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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1911
Page
2
Round-Up Park directors outline beautification after track completion and grandstand progress. A river water right now flows through the north side with elm trees planted along one end and the arena to receive bluegrass to curb wind effects. The convention of commercial teachers opened with delegates registering and speeches stressing spelling and grammar for stenographers.
Bridgeport officials claim two thirds of women entering business colleges struggle with basic spelling. The Eastern Commercial Teachers Association leader spoke at their annual convention in Bridgeport, stressing spelling as essential for office work and livelihood success.
Leila McKay transferred Lots 2 3 4 and 5 in dock 157 Reservation to Olds Wortman and King of Portland. The move follows a prior suit by a large clothing company over a collection action, suggesting the land transfer may settle the case.
Bowmen hotel manager James Cooper has been homebound with a severe tonsillitis attack. John Doe appears in police court and is fined five dollars for drunkenness. J 5 Gurdane sells Plymouth Rock hens to Central Meat Market for 12 a dozen. Henry Copeland and Birdie Hall obtain a marriage license and wed by Justice Joe H Parkes. Deed transfers for reservation lots filed dated 1908. Property shifts include quarter sections 28 and 33 two four north range 31 with $8400 consideration in each case.
Track athletes from Pennieton high school will run drills Tuesday at Round Up Park under Coach Breithaupt to thoroughly evaluate contenders for the county track meet next Saturday.
The Catholic chapel car arrived in the city in the morning and will depart tonight for Athena for a week long mission. It will then proceed to Pendleton for a similar stay. The event is mainly for Catholics but outsiders may attend.
Superintendent Frank K. Welles informs that Lewis W. Keeler will remain district superintendent and Ott mer A Cannon continues as high school principal. Both have served for years with general satisfaction. The Umutua County Athletic & Oratori cus jlseciation executives meet in Athena to finalize plans for the second annual meet next Friday, focusing on selecting judges.
A saddle crafted at Power harness shop for Miss Rhoda Lazinki who will ride in the relay at this fall Roundup. The 25 pound saddle uses a rubber cinch as Lazinka aims to defend her honors from last fall's Roundup.
Local yards abolish night switch engine and replace with crew on duty from midnight to 10 Welnek forenoon. Train crews in and out of the city will perform their own switching duties under new arrangement.
Grand Patriarch of the I O O F L Wimberly in the city on an official view tonight attends Eureka lodge No 32 for its weekly season. Wimberly publishes the Eugene Televinen and has toured eastern Oregon for about ten days visiting I O O F lodges.
Gustavus Kontilis and Tom Ma renos, two Greeks arrested Thursday on a complaint by a countryman in Umatilla, appeared before Judge Parkes. The larceny from a person charge was withdrawn for lack of evidence, but they were convicted of assault and battery and ordered to pay 111.85 in costs and fines.
J G Kilpack of the Home and Girls Aid society of Portland visits eastern Oregon daily touring the children the society placed locally. He departs June 1 for a three month vacation, then returns to England to visit his old home. A ten year old boy narrowly escaped drowning in a mill race near Main Street when pulled from the water. He was revived and cared for by a physician after the incident.
Sherie Taylor reported that thieves raided the Furnish camp near Eeho in the morning, making off with several canned goods. Local authorities note no injuries as they investigate the break in.
A shotgun and other items were traced as suspects fled toward Hermiston, with Marshal Phay warned to watch the area. A horse disappeared near Echo and officers seek the suspected thief. The Walla Walla Pendleton local train was hours late due to a broken locomotive rod, delaying Pendleton arrivals as repairs failed and a Spokane engine assisted at Milton.
Frank Hays, manager of Peoples Warehouse shoe department, was among items taken in the Pendleton Cleaning and Dye Works burglary Thursday night. A pressed coat, selected from many, is missing along with Martin Andersons clothing and Dick Sullivan's hat. The garments were large in size, suggesting a burglar of some means.
Buckaroos travel by 7 am train to Milton after a week of practice to challenge the fruitgrowers at home. Milton leads Pendleton slightly in early season games and enjoys home field. Mollie to start on the mound with fielders backing him as locals aim to climb higher in standings. Fans expected to flock eastward with the team.
Pendleton and Pilot Rock residents face adjustments to the Pilot Rock local train and motor car schedules. The Pilot Rock train will depart Pendleton 1 hour 10 minutes earlier at 8:15 a.m. and arrive at 4:15 p.m.. it will depart Pilot Rock for Pendleton at 8 p.m. There is no change to the motor car reaching Pendleton in the morning, but its return from Pendleton will be 56 minutes later at 6:30 p.m. The change is part of a summer schedule but may inconvenience weekend travelers in winter.
The cases against Jim Dupule and a Greek restaurant waitress for keeping dogs in the city without license were continued until Monday. The girl asserts the dog did not belong to her and denounces the officers.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced in Washington on April 22 that it renounced any jurisdiction over Alaska railroads and rate regulation. It stated that all regulation would be handled by the Secretary of the Interior, with appeals limited to the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Taft has tentatively accepted an invitation to speak at the tenth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Harrisburg Pennsylvania on Sunday May 14. A Canadian Pacific wage and conditions conference has broken off and a strike appears likely involving about 10 000 workers from Port Arthur to Vancouver. Also noted are safety records of the Vandalia Railroad showing no passenger deaths in 1908 1909 or 1910 among 9 800 080 passengers and 1718 miles of track with passenger trains totaling 2 T 66h4ATO miles in the last three years.
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