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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
8
A Pendleton editorial urges residents to buy locally and support home merchants who pay taxes that fund schools and keep the town prosperous. It argues locals should favor fresh Empire Java coffee and Empire Tea and Crockery products, urging readers to call Black 2131 to order.
A newspaper ad notes a wide selection of hair brushes from cheapest to high quality Russian bristles. It highlights bristle mounting, back quality, and varied woods. Prices range from 250 to 2 dollars, promising good values for every budget.
City engineers estimate 52900 dollars for levee repairs and a 40950 dollar upgrade, with 10000 dollars more bonds possible to cover costs. Charter change seems unlikely before legislature, pushing levée work into next year. Mayor Fee absent. law and finance debates continue. Divorce cases also clog the docket with Mrs Dexter seeking property and costs, and Nora Holliday seeking divorce over drunkenness.
Mary Jane Dexter of Freewater sues George B Dexter for divorce after 29 years of marriage and 11 children. Attorney C T Godwin filed papers this morning. Accuses husband of long term cross, sullen, nagging behavior and general ill temper dating back about 18 years.
Deputy U S marshal Glenn Bushee made several trips to Fossil country to serve witnesses in the Butte Creek company officials trial. He took Albert Murray to Portland after Murray was bound over to federal court for taking liquor on the reservation. Murray is described as a troublesome quarter Indian who has escaped reform school twice.
Karl Korg, a youthful check forger, admitted to passing a bogus check on H. H. Wessel. He arraigned in circuit court, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by Judge Bean to two years in the penitentiary with parole eligibility, reflecting the prison’s reform focus.
County surveyor J W Kimbrell has gone to Echo to survey a nine mile road petitioned by Louie Scholl and many residents. The route runs seven miles north from Echo and two miles west from the northern end of a straight line. The road is tied to the reclamation project and shifting travel and population patterns.
Morning Oregonian reports a woman loses a gold watch on Court Street near Main. William Humphreys finds it, reads the ad, and returns the piece to Miss Mateo Bentley. The watch is unharmed except minor chain damage from a wagon wheel.
W. M. Scott of Helix sells 9000 bushels of club wheat to W. W. Raymond of Walla Walla for 59 cents a bushel. This is the highest club wheat price paid this year aside from an earlier market offering.
The P. G. McBroom dwelling on Weet Webb street was sold by Hartman and Heatley to Mrs. Overturf for 1750 dollars.
Wheat sales scheduled for today are postponed to Wednesday the 29th due to farmers in all districts being extremely busy and unable to reach town. Announcement made today by Secretary Smythe.
The East Oregonian recounts the 1900 Pacific Express gold theft and Wilson's presumed failings. It asserts Wilson did not cause the crime and died in Baker City after health decline, with colleagues funding a grave monument and Wilson's Scotland origins noted through inquiries.
A letter from a prospective mittrocier factory founder reaches James Johne via Pacific Express agent Mr. O Connor at Baker City. The suitor seeks factory site in Matires area and will provide more details after initial brief contact. tevens.
Pendleton Business College clarifies it is not part of Pendleton Academy and denounces misleading inferences. The school, led by E. M. Churchill, moves in January to expanded quarters at Main and Web, Pendleton, Oregon, inviting prospective students to request the catalogue.
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