12 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
3
WE ARE THE PEOPLE and the only people in the saddler business that carry a complete stack of Harness Saddles Bridles Spurs Sweat Pads Pack Beddles and Bags Tents Wagon Covers and Canvas JOSEPH ELL Loading Harness and Saddler.
Earl Hays of Athena suffered fractures to the right arm when a threshing machine gear struck him while unloading on A. McIntyre's farm near Weston. Dr. J A Best treated the injury. Other items note Prof. W A McGee appointed Weston principal, Dr. W Courtney’s move, teachers’ exams, Milton’s harvest season, fruit shipping plans, and local residents visiting or traveling, with taxes due and Albert White recovering from a gunshot wound.
A 1899 summary from the Division of Agriculture of the Twelfth Census shows irrigation fueling agricultural gains in arid states. Irrigators numbered 108,218, area irrigated 7,539,545 acres, main ditches totaling 414,149 miles, and irrigation system costs at 67.77 million dollars with crop value topping 86.86 million. Oregon reports sharp rises in irrigators and irrigated area, while nationwide data outline crop types, values, and regional distribution.
The body of Charles E. Burrows arrived in Walla Walla amid family grief after he drowned near Seattle on a private yacht. A large turnout of Workmen and Elks attended funeral services at the city cemetery, with Mrs Burrows and relatives present. Burrows and his wife were on a brief visit near Bound when the accident occurred at night. no witnesses could relate the specifics.
The premium met of the Oregon State Fair is now out and being distributed among farmers. Local growers await fair authorities to determine prize allocations and market implications for the harvest season.
A U S Bureau field party studies natural forest reproduction in Massachusetts New Hampshire Oklahoma and the Wichita and Prescott forest reserves. The aim is to learn conditions for natural pine seeding on pastures and abandoned lands and to guide landowners in obtaining timber stands.
The report notes the reserve is largely Western yellow pine with a sparse reproduction over years. It seeks methods to increase the stand of young timber and improve forest regeneration.
The Texas Supreme Court, under Judge Bean, reversed Judge W R Ellis in W H Goltra as executor of Hugh Fields estate versus Jane Penland executrix of William Penland. A new trial was ordered on the case alleging a $10,906 value for a band of sheep kept on shares. The prior judgment favored the Penland estate, but the high court overturned it.
The advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and not local. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo is marketed as the only constitutional remedy, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with a $1000 reward for proof of failure and requests readers to send for circulars.
J H Johnston of Broughton Ga credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with ending years of suffering and restoring work ability. He says his wife’s asthma also improved, calling it best croup medicine for throat and lung diseases and noting guaranteed bottles 60 cents and $1.00 with free trial bottles at Tallman & Co.
The O A N Co sells tickets August 14 and 15 for a round trip to St Paul at 52 dollars with 30 day return. Similar prices apply for Missouri River terminals and Kansas City to Sioux City, and 72 dollars to Chicago. Tickets available at OBRN ticket offices. A livestock exhibit at the state fair promises great value, highlighting the largest show west of the Rockies and urging farmer attendance.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes King Alfonso faces a public discussion amid debate over including some children in hearings. The report highlights the controversy and media interest around the issue as officials weigh the appropriate scope of the discourse.
Fresno reports a new giant tree possibly larger than any known. Measured at six feet above ground it has 164 feet and eight inches in circumference, about 60 feet in diameter, standing on a government reserve and protected from logging. Scientific American notes the prior record in California lumbering studies.
A town jokes that the automobile arrived uninvited, proving unruly by running over two children and a man with a wooden leg on its first day, and threatening to break into the corner drug store on three occasions.
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