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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
5
The item mix includes lost pocketbook inquiries, department store notices, sale and rental ads, stage rules, stockholders meeting postponement, baking powder endorsement, teaching job lead, transportation rates, excursion offers, and a divorce case claim from the Todian reservation. It records sales, rentals, services, travel deals, and a custody-linked divorce complaint with strong accusations.
Public subscriptions on the streets raised funds to reimburse two livery stables fined under the Sunday closing ordinance. Citizens, angered by the city council's action, contributed willingly and pledged the money to a charity if the liverymen refuse the payment.
Prof. G A Forbes will join the teachers examining board replacing Prof Peebles. Prof G A Fortes of the Weston Normal added to the county board as Diavo replaces Prof George A Peedles. Examinations start next Wednesday at the courthouse with County Superintendent Frank K Welles, Prof T Salt, and Prof G A Porbes.
M L Hadley of San Francisco leading Pacific coast ad agency on a northwest tour. He visits Lewin and Clark fair, Spokane, Walla Walla, Pendleton. Tonight in Baker, Boise, then Salt Lake City on return. Wife and daughter accompany him, pleased with the trip.
A marriage license was issued today to James Burton of Walla Walla and Margaret Reddington of this county. A wagon overturned on the Big Horn mountains near Sheridan Wyoming injuring four and killing Mrs WH Henninger by neck fracture.
Quiet, deliberate Harriman in Pendleton to view wheat belts and Grand Ronde Valley fame. He tours in a seven coach train, questions wheat belt location, and weighs Northwest expansion prospects while guests of Mrs. Ruth and Mr. Stockman visit the Northwest. The renowned railroad magnate, described as calm yet powerful, studies regional agriculture and transport links during a city stop.
Numerous residents and visitors are listed with brief notes of their movements and stays in Meacham, Helix, Portland, and nearby towns. Names include Kincaid, Henry Dixon Jones, Mrs K F Anderson, Mrs John Hill, Mire. IE Smith, Bert Patterson, G W Phelps, J Lindsey, M A Rader, F S Younger, G J Ladow, W A Brown, Charita H H Green, T G Holley, J M Raley, Roy Raley, M Wright, Wood Pasley, Clinton Brown, Dr W G Cole, and others. Activities include trading trips, vacations at Bingh am Springs, visits to expositions, bridal tours, and hunting trips planned near Camas Prairie and local farms.
FE E Vail, once a printer for the Union Republican, plans to start a weekly newspaper at Helix titled the Helix Herald. The announcement notes Vail’s move from Union County to Helix to publish the new paper.
Omaha’s divorce district shows rapid growth with 144 decrees issued in six months by equity judges, plus many cases resolved without decrees. About 200 to 300 divorce actions have been disposed of, with petitions filed and decrees granted in a single day. A county editor faced as defendant in one case, Harriet R. J. Hughes, widow, sued for desertion. Judge Sears granted a $500 decree in hours after proceedings began.
A Quebec dispatch reports French Canadians have largely adopted a new national emblem after trying several designs. The sky blue field is divided by a white cross with fleur de lis in each corner and a Sacred Heart motif at the center intersection. The banner, promoted during St. Jean Baptiste celebrations, is replacing the French tricolor in many cities and settlements in Canada and parts of New England.
Residents of Salem and Marion county push a commemorative program for FL N Matthieu the lone survivor of the 102 delegates who voted Oregon into the United States at French Prairie on May 2 1843 Oregon’s historic year marked by his recognition. William Matlock of Heppner bought about 100 beef steers from LLDP Swick and others near Junction for delivery to Heppner on the seventh of the month. Monument Enterprise notes the deal at an estimated 275 per hundredweight though exact price not confirmed.
The First National Bank of Pendleton Oregon offers free collection of checks drawn on other banks. We cash drafts in any city in the United States or Canada and handle items worldwide.
A 260 voice Mormon choir will appear as a major attraction for the National Irrigation Congress in Portland from August 19 to 24. They will arrive by special train from Ogden on August 14 and stay through the 24th. Events run in the Auditorium from 9 30 p m to 1 20 p m with additional sessions at the Chapman School in the afternoons. Noted international authorities and top irrigation experts are expected to attend.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt presents an epitaph for George Ritter of New Port New Hampshire. It praises integrity prudence generosity and humane conduct while noting his death on September 11 1822. The antiquary recounts the faded inscription linking his memory to a life of public service and benevolence.
A guest confesses difficulty finding his room, admitting he cannot fool the room alone. Entrusted to a bell boy, he is escorted to one of twenty fifth floor rooms for the tenth time since arrival. The clerk notes the man is sober yet baffled by the hotel, likening him to a cat in unfamiliar surroundings.
A colossal stone idol known as Elephant Rock rises northwest of Meacham in the Rine mountains. Tourists traveling the old stage road glimpse the giant figure perched against the sky, its rugged form appearing perfect in the high line as it stretches northward.
A London Chronicle quip notes servants readers paid for a serialized story yet must imagine its ending. The cook balks at reading a tale without pay and hints at shifting duties. May Brightley’s admirer asks Barry who visits his sister, and he jokes he calls the other suitor April Showers for bringing May flowers.
Hurt Cammy, a rural route carrier from Moscow Idaho, was badly injured when his team bolted. He was thrown out and struck his head, sustaining a concussion.
In a Florida walk near Miami the writer overhears a scene at a lonesome shanty. A white man and a boy stand by as a reluctant resident says he has no time to work. The piece critiques indolence with a brisk, pointed jab at rural labor habits.
A historical anecdote describes a solicitor named Bacon who had jurisdiction over capital cases. Hogg, condemned to death, sought help claiming kinship with Bacon. The execution proceeded, as the solicitor claimed no proof of relationship and asserted the necessity of the执 execution.
Advertises horse buying at Oregon Feed Yard from August 6 to 20 for fat well broken horses weighing 900 to 1100 pounds. Specifies color black and white. Contains a second item reporting a Chehalis Wish reform school fire found to be arsoned by two refractory girl inmates punished by solitary confinement and whipping.
A Pendleton carpenter from Tustin and Aura streets credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing long standing kidney and back pain after a fall in Seattle. He says secretions cleared, headaches vanished, and urinary issues ended after seven boxes bought at Brock & McComas Co. drug store. Foster-Milburn Co. sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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