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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1907
Page
3
State Superintendent Acker min releases 1907 figures showing 167,609 youths ages four to twenty, 110,303 enrolled pupils, 4224 male and 3918 female teachers, and a rise in private schooling while compulsory attendance begins to take effect.
Tea was a royal indulgence two hundred years ago and remains a symbol of refined dining today. A grocer refunds patrons when they are unhappy, while Schilling's Best finds favor with some shoppers who value quality.
Secretary Root returns from a Mexico trip exhausted. Wheat prices rise with visions of 2 a bushel. An army balloon flight from St. Louis landed at Walton Wisconsin after 4765 miles. An oil strike at Payette Idaho stirs prospectors at Posse. Comptroller Ridgley declines the Mercantile National Bank presidency. The president's bench near Stamboul Louisiana closed Saturday. George H. Imbrie urged for Commercial Telegraphers' union presidency. Mrs Eddy's cult successor named as understudy to Mrs Eddy. B. Florman arrested in Bellingham for check cashing fraud. George Paine exonerated in Nez Perce death case. John Schwab kills wife then himself at Roslyn. Hood River voters oppose $70,000 water bond. Walla Walla police report four robberies linked to fair followers. Bee Hive store loses trousers and shirts in theft.
A Tacoma special notes tuberculosis reduced a herd of 45 deer in Point De fiance park to three. Superintendent Roberts told the park board one deer died Saturday. The report adds that Central American deer and elk tolerate confinement better than native deer, which contract tuberculosis when kept close to them.
In Umatilla County Bond Bros. claims a strong position offering a broad assortment for men. The ad emphasizes value and availability across the local market with a focus on dependable selections.
In New York Edward Harriman and Otto Kuhn prepare to answer ICC questions about Chicago and Alton financing, stock dealings, and the 10 percent Southern Pacific dividend. Harriman and Kuhn declined to answer at earlier hearings, with Khain promising to respond when called. The ICC seeks full disclosure under federal authority.
A weekly calendar lists events across multiple venues and sports. Highlights include fall meetings at Jamaica Terre Haute and Baltimore, balloon race from St. Louis, aeroplane contests in St. Louis, boxing bouts in Fort Wayne, auto show in New York, and national indoor championships at Madison Square Garden. Collegiate football matchups span Harvard Springfield Connecticut, Yale Villanova, Princeton Cornell, Pennsylvania Carlisle, West Point Rochester, Annapolis Lafayette, Ohio State Michigan, Illinois Wisconsin, Iowa Drake, with venue notes in Cambridge New Haven New York Philadelphia and Madison.
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Kipp of the Seventh Regiment concludes 56 years of service in New York National Guard. He joined as a private in 1857 and served through the Civil War, led during the 1863 draft riots, 1870 Orange riots, 1895 Croton Dam riot, and was wounded in the trolley strike riot of 1895. Kipp also held a long NYPD career as chief clerk since 1878.
An obituary style note recalls Ulysses S. Grant growing up in a simple Ohio River valley home and living a modest life until his death at age 71.
Local residents circulate a petition accusing Maxwell Land and Irrigation Co. of neglecting a fish ladder at the Hermiston dam. Reports say young salmon perish below the 10 foot dam due to obstruction. Petition to be sent to state fish warden H. Van Dusen.
A Portland telegram says two of the nation s largest packing plants will be built on the peninsula in Packing Town. Swift Co has a plant secured and Schwarzschild Sulzberger will also establish a modern meat packing facility. Incorporation papers show Swarzchild Sulzberger filed for $50 000 with J F Heisly Herbet Stong and A Lamberg as incorporators.
E B Waffle, in his final year at the University of Oregon medical college, was elected president of the senior class with graduation set for next May. He has maintained high scholarship and popularity among peers, signaling a strong leadership role. A large bee plantation is planned in South Manchester Connecticut, with 6 million worker bees across a 3 mile radius, expanding from five initial hives to 23.
Bond Bros. offers Benjamin suits praised as the best made and available to customers seeking quality menswear.
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