Woman gulls Pendleton stores in bold fake check scheme
A woman dressed casually used forged checks to bilk three Pendleton merchants, Brock & McConomy, Tentech department store, and an Olsten shop, passing checks made out to John Williams or bearer and signed by Fred Martin. She fled after authorities traced the fraud, with captures pending as sheriff reps pursue the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hee
Pendleton
Saovityee Bik
Brock & McConin
Mestiim
Macy
Taylor
Nee
John Williams
Martin
John Witte
Brock & McComay
Teutach
Amd
Suslnges Bank
Fred Martin
Hart
Arguments on vacating survey ruling set for tomorrow
Tomorrow the motion to vacate the circuit court order directing a state engineer survey of lands tied to the north end water wall will be argued. Will Tr. King of Ontario acts for the plaintiff, with Lowell, A. D. Bullman, J. A. Pee, and Sharpatein of Walla Walla for the defendants. Japanese traders and authorities deny reports of pillage and murder of Ruwelan settlers on Saghalien, countering Russian claims of depopulation.
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Circuit
Tr. King
Ontario
Lowell
A. D. Bullman
J. A. Pee
Sharpatein
Walla Walla
Toto
Saghalien
Harney Man Seeks Rail Line to Burns and Harney
J Purrington, once of thin chy now a Burna resident in Harney county, tours Portland bound after visiting Judge A Lowell and Mrs Lowell. He notes Burns as a stock country with food shortages from a weak market for oats and predicts wheat and land development will spur demand for a railroad to better connect Burns with markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. &. Purrington
Thin Chy
Burna
Harney County
Portland
Mra . A. Lowell
Myr
Purrington
Marney County
Burns
Presnit Umet
Laundrymen Meet in Portland to Plan 1906 Convention
J F Robertson, Pendleton, helped secure the Oregon and Washington Laundrymen's Association meeting for Pendleton. Pendleton defeated Tacoma by five votes for the 1906 gathering. Officers elected include A J Josephson Seattle president T Warner Portland vice president Frank T McCulloch Spokane secretary treasurer John F Robinson Pendleton John Tait Portland and Lowe Jaeger. Banquet at the Commercial club honored members and delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PF. Robinson
J. F. Robermen
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Pendleton
Tacom
Commerceral Club
A. J. Joacpheon
Seattle
Tt. Wariiner
Frank T. McCulloch
Spokane
John F) Robingson
John Tait
Lowe
Jaeger
Illegal Voted Are Expected In City Election
A disclosed dialogue between two saloon proprietors reveals plans to influence the upcoming city election by illegal registration and voting. The conversation indicates attempts to sway ballots and evade proper registration while pledging to thwart lawful registration efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siguer Housen
Eenerage Kiel
Exciting Wallowa Runaway Tale From Sheepman Town
John Town recounts a dramatic Wallowa county runaway involving a broken horse and buggy driver who escaped serious harm. A bridle horse led a frightened horse down a steep grade near the Wallowa river bridge. The pair crashed hundreds of feet into a canyon below. Passengers rushed to the scene, expecting fatal injuries, but the driver survived unscathed while the two horses suffered injuries from the wild descent.
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John Town
Wallowa County
Wallowa
Erie
Leas
Wallowa Horns to California Trade in Horses
Anthony Morgan, while here, combined business with pleasure and bought two carloads of horses weighing 1000 to 1600 pounds. He plans to place them on the market at Modesto. The animals are a fine looking lot costing Mr. Morgan between 50 and 100 dollars each.
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Wallowa Horns
California
Anthony Morgan
Modento
Morgan
Joseph Herald
Manila Devastated as Typhoon Rages Through City
Destructive typhoon rips Manila causing widespread ruin with most native districts damaged. Over half the urban area in ruins, hundreds homeless, trees felled, downed wires blocking traffic. Five Filipinos including two policemen killed. two hundred wounded, eight thousand homes damaged. Churches packed, relief workers and police managing disrupted city.
