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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1905
Page
8
A woman tests a new Excerpta Coffee Pot filled with a finely ground brown substance named Mothers Pride. She questions if the extracted liquid is coffee and contemplates keeping the mysterious elixir intended for another.
Three Rossland nurses Milas Frances Delano Miss Mary White and Elbert White and a brother pass through Pembton on their way to San Francisco for Panama isthmus service. They will sail next Thursday to work in fever hospitals for $50 a month with free board lodging and laundry. The government already employs 400 nurses in Panama and will hold September exams along the Pacific coast to recruit more. Delano survived smallpox in Billings while in a sick room for 100 days. the Whites worked in a Chicago hospital during the Progres fire and have since worked in British Columbia mining camps where pay is high. The pair say Panama’s appeal is as strong as gold fever. They dined at a French restaurant and spoke of the danger and appeal of service.
Encourage men and women of means to open bank books at this Institution even with small starting sums. Emphasize the 4 percent interest, compounded semi annually, to show the value of early saving and ongoing account growth.
An unnamed horse pulling a cart ran amok injuring Mr McKay as it collided with a telephone pole near William Mays house. The cart and harness were wrecked. The horse suffered scratches but was unharmed overall. Mr McKay's leg injuries were not serious and the horse was later captured.
A Kansas Republican warhorse hired at the O R and N depot learns a public tariff tale. He questions lunch prices at the wagon, hears the city council taxes lunches to fund the town, and concludes the consumer pays the tariff, a realization that leaves him stunned and puzzled.
Ivan Landes of the reclamation service arrived last evening for a short vacation visit. He has spent the past year in Crook and Lake counties doing stream gauging and related work, often on the desert around Silver Lake and Paisley. Pendleton residents also left for Bingham Springs for Sunday or longer. People going included Mrs. T. C. Taylor, Mise Hauenstein, BE Clark, Mine Eastella Clarke, Mayor W. F. Matlock, Louis Hunziker, Rk. C. McQueen, C. W. Myera, Dale Slusher, Roy Ritner, Harry Thompson, Mark Moorhouse, Joe Kennedy, Marshal Coffman and others.
EK M Churchill of Pendleton Business College left Pendleton this morning for Echo and nearby interior towns. He notes strong interest in Pendleton schools among residents and predicts many will move to the city next year to enroll.
Elks from Wallowa Baker City La Grande Union and Elgin will pass Pendleton noon tomorrow on a special train for Portland for Elks day at the Lewis and Clark exposition. Expected 150 travelers from Eastern Oregon plus others taking advantage of the 86 round trip rate. Baker City to provide 45 riders with extra coaches added at La Grande and Pendleton to reach about 300 on the trip. Also notes Pendleton Superintendent L K Traver and school board discussions on building work and staff for the coming year with various principal and teacher assignments.
Echo News editor H C Willis reports a large Echo delegation will attend the National Irrigation Congress and Trans Mississippi meeting in Portland August 16 24. Mayor Estel names eight delegates from Echo and others from local irrigation firms join to support Echo’s irrigation interests at the convention.
In June and July the baggage department handled 16 700 pieces marking the heaviest business on record. The gain is blamed on passenger transfers from the main line to the Washington division and summer travel to fairs and coast points. Also notes visitors from Grand Rapids Michigan leaving for Portland and San Francisco after two months in Umatilla county. A Heppner branch train now carries a fire pilot to spot sparks and halt fires before they spread.
The four month old Walter Balcom child of Mr and Mrs Frank Halcom died yesterday morning from typhoid pneumonia. The funeral was held at the family home and interment occurred at Siney cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev M W Howard of the South Methodist church.
The big four sportamen John Heathman John Van Orndall Walter Hopper and Jamee Carroll plan a month long hunt and fish trip to Desolation creek in southern Umatilla county leaving early next week. Heavy restaurant business noted as French restaurant posts strongest Sunday meal period since season began with traveling Northwest men enjoying a 25 cent meal.
The northbound 0 R N train carried eight coaches this morning due to crowds for the Walla Walla circus. Pendleton saw few riders while Adams Weston Athena and Milton contributed a large turnout for the excursion.
Pendleton residents plan to hunt as grouse season begins tomorrow August 16. The opening is two weeks later than last year due to a legislative change. Mr and Mrs J C Palmer depart for McMinnville Oregon where Palmer resumes his former role at Miller Mercantile after leading the People’s Warehouse grocery department.
J R Nutaianer of Thea creek bought 2600 head of lambs at 2.17 1 2 per head with delivery at Monument October 1. A separate note says the eastbound 0 R N train No 6 passed Pendleton with 16 coaches, two detaching here for a circus excursion to Walla Walla.
An advertisement touts a medicine as perfectly safe and able to restore monthly health for women. It lists benefits including relief from irregularities, headaches, dizziness, fainting spells, indigestion, and typos in the name. The call to action urges trying the product today.
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