Legislator Owen Evans Confesses Bribe In Open Court
In Columbus Ohio on June 5 Representative Owen J Evans admitted accepting a bribe and offered to testify before the grand jury. Prosecutors expect a wide slate of indictments following Evans confession and grand jury work. Evans had been indicted for soliciting and accepting bribes and pleaded guilty to one count with a $509 fine.
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Ohio
Owen J. Evans
Will
Columbus
Turner
Hogan
Owen Jvans
House
Evans
Aribe
Teachers elected for ensuing year in district schools
The district selects staff for 1911-1912 with Principal A C Davis retaining the high school post at a salary raise to 2000. Grade and high school teachers are listed along with special teachers, engineers, janitors, and officials for the upcoming year.
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A. C. Davis
Lulu Meds
Carolyne S. Young
Rodny Ackny
Grace Shannon
Maud Bowman
Nellie A. Rose
Fannie Smyser
Grace Bigford
Selden Smyser
Lillian Wheeler
Geo. le Vesconte
Francis Galloway
Elizabth Prior
Floy Rossman
A. Palmer
Alice Hodge
Mildred Moysey
Millicent Bingham
Rose Boening
F. L. Wayland
Jennie Webster
Anna Whitney
Loester Anthon
Luella M. Wright
Alice Tennyson
Leslie Rosser
Frances Townsend
Lucile James
Clara White
Janet Nagle
Eva Marchildon
Alice Wilhelm
Clara Felsted
Frank DeGraff
Esther Nilven
Edith Moore
Louise DeGraff
Grace Shrader
Theresa Campbell
Mabel Gerber
Mae Breeden
Clementine Prior
Grace Farmer
Nettie Spaulding
Effie Jones
Nettie Dunning
Jessie Winchester
Sarah Forman
Ellen Peterson
Louise Irvine
Bessie Whit
Carolyn Waters
Mabel Stephens
Katherine McNeif
Namner
Flill
Bertha Getsch
Anna Hubbard
Marion Bucher
Jessie L. Sargent
June Copeland
Dalma Young
Alicia Burkholder
Rena Blood
Kate Hitz
Sarah, Danforth
Lillie Dale Carpenter
Amanda
Colton of Loveland Seeks Local Location
W Willard Colton of Loveland Colorado is in the city exploring a possible settlement. He is not related to F R Colton of Summit View Avenue but is an old Minnesota acquaintance and is intrigued by reports from him about the valley.
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W. Willard Colton
Loveland
Col
Mr. Colton
F. R. Colton
Summit View Avenue
Minnesota
Ditter Brothers Store Burglarized and Two East Side Robberies
A dry goods store on Yakima avenue was robbed sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning. Shirt waists and handkerchiefs were taken. a skeleton key was found. In a separate incident two men robbed a yard tent on South Fourth and then entered Dr Ridgeway’s back stairs house, stealing about thirty five dollars and a sum from the home.
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Ditter Brothers
Yakima Avenue
Paul Greenwood
H. W. Wilcox
South Fourth
Mr. Ridgeway
Runaway buggy tragedy claims Toppenish baker
Paul Arnold aged 27 from Toppenish died Sunday after leaping from a rear buggy to escape a crash between Union Gap and Parker. His companion Ben Hirnheimer escaped serious injury as the horses bolted and the vehicle collapsed. Arnold leaves a wife and three children. funeral set at Flint Shaw chapel Wednesday.
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Paul Arnold
Toppenish
Union Gap
Parker
Arnold
Ben Hirnheimer
Mint
W. A. White
Mr. White
Flint-Shaw Chapel
Cowboys Attack Teacher at Grinda Count Picnic Week's End
A crowd of cowboys disrupted a picnic at the Grinda Count landing in Lewiston Idaho. They forced a young woman off a gang plank and tripped Roy S. Johnson, a Clarkston teacher returning home after teaching at Joseph Creek. Johnson fell into the river with suitcase and camera ruined. Deck hands rescued him as the mob leader taunted him.
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Lewiston
Daho
Grinda Tconde
Roy S. Johnson
Clarkston
Joseph Creek
Johnson
Strahorn Visits City From Spokane on Spokane Portland Line
General Manager R B Strahorn of the O W R N and Mrs Strahorn were in the city yesterday. He arrived on the new Spokane Portland train and left again in the evening. He spent the day attending to various matters requiring his attention.
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R. BE. Strahorn
Strahorn
City
Mr. Strahorn
Spokane
Hotel owner from Walla Walla greets visiting Hulks
Leo Mr Coesmisky proprietor of Dacres Hotel in Walla Walla was among the Hulks in town Sunday and Monday. He is a well known local figure and reports conditions in his city are good.
