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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
2
Practical advice for farmers on eradicating lice and mites in poultry by fumigation and powders, plus guidance on chicken bowel trouble, building durable farm walks, dairy separator use, and butter production trends. Includes cautions on feeding wet food and egg shell handling to prevent disease and egg-eating habits.
Hoon Acres East and Weifer to be wetted near Mountain Home and Boise as business leaders push a sweeping reclamation plan. The proposal envisions diverting Payette Salmon and Boise river waters to 600,000 acres, including 400,000 acres of Mountain Home Sunnyarde lands, using upper Salv on and Sawtooth reservoirs. Committees gather data to test feasibility, aiming to reclaim vast arid regions south of the Sawtooths.
A Washington dispatch reports the board of Army Engineers will examine Umatilla and related government reclamation projects. Beginning in Nebraska and Wyoming, the itinerary includes North Platte, Goshen Hole, Bellefourche, Shoshone Dam, Lower Yellowstone, Williston, and several Idaho and Montana sites. The group plans a single report after surveying all projects and travels southward as a unified unit.
State will spend 100000 on a 14 mile rock road from Vancouver to Washougal and to the eastern military reservation. Crews survey east of Vancouver to stake the alignment joining the Blaine to Wells Walla trunk line with a widened 11 foot roadway where needed. Continuous pieces include a seven mile link from the bridge over the Whithout river to Clarke county and a five mile stretch along the north fork of the Lewis river near Fina with ongoing surveying along the Columbia north bank.
In Roseburg Oregon Seare Porter bound over after preliminary hearing on charges tied to an alleged attempted crime against 14 year old Grant Pass resident Josephine Moss. Bonds set at 5000 with next October grand jury appearance. Attorney Dulles Ceclared of Portland represented Porter. The girl testified plainly and Attorney Dilley said he would not further participate. Pullman porter Farley of the Pullman company attended. verdict pending.
At Albiny Oregon two deaf mutes J W Bentley and I W Hoy registered as voters with Deputy Clark Marks guiding the process through pencil and paper. After reading the required authority they silently swore the stated facts, confirming Bentey a shoemaker in West Albans and Hoy a printer in East Albany. A West Fifth street streetcar franchise for Eugene awaits council action.
In Skagit county at Praval uh the seven officers guarding 102 prisoners failed to prevent the escape of William MacLaren from Snohomish county with a year remaining. He fled up a steep bluff using distraction by mixing his belongings with a partner’s to thwart tracking dogs. The escape occurred near the grave dump along the road.
A veterinary team treated Theol Houter of Aberdetn near Washington Pointomaine after he ate canned tomatoes that caused poisoning. The ordeal prompted medical and agricultural officials to warn about possible contamination and urge safe can handling.
Brooklyn tradesman Charles Miller vents anger over press reports linking his deceased father William E Miller to John D Rockefeller. He says the distant kinship damaged the family reputation and cost them money as neighbors boycotted the store and people repeatedly pointed out the connection. The elder Miller reportedly forbade anyone to discuss the relationship.
The Library Notes lists ongoing novels and authors in a mix of classical and frontier settings. Readings include Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells, A Friend of Caesar's by W S Davis, Coeur d Alene by Mary Hallock Foote, Cressy by Bert Harte, Portion of Labor by Mary Wilkins Freeman, Sir George Tresandy by Mira Humphrey Ward, Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope, and Silent Princes by Edward Stewart White, highlighting American life, western scenes, and English social life through engaging character portraits.
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