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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1907
Page
2
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In a Police Court case over an insult to a bootblack’s wife, D C Knowlton and Al Richardson clashed at Hotel St George. Richardson testified Knowlton had taunted his wife, leading to a struggle where a gun was drawn and later seized. Knowlton was fined 40 dollars. Richardson 0 but paid 1 dollar. The judge judged the affair highly charged and noted the racial element in the dispute.
An ad explains health in plants and hair, arguing growth depends on root causes. It likens cankers in roses to hair loss from germ factors at the hair root. Newbro's Herpicide is pitched as the remedy, claiming to destroy the germ and stop hair loss, with sample offers and pricing.
The report notes hostile rhetoric toward a white man and a harsh rebuke of Knowlton by City Attorney McCourt labeling him an undesirable citizen. Judge FitzGerald imposes a $40 total fine: $1 to a colored man, $30 for provoking the assault, and $30 for concealing a weapon.
Mrs Anna Kirk a well known pioneer woman of Athena died this week in Pacific Grove California. Her remains will be shipped to Athena for burial. She was born in Peoria Illinois in 1839 and moved with her parents to Browneville Oregon at age 12. In 1860 she married T J Kirk and later divorced. She had nine children two of whom survive: Mrs Alice Ackles of La Grande and Mrs Edward Koonts of Athena, and Miss Anna Kirk of Pacific Grove California.
Government plans a land set aside for a Hermiston experiment station on the Umauilla irrigation project. The decision rests with the Oregon Agricultural College Board of Regents who will visit Union and Hermiston to assess need and support from state funds and federal aid for operating costs and seeds.
Portland fears a major anti oriental labor rally planned by the Federated Trades Council. Officials declare the time for action against Japanese Hindus and Chinese has come as crowds cheer a potential coastwide event with national speakers.
Charlen Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific, speaking in Vancouver, declares railroads in Canada need cheap labor and that his company will hire immigrants admitted by the government. The remark is seen as a call for oriental help. Harold Warner and Lester Means head Pendleton district fair publicity booth, distributing literature on Morrow and Umatilla counties and local towns and selling booster buttons.
Walter Lubken, formerly of Pendleton, now official photographer for the U S reclamation service, spent a week at Hermiston documenting the Umatilla project. He praises the high quality of the work, the promising crops, and the potential of the irrigation efforts to turn the area into a fruitful fruit country, noting comparison with longer Arizona seasons and broader western photographic work.
Freewater Oregon September 21 1907 Elba Rogers manager of the Fruitgrowers union received a letter from Governor Chamberlain praising prunes shipped from Milton Fruitgrowers union Freewater The governor notes testing and declares the fruit excellent and well packed and forecasts strong market appeal.
I F Robinson vice president of the Oregon and Washington Laundrymen's association leaves Pendleton for Portland to join a delegation bound for Tacoma to attend the annual convention. The group met in Pendleton last fall for the district fair wind up and Mr Robinson plans to return for the fair closing.
Mrs O P Tuttle of Ritzville Wash arrives in Pendleton with her daughter to spend the winter. Mrs J W Smith may join them later and her husband and son Roy, a longtime Record employee, may also come.
The First Christian church was crowded last night for a Junior League musical and flower drill program. The musical numbers and drills were highly entertaining and the young participants pleased with the success of their efforts.
A tendered farewell party honored Mr. and Mrs BE Daggett at the M E church parlors last evening as they plan to depart soon for California. The event drew church members and family friends. An earthquake shock was felt in San Bernardino causing alarm, with severe motion in the mountains but no valley damage.
Guy E. Mitchell reports from Wenatchee Washington on how irrigation has transformed the valley. Orchard land costs 1500 to 2000 dollars per acre yet every tract is a sound investment. Five acre blocks form streets of orchard farms with electric lights telephones running water and bath tubs. Wages are high and unions absent. Farmers own a telephone stock and sell fruit through a growers warehouse. Apples box packed for shipment and trees bear annually like clockwork.
F H Graves of the Oregon Daily Journal distributes the big extra edition in the city. Extra copies are available at the East Oregonian office with a limited supply remaining for sale in eastern Oregon.
Dr. W. D. Mazon a local federal stock inspector is ordered to Pocatello Idaho for railroad inspection duties likely through October and to return to Peniton after that date.
This morning many Pendletonians who attended the state fair at Salem returned home. Among those seen in the returning crowd were Lee Teutsch Thomas Thompson Ad Ogg Frank Frazier and Mark Moorhouse.
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