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Leo Mr. Coesmisky
Dacres Hotel
Walla Walla
Mr. Coesmisky
North Yakima votes on $300000 electric plant bonds
City council approves a plan to build a municipal electric lighting system and votes to hold a July 1 election to decide on the proposal and the $300,000 bond issue. The meeting also discusses a west side drainage project and potential power site options with a free deed offer.
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H. J. Doolittle
North Yakima
North Yakiman
A. C. Pease
Pat. J. Lynch
Northern Pacific
Shamo Ditch
North Erie
Wasae
Emben
Washington
High Jinks Close With Initiation At North Yakima Bilks
North Yakima Bilks wrapped up a weekend of hosting 150 visitors from Spokane Walla Walla and nearby towns. The event featured a fancy dress parade a baseball game at Sumach park and a large lodge meeting initiating new members.
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D. High Jinks
Yakima
Spokane
Walla Walla
Terensburg
Llks
Chet J. AJ Prime
The
Elks Club
Court Louse Lawn
Lodge
Flks Club
Sumach Park
Ren. A. Rice
Cattle Thieves Captured After Calf Theft
Three men charged with stealing calves on the Yakima reservation were captured after a resident Pierre Chickaree reported the crime. Prank Chook surrendered. Ed Ballinger Harrison Sidewards and others fled toward Yakima City and were pursued by deputies in a county car. The suspects include an ex convict and two half breed Indians.
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Ed Ballinger
Harrison Sidewards
Prank Park
Yakima Reservation
Pierre Chickaree
Otice
Prank Chook
Murphy
Pierre
Rightmire
Barney
Yakima City
Fd Tollinger
Memorial Service For Oval Neighbors Modern Woodmen
In Loving Memory the Oval Neighbors and Modern Woodmen held a memorial service on Sunday afternoon. The fraternal groups met at their hall at 2:80 perlock and marched to Yakima Avenue and Second Street where special cars awaited to take them to the cemetery. At the cemetery the Royal Neighbors service directed by Mrs Beardsley Suprenme Oracle featured a procession and marching escorts. BR Kennedy delivered the address and Attorney Wilko read the ritual, after which graves of departed members were decorated.
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Oval
Hell
Yakima Avvenue
Secondtreet
Royal Neighbors
Hoquito Dopts Commission Form Of Government
Hoquito adopts the commission form of government today by a large majority, carrying the measure through in a decisive vote and transforming local governance structure.
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Hoquito
Hocoulam
Senior Class Presents Table and Chairs at Commencement
The senior class of forty held their commencement Monday evening. Forty students minus three attended. The program included invocation by Rev. Alfred Lockwood and address by Rev. H Le Boardman. Scholarships were awarded to Alice Anderson Galen Rose Margar et Jennings Anna Burge and Millen Fear. Genie Berard won the DAR history prize. The class presented nineteen chairs as a gift to the school to be used as stave settings.
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Nodmg Eet
Cs High School
Alfred Lockwood
H. le Boardman
Davis
McAuley
Galen Rose
Benediction
W. H. Selleck
Alice Anderson
University of Puget Sound
Whitworth College
Tacoma
Whitman College
Pacific University
Forest Grove
Oregon
Margarret Jennings
Anna Burge
Millen Fear
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ito
Genie Berard
Shopgirl Seeks Damages From North Yakima Store
Florence Perrault, through attorney John H. Lynch, sues the Imporium Department Store of North Yakima for 7419 dollars in damages alleging negligence by a store elevator operator. She slipped when the car was below floor level, injuring her ankle and knee and requiring five weeks in hospital plus medical fees and loss of employment.
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John H. Lynch
Florence Perrault
Imporium Department Store
North Yakima
Miss Perrault
Itim
Irrigation anxiety eased as Congdon orchard ditch repaired
Dr Lowther and other orchardists feared water shortages during droughts near the Congdon ditel area. After the Theton project proposed water, directors assured they could manage, a riovgement was proposed, and the ditch was repaired. Late rains now reduce irrigation needs in the section.
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Iphon
Congdon Ditelse
Lowther
Congdon
Contractor Batuger Starts Work on Yakima Buildings
N. W. Batuger begins work as contractor for American Building & Life Co. on a project near the Christian church in Yakima. This is one of three planned immediately with about twenty more to be erected nearby within the next year.
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N. W. Batuger J
American Building & Ive
Yakima
Christian Church
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