East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-05
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NORTHWEST NEWS.

c. w. Hug, 27 years old, who was
born and raised on farm near FL
gin, has been chosen principal of
the Eugene high school.
The Baker City Light & Power
company has a new manager. L.
Lambrith, who succeeds ]. N. Hodg-
son. Mr.. Hodgson will locate In
Portland.
r. E. Claypoole. young man re-
Gently from Ohio. was drowned .acci-
dentally in Lewis river, near VAN
couver, Wash. He was an 'employe
of Huston's mill.
After negotiating for some time
Bruce Haines, proprietor of the Star
restaurant Of Heppner, has succeeded
in getting control of the lone hotel.
lone Proclaimer.
The La Grande sugar factory has
started Its summer run, using for
stock" the residue syrup left over
from last fall. The output from this
residue will reach about 1850 sacks.
At La Grande, during the night,
unknown parties robbed Seigrist
Bros jewelry store Of merchandise
which cost the firm s400. The same
night Hills drug store was robbed of
s14 cash and some goods.
]. w. INLAY, Dayton, Wash,
business man, was sandbagged while
passing the engine house in that
place. and robbed of IS, all he had
with him. He was unconscious sew
eral hours, but will recover.
Billy Saluskin, very we'll but I'M
favorably known Yakima Indian, was
killed by his horse rearing and fall
ing backward. Saluskih's head was
crushed. He was maltreating the
animal at the time of the accident.
Richard Nelson, a bridge carpenter,
fell from the new bridge across the
Willamette, at wilsonyille, and was
killed. Arthur Malstrom was in
stantly killed by falling from the
same bridge just four weeks before.
The Goodrich rooming house at
Vale burned at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing. 1t was full of guests but no
lives were lost The volunteer fire
brigade controlled the fire and saved
the town. The fire originated in a
shanty near the hotel.
1t is with regret that we admit
that this section of Union county ap-
pears to be the home OF gang of
organized horse thieves. The work
of stealing horses has been going on
for many months and while the
thieves have thus far evaded arrest,
the day is not far distant when they
will be caught.-Union Republican.
Five homlng pigeons belonging to
r. H. Bauer of Portland, were releas-
ed at Oakland, Calf. recently and
two Of them reached Portland Just |
four days (and nights) and six hours
later. The other three are missing
and are nat expected. As the result \
OF repeated attempts of the gind
heretofore, Just one pigeon ever made
the trip-5lb miles in an air line.
Charles Holt, a well known phar-
macist of waila walla, disappeared |
June 81, leaving wife and two lit
tie children. So far as known all |
his business and family relations
were square and honorable. Holt
had lived in Walla Walla year,
coming there from Waitsburg. where
he was employed as a pharmacist 15
years. ..,t
At Anaconda. Montana, John Ber-
bereck. aged 20, was found guilty of
in the second degree for kill
ing John Johnson, a ranch hand,
January Is last. Berbereck, in COM
pany with Frank Carpenter, aged II,
shot down Johnson, a de-
crepit old man. in an attempt to rob
a safe at the Parrott ranch. The
boys said they had been inspired to
the deed by moving pictures. Car
penter was sent UP for so years