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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
7
Mrs Amelia Swingen wins a divorce from her beer wagon driver husband in Superior Court after claiming 18 months of chronic insomnia from his loud snoring. The lengthy article also offers kitchen tips and various brief items.
Johnny Calvin stars in A Bell Boy a metropolitan musical comedy at the Oregon theater with Ellin Calvin as the leading soubrette. The production features elaborate New York stagecraft costly costumes and sensational electrical effects including a grand patriotic finale and the Fred Mille electric scene. Heat sale opens April 19 with tickets from 75 cents to 1.75 for the main floor and balcony prices.
Parker Carnival company will arrive on Pendleton Sunday, April 26, at two p.m. and stay until five o'clock. It will be a great treat to see the wild animal act, especially the seven year old baby elephant.
Big crowds filled the Grand theater and many were turned away as amateurs performed. First prize went to Ges Hawkalthorn for a dinging and mindlogic act, second prize to itey LaDuc for a bliging on dance apennlty. Special highlight featured Mim Goidle Speckernagie and a clever turn. Management promises an especially good show next Friday.
Washington dispatch reports the reclamation service abandoned the Deschutes irrigation project and will restore lands to entry under home stead and desert land acts. Officials say maps must be approved. O R & N eyes timelines and possible railroad actions. An Oregon-Idaho development congress meeting in La Granite plans lectures on irrigation and the Oregon water code.
La Grande reports Clinton N. McArthur, speaker of the Oregon House, will address Oregon Idaho booster group. The visit aims to rally support and discuss regional issues. Further details on venue and date were not provided in the readable text.
A newly arrived German boy non English speaking arrived in Baker by mistake, thinking Baker, Montana was his destination. He could not identify Theodore Brown, a slip asked for information, and he was kept at the Laden hotel where he could communicate. He likely will seek work with a rancher to save money for a Powder River Valley ranch.
Washington Secretary Wilson directs a thorough summer survey by the Geological Survey to classify and deslinate non timbered lands and areas more valuable for agriculture than timber. Lands to be removed from forests and opened to public settlement, with an estimated 20 percent return to public use if carried out.
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