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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
8
P Haney reports finding two enormous quaking aspen trunks near Snake River on the Oregon side bearing a Lewis and Clark inscription 1348 and an arrow design. He notes similar symbols on nearby trees and is contacting Lewis and Clark Exposition authorities to secure the relics for the exhibit.
The new W and C passenger depot project at this town is postponed because Treasurer J G Cutler has undergone an appendicitis operation in Walla Walla. Mr Cather holds the plans and is expected to take charge. the building may be 40 by 80 feet, but frame or brick construction is not yet settled by company management.
In police court this morning two vagrants and one drunk faced sentencing. Tom Daly and James Stanley were identified, with each receiving three days in the city jail. The case stemmed from an empty crockery crate used as a bed at Ow! Tea House by vagrants.
Police arrested a man found asleep in an empty crockery crate at the rear of the Ow Tea House. He was awakened by officers and a paper containing burnt opium was discovered on him. The man gave his name as Oliver Saunders.
Examinations for bounty certificates to teach will end this afternoon, with state teachers needing one more day. Applicants for state diplomas may schedule tests over county meetings. County papers are graded by the county superintendent and board, including Prof Peebles and Salt. Subjects include geography and mental arithmetic for certificates, and geography, mental arithmetic, composition, and physical geography for diplomas. Stella Marple and Miss Kittle Sharp are among those tested. Sharp has paused work due to illness.
Douglas Bele sold 5000 sheep to Hunter and Stevens for shipment to Nebraska with 5 fat mutton for immediate delivery. Buyers paid 1.25 per old ewe and 1.45 per lamb as prices rise. Sheep from mountain ranges hailed as finer stock, few in Nebraska for Eastern markets. Prospects include potential big profits if strikes settle and industrial conditions clear, with Chicago sale history showing net gains.
Large new show windows in the Peoples Warehouse showcase men's furnishings and dress goods. The display aims to fill the vast panes with extensive stock, nearing the volume of a typical country store. A fragment mentions the steamship Discovery found in an inlet at Valdez, Alaska.
A party train carrying about 200 enthusiastic Idaho Republicans including governor candidate Frank Gooding and four delegates arrived in Pendleton en route to Moscow for the state convention. Prominent supporters like Monte B. Gwinn praised Gooding while delegates noted the long journey from Boise to Moscow via O R N and the Northern Pacific.
Wheat on the local market rose two cents amid heavy trading with around 40.50 bushels sold while prices for club and bivestem show 65 cents and other fractions. Dealers link the advance to Chicago activity and a spillover from the Eastern market, though the day’strend remains uncertain.
The Kepky residence two miles from Athena will have water and electricity. A brick reservoir and well supply water, elevated by a gasoline engine. Wires are being installed from either the Pendleton system or a private dynamo on the premises. Kepky has not chosen a supplier.
Sheep raisers protest inaction by foreign buyers and refuse to sell stockers and lamb at offered rates. They report current bids of 1.26 to 1.50 for grade sheep, compared with 1.70 or higher paid recently. Raisers demand 2.00 to 2.25, defending the value as not exorbitant.
D A DeWitt, guest of the Friedleys northwest of Pendleton, heads to Hood River and Portland visiting his son H T DeWitt and daughter Mrs L C McClintock before returning to Ada Ohio. Charles Hein reports 100 acres of barley on his Tutuilla farm yielding 176 bushels at 21 1 2 bushels per acre after December plowing deep to test neighbor hood soil response.
Mrs Elizabeth A Debell and her daughter Miss Lina Debell and Miss Lettle Plumber arrive in Monttivello Indiana for a visit with M A Rader and family who have not yet returned from their Eastern trip. They met the Roders about two weeks ago in Indiana. All in good health describe the group.
The Salvation Army will hold a special service Saturday evening at o'clock. After the service there will be cream and cake. The aim is to make both the service and its discourses unusually attractive and the public is invited to attend in large numbers.
Deniers note an unusual shortage of domestic animal hides in the summer market due to generally healthy livestock across the county. Occasional hides from horses or cows that have fed on alfalfa are rare exceptions, near the supply limit.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Bangler with children Mrs Austin Struve and William Campbell along with Tex Lanc iver and J J Lally returned from Lehman Springs last night. They say the nights are cool at the mountain resort and many campers plan to come out. About 40 people remain near the springs.
The Friediey brothers, WW miles northwest of Pennieton, cut and threshed 0 acres of wheat yielding 21.000 bushels at 34 percent per acre. From 246 contiguous acres they threshed 11.026 bushels at 46 bushels per acre, all of uniformly excellent quality.
John Mangles, high diver with the Southern Carnival Company, died in Tacoma Wednesday during a 70 foot dive in strong winds. He had recently visited Pendleton with the Dixie Carnival Company before joining the Southern troupe.
Lewis Bergevin of Spring Hollow reports the second crop of alfalfa was much better than the first thanks to the distribution of rains. Bergevin traveled to Adame this morning.
The residence north of the river by Ben Burroughs and Roy Sachell progresses finely and is expected to be finished by October first. The frame is now up.
Rev M W Howard pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will conduct the union services at Flist Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening. Forty seven bushels per acre noted in wheat yield by John Stimple eight and a half miles northwest of town. He threshed 47 bushels per acre from a single piece of ground and reports excellent quality grain.
Reverend N H Brooks will preach at the Christian church next Sunday morning and evening. Preparations are underway for what promises to be an enjoyable musical program.
Rev and Mrs N H Brooks will occupy a new residence built by Dr C J Whitaker on High street near J W Maloney's home. The move confirms plans for housing on the Whitaker property and reflects ongoing development in the area.
The union meeting will be held next Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church with Rev. M V Howard officiating.
Isaac Knotts aged 73 died at his Pilot Rock area home after noon yesterday from blood poisoning triggered by a scratch on his left hand. A longtime resident, he settled near Bear Creek, built a noted wool business, and was a leading sheepman in Eastern Oregon. Survived by two sons Alonzo and Oliver and a daughter Mrs. Grant Abbott. funeral held at Pyrot Nook this afternoon.
Two carloads of sheep arrived at the W and C R yards last night from Meacham and will stay until evening for inspection by Dr. Lantz upon his return from Garfield. The inspection is required under federal law as the stock is bound for the Sound.
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