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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
2
Spokane Interstate fair sets a 15.00 purse for a 20 mile two miles daily relay from September 24. Robert H. Crosgrove, secretary, notes no entry fee and no deduction for winners. six entries required, four to start. rules demand horse and saddle changes every half mile, regular western saddles weighing 25 pounds, and one handler per rider.
The Eugene & Eastern Railway company filed articles of incorporation to build and maintain an electric railway from Eugene to Prineville via Springfield and the Meckenzie River valley. Plans include lines from Springfield to Wendling, Eugene to Corvallis, and a street railway system in Eugene, with extensive water rights secured for power generation.
A Montana era style notice describes a proposed power company plan with officers and a Portland headquarters seeking $1,000,000 capitalization. It outlines selling 10 821 acres of state land on June 24 and opening 40 821.91 acres in Idaho between Big Wood River and Weed River, known as The Marley Burn. The land requires irrigation, with a large reservoir capacity planned. background notes recount a destructive sage brush fire from Marley years ago and its cost savings for clearing. Also included is a separate African surgery anecdote from the London Standard about native healers and a livingstone party member’s leg injury treated with mud, heat, and splints.
Spokane Washington hosts the sixteenth annual convention from July 4 to 7. For the event the O R N company offers round trip tickets at 8.00 dollars. Tickets go on sale July 2 and 3 and are valid for return until July 10. For details contact the local ticket agent or WmMcMurray O P A Portland Oregon.
A compact history notes Cabot's early searches in 1407 and the rising national interest led by Fro bisher in 1576 78. It covers John Davis voyages 1580 88 and Henry Hudson 1612 with his bold motto. William Baffin in 1616 reached 0 45 N and identified three radiating gous Jones Smith and Lancaster. Also mentions Spokane market butter pricing from Oregon creamery.
Oregon counties raise timber land assessments to boost revenue with measures to cruise and appraise timber. Polk and Washington counties hire cruisers as assessments rise from 6 to 12 dollars per acre and up to 25 30 dollars in lowlands. Yamill Linn Clatsop and others prepare rolls by June 15 and aim to base values on prior cruisers and recent bids.
My Rest Friend Alexander Benton of Fort Edward praises Dr King’s New Discovery for curing asthma six years ago and curing incipient consumption in his son's wife. He credits the remedy with ending the cough and relieving all symptoms until she was well. Tallman & Co guarantee it, 60 cents to 1 dollar, trial bottle free.
Journalists covering Haywood proceedings in Boise report no excitement or martial law. Gray of the Minneapolis Journal plans to depart today after noting calm streets and no troops. J W Carberry of the Poston Globe arrived surprised by the quiet and a brief bulletin announcing his arrival.
Unclear text warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo. Claims the product contains no mercury and works internally on the blood. Mentions Wall's Pills for constipation as alternative.
Olympia May 13 The governor asked the state department to urge Honduras to arrest ex City Comptroller John Riplinger of Seattle on charges of embezzling 910000 city funds.
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