Pendleton City Brevities Hodgepodge of ads and a Seattle theft
A rough collage of local classifieds runs include job ads at Hotel Pendle ton and nearby merchants Bond Bros Minnis and Goodman Hardware. Other listings promote hats, milk cows, farm help, lodging, talking machines at Eilers Piano House and Campbell Millinery. A Seattle hotel confrontation ends with detective Lee A Barbee shooting and killing an unidentified thief during a room struggle at Hotel Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Sult
Bond
Children's School
Hants
Campbell's Millinery
M. M. Wyrick
Willow
Campbell Millinery
Peoples Warehouse
Eilers Piano House
Seattle
Lee A. Barbee
Barbee
Resurvey of Deschutes River Route for Oregon Trunk Line
A 20 man survey crew under Robert Rea begins work 10 miles above the Deschutes mouth near Shearer's bridge to reestablish field notes and plats for government land rights along about 100 miles toward Madras. The effort, needed after prior errors, will take fall and winter with rights of way bought or under purchase, and a maximum grade of 1 percent is noted.
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Deschutes River
Oregon Trunk Line Railroad
Robert Rea
Shearer
Tite
Madras
Delegates Named for State Templar Convention in Portland
Pendleton commandery No.7 selects J. F. Robinson CG E Roosevelt and W B Brock as delegates to the state convention in Portland on September 26. T C Taylor will also attend as grand captain general of the state commandery. Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal $12.50 per ton featured by Oregon Lumber Yard Bond Bros sells the best clothing made.
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Pendleton Commandery No. 7
Knights Templar
Portland
J. F. Robinson
CG. E. Roosevelt
W. BE. Brock
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Notable Local Visitors and Arrivals Across Milton Country
A steady flow of residents and visitors fills the Milton country scene from Pendleton to Adame today. Notables include A Fuller and J D Gregoire on business, W H Hale and wife en route west, and Oxsear Cain on legal matters.
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A. Fuller
Milton Country
Honeymoon Plans After Wedding at Walla Walla
The couple will spend their honeymoon at a points destination, returning in about two weeks to establish their home in Walla Walla.
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Walla Walla
Circus Director Sought for Cal City Show
C E Fedowell local visit sparks planning for a society circus to be staged in Portland. Col McDonnell notes success of last spring’s Portland circus and hopes a director is secured within days, possibly Lincoln Hart who ran the Portland show.
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Society Circus
Cal
Lincoln Hart
Portland
Booster Charles Strain touts Umatilla outlook in land office visit
Charles P. Strain of Umatilla County’s PopWir assessor role visited the land office today. He lauded Milton and Freewater as sending about 200 carloads of fruit this season valued at roughly $600 per car, noting strong wealth in farmers as frosts eased and prices rose. Strain plans to depart for Pendleton this afternoon on the delayed train.
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Umatilla
Charles P. Strain
Strain
Milton
Freewater
Freewater Country Independent
Pendleton
la Grande
Still Seeking Cecil Brittain Near Toll Gate Mystery
In Walla Walla on September 12 the Brittain family joined two clairvoyants and two Seattle men to search Toll Gate timber for Itte Cecil Brittain who vanished a year ago while the family camped nearby. They will conduct a thorough mountain examination around the former camp site in hopes of locating the missing child.
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Cecil Brittain
Walla Walla
Itte Cecil Brittain
Toll Gate
Jewel Case Stolen From Union Street Home
Mrs Walton Skipworth reported a jewel case with multiple pieces missing from a dresser at their upper Union Street residence. The theft occurred between Thursday night and yesterday morning while doors were kept locked. the family slept outside. The case was described as containing valuable jewelry.
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Skipworths
Walton Sikipworth
Sheriffs Office
Upper Union Street
Pendleton Girl Weds Walla Walla Man in Surprise Ceremony
Miss Gertrude Brusha daughter of Mr and Mrs D Brusha Pendleton and George W Gray of Walla Walla were married at 2 pm yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs William H Upton Lincoln Street Walla Walla Rev Andrews Bard officiating Miss Florence Taylor bridesmaid and Robert Brott best man The bride a popular Pendleton figure and groom a long time Walla Walla resident formerly an express messenger on the Northern Pacific The couple left yesterday evening for Seattle and other points.
