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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
3
Trade with Pendleton Planing Mills offers a full line of lumber and finishing products. They supply lumber lath shingles sash doors cement brick tanks and more through a single source. Also promotes Winona wagons gas engines and irrigation machinery with dealer support and price estimates.
A June 26 letter argues current districting skews representation and urges a single district or proportional method like Australia’s effective voting to reduce gerrymandering. It claims minority voices are suppressed and envisions districts adjusted to reflect votes while preserving majority control, noting Switzerland and Belgium apply similar systems.
Mie Valley observers report mustard invading grain fields near Grand Ronde. Farmers, including J. T. Smith of Alleel, mobilize workers with grass knives to cut and prevent reseeding. Separate notes recount J. T. Smith’s Pleasant call at the Observer office and a vehicle fire near Connell due to straw buildup. Also included are advertisements for Foley’s Honey and Tar and Elixirs and Mrs. Ward’s endorsement of Cranit Laxative Syrup, with local druggists Koopens and others.
Chinese gardeners at Lewiston orchard and vineland have contracted to Shinn & Co. of Spokane for the entire vineyard output. They will receive 25 cents per crate at the depot. A crate weighs 20 pounds. Estimated annual crates range from 1000 to 2500. Rent for the orchard is 1500 a year. Lewiston Tribune.
Judge George H. Stewart ruled in the Mullen v. Moseley case that the six slot machines held by Sheriff Mageley may be destroyed. The devices, deemed gambling instruments, were seized last year and turned over by the justice system for destruction. The decision ends a long dispute over whether the machines could be recovered or used for other purposes.
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