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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1914
Page
8
The county court plans to advertise for bids to complete the macadamized road from Havana to Adams six to seven miles, under a law allowing work by contract or direct county labor. If bids exceed estimates or are unsatisfactory, the court may proceed by force account. Crushers moved to new locations east of Havana. road grading reaches Eastland.
The Davenport local of the Farmers' Union held a meeting last Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a $20 000 concrete grain elevator. About two hundred attended and a basket dinner was served. A Baker report notes P J Brown shipped 27 head of cattle to Portland from Pleasant Valley at a price of per head. A Helix meeting is planned for February 7 with Assessor Co Strain invited to speak. A rabbit drive near Connell netted 375 rabbits milled Saturday.
Secretary of War Garrison announced Goethals will be named civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone. The president and cabinet approved the plan for a civil government and an executive order is being prepared. The government is expected to take effect April first.
Judge A S Bennett of The Dalles formally announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. He cites a published letter criticizing his attack on Governor West during the earlier primary as motivation. Four Democrats now seek the nomination, with several Republicans also in the field.
Dairymen in the Lewis and Clark district plan a cow-testing association. A meeting next Friday will settle details. When 600 cows join, an expert from Oregon State Agricultural College will be hired to test herds, weigh feed, and collect data to raise herd standards.
A colorful line notes many men once believed to spark global change end up as mere dampening figures. The remark explores myth versus reality in ambition and public perception.
Newsy Notes reports Tuys Buick is purchased by Matt Daning a well known farmer north of Pendleton from Oregon Motor Garage. Also noted Indian girl Matilda Olney of Yakima died at St Andrew mission on Umatilla reservation from pneumonia. Penland Bros transfers orders Ford auto truck third in city. Lewis street to gain two modern one story bungalows by contractor J A Horn at 2490 each near B S Waffle property.
R B Dunn a resident of Umatilla died yesterday at St Anthony's hospital after weeks of illness. The funeral is set for 9 am tomorrow at Folsom chapel. Three more smallpox cases were quarantined in the past two days at 11 Garden street Loren Hoover 712 Cosble and 222 Summers Street Pearl Price of Echo.
Circuit court takes a short respite this afternoon after an out of court settlement in Kerr v OHarra set for trial. The docketed case G F Smiley v J F Temple is rescheduled for tomorrow morning due to the plaintiff's attorney J C Hurspowl residing in Walla Walla making an afternoon start impossible.
A damage suit by Mrs. Mary B. Ireland seeking 6000 from the City of Athena and J. Gohlson for knee injuries after stumbling on a sidewalk offset went to the jury this afternoon. Attorneys finished arguments before the noon recess and Judge Clecton gave instructions at 1:30 in place of Judge Phelps.
Gio Betta Pescolallo and Anelolina Pasciallo convey 4 45 acres in section 35 to S Eaton for 4000 dollars. J E Leonard and Carl C Leonard transfer two lots in Wright's addition to Milton to Allen E West. George M Lewis and wife sell west half of lots 13 and 14 in Reservation addition to Pendleton to W W Edmiston. Mary C Donaldson transfers .93 acre in section 4 two two N RR 28 to John G Pagles.
Hermiston reports burglars visiting last night with a store entered belonging to Frank McKenzie and a grocery robbed. Local police warn of numerous hard characters traveling through the country. Ragtime bowling ends with H A Anderson and F J McMonies winning high score 477, second 470 by Graybeal and Botts. Two patients die at eastern Oregon state hospital. Instructions given on how to turn in alarms using box numbers and procedures.
Portland reports half an inch of snow by noon marking the season’s first snowfall. A Western Oregon Washington storm system moved across the region. Also announced is a Dramatic Reading by Mrs. Linnia Garrett Carl at the Christian church with no admission charged.
Salem Ore January 27 A circuit court judge dismissed the suit brought by Crawford to recover about 16000 from Governor West Secretary of State Olcott and State Treasurer Kay for allegedly improper spending from the state penitentiary revolving fund as the state failed to show damages.
Vancouver Wash Jan 27 The City Clerk Charles A Hasson was told by the secretary of state to send typewritten rosters of all visitors within Vancouver corporate limits with their post office addresses and residences This is to enable the secretary to have the visitors names in his office to verify the petition for statewide prohibition election There were 3770 voters in the city at the last general election.
Lizzie a monster brown bear escaped from a cage in Alameda and wandered two days through Alameda and Oakland. After swimming the Oakland Estuary on her way back to the woods she was shot dead by a policeman. A posse of officers pursued her for over two hours before a peaceful citizen found her on a front doorstep at 2 39.
Franklin Richardson aged four the third orphan at Utica asylum to be given poison by mistake for a laxative died Saturday. The other poisoned children are believed to recover. Coroner Stephen A Hahady held an inquest. Nurse Catherine Manley testified that another nurse Edna McKay provided the poison bottle.
In Chicago two unmarried women filed petitions for spring city council primaries soon after dawn, the first under Illinois suffrage law. Marion Drake of the progressive party seeks to unseat Bathhouse John Coughlin in ward one, while Sarah Hopkins vies for the Democratic nomination in ward two. Progressive Party representatives were early in line, placing a watcher at city clerk’s doors overnight.
Jan 27 1920 in Timh 8t Louis an attempt to wreck the Iron Mountain fast mail was stopped after fifteen ties were pulled near Carondale Park but no accident occurred. The incident is under investigation and no injuries reported.
Florence council considers plans to rebuild the city as it appeared in Dante era. The proposal envisions restoring streets, buildings, and public spaces to resemble Florence during the time of the Divine Comedy.
The 1921 Dante centenary celebration aims to unite statuary and pictures inspired by Dante worldwide. Italian Futurists oppose, urging Paris to modernize rather than rebuild as in Dante’s era. A separate grim note reports wolves devouring a girl near Periguex, with pieces of clothing and bones found, while hunting parties form. Temperature in Paris edges up slightly after recent lows.
Paris dispatch reports continued cold snapping central France. Weather hardships impact daily life as officials urge caution. A child death is noted amid frigid conditions, highlighting winter risks and regional distress. Authorities monitor health and shelter conditions, urging local aid.
New York's inaugural elevated rail line opened in 1867 on Greenwich Street. It used a cable system that ran underground and above the structure on spider wheels for propulsion and guidance.
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