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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
8
Inventory discloses many single pieces and odd lines gathered on three tables. Uniform prices are 15c 25c and 50c, with items regularly priced at double the sale price. Items include Decorated China Salad sets Jan cy China Cup and Saucer Glass Berry Bowls Decorated Vases Glass Vinegar Bottles Decorated Meat Platters fancy China Plate and Glass Water Pitcher.
An advertisement lists cleaning and disinfecting articles available for sale at low prices including sulphur formaldehyde chloride of lime sulphur torches carbolic acid turpentine ammonia benzine whiting and related products. It promises to supply any quantity desired.
The Pendleton academy board appointed Rev Harvey B Knight of Tacoma as financial agent and field secretary to relieve the principal of business duties. Knight, experienced with Whitworth College in Tacoma, will solicit students raise funds advertise the academy secure scholarships and donations and help expand dormitory capacity for next year. He is expected to arrive with his family soon to assume duties and organize campaigns for the next school year.
The old Umatilla lodge of A. F. and A. M. traces its origins to 1867 when Umatilla Landing boasted a population around 2500. It later dwindled, the charter was surrendered about five years ago, and now the lodge is set to reorganize in Umatilla as the principal settlement and early pioneer activity in eastern Oregon are recalled.
Women who beautify others weigh in on Newbro's Herpicide with letters praising its effects. One writer says it stopped her hair from falling and that as a dressing it has no paper.
Among these are John E. Bean of the city, J. H. Koontz of Kieho, F. Thomson of Butter wreck, Willuam Beagle, J. H. Kunze, E. J. Bushee and Robert Stanfield. The last three named are dead.
Bonetti owner of the Meridante Cafe recalls joining Garibaldi during the 1860 revolution in Palermo Sicily as a youth. He describes sparse provisions of the patriot army, local sentiment, and Garibaldi being wounded at Aspromente, with Bonetti also wounded. He left Sicily at twenty and never visited Naples or Vesuvius areas.
Mrs. T. J. Lloyd extinguished a fire at 723 Cosbie street this morning after flames sparked from wallpaper near a stove pipe. No one was injured, and only one room’s wall and ceiling suffered damage as local fire company No. 4 arrived to finish the blaze. Dr. Lloyd left home at 6 am.
Pendleton Academy hosts its annual banquet with a prepared program by teachers and students. Toasters include Colonel James H. Raley, Rev. W. L. Van Nuys, Cecil R. Wade, Miss Beas M. Craig, Roy Rowland, Miss Minnie Baker, Miss Bessie Porter, Edmund Mine, Margaret Johnson, and Max Hopper. An elegant spread is planned and a fine evening is anticipated.
The Salem Journal condemns a June ballot measure to require the state to buy the Barlow road for 24000, arguing it is a graft to transfer toll road ownership to the state. Critics say the bill hides the payment and would saddle annual maintenance costs, urging public discussion before election day.
Elwood Meade, head of the U S irrigation division, urges Oregon to adopt strong irrigation laws to settle existing riparian rights and provide for future appropriations. He cites Willamette Valley irrigation feasibility, alfalfa experiments, and calls for a comprehensive system ensuring equitable water distribution.
Jd. F. Lilly of La Grande died when freight train No. 65 collided with a work train in Burnt River canyon near Darkee on the O R & N last evening. A caboose and four work cars were demolished. Elmer Earl of Portland was seriously hurt and treated at St. Vincent's hospital in Portland. Brakemen Eversole and Carpenter narrowly escaped death by jumping from the caboose as it was struck by the engine.
The ad promotes Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to aid digestion liver and blood. It claims to purify blood relieve biliousness indigestion and headaches, using forest root extracts with no alcohol. It emphasizes plain English ingredients and urges against substitutes.
H Forshaw, noted seed man, secures the contract to furnish weed and seed potatoes for the Umatilla reservation farm. He supplied seed for years while Portland Seed Co underbid him last year. Most seed sent to the agency as gardening and farming proceed. Funeral attendance for Lee Gerking to be held. Sheriff Taylor traveled to Attenia for the 10 year old cousin's funeral. Warren Chandler of Imbler, Union County, transported two carloads of fat hogs to Walla Walla via the U RR and N line.
Notice to Elka Pendleton lodge No 288 FH P O E to meet at 7 30 pm. All members urged to be present. Typhoid case improving the late son of F H Parr previously seriously ill is now greatly improved. Horses to Alberta H O Neill shipped a carload to High River Alberta last evening via FR and N.
A state engineer’s authority may be invoked to refuse permits when mining is undertaken for speculative purposes, ensuring regulatory oversight and preventing unfounded claims. The rule addresses who is empowered to deny permits and under what grounds such refusals may be justified.
The Baptist Young People's union invites men to trim hats and asks ladies to bring trimmings for a spring hat social in Hendricks' hall on Friday April 20. Bring any old untrimmed hat and enjoy refreshments on sale. remember the date, primary election day.
Albert Moody of McKay Creek and Mime May Barnes of Cabbage Hill wed last evening with Rev. Robert Diven officiating. They will reside on Moody’s farm at McKay Creek. The Peoples Warehouse advertises lace curtain bargains with price notes included in the notice.
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