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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1905
Page
6
General news item reports Rev. James Cochran died of heart disease while preaching at the Stamping Ground Christian Church, ten miles from Lexington Kentucky. The report notes he was a young man and mentions surrounding events and other unrelated notices.
Spokane report notes 48 new members after a church revival. Parallel items cover a Spokane painter Herman Fisher shooting his wife in the leg and abdomen, with expected death. J W Connella selling the Sumpter Daily Miner to Charles Liebenstein of Blue Mountain American. Portland primary registration tallies of seven Republicans to one Democrat. Judge Joseph W Huston, 72, dies at Boise after long Idaho residence. 16 year old Walter Barnhart dies after ingesting carbolic acid on a sheep ranch near Ellensburg. Also: Willamette cable laid near Portland with 200 wires damaged by steamer Cummings drag hook causing 1600 damage. salt suit in Scio, Oregon between Joseph N Morris and Maynard Warwick over wife's affections, seeking 39000. Miss Mary Glover and Miss Martha Squires buy Sunnyside business house to operate merchandise next fall.
Pendleton editor GEO. BR. ROBERTS argues Umatilla county can support a growing population through diversified farming. He cites Iowa’s red clover success and promotes dry-land alfalfa as a reliable, annually productive crop to attract moderate‑means settlers from the East, suggesting demonstrations by fairs or commerce groups.
The column lists hotel arrivals with names and hometowns across Portland San Francisco Spokane Seattle and more, including J. Schwiler Cc. Jewell Kansas City J. Brown Walla Walla and Grant County old-timer Thomas P. Jackson who died at 90 in Long Creek Ruan ger. It notes his Pennsylvania origins his 1846 Oregon trek and marriage to Annie Parker with four sons and four daughters.
Isdore Fuchs urged action on Canada thistles in Can ada warning derelicts and pressing the prosecuting attorney and grand jury to examine the issue. He warned of a bad year and called for reform to protect country productivity.
The Salem convict Monte Bennett is suspected of aiding Tracey and Merrill by supplying deadly 30-30 Winchesters for their 1902 escape from the penitentiary. Bennett, also known as W. Bennett, had been jailed for burglary and was captured near Gibbon while allegedly plotting to flee. If proven, both he and the other suspect face first degree murder penalties as accessories before the act.
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