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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1906
Page
8
A government push seeks to enforce an eight hour day on public works, urging use of federal officers to monitor violations. Contractors may raise bids to cover longer hours, risking delays on the Cold Springs irrigation project as unions press for lawful limits.
Fragmented text reports on kidney issues linked to drink and heat, a paralytic stroke suffered by Mrs Mathews of Genoa Idaho and her daughter Mrs Pen king, plus brief notes about groves strike threats and a road crew firing near Portland Venula Gateway. Names and details are partial.
The National Bank of the city led a bid round opening bonds valued at 850,000. The local institution bid 104.38, with the average bid near 104, while a $50,000 bond issue was noted.
Harvesting is under way across Umatilla County with nearly all threshers in use by midweek. A. L. Knight, visiting Athena, says prospects point to a crop near normal, with heat boosting expectations by about 25 percent in good areas but sometimes reducing yields by 10 to 30 percent in others, averaging out.
A Panama letter notes the San Francisco quake indirectly aided canal work by triggering a large landslide that removed a mountain section blocking the canal path. Engineers reckon the event will save months of digging and offer data for ongoing observations, with officials preparing a formal report.
Sam Boller suffered a severe injury while unloading hay when a derrick fork swung and pierced his abdomen leaving a large gaping wound. He was lifted to the ground and taken home for treatment as he recovers from prior accidents including a broken foot and a runaway team incident.
Freight traffic on the O R N is so heavy that all cabooses are in service and several box cars have been fitted as extra cabooses for emergency use.
Contracts received by county superintendent Weller reveal higher monthly salaries for teachers across the county in the coming year. Increases vary by district with several districts adding funds, while some already paying good salaries did not raise. Notable entries include Hawkes at No. 28 Nolin $20 monthly, Thacker No. 4 Waterman seven months $65, McDaniel Umatilla nine months $84, Barton No. 9 Milton four months $65, and Shumway No. 41 Couse Creek seven months $45.
The week sees steel rail contracts totaling 60,000 tons for delivery next year with Great Northern 40,000 tons, Erle 10,000, and Lehigh Valley 10,000. Also noted are a Geneva inventor’s scent cone, Mrs. Thaw’s Tomb visit, 1904 births minus deaths plus emigration, and a fatal air collision near Seabound Air with twenty killed.
Hundreds of readers endorse Mostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic and strengthener for women seeking a reliable medic. The ad-style claim promotes the product as a cure and revives confidence in its ability to support digestion and vitality.
An advertisement fragment touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters promising quick and enduring relief from cramps backache dizziness/ migraines, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea, and dyspepsia, asserting curing power across numerous ailments.
Co J Anderson 22 year old cashier of First Bank of Kiona Washington drowned while swimming in the Yakima river. Body recovered. Parents said to live in Arlington New Jersey. Bank opened two days before death.
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