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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1914
Page
8
WR Hodge calls for aggressive fly control starting now with traps and indoor poisoning using a 2 percent forma lin solution. He warns against laxness in late summer, says ceasing warfare for a few weeks invites a worst Round-up. Advice includes safe application steps and protection for pets and birds. Borrow your neighbor's spectacles and have a look at your own faults.
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports Ralph Folsom, renowned furniture dealer and undertaker, confined at home with illness. Joseph Callahan, arrested for drunkenness, found with gloves and overalls stolen from The Hub store. held on $250 bond on larceny charges.
Cecil Cole son of contractor C A Cole yesterday secured a permit to build a 6 room bungalow on Wilson Street near Bush for 2500 dollars. Ida Olcott received a permit to erect a one story dwelling at 612 Lane Street for 1200 dollars. A third permit granted C F Hargrove permission to move a dwelling from Lot G Block E Jacobs addition to an unplotted plot at the foot of Beauregard Street.
Marriage licenses issued today to John Mumm and Hazel Smith, a prominent local couple. Edward P. Enright and Chrystal Merina Rhinehart of Albee also licensed. The former couple wed this morning and departed for Portland and Seattle. A license issued yesterday to Ben W. Lee and Bertha Viola Ferguson of Weston.
The indictment against H. H. and Laura Alexander for obtaining money under false pretenses from John Bannister was argued yesterday and the judge has the matter under advisement. Defendants claim the law denying allottees the right to lease without government sanction makes the witness culpable.
City received reports that two well known Indigenous people died last night on the reservation. James Pond, about 40, son of Amos Pond, died of tuberculosis and will be buried at Tutulla mission tomorrow. Sau-wi-kus, mother of Toy Toy, died of senility and will be buried at the old agency tomorrow.
Walker Allen, brother in law of Len Sharon former Pendleton councilman, purchase of the House & Herrman business is detailed in the Wheeling Sunday Register. Allen, once with the Boston Store in Wheeling and previously in Portland, arrives after years away to complete the deal and assume control of the business.
A large furniture and outfitting enterprise operates from a six story Wheeling building. The firm occupies a prominent six story structure and is described as a substantial local business.
Washington reports that the income tax law is projected to bring about 50 million dollars in annual revenue from roughly 425000 individuals. More than 400000 filed returns by Monday midnight, with officials anticipating additional filings from the 20 day extension for sickness or absence, possibly adding 25000 more filers.
The Very Rev W C Hicks dean of All Saints Episcopal Cathedral bans tango in his parish and approves the hesitation waltz and one step. He says interlocking knees and chest contact with a ducklike walk are not dancing and that dances with admission fees should not be held by cathedral groups.
Samuel E Findley, one of eight defendants in the Oxford Linen Mills fraud trial, interrupts testimony to plead guilty. Indicted for misuse of the mails through the Sterling Debenture company which handled the Oxford Linen Mills stock. Alleged to have obtained 1,400,000 from investors by promising a new process to make linen thread from fax straw. Enos Kimber, in charge of the Sterling mailing department, testified of a list of 1,000,000 names and daily circulars.
Oakland, Cal March 9 The Worlds Congress of Municipalities the greatest gathering of experts in city problems will be held in Oakland in 1915 Invitations were issued to competent municipalities in all nations to send representatives to this convention and enough favorable replies have been received to assure Oakland of the congress The congress is of immense value to both small and large cities and it is thought that every California municipality will have a representative here.
Forest rangers in the Cascades are forced to cruise and map overripe timber on snowshoes due to heavy snow. The Portland headquarters ordered this work as conditions render normal duties impossible. The government likely plans a summer sale of the timber, while a domestic note hints at a secrecy lapse in a marriage.
Twenty of thirty ministers gathered at the tabernacle to organize the Ministerial Association of Umatilla County with Rev. 8 I Grigsby named president and Rev. J E Crutchfield elected vice president. The group outlined aims to foster unity and cooperation among churches for better county service and will hold monthly meetings on the second Monday at 11 o clock with committees appointed for programs temperance and citizenship and finance.
In Sacramento on March 10 an army of about 300 officers and civilians armed with clubs guns and fire engines was kept from advancing by local residents in Yolo county. Governor Johnson refused federal troop help citing no destruction of property. Officials vow the group cannot reenter Sacramento under any circumstances.
El Paso dispatch says federals under Generals Argumendo and Pena defeated rebels, with heavy losses including over 600 rebels killed, 500 wounded and 180 captured. General Ortega denied the battle, claiming he was at Chihuahua City for supplies.
Miss Rebecca M. Donahue, a Oakland Polytechnic high school pupil, invents a return reply envelope with a dark blue top opening line and a back extension flap that covers the original address for secure return. An Oakland capitalist has taken up the device and plans to market it, promising penny savings and easier correspondence.
Jack London's Sea Wolf arrives at Pastime for two days starting Thursday March 12. Critics hailed the seven reel drama as dense with excellent material and a stark portrayal of a cruel enigmatic man. Admission is 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
A fragment states the flap is dolled over and rocks in the letter, which remains open for inspection, suggesting a partially readable description of a mail or package condition and ongoing scrutiny.
La Grande Oregon March 9 The city commission outlawed violent and indecent dances in La Grande stamping approval on a preliminary order for dance hall owners to follow by an ordinance detailing fines and license fees The measure mirrors Portland reform and bars reentry without paying another admission after leaving the hall
A 1940s style classified ad urges readers not to order meat by phone. It promotes asking for 444 and claims government inspected meats offer more meat, lower prices, and no risk of tainted product. The terse copy highlights safety and value with a promotional tone.
Notice to children warns against using roller skates on paved Pendleton streets by authority of the chief of police and street committee Adv.
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