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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1906
Page
2
An old Oregon territorial act declares wartime volunteers may be raised with up to three regiments for six months. Pay ranges and equipment rules are set, with officers paid like U S Army, and provisions extend to existing conflicts and the ninth regiment. Also includes a health advisory promoting digestive aids and breakfast wellbeing.
A promotional piece arguing beer has genuine food value and nourishment. It cites endorsements from Phoebe Counsinga and Dr. Joseph Felsler of Northwestern University, plus a West Women’s Christian Temperance Union stance and a former army officer who ran canteens. It praises Pabst Beer as eight-day malt, hops, and water, claiming superior nourishment and purity with minimal alcohol content.
An Ogden dispatch reports Utah may raise its sheep quarantine soon as f ear of a disease called feqbles diminishes. Authorities say only a few southern spots remain, ending federal inspections for flocks entering Idaho and other states. Local owners rejoice, noting costly litigation and state disputes soon resolve. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve ad follows in the piece.
General news item notes Western Ireland facing serious famine from potato blight. Atlanta seeks a site in Washington for a colony of 10 Quaker families from India Tow Katers and Oklahoma. Reports heavy rainfall at Senrchiight and a series of drownings at resorts followed by another suicide linked to a bank wreck incident. Lieutenant Colonel Hugh L. Scott to oversee West Point duties. Mayor Brush forms a cooperative ice plant to counter the ice trust. A San Francisco streetcar fuse blast kills Jennie Regan. In Texas, John B. Roper and two others die by an iron kettlebell while Roper faces murder connections.
The Oregon State Premasociation will meet in Newport on September 23 and 24. The Newport week includes school events and a dedication in Claris tot, Wash. A public figure, Tack Chesterfield, was jailed after a drunken incident in Wetle Wallo. Four new babies in Culdesac, Idaho. A forest fire near Suntiam burned 14 pack horses and damaged timber. The eighth annual Pacific coast In Day teachers Institute begins in Tacoma with Miss Enteile Reel among speakers. A lumber yard fire at Munkers Station near Albany destroyed a mill, $2000 loss, no insurance. A lamp exploded in a section house causing a warehouse fire. Divide sawmill and lumber yard losses total 1,000,000 feet of lumber and 8,000 plants. Train No. 10 from Butte to Salt Lake collided with a freight at Barrats, killing Conductor Shewalt and injuring others but no serious passenger injuries. A shooting near Ravenadale, Washington, left Mrs. Joseph Firpo dead on the train en route to Seattle. Prof. Tyler of Amherst College discusses digestion and the value of a digestive aid like Kodol For Dyspepsia from Tallman & Co.
A nine mile Ritzville area accident on the H Dorman ranch involved a combined harvester and thresher running wild across wheat fields. Twelve horses were killed and nine injured while the machine was wrecked. Damage estimated at around 3000 dollars. The runaway occurred after the driver left the seat to inspect machinery, causing the rig to speed through the field scattering straw and inflicting heavy losses.
Notice to bidders for constructing an earth and gravel approach to the south end of the county bridge over the Umatilla river at Echo Oregon. Plans and specifications on file in the office. Bids include earth fill and rip rap costs with 5 percent certified check. Bid opening August 22 1906 in Pendleton Courtroom. Right to reject bids reserved. Also a veterinary association convention in New Haven Connecticut with 200 to 400 attendees.
Harry Willame was shot in the back and killed during a Baptist church camping trip. Roy Heller, age eighteen, fired unintentionally and no blame is assigned to him. Both young men are described as popular in Boise, Idaho. The incident is reported as accidental with no charges indicated.
The steamboat Lewiston stopped last night at Riparin and no boats are running on the river due to rising waters. The Spo Rane has been idle in repairs for a week with no general freight moving. Lewiston between construction camps with supplies is halted. A Southern Pacific powder house exploded near Yreka California killing two boys and fatally wounding another, likely caused by a boy firing a rifle through a ventilator.
Letters from two women in Portland Oregon reference Herpicide and claim it stops hair loss and dandruff after use. Grace Dodge and Bertha Trullinger praise the product from beauty doctors. The ad mentions Bendix drugstores and Koeppen & Bros in Detroit offering samples at 16 cents a week via Daily East Oregonian carrier.
Rupert August 27 06 announces a land sale event with a round trip rate of 18.60 and sale dates August 21. Contact F C Smith agent or Allen David chief of the Klamath Indians since 1860 for particulars. reservation end date and name appear as 63 in the text.
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