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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1914
Page
8
A quarter section sold by Henry Smith to George Gerking for 20600 dollars. The well improved tract is partly in crop, contributing to the high acreage price.
Washington February 38 The senate adopted the clause in the postal bill today raising rural carrier pay from 1000 to 1200 for the first time. Floor leaders expect passage of the bill before adjournment. Representative Moon head of the house postal committee stated Harrison backs a 200000 dollar appropriation for steel mail cars to test government operation of mail service instead of railroad owned cars. The provision was struck as new legislation but Moon plans a separate bill to carry it.
News notes show higher sheep prices than 1913 with buyers expected to return by March 10. Bicknell is active in Merrow County, paying strong prices for sheep, while reports of wool contracts surface but he may focus on sheep rather than wool. Other items cover land sales, crop outlooks across Inland Empire counties, and local farming optimism.
Pendleton high school won two basketball games last night with a win at La Grande 31 to 25 and a home victory over Milton bantams 33 to 12. Peters led Pendleton in scoring as the team edged ahead in a rough contest, while Gordon 14 and Boylen 12 paced the bantams in the midget game. Pendleton faces Union next.
Pendleton guests include A. C. Funk J. B. Johns J A. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Peters, George J Ernest and C. F. Savage. Portland visitors include Rev. W. H. Hinson pastor of the White Temple, E. A. King, W. T. Gardner. Mr. Eing accompanied by Mrs. King.
A Seattle mailed letter from H W A Page, a former Gotham linen merchant and fugitive, demands President Wilson be impeached and calls for arrest of hired assassins in the justice department. Page, sentenced for libel of a congressman, wrote to the president and many officials claiming persecution.
Local dentists meet this evening at 7 30 for a banquet at the French restaurant Local Boys in Class Play Maurice Hill of Athena and Bertrand Jerard of this city are in the cast of The Woman's Way a play by the University of Oregon Dramatic Club to be presented March 14.
The Farmers Union Grain Agency today filed suit against F. A Bailey to recover 1230 dollars plus interest for 1200 sacks purchased last harvest. Carter and Smythe are plaintiffs attorneys. Bennett to Meet Vernon in two fights scheduled for March. Vernon claims Northwest championship. Dean T. Goodman, Pendleton native, now manufacturer’s agent, to visit Pendleton. office in Portland. Henry J. Taylor, retired farmer and T. O. F. grand master, plans moving his Jackson street residence to Madison street for a new two story eight room house.
J W Tallman, president of the Pendleton Commercial Association, contributes a splendid article titled The Resources of Eastern Oregon in the March issue of The Oregon Country bulletin by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The piece is illustrated with industrial scenes from this county.
Willis J. Pegg publisher of the Umatilla New Era and his wife visit Pendleton for the first time as Umatilla booms despite Coyote cutoff chatter. A new water system is soon to be installed, signaling further development in the Seaport town.
Athena's annual Caledonian picnic will be held May 22 and 23, moved up from May 29 30 to avoid Decoration Day conflicts. Organizing committees are already at work to ensure a successful celebration.
Realty transfers show J A Bradley and wife selling to Edward Mason a 10 and 7 foot strip of lot 9 block 65 in Freewater plus a two story brick block on the same block. Maxwell Land and Irrigation Co transfers to Joseph G Bedale and James W Bedale 10 acres in section 6, township 2 north, range 29. George M Nye and wife sell to Claude D Westacott 160 acres in section 14, township 2 north, range 29. Joseph Sturdivant and wife transfer to Elijah Ibbs half of the southwest quarter, 1-4, section 5, township 3 north, range 29.
A Pendleton branch of the Oregon Social Hygiene Society will grow from a men’s meeting next Friday evening with Dr. Calvin White and Dr. Andrew C. Smith of the state health board as principal speakers. Local committee members will advance the parent organization’s work. The aim is to replace ignorance with knowledge about sex hygiene, with W. L. Thompson presiding at the Friday meeting.
Sheriff T D Taylor, returning from Pilot Rock, agrees with Coroner Garfield that Herbert Thompson died accidentally rather than by self harm. He explains the 30-30 rifle discharged during unloading after a cow drive, the bullet entering the top of the head. William Thompson of Vale arrived to claim the body.
William Gardner and C. F. Parker, quarantined at home for smallpox, were today arrested on a charge of violating a specific section of the quarantine ordinance that requires reporting.
Reports allege Parker suffered smallpox for days before the disease was reported. Gardner also contracted the illness. Both cases await trial once the quarantine is raised. The McGinis Rooming House at 201 West Webb Street was quarantined today for smallpox.
Mary Rosa Campbell and Robert B Campbell each secured a divorce in the case presented yesterday by Judge Phelps. Gusta Hiedmann regained her maiden Brandt name after the ruling in her divorce from Otto Hiedmann. Rey Chambers pleaded guilty to petty larceny and received a two month jail sentence from Justice Joe H Parkes. Snow remains a foot deep at Meacham while Huron reports limited snow at higher elevations. Ira Hughes, visiting Meacham, is reappointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Taylor.
Washington Feb 28 A seismic event starting at 12 11 am and lasting until 12 14 am was recorded by the Georgetown University seismograph. The vibrations are estimated to have originated about 2700 miles distant, with the quake occurring roughly 3700 miles away.
Chicago suffrage leaders will urge Governor Dunne to declare May 2 a statewide suffrage holiday aligned with the national NAWSA date. The Chicago event is a mass meeting on the lake front with yellow hats, and resolutions will urge Congress to submit a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Ireland’s fisheries decline continues with fewer fish landed and fewer men and boats, as capitalists displace individual fishermen.
Representative Philip Campbell, speaking to New England scholars, claims Kansas spans more land than all seven eastern states combined. He cites that even if New Hampshire Vermont Delaware Rhode Island New York Massachusetts and Connecticut were repurposed as fields, Kansas would still have far more acres, supported by Agriculture Department data on non agricultural land.
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