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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1914
Page
6
Golf resurfaces in Pendleton as city plans a nine hole links between the city limits and state hospital. Initial talks yielded grounds and now many business men back the move. A meeting is planned as enthusiasts visit the proposed course seeking formal organization and to revive a sport long absent from the town.
Al Landell's Buckarooes will play two additional practice games before opening the season next Tuesday against Baker. Saturday hosts Whitman College, Sunday visits Weston of the Blue Mountain league at Round up Park. Whitman boasts a strong lineup and recent results against Walla Walla. Lodell will loan Weston a battery Sunday to supplement the visitors.
Promotional notice from Howard Specialty Company Dayton Ohio offering felt college pennants for Yale Yale and Harvard 9 by 24 inches Princeton Cornell Michigan 7 by 21 inches with streamers letters and mascot in proper colors. Postpaid price 50 cents.
The squad is a solid fielding unit and with a professional battery behind them should make the game interesting for locals.
Portland Coast League champions opened at Buffalo Park with an 8 to 1 victory over Sacramento. Buddy Ryan delivered two timely hits, Doane belted a homer, and Bill Rogers Derrick all contributed multi hit games as every starter except Higginbotham reached base.
Lodell reports a promising pitcher McClure who recently arrived and impressed local players with his ball work. Baker director Karl King weighs trading Lodell for Naughty while Willamette lost 2 1 in a Baker practice tilt. Cooper, previously with Walla Walla, was released and McGarrigle shows field promise.
An old classified-style ad lists tire prices by size, optional red tubes, and 10 percent cash discounts. It notes all other sizes in stock, special pricing for 15 percent skid tires, and 10 percent for full payment. Includes reliner prices and a COD offer, with generic brand references and limited readable details.
A report notes Gravelle's return to form with a developing fadeaway, his capacity as infielder and pitcher, and potential as utility man replacing Chief Osborne. Lodell praises his team's hitters on Fischer's curve, while an advertisement touts HER BINE liver tonic for torpid liver symptoms at 50 cents.
Telegraphic briefs from Portland and other cities report optimism for large fruit and cereal yields in Oregon and Washington as J P O'Brien, head of the O W R&N, returns from a regional tour. He notes rural improvements and road work amid generally good business conditions.
A bucket line of 20 boys from Arleta school saved the one story frame dwelling of Mrs. W. Wild at Fifty second avenue and Sixty first street in Portland. The blaze was extinguished in seven minutes.
A noted authority warns daily meat intake can raise uric acid that sluggish kidneys. He suggests four ounces of Jnd Salts daily in water to flush and neutralize acids, improving kidney function and reducing urinary irritation. The remedy is described as inexpensive and safe, forming a fizzy lithia-water drink.
Portland Oregon April 1 Thousands of citizens start a ten day drive to rid the state of five Not only will the pernicious flies be swatted but breeding places destroyed Professor H F Wilson head of entomology at the state agricultural college says results will show in state health statistics Twenty thousand bulletin copies issued urging organized attack The plan centers on destroying breeding places and catching flies before they emerge Rewards are offered to school children for crushing flies with prizes of 25 15 and 10 dollars and daily pennants for top entrants
The Presa Agent outlines current and upcoming theater offerings across local playhouses. It highlights notable productions, cast changes, and scheduling notes, guiding readers through this season’s live entertainment options.
Two part drama shows sacrifice for a nation with Lieutenant Atto and Eleanor executing a plan to steal fort plans. They are discovered during a dance, bullets fly, papers are delivered, and both die as the crowd blesses their patriotism. Also featured Edison short Love's Oblivion and a comic reel One on Batty Bill.
A Prud en mother watches for worm symptoms in children. Paleness lack of interest in play and peevishness signal worms. White's Cream Vermifuge cures worms in a few doses. Child returns to normal quickly. Price 25c per bottle. Sold by all dealers. Ady.
Ex-convict Hassell speaks at Pastime tonight about his Oregon State Prison experiences. He promises a frank talk on life behind bars and the prison question, with uncommon truthfulness born from firsthand knowledge.
Nine carloads of livestock were shipped from Echo stock yards on Saturday including two cattle carloads of Mrs. L. C. Rogers to Portland four of Grant Buchanan and one of Elmer Spike to Portland. Stanfield Bros. sent fat porkers to Portland. Andy Cleghorn sold beef cattle to Pendleton Meat Co. Miss Irmalee Campbell visited from Pendleton while W H Boyd returned home from a business trip to Portland. Local residents and visitors include Rev. Geo Gelvin, John Oliver, J T Hosking and Vashti, A C Oliver, Mrs. Leonard Schively, Price Munkers, B G Mashburn, and E M Ferguson. The Echo and Nolin boys played a 7 to 6 baseball trial game. Umatilla league opens April 12. The remains of Lewis I Ward were buried in I O F cemetery. he died Friday in Stanfield, survived by three sons George Edward and Charles.
Minnie Madden Fiske stars in Tess of the D Urbervilles at Pastime on Thursday and Friday. The five part screen production repeats the stage success with Mrs Fiske as the center of attention. Her expressive acting conveys turmoil though the voice is absent. The supporting cast is praised for uniformly excellent work.
The notice advertises Cosy Walters and Murray as Wednesday and Thursday vaudeville attractions with their laugh making songs and talk in The Turning Point. It also highlights Sydney Ayres and Vivian Rich in a two reel physiologic drama about a girl burglar whose encounter with a rich idler changes two lives.
In Cleveland on April 1, a new group formed by the Retail Merchants' Board of the chamber of commerce aims to curb deceptive practices. W J Noble condemns inflated values and misleading ads that label items as inflated “values” to attract buyers, urging merchants to stop racing to outdo competitors with extravagant claims.
Entire change of program today features Billy Mann a noted Pendleton performer in a clever solo act with songs and talks. The new picture lineup includes The Buccaneers a three part Gold Seal production from Turner's drama with leads Davil Hirtman and Deo Madison. A novelty comedy The Snake Charmer also shown. Starting Sunday Alta will present straight pictures with a song or instrumental intermission four days weekly. Admission ten cents and five cents. Vialle deville to be added when good acts can be secured.
New York March 31. The city now has a cemetery for dogs and cats with original epitaphs. Kanis Ruhe animal rest sits in Westchester about forty miles from New York and holds thousands of graves. Two thousand tombstones mark pet graves along with granite spires and carved animal pictures. The site includes miniature hearses and an embalming and casket plant. In its first year 176 New Yorkers followed pet hearses up the hill to tiny graves.
In St Louis on April 1 a monster gymnastic exhibition will draw five thousand men women and children from Turnverines Y M A YY W CC A Missouri school for the blind Playground Association and Boy Scouts during the American Physical Education Association four day convention. Leaders include Dr Tait McKenzie of the University of Pennsylvania president and Dr Dudley Allen Sargent of Harvard.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage for hair problems including thinning dull and lifeless hair. It claims to nourish roots stop itching and dandruff and promote long thick radiant hair. Sold in fifty cent bottles by Tallman Co and at drug counters under the mark The Girl With the Auburn Hair.
University and Dr J H McCurdy of Springfield Mass will address civic and athletic organizations of St Louis and participate in regular programs.
A 62 year old man from Mexia Texas reports severe kidney illness eased after using Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He and his wife both claim cures and urge other kidney sufferers to try the remedy. Notarized testimony dated April 8 1912.
A letter to Dr Kilmer and Co announces a sample size offer for SwampRoot with ten cents sent to Binghamton New York. It promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and urges mentioning Pendleton Daily East Oregonian. Regular bottle sizes are sold at drug stores.
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