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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1919
Page
5
Publication details for East Is Qrejonian and its distribution. Rates listed for Daily and Semi Weekly editions, with prices by mail and carrier in various durations. Mentions locations Pendleton and Portland Ore and Chicago Bureau.
A garland of flowers is woven to honor soldiers and heroes. The poem praises the colors of Old Glory and silent prayer for the troops. It salutes Our Boys and those who passed away, with a call to wave the flag loudly in tribute.
Pendleton faces a housing shortage that hampers population growth and strains both workers and employers. The town lags in apartment accommodations, with no alternative but to build new apartment houses and determine how, when, where, and by whom to proceed.
A returning Fifth Marines Marine from Deer Island says the League of Nations is essential to curb warfare and urges Senate ratification. He cites World War experiences and a need for a global mechanism to ensure justice and decency, preferring strong international oversight over future conflicts.
One year after the armistice the treaty of peace is not yet in force though ratification seems near. The United States faces internal troubles from Red agitation and coal strikes, while signs point to conditions stabilizing and ratification likely. A Seattle preacher comments on modest dress, rainfall is blamed on newcomers, and Senate haggling is humorously likened to delaying the treaty until the year 2000.
Tacoma reports J. B. Morefieig, 60, Northern Pacific car repairer, was killed when he alighted from a streetcar and stood between two on adjacent tracks. The fatality occurred today as he moved between cars near a terminal.
Prosser Washington November 11. Advices from the supreme court received by county clerk C J Stewart confirm another ruling against an Indian. George Mennack was arrested last June for violating a state law that prohibits taking fish within 400 yards of a certain area. The decision reflects ongoing conflicts over fishing rights for aborigines under white man’s law.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe early negotiations between Indians and government officials over rights to land in a western territory. It mentions promises of permission to take plah and customary places and a state attempt to abrogate those rights. The passage reflects tensions between native rights and state authority before formal territorial status.
Tarhington October 11 state public utility commissions have the power to increase streetcar fares in municipalities. The Supreme Court refused to review lower court decisions sustaining the rulings. Kansas City had appealed against such a Missouri Public Service Commission ruling.
London dispatch reviews a Chronicle article by its labor correspondent on the nationwide roundup of radicals. It calls the actions a measure driven by panic and events of recent months, noting that extremist currents now hold sway over both capital and labor in America.
Washington Nov 11 Income tax for 1919 will be lower than for 1918 says the bureau of internal revenue Plans for next month issue of filing forms. Normal rate is 4 percent on the first 4000 above exemptions and 6 percent on the rest. 1918 rates were 6 and 12 percent. Surtax ranges remain as in 1918. exemptions stay 1000 for single and 2000 for married or head of family. All non residents with U S income taxed at 6 percent on excess of exemptions.
A sequence of land conveyances and mortgage details lists transfers from A Putman to D C Brownell Lot 1 to Lot 4 and various fractional sections in Township 56 North Range 28 and other parcels. Mary Thompson sells Lot 4 Block 5 and Free Water rights. Claus I Livingstone sells to James A Bitman a 1-2 SE 1-4 SB 1-4 Sec 24 Tp 6 NS RB 86 and related tracts.
An old advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy for catarrh and related diseases. It asserts internal use strengthens health and aids nature, offering testimonials and a free test, with F. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
Juneau reports governor Thomas Riggs Jr. says Alaska paid $10 million more to the U S treasury than the prior year as a campaign for additional appropriations. The fiscal 1918 federal outlay was $7.07 million with 1919 returns of $17.68 million driven by income tax. Calls grow for liberal self government and better mail service. In Dryad, burglar James F. Wilson is captured with plunder recovered from the A Workman store.
Real estate transfers include J A Constant to M F Dick for 7250 with multiple fractional lots in Pendleton. D fh Brownell Jr to M B Kern for 1500 with Lot 1% Block 7 Hermiston. Additional transfers involve D C Brownell to Blanche Shields for 10 within Laws Block 39 Umatilla and Chetaps Apartments Inc to Colbert M Curtis for 19 Lot 7 Block 19 Umatilla. Laelia Power to Matt Mattson for NE 1-4 Section 15 Op 3 N R 34. Joseph Hodgson to J A Taimeden as listed.
An old advertisement praises Lady Jane titled The Mood Number 40 as a divine elixir for many ailments. It claims tall beauty, impervious pores, and a magical clearing of pimples and eruptions by cleansing the blood. It targets glandular issues, eczema, rheumatism, constipation, malaria, liver, stomach, and kidney troubles. The piece credits J. C. Seemarta, a 40 year druggist from Evansville, with distribution by Sisto & Brothers.
In 1891 the Daily Mast Oregonian notes a Pow Wow Club debate on opening the world’s fairs on Sunday with Frank Leohia for the affirmative and A. Lowell for the negative. Other items mention ROM Turner and T. G. Bailey returning from Portland, A. J. Borle appointed railroad superintendent, and travelers Matlock and Turner heading to Portland with December return plans.
An ad promises instant relief from headache and neuralgia using a powder from Dr. James Headache Potent, urging readers to rush to a drug store for a small package. It claims relief within moments and asks to stop suffering, asserting the product clears the head quickly.
An old health column touts a hot water phosphate remedy to purge toxins causing headaches. It claims limestone phosphate in warm water before breakfast cleanses the digestive tract, relieves head pain, and improves digestion. Seek pharmacist for a quarter pound. warns of self poisoning from toxins and suggests symptoms like coated tongue and bad breath.
The text appears garbled with archaic phrasing, but indicates a fragmentary note about a lark and an offer. No coherent event, names, or places are deducible for a proper newspaper item.
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