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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
8
City council in Mayor Murphy’s absence adjourned early after accepting a sewerage extension by Foster & Robinson of Spokane and authorizing final payment of about five thousand dollars. A financial report covering April 1969 to October 1969 lists receipts totaling 2699.75 and expenditures of 2550.79, leaving a balance on hand of 148.96.
Pendleton Common Council will meet October 29 1911 at City Hall to finalize paving assessments for Alta Street Webb Street and Cottonwood Street. A tentative assessment will be on file for review at the City Recorder's office starting October 17. Citizens listed may appear with objections before the council sets the verdict.
Pendleton sees Arthur Zolloner, who left ten years ago and ran a Provo business until six weeks ago, renewing old ties and seeking a new site. Wight Acres transfers for 5000 dollars, deed filed by ER L Blackburn to Judig A Lour and Nettle Foster for about ten acres north of Freewater. Mortrace dispute arguments today before Judge Phelps in Jones estate versus Dozier over a mortgage dispute claimed paid. Marriage licenses issued to Peter Ulmen and Bertha Eldridge from Rudyard and Pendleton resident Florente Simons with Edward Parker. Two intoxicated men, Ed Johnson and Fred Clark, pleaded guilty. options chosen: five dollars or three days in jail. Former Pendleton High star Lester Means returns to tackle for Multnomah Athletic Club against Willamette University.
A couple seeking a marriage license are denied by Deputy County Clerk Brown due to nonresidency, wander the corridor embarrassed as they learn the legal requirements and their elopement plans are thwarted by unfamiliar rules. A separate suit seeks division of lands in Umatilla and Morrow counties among heirs and defendants tied to mortgages. Also, Walter McCormack builds a multi-purpose auto truck from an old car, recently used as an ambulance for an Indian employee.
Seven teen chorus girls from the Billy Clifford company rode a joy ride through Pecame Mt, brought to town for transport. The stunt drew attention as a real Seeing Pendleton moment, en route from Balfour-Gunthrie several miles from the city.
In 1911 a surge of broken engagements unsettled English society. January saw five shattered romances reported in social columns, followed by a calmer spell until September when eight more announcements appeared. Families of distinction were involved, and the reasons remain unsettled and rarely disclosed.
Chinese celebrate as the young emperor begins school in Pekin with a half holiday for children. Proposals pass through streets decorated with flags. The five and a half year old ruler of about 406 million Chinese lives in seclusion, visited only occasionally by his mother.
A. Beldler, state agriculture commissioner, conducts a test to prove whether a cow with tuberculosis can be cured and restored to health at his Willoughby farm. The cow lived in a tent paddock after February tests indicated infection, with shelter provided by a stall during storms.
The mummy of Queen Nefratrl wife of King Rameses I and mother of the Pharaohs was saved from an auction room in Blackhurns by an expert. Officials say the royal artefact was stolen from an Egyptian temple and stripped of its jewels to hide the treasure.
A woman loves a man for who he truly is while a man loves a woman for what he imagines she could be. The contrast highlights different bases of affection.
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