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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1905
Page
7
A curious scene describes loading a coffee pot with a brown powder labeled Mothers Pride Coffee. The maiden ponders whether the resulting liquid could be coffee and wonders if the elixir meant for someone else could be hers, hinting at desire and intrigue.
Willington Loucks organizer for the National Good Roads association says a mile of model road will be built here if Pendleton and Umatilla county show interest. A construction train may visit September 15 after talks with the county court and Commercial association.
In advance the road project requires knowing the location in advance so the engineer can prepare estimates of costs and learn the association’s needs for construction. The statement highlights planning requirements for accurate budgeting and timely execution.
Eugene Bose of Salem, a Belgian flax grower and mill promoter, reports his Max flax mill and stores valued at $11,000 burned for the third time in 14 months. Friends say he will abandon the industry after repeated losses totalling about $20,000. He had labored five years to establish the flax industry in Salem, with three test runs burned before completion. Also notes a young Portland journalist, Harry Lowell, tied to prior thefts, and a hay rack picnic of Presbyterian Sunday school children near Umatilla River. The Eastern Oregon M B E church conference will meet in Milton next Thursday.
A Pendleton bank invites wage earners and moderate income earners to open accounts with a minimum deposit of $1.00. It pays 4 percent interest and compounds semi annually on all funds left for six months, inviting inquiries about its financial strength and reliability from locals.
A. M. Crow, visiting from Oregon, discusses alfalfa yields of four to five crops yearly on Modesto area lands irrigated from the Tuolumne river via the Turlock dam. He plans to buy bluestem wheat for California seeding and notes the Wat ers of the Tuolumne water project, operated as a Wright law cooperative, costs 30 cents to $2 per acre, and bonds redeemable after 40 years. Water rights and land value have risen with Hood irrigation, enabling diversified crops beyond past grain use.
Two thousand botanical specimens prepared for study and preservation, a rarity in western schools, were sent by Pendleton academy to the Lewis and Clark fair. University of Oregon has asked to loan the exhibit for further study, though ownership remains with academy students and trustees.
The six room residence for the late J A Howard is completed at the northeast corner of Washington and Garfield streets. The house, one of the town’s most modern builds, was intended to be followed by another home but plans were cut short by Howard’s death. Mrs Howard will not reside there and the new house will be sold. Architects Howard and Swingle oversee the project.
Two Pendleton girls enter a subscription contest run by the Oregon Dairy Journal of Portland. The prize offers a free trip to the Hawaiian Islands, with sponsor Co. W. Brewbaker promoting the promotion today as part of the journal’s subscriber drive.
The Journal conducts a contest to send eight young women on a free trip next February to the Sandwich Islands. Miss Agnes Fletcher and Miss Ruby Whittemore of this city are already nominated, with more selections likely by friends. Each state district votes for its own candidates, and Mr Brewbaker will stay on to promote the contest.
Lewis Ragins and Mise Blanche Jacques wed this afternoon at Mrs. Cora Case's Willow street residence. Rev. M. Howard officiated for the South Methodist church amid floral decorations. The couple will tour Portland. relatives and a few intimate friends attended, including out of town guest Mrs. J A Smith from Portland.
Harry McCleary a farm hand employed by William Schwarts was jailed charged with stealing a watch from Al Amsberry. Officer Stevens arrested him after witnesses saw the suspect pawn the watch. Amsberry, from Pilot Rock, identified the watch later while drunk in Queen Lodging house. A diamond valued at $220 was reported missing but later deemed closer to 16 cents.
The Pendleton Woolen Mills will begin the season next Monday with scouring already in progress and two men employed. The private Que motor is installed and expected to drive the scouring plant, with the main motor to follow, enabling looms to operate. The season is expected to be very active and prosperous, with many men and women to be employed once fully underway.
It G Clark of Ukiah is in the city on a trading trip. He is in the cattle business and notes cattle of all kinds are in excellent condition but prices are low. Buyers are plentiful, seeking cattle at 2.40 to 2.75, but few sales at those levels. Clark plans to fatten his cattle on wild hay and timothy next winter, believing they can be market ready on that feed too.
Walla Walla States editor and proprietor Co W Barnes, formerly connected with Col Parker, toured through the city from Provo Utah en route to Portland. He is now editor and proprietor of the local Democrat and reports the Provo paper thriving and pleased with his new location.
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