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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
2
Garfield, Wash resident Adams, described as a druggist, faces a warrant charging him with selling intoxicating liquor in a dry district. He was released on a $500 cash bond after arrest by local authorities in Culfax Northwest News.
In Winona Washington farmers and machinists praise the apratement harvesters this season. Men are described as honest and intelligent and seeking work, with many congratulating themselves on the hiring outcome and prospects.
A. M. Culver, a storekeeper at Es sx, Montana, was arrested for selling liquor without a license as authorities seized a quantity. Three weeks earlier Culver was fined 156 dollars for participating in a gambling game.
Rattlers front and rear reported in Pomery Washington area as Newt Manning encountered a rattlesnake in his front yard and, while going to secure a weapon, faced another at the back yard. Each snake had several rattles.
Report from Walla Walla indicates a new threat from I W W members marching toward Walla Walla and North Yakima. Chief of Police Davie vows to act decisively if they attempt to disrupt free speech.
The report describes an injury to Preke Leg Unloading Poles supervisor Whitxel of Spodane while overseeing cedar pole landing at Wol Fred weretion. He suffered a leg break near the ankle. transported to Newport then Spirit Lake hospital for treatment.
In a chaotic item the text references Buffal Jones as a wild performer and mentions war stunts, Africa jungle scenes, and rhinos. The fragmentary report hints at evading law and dangerous acts with ante and Jarrat in Dalles and Teaase, suggesting a sensational, fragmented police-safety story.
A Texas rancher, B L Slaughter, president of Sonsh ranch near We Springs, ties a rope to his car steering post and uses a noosed lariat to capture antelope while driving through the herd. He is a law abiding citizen who refutes the tale with trophies and witnesses.
Mrs Agnes Colwell sues William Colwell in Baker Oregon alleging habitual attempts at self harm to pressure her, threats to kill her and their baby, and cohabitation with a disreputable Spokane woman. The suit follows a sensational episode last week when Colwell tried to steal his child, boarded a train for Salt Lake City, and was halted at Huntington with the child removed. He reportedly used laudanum, alcohol, and a darning needle as means in his actions.
Pasadena’s July statistics reveal 44 births among a population of around 46,000, with health authorities noting that 500 births would be a normal figure and that babies in wealthy and poorer households alike are scarcer than usual.
Father E J Van de Ven of Walla Walla is appointed guardian of two minor Meinicke children in the probate court. The court requires a $10 bond for faithful discharge. The minors are orphans after their father William Mannicke died recently.
Reported sighting and pursuit of a large mountain lion near Stites and Mogele Creek. Ranchers and neighbors organized at least one hunt with dogs and rifles after a young girl reportedly killed a cougar with a four caliber rifle previously, noting such animals are rare in the area.
New York reports that Eugene G. Scales, a noted cotton market manipulator, recovered nearly all of an estimated 1.5 to 2 million dollar loss from a recent futures slump. He reportedly shifted from long to short, selling hundreds of thousands of bales as the price declined, recouping most of his losses.
A Kansas City tobacco dealer says twenty six years in the business let him infer customer preferences by appearance. He explains that dark haired, dark skinned men tend to want heavy Havana cigars and pipes, while fair skinned, straight haired men prefer light cigars and cigarettes.
Eleven pound tomato varieties are grown by 7. B. Johnson, a machinist and hobby gardener on West L street, with Mrs. Johnson tending ordinary-sized fruits. Two tomatoes fill each quart jar as their Louisville kitchen garden at Lovelville gains local notice.
An offer promotes home delivery of the Daily Gast Oregonian for 66 cents per month. The notice emphasizes affordable subscription pricing and convenient access for readers.
A San Francisco memorial from the Down town Association asks Taft to revise entrance regulations for the exempt class of Chinese. It seeks counsel access at investigations, extended landing on bond, prompt decisions, and notification of grounds before denial. It urges humane treatment, a 15 day notice before deportation, and demolition of insanitary Chinese buildings with a $506,000 appropriation for new structures.
Benjamin J. Smith sues his wife, Beene Smith, in Oakland for divorce on cruelty grounds after she left home to perform on stage. He testifies she exposed him to humiliation by appearing in public and by violent incidents at home and on stage, including a confrontation at a theater entrance.
Noting the death of Joseph Bergman at South Pasadena, officials state that Bergman’s illness was not yellow fever. Dr Lemoyne Wills, vice president of the state board of health, says the diagnosis of the dreaded Yellow Jack was erroneous. Bergman had recently returned from the west coast of Mexico.
In Sunset View cemetery San Francisco fine mason John Batano aged forty died after scaffolding collapsed while he worked on a monument for the Berkeley Elks. He struck his head suffering a ruptured blood vessel and died en route to Roosevelt hospital. Two other workers Roberta and Bossi were thrown down with injuries. Batano is survived by four widows.
At the Orpheum a fine Friday and Saturday program features The Great Heart of the West with Jack seeking health, marrying his fiancée, and choosing the western life. Olympia Pantages presents a ship docking scene on transatlantic liners in New York harbor. A Bald Lie comedy shows John Jones with a bald head and jealous wife amid humorous misadventures. Birds in Their Nests closes the bill.
A local ad promises free samples of ZEMO the soothing liquid remedy for hives prickly heat insect bites and eczema with no conditions or obligations. The ad notes a reference bottle size but emphasizes the healing effects and invites callers to Pendleton Drug Co for their sample.
A war feature titled Saving the Standard shows four hand to hand encounters and castle defense in France and the Netherlands. The Cuttl Fish presents a famed fish species with educational value. The Troublesome Secretaries a Vitagraph comedy, titled How Betty Outwitted her Father, promises hearty laughter. do not miss it.
A Vivagraph patriotic drama portrays the writing of the national hymn by Mere Jon Ward Mowe set during the Civil War. Mrs Howen influences Lincoln with the idea of arousing volunteers as the north rallies. The story links to the era and the hymn’s impact on recruitment and morale.
A collection of wartime narratives and melodramatic romances. Molly Pitcher’s valor at Monmouth, a savage sea peril on The Coffin Ship, The Foreman's Mine, The Twins, and It’s a Rex offer dramatic plots with vivid color and genuine heart interest.
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