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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
8
Elks Minstrels promise packed houses for tonight and again Friday with fifty performers. Tickets for tonight rapidly selling as program details for the second show emerge. The act includes songs, dances, and a full chorus with an enhanced orchestra under I. Keefe Jr..Args
A city council meeting discussed widening proposals and surface choices for Jackson Street. Citizens and property owners debated macadam versus hard surface, with recommendations adjusted to meet ordinances and a macadam petition referred to the street committee.
Reader encounters a collage of stage titles and performer names including Jack Keefe Neal Jim A Night in a Bathskeller Slim Bill Withers The Human Clothespin and Loosen Your Belts George Borden Shake dem feet Mamamy's Return to Dixieland real old plantation frolic, suggesting a rambunctious revue lineup from a past era.
The council opened bids for a twenty box fire alarm system. Three standard firms submitted bids. Star Co. was disqualified for noncompliance. The Game Wor! Co. bid 4575 with 300 allowance, net 2575. Signalphone Co. bid 2730 with 420 allowance. Fire committee will compare systems and report in about two weeks.
Attorney A Newberry plans a stone fence on East Court Street, while Pendleton Iron Works nears delivery of a ton of window weights. Pendleton Planing Mills under J A Borle builds new showcases and cabinets for Pendleton Drug Company to install this spring.
Ida M. Avey and husband deed twenty acres north of Freewater to Alice A. Hellckes for 10000 dollars. Mrs. Hall of Gurdane recuperating after surgery and moving to a private house soon. A masked man disguised as a woman caused a bar room sensation on Main Street, startling spectators before police confirmations.
New York February 15 Two bank messengers from East River National Bank were beaten and robbed of 20000 while en route to the bank. The assailants fled and authorities suspect an organized gang planned the crime. Messengers identified as William Smith 61 and Frank Worrell 16. They had retrieved the money from the Produce Exchange bank and were in transit when forced to an awaiting auto.
Washington marks the Maine disaster anniversary as bodies recovered from the wreck begin funeral procession from Havana to Washington. The cortege travels to Arlington Cemetery for burial while the Maine itself is to be towed out to sea and sunk. drums beat and taps sound as the procession departs.
L Moses manager of Working men's Clothing Co has completed changes to the store interior Doing away with balconies he installed shelving and fixtures which improve appearance and greatly increase display space for merchandise.
San Francisco February 15 Officials of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad gather for a conference amid graft charges. Stockholders condemn land deals tied to the road’s extension claiming millions were profited by buying and reselling land in Washington Idaho and Montana. A St Paul dispatch says no compromise was reached to return one million dollars to the road’s treasury.
The Pendleton Printery is moving its equipment to a room across Court street from its longtime building. After the former space is vacated a crew will tear it down to make way for a modern garage for B. F. Trombley.
Mark Ferguson, owner of Pendleton Printery, was injured when his foot caught in a press fly wheel. He is temporarily unable to walk though no bones are broken. the foot is badly wrenched and bruised.
Invention of a dirigible allowing weeks long stays aloft is announced. Inventor Melvin Vaniman, whose Europe flight failed, uses a cotton rubber envelope reinforced by plane wire with collapsible ballast. Ascents release air, descents pump air into the tank. Edison voices strong enthusiasm.
Mayor invited to Tacoma yesterday received an invitation from Mayor W Seymour of Tacoma to attend a Pacific Northwest immigration association meeting in that city on the 21st and 22d of this month. The aim is to discuss problems facing the northwest when the Panama Canal opens to make immigration to the coast easier.
Chicago February 15. Team owners approve the 1912 schedule for the American Baseball League. The season will consist of 14 games with two opening dates on April 11 and October 6. Opening matchups include St Louis at Chicago Detroit at Cleveland Washington at Philadelphia and Boston at New York.
City Engineer Geary Kimbrell told the city council last night that the Lee Street bridge built by Eberhardt several years ago is too weak to support a concrete floor. He said the investigation found the structure smoked several other particulars and raised questions about its safety.
Sheriff Taylor traversed the city and Touchet to hire Deputy Barnes in pursuing an accused wheat thief from Umatilla county. The posse plans to ride horseback along the hills, sending information as they proceed. No word by late last night.
George A. Ferguson, formerly manager of the shoe department at Alexander department store, has resigned and closed a contract to become special agent for the Western States Life Insurance company of San Francisco, with Pendleton as headquarters. Harry K. Thixton, agency director for Oregon, assists him in launching the venture.
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