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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
8
An advertising overview extols Cottolene as pure cooking fat made from cotton seed oil. It claims careful selection, refined processing, and no human handling from seed to kitchen, contrasting with lard’s supposed disease risks. It urges readers to try Cottolene for tastier, healthier meals.
A barrage of travelers and locals in Pendleton and nearby towns includes J C and J G Keyser of Starbuck visiting for business, Dr J B Sponvgle Athena Dentist amid a $10 000 suit, Miss Chloe Stanfield returning home, and several others from Helix, Echo, Pilot Rock, Hood River, and Portland taking trains or awaiting stays. Many are returning home after visits or looking at timber land and business prospects.
Pendleton district voters approved a five mill tax levy for general and contingent school expenses, one mill less than last year due to higher assessed property value. About $42,000 is needed to run the schools, pay old bonds, and upgrade facilities, with most funds coming from county and state per capita taxes. The levy aims to cover rebates and delinquencies, plus remaining debt payoff.
In the Cunningham coal case hearing, ex Governor Miles C. Moore of Walla Walla denies a prior agreement to consolidate claims before patent issuance. He testifies that the vacation on ground was for his own benefit and no entente with others existed at the time of location.
Members of his order have been attracted to return to work and many have complied with his order. Lee's action is believed to settle in favor of the railroad the moot question whether the Brotherhood men would join the strikers or remain on duty.
Minenapiolis December 1 Plan calls for immediate retirement of the event strike by the governor with interstate arbitration to include Minnesota North Dakota Montana and Washington. The plan aims to arbitrate credits and grievances tied to interstate commerce and transportation disruptions.
A garbled report from New York references government wyness appearing in connection with a sugar trust case. It mentions a defendant named Ke and a court scene with a rovorma sonnets style description, detailing actions about evidence and a spring allegedly used to alter weights.
The crew of the water stemmed schooner Burene Porda from Nova Hcodia to Philadelphia were received off the Massachusetts yesterday by the steam er Vanderlind of Big Star Inc. Time believed that at on binhd were hovod.
New York December C The acquisition of Western Union Telegraph by American Telephone and Telegraph will be examined by a state judiciary committee in an inquiry into the deal.
Memorial service for the local Elks lodge scheduled at Eagles Woodmen hall next Sunday afternoon. Judge Stephen A. Lowell to deliver the memorial address with a musical program and lodge rituals conducted by Grand Exalted Ruler Gilbert W. Phelps and lodge officers. Performances include solos by Mrs B E Croparkin, Mrs J Landers, Miss Hina Gates, and Miss Lora Perry who will play Chopin. All are invited.
Spokane Washington will host a major aeronautic meet next summer with Fatman Dumont Lambert Latham Gary resory Lichlelter and other experts using balloons and airplanes to chase world aviation records. Richard Kiegin former sports writer at Sioux City has arranged $50 000 to guarantee the meet. C F Cory of Chicago a banker formerly in Spokane county aims for a balloon world record with the Chicago balloon traveling 690 miles in 10 hours. The promoter predicts contests in long and high flights speed endurance and time trials and says contracts exceed 250 000 for western meets continuing to St Paul and Spokane.
Spokane and Walla Walla shippers press for at least 2 percent reduction on eastern route rates. Stephen briefs the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing against terminal rate clauses in city franchises with railroads. Woodworth contends Spokane may lose revenue if Milwaukee line delays, urging conditional franchise terms.
A brief note on aid and relief efforts by the Red Cross offering hope to people facing hardship. It reflects wartime relief aims and compassion extended to victims in crisis regions.
In San Francisco on December 3 a woman linked to Doctor Claude Alexander Astro admitted she acted under his influence in a robbery of J. O Kelly, the Marshfield towboat owner, taking 544 dollars and clothing valued at 3600. She disclosed abuse and said she wished leniency as her mother and sister plan to remove her from Astro’s control. The court heard a motion to quash a divorce summons, with magistrate L. Curl upholding the motion.
A quirky legal situation arose when two attorneys agreed to submit a motion to a fellow attorney in the judge’s absence. Judge Galloway, who left for Corvallis, missed a return train and traveled by car, leaving the court without a sitting judge.
Topeka Club votes to bar Governor Stubbs from a banquet planned by Del Valen tine clerk of the supreme court. The invitation was withdrawn after the governor, a former member, quit the club when it refused to abolish the locker system for liquor at the club house.
The event at Woolmen Hall features Johnson's Orchestra with undisturbed music for a Monday evening December 6. Gentlemen enter free, and the dance promises a pleasant, enjoyable time with a lively crowd and steady entertainment.
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