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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
8
Professor Battelli, an Italian, arrives in Pendleton with three other world walkers from France Germany and the United States. They began October 7 in New York to trek around the world and document political, economic and industrial conditions for a multilingual book.
Dr Hans von Kadich and Leo Mahler of Vienna depart for Vancouver to ready the steamer Transit for a four month Alaska and Siberia expedition starting July 1. Ten party members remain in Vienna. Funded by Rudolf von Guttman who will collect specimens for his trophy room and donate duplicates to the Smithsonian Institution and the New York Zoological Society. The Transit is a 2400 ton vessel.
J Quick and Mrs Charles Levine the father and sister of Flora and Mary Quick arrived last evening from Coquille Coos county for a visit to the city.
A flurry of visitors and locals traveling through Pendleton is noted as Dr. J A Donaghue visits Arlington, Hermiston business figures arrive, Ellers and Bay Area residents stop by, and many Pendleton residents head to Portland for rose shows and other engagements. The city hosts ministers, merchants, and attendees in transit to events and reciprocal visits.
Seattle officials announced the athletic meet will proceed at Exposition Stadium with entries from University of Washington University of Idaho Washington State College Whitman College and Oregon Agricultural College. Oregon University may still enter some events as final exams limit Oregon athletes. Many Oregon athletes have left campus but a strong State University showing is expected once notified.
Brigadier General Frederick Funston commander of the Army Service School at Fort Leavenworth fought a revolver duel with a supposed burglar who burst from a closet in his quarters. The intruder fled after Funston fired three shots. no one was harmed and nothing was stolen. Funston had been awake after returning to bed about an hour earlier.
President Taft announced a cross country trip with a stop in San Francisco on October 19, abandoning Alaska plans to avoid delaying Mrs Taft’s recovery from nervous prostration. He will make many stops, take time to meet the people, and return to Washington in late November. He joked about the travel appropriation.
The state of Sao Paulo, Brazil holds 7,700,000 bags of coffee stored in Europe and North America and 657,000 bags stored in Santos. The foreign storage cities listed include Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, London, Trieste, Marseilles, New York and New Orleans.
Ontario Ore The large shipments of cattle from Ontario in the last three weeks keep this station busy. Over 20000 head will have shipped from here in the past month, mainly young cattle for Montana Idaho and the Dakotas. Major buyers include M K Parsons Salt Lake City William Hanley Burns Bales Jones Grangeville Idaho and Zimmer man Dakota. About 1500 head are in yards awaiting shipment with more arriving. Cattle are in good shape and well fed. Spring prices run 20 to 22 dollars, higher than last year. Delays arose as cattle moved into Montana due to a new federal inspection law. inspectors from Pendleton must attend. Effort seeks a deputy inspector at Ontario.
San Francisco report says H Rosewarne Carrington, who claims to be Lord Charles Carrington, was denied access to his hotel rooms at the St. Francia for a $216 bill. He sought help from the British Consul General Hearne, who declined sponsorship and questioned his nobility. Carrington asserted naval and parliamentary pasts and said he used a different name to travel incognito. He arrived May 14 with luggage and planned a hunting trip with two English guardsmen after Vancouver.
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