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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
5
Local tidbits advertise coal and wood delivery home services, a private boarding house, employment asks, grocery specials, an automobile sale, lost package reward, and moving hauls. Notices include chimney sweep, phone numbers, addresses, and transfer company offerings amid general goods and rental mentions.
Passengers can ride from The Dalles to Portland aboard the Bailey Gatzert daily except Friday and Sunday at 8:20 p.m., arriving at 9:30. Fare is 1.00. The message also notes large tracts of Uma-Ula county wheat land and stock ranches for sale or trade in Portland, Spokane, or Pendleton.
Travel option to Portland or California via Northern Pacific through Pasco and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle routes. Depart at 1 30 p m and arrive Portland at 8 10 a m. See W Adams, agent, at the passenger station for through ticket and all arrangements.
All accounts against the Round-Up are requested to submit itemized bills, verified by a committee chairman, and file with the secretary on or before October 1. The manager aims to clean up 1911 expenses and publish a statement soon.
Washington DC reporting that the army engineer corps cannot fill its quota from West Point graduates for the first time. High demand across branches forced the War Department to admit ten civilians and institute a stringent entrance exam.
War Secretary Stimson and General Wood will visit almost every army post to study conditions. They will meet in Pittsburgh tonight with Captain Frank R. McCoy. The tour includes Fort Apache Whipple Barracks Fort Huachuca in Arizona San Antonio Texas and likely Forts Riley and Leavenworth. The South Atlantic defenses are reserved for a later trip.
Standard Oil officials accelerate the tedious task of signing many certificates for thirty three subsidiaries by a device that prints eighteen certificates at once. A frame holds the certificates as the writer signs, while seventeen other pens register the same name on the blank certificates.
A lighthearted column notes a backward summer as neighbors refrain from borrowing a suitcase, signaling a quieter season. The exchange highlights local humor as residents compare their summer plans and social visits.
Local society notes list attorneys, contractors, and residents visiting Pendleton from Ukiah Stanfield and Ukiah areas. Names include J P Winter H G Castee B Mond Mrs H P Curts and a host of others from Walla Walla Astoria Freewater and Athena visiting hotels and businesses. Mrs Charles Despain and family plan Echo trip while funeral guests pass through.
The annual convention of country life commissions from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana will run during the week of the fourth National Apple Show in Spokane from November 23 to 30. David Brown of the Spokane chamber of commerce plans delegations from California Utah Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota British Columbia and Alberta to attend and discuss organizing community clubs to promote rural life and attract residents.
A record thirty foot basking shark, the largest ever caught in Monterey Bay, was brought in by fishermen from Aptos after becoming entangled in nets. The massive catch drew crowds at the wharf.
Under Sheriff Nichola of Washoe County summoned G. M. Smith for jury duty in the Pelizzari murder case. Smith was found to have killed himself in his Sparks workshed by rigging a shotgun with a locked chair seat and a triggering stick.
Frisco and Los Angeles report widespread railroad labor unrest as 800 San Francisco SP workers and 2500 LA employees ready to strike at a moment's notice. Portland and Denver shops show troops of workers awaiting action while union officials pledge a nationwide stoppage and hiring of strikebreakers in Union Pacific yards.
Headlines report an army of 30 000 Italians landed in Tripoli as Italy declares war. Germany and England fear general European conflict while Turkey resists Italian demands and Albanian Greece Bulgarian tensions rise. Rome expects further troop landings by Sunday and Turkish forces to engage then retreat to the desert. Washington notes rising agitation in Constantinople and Tripoli with Italian naval show of force.
Sept 29 news from Constantinople reports a decree calling parliament convened with broad sentiment that Turkey should resist Italy. The mood across the city is defiant, signaling a united stance against Italian pressure and potential conflict.
Fred Allington of Salt Lake City seeks information on Joseph Swanner, his brother in law who left Utah with his family for Oregon over a year ago. Reports claim burned wagon remains near Wardner may be theirs, but verification lacks. Swanner had bought land near Needy, Idaho, taxes unpaid. no one here recalls the family reaching Idaho.
An old advertisement pledges a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J Cheney & Co of Toledo and statements by Walding Kinnan Marvin as wholesale druggists backing the product. The remedy is claimed to be taken internally and to affect the blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a 75 cent bottle price.
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