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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
4
A fragmented advertisement lists various subscription options with garbled names and prices, mentioning by mail and by carrier deliveries. It references multiple time spans including months and weeks, but the text is severely distorted and hard to parse for precise details.
The case centers on Pendleton’s mountain water project with the Byers Milling Company opposing taking water from the Camtilla river or Thorn Hollow springs. The firm fears reduced power, while opponents fear a split in the pro mount ain Water forces could block any progress. A damage suit could be pursued, and the water commission has denied plans to issue the $296,000 bond until Thorn Hollow supplies are studied. Some propose using the North Fork Uma titla river, though support fluctuates among local leaders.
The Hut byers milling company backs a mountain water project while opponents claim they are defending their own interests in a purge against Thorn Hollow. They argue the mill seeks to block any system and urge Pendleton officials to proceed without milling company influence.
The piece reports local opposition to a 206000 mortgage to fund water supply as citizens and sources argue over the necessity and impact of a new system in Thorn Hollow, while critics claim the project benefits certain interests and delays occur in approvals.
The text argues against a government plan to mine coal in Alaska and sell at cost, claiming it would burden the people and benefit Morgane and the Sustenielins. It asserts the government should not hand over valuable coal felts to them and calls for change in the system, presenting a place to begin.
A newly named United States marshal for Oregon faces scrutiny after a recommendation from Congress member Lafferty, an avowed insurrectionist, and a president chosen over Senator Polline. The piece hints at factional tension and broader graft concerns amid labor disputes and unrest abroad.
The wool schedule revision will be postponed until the tariff report by Sear is received, delaying changes to wool duties.
Overhead lines stay in place amid questions on whether they will be kept, removed, or funded under a new initiative. Local officials weigh options and residents seek clarity on timelines and costs.
William C. Small of Indian Mills and Lulu M. Yeager of Whilings were wed in a Mount Holly department store during an August clearance sale. Rev George N Keneide of Lumberton officiated after the couple completed purchase of new outfits and furniture, marking a novel ceremony amid the store’s surroundings.
Ruth Gruver, 14, daughter of Hi Gruver, keeps two cinnamon bear cubs named Brung and Leddy as pets. Captured near Seattle by lumbermen, the playful cubs. feed from a bottle and drink milk. They are growing fast and cannot be kept much longer. Her father plans to present them to the city.
In the neighborhood the Cubs attract all the youngsters daily as Misa Graver entertains crowds to watch a bear perform tricks the animals have learned.
Emile Hofer petition outlines that his wife was awakened repeatedly, dragged from bed, and beaten by her husband Rudolf Hofer in the middle of the night. She left him and filed for divorce claiming an ungovernable temper. She states they wed in Germany on June 8 1910 and she departed in April 1911. Hofer resides in Germany.
New York report from Singapore notes a 16 year old girl disguised as a stoker aboard the Indravelli. She claimed engagement to a stoker and was shipped to be near him. She and her lover reportedly climbed the deck and hurled thermotives overboard before vanishing. fate of either or both remains uncertain.
A seasick stowaway aboard the schooner Ral Geld from Seattle to Nome arrived off Cape Finite ry and confessed she stowed away to be near the ship's engineer. The captain, using maritime law, united the stowaway and the engineer as husband and wife. The couple returned home Sunday after a brief voyage.
A quarrel among young women returning from a Long Island resort ended in a fight as their car crossed the Queensboro Bridge. Nineteen year old Alveda Carpenter was stabbed in the heart and died, a fellow passenger was arrested and later questioned by police.
The text notes Tomes Hay of Vorein as chairman of the committee on military affairs and details his birth in Millwood Clarke County Virginia his education in Maryland Virginia at the University of Pennsylvania and Washington and Lee University from which he graduated in 1877. He was elected to the fifty fifth Congress and served in all subsequent sessions and chaired the democratic caucus in the fifty sixth fifty seventh and fifty eighth Congresses. It ends with a quip about fooling people by being sensible when not expected.
August events include Humbert landing with 700 French at Killala in 1798 and being captured days later. In 1804 Russia deposits 10,000 troops at Copenhagen to start hostilities. In 1807 Danish gunboats attack Copenhagen but retreat to harbor. 1813 San Antonio battle sees royalists under Arendonda defeat Mexican patriots. 1834 Vesuvius eruption destroys about 1900 houses over several days.
A compact chronology notes 1854 Morelia battle where queen's troops defeat Carlists, a 1870 Franco Prussian clash at Gravelotte with mutual losses, 1884 Mexico drought impact on cattle, 1904 Russo Japanese war gains at Pleeeon Bay, 1910 unveiling of a bronze Washington statue gifted by Virginia to France in Paris.
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