Real estate scam ends with arrest and mortgage return
E T Wade, a Pendleton real estate dealer, accused Chamberlain of buying a house with a $2000 Grants Pass bank check that proved fake. Chamberlain was jailed on false pretenses, allegedly posing as a funded buyer. Wade recovered $222 of a mortgage, then regained most funds. Chamberlain carried a Omaha ticket and a bank book found miles away.
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E. T. Wade
Grants Pass Bank
Omaha
First National Bank
Grants Pasa
A. Chamberlain
Wade
Chamberlain
Grants Pass
Pendleton
Grants Posse Bank
Cham Berlain
County Recorder’s Office
Commercial National Bank
Cham- Leriain
Abolish District No 3 Over Pupil Shortage Near Helix
County official Frank K Welles will abolish School District No 3 near Helix due to only five pupils in a six square mile area. To access state and county funds the district must have six scholars. The line runs from the Columbia River westward 26 miles and is three miles wide. Greta Phillips faces a noncontract status for teaching in District No 56. the schoolhouse location is noted along the county’s western line.
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Helis
Helix
Frank K. Welles
Mise Greta Phillips
Umatilla
Columbia River
Burt
School assignments filed for Dry Creek and district No 48
In the southern district 33 school age children are noted and last year's average attendance cited as dull. Miss Iona Marsh will oversee Dry Creek school in district Td. and Miss Anina G Humphrey will head district No 48, located ten miles southwest of Pendleton.
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Iona Marsh
Dry Creek
Mie
Anina G Humphrey
Pendleton
Skipper Wicks Escapes from Unfinished Jail Sentence
In Fliniahed Jail escape, Skipper Hicks known as Wicks, jailed for assault and battery and carrying contraband, fled amid a feline-visit opening by police. Hicks served six days of a 20 year sentence as City Marshal Carney warns completion if he returns within ten years. Grats Jr. remained jailed until morning after a fine payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cie
Skipper” Hicks
Skipper
M. J. Carney
Hicks
Mike Grats, Jr
Sami
Grate
Indians Return From Yakima After Hop Picking
Fred Parr and family have returned from North Yakima as the first Umatillas back after hops picking. Most Umatillas will stay at Yakima for a week, enjoying free admission to the county fair during the first three days. Parr estimates at least 200 Umatillas picked hops around North Yakima this fall, and the crop was larger than usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Fred Parr
North Yakima
Wires Being Strung For Dry Creek Canyon Power Plant
Electric light and power line work advances in Dry Creek canyon with fanfare of progress. Wires are being strung at 1.5 to 2 miles daily under favorable conditions toward Weston where completion is anticipated in a couple of days. Pipe from Risdon Iron Works will reach the site soon and John W. Tulloch has rented the T. K. Beard place NW of town to establish a base for his family and 34 mules and stock arriving from Modesto to operate the farm long used by James Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Creek Canyon
Weston
Risdon Iron Works
San Francisco
Prospector duo head to county to study fruit raising
Prospector from New York E. Wen and W. H Puther, fruit tree specialists, travel to the county to make claims about fruit growing potential. They will report to a New York association of small farmers considering investments in land and fruit enterprises after their prospecting tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E . Wen and
W. H Puther
Creamery Venture Seeks Local Capital In Town
E Battelle, new to this area from Wichita Kansas, aims to interest local capital in starting a creamery here. He is reputed as an experienced creamery manager with strong testimonials. Originally a New Yorker, he hails from a renowned dairy district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Battelle
Wichita
Kan
Battelle
New Laundry Machinery Installed at Domestic Laundry
A source of men was employed yesterday installing new machinery in the Domestic Laundry, purchased by J. F. Robinson on a trip to San Francisco. A narrative note about a poor girl who suddenly acquires wealth becoming tall and graceful follows, implying a moral or satirical aside.
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J. F. Robinson
San Francisco
Schilling's Best Helps With Table Supplies
So far as they go, Schilling's Best take doubt and difficulty out of getting your table supplies. Al Foorpfeer's, Seseybeck.
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Schilling
Pendicion Daily East Oregonian Praise and Circulation
A note from the Sumpter Reporter extols Pendicion Daily East Oregonian as a strong Northwest newspaper. It highlights a 2000 circulation rating, six day afternoon publication, and substantial display advertising for robust editorial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orefonian
Covsoies Tess
East Oregonian
Northwest
Walla Walla
Sumpter
Judge Ellis Returns From Portland Trip
Judge W R Ellis came back from Portland where he visited his sister in law Mrs A A Roberts of La Grande who recently had surgery. He expects to render his ruling in the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co versus Umatilla County case within a few days, with time for an appeal before the November supreme court session. Mrs Roberts is slowly recovering and plans to return home in a few weeks.
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A A. Robert
Portland
W. R. Elie
Main Street
Pendleton
Bux
A. A. Roberts
la Grande
Webfoot
Mitchell
Ellis
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Umatilla County
Supreme Court
Roberts
A Ruined Life and a Pair of Black Eyes in Portland
The Telegram reports on a Portland employment scene with EP McCroskey noting 160 jobs on railroads camps farms mills and stock ranches. Men crowd sidewalks and refuse work claiming eight hours a day distance and pay. free transport is provided but men return after overnight stays and meals.
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EP McCroskey
North End
Portland
WH Spend the Winter in the Wines, August Resovitch Leaves
August Resovitch left last night for Haines where he will head into the mines for winter. He has an option on a farm in the Juniper country and is eager to hold it. He came from a Russian settlement in Western Kansas and expects his family to join him at Haines before he departs, planning to spend winter there or in Baker City.