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J. D. Gregoire
Adame
Milton
Oxsear Cain
Walla Walla Lawyes
Fred Judd
Porthind
Kenneth McRae
Robert McGee
Ivy Kimbrell
Portland
BE. McLellan
Juniper Canyon
George Warburton
Cold Springs
T. J. Blair
Masonic Lodge
Haw
Yaquina Bay
Oregon Pointe
Leo Hartateln
B. J F. Nicholas
Pendleton Cloak and Sulit House
Colfax
Wash
J. A. Borie
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Cal
Perms- Hemily
George Harrah
Ida Hamblen
Royal Neighbors
Tolaho
Foe
Mullen, Wallace and Harrison
B. Jensen
National Livestock Insurance Company
Union
J. D. Matheson
la Grande
E. D D. Trumbull
Hazel Hamblen
Pendletons Academy
Tacoma
Whitworth College
Virgil Bott
Helix
Griewold
St. Anthony's Hospital
George Peringer
Carl
The
Hill Military School
Wiliam Vane
Newport
Tmatilla
Howard Evans
Little Son
Kansas City
Evins
Elmer J. Gilliam
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
Cayuse
Joen
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Gertrude Brusha
D. Brusha
George W. Gray
Express
Northern Pacific
Brusha
Oregon
Walla Wallin
Incal High School
Gray
Paseo
Levening
Seattle
Sound
Horses to Indian Territory from Chetopa Kansas
N B Pace of Chetopa Kansas plans a shipment tonight over the Oregon Short Line with saddle and driving horses bought locally. He may unload at Chetopa near Vinita Indian Territory where he owns a large stock farm and may return for another shipment. Also note a Yakima valley railroad car shortage delaying hiy and similar produce shipments with only four cars available for some time.
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Indian Territory
N. BD
Pace
Chetopa
Kan
Vinita
Oregon
Yakima Valley Railroad
Yakima
Aster Show Draws Crowd In La Grande
A successful aster show by La Grande women filled the Commercial club rooms with exhibits. It was planned last spring, with tending and cultivating beds of asters all season. Judges called it the largest flower exhibit ever seen in eastern Oregon. Ed Benthorn, returning from Germany, reports C H Rosenberg and family nearing home, around Oct 1. Hardware stores closed for a funeral, Mrs W J Clark. Lost blue hand bag on Cottonwood St. Ned Monfe council in Norfolk Va with 2,000 delegates. Coal $12 per ton Oregon Lumber Yard 54. All the news at time in East Oregonian.
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la Grande
Oregon
Will Speak for Oregon by Judge Maxwell on trip
Judge I N Maxwell of Bolom will travel through the company to Memphis Tennessee for the old home week exercises and will present speeches for Oregon at several locations in his native state.
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Oregon
I. N. Maxwell
Bolom
Memphis
Tenn
Addition to Residence at Johnson and Webb Streets
J. & McLeod are constructing an addition to a residence at the corner of Johnson and Webb streets. The 18 by 36 foot addition will enhance appearance and convenience of the home.
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J. & McLeod
Johnson and Webb Streets
Fortune Telling Ad Promises Love Clues at Water Street
An advertisement touts a fortune teller offering guidance on love, marriage, and luck in business. It claims truthful readings, the ability to reunite lovers, locate buried treasures, and reveal the caller’s home address, with private consultations at 501 Water Street.
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Pendle
Benjamin Gulte
Bond Brow
Benjamin
Bond Bros
Pendleton Cloak & Salt House
Hoss Carney
Goodman Hardware Company
Cole
Office Judd
Vogt Millinery
N. HE. Harris
Main Street Bridge
Bowmoon
Pendletonia
Eilera Piano House
Louis Hunziker
Main St
Deschutes Line
Oregon Trunk Railroad
Pataluma
Calif
Anton Nolte
Japan
Ise
Kochi
Koeppens
Fane
Miss Brusha
Germany
Ed Benthorn
Plensburg
C. H. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Carl Weissert
Ww. J. Clark
Cottonwood Street
Webb Street
Knowlton
Norfolk, Va
East Oregonian
Pendleton, Oregon
M. B. Gwinn
T. J. Morris
J. W. Maloney
T. G. Montgomery
T. Cashier
Defiance
Enny
Cloak & Suit House
Water St
N. B
501
Water Street
Star Theater
Gabbert and
Garret
Ringling Circus
Doney King of the Wire
Jimmy Brett
Nelson and Nelson
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