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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1902
Page
8
Business card note announces Dindinger Wilson & Co as successor to Cleaver Bros with address phone listed as Black 91.
Lincoln J. Carter presents The Eleventh Hour at Frazer on the 22d a Chicago life themed drama with a $5000 final act display built as a near exact copy of a rich Chicago drawing room. Uncle Tom's Cabin tour by Teon Washburn at Frazer on Feb 25 features 50 actors a dozen specialists a superb orchestra and colorful acts. La Patrie reports Rouyer survivor account of a New Guinea mission massacre with 25 explorers killed and the Salvatti yacht attacked.
Congressman Malcolm A. Moody outlines his stance on public domain leasing. He opposes section 7, arguing compulsory fencing would burden small growers and is not required. He seeks laws that ensure small settlers access a fair share of the public range and spur settlement, inviting discussion from interested parties.
Seventeen big railroads in the Transcontinental Freight Bureau met in Portland on February 18 for a broad conferrence. The session aims to tackle numerous questions and debate transcontinental rates with a chance of significant reductions. Some lines may seek joint action, though Northern Pacific and Great Northern oppose the move.
San Francisco reports that C. R. Mains formerly of Battle Creek Michigan was arrested for fraud. He posed as organizer of the Rothchild Standard Oil Company with a capital of 4 billion dollars and offered to sell the presidency for a $2000 salary of 5000 per year.
Local visitor J Bane of Uma tilla county comments on Pendleton growth since his 12 year absence. Rumors from Thunder Mountain train disaster spark concern. James Campbell of Weiser Idaho possibly related. Traveling man Emil Oppenheimer critiques town under gambling tension. Marriage licenses issued in Umatilla County. local hires and transfers noted. Seattle weather damp, Pendleton residents plan travels. violinist John York fined for playing in a bawdy house. Spring athletic schedule announced with multiple meets among regional universities.
A parade of locals and out of town visitors fills the day. A. P. Myrick arrives from Helix, A. Miller from Pilot Rock visits, L. E. Penland stops by Adams, J. P. McManus heads to Walla Walla, and William Coleman comes from Walla Walla. Several residents plan returns or trips to Helix, Athena, Portland, and Spokane as typhoid recovery, marriage licenses, and a mailweight appointment shape local activity.
Missoula Montana February 18 The Montana state horticultural society began a well attended meeting in Missoula today. The convention will commence tomorrow morning and run through the rest of the week with papers and addresses on topics of interest to fruit growers. Officers report the seventh year of the society's existence shows it in satisfactory condition.
New York Feb 18 Lyman Gage was formally invited to enter the directorate of the United States Trust Company. He will be admitted to the directorate at the April meeting and will then be eligible for the presidency of the company.
San Francisco feb 18 the supreme court affirmed the superior court ruling in the case of the county assessor Dodge v the state of California holding the assessor is not entitled to commission on the poll tax collected. The commission sued for amounted to 16000 dollars annually.
A movement to establish an Idaho Utah baseball league gathers steam with Ogden Salt Lake City Lagoon and Pocatello listed as charter members.
Cardinal Gibbons denounces the new woman movement in the January Ladies' Home Journal, blaming women for family wrecks and divorce while warning against domestic emancipation. At Forest Grove, a Methodist church reception hosts Professor A R Sweetser before his departure to Eugene to chair biology.
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