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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1907
Page
8
A Salem dispatch reports the Southern Pacific plans to end free passes, aligning with a June anti pass vote. No passes issued this year, governors and state officials may soon face travel expenses for official trips, reshaping legislative logistics.
The slogan touts Herpicide as a cure for herpes of the scalp and hair loss, claiming microbes cause scalp itching and hair fall. It notes the product destroys the microbe and promotes regrowth, selling via druggists and mail samples from The Horpicide Co. Detroit Mich.
The Dalley will inspect the portage road and other state areas, shifting from free passes to reimbursement for mileage. The policy change, aimed at funding travel, may affect legislative behavior as members previously left for weekends in Portland. Now fares could keep them in Salem, keeping legislation moving.
Pendleton Academy, founded 1889 and incorporated 1899, plans a boys dormitory funded by a $10,000 gift from W. W. Brown of Crook County. The campus on the north bank of the river includes buildings valued at about $21,000 with Koonts Hall at $5,000. The dormitory would expand capacity from the crowded girls’ dormitory as demand grows, while the academy offers academic, music, and domestic science courses with five teachers and room to hire more.
Circuit Judge H. Bean today allowed a motion to strike filed by the plaintiff in the damage suit against the city and Tyrer. John Dewitt, a sheep herder for William Slusher, was arraigned and pleaded guilty to the charge of donating a gun to a man, receiving a $50 fine. The Peacock water salt case dominated the day as Percy Cuper testified, with hydrographic surveyors set to present medical testimony and other defendants’ testimony to be heard later in Milton. The trial has run a week, begun last Monday, with major proceedings continuing tomorrow.
Idaho prepares to swear in its youngest chief justice as Justion Atletie takes the head of the state supreme court. The piece notes Atletie’s four years of service and compares Idaho’s youth with Minnesota and other states. A new land commissioner may soon be named, with Phil B. Stewart of Colorado Springs as a possible appointee, a longtime acquaintance of President Roosevelt.
The Froster planing mill and lumber yard announces a division into head office in the mill building under Mr. Forster and a yard office on College street under Ben Burroughs. A private telephone connects offices, extra warehouse space is added, and the payroll remains the city’s largest for continuous establishments.
M Lynch of the Warren company arrives to run Pendleton operations for the season. He will succeed Mr Shewry who completes his winter duties and will be followed by W Ashby, current superintendent. Both families move to Pendleton area. some workers stay to manage the plant through winter.
North Dakota Senator Hansbrough introduces a Senate bill to ease homestead entries by confirming all entries with commutation proofs received and approved under the previous residence ruling. The measure targets entries deemed hardship by the six months constructive and eight months actual residence requirement.
Dr. Pierce of Buffalo publishes a full list of ingredients for his medicines including the Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. A pamphlet from medical authorities supports the ingredients used. Free copies offered by mail. The issue promotes Pierce’s pills and pellets as liver and bowel tonics and laxatives.
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