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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
2
Echo and Pendleton roles bustle with travel and business. Notables include T Young and H H Carter visiting Pendleton, Charlie Green departing for Portland, Dr. Pinkerton heading to Arlington, and many others from Echo, Hermiston, and La Grande transacting affairs. Local officials, business travelers, and hospital links thread through hotels, trains, and meetings.
An advertisement touts a non surgical remedy claiming to remove cancers from all body parts including mouth and eye with adjustable strength. It lists treated individuals in Idaho and Washington and invites immediate consultation at the practitioner’s home in Oakesdale.
Pendleton city officials discuss sinking an artesian well to improve water supply. Chairman Brown proposed the plan, Judge Fee supports it, and the idea follows the Smith law enabling artesian districts. Funding would come from subscriptions or taxation, not direct water department expenditure, with location yet to be decided.
Thieves entered the residence of C. J. Mitchell during absence and took a small safety deposit box belonging to Mrs. Mitchell. The Hawthorne School also reports several articles missing in recent days, prompting police action.
Four prisoners tied to a failed breakout from the county jail were stopped by Sheriff Taylor and deputies. The men Carl Palmer Alfred Crawford Frank Hart and John M Major alias Russell Smith used a stolen caseknife to saw a lock and plan an escape through a brick wall. Palmer and Major were later identified and jailed, with Palmer missing then found. Sentences include Palmer and Major to state terms, Crawford a two year boxcar robbery sentence, Hart awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to burglary.
General J. T. Apperson of Oregon City and department commander of the G. A. R. of Oregon spoke to veterans at the Perdleton post office last evening. Despite 74 years, he tours Oregon visiting posts, stopping in Milton, Athena, La Grande, Baker City, Ontario, and plans to reach the Wallowa valley and The Dalles.
Louis Neil and Frank Balcomb faced Judge Halley after being accused of swearing at Judge Fitz Gerald on the street. Neil, about 29, was fined 25 dollars and remains in the city jail for nonpayment. Balcomb, 16, fined 10 dollars paid by his mother and sister, and later placed on a truancy charge with a order to gain employment or return to school within 24 hours.
The amateur play When Patty Went to College will be presented tonight at the Oregon theatre by students of Pendleton academy under director C. J. Mitchell. The students are reported to have a very interesting production to present tonight.
Frank Keller died at St Anthony's hospital this afternoon from consumption. He was brother of Mrs Albert Rhodes of this city and has other relatives in Tacoma.
Walla Walla County Auditor Swayze from Washington state spent a couple of days in the city on business and was in the courthouse offices this afternoon as part of the visit.
Frederick M. Newberry, a real estate dealer claiming kin to Truman H. Newberry, is jailed in Seattle on two thousand dollar bail. He stands accused of detaining several girls under twelve in his office. He denies the accusations, citing a wife and family in Dayton Ohio. The crime carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
A Baltimore Sun note records a playful exchange during courtship where a wife protests about a new earring hat and the husband retorts that nothing in the hat line is good enough for her. The lighthearted exchange captures domestic banter and humor.
Interior Secretary Ballinger approved 320 acre dry farming regulations under the new desert land law applicable to Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico. Entries must be non-irrigable land, with cultivation proofs required in years two through five, and land lists sent to local land offices before applications.
Grand hosts an all star amateur night with five acts including a skating novelty, an impersonation of Topsy, a monologuist, a dancing and singing specialty, and buck and wing dancing. Voting coupons are available to pick the best amateur act and must be given to the usher.
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