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Dorkoes
de Hometta
Manila
Clty
Odey
Hunrede
Buddinfa
Lincoln Beachy Airship Circled Portland Skyline
Portland dispatch reports Lincoln Beachy in the airship City of Portland completing a swift circuit around the exposition grounds. The craft hovered above the chamber of commerce building and other tall structures before returning to its starting point in record time.
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Portland
Lincoln Beachy
Exposition Grounds
Defended Higher Rates in Intercity Commerce Case
In a morning session the Chicago attorney defended higher rates in the interstate commerce case. He argued terminal facilities impose the greatest costs and that transportation of freight is more burdensome than other kinds. The witness cited evidence from Chicago and Milwaukee to justify the higher charges.
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Milwaukee
St. Maw
Chicago
Convention delegates gather from every New Mexico county
Las Vegas Sept 26 The first convention in New Mexico history gathers delegates from every county with notable speakers to inaugurate a good roads campaign. The defense in the Williams case in Portland closes after a day of argument.
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New Mexico
Las Vegas
New Meslea Amethere Lodi
Portland
Mele
Williams
Prest Lockley Injured In Narrow Echo Bridge Fall
East Oregonian manager Pred Lockley was badly hurt when his frisky horse slipped on a bridge near Echo. He fell, the horse trampling his right leg and injuring his ankle. He was carried to Pendleton by freight crew with Dr. W. G. Cole attending.
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Pred Lockley
East Oregonian
Echo
Wishow
Lackley
Juet
Lee Wee
Hie
Apkic
Alka
Pendleton
W. G. Cole
Population Shifts Highlight Crook County Decline
Lake and Klamath counties show lower census numbers than 1900. Crook County posts a dramatic 89 percent drop versus 1900, signaling substantial population loss. A separate note reports a fire at McDaniel Brothers stables in Wilmington, Delaware, killing 00 horses.
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Lake and
Klamath
Lake
Klamath Counties
Crook County
Furth
Crook County Journal
McDaniel Brothers
Wilmington
Del
Continuance Refused in Western Life Indemnity Suit
Receivership case against Western Life Indemnity faced a judge's denial of a continuance. 21 claimants, led by Clark Varnum, seek relief while 400 other claims totaling about 460,000 dollars remain unpresented.
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Picws
Claham
Chicagco
vUhe Wester Life Indemnity Company
Heford
Kohlsaar
Federat
Washington valuation sets state tax funds for 1900s
Washington valuation set by the state board of equalization fixes the assessed value at about 710 million dollars. The tax will remain the same as last year with a general fund appropriation around 800 thousand dollars, and school and military funds at five and one-tenth mills. The valuation aims to cover the general fund but falls about 220 thousand dollars short of the amount needed to prevent increased indebtedness.
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Olympia
State of Washington
Atate Board of Equalization
Explosion and arrests color Seattle crime report
Seattle watch highlights police say they rounded up the last gang members after arrests of Jake Slattery and L. C. Horr. Others, including Jake Ferguson and Guilford, are held on suspicion with burglars’ kits found.
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Red Gang
Socal
Seattle
Ey Horr
Jake Slattery
L. C. Horr
Seate
Jake Ferguson
Guilford
Tacoma
Fen
Fire destroys Spokane Wholesale District blaze in early morning
A large fire swept the Spokane Wholesale District between Mill and Post street early today. The blaze began in a building near the Cudahy Packing Company along Railroad Avenue, threatening nearby structures. Damage is estimated at about 160000 dollars though the final tally awaits investigations. Firefighters battled the flames as smoke rose over the district.
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Spokane
Mill
Postle
Cudahy Packing Com
Ferguson's Headquarters Will Be in Martin Building
Charles J. Ferguson, lessee of Pendleton Woolen Mills, leases the west half of the first floor of the Martin building at Webt and Cottonwood. He will use the space as an office and packing room for mill products. No retail business or samples will be kept in the office. salesmen will handle all orders.
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Ferguson
Captain Godfrey Dies by Own Hand in Georgia
CAPTAIN Godfrey, son of Colonel Godfrey of the Ninth Cavalry, died by suicide Sunday night at a Georgia post. He served as a distant surgeon in the U.S. Army at Port McPherson. Aged and weary, he leaves a wife and one child. His father, well known officer Colonel Godfrey, long served at Fort Walla Walla and Fort Riley. The Northwest connection is through family. the captain was transferred to Fort Riley with the Ninth Cavalry a year ago.
