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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1911
Page
5
A dense collage of local notices includes shop signs for Lane & Son and various trades. Ads promise fresh meat, wallpaper, coal, jewelry, lodging, rental spaces, and a theater invitation to the Orpheum. Multiple small businesses advertise phonelines, services, and goods from area markets, farms, and crafts to sheet music, eggs, coal, and housing.
Until May 1st buyers can purchase 10 lb cans of pure lard for 1.60, 6 lb cans for 0.80, and 2 lb cans for 0.60. Cen tral Meat Market.
Count Okumaeayashi, in Tokyo on April, denounces the ratified American treaty. He states Japan is not on an equal footing with other nations in America, challenging the terms and implications of the documents.
R E Clanton of Salem registered at Hotel St George while Guy Durham visited from Echo. Weston Principal J E Keefe toured Pendleton with H J Longley of Hermiston. Many others from Elgin Boise Walla Walla Uma tilla and Echo appeared for business and social calls including Walter Lehman Charles Walsh and George H Sutherland. City officials and bankers also moved through, including Freewater City Attorney James P Neal and Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla visiting Nesmith Ankeny.
National topics cover the Louisville suffrage convention next October, Wood age 49 as chief staff candidate, Bailey praised as a top constitutional lawyer, and a Senate balance of 41 Democrats 38 regular Republicans 13 insurgents. Proposals on arbitration, racing licenses, and alarming race tensions follow. Washington attack case against Booker T. Washington sparks legal defenses and public interest as hearings near April 10.
The passage notes that several significant southern figures have sent expressions of sympathy, marking a notable display of respect. The text highlights the prominence of the individuals offering solace and suggests a broader regional impact of the event.
Word from Fort Walla Walla reports a transfer of detachments from the Philippine Islands to the post. The War Department has ordered the units to report immediately, with expected arrival within a few weeks, signaling a renewed U S military presence at the fort. The news came via a letter to a local resident in Walla Walla from a relative stationed in the islands.
Fort Collins Cole Calvin Miller delirious with smallpox and his wife and their seven month old baby are lost in a raging blizzard on the Medicine Bow range. They set out yesterday on a sledge toward the mountains. Rescue parties followed, but no trace has been found. He had no food or adequate clothing amid the harsh weather. Milwaukee fights a smoke nuisance and plans to substitute electricity.
Fort Stevens Oregon to deploy a dense field of submarine mines at the mouth of the Columbia River starting April 30. The plan calls for 19-mine groups placed in a linked barrier to guard Portland Harbor, with tests by coast defense forces and the Ringgold mine planter arriving on April 30.
A report notes narrow channel segments becoming entirely blocked by debris and sediment, limiting water flow and raising concerns for navigation and flood risk along the river. Local authorities monitor the obstruction as crews assess potential removal plans.
Labor unions of Spokane plan a four story concrete and stone labor temple costing 160000. The building to include gymnasium reading lounge rooms plunge pool eleven hall large auditorium and office suites with modern lighting heating water and ventilation. Stock financing funds the project as unions meet in city while open shop policy remains.
By the largest employers, the various trades are well represented and their relations with employers are cordial. The report emphasizes broad participation of trades in employment integration and cooperative dialogue between workers and management across sectors.
A historical survey notes massive African immigration to the Americas, citing Weston and the Encyclopedia Americana. It highlights that enslaved Africans far outnumbered European arrivals, with millions brought over centuries and a large passage death toll, as discussed by Winthrop M. Daniels in Atlantic Magazine.
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