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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
2
Reports describe bodies cremated at Seilwood crematory nearly every day with remains sent from distant places including Butte and Alaska. A 220 pound man was cremated. the residue weighed eight pounds including remains of burial garments. An accident near Marshfield injured Hoff Instedt.
Spokane homeowners face feared 25 to 35 percent rate hikes as water-system completion nears. Northwestern Mutual Fire Association touts 40 percent savings via mutual premiums and cash payments with no pro rata cancellation. The piece contrasts stock company raises with mutuals in Seattle and Oregon, urging readers to consider mutual options and seek information from T. L. Dunemore in Pendleton.
Wenatchee Washington will not get a 16100 school house as planned. The senate passed a bill authorizing delivery to the Southern Historical Society of Confederate relics held by the federal government. Jompam W Ripley, longtime Sault Ste Marie locks chief, is named to oversee Panama canal lock integration. Chicago health board orders 27 slaughterhouses closed for unsanitary conditions. Cashier Whitney of the Burlington team dies from injuries in a Sunday game. Latta of Oklahoma named assistant secretary to Roosevelt, succeeding Turner as portmaster. Pulajane leaders surrender to Cebu authorities amid fighting. A boy near Wallace Idaho badly mangled by a blast. Marshall, a Birmingham contractor, disappears with two identified bodies found later. A river theft near Pine Bluff Arkansas and a mountain find near Birmingham noted. Hichnock rejects Portland cement bid for Okanogan and Umatilla projects. government may use Salt River plant cement instead.
The main line steel bridges in Oregon will be painted black graphite this summer at a cost of 220000. In Prower Washington a bond proposal for waterworks sewerage system artesian well and park was rejected due to tax burden concerns. Mayhem county to exhibit irrigation products at the National Irrigation Congress in Boise and challenge Idaho for the W A Clark cup. James Beavers was found unconscious in Deal canyon Union county after a horse accident and remains unconscious with suspected spinal and brain injuries.
Hotel St George and many others report arrivals and guests from New York to Spokane. Names include W B Rowland J W Watson A Hyyman Trow Storing Mitchell Rupell Javkeon Grash Holmes Runyan Kore Wilcox Whitman Posner Dunlop Currie Heicock Gresham Emery Galey Lord Pinney Gearkand Zent Smith Daly among others, with destinations spanning Portland Seattle and Spokane.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and places including Portland figures such as J. P. Hayden H. Bran des and F. M. Garrison, along with others in San Francisco Cleveland Seattle Walla Walla Heppner New York and Chicago. The names appear in a scattered directory style, suggesting a contact or coordination roll call.
President W F Nelson sends 20 men and 12 teams to the mouth of the Des Chutes river to begin grading for the Oregon Trunk Line toward Madras. The 106 mile survey from Des Chutes mouth to Madras aims to connect southern transcontinental lines with the north. The effort, planned for completion in two years, will include heavy rock work but little tunneling.
The pamphlet from the C POR advises keeping an eye on Vancouver Island, noting its vast 16 400 square mile area rich with merchantable timber. It highlights Douglas fir reaching 100 feet, cedar, spruce, maple, yew, tamarack and many species, stressing the region as a major forest resource with substantial mercantile value.
Norman Cook, jailed in Lewiston on perjury charges connected to the Fuller case, shows emaciation and possible lung trouble. Doctors say a further examination by Dr. Murlteat will determine his condition as hypnotic influence by P Haussler is noted and memories appear disjointed. A burglary at Plains Montana yanked $900 from Kroger Peterson's store.
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh stating Mall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive remedy. It is advertised as a constitutional treatment that reaches blood and mucous surfaces, building up the patient. The makers offer a $100 reward for any failure to cure and invite testimonials from customers. Address: F. Henry & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Also mentions Wal’s remedy for constipation.
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