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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1907
Page
8
The acting Forester states grazing fees in national forests will not rise this year. No general increase. adjustments may occur locally as range conditions improve to ensure fairness. Forester Price emphasizes forests are public benefits, not revenue sources, and no auction of pasturage.
Threshing machine owners in Columbia have agreed on a uniform wage rate for harvest work. Details on the approved pay scale and implementation timeline are expected to be released by local farm labor committees.
Prices fixed for diverse labor, except engineers, separator tenders, and arrow crackers. Fireman with watchman $2.50 daily, fireman without watchman $4, sack sewer $1.50, hoedown $3, forker $4, derrick driver $2.56, roustabout $2.50, cook house $3. threshing rates set at 12 cents per 100 pounds barley and 14 cents per 100 pounds wheat.
J. B. Montgomery, manager for Puget Sound Warehouse, reports bright wheat prospects after recent trip. Threshing should begin in about a week, with good yields expected and little crop risk before harvest. Early runs start today on the reservation and west of Pendleton.
Robert Burns general agent of BR&N at Walla Walla has returned from an Alaskan coast trip aboard the Jefferson from Seattle. He visited Ketchikan Skagway Douglas City the Treadwell mine Juneau and Sitka with Juneau and Sitka noted as highlights. The scenery is superb and boat service and weather praised as ideal for summer tourists seeking southern Alaska.
A. J. Sturtevant of Pilot Rock filed a petition in the circuit court asking Judge Bean to issue a writ of review for the case he was tried and convicted in the Pilot Rock recorder's court. He was fined $20 for resisting an officer, with Judge James A. Fee representing him. The petition alleges the recorder erred during the trial.
Mr and Mrs F A Fairbanks of Rochester Minnesota are visiting for several days with Mrs Fairbanks brother B S Waffle and family. Mr Fairbanks is a pioneer locomotive engineer for the Milwaukee Road and has long railroading ties. He is a distant relative of Vice President Fairbanks. his father was a second cousin of the vice president.
A small bridge over Eagles Creek near Bonneville on the O.R. & N. was burned Sunday morning. Train No. 1 transferring passengers and baggage, while No. 6 arrived at 10:30 this morning after being delayed until repairs were completed.
Fine Hot Weather Trade in our city prompts Bond Bros to add two extra clerks. They report business exceeding expectations as summer heat boosts sales and requires more staff.
A group of eight girls, chaperoned by Mrs. T. M. Henderson, will depart for Lehman Springs tomorrow evening for a two week outing. The party includes Edna Thompson, Eunice Storie, Eunice Vogel, Nona Johnson, Edith Johnson, Norma Alloway, Daphne Lensure, and Gertrude Jordan.
The Royal Neighbors postpone their social session until next fall due to hot weather. Only a regular session will be held tomorrow night.
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Floyd Bush and Minnie Taylor, both residents of this county. The Lewiston & Southeastern Electric has begun a suit in district court to condemn a right of way through lands owned by the Idaho Trust Company, lying south of Lewiston, Idaho. The road will pass through a land strip 2700 feet long belonging to the defendants if it follows the present survey and plat.
Three children of Earnest Grosschmig, living in Coombs Canyon, ran away last Friday. The oldest boy and a girl were found at a ranch on the river near Barnhart, while the seven year old boy Wille remained missing until late afternoon found near Horseshoe curve on the O R & PR line. Neighbors accuse Grosschmig of brutality. authorities investigated previously but filed no charges. The youngest boy was found exhausted after two sleepless nights and is to be taken home tonight.
J M Brock was arrested at Ione on a charge of stealing clothing from a man working on an irrigation ditch near Echo. Deputy Joe Blakley headed to Ione to retrieve him. Brock had previously served a year in the penitentiary for a statutory crime and fled Ione with a girl he had married there before parole. The parole may be rescinded and he could face the remainder of his term or a heavier sentence.
Seven members of company L arrived home this morning from Portland where they had been since the close of the guard encampment at Seaside. The party home today includes First Lieutenant Smythe, Sergeant Ruppe, Will Hanacom buglar, Corporal Nissan, Privates Whitman Rowland and Hoover. Several other members are still visiting in various parts of the state as their vacations extend.
W & C R machine shops at Hunt's Junction are being relocated to Pascoe Master Mechanic Harvard directs removal of all machinery and fixtures. Most employees will transfer. station agent inter change man and pumpman stay. Eight horse power pumping plant to Lamar. old plant moved to Hunt's Junction or Attalia. Depot status undecided. Company L encampment uniforms to be cleaned. summer drills paused, resume in fall for district fair.
Daily drills are underway by Company L rifle squad in readiness for the O N G tournament to be held at Roseburg from the 25th to the 27th. The team includes Captain Kern, Sergeants Oliver and Drake, and Privates Blanchette and.
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