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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
8
Washington Oregon company gains six month extension to finish its first three miles of track. No protest filed as city council approves measure in orderly session. Other actions include barn setback ordinance and building permit requirement.
Chicago Harvard club banquet audience heard Dr Harvey Wiley urge co education and women voting rights. He said women are entering universities and will vote. no argument remains to deny them. He framed Harvard as recognizing women as equal, educated human beings.
Mount Vernon N Y. Partridge arrivals at John D Rockefeller Po Cantic Hills reveal a bird paradise. His private park encompasses 10 000 acres with feeding grounds for partridges pigeons and other birds. A building houses hundreds of pheasants and rare species while tank steamers of Standard Oil import rare birds from abroad. W E Walpole of Irrigon is in town on Irrigon Irrigating Co business.
A line of visitors and locals migrate through Pendleton today with business trips and arrivals. J W Smith of Helix and Charles Holman of Echo transact here while others like W A Brown of Hotel Pendleton depart for Portland. A mix of ranchers, lawyers, bankers and merchants including J T Mayo and R F Bicknell are active in town and nearby areas.
Telephonic reports from Edis say no new developments in the human foot mystery linked to the Chapman saloon find. County Road Master Dave Lavender insists it is a foot relic from two years prior, with sinews and toes visible, while Marshal Boreman probes amid frozen ground. progress remains slow.
A terse bulletin indicates authorities are awaiting firmer details from the sheriff’s office before issuing any further information. The statement emphasizes timely updates once concrete facts emerge.
In San Francisco on February 24 Tex Rickard told reporters a firm deal for the Jeffries Johnson bout in the city is not yet reached. He described a prior conference with Supervisor Herget as casual and said promoter Jack Gleason was not present. Rickard and Gleason plan to meet tomorrow to settle the matter, while Rickard, Gleason and Sam Berger travel to Santa Cruz to inspect training quarters for the fighters.
Portland February 24 It is reported that Henry Turish of Duluth and associates purchased a large portion of the Benson holdings in Nehalem county California based Benson interests in timber and Idaho. The tract said to be transferred contains eighteen thousand acres in southwestern Columbia county and the price is near two million dollars.
In McMinnville Oregon Leonard Palm aged sixty two was bound over to the grand jury for the shooting of Mathias Zettle aged fifty. Zettle has two bullets in his chest and death is expected momentarily. The pair had a long standing enmity and the shooting followed a fistfight on Monday near Bear Camp.
Dover Del Feb 24 Five tugs are struggling to reach the crew of an unidentified steamer breaking up on Goodwin Sands after being driven ashore in a gale. It is unlikely life savers will reach those aboard.
Frank J. McBride of Northern Realty reports a natural gas find in Sandpoint Idaho about 18 miles from the city near Lake Pend Oreille. He describes a test in which gas bubbled from a spring, produced from a home made device, with chemist reports favorable from Moscow Pullman Spokane and Tacoma. If confirmed, a company may be formed to pipe gas to Sandpoint and beyond for commercial use.
Leroy Percy of Greenville was chosen as United States senator from Mississippi tonight on the 68th ballot of the Democratic caucus by a majority over former Governor Vardaman. Balloting resumed with only Percy and Vardaman, Percy receiving 87 votes to 83. The nomination equals election.
San Luis Obispo February 24 A tunnel cave-in on the Southern Pacific coast line near here suspended passenger and freight traffic. All trains are diverted and it will likely take about a week to clear the tunnel.
Washington February 24 The question of whether Commander Peary deserves recognition by Congress for his announced North Pole discovery will be submitted to a board of arbitration. The decision was practically reached today.
Bolsec Feb 24 The defense in the land fraud trial is closing its case today with William Dwyer on stand A general denial of government allegations has been entered Nab Alleged Jewel Thief Denver Feb 23 In James Clayton alian Dutch Otto who was arrested last Friday in Denver in company with James Morgan the alleged Glenwood Springs bank robber the police assert they have one of the three men who three years ago blew the safe of John Draydon and Sons jewelers at Salt Lake City Jewelry valued at 15000 is said to have been obtained at the time The police say that Clayton when confronted with a photograph on a circular issued by the Salt Lake police three years ago broke down and confessed A reward of 1000 for his arrest be offered at the time and Chief Armstrong has notified the Salt Lake police
A private cablegram from London reported the British ship Calverton capsized and sank yesterday while being towed from Antwerp to New Castle on Tyne with all hands lost. The grain exporting firm in Portland, Oregon, denied receiving any news on the subject when asked to confirm the cablegram.
Washington reports the Indian Bureau crusade against whisky sales to Indians has led to over a thousand convictions in 18 months. Most guilty verdicts brought jail sentences as well as fines.
In Myrtle Creek Oregon this morning a dynamited safe at Rice brothers general store yielded 100 dollars in cash and 7000 dollars in notes. No clue to the yegg men has been obtained.
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