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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
3
Pendleton notes detail demobilization arrivals in Cyamp Lewis this week and a local meeting of the Umatilla County Food Roads Association at Pendleton Commercial Club. Also mentioned are Army troop movements, Luxemburg service in December, and local residents traveling to Enterprise and Portland due to sickness and family concerns.
In the city recorder’s office the first building permit was issued. M A Jatnem received permission to spend 15 in repairing the roof of a chicken house at 625 Coder street. Also noted: Stockman known here, editor, pioneer and diekiman who recently killed himself in financial despair, brother of W D B Dodson of Portland. Meat will be no cheaper, as government probes incomes. Frank Sloan of Stanfield declines to quote exact totals of his stock dealings. local resident expresses satisfaction with outcomes. Oregonian
The funeral for Miss Ernestine Heslop, formerly of the Uns tie County library, who died on November 24, was held today in Portland after services were deferred until Miss Heslop’s brother arrived from army service. Survived by an aunt Min Ewil? Keveridge, superintendent of Good Samaritan hospital, Portland.
A fragmentary OCR note describes an a n s wign or sign erected at the corner, measuring about seven by twelve feet, tied to a legal or business display. Possibly part of a larger public notice or property boundary record.
A readable billboard near the depot promotes a job search and a prayer meeting at the Baptist church tonight. Reports say the Spanish influenza ban has barely reduced travel as travelers favor Fumoske. The First National Bank of Pifot sues LL Johnson for 409.20 plus 70 attorney fees in circuit court. Bond issue talks led by C F Strain at the Pendleton Commercial Association meeting tonight. Congregation of the Presbyterian church calls a Friday 7:30 meeting to discuss business while enforcing city influenza rules.
This morning saw grade school teachers on deck to begin a new method of teaching linked to the Spanish influenza era. High and grammar schools expect to have the plan well organized by week’s end as they implement revised instruction and discipline. Meanwhile arrests and naval notes fill the column with local and military milestones.
Oregon Supreme Court decision shifts fortune to Mark Sturtevant reversing lower court. About $60000 estate awarded to Mark, opponents the children of A. S. Sturtevant contend. Pendleton, Walla Walla, and university officials noted in related items.
The report notes a religious service at the Church of the Redeemer officiated by Rev. Alfred Hockwort, with temperature around 65 degrees and unsettled, threatening weather. It mentions Groep Plan for Grae Schools proposing teacher guidance and group activities with limits on group size and exercise duration, amid garbled text about a school event.
The document charts November disease spread in Pendleton, showing daily deaths and new cases, with quarantine counts. It notes higher deaths during cloudy or damp weather and declines with clear conditions, except a recent week of gloom with no new cases. The Polekhivier movement’s aftermath is mentioned as a marker for Europe in safety ranges.
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