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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1911
Page
5
Locals showcase entertainment and services including Pastime pictures at the Pastime and moving pictures at the Orpheum. Ads promote signs, insurance, real estate, a rooming house for sale, rental listings, a six percent land price plan, and local business offerings from Lane & Son to Lee Teutsch and Abe Compton. Also notes a girls school in Walla Walla.
Pendleton boy Cloyd Belts, brakeman, received a 1500 settlement from the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co for a foot injury from a La Grande railroad accident. The injury, once feared as requiring amputation, left him with the loss of a great toe and probable lifelong limp. crutches were used weeks. He will not sue as terms satisfy him.
Methodist Episcopal Church basement hosts a Ladies Aid meal Tuesday evening from 6 30 to 8 00 served to raise funds. The advertised choice meal costs 36 cents and invites readers to save money by checking today s ads.
A stream of visitors and residents from Echo, Portland, Hermiston, La Grande, Milton, Freewater, Athena, and other nearby towns spent Sunday in Pendleton or were in the city on various business. Notables include Allen Thompson, Albert Wurzweiler, Agnes Boyd, Matt Musgrove, Will Gray, M L Morrison, Dave Lavender, H G Newport, Horace Walker, I C Bowser, T P Hunter, Dr W H Lytle, W A Slusher, Ernest Welles, Mrs J T Hinkle, R L Bennett, G M Rice, H Mansfield, H S Murray, H R Vansiyke, Philip Bates, Mrs George Hartman Jr, Dr Harry Pinkerton, Dick Sullivan, Judge Will R King, Lawrence G Frazier, M S Kern, Ss F Wilson.
Hearing in the U S circuit court of habeas corpus resumed over Porter Charlton the self confessed wife murderer to decide his sanity and prevent extradition to Italy. If needed the case will go to the United States Supreme Court.
The steamer Flyer bound for Tacoma caught fire in the forward hold during its first trip. Passengers remained calm as the vessel returned to Seattle with heavy smoke. Fireboat crews contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
W. W. Hawkins, manager of the United Press Washington bureau, secured what is claimed as the first personal interview granted by a U S president on a national issue. Hawkins, a veteran reporter, obtained Taft’s personal opinion on a permanent tariff commission, a notable achievement in his press career.
Consul G. B. Kill Master notes September Australian coal exports from Newcastle rose by 100,756 tons versus last year. The Philippines received 20,242 tons and Pacific coast states 16,254 tons.
The Round-up fund drive plans a $12 000 target with a $30 meeting tomorrow in Secretary Gwinns office where sub committees will launch the campaign.George Hartman, finance chair, reports early pledges of $1200 with major local donors R Alexander Peoples Ware house American National Bank and First National Bank each pledging $300. A subscription form outlines five installments from April to August for grounds, grand stand bleachers and track improvements owned by the city.
Washington Tidings from England report a rubberless tire that mimics pneumatic action with steel spring links and a fiber gutta percha surface. The wheel, designed for heavy commercial vehicles and motor omnibuses, promises no rubber, reduced dust, and less sidestep while allowing renewal costs of 97 cents to 1.22 per wheel.
Consul Albert W. Brickwood Jr reports that in Chiapas about 260000 acres of public lands have been bought by American capitalists for rubber cultivation timber exploitation and limited chili production. This reflects cross border investment activity aimed at natural resource development in the region.
The Orpheum offers vaudeville and features including Harrison and Harris in Forty Miles from New York Town and a Selig drama The Stepmother. Pathe tales Tale the Mirror Told and What a Dinner run alongside Essanay Circle C Ranchs Wedding Preagent. Also Davy Jones Domestic Troubles and Alaska Musher lecture. At the Cosy several novelties including A Ward of Uncle Sam and Norwegian Water Fall plus Just Revenge and Proscovia stories. Continuous program with 10c children and 15c adults.
Tuesday program includes Love's Awakening a tale of memory and betrayal Spoony Sam a brisk 1000 foot comedy and The Death of Admiral Coligny a dramatic tale of Catherine de Medici plotting against Coligny the Huguenot leader The plot at Coligny is unavenged and the crowd murmurs
A brief remark notes that noise proves nothing and mocks a cackling hen who has merely laid an egg, likening it to dreaming of an asteroid. The line frames a playful skepticism about apparent achievements.
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