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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
5
Short items list living needs and offerings including dry wood milch cow dining room for rent chicken supply and notes from East Oregonian office. Misc ads for lost pocket book transfer work store space fruit and hardware sales with price changes and shipping notes from Yakima valley.
A Seattle special reports excessive express charges on fruit shipments. Eastern Washington growers, especially Yakima Valley shippers, have nearly stopped sending fruits to the market due to a double advance by the express company.
A detachment of army officers forming the second division in the Roosevelt 80 mile riding test left the Presidio under Colonel M A Simpson. They follow the hoof tracks of the first division which rode to Palo Alto and Burlingame yesterday. The second detachment will return to San Francisco tomorrow.
Local attorney Tra P. Mawlehart of the Northern Pacific says the railroad plans a magnificent new depot in North Yakima with construction likely starting in early spring. He puts the projected cost between 76000 and 100000 dollars, reflecting high railway officials’ statements.
Payments may be made to Mrs. George Hamblen at 4291 Garfield Street or Mrs. Geo. Robbins, Recorder, during my absence from the city in August.
Pendleton Elks lodge No. 288 B P O Elks will meet this evening at 7:30 for the regular session. All members urged to attend as announced in the East Oregonian.
A stream of arrivals and departures fills the city as D H Gilman of Heppner and John Bannister of Weston visit on business. Mrs A J Goodman returns from Meacham camp while Roy and Mrs Raley head home from Meacham. Various residents travel to Walla Walla Echo Baker City Sumpter and Portland for work visits or camping trips with many returning today.
New York dispatch reports Henry Cooke, president of the Oregon Ragiching & Timber Co, arrested in Baker City Ore on conspiracy to violate the timber lands act. Held on 5000 bail for trial. A. G. Marshal also indicted and released on 2000 bail. The scheme allegedly urged residents to claim timber land under false guarantees to inflate purchases.
Miss M. M. Slattery announces Pendleton Business College will open in September offering rapid paths to certification. Bookkeepers can graduate in six months, stenographers in four, and other commercial branches in shorter times with individual instruction. Catalogues available by writing to Pendleton Business College, Pendleton, Oregon. A London millinery note adds a quip about directorie gowns and high water cuts.
A Monday night blaze in Astoria damaged several business houses with an estimated loss of 22000 dollars. Authorities believe the fire started due to improper electric wiring in the buildings.
Otto Bort drowned while bathing in the Payette River Sunday. The accident occurred as local authorities investigated the water incident and notified family members.
The ad explains Newbro's Herpicide as a destroyer of the microbe causing dandruff and a falling scalp. It claims the product kills the herpes-like parasite, leading to hair regrowth. Available in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes from A. C. Koeppen & Brow and other outlets, sample requests addressed to The Horplcide Co, Detroit.
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