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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1906
Page
5
Primary election petitions filed at the East Oregonian office. Revival meetings underway at the M E church South West Webb street with praise and preaching each evening. Two landslides near Petropolis Brazil caused 70 deaths and extensive damage.
The Wilia Walia Bulletin reports the state supreme court upheld the inheritance tax law as constitutional in a case from King County concerning the estate of William Wellington White who died in Oakland. Executors challenged the tax on wills and the court’s decision affirms the act creating the state tax commission will generate revenue. prior cases have favored the state, leaving little ground for overturning the law. Baker City Federated Trades Council adopts resolutions endorsing William Lachner for Congress and opposing John L. Runyan, with publication requests across Portland outlets.
Rent unfurnished housekeeping rooms in East Oregonian building offer hot and cold water on same floor. Inquire at office.
A string of movers and shakers from Athena Cambridge Pilot Rock and beyond visit Pendleton on business or travel. J A McRae from Melix, Mrs C J Whitaker of Cambridge, and T J Kirk of Athena among others drop in, with several officials and workers from O R N and Warren Construction noted departing or arriving.
Pendleton Academy holds its annual declamatory contest in the chapel on Friday evening March 23 at o. contestants will deliver pieces including Alpha Hiwek Little Christel Boxsie Porter The Whistling Regiment James Hosking Supposed speech of John Adame Vera Marston Jamie Douglass Travis Hosking An Appel to Arms Genevra Belshiijear'e Feast judges are Col James H Nealey Rev Neller and Pert Huffman
District Attorney G. W. Phelps will deliver the fourth Lent series address at Church of the Redeemer this evening. The topic is Resentful elements of character necessary in the making of a lawyer. Pendleton business and professional men sponsor the series. next speaker is scheduled for Wednesday.
Dr. W. G. Cole spoke on March 28 about the elements of character necessary to become a physician. The rector Rev. Henry Dixon tones and Church of the Redeemer members expressed gratitude for public interest in the addresses.
Twenty men under Superintendent Lawton begin laying the electric line for Walla Walla Traction Company. Work starts at Palouse street and Boyer avenue with dirt removal and grading toward Whitman college. One and a half miles targeted for completion by April 30 if weather permits. Deputy assessors named for Duncan area and Pilot Rock district begin duties. Judge Lowell travels to Portland amid strong statewide support. Carrie Cooper seeks divorce from William F. Cooper citing desertion. Alfred C. Hemphill and Marguerite Ogilvy obtain a marriage license. The dry dock Dewey left the Canary Islands March 17 after repairs since February 23.
The city of Portland now holds the forestry building from the Lewis and Clark exposition. Jefferson Myers, Dr. Day, Raffety, and Deputy City Auditor C. F. Wiegand toured the structure, inventorying contents before handing it to the city hall. Park commissioners will supervise care and exhibit installations as lumber firms keep and add to displays. The building cost 36000, with a 5000 construction loss. Mayor Lane’s agreement prompts James J. Hill to lay the concrete foundation so the public can visit soon. The city also owns two acres for a future park surrounding the building.
Idaho State Tribune reports Dr. Ward exlocutor and leading surgeon from Crawfordsville Indiana, visiting Colorado and Idaho. He explains medical progress through accidents and discoveries, tours a surgical lab with vast instrument trunks amounting to $2000, and notes decades of study behind his high-volume operations.
The article notes Gage's failing health and his resignation from the United States Trust Company, where he had served as president for five years. It mentions a broad line of drugs in a medical setting and references an examination and laboratory context.
A humorous dialect piece describes a shopper named Yawoob Strauss and a woman’s experience with groceries. Katrine proclaims EAST END GROCERY offers bacon ham and more, and the pair decide to trade there, claiming better value and satisfaction.
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