29 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
1
Chicago residents see lower prices across commodities as hogs at the stockyards fall eight dollars from three days earlier and five dollars from the July record. Pack ers reducing slaughter amid cautious housewives, while farmers rush stock to city markets, filling pens beyond capacity.
County agent Fred Bennion reports drought driven hay scarcity worries stockmen in Ukiak. He notes 75 carloads shipped from Pilot Hook and that only 40 percent of hay crop is ready. He urges holding stock as some fear losses while experienced stockmen remain cautious about outcomes.
Pendleton has been made an exception rewarding the Lamar Toore lectures funds diverted to a memorial site Leslie Toor. The city funds will be used under diurnal active student and the Thursday Afternoon Club which has pledged itself to value $100. Tickets are on sale for the Toore lecture next Tuesday in the library auditorium. Admission is 50 cents.
Aug 29 report says twenty people were killed and forty missing after an ammunition barge exploded, destroying the British monitor Glow Worm. Archangel details indicate a maritime disaster with significant loss of life and unresolved casualties.
Portland hearing on spruce projection in the Northwest cites misapplied funds in Milwaukee road construction. Investigators say five million dollars were squandered on the Scim Cary Keerbaugh line for commercial gains, urging further inquiry into John D. Ryan and related officials.
Washington Aug 24 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor has asked for an appointment with President Wilson. The request was granted and he will see the president this afternoon.
The planned general strike drew little support as police dispersed crowds of alleged radicals who had halted streetcar traffic for an hour. A recall order for a sympathetic citywide strike failed to mobilize workers, and traffic resumed with conductors and motormen declining to strike.
Washington Aug 29 Secretary of labor Wilson has returned to inform the public of Mooney activities the department may be connected to the Mooney case convicted of bomb throwing in the San Francisco parade Information was requested in a resolution the department deemed compatible with public interest to make public the activities affecting the Mooney case Wilkon wrote to a member Malcolm Samuelson at St Anthony's hospital where he underwent a minor operation this time
1919 upgrades for the Round-Up include two chrome drinking fountains with multiple bubblers, a 29 stall barn, and new bleachers for performers. Fountains near the grounds entrance and at the bandstand, with fretted bronze design, plus ongoing track work under Frank Fraties, progressing well.
New York Aug 29 Ramiel Hildreth announced he had refused an offer of 200000 for the three year old horse Purchase. He said it would be the largest offer ever made for a trade horse in the United States.
Pendleton organized labor members totaling about 500 will join a Labor Day program Monday. A morning parade begins at 11 o'clock from the Court House, led by the Pendleton Round Up Band, proceeding through Court Street to Main, then to Rathdrill Street and back to the bridge to Jackson. An afternoon park program includes speakers, athletic events with $50 in prizes, and a dance at the Kegle Westman hall with $7 in prizes for best dances. Stores will close in observance. committee preparations are underway.
San Francisco reports yard men returning to work, ending the walkout in the Dey district. Los Angeles railroad workers remain on strike in sympathy with Pacific Electric. experts predict they will resume by nightfall as government and Brotherhood leaders coordinate a Saturday morning resumption of service. The rapid settlement here saved a large crop from probable spoilage.
Spokane reports an unknown tourist was killed by a bear near the Old Faithful Geyser Hotel in Yellowstone Park. The man reportedly attempted to free himself from a barrel that had trapped his head as a mother bear observed and crushed the man.
Samuel Gomphers accompanied by executive council members of the American Federation of Labor opened a conference with President Whitson. They will consider the steel situation as the talks commence in Washington on August 24.
The article covers Senator Knox criticizing the Versailles based treaty as a fragile truce, arguing it punishes Germany too severely and risks long term bloodshed. It cites his call for the United States to renounce claims, withdraw from commissions, and reject German territorial concessions.
President Wilson sent to the senate the treaty with Poland and a protocol regarding the German treaty. The move followed the signing of the German accord and concerns the occupation of the Rhine provinces by allied forces. The foreign relations committee requested the information days earlier.
Strikes and unsettled labor conditions in the East delay several Oregon school texts from Gill Co Portland. Books from the East expected to ship by tomorrow April 34. Delayed titles include Baker and Thorndike Everyday Readers series American Beginning in Europe Gordy’s Stories of American History Hughes Civics Davis Productive Furning Mace School History of the United States New World Speller Clippinger Reign at Spoken and Written Payne’s Literary Readings.
Debtors face action on a real estate transaction involving the Geantes Sched property on Wey Jur0 near Portland. The notice, recorded yesterday, mentions the United States Information Company and the Pathhe Matek Tomapanar, with names including Moe Pohl, Willaon Fiabelay, FW, McComes, and J Sommerville, outlining a mortgage and street corner location two blocks from ln Weer.
President Wilson's official itinerary lists September visits in Billings Helena Coeur d Alene Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland with Portland on September 15 The piece notes relief over national labor dynamics and favorable labor leaders, including Samuels Compers, backing the administration in strikes The tour reportedly arrives via a northern route avoiding Pendleton and aligns with Round Up dates
Pittsburgh street car service resumed after strikers accepted the war labor boards award of six cents an hour. The men returned under protest and will continue to seek a larger increase after a two week strike.
Elmer Moore and Wil Warrick discuss traveling to California by air in a two passenger plane. Moore flies with Pilot D. B. Jones to the Moore ranch 12 miles west of town where Pendleton residents witness the descent. Warrick follows with Jones to the Wyrick ranch on the reservation. They hope to rent the two passenger plane for the possible trip, with Jones as aviator.
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