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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1911
Page
8
Principal Hampton states the South Side of the high school is settling with a crack in the brick wall and a new crack at the northwest corner. He cites plaster falls, crowded conditions, and no interior stairway as hazards, urging visits to inspect the aging, inadequate structure.
Governor Oswald West announces three new Oregon Panama Pacific Exposition Commission members Julius Meier of Portland Lea M Travis of Eugene and Frank A Seufert of The Dalles. The trio will meet this month and then travel to San Francisco to confer with exhibition authorities on site. Oregon aims for an early choice and completion of its Oregon building plan.
A Washington special states the interior department will open the fourth unit of the Umatilla Irrigation project to homestead entry on or after March 22, 1922. Water will be supplied next season, with water right applications open for previously entered lands and private lands. The unit covers 60523 acres, 2763 of which are public, with a building charge of 60 dollars per acre payable in up to ten annual installments, initial payments 6 dollars per acre unless lands are entered anew with initial installments 12 dollars per acre and subsequent 6 dollars per acre.
Boston March 4 at Mechanics Building the ninth annual Boston automobile show opens with latest touring cars limousines laundrons and commercial vehicles including rakish racing models on view for the public today.
A proverb notes that a single prudent word suffices to guide some, yet a full volume fails to sway others and reveal true conviction. The saying contrasts concise counsel with exhaustive discourse.
Newsy notes report the Current Literature club's annual meeting at Mrs A J McAllister home, pension payments at County Clerk Saling's office, a new teacher for Athena Public Schools Miss Nellie Green, and Miss Etta Cargill's recovery from illness. R R Lewis predicts activity on a Hermiston project tract, while P Campbell Crockett earns honors at the University of Oregon and will attend the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Conference in Eugene.
At 2 20 evidence was still being taken in the Reynolds rape case and it is not expected the jury will be chosen until late this evening. Some evidence was sensational and the defense alleges a conspiracy involving the girl axel Hotchkiss and her mother. Attorneys Foe Smythe and D Peterson represent Reynolds and clashed with the district attorney during the day.
Pendleton baseball club officers voted at noon to sell season tickets at five dollars each for seven games in Pendleton. Tickets grant entry for the purchaser and a guest to all games with grand stand seating. A soliciting committee will circulate among fans in a few days to boost sales and filled seats.
The Western Bowling Congress tournament in Spokane from March to 19 will offer a $5000 prize pool including a $1500 guaranteed five man team prize. Entries span Washington Oregon Idaho Montana with events for single double and five man teams. Women’s quintets and entrants from Canada and other regions anticipated. Spokane Bowling Tournament Association has secured funds to cover prizes and equipment at the state armory.
Ivan Friedman of Florida known as the Coal Oll Johnny recounts a brief spree in New York after being robbed en route from Florida. He notes he left with $3.90, spent four days in Gotham, enjoyed free hotel lobbies and meals, rode the subway, gained weight, and returned home well satisfied with his $3.22 value.
Ongoing demand for goat milk persists while the government faces barriers to importing thoroughbred goats. The movement aims to establish herds of high grade goats, cattle, and swine in the western region, supported by the Northwest Livestock Association led by BE Flood of Spokane as president.
Iriah Nationalists of Buffalo and western New York will hold a rousing memorial meeting in honor of Robert Emmet in Buffalo tomorrow, March 4, at Emmet Memorial.
Sunday and Monday program at the Orpheum features "A Brother's Redemption" a Civil War era home drama with strong love and sacrifice themes. Also "How Max Went Around the World" and "Gasoline for a Tonle" plus "The Secret of the Still" a turpentine forest tale. Live acts include Ellison's Army and an orchestral program with Petter and Casey Jones.
Manager Mintlick resumes control of The Pastime to offer four reels of top quality motion pictures, adults 10 cents, children free. Sunday program includes Harding Davis story Miss Civilization and Vitagraph’s Cast Up By the Deep, plus Saved by Telegraph and Whiffle's New Sleeve from Pathe, presented with Edison effects praised.
Aubrey Lee White, president of Spokane’s public park commission, shipped Toggenburg and Saanen milch goats to Hayden Lake Idaho to supply milk for babies deprived of nourishment. The first Toggenburg arrived from Santa Barbara with two kids born en route through Oregon. The animals are short-haired. local physicians comment.
The O W company advances onto new rails with extensive use of the new track from Horseshoe curve tunnel toward Pilot Rock junction and Walters spur. Trains will soon operate entirely on the new line, with only two old-track segments remaining between the junction and Horseshoe curve and near Yoakum.
James M. Jessee an O. W. engineer died suddenly at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla at 10 oclock yesterday after chronic anemia. He had 15 years on O. KR, N. and W. lines, recently on the Walla Walla Pendleton run. He was 45, survived by two daughters Mrs Isaac Lamar and Effie Jessee and a son Dwight Jessee. Interment will be in Walla Walla.
Synopsis of the Connecticut Fire Insurance Co of Hartford Connecticut annual statement to the Oregon Insurance Commissioner for December 1 1910. It lists capital and various income streams including premiums 3 784 838 04 dollars interest 277 696 26 dollars and other income 417 dollars. It records expenditures taxes and fees and notes total assets about 1 842 097 51 dollars and total year figures 693 697 088 00 dollars.
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