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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
6
The train employees vote on giving leaders power to halt commerce to demand a 100 million dollar wage rise. Railroads say this harms the public, noting 44 cents of every transportation dollar goes to wages. Managers propose arbitration or ICC reference. workers refuse. National Conference Committee of the Railways.
The Fort Sill produced Caterpillar tractor claims to cut annual costs by forty thousand dollars by hauling a 4.7 inch gun at six miles per hour. The device, weighing about 887 pounds, generates significant power and updates a battery of overs battens with reduced manpower from 180 to 190 and increases efficiency with a 162 horse rating.
Meacham Oregon Aug 1. A 9 year old Meacham man was struck in the eye by a piece of steel while employed at Harker's mill in La Grande. He traveled to Pendleton seeking an operation after several months of treatment. His condition described as still quite. Other local notes include visits by Mise Thelen Coffrian and Mrs Minnie Chelf, plus movements of Alex Thompaoy and Jeri Fillyard among La Grande and Meacham residents.
Federal Judge Wolverton ordered Jack Stedman sent from Portland to Seattle to appear before a grand jury. He is charged with bringing Becky Miller from British Columbia for immoral purposes.
Washington Aug 4 freigh t rate increases scheduled to start yesterday were suspended until November by a special order of the Interstate Commerce Commission The suspensions include higher minimum weights for Western carriers to receive forward rates and apply to shipments of wheat and other commodities in specified tonnages
In Philadelphia area plants at Eddstone and Baldwin Locomotive works, production of rifles and shells for the Allies continues at high volume. About 21,066 workers, including women, are employed, with plans to double output and organize 40,000 workers by September 1 to meet demand.
Federal officials warn against fraudulent remedies for infantile paralysis offering cures. Interstate shipments of medicines claiming to treat the condition will be denied entry, with inspectors instructed to seize samples and pursue action under the food and drugs act. State health authorities retain jurisdiction for in-state products.
Seattle August 4. Fred J Hawley and Myra Hawley adopt teenage girls Miry and Margaret Wrinkson as their daughters in superior court. The children aged 18 months had been in Spokane custody and were placed with the Hawleys at their northeast 24th avenue home.
A Stanfield rural route update describes the first delivery along the new line and notes local residents and officials reviewing project prospects. The report lists residents visiting the site, church and social group activity, and planned civic efforts, with numerous names and town notices.
In Astoria New York a woman recounts two years of illness with back pain stomach distress and fatigue and avoiding an operation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound per a letter to the Pinkham Laboratory She credits first bottle relief and two weeks to regained appetite and strength, advising others to seek confidential guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
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