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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
5
A chaotic jumble of names and ads from Hamley’s Pendleton and nearby traders. Notices mention furniture and carpet stores, clothing, school supplies, and a curfew for youths after October 9. Several listings offer rooms for rent, housekeeping suites, and general housework positions, plus shoe repairs, transport, and laundry services.
The Portland market notes best sheep firm at 31 44 per hundredweight with weak demand for calves and heavy arrivals expected. Hog and cattle prices listed for Home-Tet Western Oregon, Eastern Oregon steers, stockers, veal and lambs, with mixed activity and a cautious tone prevailing amid abundant supply.
The First National Bank of Pendleton Oregon offers free check cashing even if drawn on another bank. They will present the check for payment at no charge and cash drafts in any U S city or Canada and handle toms on any city worldwide.
United States Court of Appeals sided with the government protecting border controls in a dispute over alien head tax money. The decision favored the government’s position that collecting $2 per head for aliens traveling via transshipment routes violated federal law. Judge Hawley authored the opinion with a dissent by Chief Justice Gilbert.
Engineers led by H. F. Marble plan the North Coast railway survey from the Naches mouth to Bunnyeide with a three week mobilization. Rights of way are being pursued for the Naches segment as the company pushes to frame a franchise and begin trading before winter. The line aims for completion within two years with 100 miles slated in the first phase.
Washington dispatch reports Frank PF Sargent plans to resign as immigration commissioner and John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers may be chosen in his place The piece notes Sargent’s long ties to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and his exclusionist stance on Chinese immigration, a point of friction with President Roosevelt.
A Cheyenne special reports Hooker County Nebraska sees armed clashes between cattle barons and settlers over property as Hamilton ranch buildings burn. Governor Mickey orders sheriff to protect residents and Adjutant General Culver readies Nebraska National Guard militia amid threats from wealthy cattlemen. The violence underscores a broader intimidation campaign surrounding land and livestock wealth.
A fragment listing Cravenettes in all colors for Suite sid Rain Cowts with yard 145 reference and assorted patterns. Mentions Velwer fabrics in wanted shades priced per yard around $1.00 and other numbers like S120 S000 308 08 CNiffon.
Under indictment by the federal government for erecting and maintaining illegal fences, Hamilton and his neighbor were sued by the government. Weathering testimony in two criminal prosecutions, Hamilton was accused of complicity and wrongdoing in the dispute.
The Osage Nation in Oklahoma shows rapid settlement by white farmers from the Midwest and Kansas on 1 476 000 acres. About 75 percent of the tribe, 16660 members, have selected allotments, with over 1250 files awaiting approval for 160 acre parcels. Leases fall into two types: improved farms at 2.40 per acre for five years, and unimproved at 40 per year plus required improvements including a house, barn, well, three-wire fence, and a 50 tree orchard, totaling about 900 dollars.
The president issued a proclamation expanding the Lake Tahoe forest reserve to about 1,000,000 acres, covering water sheds of the American river forks and basins in Nevada and California. An additional Shasta reserve will place over 1,000,000 acres in northern California under protection, including Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity counties. A Boston insurance office uncovered wartime policy held for a coastwise voyage involving enslaved people, with headquarters once in New England.
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