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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1904
Page
8
Umatilla County students under Prof. Hennig stage a mock primary Friday with county convention on April 2. Independent Prohibition leads amid a strong woman suffrage turnout among girls as they seek to pack the race and control the ticket.
Eight students competed in Pendleton Academy declamatory contest at the Presbyterian church. Alpha Black won preparatory first prize, Lottie McLeod second. in the academic division Pearl Porter won first, Vera Marsten second. Judge Lowell praised the contestants and offered encouragement for future training. Also notes J H Koontz of Echo visited Pendleton seeking better climate and business prospects. Italian consul Lay reports Barcelona anarchist bomb incident as sewer gas explosion near King Alfonso.
At yesterday's convention resolutions praised Colonel J. H. Raley for district attorney T. G. Halley for congress and K. B. Stanfield for joint representative from Umatilla and Morrow counties. Delegates elected to state and district conventions include A. S. Pearson T. J. Tweety and others. Also noted are county notices on candidacies for justice of the peace and constables and a Farmers Club picnic set for April 30.
Unique entertainment presented by Miss Frances Thompson for women’s clubs to raise funds for the Sacajawea monument. Cast includes Upland Hay, Mrs Hay, Sunflower Hay, and many others with specialties, overture, choruses, dances, songs, and a cake walk featuring local performers and a big ensemble.
Removal of two old frames at Mayor Matlock’s site clears the Mont Erastelli marble works building on Main Street for excavation for a new brick structure. The Last Chance saloon will move around early May to make space, with plans for the old saloon building to be placed on downtown lots owned by Mr. Matlock, potentially as a lodging house using upper rooms.
Mr and Mrs Joe H Parkes left this morning for a short visit in Walla Walla and will return this evening or tomorrow accompanied by Mr W B Parkes whose husband is in business in Pendleton.
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