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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
8
A new Pendleton Meat Company slaughter house opens with John Greulich wielding the axe as prominent businessmen attend. The facility follows large packing plant standards, featuring separate stock pens, chute lines, a dressing room, a chilling room with fifty-beef capacity, and a cold storage area. byproducts are recycled into soap and fertilizer.
A new slaughterhouse facility sits on the western outskirts of Pendleton near the long standing Grenlich plant. It includes sausage making rooms for shops basement store room and a hide curing room. The sanitary design aims to win general approval and to quietly blend with the area despite its purpose.
Governor Walter E. Clark says Alaskans favor government ownership or leasing of railroads and coal mines but delay demands action. He recommends private operation under government ownership, supports lighthouse expansion, and cites safety lessons from the Titanic disaster as justification for improved northwestern and Alaskan coast lights.
Constantinople reports Damascus great bazaar quarters destroyed by fire. Several killed and many injured. Damage estimated at 10 million dollars. Damascus, a holy Mohammedan city, famed for its many bazaars and the Greek Bazaar rebuilt after 1894 fire. The houses of Asad Pasha and miles of carved shops are noted.
Two in Police Court. John Relex jailed three days for drunkenness and Thomas Malone five days for vagrancy. Farmers Union Grain Agency to raise capital from 10000 to 80000 for two new warehouses at Fulton and Myrick. Indian preachers from Tutuilla mission conduct week of services for Warm Springs reservation. Pendleton bonds accepted for postal savings deposits. US treasury letter to L. Thompson. Two ex Supreme Justices visit Pendleton during eastern Oregon session. Special Indian Evangelist Rev John N Steele arrives and holds meetings at the Umatilla agency and Tutillia mission through Sunday.
Pendleton high school will be represented by four athletes Ditford Jordan Chester Fee Claude Hampton and Chester Gordon at the state interscholastic track meets under University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College auspices. They departed for Eugene this afternoon with Coach A A Asbahr remaining over Saturday to support the team. They aim to gather points for Pendleton though not expecting the state title.
C H Lane from the educational section of the department of agriculture spoke to an interested audience at city hall last evening on agricultural training and national extension work. C Tomason, advocating Oregon action to extend agriculture to schools, gave a brief talk before Lane’s address. The program featured musical selections and readings by Loyal school children.
City Supt. J. B Lanidera presented a petition bearing about 200 signatures urging the city to install at least three public drinking fountains on main thoroughfares. The push stems from a state law abolishing the drinking cup and is backed by the Civic Religious League, Civic Club ladies, and the library board.
In San Francisco a new city prison elevator froze between the second and third floors on the first day of service. Peter Duffy, the operator, and a female passenger were suspended for over two hours before mechanics removed the car top and freed them. No serious injuries reported.
The scene in Massachusetts shows a worsening political situation with public affairs hampered and doubt casting a shadow over governance as more people appear employed in public duties. The remark implies growing strain and uncertainty in state leadership.
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