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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
5
Local ads offer coal wood and private board at various addresses and phone numbers. Listings include job wanted and housework, meats and groceries, lodging, wiget wording, and transportation by river boat with schedule and fare details.
Gritman Bros offer light or heavy hauling of all kinds including trunks furniture and pianos. Prompt careful service to any part of the city. Contact George Stangler or Gritman Bros for arrangements and rates.
To responsible parties. An eight room furnished home is available for 9 to 12 months. Includes barn and out buildings. Inquiries welcomed at 400 West Webb Street.
A meeting of Pendle tum Lodge No. 258 B P O Elks is scheduled for Thursday evening August 31. Business of importance will be discussed. All members are requested to attend by order of Exalted Ruler Thos Fitzgerald Secretary.
Washington reports say despite a recent spying law, foreign governments still obtain hard details on U S military defenses. Officers note it is easy to gather gun layouts, ranges, and fort specifications from a fort within an hour, prompting warnings of strong penalties but ongoing risks. Instances include a New York arrest with a trunk of military maps and a Philippines case offering 25000 for Corregidor photos.
Railroads cut jobs in the last year saving about 1000000 a year in expenses. 870 new layoffs across 60 percent of lines reduce manpower by 0. The Interstate Commerce Commission blocked general freight rate hikes, prompting cost cuts among trackmen shopmen and other workers. A report on these reductions could influence unrest among Harriman line shopmen.
Miss Hertha Whitley of Milton and Miss Cora Grant of Pilot Rock were visitors in Pendleton yesterday while Kenneth McRae and several others arrived from nearby towns on the Northern Pacific local. Circuit Judge G W Phelps left for Heppner to hold a short term court and area residents returned from Portland, Union and Wallowa counties with updates on summer travels and recoveries.
Dr Win kin Lee Howard warns excessive physical training harms health more than under exercise. He cites athletes who exhaust reserves, advising gradual, moderate activity like walking or mild swimming. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted cure, urging purchase before summer.
Fire above Gibbon remains under control but requires continued patrols for several days as feeding and supplies prove difficult. Mr. Furnish expects the fire fighting force may be cut tonight, though men will stay to monitor remaining flames. State forestry board member Smythe filed the order, with plans to cover part of the expenses.
The O. W. BR and N. company agrees to lease a strip of land between two tracks and Railroad street for park use in Pendleton. Superintendent HBollows sends a blue print and states the city may park the ground, leaving the details to citizens. The plan follows Civic club revival and aims to transform the area into a garden spot near Aura street.
A sketch of famed war photographers led by James Ricalton and James Hare, detailing daring exploits from Russian Japanese battles to New York balloon photography. It also recounts a cautionary brokerage tale and notes on Michigan lawyer Doremus, now serving his first term in Congress after defeating Edwin Denby.
A fragmentary note discusses speculators for stock trading and margin risk, citing Edward Sherwood Meanie and Lippincott's Arneuxne. It references a September issue explanation of shock spec ulation and includes a distorted anecdote about a broker’s tip involving a chewing-wun and a beard, illustrating questionable guidance.
Frank E. Doremus, a Michigan Democrat in Congress, is noted for his birthday sketch. Born August 11, 1965, in Venango County, Pennsylvania, he received his education mainly in Pennsylvania.
Portland dispatch reports a possible police department shake-up expected before tonight. City hall sources noted activity and staff movement may occur, with no official confirmation yet.
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