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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1913
Page
8
Rev L Grigsby of the First Presbyterian Church gave a sermon last evening titled A Question Why Am I Not a Member of the Church. He argued many delay joining hoping for personal change, noting conversion is essential yet inviting entry before perfection.
A preacher urged men to join a church covenant without abandoning their full church life. He stressed the significance of identifying with a church and considering personal benefits. He noted many evangelical churches offer ready church homes for believers seeking fit.
Washington noted intense interest and concern over a reported huge concession to Pearson and Son, English contractors linked to the British government, granting rights to build docks quays railways and canals in Colombia. The land and harbor works would cover the gulf of Darien near the Panama route and Isthmian canal site. the piece ends with a romantic adage.
A twelve pound son was born this morning to Mr and Mrs George J Stangter of 201 Perkins avenue. Realty transfers include Rhoda Carmichael to Walter B Brooke for lot 22 block 61 town of Freewater. A permit was issued for a cement sidewalk on the corner of Malp and Washington streets. Miss Bonnie M Benton, writer and lecturer, spoke at the high school on Yellowstone Park. she plans Canadian trips and Victoria, BC. Irrigation area checks begin on Birch and McKay creeks by L A Relneman. Damon Lodge Knights of Pythias elects delegates to the state grand lodge in Portland October 14. social session with refreshments follows. Dave H Nelson to attend American Road Congress in Detroit with mayoral commission and family accompany.
Mrs. Sarah Duke, 44, wife of J. H. Duke of Union, died yesterday at the Eastern Oregon state hospital ten days after commitment. She had suffered from acute melancholia leading to her hospitalization, and died from exhaustion.
The city jail is empty for the first time since the roundup. Three men jailed Saturday for three days were released after scrubbing and disinfecting the jail. Judge FitzGerald and Chief Kearney praised the effort to rid the Bastille of congestion and foulness.
Inclement weather in Pendleton yesterday forced the Round-up band to perform on the courthouse steps instead of the lawn. Wind and rain kept many locals at home, reducing attendance at the sacred concert.
Frank Johnson, described as the Indian, was tried this morning for grand larceny in stealing a grain load from Charles Reinhart and selling it to Pendleton flouring mills. The jury deliberated less than five minutes before a verdict of guilty, despite defense by Dan Smythe. Johnson faces one to seven years in the penitentiary.
Dayton Farnhart was examined by Dr. H and Garfield county physician before County Judge J. W. Maloney for sanity. The physician found him not insane and said the state hospital would not receive him. On promise to return to Linton where he was employed before his mother's death he was released. He had terrorized his family and was yesterday placed in the county jail.
Chicago reports sudden cold as autumn charges in with temperatures around 40 degrees above zero. Strong winds and icy rain drive people to blankets steam heat and furs while flowers seek basements to escape frost. Lake Michigan whips up yellow breakers and mariners retreat to harbors. only sturdy steel ships stay near shore as the city shifts from heat and dust to寒寒 early frost fears.
In Bend Oregon on September 22 Tome Sealpara was killed by Mrs Peter Riszi after she claimed he made improper remarks. Riszi says she left with her baby. The tin pan under the victim’s head and other details are being investigated by a coroner’s jury.
Washington September 22 Congressmen Thompson of Illinois introduced in the house a resolution charging the justice department with actions seen as favorable to the Southern Pacific and California oil interests. The resolution asks the attorney general to outline steps to curb government losses or protect government interests beyond filing a bill of complaint already pursued since December 20, 1912.
Guy Connerly, longtime auto for hire operator, loses his livelihood after thieves steal a Ford from Long Bros garage late last night. Auto bursts into flames on the Tutuila road, two miles from the city after the car explodes burning completely. Police on the trail, expect to arrest the culprits soon. offense carries penitentiary term.
Two air steel electric cars on the Long Island railroad collided at College Point today. Three trainmen were killed and 20 passengers were injured in the crash reported from New York two air steel electric cars collided at College Point.
Gideon Steiner aged 73, father of Dr. Lee Steiner superintendent of the state hospital for the Insane, died in Salem Oregon today from paralysis.
Snow fell in northern Minnesota today along Lake Superior shores from Duluth to surrounding areas as a blast of winter weather affected the region.
President Wilson will leave Washington for Princeton to vote in the state primary election.
Camden N J Sept 22 Five are killed when a gelating mixing plant owned by DuPont Powder Co explodes in Gibbetown wrecking the plant and shattering every window in the town. The blast is described as a catastrophic event with widespread damage.
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