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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1914
Page
8
In Klamath Falls Oregon on March 24 Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Will G Steel plans a winter visit to Crater Lake. He will travel by snow shoes from Fort Klamath to the lake and onward to Medford if deemed advisable.
An official directs a park ranger to relocate immediately into the park to safeguard the property and provide aid and guidance to early lake travelers arriving at the area.
Yale and University of California will exchange professors next year. John Wurtz of Yale Law School will lecture at California University and G. H. Beke of California’s jurisprudence school will lecture at Yale Law School.
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports a son born yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Victor Wigglesworth residing in the Associi athon block. Also notes: Sheriff T D Taylor departed for Salem to escort J M McCarthy and Ralph Thurber alias F A Farrell to the penitentiary for two to five years after guilty pleas to larceny. George L Michell, killed near Errol station while rescuing his bride to be, was previously Pendleton resident and later Hotel Oregon manager in Portland. Switch engine 565 left tracks in Pendleton yards. wheels replaced with no damage.
Hears of Father's Death. Henry J. Latourelle learns that his father, a 93 year old Keeseville resident for over 50 years, has died. The elder Latourelle was a respected local figure. He is survived by four sons Henry J and Alexander, Frederick, Noah of Keeseville, and three daughters Mrs Joseph Lesperance of Keeseville, Mrs Joel Walker of Plattsburg, and Mrs Edmond Richards of Essex.
The county court agreed to let O W R N Co use the current west Stan field road as its roadbed for the Coyote cutoff. In exchange the company will provide a new road on its right-of-way. The decision follows a thorough inspection of the situation.
A fragmentary OCR reads that the affected area of a local project is about two miles long, with no other readable details about the scope, agency, or timeline.
Judge Mhelps granted a divorce to Clara Attebury from Bert Attebury of Echo. The custody of their minor daughter Edith was awarded to Clara.
Charlies W. Connor G. I. Dunning and Frank Sloan named administrators of the estate of the late William C Spencer and Mary R Spencer widow confirmed as Administratrix Sams vs Sons Jasper R Sama sues Della H Sams to clear his title to 170 acres in the northeast county she is summoned to appear and state her claim and that her claim be held valid
Mrs. Margaret Howe was yesterday afternoon committed to the eastern Oregon branch hospital after being adjudged insane. She was among forty insane persons placed aboard a car in New York and sent west to their homes. The car carried residents from all Western states who had been adjudged insane while in New York.
Realty transfers show Luigi Antonini and wife to Peter Tadella for a small tract near Wild Horse check. Mary Hoover executrix to Earl Gillanders and Henry Kopitzke for 560 dollars covering 40 acres in section 7, town 1, range 8. Levi Eldridge and wife to William B. and Orlando F. E. Jinkins for 10,000 dollars involving lots in section 36, town 1, range 32. G. A. Hartman and wife to H. H. Wessel for 320 acres in section 29, town 1 north, range 32. John W. Rafferty and wife to D. M. Balch for 40 acres in section 26, town 5, range 28. Stella M. Quiett to Charles H. Hudson of Meacham for 49 acres in section 21, town 1, range 34.
P M Miller sues First National Bank of Hermiston alleging the bank refused to honor checks drawn on its accounts. On Nov 17 1913 Charles Keller wrote a 110 dollar check to Max Stuart marked no funds despite sufficient funds. On Nov 5 1913 A B Johnson gave a 465.26 dollar check to Otis R Sprague that was also returned for lack of funds. Both checks assigned to plaintiff seeking judgment plus interest.
Pendleton team manager Turner declares race color or politics will not bar membership and calls embryonic Ty Cobb Hans Wagner or Walter Johnson to Roundup Park at 6 pm for a workout tomorrow. About thirty players answered Sunday as he envisions a formidable machine and works to assemble the team quickly for proper suit measurements.
William A Dorr of Stockton California was electrocuted at Charles Town state prison this morning after being strapped in the electric chair He waved farewell to Rev Harriman Attorney Neal Barney and Warden Pridges His nerve was noted as remarkable He had murdered George E Marsh a wealthy Lynn Mass soap manufacturer in April 1922.
Salem report notes two women candidates filed declarations for the Oregon legislature. Coral Talbot of Portland seeks the Democratic nomination and Maria L. T. Hidden of Portland seeks the Progressive nomination for the eighteenth district representative seat.
Hood River Oregon March 24 Orchardists urged to grow seed beans and peas to supply state needs and cannery prospects. F W Nelson seed man told a meeting of growers, part of a series by the Commercial club amid excitement over E B Cloud and John B Newton cannery plans. Expo job for Fasterner, San Francisco March 24 Hollis E Cooley Eastern theatrical manager takes charge of Panama Pacific exposition events.
Experts from the Department of Agriculture estimate American wool growers could add about 3 cents a pound in value by selling graded and attractively prepared wool similar to Australian wools. Growers dealers and manufacturers acknowledge the current U.S. grading and presentation system is poor.
FE J Burke, buyer for Judd Root, says central Washington shipped a million pounds of wool this spring with prices close to 1913 levels. Pendleton scouring mill to start early, with sorting beginning soon and regular runs by April 15. Lambing underway in upper Butter Creek country, and several local farmers discussed crop progress and land deals.
In Altoona Pennsylvania on March 24 an attempted robbery of the Union National bank was stopped by the bank watchman. He fired and wounded a man in the abdomen. Other bandits fled. the wounded suspect cannot recover.
C H Brown proprietor of the Palace lodging house was arrested on a liquor without license charge. The arrest followed a warrant by Dr Connell, linked to earlier public morality accusations. The case is set for police court trial next Tuesday.
Seaside Oregon March 24. Three women bold the season with bold claims that Pacific waters are fine despite early spring winds. Mrs Bell Byron of Portland Mrs Mabel Brandenburg of Pickwick Seaside and Mrs Jameson Pearson of Seaside led a small party to bathe, though threatening weather gathered.
Sheriff Burns served papers on the defendant in the Laura J. Smith versus Minnie Miller case in Astoria Oregon. The action was filed in the circuit court.
A Lane County case seeks $10,000 to recover from the alleged alienation of the affections of the plaintiffs husband, J. Walter Smith.
Salem pastor Rev. Henry E. Marshall, victim of the fourth home burglary in six months, reported a thief entered his home Friday night and stole $7 from a missionary box. After prior break ins he bought three pistols to protect his residence, yet the burglar again woke him by entering quietly.
San Francisco dispatch reports Police Chief White requesting a larger force and nearly $600,000 more for 1915 to safeguard Panama Pacific Exposition visitors. He cites 1914 allowance at $1,618,128 and projects $2,015,148 for next year, amid plans to strengthen the department. A Salem bank capitalization detail appears as an outlier in the text.
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