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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
5
The local Catholic congregation completed plans for a proposed church to be erected and forwarded to Rome for approval. The building will be 126 feet long and 2 feet wide, built of stone, described as one of the hand somest church edifices in eastern Oregon.
Robert Fletcher has accepted the position of circulation manager for the East Oregonian and began his duties this morning, taking charge of the paper's circulation department.
Large crowds filled the Columbia Beach headquarters at 120 EB Court St from 7 30 to 9 30 p m as the Columbia Trust Company promotes a Pendleton sale of 100 jets, with expectations to nearly double. Officials praise the deal as sound and legitimate while promising very low prices and favorable terms making it a strong speculative and beach resort investment.
Portland triumphs 6 3 over Sacramento in an eleven inning opener. Olson drives in winning run. Williams, Lane, and Ewing attend the parade. Frisco defeats Los Angeles 2 0 with Healey limiting the visitors to three hits.
New York humor and tariff talk mix in a brief column quoting Lady Headford praising international marriages as a balance between English leniency and American vigor. The item includes a joke about a funeral and a Wisconsin congressman’s quip on self interest, clothes, and the Payne tariff bill.
A dry clean sewing needle can float on water if placed carefully. A magnetized needle then acts as a compass, pointing north and south and staying aligned while the vessel moves. If displaced by a force, it returns to the magnetic meridian once released.
A. C. Eberhart, serving as Minnesota lieutenant governor, is discussed as a possible candidate for governor next year. The report notes his standing within party circles and hints at early campaign speculation.
J P McManus longtime Pilot Rock Record editor enters real estate with 16000 acres listed for colonization. He aims to attract settlers to break up major ranches including Douglas Belts holdings as Umatilla Central spurs development. he will continue publishing the Pilot Rock Record.
April 14 report from Manud details the killing of Dr William Jones, a Chicago based anthropologist with the Columbian musem, by Dlongote tribesmen after he crossed a tribal boundary while collecting specimens. His body died five hours after the attack. a native servant survived and saved his revolver. Specimens are being sent to Chicago.
Captain Roald Amundsen has completed arrangements for a drifting expedition in search of the North Pole aboard the Fram. The ship is being overhauled and strengthened and may depart Christiania early next year. Amundsen will leave with the steamer, then return and sail to America and Nome, Alaska, to rendezvous with the Fram before entering the Arctic Ocean via Bering Strait.
The United States Forest Service launches a campaign to exterminate prairie dogs in the national forests of Arizona and New Mexico. Poisons including strychnine cyanide and potassium are spread on wheat, carried by riders using a teaspoon to dose the bait from a suspended tin pail.
Representative Hughes of New Jersey has been appointed as the whip of the Democratic party by Champ Clark the party leader. He succeeds Representative O Connell of Massachusetts and will gauge member sentiment on pending legislation and ensure party unity during votes.
George H. Moses, a longtime New Hampshire political figure, has been appointed minister to Greece and Montenegro. He has served as a delegate to the last national Republican convention in Chicago and supported Vice President Fairbanks for the presidential nomination.
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