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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
5
Housekeeping and employment notices appear with mixed ads for wallpaper meat and groceries. Local calls seek two waitresses, furnished rooms, and help wanted with harvesting. Businesses offer coal cattle and dairy services. Lost check, river boat ride option, and a stray amber back comb prize.
Wanted. ée, of hack harness or light work harness at once. Inquire at this office.
800 cords of cottonwood offered for sale with delivery at 5 per cord or 4 per cord on the premises located 1.14 miles east of Pandleton. Contact Joe Vey at 1502 E Court Street.
Vendicton offers fast transfers of all kinds with careful handling. Call George Stangler at 3ritman Trus. Main 611 for furniture and planes moved promptly to any city area.
Pendleton Oregon August 1911 bids received at city recorder's office until 15 at o'clock p m for furnishing to the city 500 feet standard brand 2 1 2 inch cotton jacket hose with couplings delivered f o b Pendleton Oregon. The city may reject any bid. Dated Pendleton August 1911 THOS FITZGERALD City Recorder.
In Kansas City at Fairmount Lake the Rev James H Peterman blessed the water and the Rev Joseph T Wilson baptized twelve church converts from the annual meeting at Eleventh Street and Topping Avenue. About 200 church members attended including out-of-town converts, with four men first to be baptized and others following. Mr and Mrs G J Boyles of Denison Kansas were 75 and 74 years old respectively.
Seattle city council failed to abolish building permit fees prompting advocates to frame it as a step toward a single tax. Opponents urged extending fee abolition to plumbing and electrical inspections. A resolution proposed studying city revenues and a charter amendment to begin real estate improvement exemptions from municipalization from 1912, sent to committee. Five of nine council members are simplighters.
Rev. D Gettlemann and Rev J Holle of Buffalo travel from Santa Clara College to Japan. They are to join the faculty of a university recently founded by Jesuits.
A long list of local visitors and residents travels and stays in the city. G Allen of Buttercreek and G B Clark of Joseph are in town, with many others from Milton Boise Hermiston and Freemont noted for visits, business trips, or returning home. People like Roy Kirkley on Westbound No. 17 and Mrs. Frank Hayes returning from Hood River appear among the ongoing movements and arrivals.
San Francisco reports ministers debating whether women's Sunday hats reduce male church attendance. Trinity M E pastor Charles B Dalton promotes hat removal. First Baptist's Richard M Vaughn notes many conform, with exceptions. St Joseph's Felix X Morrison avoids taking sides, saying women may wear hats if not too showy.
New York engineer Tiermann Stott’s car stalled on Ellsworth road when a Jersey bull owned by Sumner Smith charged the vehicle. Mrs Stott sprained her ankle and Bertha Taylor of Bloomfield was bruised as the animal breached a pasture fence. George O’Connor fired a revolver to stop the bull before it reached the house nearby.
The East Oregonian is described as the eastern Oregon representative paper, valued by readers who show support through liberal patronage and appreciation.
Boundary board rejects petitions to detach territory from Hermiston district and add to rural district east of town. Rural district represented by Robert Johnson and W A Leathers argued. Large Hermiston delegation testified. Plan to transport children to avoid new district. Upper Walla Walla petition postponed to September. County court session brief with boundary matters dominating.
Washington officers of the United States Cavalry are urged to improve horsemanship as plans move to equal the mounted branches with world standards. The War Department directs division commanders to ensure field officers qualify fully in riding, with failures noted on efficiency reports and possible retirement. Parallel efforts seek better mounts for the army.
A wealthy figure hosts guests near the Ble Blackfoot river about sixty miles west, enjoying rugged wilderness surroundings. The note emphasizes a lavish lifestyle set in a remote Montana-like setting with nature as backdrop.
A multimillionaire banker, Mortimer Fleisch hacker, directs a program in San Princessed to purchase and donate funds for tree care. The plan targets saving oaks and surrounding woodland, with investments aimed at municipal planting and preservation.
Aug 4 report states Miss Ethel Barrymore fled papers for divorce from Russell Griswold Colt. Service reportedly made at his Yale Club apartments. She arrived from Quebec to sign the complaint based on statutory grounds and seeks custody of their under two year old child.
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