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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
8
No epidemic visible this season as sanitary gains cut typhoid and measles cases. Dr R B Ringo cites favorable weather and careful water practices, noting scarce scarlet fever diphtheria or smallpox reports. Many physicians are taking vacations amid the healthy trend.
Baker County renews effort to tax the railroads fairly, citing Oregon rules requiring reports of gross and net earnings. The O. R. & N. reported over five million dollars in the state. The assessor fixes per mile road bed values at 25000 for O. R. & N. and 1700 for rolling stock, with 4500 road bed and 300 rolling stock for Bumpter Valley, higher than last year.
Lee Teutsch, a forceful merchant from Pendleton, expands influence by investing in Sterling Illinois and owning stores in four states forging a growing regional footprint and rising fame.
Rumors say a government special land agent is in town to review land transactions from the Edwards administration. The inspector reportedly questions Jennie Van Pelt land dealings now owned by A. L. Parker, with Parker’s title intact. Other Edwards era sales drew criticism from reservation farmers and others.
Lee Teutsch of Preston Idaho has reopened the Sterling Department Store in Sterling AI after a recent purchase. All goods are marked down to bedrock and the sale started at 7 am with crowds packing the store, the sale to run while stock lasts. Teutsch is cited as a large west coast merchant with holdings in Oregon Idaho and Nevada.
A bundle of $40,000 levee bonds dated August 1, 1887, bearing signatures of Mayor William Martin and City Recorder W. E. Crews, has been canceled and redeemed by the city. Each $1,000 bond carried 7 percent interest and were the sole bonds the city sold for levee financing, aside from a $10,000 issue last summer.
Pacific Monthly to publish a new yearlong series on western land frauds titled The Way of the Land Transgressor in its August issue. Writer Pease, long in Washington gathering material, promises a thorough, entertaining review illustrated with photographs and drawings, to illuminate the public land situation.
Relatives fear Carl Springer Jones of Kansas City may be among the missing from the wreck of the Columbia. He was en route to visit Mrs. John Nissen in Pendleton, started from Kansas City via San Francisco weeks ago, and no word has reached the Nissen household despite three letters from his mother. It is suspected the last name may have been altered in transit.
Deputy policeman William Scheer remains at home in Huntington city with rheumatism and a general breakdown, off duty for several weeks. This morning his son George Lote was notified and rushed to his bedside.
A massive blaze in Victoria British Columbia destroyed five blocks and numerous outbuildings starting at the Albion works boiler shop. The fire swept from Store street to Quadra and Herald to Pioneer, with poor water pressure hindering firefighters. About 76 houses burned with losses around 135000, three churches were lost, and several named residents and residents’ properties were left homeless though no deaths were reported.
Moscow July 25 Mme Fromkina, accused of several assassination attempts, was hanged today. She allegedly tried to kill General Kheinhof former police prefect and the prison inspector where she was confined. She refused clemency.
It is reported that the St Paul road will extend its system into western Canada in the next year to align with Hill Interests as of July 25 in Winnipeg Manitoba.
Hinglings Past Up Pendleton Ringlings circus one of the largest on the road will perform in La Grande Wednesday August 13 and Walla Walla Thursday August 14. The company claims to be bigger and better with many new feats. A special train bearing elephants will pass through Pendleton on Thursday morning August 14.
Letters from two women, Bertha A. Trullinger and Grace, praise Newbro’s Herpicide for stopping hair loss and dandruff. They endorse its claims and offer samples via The Herpicide Co. Detroit, Mich, with two sizes priced at 10 cents and 1.00.
Oscar F. E. Hult, a well known ex railroad man, died in Portland at 4 pm after a difficult operation for a liver ailment. His body will return to Pendleton aboard train No 2, with funeral services likely after his Omaha-based father arrives. Hult, a Burlington native about 60, lived in Pendleton 15 years, worked with O R & N, widow and daughter long gone, his death tied to grief. Local preparations include town well drilling, lumber delivery, and new business lot sales at around 100 dollars, as carpenters move to erect buildings.
Businessmen deny a Vollmer report stating a compact has been arranged between the two townette companies. The local entity insists the claim is erroneous and the matter remains unsettled as no agreement has been finalized.
Pendleton residents watched a moon eclipse last night that appeared only partial here. The moon emerged in the clear sky after the earth's shadow, with some disappointment that a total eclipse was not reached, though officials noted forecasts did not predict a full eclipse for the area.
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