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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1910
Page
8
Rural labor shortages loom as grain growers seek harvest hands in Nye County. Ranchers J B Stanton and D M Russell tour towns, hoping to recruit workers amid idle laborers and social debate on employment. Prices rising across agricultural goods noted for 1909 trends.
The 1909 wholesale price index, covering 257 commodities, rose 3 percent from 1908 but remained 2.3 percent below the 1907 peak. The report notes March 1909 as a 20 year high for a single month and compares 1909 levels to 1900 1897 and the 1890–1909 average, with continued increases late in the period.
The Italian composer Leoncavallo, recovering from illness, sits in a Manchester theater stall and seizes a stranger's praise of Pagliacci to mock it as unoriginal. The next day a newspaper headlines him as confessing lack of originality, a misread claim that haunts him.
Captain C. J. Ferguson of Company I leads the Pendleton rifle team for the state range at Clackamas to compete in the state shoot. Teammates include Blanchett Weber Bowman and Wissler. Payne of Stanfield was hospitalized with typhoid fever after a lodge event.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson and Mrs. Sarsh J. Boyer filed suit against B C Burlingame to recover a note for 2500 pounds. Rehearing motion in the WX Case argued before Circuit Judge Gilliland by Col y H Raley for objecting taxpayers and Deputy District Attorney Steiner for the county, which had recently won in the county court.
The Reed brothers, charged with stealing two watches and other valuables from swimmers in the river Friday evening, remain missing. They reportedly told their parents they headed for Baker City, and the father left yesterday in search of them, promising to bring them back.
Bridges expert A E Eberhart of Atlas Bridge Co says the Milton county span is complete and work has begun on the McCoy bridge. Steel for Uma tilla bridge is on the ground and will start when the Columbia water recedes. Hermiston foundation material arrives in 30 days and work will start then with travel expected in about 60 days.
Ira D. Conrad died Saturday morning in the city from an abdominal abscess after months of illness. The body was sent to Athena for burial by Coroner Folsom on Saturday evening. He allegedly resisted an arrest by Officer Henry Thompson while intoxicated. Gus Durst serves five days in jail instead of three, and O ce ola an Indian is serving a three day sentence for drunkenness.
P C Holland of the colonization company promoting Umatilla lands rode the motor car to Hermiston and praised its comfort. He notes two more carloads of buyers will arrive, mainly from Pennsylvania and the Far East, with fewer travelers from the Midwest due to poor crops.
Florence news reports Enrico Caruso amid a tangle of marriages and elopements. Mme Gine Betti, claimed wife of Florence merchant Betti, sues for divorce naming Caruso, asserting two children with him and alleging financial support disputes. The case, to be heard in Florence, may clarify the tenor’s private life and past New York arrangements.
Pendleton Colts fall 6 to 2 to Bade's Mixtures of Walla Walla amid eight innings of solid pitching by Sturgis and Van Nahmen. A disputed call and a late eighth inning rally, plus an umpire's controversial decision, left local fans unsettled despite a lively, defensively tight game.
Large crowds from Horseleap Rosemount Castletown Killare Streamstown and Dysart gathered Friday evening to celebrate Miss Mary Sheerin’s release from Tullamore jail after a week for refusing a fine. The scene included the Killare Irish Language band halted by Sergeant Milchone who warned against public road use, then resumed with spectators cheering at Miss Sheerin’s home.
Portland, Ore July 10 Portland took the final game of the series from Vernon by 3 to 0. The locals collected timely hits off Hitt in the second and fourth frames as Gregg endured wild moments but received solid support. Umpire Finney. Sacramento Takes Two Oakland July 10 The visitors swept both games from Oakland with a 11 to 1 win in the opener and a 4 to 0 shutout in the nightcap. Fitzgerald pitched well for Sacramento in the morning.
San Francisco avenged a 6-2 morning setback by defeating Los Angeles 4 to 0 in the afternoon. Henley, who flustered the Angels previously, regained form and limited Los Angeles to two hits as the scoreline settled. Score:
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