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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1910
Page
6
Mrs. Dora Wolf and her husband faced a judgment by Municipal Judge Scovel over unpaid debt to Dr. Max Thorek. Questioned about property, Mrs. Wolf offered her earrings, claiming the stones were not diamonds and worth $3. The judge ordered the earrings given to the doctor but allowed retention if the bill is paid within five days.
Salem Oregon T. B. Kay filed with the secretary of state his declaration of intention to seek the Republican nomination for state treasurer. Dan Malarkey of Portland also declared his intention to run for state senator representing Multnomah Clackamas and Columbia counties. W. H. Chatten filed his declaration to run for representative for Clackamas and Multnomah counties.
Carpenters have remodeled the Crawford real estate office on Second Street with a new front, shelving and counters. D. L. Coolidge plans to open a variety store in the next few days. Thomas Hardidlox, a ranch north of Cold Springs reservoir, is producing a large watermelon crop with many melons weighing 30 pounds. Hermiston residents visited Echo for the Methodist church dedication. Mr and Mrs James Gent spent Sunday at Irrigan. Harry Geise has been called to Nebraska to be with a ill brother.
Brigadier General Marlon P Maus of the Columbia Department urges pensions for Alaskan dogs used for trails and communications. He says hundreds of dogs are kept in service, then abandoned when disabled, and he plans to recommend a fund to care for them after service ends.
India plans to adopt dry farming across several districts to combat drought and boost food production. The Dry Farming congress seeks India representation on its board, with a projected fifth Spokane convention October 2 to 6. Officials and enthusiasts in Lucknow and Rouqunages urge study and implementation to alleviate hunger.
Chicago reported a weekend episode as five men roamed the Arden forest naked, claiming to imitate mythic Pan. Deputies seized their clothes after discovering them at Hickory Creek while fish were netted. The men fled into timber and were pursued by game wardens. A local woman later reported seeing them near her home. Authorities doubt they will return to clothing while in the woods.
Athena Oregon August 13 Charles Brotherton a prominent farmer suffers a severe leg injury when a mule pulling away tore loose muscles in his right hip while he tried to move the animal. He is bedridden with intense pain and faces a lengthy recovery ahead. About 60 Greek laborers work on the O R N railroad in the city and hold daily services after shift end drawing local spectators who describe the gatherings as entertaining.
Calcutta police seize seditious pamphlets and search homes amid unrest. Kamalish Raj, uncle of the Rajah of Naldanga, is in critical condition after a suspected shooting tied to informing on agitators. Lord Morley approves a bill extending temporary provisions of the seditious meeting act.
Allen and Calder own and operate a new Milton tin fruit can plant succeeding the A. Allen Firm. They manufacture bright charcoal tin fruit cans in the Northwest, marketing through Davie Kaser of Walla Walla and Childers & Taylor of Freewater. The men promise pure, glasslike cans at lower coat and superior canning suitability.
Nineteen year old Georgia Doty and Violet Murray swam seven miles in street gowns from shore past the whistling buoy. They wore shoes, endured over an hour in the channel, and then boarded a skiff before transfer to a launch. Both say they could have reached the shore and plan to attempt a longer swim next time. Doty wore a pink gown. Murray wore a blue frock.
An ad warns that many baby medicines contain opium and narcotics while McGee's Baby Bilixir claims to have no injurious drugs. It promotes a safe cure for disordered stomachs bowels and fretfulness, touting it as ideal for teething infants and naming A C Koeppen & Bros.
Pittsburg reports multimillionaire Alexander R. Peacock plans a grand chickenhouse and a model dairy on a 156 acre Saltsburg road farm in Plum township. Blue blood cows will stock the dairy to supply the fashionable east end with refrigerated milk by auto delivery. The dairy barn will match the best country homes with ventilation heating sanitation and daily cow teeth scrubbing at a cost of fifty thousand dollars for barn and improvements.
Samuel McWyile of Bloomington Indiana, a veteran and ex soldier, reports illness from 1863 liver inflammation that progressed to kidney and bladder problems. He credits Foley Kidney Pills with notable improvement after many treatments and recommends their use.
New York. Professor William Verbeck, ethologist from Indianapolis, returns from St Johns N F with a year’s notes on Eskimo folklore of northern Labrador. He reports they view a girl in place of a moon. A warrior tries to strike his sister, she flees to a cliff edge and launches into space, landing in the middle of the moon. He brings back many traditions of the Inuit.
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