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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1912
Page
8
A dispute over settlement of an account led to a lively Main Street fight yesterday afternoon. City health officer Dr. I A Temple struck LV Fisher, a Portland promoter, with a cane, cutting a gash and breaking the cane. Fisher plans to file assault charges. no court action yet.
Three witnesses from Pilot Rock country testified before the examining board by 3 pm. J N Burgess led, followed by Herbert Boylen and J A Guderian. Boylen said proper handling would avoid conflicts with settlers as the West Extension would use flood waters only.
Night sessions likely to be held to finish the Warner case with many witnesses summoned. The State has subpoenaed thirty two witnesses and the defense thirty eight. The jury was seated after seven o clock, with evidence already presented late.
The defense exhausted most peremptory challenges and the prosecution dismissed three ventlemen for cause. The jury finally included J. A. Bagwell of Helix Hans Pohl of Pendleton A. T. Perkins of Pendleton James Nelson of Buttercreek William Slusher of Pendleton Herman Roelk of Pendleton Frank Done of Pilot Rock John W. Campbell of Hermiston I. H. Bentley of Holdman Frank Michaels of Pilot Rock Frank Hilbert of Ukiah J. E. Romine of Milton.
Station Master John A. Goggill of Southern Pacific posts a public notice in San Carlos California asking fashionable peninsula residents to train their dogs to clean their feet before entering the station during muddy season. He warns that muddy paws soil costly attire and seats in the waiting room and lobby, urging owners to keep dogs clean or indoors until manners improve.
Prof. V I Safro of Oregon Agricultural College travels from Corvallis to Brownsville to demonstrate proper lime sulfur spray solution production to the Brownsville Fruit and Process Association.
W C E Pruitt will travel to Portland February 6 to attend a dinner by the Multnomah Hotel management for the Portland Press Club where he is a active member. W W Williams, Portland handwriting expert, testifies in the current trial related to Mabel Warner forgery. Walter Hampton appeared in police court for disorderly conduct and was jailed for two days for nonpayment of fines. Mr and Mrs George La Fontain return from California and Honolulu and will resume Pendleton tomorrow. A Round-Up Parade photo in the East Oregonian was a reproduction of Allen's copied work. The Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees hold an invitational joint installation at New Moose hall at 8 o'clock. Tom Hill returns with Lytle Nelson Round-Up films from southern Idaho amid strong local interest.
A morning incident on East Court Street saw a runaway horse team from Cliff Turner’s wagon. The dlevis pin dropped from the single tree, frightening the horses who dashed down the street. No damage occurred as the driver halted the team before impact.
Rev Selleck at Methodist Episcopal church last night preached an intensely interesting sermon on The Prodigal Son. An earnest appeal by Rev Emmet moved three young men to take a stand for Christ. Selleck preaches again this evening with song service at 1 30.
A will provides that a widow remains alive until death or remarriage with $15 000 on remarriage and the rest to eight children Winnie Struve Taylor Henry Marcus Hans Maria Peter D and Gilbert all under legal age except two. A separate formal complaint charges Chris Morgan the Jack the Grabber with assault. witnesses accuse him as molester. He faces arraignment within days.
Chicago malt dealer Charles A. Purcell, executor of his sister-in-law Mary B. Purcell’s will, laments that distributing 250000 to charity is overwhelming. He recalls Mrs. Purcell wished to aid charity but offered no plan. Purcell attempted Christmas gifts to the poor but spent only 3600, and contemplates funding a home for abandoned infants to use more of the estate.
New York reports a Paris bulletin claiming spring awakens due to bacterial action. Professor Munts of the French academy says soil microbes cycle independently, boosting soil nitrogen and triggering germination and plant growth.
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