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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1911
Page
8
Vague OCR notes warn that two days remain to register for the upcoming city election. The chaotic text references filing deadlines for initiative measures and charter nominations, with unclear dates and authorities.
County records face criticism for ledger accuracy and tax accounting. Proposals urge separate bank accounts by ward and district, periodic balance checks, and monthly treasurer statements to align warrants with ledger totals.
The Rev H T Cash formerly of Hermiston will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening. Sunday school is at 1 o clock and the vesper hour at 6 50. The Ladies Aid will meet at 2 50 Thursday afternoon in the west room of the church.
A lecturer argues that “outehing” equals illness and warns that false health ideals provoke decay. The speaker urges vigilance against misguided health fads and stresses genuine well being through balanced living.
An eight and a half pound baby boy was born today to Mr and Mrs Roy Bacon of Walla Walla in Pendleton. The father’s father is named on Hyde Street. A missionary meeting is set for Tuesday evening at 7 40 in the Christian church with addresses by Mrs Hunter of Portland and Rev J M Cornelson of the Tuotuilla mission. Salt cover theft reported. police seek thief as clothes and items described.
Kern traveled from Hermiston to test and disperse conping ratire last evening and will stay for a team shoot at the company range. Coho now a Portland resident, plus Stangler of TPen- Jieton and Cahoon left for Portland this afternoon after a lighting trip to the southern county.
Marvell national convention photographer presented a panorama picture from the first day of the Round-Up. The image, taken during the big show, will be framed and sold at the Rast Cre vonlin business.
The East Oregonian shows a new Babcock Express Cylinder press installed to handle rising demand. The old two revolution Campbell press, in service for 25 years, has been taxed to capacity as circulation grows. The new press, capable of 3200 papers per hour, pairs with the old press to accelerate job work and quicken service for patrons. The press arrived early this week and was installed at Barnhart Bros & Co printers in Seattle.
Labor leaders report a strike wave reaching about 35 000 workers across the Northwest and California regions. The action includes workers in Sacramento and nearby areas as of September 30, with 1500 Southern Pacific shops affected and ongoing walkouts.
Big Slim known as Biz Siim pleaded guilty to horse stealing and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for an indeterminate term of one to ten years. He has prior prison ties and previously served two weeks for horse stealing in Morrow county, making the penitentiary his home.
In Sept 0, 75 O.W. I. & N workers left Vintulla Men Out Cantilla. Oakland notes 75 strikebreakers entering a broken walkout. In La Grande 100 shopsmen walked out. in Rigseburg 65 Harrimin shopmen joined the action.
After a respite of one day, Fred Berk John King and Charles Summers appeared before Judge FitzGerald. Berk was charged with being drunk and disorderly and received five days in jail. King and Summers received the usual sentence for being drunk with King jailed three days and Summers paying a five dollar fine.
Damon Lodge No 4 Knights of Pythias announce a smoker and general meal event in the city. They are arranging a district convention in Unmatilla County with a two day session, featuring several special meetings as part of the winter season activities.
Forty Oregon Short Line shopmen are on strike in Boise Tils Sept 40, with workers protesting conditions and halt at the railroad shops.
At Pocatello Sept 30 five hundred Oregon Short Line shopmen walked out, shutting down work in the yard as part of a broader labor action. The stoppage affected yard operations and trains pending negotiations with management.
Seven shopmen are employed by the Harriman fine here. They all struck.
The State against J Ho Wilson proceeds as witnesses are called in a case accusing him of trying to burn a store to collect insurance. The defense is led by Gok JL HL Belesle as the district attorney and assistant prosecute. jurors are not expected to be chosen before tonight.
Local report notes Starbuck athletes from Starbuck Gre Rept reaching a notable milestone with an amount cited as 40 and seventy five in the event sequence. The item reflects sports or competitive activity with individuals and groups connected to Starbuck.
In Memphis Tennessee on September 96 three members of the federation of shipmen at the Vilinale Central joined a morning walkout. In Reno Nevada on September 30 about eight hundred shopmen at the Southern Pacific Buparks division went on strike in solidarity with the broader labor action.
Richmond Virginia. Grace Browning aged 17 visiting Mrs. Moses Nunnally was shot and likely mortally wounded when Nunnally’s five year old daughter, playing with a loaded pistol, pulled the trigger as the weapon was aimed at the visitor. The explosion frightened the household and Browning was rushed to the hospital. Nunnally had loaded the pistol and did not inform his wife. The clipping also advertises wheat lands for sale or rent in Oregon with several ranch sizes and terms.
A small tan six passenger motor car carried Northern Pacific officials into the city last night. The party included General Superintendent T. B. Raicharis, Division Superintendent De Force, and Moodmaster Charles Seleh, conductor and motorman. The Athena to Pendleton run via Woosyele took thirty minutes, with a Pendleton to Pasco run planned in about two and a half hours with several stops.
About 400 men in Salt Lake City and Ogden refrain from today’s activities while asserting they will be peaceful. The notice signals a coordinated action across Utah cities, with participants preparing to demonstrate in a calm manner. Names of organizers or groups are not provided in the fragment.
Two hundred strikebreakers arrived at local shops in Angeles Los Angeles on September 20. Strikers watched but no attempt was made to molest them, as a quiet scene unfolded.
Mrs H F Peters of the Allington rooming house uncovered an old photograph from about 1876 showing Pendleton street life. It features Hothchild Bean’s merchant store at the corner now home to Pendleton Drug Store, a south side hardware shop, and the Stanley blacksmith shop where Mr Stanley was the father of Mrs Peters. The picture marks the city’s progress over the past thirty five years.
In Cheyenne Wyoming seven hundred fifty shopmen walked off the Onion Pacific shops earlier this week amid a labor dispute. The walkout disrupted production at the facility and prompted negotiations with company executives and labor leaders.
Thirty shopmen are out here tea s.
The young man inherited $35 000 in property from his father’s death in Weenind Tae Bone city. Dr J Smith and Walter Pierce accuse him in a suit for promissory note payments and interest. Peterson and Wilson represent the plaintiff seeking $50 attorney fees plus $2200 plus interest and $40 fees. Medical services valued at $209.50 alleged to be unpaid.
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