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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
2
The text lists shoe parts including calf, extension sole, sole feather counter, and four rows of stitches. It notes light cost, beat value, and various sizes with prices and descriptions such as very soft and pliable, zigzag stitch, and cannot rip. Mentions prices around S445 and references to schematics and line details.
General news item cataloging a failed English Channel swim by T. W. Burgess, an assault on Ernest Etter by Santa Fe employees in Bakersfield, and a fatal accident at Point Richmond where John Dunn was crushed by a released pile driver. Also noted are government repayment of Panama Canal employees’ repatriation costs, Solomon C. Enos’s Milwaukee obituary, a deadly Albany department store collapse with Ella Donohue critically injured, a Berlin doctor’s admonition on child piano use, John T. Rockefeller’s pledge to fund Chicago University, and the City National Bank of Kansas City failure asset report showing good, doubtful, and worthless totals.
The German Methodists of Rocklyn Washington plan a church costing 2500 dollars. Riteville wheat tested 61 pounds sold 44 cents per bushel. Washington State Agricultural College attendance expected to rise. Lynd townsite laid out near Rock Creek and Palouse river, west of Princeton. North Yakima establishes fire department with chief at 65 dollars monthly and others at 60. Lincoln County moves to enforce Russian thief law. Riparia notes Snake River at its lowest in five years, one foot two inches above low water. Spokane leads U S cities in telephones per 100 people per Bell system. Whitman County Bank stock fully subscribed at 100000. Quenel and Anderson of Moscow Idaho invent combined harvester and thresher to rival 32–46 hp machines. Orchard blight threatens Gifford Idaho apple crops. many trees killed, rest damaged.
John Benson of Columbia Produce Co returns from Cove to arrange shipment of almost the entire winter apple crop of the Grand Ronde area to Pendleton and on to the northwest markets. The fall crop will be light due to heat and the winter crop will be about half the usual yield. Despite light quantities the fruit is expected to be high quality and in demand as Pendleton's cold storage and shipping facilities make it a key eastern Oregon shipping point.
The Harar seminary in East Africa is described as the smallest Catholic institution with three rooms totaling about 70 square feet. One room serves as dormitory, one as recitation space, and the third as a hall used for classes. All eleven seminarians are natives: eight are Caiins and three Abyssinians. Also noted is a testimonial for Dr King’s New Life Pills from J D Runyan of Butlerville Ohio claiming relief from indigestion and biliousness.
Interior Department dispatches Francis D Wayland to investigate alleged Indian slavery in Alaska and among Aleut tribes He will travel island to island using government resources to locate enslaved children and report back Aiming to end bondage and place rescued youths in Indian schools with local officials oversight
Portland news reports the past year ending June 30 shows 2,956,910 coach passengers and 150,000 Pullman passengers served in Portland. Union Station handled 227,611 cars with 76,000 passenger trains and 166,796 freight trains, plus express and Pullman cars. Freight tonnage totaled 399,221 tons, highlighting the terminal’s demand for hotel improvements.
Back to Them Books reports that 22 of 63 examinees failed the state board medical examination per The Oregonian. Unsuccessful candidates allege unfairness by examining physicians, citing insufficient time to finish and errors in spelling and punctuation as reasons for not receiving certificates to practice in the state.
Boise Capital News reports Boise will form a special merchants police and secret service agency starting September 1. Former Chief Horn and City Detective Johnson have arranged the setup to supply patrolsmen in plain clothes or uniform for all occasions.
A Washington State experiment station expert reports red spider infestation harming Clarkston cherry trees, causing leaf drop and potential lower next year’s fruit. He notes wetter districts fare better and provides a calcium sulfur spray recipe. cold damage noted in Clarkston porch trees. The article adds a note on a medieval tilting game in Kent, England.
Rumor says Mayor Lane aims to adopt the Pingree plan to allot vacant city lots to poor families for gardening. The Catholic Sentinel notes the plan could aid needy households, while not harming property values, and highlights nearby farming land held for speculation due to low taxes.
The Elias team hosts apparatua with appurtenances for the new Elks hall ordered through Bowen and Gleason have arrived and are ready to be installed. Work on the new building is rapidly nearing completion and will be among the best in eastern Oregon for Baker City.
In Eugene on Sunday August 6 1905 a daughter was born to the wife of Milo Mike Harbouch. The infant weighed two pounds at birth and is said to be doing well with the attending physician optimistic about her progress and survival.
The Lehman Springs stage begins Saturday June 40 and runs to October 1. It carries passengers and the mall from Lindsay'sTable on Cottonwood Street, starting at Lindsay's table.
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