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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1911
Page
6
From the Tropics notes Cedron Seed plant in Central America noted for rare medicinal powers. Natives use the seed as a Fatherite cure, but few drugstores stock it due to high cost. The seed is a valued ingredient in the Peruna catarrh remedy sold worldwide.
Portland plans for the June Rose Festival promise elaborate downtown decorations with leaf green and petal pink, plus national colors. Major shops along the parade line will spend hundreds to transform blocks, including a department store turning a block into a rose garden with vases and blooming bushes. Lodges and interests will contribute designs, Elks weaving royal purple and Lumbermen featuring Hoo Hoos motifs. Rivalry grows between 6th and 7th streets as firms vie for top displays.
Camps of United Confederate Veterans and Sons and Daughters of Confederates in North and South Carolina marked Confederate Memorial Day on May 10 observing services and ceremonies in Raleigh and other cities.
Mitchell J. Smiley prominent lawyer died in Chicago yesterday. He was father of Edmund Smiley, a Warren Oregon lumberman. Rebekahs Meet Elgin Oregon district convention held last Saturday with large attendance from Summerville La Grande Union and Cove and other valley points.
In Clackamas County Oregon the proposed recall of the county court is met with no backing in the south end while residents in the north end show satisfaction. Targeted officials include Judge Beatle and Commissioner Blair as the subjects of the recall drive.
In Hood River two valuable horses owned by the Transfer and Livery company fell through a garden cesspool covering gave way under their weight. Crews had difficulty freeing the animals yesterday morning. In Forest Grove the city council ordered bids for bithulithic street paving across 18 blocks with bids opening May 24 and contracts awarded within ten days. work to be completed within 120 days.
The 190 ton wooden steamer Whidby burning at her Oak Harbor Camano Island wharf early this morning caused the death of Fireman Joseph Parker of Seattle and a wharf hand Manuel Silva who were asleep in the hold. The captain and purser on the upper deck were rescued.
Hoboes circulated among grocery stores and meat markets using counterfeit checks and secured a large ham at McGuire Bros before fleeing. Chief Lewis traced them along the railroad, while a separate Riverside Park incident featured Grace Carbine and Warren Weight in a canoe capsize with Weight aiding to shore, Carbine swimming to safety.
A fragment notes a deposit of grub that had been half eaten by dogs. No other readable details provide date location or involved entities.
An Albany hen owned by A B Hart laid a record egg in the last two weeks. The egg measures 10 inches around one way and 8 inches in circumference and weighs seven ounces. It has a soft shell with a notably large hard-shelled egg inside.
Frank Ickerson a Hudson Bay rancher shipped 163 head of sheep to Portland this week, his sixth carload this season. Prices are low and sheep owners lose money. Ten years ago Hudson Bay wintered thousands of dead, but ranchers now devote more time to alfalfa raising.
In Boston the game ended with a scoreline and errors as Ray mond and Wilson and Peiffer and Raridon handled pitching duties with Umpires Klem and Doyle. At Philadelphia the Philadelphia batter was backed by Bergen and Donin with umpires Feason and Johnston calling the game.
In New York the Red Sox lost to the Yankees with Wood pitching for Boston and Nanamaker catching. Caldwell and Blair shared the catching duties for New York as Egan and Evans the umpires. In Washington rain caused the Philadelphia at Washington game to be postponed.
Standings list Portland with 36 wins and 23 losses leading the table, San Francisco at 24 1488, Oakland 20 34 87, Sacramento 20 38 20, Los Angeles 16 23 using a compressed, garbled OCR. Yesterday results show San Francisco 2 Portland 9, Los Angeles 3, Vernon 2, Sacramento 2 amid table confusion.
American Sports Publishing Co. promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve claiming four decades of cures for burns, boils, scalds, sores, cuts, bruises, sprains, eczema, chapped hands, fever sores and piles. Available for 25 cents at Koeppens.
Oregon may soon buy 10000 chickens as state institutions consider poultry farms for reform school insane hospital tubercular sanatorium and feeble minded institution. Prof James Dryden estimates 8000 to 16000 hens needed, with Oregon Agricultural College to cooperate in raising poultry and eggs. Abundant Health is assured with Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood and appetite.
A Detroit Free Press quote notes the speaker and audience dialogue about future plans including a wife considering moving. The item asks if the reader also follows the East Oregonian newspaper.
The Northwest League notes Spalding's Official Baseball Guide appears for 1911 with extensive pictorials and portraits, plus comprehensive reviews of the 1910 season across forty leagues. Editor John T. Foster presents tests and opinions from top writers on proposed rule changes to handicap pitchers. The volume covers world series, league champions, rosters, and the psychology and rules of baseball. It offers mail delivery to U.S. or Canada for 16 cents.
The Spendthrift, Porter Browne drama presented by Frederic Thompson at the Oregon theater tonight, exposes wasteful modern vanity and the collapse of a home built on status symbols. A wife’s excesses threaten bankruptcy, while a sisterly love subplot supports a true home. Notable cast includes Darlas Mitchell and Gwendolyn Piers.
An old advertisement urges treating minor injuries with Ballard's Snow Liniment. It claims prompt use relieves pain and helps healing. Prices listed as 50 cents and one dollar.
The text shows messy OCR lines withQuotation marks and broken phrases about a yard, bookkeeping, and a character mentioning a youngest sweet peas. Named persons are unclear due to muddled spelling and missing context. The passage reads as a disjointed internal monologue or dialog scene without a clear event or outcome.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a pupil asking about a brush with a figure and a teacher probing the words used in political discourse. The scene hints at street, schooling, and a tense senate setting with charged language.
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