Baker City Sproots Rally in Weekend Baseball Series
Baker City took two games in a weekend series, beating Ames 6 to 5 on Saturday. Grande led Baker City with a key hit and Ed La Grande added a three run couple as Baker City gained a slim win.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1901
Page
3
Baker City took two games in a weekend series, beating Ames 6 to 5 on Saturday. Grande led Baker City with a key hit and Ed La Grande added a three run couple as Baker City gained a slim win.
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Aug 11 report from Progress A shows wet weather delaying harvest yet wheat yields about 25 bushels per acre. Thom & Myers own the nearby land and expect harvest across the region as Elizabeth Wyrickle visits, J G Myers and family begin a new cricket yard, and Pendleton and Belo people plan travel.
From Pendleton, Clorence Allen and Tom Vaughan rode to Portland on their bicycles to visit Charlie Peterson at St Helens hall, as water becomes a scarce article in the region.
A petition by 417 residents of Wallowa County to Gov. Geer about depredations by Indians from the New Perves and Umatilla reservations prompts an interior department inquiry. Umatilla agent Charles Wilkine denies wrongdoing. Nez Perce agent GC Stranahan admits misbehavior but cites limited remedies. Alleged annual August to November wild revels include drinking gambling and game-law violations with two Nez Perce deaths last year and a $100 fine for illegal hunting.
An old advertisement explains deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and warns that cure is only possible by constitutional remedies. It offers F. J. Cheney Co.’s product and notes a $100 reward for dermatitis-caused hearing loss not cured by their remedy. Also promotes travel tickets to Tacoma and a grocery store pitch.
A Pendleton to Walla Walla train arrives late near Marble at Bingham Springs. A staged holdup is bungled by a joking crowd led by local figures. The incident ends with six dollars and five cents reportedly present and no actual robbery. Local residents and visiting couples are cataloged, with towns including Pendleton and Walla Walla referenced.
The Cove correspondent reports Judge Stephen A. Lowell spoke to a large audience at the Gove opera house last night and drew widespread favorable comment. Earlier he addressed Prof. G M Gardner's summer school students during the day, marking a successful term's close.
Local papers hail Pendleton as a model of energetic and clean government crediting Mayor Vincent with restoring finances and modernizing a dilapidated water system after he took office two years ago. The council is ordinary, but the mayor’s leadership is said to drive prosperity and strong governance.
James D. Lannan and his brother Pat were struck by a horse and buggy on Alta Street near Main around 8 PM Sunday August 1. James suffered a cut near the right ear but escaped with minor injuries while witnesses feared severe harm. The driver did not stop and two ladies and two young girls were in the buggy. Lannan, who is blind in his left eye, avoided major harm by grabbing the horse’s hoof as it neared his face.
Henry Heppner, famed as Heppner founder, is at Bingham Springs with family. He reports in Heppner warehouse only about 200000 pounds of wool remain unsold from four to five million pounds handled this season. Prices ranged from 64 cents to 12 cents depending on weight. Wool growers buyers and warehousemen voice satisfaction with a mutually profitable season.
A string of arrivals includes Paul Pieper Denver R T Cox and Hailey family. Also listed are W E Korts Portland Gill Spokane S A Frans Spokane Geo McGilvery Nylander Portland H J Mann K W Faulkner and G W Ashford all in Portland. Other names include Mine Vernie Weddell Hilard CD Knox San Francisco Geo Harris Arlington W H Colwell and Jonaphine Nixon in Waltebarg.
Sunday forenoon Pendleton drew a crowd as four strangers staged a self defense exhibition. Two men fought with knives early, a referee and a second combatant managed the scene, and one tried to grab a stone. Officer Scheer approached but the fighters escaped arrest. The incident ended with a temporary truce and the crowd dispersing.
The report quotes Hi Robin eon of Hillsborough Illinois describing severe corn pain that left him nearly unable to walk. He credits Hacklen’s Arnica Balm with complete relief, claiming it acted like magic on sprains bruises sores boils and skin ailments. Tallman & Co advertise assurance of care.
Readers learn that the fire did not hit Father Duncan's mission on Annette Island. The affected site was Old Meltakathla in British Columbia, previously a mission station about 18 years ago. The notice also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Tallman & Co as a digestive aid.
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