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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
5
A mix of local ads for dry wood coal and granite ware from Goodman Hardware and Oregon Lumber Yard. Rentals and housekeeping rooms offered. transfers and help-wanted notices. A science note cites 1969 Seattle Alaska Yukon exposition showing Yukon fossils linking Asia and America through 1906 USGS trips.
In Seattle on August 25 a historic proposal will be presented asserting that Siberia and Alaska were once connected along the Aleutian chain, marking the first proof of this ancient land bridge. The concept aims to explain past continental connections and reshape understanding of regional geography.
J M Keeney of Cunningham Sheep and Land company arrives with 1000 Cotswold and Lincoln rams from Willamette valley for sale. He will be in the city all day Thursday August 27 at the O R N stock yards and sheepmen are invited to inspect the rams. Young thoroughbreds offer a chance to improve Umatilla county herds.
The Albany Elks pledge faith in their town by constructing a two story brick building measuring 160100 feet with about 400 members spanning from Detroit to Yaquina Bay. They sold bonds among members and are erecting the structure using Salem brick laid by Salem bricklayers, according to the Salem Journal.
In a market crowded with imitators of PF Witts Carbolixed Witch Hazel Salve, Tall man & Co. affirm their product as the sole original offering. The claim emphasizes authenticity and exclusivity of the salve sold by the noted firm.
The Rosenberg family expresses gratitude for friends help and sympathy during their recent bereavement.
Short advert promoting DeWitt’s Little Barly Risers liver pills as safe easy and pleasant to take Sold by Tallman & Co with emphasis on its safety and ease of use as a consumer health product.
Wanted woman for steady housework job with good wages. Call at 115 W High Street. Read the East Oregonian for details.
A batch of local notes records visits and departures around Baker county. J W Jett, county assessor, guests at the Bowman. Mrs J A McLaughlin from Meacham to Pilot Rock. Dell McCarty from the McCarty ranch. Link Jay from Spokane. Charles Brownfield and family back from Seattle. Charles Winter back at Bond Brow store. John P Sharkey and wife from Portland. Major D E Hall of the O R N claims dept in the city. L G Fragger home from mountain camping. BE Harwood and wife from Hermiston. Charles Bond en route to Portland for Willard Bond and Ethel Hays wedding. Frank Duprat and son back from Cottonwood. Prof J W Hungate and wife guests of Mrs Hungate's parents after outing on St Joe river. Court Stenographer J S Beckwith and family from Lehman springs. about 60 campers remain at the springs amid approaching cold. Converts from Meamship Republic report 108 arriving from Germany Holland and Scandinavia with two young Liverpool girls Margaret and Catherine Ros detained for visa issues awaiting possible deportation.
Bishop Hughes announced La Grandee district postings for Baker City Jacob Finger La Grande C E B Deal Elgin Bradles Welser Charles McCord Payette G G Halley Wallowa J D Bird Joseph A L Hower Prairie City J M Dressler Enterprise Trueblood Union D C McCord A new Sunday school missionary department was created and a resolution pledging allegiance to local option passed.
George C. Thompson, superintendent of construction for the new Northwestern railroad on Snake River, said in Baker City that about one third of the tunnel is finished. Low river water delays timber rafting, forcing loose flow downriver. 125 men are at work, with double shifts and continuing activity. Preliminary work at the Oxbow power project includes cabin building and camps, with about 40 men employed.
Immigration officials today detained 65 women, European converts to Mormonism, amid Washington orders. The move follows new federal instructions on deportation of foreign converts and potential risks cited by authorities.
A 240 pound bear is killed by 13 year old Roland Harriman after a long追 pursuit with guides and Major Burnham. The boy sighted the bear at close range and fired a single heart hit that ended the hunt shortly after they had given up in exhaustion.
Portland authorities will not surrender Ernest Diebler to Chicago police over an automobile stealing charge. He will be prosecuted in Portland for larceny. If convicted, he will be transferred to Independence, Oregon, on a misdemeanor charge, Diebler having fled jail earlier after posting bail with a forged check.
The Island City Mercantile and Milling company will not rebuild at Island City after a recent fire. It will erect a two story brick building for its implement business on Jefferson Avenue in La Grande, occupying company owned lots just north of the La Grande National Bank building.
T J Tweedy secured a favorable land office decision over Amos P F Boyne regarding a 160 acre purchases reservation line. The Meacham area bed parcel was proven under the Fulton act with papers held for a time before final approval.
Doane Faber, a grocery clerk, fired two shots at W. D. Ferrebree after Ferrebree attacked H. E. B. Metcalf, hotel clerk at the Hotel McGovant in Plains. Both shots took effect and Faber surrendered to officers.
In Moormouth Montana a Meh Wis provoked crowds after a gunfire incident in the tenderloin district. An unknown girl, described only by the home of Blanche, was shot and killed by another unidentified person. Local authorities are investigating the fatal shooting as bystander witnesses react to the disturbance.
The Dime shows The Inconvenience of Taking Moving Pictures A Fatal Likeness and The New Sheath Gown while When the Mocking Birds are Singing In the Wildwood is the requested song. The Dumb Hero Hard to Get Arrested and The First Prize are among Pastime offerings. Sweetheart Days is the current song. Eagle theater presents The Rivals Pompeiian Scenes Nellie the Pretty Housemaid Pa Takes Physical Culture. Just Someone is the illustrated song.
Furnished rooms available at 502 Water Street. Contact Red 2062 for details and availability.
The Standard Building Co of San Francisco and H K Luce of Seattle win a $66,960 contract for the Sulphur Creek waterway at Sunnyside Washington. Dredging about seven miles, 310000 cubic yards of excavation, 1600 cubic yards concrete masonry and 2000 cubic yards riprap. It funds drainage and canal safety outflow below the gates. The wasteway diverts canal flow about three miles below Sunnyside.
Henry Trowbridge matches Stemnwinder against Top sey owned by Whitworth Bros of Iree for a $500 bet. A $250 forfeit is paid to run at Prineville or Boise in a quarter mile dash. Courtney Officer will move Steinwinder to John Day for conditioning. Wade Hampton and Seventy, Officer horses, to Boise or Prineville for several races this fall.
An odd ad promotes washing without water using claimed germ killing compounds. It touts a Cornicide product marketed by a Detroit firm and lists a sample offer of two weeks and one dollar, urging readers to request a sample via Koeppen & Broe.
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