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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
8
San Francisco Sept 23 By unanimous vote the police commission adopted resolutions that end the Barbary Coast era. After Sept 20 dancing will be forbidden in saloons or restaurants selling liquor in the district, and no women patrols or employees will be allowed there. Licenses will not be renewed within the district except for ordinary saloons.
Information from dealers suggests no government statistics exist for egg output in the Mytha consular district. An estimated annual production in that area runs around 70,000,000 eggs.
Terney has secured a permit to build a garage at his Washington street home. The plan includes a concrete floor. Harvey McPherson, a well known local youth, recently underwent an operation in Spokane to remove an inch of bone due to tuberculosis in his right leg and is recovering there.
Mr and Mrs R L Oliver and daughter Miss Grace Oliver depart today via the Northern Pacific for an extended eastern tour. They will visit Canada Detroit Michigan and Missouri before wintering in Florida. Returning they plan a stay in Los Angeles California for a few weeks.
I G Pinney and H M Elder elected to represent Pendleton Knights at the grand lodge in Portland on October 14. R W Fietcher and WT Gadwa named alternates. The lodge held a 500elay session after the regular meeting. Round-up diplomas prepared by Tom Nye honor per event participants over three days. A Baltimore Sun inquiry confirms growing interest in Pendleton Round-up. Pendleton wins contract for gravity water system with 2 foot concrete pipe, $145000, seen as start of a major regional project.
Charles A. Kelly and another figure were indicted by a grand jury on a sodomy charge. The item notes sentencing of the two individuals following the indictment.
The defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary ranging from one to fifteen years. Albert Payne, indicted for forgery, also pleaded guilty and received a term of one to five years.
Realty transfers show W Cole and wife selling to Stephen A Lowell and wife in Cole's addition Pendleton block 13. William Forsythe sells to First National Bank of Milton for 2452.75 with 320 notes in section 10 township 4 north range 86. Nora Watts and F D Watts transfer to William Meiners the northwest of the southwest quarter, section 20, township 4 north range 32.
Four marriage licenses were issued today to couples including Earl W. Queener and Clara C. Schwandt of Weston and John H. Day with Bertha A. York, all applying together. An additional license went to Earl Bumford and Elly Goom, and another was issued yesterday afternoon to Homer F. Mentzer and Edna Grace Warner.
Deputy Sheriff A. C. Funk warns that the last half of the 1913 taxes becomes delinquent on October 5. Those who fail to pay face a ten percent penalty and seven percent interest, so remedies should be made by paying into the county cashier before that date.
Mary E. Couch files for divorce from L. B. Couch in the local circuit court alleging years of abuse and desertion. Married in Harrisburg, Oregon in 1864, they have six children aged eight to fourteen. She seeks custody and $152 monthly child support. Homer J. Watts of Athena represents her.
T F OBrien agent of the O W R L N company and Undertaker John Baker deny a papoose was killed by a freight train at Thorn Hollow Saturday. They say the child crawled onto the track, was struck and rolled off, survived after being picked up and taken to the local hospital with only a slight scratch.
The Bank of Montreal case against Ivan O Harra was non suited as the plaintiff lacked corporate proof and asked for a two day continuance. With all defendant witnesses present the court refused further delay. A separate auto race tale from Pendleton noted Frank Miller of Walla Walla leading, with Moore Auto Co of Walla Walla holding an attachment writ and Deputy Sheriff Blakely in pursuit after Miller fled toward Lehman Springs.
In Chicago at the Tudebaker Theater, a short circuited electric wire set bunting ablaze but emergency measures kept 1000 spectators calm. The curtain fell and ushers warned the crowd to avoid panic as the fire was contained without incident.
Sept 23 state utilities commission allocates blame for the Wallingford disaster near New Haven. Inadequate signal system and crowded morning headways cited as factors. Engineer Wands of the Far Harbor Express criticized for running a danger signal. Twenty one killed, forty injured.
Brainerd Minnesota September 23 at the annual two day convention of the State Federation of Women's Clubs discussed plans for state wide regulation to better the condition of infants and young children and outlined a campaign for equal suffrage. Mrs Edgar H. Layhed of Fairbault presided.
A frontier tale recalls how Clay Allison used his pistol to spur a church collection in Canyon City far forty years ago. In the episode a Mormon preacher preached to a rough crowd in a repurposed gambling room and, when a hat went around, Allison three-fiftied the hat with his elf shooter and secured about $500 for the sermon.
Jacob Wolfshon, in Philadelphia on September 23, repudiated police statements that he murdered Annie Catherine Sumacher four years ago in Rochester Cemetery. He claimed he confessed to die, broke down under District Attorney questioning, and vowed to prove his innocence.
A shell from a three inch gun believed fired during Fort Worden target practice was found imbedded in the masonry of the inside wall of the Port Townsend Lumber Company building on Main Street. The incident occurred Saturday night and was reported from Port Townsend, Washington, with authorities examining the scene for details.
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