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EM. Geofrrey
Ninth Cavalry
Georgia
Abjanti
Cig
Oregon Daily Journal
Cape A. M
Godfrey
United States
Port McPherson
BE. M. Godfrey
Wie
Northwest
Colonel Godfrey
Fort Walla Walla
Fort Riley
Kan
Officials My Discriminate Officials My Discriminate Involve Federal Authorities
In Wallowa County Oregon sheep buyers grieve over dipping rules and alleged federal bias. Buyers charge some Nuyers and Bhunders of Silt Lake get shipment waivers while others face dip requirements. Prices are high and ship times uncertain as John Tow reports scarce sheep and costly holding costs amid unloading in Elgin and ongoing loading today.
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Wallowa
Elgin
John Tow
Pendiietoy
Wallown County
Town
Crowds at Portland Depot Draw Record Attendance
Crowds at the Union depot in Portland surged as trains from about ten lines arrived, with over 6000 passengers counted this morning. Conductor noted a rush unseen since the sale began, including four from the Oregon Pacific and多数 from the Northern Pacific and other lines within 65 miles west.
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Raihway
Portland
Union Depot
Oo Fk & N
Northern Pacific
Reemainder
Attior
Firefighting under Ranger Pulne aids Payette Boise fires
Major Frank Fenn returned from a trip to the Chi e and the Pisin reporting that 10 men under Ranger Pulne are subduing three major forest fires along the river from Grimes Pass to Lowman crossing on the Payette Boise.
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Frank Fenn
Tdnhe Chie
Ranger Pulne
Grimes Pass
Lowman
Payette
Boise Capital News
WAST SUMS IN MONASTERIES ECCLESIASTICAL, GRAY ON AN ENORMOUS SCALE
An investigation shows Russian monasteries hold 4.5 billion rubles the czar may draw on. Widespread Soviet era reports describe casualties in Korea and reinforcements reaching Baku as events unfold. English correspondence details horrors from massacres, with unburied bodies and looting reported as observers relay accounts. Baron Kaneko, Japan’s financial agent, plans to leave the U.S. after sudden withdrawal from negotiations.
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Petersburg
Wos
Bowl
Korea
Baku
Seven culprits brought before Acting Recorder Brown
A group of seven were arraigned this morning including Chdries Gibbons charged with aiding in keeping a band’s house. He pleaded not guilty but testified otherwise and received 310 of five dive in jail. Carroll pleaded guilty to drunkenness and resisting an officer, sentenced to 15 or seven days. Frank Berger was jailed 10 or five days for drunkenness and sleeping on the sidewalk. Clarence Murry, drunk but awake, received the nel $for time dyn. Randolph, Willam Connors and Frank Garden faced disorderly conduct charges for disturbing the Noodle restaurant last evening. only Randolph was fined 15 and seven days, the others released but ordered to leave town. Mrs. Grey testified through her husband. evidence implicated only Randolph. James I. Keene, a famed Californian millionaire, was referenced in a tale about his past, with older newspaper commentary and a later, unrelated anecdote about a Oregon farmer and a letter regarding manners and hogs.
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Brown
Chdries Gibbons
Carroll
Frank Berger
Clarence Murry
T. T Randolph Willam Connors
Frank Garden
Grey
Randolph
Whitman Girls Enjoy Crepe Deane Marriage Spotlight
In Whitman, Dorsey Fell, a former student and current county clerk of Wally Walla HU, recently married. The event drew attention as Fell, deeply popular, has long associated with Whitman girls over 16, including a frequent companion, Crepe Deane, noted poet of five years.
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Whitman
Dorsey
Wally Walla County
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Loxton
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Alex Freeman
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Turner Arid
Joseph Owenhowse
Beles
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Tier Wee Wee Ay
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Defendant Insurance Company
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Shaw
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Aetter
Polk County Republican Club
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Poland
WILL
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York
Baron Kaneko
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James I. Keene
James R Keene
Jay Goul
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