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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1911
Page
6
The paper previews a detailed outline for a new high school agricultural course titled Agricultural Engineering. It covers farm surveying drainage sanitation soil physics soil fertility and soil chemistry, including instruments, leveling, field notes, water supply, manures, commercial fertilizers, lime, and senior year scheduling with three recitations and two labs.
Marion County voters may face tax measures under the new county tax amendment. Salem Carpenters' Union members head a movement to unite farmers and trade unionists, urging cooperation to submit tax proposals at the next general election. A single tax or land tax plan is being promoted.
Synopsis of the annual statement of Pacific Coast Casualty Company of San Francisco California for December 1 1910 filed with Oregon Insurance Commissioner. Details capital premiums losses and expenditures assets and liabilities including unearned premiums and commissions with figures for premiums paid claims and transfers. Includes agents Pettis Grossmayer and secretary Zane and states total premiums outstanding in Oregon.
Letters from Oregon State University at Eugene urge state residents especially graduates to oppose a referendum on the university appropriation and related measures. President Campbell warns the vote would hinder higher education for two years and draw unwanted national criticism. The $509,000 university appropriation funds buildings and permanent improvements, with four-fifths directed there.
Prof. C L Lewis of Oregon Agricultural College tells Lane County Horticultural Society that walnuts could become a major Oregon industry. He notes trees grow from Portland to Ashland, emphasizes deep soil, advises French grafted strains like Wranquette and Fayette, and suggests using top-quality grafted trees or select seedlings for future topworking.
The Corvallis experiment station reports success with California Black walnuts for grafting. They describe sprouting seeds on moist sand near a south wall, then transplanting to well-prepared nursery rows. Walnut orchards require intense cultivation and may need cover, with trees spaced about 12 feet apart.
George J Gould with Missouri Pacific ties is sharply involved in a federal foreclosure case in New York. The Central Trust Company sues Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway and Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal receivership to foreclose a general mortgage dated August 1, 1905.
March 16 New Orleans reports that Theodore Roosevelt’s New Orleans trip cost local Republicans and business interests about ten to twelve thousand dollars. Roosevelt said he would come only if expenses were paid. The Progressive Republican league funded his private car from Jackson, Mississippi, and arranged a Roosevelt banquet in the French Opera House projected to cost around ten thousand dollars.
Echo Oregon March 14 Palmatier Sisters staged a musical entertainment by Echo cornet band drawing a crowded house. Miss Nona Houser spent Sunday on Butter creek with Mrs. Lora Sheridan. Mrs. Jane Taylor visiting Mrs. Janis McCoy. Mrs. Pat Doherty and children from Portland will settle in Pendleton. A L McIntosh went to Portland on business. L B Wells at the county seat. Mr and Mrs Elmer Spike visited Pendleton.
An advertisement from Pendleton's promotes expert plumbing services at 126 West Court Street urging customers to rely on trained professionals rather than DIY. The firm emphasizes equipment and skill, inviting inquiries via phone Black 3556.
A quotation notes a new shade of black called Pittsburgh Snow. The remark highlights shifts in color naming and fashion language as observers remark on evolving sartorial trends.
Ringold Wash Nagel brothers purchase twenty head of registered Red Polled heifers in a cattle deal. The item ends with a public line about actresses and a comment on marital opinions.
A newspaper appeal urges women to try Parisian Sage, offered by Tallman & Co. A 59 cent bottle should be used for two weeks. If not satisfied, money back. Claims include dandruff cure, stopping hair loss, and scalp itch relief.
Dayton Washington growers push a new potato packing method shipping this year in labeled boxes rather than sacks. Potatoes from Dayton have won awards at fairs, and the spring planting area will be twice previous levels. Some promise cleanup urged.
Otto Hohbach has completed about $5,000 in improvements at his Court Street bakery creating a modern sanitary facility. A new brick annex with concrete floors plastered walls and vermin proof machinery ensures cleanliness. Cakes pastries candies and ice cream will be produced there for wholesale wagon and retail sales with public invites to inspect the shop.
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