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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1904
Page
5
City notices and classified blurbs list rental offers and shop promos in East Oregonian style. Advertisements for clothing, furniture, shoes, seeds, and services from Alexander Department Store, The Boston, The Mint, and local merchants fill the page alongside rental notices and a clerks union update.
Monterastelli marble works began moving stock and uncut stone from Main Street near the Last Chance saloon to a new Court Street HQ. The old site will be torn down to make way for the Matlock and Brownsfeld building, with initial excavation underway.
M Steele, long associated with the Oregon Short Line as a civil engineer and builder of the Union Pacific tunnel and cutoff at Sherman Wyoming, visited the Hotel St George today on his way to Washington points. Former Boise resident now living in the East.
The Easter tea hosted by the St. Agnes Guild of the Church of the Redeemer at Mrs. BE P Marshall’s home yesterday afternoon drew a large attendance and netted $40. The organizers express gratification at the outcome and the support from attendees.
A string of social notes lists Ben Leland of Helix C E Nelson of Weston Pearl McNaughton of Elgin and Helen Elliott of Athena visiting Pendleton. G A Hartman leaves for Walla Walla on business with others from Helix Portland George Reed and Horace Walker stop for brief business visits in the city. Mrs M Taylor from Weston and Mr Mrs Janes Nelson of Athena host friends. Palmeter of North Yakima also in town. While Richard Gowar of Seattle and Charles Laxman of Pittsburgh pass through Pendleton on business and mining trips.
Miss Lillia Burroughs, Pendleton native, wed Fred Hatin last evening at her La Grande home. Burroughs father Harry was a pioneer East Oregonian printer and long-time printer, later La Grande resident and railroad locomotive engineer. The couple will live in La Grande. another Burroughs daughter Lola recently married James Snodgrass there.
Mayor J A Esteb reports Echo Oregon has doubled its population in the last year and is becoming an organized town of thrift. Newcomers arrive weekly, property changes hands, and residents anticipate early completion of a local irrigation project on the reservation. The mayor praises the climate and notes sugar beet growing boosts activity and prosperity in Umatilla County.
Charles Cunningham reports 95 percent lambing at his Butter Creek ranch near Mile Rock, with heavy wool and strong single lambs. Better breed, housing, and feeding boost survival, while poorly fed neighboring flocks suffer dry lambs and higher losses. overall lambs are large and vigorous despite scarce twinning.
Se Williams, a high school graduate, has been plowing 506 acres of summer fallow 10 miles north of the city as winter wheat grows well. He plans to return to study, while today hand painted Huskin Bee posters were displayed in prominent windows to attract attention ahead of full rehearsals.
Matt Taylor travels to Portland to visit friends and conduct business for a few days. In his absence, K. Smith of Walla Walla oversees duties at the Sideboard.
Contractors have started remodeling the bank rooms in the Judd Building. Windows at the front are removed for larger plate glass, and the interior will be completely changed to shape the space for the bank.
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