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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement touts Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a pure distillation of malted grain, a safe tonic, and a digestion aid, noting 50 years of popularity. It claims availability everywhere at $1.00 for a large bottle, from the Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. in Rochester, New York.
The article notes efforts to remove the Wheel tab from motor vehicle laws in Illinois, cites 6900 orphaned children in New York and about 2500 in Boston, mentions early tire patents and US inflation of rubber tires, and reports automobile trade trips in New York state. It covers Idaho road funding, Sandpoint merchants’ appeal, Long Island touring motorists, and Riverhead plans spending over 17000 for road work in 1911 with maintenance costs around 25 per mile.
Bloomington Indiana voters face a special local option election on May 31 as women children and ministers push for prohibition in Monroe county Stinesville Pelottsville and nearby towns join the drive. Wets fight hard despite strong opposition from reformers.
Hermiston reports a successful Queen Esther Chapter Eastern Star strawberry social with a large turnout. The event featured piano duets, vocal solos, and talks on the order’s history and membership. Separately, street work began with contracts awarded to Charles Skinner. Main Street torn up for gravel, with future paving and street graveling plans around the city. Also notes on new potatoes sold locally, travel to Canada, a new money machine, a wreck victim still bedridden, legal papers served to Uma in River Water Users association, and visits from Miss Josephine Haley of Rufus.
A terse verse by Edmund Vance Cooke contrasts stoic resilience with a navy recruitment quip about an enlisted youth barred for having large oars. The piece frames courage and effort as the true measures of character versus appearance and beauty in naval service.
Special Correspondence from Echo Oregon notes Neemith Ankeony Pendleton visits government dam and reservoir during a road trip. Levi Ankeny ex-senator influential in establishing the dam. Nesmith Keeny’s first visit. Local socials include a Sunday school party, moving a second hand store, and visits by Eugenie Scholl Opel Callleson Lizzie Jones.
Klamath Falls residents in the Water Users Association celebrate a government order reversing the sale of a power site on the Klamath river near Keno. The group expects future pump lands to return to the project and plans to acquire the property by adding it to the Klamath reserve. Government funding and development work are ongoing to hold the site and determine its ultimate disposition.
A San Francisco Chronicle anecdote recalls a Texas village where a horse doctor becomes justice of the peace. His first case tests judgment as a horse thief stands trial, and the officer asks why the man remains if innocent, ordering him to leave.
Governor Woodrow Wilson, “governor itinerant” of New Jersey, to be principal speaker at the South Carolina Press association convention opening in Columbia. Editors and publishers from across the state arrive. after the meeting many plan trips to Charleston and onward to New York for sightseeing. Wilson’s southern visit includes a UNC address and a Columbia talk to editors, with expected boosts to Wilson for President sentiment among Carolinas Democrats. A Royal Arch Masons chapter is formed at Forest Grove.
Helix Oregon May 31 a joint committee secured J M Skrabel of Pendleton as orator for Decoration Day ceremonies at the Christian church. Veterans in attendance included four members from the 1915 era. Mayor Norval chaired the program and numerous civic and fraternal groups assisted in decor and services. Cadet Clay at West Point faces release after penance for academy rules breach.
The piece reprints fan verse from the Walla Walla Union praising a Beara win over the Athens Millers with a playful poke at pitching and umpiring. A rival from Garden City answers via the East Oregonian, critiquing the game and umpire calls in verse. Forest Grove High School announces its first graduates with commencement set for June 2.
Pittsburg officials outline plans for the centennial celebration of steamboat navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. A three day event begins October 18 with addresses by historians. a river pageant on the final day. Expected speakers include Taft Roosevelt Longworth and several governors. The Historical Society will also decide on a new building cornerstone to be laid during the festivities.
An advertisement for Dr Leonhardt Hem-Rold claims a 1 dollar box cures internal piles by removing the cause, unlike suppositories or ointments. Sold at Pendleton Drug Co and druggists nationwide with a money-back guarantee. Promotional booklet available from Dr Leonhardt Co Station B Buffalo NY.
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