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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
8
Baker Ore Aug 16 A man matching the Huntington assault description was arrested at Haines by Marshal Crawford and jailed in this city. He gave the name Alexander Stevens but papers show the alias A J Stacey. He confessed details of the crime after arrest and resisted custody when taken to jail.
Three Salem convicts cut through flame grating but were caught in time. Salem Ore Aug 16. Information from Warden Hengen of the state penitentiary enabled authorities to prevent the escape of three prisoners, thwarting the attempted breakout.
Denver August 16. The shooting of Leo L Fike of Lincoln Nebraska prompts a proposed shake up of the Denver police department by the fire and police board. Fike was shot by Patrolman Joessel who is said to have courted Mrs Mollie Webster. Joessel is summoned to answer brutality charges. All clubs have been taken from policemen.
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports the Round-up band cancels Friday concert due to many members on vacation. Also notes the purchase of eighty head of Hereford cattle from RR. WN Adams of Stanfield by W. A. Gilliam, and a police officer's absence for his mother's illness. Park stables progress with carpenters at Round-up park awaiting uprights for the grand annex.
A lively grouse hunting outing occurred despite rain with participants J L Vaughan James McConnell Jack Urquhart and Harry Rees at a southern county site around 1 pm Meanwhile Sheriff Mike Toner of Walla Walla retrieved Charles Lovelace aid from yesterday on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses The Athens paint shop operator Harry Bundy has been declared bankrupt with assets $164 76 and liabilities $766 32 Peterson and Wilson represent him Secretary Lee Moorhouse has a letter from L K Cogswell a Chehalis stockman hoping to ship fancy Red Polled cattle to the Umatilla Morrow county fair He plans to exhibit here after seeing Pendleton Elks in the Portland parade and aims to participate during the fair and Round-up.
Mrs C M Russell reports her husband Charles M Russell has consented to provide a wild west design for the $350 Round-up prize saddle to be made by Hamley’s company. She says he is moved by love of the old west and may lend paintings for exhibition here.
Rainy day crowds filled the city with harvest hands returning from fields. Eight offenders faced Police Judge FitzGerald for drunkenness. Conway paid a fine, Wagner and De Witt pleaded not guilty, and the rest were jailed three days. Alberta crop prospects hailed by A B McCarthy, who reports good yields despite hail. Harvesting to begin in ten days, seven weeks earlier than usual. Calgary Stampede eyed as potential show, but Round-up remains the benchmark. Calgary organizers hopeful about the Round-up Cowboy band participation.
In La Follette's Weekly the Madison writer mocks Governor Wilson and denounces Roosevelt and Taft supporters. The August issue, fresh to readers, continues the chain of scathing political commentary on national figures and policies.
Governor Wilson spoke to thousands of farmers in Gloucester New Jersey on Farmer's Day at Washington Park. He denounced the protective tariff as restrictive, attacked Aldrich and tariff aides, and urged merchant marine support for the Panama Canal while blaming express companies for blocking parcels posts. He linked tariff to farm costs and hailed the steel and wool tariff votes over President Taft's veto as historic.
Will M. Peterson, a Democratic war horse, reports strong cross party support for Governor Wilson among Republicans statewide. He cites county reports showing Republican votes for Wilson, unity among Democrats, Roosevelt sentiment hurting Taft, and a robust path to Wilson’s November win. The state committee reelects Bert Haney as chairman, Ferguson as secretary, and plans Wilson clubs in all counties guided by a seven member executive committee.
Baker Oregon August 16 Burns the hub of Harney county buzzes over a reported oil find on the Pacific Live stock company property southwest of Burns. Local papers say the discovery is certain with indications at about 659 feet as a dark tarry substance and distinctive odor surfaced with the sand.
Warren Addieman aged 17 was wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge while duck hunting at Smith reservoir two miles east of Baker Oregon. He was brought to the hospital about three hours after the 7 a m accident and his condition remained serious though largely unchanged.
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