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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
8
A Pendleton business thanks locals for liberal patronage and notes rapid progress. It reports heavy investment in a Crockery and Tea stock branded Exclusive and claims to offer the best value with prices lower than reasonable. The firm pledges continued first-rate effort into the New Year.
Washington correspondent outlines the river and harbor bill to be presented in Congress. The committee will keep strict rules, only approving projects recommended by engineers and endorsed by the engineer board. Jurisdictions like Coos Bay Yaquina Bay Tillamook face tight cuts, with overall authorizations around 75 percent of engineer recommendations and about 400 items to be included in the bill.
Congressman Mondell secured a presidential concession restoring over 16 million acres in Wyoming to oil and other forms of entry. President Roosevelt ordered a coal entry review, confirming Mondell's claim that large tracts had been withdrawn. Local Wyoming land offices received telegraphic orders to reopen the vast domain to entry for oil and related purposes.
Last week the O R and N delivered one carload of wood and three carloads of coal to Walla Walla. Since the month began 450 tons of coal and 3910 cords of wood have entered the city via this railroad, with expectations of steady shipments to prevent another fuel famine in Garden City.
A Christmas police court session sent fourteen Irish Swedes and Native American inmates to the jail and lenient talks for the others. Indians faced arraignment first and some sentences were suspended. whites paid fines or served brief terms. The piece notes a push to include mutton in Indian subsistence and army rations, signaling higher demand for Western mutton.
Mrs Hosetta Shutrum died at 11:80 last night at her son in law James Estes 121 Stonewall Jackson street from complications of long illness. Born February 1 1849 in Indiana she was a Googe Shutrum widow and a county pioneer living here for about a0 years. She leaves six children Mel Merton Rey and three daughters Maggie Pitt and Maud plus Mrs James Retes recently deceased. Funeral from Baptist church at 1 o clock Friday conducted by Rev G L Hall.
The Cheyenne Tribune notes that 41 miles of double track between Raw line and Wamncutter will begin next year. George Maitland of the Union Pacific and his survey team completed surveys and the party disbanded. The group is reorganizing into small corps to supervise grading with contracts expected by year start and work to begin early spring, employing hundreds of graders along the Wyoming line.
The National Woolgrowers Association, led by Senator E. F. Warren of Wyoming, secured a victory for the sheep industry ensuring future provision of mutton to Indians under Uncle Sam. The Cheyenne Tribune notes the three year old Woolgrowers resolution to provide mutton alongside beef for Indians gains ground and may impact policy.
Today’s revue publishes a circular listing reasons for dividing the county as proposed by the County Division association. Readers are urged to read, consider the arguments, and attend the mass meeting next Saturday to hear both sides and take an interest in the decision.
R A Jackson’s Rambouillet flock from Columbian county returned to the city after showing in Chicago. The 14 sheep earned seven cash prizes out of 24 awards, following a gold medal at St. Louis and strong showings at the Chicago exhibit, proving the flock’s lead over European and American rivals.
Count Senatieff, who assassinated Saturday, was buried in St Peterabure today. Imperial family members attended except the emperor and empress.
The Manitoba government crop report for the year records total wheat at 61,220,413 bushels, an increase of 6,006,000 bushels from last year. Other crops rise similarly, indicating a flourishing farming community across Manitoba.
Francis Burton Harrison will marry Mabel Judson Cox in Cannes France. Cox is the divorced wife of Dr Rowland Cox of this city and this marks Cox's first public divorce announcement.
Chicago market brief shows wheat opening at 74 1 8 and closing at 73 1 8 while corn opens at 41 1 8 and ends at 41 as oats start at 23 5 8. The report notes the day’s activity and closes with oats' market position.
An old advertisement touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as fortifying against chills and colds from inclement weather and promoting digestion. It urges readers to keep a bottle, claims cures for indigestion, dyspepsia, costiveness, biliousness, headache and female ills, and offers a copy of a 1907 almanac via druggists.
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