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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
4
A jumble of advertisements lists cigars, dental work, department stores sales, household goods, medicines, and groceries. Names like Badiey Zehner, Dr Whitaker, Schwars and Grenlich, Weese, L L Montague, Tallman Co appear alongside product pitches and sensational claims amid early 20th century prose.
The column lists debts and delinquent taxes due September 1. It notes telephone contacts for creams and ice, a large stock of street hats, and a horse shipment to Salon for track work. It reports people visiting or traveling between Athena, Pendleton, The Dalles, and nearby areas, plus medical notes and local business movements.
Weather clears and threshing begins again on several farms near Pendleton. Richmond Brothers start at Hank Fannings place, Loren gens machine works at Miners lave, Kerr threshes Frank Hanna's farm, I Howe California outfit near Billy Roberts in Stage Gold. No grain damage reported. delay is temporary.
This notice informs readers of an upcoming board of equalization meeting to be held at the court home next Monday with attendees urged to present appeals or objections. It notes that after Assessor Bazan finalizes the assessment and rolls, the county court will be less inclined to reduce assessments. The Portland street fair and carnival run September 4 to 15, with O. KR. & X. Co offering a Pendleton round trip fare of 99.16. sailing dates include September 4 4 6 10 15, tickets valid for continuous passage and expiring three days after sale, available at the O B N ticket office. F. F Wamsley, Agent.
A historic note highlights Castorta bearing the signature of Cine 1 Furr for more than thirty years and mentions the A'tad You Mave Almay Bewgh in a local archival item.
Jack Murray of Mullan Idaho killed a lion and followed a trail to a partly eaten carcass. He found a rifle in a sheep or deer trap with the weapon tethered by a string and bagged a twenty pound mountain animal the next day.
Spirited carnival queen vote continues Thursday evening with Milarkey leading and Welle second though several candidates trail. Benefit ball Saturday at the Armory will host voting booths and announced totals up to ten o clock show Milarkey forty two, Welle five hundred five, Luckey four hundred nineteen, Meusen four hundred six, Meneli a hundred, Sharon thirty two, Whitten one hundred eighty two. Local committee members plan a prominent exhibit and home trial plans at the Dsenbery building tonight to attract visitors from nearby areas.
Mrs. Annie M. Clark heads a special cloak department at Peapple Warehouse with stock from New York Chicago and Omaha. New designs include an automobile cloak and military jackets with high collars and inlaid pleated skirts. Local buyers can view and place orders as the department promises city-market selection without travel.
Fragmentary court notes refer to a petition regarding the value of a vessel and freight, with remaining assets a boat and a fire raft. It states the freight sank with the company’s liability and that claims may be cut off, leaving little remaining value.
C Hane predicts a bright football season with Pendleton to be represented by a strong team. An invitation from Heppier teat to a series of games is received and La Granite and Ant may join to test Pendleton’s skill. Griffin of Hareford’s hardware store is sought as coach with prior experience.
The Wisconsin Democratic convention nominated a full state ticket led by Thomas Patterson for lieutenant governor and Joseph Woesworth for secretary of state, with August Harte as treasurer and George C. Conner as attorney general. Presidential electors were chosen across ten districts, and A. F. Warden of Waukesha was named chairman of the state cultural committee. The gathering passed with tension as Populists and Democrats clashed over campaign strategy and party alignment.
A severe drought grips the state with two thirds of Kuaneasweet across three main venation tiers suffering. Experts warn the Kansas corn crop may be the smallest relative to needs in years as prior estimates fall from 148,000,000 bushels to under 100,000,000 bushels. Hot dry weather persists and plowing for winter wheat is delayed amid dry soils and scarce cistern water.
The two railroads plan to divide their territories and set common rates in a pact that aims to ease competition. The agreement would connect lines and harmonize service while avoiding new lines beyond existing routes. Stakeholders expect changes in cross territorial rates and cooperative administration between the Union Pacific and other rail interests.
A civil engineer reports that at the Chilkoot mill rails expanded with cold rather than contracting, conflicting with a usual law. He notes temperatures between 2 and 4 degrees Fahrenheit do not affect length, while colder conditions cause expansion.
A garbled OCR style passage describes a plate subscripted to a person named Grenier Cronje and a group representing a scorbutic rite. It mentions a kneeling woman, a boy, a rifle and an oval base with silver material, all forming a three level artifact.
In New York district court, sixty two claimants seek about 1.5 million dollars against the French line over the sinking of La Hourgogne on July 4, 1508 off Calde Island. John Taltenger and his two sons from this county died aboard the ship en route to France. The petition asks for limitation of liability for losses caused by the collision and foundering.
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