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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
8
Washington DC May 4 United States naval officers failed to sell the battleship Oregon as junk and now propose to use her and sister ships Indiana and Massachusetts as targets fired on by modern dreadnoughts batteries, as Texas was a year or two ago.
Navy officials consider using the obsolete Oregon as a target to study modern shell impact on armored ships. Massachusetts and Indiana would be shot first while Oregon is preserved to lead the procession through the Panama Canal. If done the ships will be renamed before dismantling.
London reports the Home Office may introduce a bill in Parliament to recover compensation from suffragette funds for damages caused by militants. The movement already uses nails sewn into leather tags to puncture tires, and a Folkestone fire incident is noted. The Daily Mirror claims a plot to kidnap a cabinet minister and dress him in women’s clothes for an mock trial.
Sheriff T D Taylor is home ill. Wheat sells at 78 cents with market near that level. Fred Hendrickson buys an Indian motorcycle from Lester B Cronin. Lou Hall is seriously ill at Lind Washington. wife summoned. Rev N Evans appointed judge of manuscripts from oratorical contest. Special car to Pasco Masonic carnival May 21 24. J M Bentley sues Ed Mauer for 90 dollars with 30 dollars attorney fees. & A Newberry attorney for plaintiff.
Edward Banks and wife transfer property to Ukiah Stock Co comprising 5 100 acres in section 30 township 2 range 6 south Ry ay H A Dowd and Lillian A Dawd to kh Rogery lots 4 1 6 7 11 and 13 block 3 town Weston for 800 dollars.
Mrs. Julia Twitchell of this city was appointed administratrix by the county court for the estate of her mother, Mrs. Mary English, who died recently at her Cabbage Hill home. The estate is valued at about $2500.
Frank K. Welles former county school superintendent has been appointed assistant to Jo A. Church. He left this morning on the local train en route to Salem where he will reside. He is accompanied by his wife and his father J W Welles.
W F Matlock and J Matlock replace the old woollen walk on their Johnson and Water streets property with a cement path. The new walk will cover the entire block between Water and Court on Johnson and extend 100 feet on Water street.
Umatilla county experiences another shower this afternoon though moisture remains limited. Farmers hope for hot days to push forward backward wheat, with the Nectarland districts near harvest as the season is short and warm weather becomes an essential factor for good crops.
Nicholas V. Van Patten, proprietor of Van Patten Lumber, obtained a permit to build a $2200 bungalow, 8 by 82 feet, at 1h West Court Street on the west half of lots 7 and 8, block 84, Arnold and Ruley’s addition to Pendleton. He recently purchased the property from Mrs. Hannah La Dow for $1000.
Leroy W Furnas and Grace M Furnas sue J Howard and Genevieve Reid alleging three notes of $10,000 each with only $700 interest paid on each and a mortgage on two irrigated tract quarter sections plus Umatilla River Water Users' shares. Attorneys claim $2500 in fees. The board recommends government bridge construction at Mission and Thorn Hollow on the reservation and to file a petition.
On the first anniversary of the Tonopah killing Andrew Mirovich will be executed by shooting at the state prison in Carson City. Three guards will fire rifles in_vices from a wall with one blank, and the prisoner will sit in a chair 25 feet away facing the weapons.
Springfield May 1 The senate committee investigating charges against Lieutenant Governor O Hara subpoenaed Samuel Davis of Springfield who is said to have inspired Mrs Robinson to accuse O Hara and Thomas Vredenburg a millionaire who accompanied the woman when O Hara met her on a train between here and Chicago Davis and Vredenburg probably will be the last witnesses heard by the committee which is expected soon to report its findings to the state senate.
Fort Stevens Oregon May firing by the Canal Artillery Corps provisional company ended in perfect record shots. Five rounds were fired including three tests to measure velocity and charge. The two record shots destroyed a 1000 dollar target to the water line, including steel masts.
Washington May 14 Senators Owen of Gkichoma and Hitchcnck of Nebraska plan questions for a thousand experts as hearings on the proposed democratic currency reform bill begin. Hitchcork says pass before the regular session unlikely. hearings to finish and draft the bill before summer.
Los Angeles May 14 William J. Ranney a Pasadena clerk pleaded guilty to grand larceny admitting he stole from the Santa Fe railroad to raise money to bribe five men who threatened to expose him as a former state reformatory prisoner at Elmira New York. Ranney faced sentencing and was arrested on charges of peculation totaling about $60 000 while employed as Santa Fe auditor.
Council investigators Ell Dyer Montgomery Firehie Childreth and W R Withee returned from Spokane where they inspected makes of auto chemical fire wagons before deciding on bids to furnish Pendleton city with one. They will not report tonight but may review other makes before reporting on bids.
Considerable interest was attracted this afternoon to Pendleton's first self propelled harvester. The machine is a Halt model with a gasoline engine powering both locomotion and operations. A caterpillar traction system aids movement and it was received here by Bell Smith & Co.
Ralph J. Creswell and Miss Lula Mie Taylor, a well known Peendleton couple, wed this morning at 16 at the bride’s parents home, Mr and Mrs Henry J Taylor, 118 Jackson street. Creswell formerly managed the Owl Tea Store and now works for Gray Bros grocery. Lula Taylor is from a prominent pioneer family. The couple left on No 17 for Portland for a brief honeymoon.
At a board luncheon of the Commercial association Stanfield announced the Hog and Cow event to be held Saturday May 24. Several local businessmen said they will attend and Stanfield reports great preparations underway with the entire county invited. Sues on 20 000 Mortgage. Judgment foreclosing a large mortgage enters local courts amid multiple actions.
Boston reports admission refusals to National League grounds for fans suspected of gambling with managers alleging heavy betting at the park. Chicago notes calls to suspend detectives and sergeants amid probes into a crime trust with officers named for accepting money. Pekin covers a $1.2 million payment by five powers to China’s government under a $125 million loan. Chicago also recounts a burglary case ending with a knife attack on a cabaret singer and guards, as Evans is stopped and the girl held.
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