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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1912
Page
2
Vienna notes a steady drop in births, with 1900 seeing 2346 births and 1910 only 42336. Officials cite heavy municipal and imperial taxes and high rents as key factors, especially affecting German families in middle and lower classes, while Slav immigrants show less decline.
Two transcontinental railroads place large fir timber orders totaling about 4,090,000 feet. Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co seeks 60,000 ties for Northwest lumber trades. Canadian Pacific orders 34,000 ties from Washington and British Columbia mills.
Charles Reiss, jailed on a charge of operating a confidence game, allegedly swindled a cellmate in a prison ward. The case highlights ongoing concerns about inmate scams and security within the facility.
A prisoner was convicted of obtaining 50 dollars fraudulently from John Dolatz by promising to secure his release through a State attorney relative. Dolatz, not acquitted, complained to authorities. Reiss received a penitentiary sentence.
Dr J H Leonhardt of Lincoln Nebraska locates the cause of piles and offers an inward remedy with a strict guarantee of satisfaction. In ten years only 3 percent of hemorrhoid users have asked for refunds, supporting the remedy's claims. Obtain a $1 package from Pendleton Drug Co or write to Dr Leonhardt Co Station B Buffalo NY for a free Hem-Booled booklet.
In Half Way Oregon R Alexander pursued his son in law W Anderson along Main Street with a revolver. A shot hit Anderson on the cheek bone but glanced. Alexander’s second shot misfired after a family member struck his arm. Both men were arrested.
A letter found on a stranger who checked in at the Main hotel in Seattle suggests the deceased was Dan Hop king of Deer Island Oregon. The man died by his own action using carbolic acid, and the letter connects him to Deer Island.
A fragmentary notice mentions W N Barrett a Hillsboro Oregon lawyer and an address for P J O Leary in Vevil Idaho. It references a death by own action describing a person aged four six feet tall and weighing 155 pounds.
Charles Kayser traveled 1400 miles by horseback from Candelaria Nevada to Denver to attend his daughter Louise Kayser's wedding to Adolph Kurtz who journeyed from Brazil and Louise rode over 1000 miles by rail from Nevada to Denver. The Kayser family report their arrival as the wedding nears next Sunday ending a long college romance.
Arizona case details a Prescott skating rink proprietor fined 100 dollars for denying admittance to khaki clad officers. The Tuscon district attorney prosecuted and the owner pleaded guilty. A similar Tombstone case is pending.
Fire at Freewater Oregon destroys potato sacks fruit and apples stored in Thomas Upcraft Pleasant View ranch cellar. Lamp toppled and ignited stored goods while family slept, burning 20 sacks of potatoes 100 quarts of fruit and the entire winter supply of apples.
Stanfield news reports contractor H B H Allen arrives to speed the Watts building on Coe avenue and Main street. The Portland physician Dr. G. E. Watts owns the property and nearby lands rented for dairy and alfalfa. Engineers from W. R. & N. supervise drainage pipes under the railroad as residents convert open ditch to pipe lines to conserve water and reduce evaporation.
President Taft asserts he cannot be displaced by rivals for southern delegate support. He maintains firm backing and warns opponents to seek other paths, signaling three key allies remain loyal. Local observers note the tension in party politics as conventions draw near.
Dr Calvin S White secretary of Oregon state health board told Oregon Agricultural College students that tuberculosis has fallen by half in 25 years and could disappear in 25 more with proper health education. He urged vaccination and warned education must cover morality as well as body health, calling for broader public education and a shift from double standards.
Eugene Oregon reports a renewed intra collegiate effort with an inter club basketball league formed this year. Every fraternity and men's club in Pendleton participates, continuing the university policy of promoting intra collegiate athletics.
The registrar posts that only one week will be allowed for first semester examinations. Examinations begin in February and conclude on the Saturday of that week. Four exams will be given each day with no holidays between semesters.
The University of Oregon oratory committee voted to renew the contract with the University of Washington for a Woman’s debate this year. In past two seasons Washington won the first contest and Oregon the second, and if Washington accepts the contract the debate will be held in May.
In St Paul a Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance executive, E W Randall, joked about sunburn from a plate glass window as the temperature stood 28 degrees below zero. He backed his chair toward the sunlit pane to keep warm and ended with a sunburned face beside the hot window.
Governor West sends letters inviting eastern governors to visit the coast states. He hopes to secure support for a Northwest Governors Special, urging East Coast executives to accept the invitation and promote regional collaboration.
Pendleton resident P. Hutchinson testifies to relief from dull flank pain and kidney secretions halted by Doan's Kidney Pills. Ad urges readers to buy, notes price 50 cents, and identifies Feter Milburn Co. as U S sale agents.
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