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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
3
Gilliam County reports its second rain of the week, totaling about 0.78 inch after an earlier 0.7 inch. The moisture saved spring planted crops and lifted fall grain and early spring wheat to near harvest condition. Local farmers and merchants, previously worried, now anticipate yields above average with Condon alone expected to harvest about 1,000 bushels of wheat.
Chief Fraser of Tacoma imposes a new rule barring newspaper reporters from staying longer than two minutes in police headquarters. Information on crimes arrests and residents is to be handled via arrest blotters and press official channels, with threats of removal to the street for longer stays.
W P Littlefield, formerly of Hermiston, elected president of La Cuanhemoc Mining Co with head office in Seattle. Company capital is 3,000,000 pounds. Mines are in Mexico. Littlefield was a Hermiston councilman and merchant. Also notes new home for Councilman Waterman, a new Hermiston drug store rumor, and local business updates including Mert Dishon & Son purchasing a motor car for their Hermiston Stables.
Vancouver authorities pursue Charles W. Himmond in connection with the slaying of Brotiter Barhydlt’s brother, Bawa Tiarheit. Reports from Pasadena indicate the suspect is wealthy and once connected with the Tryriington Northwestern railroad. No new whereabouts for Himmond have been found.
George Barnes a prominent pioneer attorney and former district attorney to locate in Prineville, Crook county, was shot and killed in Canyon City by George Anderson, now jailed for murder. The feud sprang from a suit over the hand of widow Israld Bowman. Barnes had aided in overturning a 2000 pound judgment, leading to the fatal confrontation. Barnes had long been a legal figure in eastern Oregon and recently moved from Irmetville to Usa von City two years ago, with ties in Prineville, Portland, and The Dalles Lodge No. 403, DOPB, EO.
Gossip items from New York and Bloomfield recount arrests and court comments. Mrs. Robert Ingersoll released after failing to provide the required tag. Rudyard Kipling serves 30 days for drunkenness. court quips feature poetically misnamed Kipling. Foley bill threatens living characters in plays, shaping possible NY theater restraint. Immigrant naturalization rush looms with August 5 deadline and legal proceedings. A fragmented note on marital infidelity and social norms closes the column.
Japanese student Kemaoe Inenya, after earning a diploma at Cannec Heat agricultural school in Storrs, plans to return to Japan with crates of large male frogs. He intends to propagate the species there where the frogs are non edible.
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