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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1906
Page
8
Danula county court weighs hospital fee remedies as over a thousand transient laborers flood the government irrigation project. Officials seek a method to collect care costs from contractors to prevent county charity overflow and protect taxpayers.
A Portland lawyer, Grant, declares he aims to cleanse the Oregon bar and expects endorsement from lawyers and the public. He arrived in Pendleton last night to meet Knight of Pythias members and Grand Chancellor Davis, then returned to Portland this afternoon.
Mrs. French leaves Evanston for a new home in Pendleton area as her son Charles French attends Northwestern University. Elisha Estabrooks and Albert Lee also study there. Mrs. French will manage their household. Friends gave a keepsake at the train. she stops in Lawrence for a visit with Mrs. Brown. Salvation Army seeks homes for three city children and asks applicants to cover travel costs.
Money Burnett recounts Henry Kopitzke’s loss after a recent Meacham store fire. A cache of partly melted coins and mixed currency, including silver dollars and paper notes, totaling about 1400 dollars was destroyed. Some gold pieces suffered minor damage but can be cleaned.
F W W Dooley of North Yakima purchased 197 head of heavy draft horses in Sherman county last week for a total of 827000 dollars. He plans to sell the horses in the Washington market.
Mary Paulen sues for divorce from Andrew Paulsen citing drunkenness and mistreatment as grounds. Married before April 11, 1894. Suit filed today by Rog Slater.
Ralph Tuchella sues Charles Nelson for 300 dollars amid a wave of civil actions. attachments and fled parties cited as authorities name a lawyer A. H. Lawrey and others in a fragmented docket entry describing multiple suits and claims.
The United States land office rush to locate on 100000 acres will be enclosed to shore. Timber and fiend claims in Shearta Trinity and Siekivon counties draw a growing crowd. Locators waited through the night with 40 men and women at their ports. Today some stand in line for relief at up to $10. More are expected as trouble looms tomorrow.
McMinn dryer on the state line reports 60 000 pounds of dried prunes valued at about 300. Vir McMinn notes the dryer handled 200 000 pounds of green fruit and expected net product around 34 to 40 thousand pounds. Most output to local Walla Walla with strong outside demand for Walla Walla dried prunes. McMinn is still picking the apple crop, one of the best in the state.
A woman, described as Mrs Dykes Miyun, attacked Idle Hour saloon keeper Will Wolle causing a city sensation. Officers arrested her, but she was later released from the city jail as details of motive remain unclear.
A sewer excavation collapse in Montgomery Alabama trapped workers. Water from a bursting main drowned five men and is believed to have killed as many as fifteen. The incident occurred October 30 as rescuers searched for missing laborers.
London October 3 Foreign Secretary Gras said there is little prospect of war between America and Japan over the San Francisco school issue. He declared there is slight chance the Anglo Japanese treaty could ever lead to war between any nations.
Havana reports say exaggerated claims of a negro revolution, with cruiser Columbia arriving to transport troops to scenes of the reported uprising amid unsettled conditions and cautious official response.
In St Petersburg on October 10 the anniversary of the proclamation of conciliation passed quietly as troops were spread through the city. Students showed little outward celebration and remained undemonstrative.
Wheat opening prices showed slight gains while corn futures fluctuated, with the market reflecting unchanged closes. Portal stamp sales for the fiscal year list Portland at 126,274 dollars, Seattle at 485,916 dollars, Tacoma at 141,285 dollars, and Spokane at 221,427 dollars.
The advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a non secret medicine with printed ingredients, touting alcohol free composition and medical endorsements. It asserts it cures women’s ailments, offers free endorsements by post, and urges readers to request a validation book and sample pads. It also markets Pleasant Pelles laxative as a superior bowel regulator.
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