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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
8
A household scene features a coffee pot loaded with a brown powder named Moth er a Pride. The narrator questions whether the strange brew qualifies as coffee and ponders if a magical beverage once reserved for fairies could belong to her. The fragment hints at curious fantasy and personal longing.
Edward Perry, ranch hand, was arrested on suspicion of robbing A. A. Simon at T. Murrell’s saloon on July 23. Simon says Perry was with him and may have beaten him for his watch. The case was presented to the circuit court after officers traced the watch. Meanwhile, heavy eastbound traffic on D. R. & N. was delayed by a series of wrecks and a burned bridge near Nampa, delaying about a thousand passengers and causing significant disruption across routes. A fireman on the Short Line freight train was reportedly injured.
The Kennefick Construction company of Kansas City secured the Gould interest contract to build the Western Pacific railway from Salt Lake City to San Francisco at a cost of 11 million dollars.
In a bustling housewife scene a range of fly control products is promoted. An overabundance of insect powder and sticky paper promises to drive away pests and keep homes free of flies, with wording emphasizing strong defeat of insects.
A short ad describes starting with a few dollars, adding weekly or monthly deposits, and earning interest compounded every six months to guide toward financial competence. It highlights per cent interest and ongoing contributions as the road forward.
J T Hinkle deputy grand worthy president and W G Bogert past president plan to join delegates from Montana Idaho and Washington in Denver for the grand lodge gathering. Special trains from several cities bring thousands of delegates with Denver aiming to host about 6000 attendees. Pendleton lodge reports rapid growth and a new building nearing completion as a key feature of the convention era.
About 130 Kansas editors are resting at Meacham Oregon after a ten day Lewis and Clark fair visit. Three Pullman coaches carried the party to the mountain resort for a day of leisure with spring water, trout, and Oregon memories before resuming their eastbound journey.
Julienne Dupuis, pioneer of 1869 who settled from Tilinola to Vancouver, dies at 46. Edward Dupuis, a local farmer on the Umatilla river, returns from Vancouver after attending his mother’s death. Survived by sons Edward Nick Joseph of this area Frank Charles of Vancouver John of Weston and daughters Mrs. Mary Jardine of San Francisco and Mrs. Kelly of Seattle.
Water Commission enforces a rule requiring patrons to pay monthly water bills at the recorder's office within a set period. Previously most payments were collected by Commissioner Brown, but with Brown now acting city recorder and unable to leave the office, all payments must be made at the office or incur a penalty. The commission states the-citywide payment rule will be enforced, ending collection by collectors due to the city’s size.
Fireman Will Adler of the 1A Grande freight division of the O R and WN was overcome by heat this afternoon while coming from Umatit in here.
Major Moorhouse recovered two $750 checks found in a street gutter near Alexander's Department Store. Drawn on Canadian Bank of Commerce San Francisco and Anglo-California Bank London, both signed by H. Baxter & Co. The owner, a nonbusinessman, is sought to prove identity at Major Moorhouse's office to reclaim the property.
Mrs G Andreen and two daughters from Omaha are in the city seeking Gustave Andreen a 28 year old civil engineer and bookkeeper who left Omaha last March and was last heard from at Pampa Washington He planned to homestead 200 miles into the interior and may be near Spokane or Walla Walla Any information should be sent to 1705 South 16th Street Omaha
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