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August Resovitch
Haines
Juniper
Mr. Hesoritch
Kansas
Hates
Baker City
Improvements at the Fraser theater in Sacramento
Manager K J Taylor of the Fraser theater 48 says extensive improvements are underway at his house with Deed and Funk Sacramento scenic artists painting a new drop and building new scenery. The season is fairly opened and he plans a good run with attractions booked for fall and winter and the house being fitted to accommodate them.
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The
Fraser
K. J. Taylor
Frager Theater
Deed & Funk
Sacramento
Mr. Taylor
Mrs. E. W. Rumble Former Miss Clara McCully
Former Umatilla County resident Mrs. E W Rumble died at Joseph last Thursday. Born near Pendleton on June 22 1888 she moved with her parents to Wallowa County in 1881 and has lived there since, marrying E W Rumble in 1881.
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Umatilla County
E. W. Rumble
Joseph
Clara McCully
Pendleton
Wallowa County
W. A. McCully
Runaway Girl Rosa Pugh Delivered Home
A 14 year old girl, Rosa Pugh, was arrested at the St. George hotel by Policeman J. W. Scheer on tips from Walla Walla where she had run away from home. Guy Marshal M. J. Carney returned her to her family this morning. She said she fled to wait for a friend and planned to leave with her companion. Sheriff T. D. Taylor placed her in a county courthouse room overnight. She has lived in Walla Walla all her life and her father is a farmer.
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Ur Rosa Pugh
St. George
J. W. Scheer
Walla Walla
Guy Marshal
M. J. Carney
Pugh
T. D. Taylor
Hols
Miss Pugh
Rev Robert Diven Lectures at Local Presbyterian Church
Rev Robert J. Diven of Pendleton attended the Presbytery meeting at Enterprises last week and preached here Sunday morning and evening, making a strong, favorable impression with his clear, forceful delivery. This report from the Joseph Herald notes his impactful sermon and presence in the Wallowa community.
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Robert Diven
Wallowa
Robert J. Diven
Pendleton
Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Diven
Joseph Herald
Blood Poisoning After Hand Injury At Local NR Rail Yard
EH Williams, who cleans passenger couches for the OR and N, struck his left hand on a hard object days ago, leaving a small raw spot. Inflammation followed and he was sent home today with a developed case of blood poisoning threatening his work duties.
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EH Williams
Foundation Work On Smith Crawford Building Malin Street
Excavation for the Smith Crawford building at Malin and Water Streets is finished and stone foundation work has begun. Ed Johnson holds the masonry contract and the building is due for occupancy by December 15. The lower floor will house stores with the second floor layout undecided.
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Smith- Crawford
Malin
Water Streets
Ed Johnson
Labor Market Report for Farm Laborers and Ditch Work
The agency reports farm laborers can earn about seven cents per day on average with meals and board. Wages run 46 dollars per month with board, while some ranchers have paid two dollars per day for competent help. Ditch companies hire frequently, with men sent on the big ditch beyond Pasco earning two dollars daily and supplying board, workers paying four dollars and fifty cents weekly for meals.
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Pasco Ditch
World’s Fair visitors guest of Mrs Callahan’s sister
J. G. Callahan and wife, returning from the World’s Fair and Eastern points, are hosted by Mrs Callahan’s sister and by Mr. Doc Houser. They plan to travel to the Chanogcin country where their home is, with Mr. Callahan carrying fine samplers of gold ore from Okune gan holdings.
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J. G. Callahan
Mre. Callahan
Doc” Houser
Chanogcin Country
Callahan
Hie
Okunegan
Water Commission Buys Fir Wood For Water Works
The water commission purchased 100 cords of fir wood for 4.25 delivered with unloading paid by the commission. The two years ago price was 4.76 and last year the wood was bought largely for the water works. This year the wood was bought on the Sound.
Return Prom Marshfield and Ramadet Family Return
L B Ramadet formerly worked at the Houser meat market and has returned with his family to Marshfield where they will reside permanently after a year in the city.
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Marshfield
L. B. Ramadet
Houser
Thie Ety
Fragmentary report on sheep trailing disruption case
An Epadian source describes sheep trailing disturbance near the usual route. The account notes confusion over tracks and references a white train diagram, with unclear details about authority or outcome.
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Doe
Stomach Bitters Promises Quick Health Fix
An old health ad touts Stomach Bitters as a cure for poor appetite indigestion and various ailments. It claims to have cured thousands and urges use before meals and at bedtime for best results.
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Hosterter
Sutton Repehtom Company Arrives for Private Engagement
Sutton Repehtom Company led by Three Sight engagement began at the Prager Tumigrat. The Pick Sutean Theater Camp? arrived in Penneton Sunday morning in a private car. The company is famed for repertorial work and carries a bengeNe car with special conveyances. The Suttons have been on the road for years and are known across the United States and Canada.
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Begiant
Prager
Tumigrat
Pick Sutean
Theateles Campuns
Boeing & Titer Niehts
Penneton
United States
Canada
For Sale Fragmented Historic Property Listing
A damaged ad fragment describes multiple real estate offerings including a modern dwelling with a basement and a 444 lot property with barn and yard, plus an iRoom house with acres and two houses nearby. It lists prices such as 3000 dollars and 650 dollars per month, with mentions of grain land and timber land for sale and an office counter reference.
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Acrus
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Bogue
A. ©. Chamberlain
Skipper” Wicks
al Foorpfeer
Seseybeck
the Commercial National Bank
Judge Ellis
Ross Pugh
Critiers
Hostetter
Sutton Repehtom Company
Oity
Sieseat & Schultz
Court Street
Bickers
Stoneware Sale
Opleton
Eno
OWL Tea
Roosevelt
Boston
Buster Brown
Suita
BAER @ DALEY
C. C. Berkeley
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