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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1911
Page
8
Taxpayers lined up at the Umatilla County sheriff’s office in the courthouse all day as Deputy Funk issued receipts. Total taxes this year rise about 15 thousand dollars from last year while general and cities’ funds fall. The school fund increases over 25 thousand, offsetting declines elsewhere. Comparative tax figures follow.
In a parliamentary preview the likely veto bill is described as the first major act of the session. It would end Lords obstruction in a third consecutive year, with speculation that Premier Asquith may seek 600 new peers if needed. The Irish question may wait for autumn or next year depending on Lords’ stance.
The Georgia Society of the City of New York hosts a charity entertainment tonight at the Plaza in New York.
CHH Powell of Milton arrived back from his Milton home on Saturday, according to a brief local note. He was described as returning safely with no further details provided.
A thousand people gathered at Pasco depot to witness the arrival of Charles Cook the young Kahlotus murderer captured Saturday at Cleelum by Sheriff Davis of Franklin county. He was said to have pawned his gun in Ellensburg before heading toward Cleelum pursued by posses since the January 23 shooting of saloon keeper James Walker. Cook’s capture site lies 120 miles from the crime scene as officers closed in.
Salt Lake report says a race riot at Kenilworth mining camp 70 miles south of the city left several men killed and many wounded as Americans clash with Greeks and Austrians. A posse of forty officers was dispatched to restore order amid a two hundred man melee using knives as weapons.
In London, Manuel of Portugal and his mother are settling at Abercorn on Richmond Hill as their future residence. The two story house will host a small royal court with Manuel’s secretary, the Marquis de Lawadiso, nearby. Queen Amalie and a lady in waiting will reside at Abercorn, while a staff of servants is already installed and local tradesmen note royal preferential treatment.
A meeting of local anglers is set for tonight at City Hall to hear C. K. Cranston report from Salem and to decide on further action.
Members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles nationwide will observe the thirteenth anniversary of the order founded in Seattle. The first Eagle lodge was organized in this city on February 6, 1892, with celebrations planned across locales.
Six men arrested at Umatilla in a boxcar robbery were today released from jail due to lack of sufficient evidence. The Hubbard Company plans to present a musical lecture at the Christian church on Friday evening as the third event in the Pendleton lecture course.
Rev. Joel C. Lininger of the local Presbyterian church departed for Pilot Rock to assist Rev. E. W. Warrington in revival services this week. A marriage license was issued Saturday afternoon to Charles C. Carr and Nellie G. Connelly, residents of the county.
Testimony was taken this morning before Referee Beck in the Bergevin versus Mosgrove suit. Bergevin seeks an accounting from Mosgrove, marking one of the early steps in the proceedings.
W F Kennedy a well known brakeman between this city and Huntington received a telegram from Petoskey Michigan announcing his mother's sudden death. He will leave tonight to attend the funeral.
Miss Edith Crockett, long studious at the University of Oregon, writes that she is convalescing from typhoid fever and that she and her mother will return to Pendleton within a fortnight. Local real estate man Lee Teutsch has received the letter.
Special Night Officer Ira Hughes, retained to patrol depot grounds and railroad yards, was laid off by the Oregon- Washington Railroad company to cut expenses. Citizens are likely to criticize the action amid many hoboes passing through the country and prowl the railroad grounds at night.
Released on bonds, Sheriff Taylor discharged two boarders from the county jail. Charles Bowers, convicted on four charges of receiving stolen goods and sentenced to three years, was released on parole after furnishing $250 bonds. Ernest Toddhunter, indicted for stealing a railroad speeder, posted $100 bonds and was freed.
Secretary J. H. Gwinn returned from Spokane where he represented the Pendleton show at a Northern Pacific Fair association meeting. He secured the dates desired by the Round-Up directors amid a scramble as fifteen fairs vied for seven weeks.
A prized pointer, gifted by Dr. W. McClure to Attorney J. P. Winter, was found dead Saturday morning from poison. The dog, once the city’s finest bird dog, cost $100 to train and was believed to be Pendleton’s most valuable. The poisoner appears to target thoroughbreds while others survive.
Dickson, the Peoples Warehouse bookkeeper, leads the Welch cigar store pinocle tournament field as he chases first prize with five matches left. Hal Corby ends with nineteen games, tying Dick Sullivan at six wins last year, thirteen overall, as fans brace for tonight’s final round.
Ben Hill, longtime Pendleton booster and former manager at Pendleton Lumber and Oregon Lumber, resigns to take a new post as manager of Loney & company lumber yard in Walla Walla. He will move his family next Sunday, leaving a void in Pendleton’s business and social circles.
Gus Perez representing Peters organization appears in City context with a focus on a developing matter involving a local group or party. The report centers on Perez's actions and the Peters organization within the urban setting. Additional specifics are not provided in the readable fragment.
Perez, an Oregon born star athlete from Yoncalla, Douglas County, will tour county communities with fancy and expert shooting exhibitions. He traveled east with W R Rhinehart of Marshall Wells Co and will be in town during the Round-up period before heading to Stanfield.
Mrs Flora M Sister Bilkiss converts a Monroe Street home into a aid center for released prisoners and ex‑converts. Men lodge and work mending horse radii and making hominy, paying board with labor while Bilkiss urges municipal support to sustain the cooperative home. She resides at 1001 Tdde Avenue.
Washington lawmakers propose a bill to make elk killing a felony to protect dwindling herds, but a drafting error could penalize Benevolent Protective Order of ELKS members. The bill imposes six years in prison and fines up to $2000, and even bars possession of elk teeth from November to September unless proven not to have killed the animal. California already treats elk killing as a felony year-round.
Constantinople February 6. Records of inestimable value dating to ancient times were burned when the council of states building caught fire. Loss estimated at one million dollars.
Several hundred South Dakota boosters gather in Sioux Falls for the annual meeting of the State Federation of Commercial clubs set to open this evening. J. I. Handley, former vice president of United States Motor, is named president of American Motors Company, a Indianapolis based firm aiming to take over the plant and property of the American underslung car maker. Standley is a prominent Texan auto man.
A brief comic exchange centers on a Sunday school scene as a boy refuses church attendance due to a toothache while his father asks about faith. The dialogue captures a playful moment between a parent and child reflecting on religious expectations.
The Festival of the Empire will be staged at the Crystal Palace from May to October under government patronage. It promises to be the greatest coronation event with an imperial exhibition and pageant in London, with center profits donated to King Edward VII's hospital fund.
The threatened strike of London compositors prompts anxiety as employers and workers hold talks to avert a walkout. Compositors seek a fifty hour week while employers offer fifty two hours. A final meeting is set with no agreement yet reached.
Night Officer Sheer raided a Chinese gambling den solo last night on Alta street. All patrons fled except Gooey, proprietor of the noodle house, who remained at his table and was arrested. He faced Police Judge Fits Gerald this morning and was fined $26.
A witty report claims Julius Caesar is alive and in New York on a purely commercial mission. It notes his return from Germany to visit American cities, meeting customers and prospects while owning a wallpaper factory near Cologne.
Alb Lady Maccabees are asked to convene at Secret Society hall Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock to meet Mra. Alice Porges state commander By order of commander J A Mettae
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