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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1904
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions Chris Chur and Pesce with implied dispute in a sports or local context, but details are unreadable. The brief notes suggest a possible event or incident involving those individuals but lack concrete facts, dates, or locations to confirm scope or outcome.
Firemen and strikers clash at Swift plant as union and non union guards stand firm. Mayor Harrison consents to meet Retail Meat Association to mediate. talks aimed at settlement amid ongoing picket lines and threats of renewed rain. Mary Robinson abduct case and other local notes fill late lines.
Elwood Mead of Washington, chief irrigation investigator, orders deputy Wright to survey Western Kansas to assess feasibility and cost of raising underflow for irrigation. If reasonable, an experiment will test practicability. Wright has worked in Garden City on pumping experiments.
The Taute ranch of 820 acres on Tutuilla creek near Pendleton was sold to Archibald Struthers for 910000. Taute, moving to Southern Nebraska for health, had owned the old Doss Turner and Bell ranches merging two quarter sections. Negotiations persisted for weeks, sale arranged through C Berkeley, a real estate dealer. Aug 13 Union report notes related premium awards for cherries at the Cove area, signaling local agricultural pride.
A fierce blaze sweeps the lenement district of Aberdeen Scotland with damage reported over a million dollars. Fire crews battle the blaze as residents evacuate and authorities assess the destruction and potential casualties.
Ida B. Hazett addressed a socialist party audience in Helena at the corner of Broadway and Main. She spoke from a cracker box in a mannish style praising serial jam and attacking packers as she urged purchase of her books and a nickel to a dime price for a cigar.
Reports from Port Arthur describe women children and priests fleeing as Admiral Withofft is killed aboard Czaro witch and Russian ships suffer heavy damage. The Japanese fleet engages six battleships and cruisers, many vessels report casualties and coal shortages force sheltering in Chinese ports.
The Czarovitch story reports Captain Warnoff and several officers wounded with others killed, amid notes about a Russian consul demanding time for repairs. Additional items mention two Russian destroyers stranded near Wes Hal Weil, a San Francisco merchant suicide aboard La Tourraine, and Portland facing a nearly $29,000 deficit unless expenses are cut.
McComas of Northwest Warehouse Co estimates an average cost per bushel at about 22 cents on a 60 acre farm with 25 bushels per acre yield, totaling around 12.96 dollars per quarter section. Costs include ground prep seed harvesting hauling and warehouse charges, while larger ranches show similar per bushel costs due to labor hiring and mechanization. Wheat profitability has grown due to rising yields, self fertilizing soil, and improved machinery efficiency.
Thirty first annual session of the Oregon State Medical Association will be held in Portland August 30 and 31 with Dr Mayo of Minnesota delivering the main address on abdominal surgery and a surgical clinic at St Vincent’s hospital. Dr W T Williamson, Portland, presides.
Dr Hutchinson reports scabies in a large Eugene herd causing government inspector to condemn 180 head bound for Montana. Additional condemned cattle include 275 at Oakland and 176 at Halsey. Buyer J N Burgess saw loss as cattle could not be shipped interstate. Disease showed as dark specks under hair, occurring across Oregon Washington Idaho.
Washington August 13 cat races ended in tragedy when a launch capsized in a swift current off Georgetown. Nine people were in the boat. seven bodies recovered by 4 o'clock, including two women and five men. One survivor lurched the rescue. names listed include Miss Harol Hiker and Dr C H Blhimer.
Constantinople dispatch reports Leischmann's interview with Foreign Minister Tewfik Pasha to press immediate settlement of American demands. After the talks, Tewfik Pasha left the palace. Further developments awaited. relations may be broken off or demands granted.
A simple, democratic funeral for Waldeck-Rousseau, former premier, was held at St. Clotilde with a vast crowd in attendance. The body lay in the church center with a flowerless arrangement as per the deceased’s wishes. Burial followed at Montmartre cemetery.
Melbourne August 13 Premier Wat oom jae urged the governor general to dissolve the Australian parliament after government defeat on the labor arbitration question. Firemen seriously injured in Minneapolis Avenue blaze. a fire truck fell on stairs injuring several. Loans total $100,000. Russian heir described as robust as of Saint Petersburg August 1.
A authoritative source states that 100000 pounds of cascara bark will be shipped from Puget Sound and Columbia river districts to eastern markets this year. Strong demand in eastern cities, notably New York, has raised bark values. Farmers with groves focus on peeling bark and preparing it for sale.
M. Clay, a leading Western horseman, shipped 200 head of Malheur range horses to Baet Bt in a single week. A larger shipment of about 600 head is planned for August 18 from the same region. Additional totals indicate further movements of thousands of horses during the period.
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