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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1906
Page
8
Oregon doctors largely back a statewide consumptive home for tuberculosis with eastern Oregon or central state sites favored to avoid a Portland bias. Opposition claims benefits would favor Portland, but officials argue the plan serves public health statewide and would not make Oregon a dumping ground for consumptives.
A state commission found a plan to break out about 250 convicts at Walla Walla prison. Convicts allegedly planned to destroy guards quarters with dynamite stolen from a mill to aid mass escape. Worden Binesld denies knowledge, but officials say the plot was suppressed. A convoy of explosives was shown concealed in a convict's boot.
Reported plan described iron bars to be used as public safety items. Ringleaders aimed to create a sudden accident to aid a jailbreak. One ring leader was tricked into admitting the plot by four guards who suspected foul play.
In Albany Oregon November 11 a fierce storm subsided but caused structural danger. A private ally of a company nearly toppled a safe containing books after heavy beams and pillars bent, workers escaped as the office was empty. The Santiam River rose to 12 feet above low water, damaging bridge repairs and flooding. The Willamette at Albany stood 9.2 feet above low water. lingering danger remained from bridge and debris.
Heavy rainfall and a rising Clearwater River cause destructive flooding across the region. Debris fills the Snake River mouth, bridges and booms are washed away, and timber losses mount as floods surge through towns. Reports say the Thompson dam near Ansohka broke and Kooskia’s boom failed, with widespread damage to rail bridges and timber yards. In Baker City a severe windstorm cuts the town off, wires down, lights out, and travel disrupted as storms sweep the area.
President Roosevelt arrived in Colon aboard the Louisiana at 7 am and proceeded to the canal works as schoolchildren sang national songs. Amador Senora Amador and the Panama bishop joined a train tour toward Panama while Colon’s streets displayed decorations. Typhoid fever totaled 29 cases in October in Walla Walla with one case each of scarlet fever smallpox and measles.
Mow Soon This Pued Wh Arrive Here is Problematica Woul Deing Brought to the City and Demand Is Partly Supplied Slatwood is Also Now on the Mire ket 4 Cc F Van De Water freight and pissenker neent for the O Ro & N with headquarters at Walla Wali was in the city yesterday Mr Van De Water stated Une the O RR & XNI woe SIII putting forth every effort to supply the people in the various towne with fuel and that the condi tion appeared more hopeful now Wood from the mountains is now being delivered to the different points where fuel is needed the most Coal is still in great demand and the company is making arrangements to ship the product from British Columbian Mr Van De Water was unable to state whether the company would be sues easeful in bringing coal to Pendleton in large quantitie within the next few daye but intimated that the fuel alt uation would be refered in a short time The total supply of wood ty consid ered sufficient to meet all reasona ble demands at present but as ship ments the shows arriving it is not known how long this condition will exist In addition to the cord wood from othe Meacham country ship men ire being made to this point of sinkward from the Cascades and this kind of fuel is eat to be giving good fither action.
In Justice Parkes court four Japanese men who provoked the O'Leary family at Witham Springs were brought up for a hearing but spoke only English with no attorney. They were remanded to jail and the examination postponed. Walker was fined five dollars and costs for assault and battery after pleading guilty to the same crime.
Mrs Artemesia Killian died in our city this morning from pneumonia. Her home was at 708 Lewis Street. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 from the Baptist church. Interment will be in Olney cemetery. Frank Headley suffered a serious accident Sunday when his neck was caught by a fence. he was taken to Viewin where doctors attend. The report says the patient is improving.
Fragmentary notice promotes safart medicine as a fast remedy for stomach discomfort and indigestion. The text mentions a bottle and urges readers to restore the stomach to a normal condition, implying a general over‑the‑counter remedy.
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion belching chills colds malaria and poor appetite. It urges readers to buy from all druggists and to seek relief from assorted stomach and digestive issues.
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