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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1916
Page
3
At Rockefeller's farm near Tarrytown Alta, workers moved machines to harvest potatoes. The superintendent ordered new equipment to replace the old setup. Five more pits were planned at Pocantine Hill with harvesting to begin in November.
Oregonian report from Echo Oregon details Frank Spinning receiving evergreen trees from Friday Harbor Washington for planting on Wicks Street. Funeral services for Herbert Dele noted at Mt Boehaneh. Local mentions include Meadows and Walla Walla residents, government and Furnish Diten employees, and a distant land sale.
In Cleaston, Tow a, Aug ., Mrs Lil Joy Lewis was jailed on a 2000 bond after a hearing by United States Commissioner J Hunt. She is accused of a scheme to insure horses for large sums by hiring inferior animals, killing them, and collecting insurance, with trees and supposed lightning marks cited as evidence. Further arrests are expected as the conspiracy allegedly spans the west.
A clipped OCR fragment references city government and women figures, suggesting a local civic note or ordinance context. The readable elements point to governance topics involving women, but specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
The article discusses the Women's Municipal Party in London Australia pushing for women’s representation in local government, noting its independence and reform goals for women and children. It also touches on forestry legislation, timber reserves for naval needs, and France’s reforestation success, highlighting economic gains from reclaimed land and timber resources.
Cable dispatch from a relief committee sources cites a high diplomatic authority confirming Armenians in desert camps resorted to cannibalism to survive. Accounts describe exhausted comrades feasting on bodies as crowds suffer mass hunger and death while aid struggles to reach them.
Umapine readies its futh annual fair with premium listings, judging from Oregon Agricultural College 4H involvement, and features by Governor Withycombe. The event, Sept end and late summer dates, includes livestock, poultry, and a Pig Club display plus special prizes from C J Simonds for purebred pigs and local needlework and cooking departments.
Troopers blame heat for actions as temperatures topped 100 in the desert. Several guardsmen reportedly drew heat from Mexican gambling dens and were summoned to headquarters. Hospital surgeons called the excuse dementia decertania.
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