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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
2
The East Oregonian reports that eleven men were killed by molten iron explosions at the Jones and Taughlin plant in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The wreck left many bodies severely damaged as rescue teams investigated the scene and noted multiple injuries.
North Idaho reports scarlet fever quarantines while adjacent country homes face outbreaks. Fuel shortages near Boise reach confiscation talk after naval coal shipments arrive. Portland flames burn Katherine Ellis as she bathes her baby, with serious injuries. Chemawa Indian girls beat Monmouth Normal 47 to 11 in basketball. Bud Thomas shoots himself before his children. his wife seeks divorce after leaving him. Idaho Senate rules on McClear seat, Dem keeps position amid fraud claims. Coldest Chewelah weather in 14 years as blasts of subzero temps linger. Prescott farm animals perish in a fatal snow slide. North Powder ships fourteen carloads of fat cattle to Portland. Spokane area banking figures show strong gains. Two deaths follow skating accident near Olympia. Washington Supreme Court sides with Mill Road in railroad dispute. Crome-eyed Johnson shot by robbers on Montana ranch. Highwaymen escape with valuables.
A long list of hotel arrivals includes Stephen son of San Francisco and many guests from Portland, Seattle, Athena, Umatilla, The Dalles, and Denver. Notable names appear with multiple locales such as J. F. Campbell Milton W D Allen and Joseph N Scott among others. The fragmentary roster suggests a regional hotel guestbook or arrivals column.
The O R N company will start a weekly refrigerator car service from Portland effective immediately. Refrigerator cars will depart Portland every Tuesday handling perishable goods for all points east of Umatilla. A similar service will operate on the Washington division.
Readers are assured Cetarrh Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only systemic remedy. The proprietors promise one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure by treating the disease as constitutional. Testimonials available by mail from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A geological survey bulletin reports that Oregon produced about 1.2449 million dollars in gold in 1905 with silver output down in Baker and Grant counties. The northeastern Hine mountains yielded around 980 thousand in gold, while the southwestern belt including Josephine Lane Jackson Douglas Curry and Coos counties contributed the remaining 144,900. The drift into Lane county's veins in tertiary lavas marks a notable extension of productive zones.
An odd 19th century ad advises freedom from chilblains with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The author claims success on salt rheum, fever sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites, and skin diseases. Sold for six cents at Tuallen Man & Co.'s drug store.
Senate Indian Affairs panel weighs ending the Carlisle School founded 1875. Backers argue segregation or reservation schooling better for Indians, while opponents warn of costly disruption and loss of perceived gains. House fate uncertain as bills move toward conference.
Commissioner Arthur J. Clare reports to the British Imperial Department of Agriculture on volcanic ash influence in the West Indies. W. N. Sands notes in St Vincent that ash from the Coufriere eruption largely benefits crops, except sugar cane and legumes, with cocao suffering on ash-heavy inland leeward districts showing disease and poor yields during dry spells.
Three members of the house have been promoted to the senate in recent days with endorsements from party caucuses. William Alden Smith, 44, will replace General Aleer and is to serve his sixth term in congress. Curtis of Kansas, of Indian background, will succeed Senator Benson and is a veteran of the Indian affairs committee. Dixon, Montana’s at large representative born in 1867, will take the senate seat from Senator Clark and is noted for frequent bill introductions.
The Southern Workman notes rare divorces among tribes living simply. Civilized forms are required for dissolution, while princesses may separate with less ceremony. Divorces involve white clay tokens, village signposts, and, for the man’s grant, repayment of purchase price. Age is esteemed and family structures predate European contact.
The Cheyenne Tribune reports a labor shortage crippling Union Pacific coal mines in Hanna Rock Springs and Cumberland Wyoming. Officials say about 600 experienced miners are needed as several mines idle or underutilized due to worker shortages. Output in 1906 rose to 1,241,080 tons but demand remains high, with 1907 expected to set a production record if labor can be secured.
Nophi Birch explored a 40 foot shaft at Hear Burley mine and was attacked by a coyote that fell into the shaft. He killed the animal but was badly chewed and scratched. the rescue relied on Direh’s holding of an old steel rail left in the shaft.
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