East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-10-04
Near East Agreement Reached
SHE HAD A DREAM OF BEINC|
MIS- TRESS OF AN APARTMENT,
HOUSE, THEN BUBBLE BURST |

Any old time eastern people think
they have any corner on this high fl
| nance stuff is when they are mistaken.
Pendleton has just witnessed Il super
stroke in crafty dealing, but the main
trouble with the deal was that the
manipulation failed to carry through
his project.
DR.. l. L. Temple was approached
last week by man and woman who
said they were Fred Olson and Mrs.
Carolyn Bennett. They were interest
ed in buying some good apartment
house they confided, and suggested
that they would like to look at the
Kenmore apartments. The doctor ac-
companied them over to the house,
showed them through the rooms, and
then terms were broached
Olson was apparently sufficiently
wealthy to buy out the greater part OF
Pendleton if he wanted to, and whom
he said he wanted the property and
had $4,000 in hard cash to pay Dr..
Temple told him that he ought to buy
Main street holdings. The Arlington
rooms property was suggested, and
this was then inspected. After DR.
Temple left the couple. thev made -
minute inspection of the rooms, even
examining the kitchen and the beds
with eXacting care. and they declared
they were satisfied and would be
ready within a few hours to close tn"
deal.
Olson said he had his 500 on do
post in q Pendleton bank, but he CON
fided that he was having trouble in
getting his money out of the institl-
tiOn, and in the meantime, he sent his
check on the Stanficd bank MP by
Mrs. Bennett to deposit on the deal
with the understanding that the other
$4,000 would lie forthcoming to close
the deal.
DR.. Temple was just bit suspicious
by this time
Il never say people any easier to
deal with in my life, and while the
cash for the $1,000 check was being
counted out for me at the bank,
stopped the banker and suggested that
we call Stanfield to gee if the check
was good. IT wasn't, the bank Off
cials there didn't know the man and
he had no account there, notwith-
standing his report to me that he had
recently purchased $4,000 worth az
property there and was doing his
banking business there since"
The upshot of the affair was that
the deal fell through. Olson, who
had given one of the banks here the
name OF Bennett, slipped away MS
Pennett was without an old friend,
and the apartment house of which
she expected soon to be mis- ress fad
cd away into murky mist as one of
those dreams never to be realized
She thought he had gone to La
Grande.
Dr. Temple did a bit oc sleuthins
on his own account. He had rimnr
that Olson, alias Bennett has left in
a car. He followed this Glow
What he found was that TUESDAY
morning Olson with three good dogs
left Pendleton for a sheep camp Of
the Cunningham Sheep Co. Another
sheepherder had decided to change his
job for business in another walk Of
life.
"Olson9 Why yes. he has beer
working for MS at Pilot Roc, all dur
i- lillH Eti'' M"' roFf- 'NtFFF'iE
Of the company. admitted this morn
Ing. He was here for n vacation
during the Round-Tp. He didn't
spend very much money though. he
cause I deposited his unexpcndcd bal
ance to his account"
Mrs. Bennett may be mourning. but
she has some heart balm. beca"=e she
showed DR.. TemDlp a gold watch and
diamond ring which she said re-
mained with her when Olson suddenly
departed.