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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1910
Page
8
The O. R. and N. passenger depot opened to the public this morning. The transfer from old to new building is complete and the first tickets were sold by Agent Smith to passengers bound West on No. 1. The old structure will be moved in two sections as Cornfield moves it to a site just east of the freight warehouse. Construction on today’s building began months ago.
In Roseburg, J. J. Kirby, a Coos County sewing machine salesman, wandered away from his guard while in delirium tremens Tuesday. He was found nude under a rock ledge by Brewster Creek and taken into custody. He is improving under authority supervision.
Miss Elizabeth Topping is Pendleton s new librarian arriving from New York to lead the free public library. An Oregon girl and Cornell and New York State library school graduate, she brings extensive experience in library work and is expected to continue the program started by Miss Batterson who resigned for a Seattle Library post.
Thirty two measures are listed for voter consideration. Items include funding for the Weston normal school, annexation of part of Washington county to Multnomah, establishing a normal school at Ashland, a constitutional amendment to ban liquor sales, an initiative to ban liquor, creation of an Employer's Indemnity Commission, a ban on fishing on Rogue River, and the creation of Deschutes County.
Marriage licenses were issued today to Thaddeus A. Stephens and Flora May Horn, and to Herbert Franklin and Bessie Montgomery, all of this county. Exhibits for Fair: Dr. W. R. Campbell mailed four wheat samples from Holdman ranch showing Simples praised as top yield from fields promising about 40 bushels per acre. Bert Wilson resigns as Umatilla County deputy sheriff after over three years to become claim adjustor for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company in Portland. his departure mourned by Sheriff Taylor for his efficiency.
Carter and Smythe plan a quick move to the first floor of the American bank building formerly used as the city hall. Entrances from Alta street. offices will now occupy the first floor instead of the second. Precinct boundary fight escalates in county court with Dr Henry W. Coe and Stanfield opposing Hermiston and Umatilla over new Stanfield precinct lines. Participants include George Coe H Marshall Frank Sloan W H Skinner H G Newport R R Lewis E P Dodd De C Brownell Summers and others from Hermiston Umatilla and Stanfield.
Carl V. Schiffler of Pasco and Miss C. Evelyn Carson of San Francisco were married at 11 this morning at the groom’s father's home in Pendleton. Rev. Ralph Storey officiated as the couple, with relatives and a few friends, celebrated with a wedding breakfast and gifts including bills of sale for the tailor shop and house in Paseo. The newlyweds plan to return to Pasco this evening to establish their home.
More than 100 Walla Walla baseball fans are expected to attend the afternoon game between Bade's Mixtures and Frazer's Colts in Pendleton. Both amateur teams are seen as evenly matched, with a return date in Walla Walla next Sunday and potential for a six game series if attendance supports it. The Pendleton lineup mirrors recent Blue Mountain league play as local fans relish a rivalry with Garden City.
New York July 9 Colonel Roosevelt denies reports that Kermit is engaged to Miss Margaret Rutherford daughter of Mrs William Vanderbilt Sr. Gossips persist linking the two. Kermit to Paris to study for Harvard fall term while Rutherford lingers in Paris, fueling belief he will not return to college.
Vernon pulled ahead with a fourth inning rally aided by a misplayed ball, scoring two runs and taking a 5 to 0 lead before finishing 6 to 3. Portland’s new pitcher tossed three innings, Breckenridge and Brown led Vernon at the plate, and umpire Finney officiated at Sacramento.
In Chicago the game featured Beebe Clark Reul Bach Brown and Kling for Cincinnati with LEOTC batteries. At Pittsburgh Miller Scanion Ber gen Webb Leever Maddox and Gibson pitched for the opposition as the box score lists players and holds the day’s ledger.
Fragmentary OCR notes list multiple battery names and locations including Philadelphia and Boston with pairs such as Batterles-Falkenberg Bemis and Mitchell Hall and Carrigan and R.A. E. Cleveland. The text is garbled but indicates committee or firm pairings and venue references with unclear actions or events.
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