at 50 000 to 60 000 this month. Three camps host 300 in one and 100 to 200 in each of the others. Nationalities like Bulgarians Spaniards Italians Greeks and Americans are represented with Bulgarians noted for speed and willingness.
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Boise
Idaho
New York Canal
Big Ditch
Ife
Half Million Dollar Abbattoir To Be Opened
Spokane, Washington awaits the E H Stanton Packing abbattoir opening October 3. The six story brick plant, costing over a half million dollars, employs 250 workers and can process 1500 hogs, 350 sheep, 250 cattle, and 100 calves daily. It includes a 48 room hotel, a garage, barns, and extensive parking. Charles F Kamrath, veteran in packing house construction, calls it America’s most modern facility of its size. Output is projected at about 12 million dollars annually.
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Spokane
Wash
E. H. Stanton Packing Company
Charles F. Kamrath
Swift Packing Company
Stanton
America
Moses Coulee Orchard Plans 26000 Fruit Trees
Wenatchee Washington article notes Moses Coulee Orchard plans to set out 26000 fruit trees on holdings in the Moses Coulee. The area emerged as a fruit section three years ago with hundreds of acres already planted and rapid growth drawing many people to the district.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Moses Coulee
Coulee
Improvements at Grangeville Power Plant
Grangeville Light and Power ends enlargement of the South Fork station. Reconstruction of the high power line and a new building are underway in Grangeville Idaho. Distribution of new poles for line reconstruction between Grangeville and the plant has begun.
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Grangeville
Idaho
Grangeville Light & Power Company
South Fork
Exhibitors Get Special Rate for Apple Show Trip
Official Spokane announcements say the Northern Pacific passenger association grants exhibitors a round trip rate of one and a third for the third National Apple Show in Spokane the week of November 14. Exhibitors pay full fare there and back one third of the regular fare on presenting an exhibitor certificate, allowing arrival a week before the show opens.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific Passenger Association
Fire kept from spreading by quick action in dentist office
A gas heater left burning after hours in Dr. L D Idleman’s dental office overheated a water pan melting a rubber tube and igniting a partition. Dr. E B Parker of the adjoining office noticed the crackling and extinguished the blaze before the fire department arrived. Loss estimated at $60, insured.
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Parker
L. D. Idleman
Dr. Parker
E. 0. Parker
Idleman
List of uncalled for letters in Pendleton P O 1910
Unclaimed letters for week ended September 9 1910 listed by name in Pendleton Oregon P O. Names include Alma Anil Pearl Edwards Thos Alexander Walter Arnold Frank Barb A J Blevina John Bowman Mary Brown Willie Butler Earl Busch A H Chiny W L Kitz John Crow Geo Demott Co William Davidson William Davis J Denny Allen Dunn Mary Dunlap Ed Finnegan C H Freeman George Gianacogalos John Goodhew Mrs B M Griswold Charles Haines Gunnelem Haraldster F W Hartle James Hart Lloyd Hart Ebert Hoover R E Jackson Violet Kennedy Alva Keller Charles Kimball Effie Lloyd Blaine McRoberts Louis Mattison Elizabeth Morton Mrs F E Myers Emma Myers John O Dow L Bacolas Julia White Wolf Henry Charley Paul Showaway Vera Spokane Paul Jones L Minist Thorn Pearl Salmock Max Schmidt Mr Steel C F Smith Grengart Tibo Alice Thompson Harry Albrecht Sarah Welsh Floyd Woolery Mark Wolff Harry Bowman Rex Bell Dolph Fleming J T Brown P M.
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Pen-dleton
Oregon
P. O
Alma Anil
Pearl Edwards
Thos, Alexander
Walter M Arnold
Frank Barb
A. J. Blevina
John Bowman
Chas, Bowman
Mary Brown
Willie Butler
Earl Busch
A. H. Chiney
Mr. B. Chang
W. L. Kitz
John Crow
Geo
R. Demott & Co
Wm. Davidson
Wm. Davis
J. & Denny
Allen Dunn
Mary Dunlap
Piggers
Ed Finnegan
C. H. Freeman
George B. Gianacogalos
John Goodhew
Mrs. B. M. Griswold
Chas. Haines
Gunnelem Haraldster
F. W. Hartle
Jas. Hart
Lloyd Hart
Ebert Hoover
R. E. Jackson
Violet Kennedy
Alva Keller
Chas Kimball
Effie Lloyd
Blaine McRoberts
Louis Mattison
Elizabeth Morton
F. E. Myers
Emma Myers
John O'Dow
L. Bacolas
Julia White Wolf
Henry Charley
Paul Showaway
Vera Spokane
Paul Jones
L. Minthorn
Pearl Salmock
Max Schmidt
Mr. Steel
Jess Stratton
C. F. Smith
Grengart Tibo
Three Counties Join in Building Bridges
Lewiston Idaho reports three counties will fund two steel bridges near Lewiston. One spans Potlatch creek near Juliaetta on the Nez Perce-Latah boundary. the other crosses Sawyer Canyon creek near Kamiah on a Nez Perce Idaho boundary. The Juliaetta bridge will be 180 feet long and the Lawyer canyon bridge 140 feet.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Potlatch Creek
Juliaetta
Sawyer Canyon Creek
Kamiah
Nez Perce-Latah
Lawyer Canyon Bridge
Nez Perce
Lawyer Canyon
Farmer Sets Grasshopper Haul World Record
Record from Tongment Colorado reports J Q V Wine a farmer living south of town captured 125 bushels of grasshoppers on his farm in three days setting a world record for the harvest.
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Tongment
Colo
J. Q. V. Wine
Here
Moving Picture Show at the Orpheum
A revue of silent features including Peggy the peasant heroine in a romantic Ireland tale, a tale of a jewel, the Selig drama Forgiven, Essanay comedies A College Chicken and Mulcahy's Band, plus song numbers and light reels.
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The
Orpheum
Wilfus
Peggy
Ireland
Selig
Essanay
Mulchay
Mulcahy
Pastime Theater Biograph Drumhead Variety Programs
The Pastime Theater shows Biograph drama reels including The Usurer The Red Girl and the Child and Pa the all 1000 feet each plus A Water Cure sensational western Picturesque Waters of Italy and a scenic special added Saturday September 10 and Sunday September 11 alongside the regular program.
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Biograph
Pathe
Italy
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Mary &. Elder
Louise Wise
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Laura FE. Schroeder
J. 8. Landers
Opera and
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist
Wm. Hanscom
Pendleton Dye Works
Payette Valley
Eastern
Olympia
Lyman’s
Newsy
Joinem
Ackerman
Roosevelt
Boston
Business College
School of Quality
Empire Business College
E. Court St
Berlin
Jack Webster
Despain & Bonney
Wonder Store
Main
Cook Street
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