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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1910
Page
5
A compact page of want ads and services including Mark Patton sanitary barber, Snyder chimney sweep, automobile hire, rental house, piano and furniture for sale, pool tables, Ralph Howland, moving pictures at Pastime theater, Ola Privett stand, Sharon & Eddings galvanised tubs, and a lost gold watch with reward.
Ladies may phone Black 3786 for in home sewing. Mrs J L Dennis announces postal card photos at Electric studio room 15 East Oregonian building six for 60 cents while you wait stamp 24 for 25 cents. Financial distress sale of a Hobart M Cable piano cost 450 no reasonable offer refused Elders Music House Pendleton Main Street store
Five acre tract two miles east of city with good house barn and out buildings. Maxwell automobile for sale in good condition. Apply to Bentley Leffingwell. Life insurance Lee Teutach. Address S this office. Price very reasonable.
The Oregon theater presents the comedy Going Some on Tuesday September 27 with Lawrence & Sandusky bringing an all star company. Rex Beach and Paul Armstrong wrote the play set in New Mexico with cowboys and college people. The show promises rapid laughs and scenic splendor.
Rome reports a curious tragedy in Castlegrande where Christiana Giuseppo, a 6 foot 9 inch man weighing over 75 stone, was killed by a 14 year old boy. The boy fled after stealing a few soldi, then struck him with a stone in the forehead, causing instant death.
A compact proverb notes that timely work multiplies value, suggesting disciplined effort yields triple returns over a day. The line emphasizes punctual action and efficiency as key virtues.
A flurry of social notes details arrivals and visits in Pendleton and surrounding towns. Charles Campbell arrives by the Northern Pacific. Gerald Stanfield hosts Pendleton friends. Miss Emma Cole plans a Portland visit. Chick Hastings returns from Baker City. and many others are noted visiting relatives, attending events, or traveling to Salt Lake, Denver, and Meacham. Notable movements include Mrs. C. H. Finn arriving from Portland, Matt Denning seeking medical advice in Portland, and President W. H. Martin returning from Echo to Milton. County officials and business travelers are also mentioned among the daily civic and social round.
GOOD SHOW COMING. The Palace of Revelry and the First Part bring the largest minstrel company yet with Richards & Pringle's troupe. Chief funmakers include Clarence Vowell Billy King Charley Wilson Willie Nash Elmer Clay Kid Langford David Smith Oscar Cameron. Fred Simpson trombone Moor Hindoo mystifier Alabama quartet Clarence Powell and Georgia Flirtation. Free street parade at noon before appearance Tuesday August 23 at the Oregon theater.
Kelso Washington the Rocky Point tunnel on the Northern Pacific railway is projected to be ready for train use by January 1 with concrete lining to start September 1. The 1150 foot long tunnel will house two tracks and requires about four more months of work.
The United States reclamation service announces a contract for enlarging the Boise river main south side canal from the diversion dam to Deer Flat reservoir. About 342000 cubic yards of material will be excavated and 10000 feet of the 420 foot to 70 foot wide sections will be lined with concrete to improve capacity. Work must finish by April 1, 1912 to ensure irrigation for 1912.
An old beggar woman named Descamp died of starvation in Paris. Buried by Assistance Publique neighbors donated a wreath. After funeral, the room in Rua Villa was disinfected revealing many gold coins. the deceased left about $2800, despite years of begging and a small public allowance.
At the Orpheum the program includes Her Father's Pride a 1000 ft bio graph about a stubborn father whose pride drives his family to poverty and reconciliation by a disowned daughter Peg Woffington a 1000 ft Edison drama about a great actress who sacrifices happiness when her lover is married More of Betty's Pranks a Pathe comedy showing Mab’s lively mischief plus Davy Jones and Captain Brage a Vitagraph 1000 ft comedy with humor and a western drama The Cowboy's Sweetheart and the Bandit offers sensational incidents overall an evening of varied entertainment
A program listing includes Uncle Tom's Cabin by Vitagraph Part 1 1000 feet ESC Eliza and Uncle Tom tale. Bronco Billy's Redemption a western drama 1000 feet with thrilling scenes. The Sculptor's Ideal a Gaumont Arias tale about a model found at a slave market and a love triangle. The Forbidden Novel Gaumont. Badle Brady.
The Pastime offers three feature films including The Cowboy's Strategem a Selig drama run of 1000 feet. Bob loves Mab whose jealousy grows as an eastern rider questions him. Mab’s suspicion sparks a chase when the rider falls behind and Bob rescues her. He shoots a bear and hatches a plan to appease Mab amid romantic strife.
Richards and Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels come to the Oregon theatre tomorrow night for a full evening of wholesome entertainment. Clarence Powell and Billy King lead a nearly forty-person company with Fred Simpson's Challenge Band, praised as the best troupe under the banner this season. The group will also parade the streets at noon.
Consul General R. M. Batleman of Buenos Ayres reports that on March 17 1410 the president of the Argentine Republic laid the foundation stone for a barrage on the Neuquen river to regulate the waters of the Rio Negro.
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