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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
3
A government report chapter details horrific conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It describes unsanitary toilets and rest areas, open privies, and workers in freezing rooms with wet floors and poor ventilation. Women are described as slaves facing extreme neglect and peril to health.
Excellent moving pictures at the Columbia theater depict San Francisco after the earthquake and fire. Scenes show ruined blocks, refugee camps, bread lines, and rescue efforts, including images of General Greely and General Funston. The Frazer opera house will show them for three nights and a Saturday matinee beginning Thursday June 14.
The report notes long hours for girls aged 15 to 17 with most tasks done sitting optional while male laborers lack eating spaces. Some establishments provide restaurants and a smoking room for clerical staff but no dining area for workers. Lunches are eaten outdoors or in stifling rooms in winter, while few employers consider cleanliness or comfort, risking moral degradation and health of workers and food products.
San Francisco officials project 50 acres of floor space for new buildings, with 30 Pirot class structures now under way. Initial estimates exceed 14 million dollars for 20 structures, total floor area over 56 acres, and plans include fireproof vaults in basements. About 500 building permit applications have been filed, rising as insurance settlements finalize.
Charles Clancy, veteran horseman and contractor, returns from Union County Oregon with four carloads for the army in the Philippines. He says Washington and Oregon have few large, well bred cavalry horses left as government inspections grow stricter. Coast buyers must seek stock farther east while demand for sound, sound animals continues.
William OConnell, a cable splicer for Independent Telephone, fell from a pole on Eighth Street near the post office after touching a live power line. He fractured both ankle bones, sustained bruises, and was taken to Dr Roeck’s office for treatment. No internal injuries expected.
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