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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1904
Page
2
A General News item reports Denver lawyers organizing a Parker club to aid campaign efforts. It notes various political and labor touches including the Central Federated Trades in New York ordering workers back to work and other local disturbances and events across the country.
Loggers killed and a flood of crime reports fill the Northwest News from Hagualm to Montana. Notable items include Jobo Zamal murdered in camp, William Hill dying by stroke, Prairie City thefts, vigilantism and a local electionary crackdown. A Portland electric incident, a steer derailment, and a prison escape are noted along with political moves by J R Severelen and a murder suspect Bert Oskman sighting.
Real estate dealers advertise a boarding and lodging house with furniture and fixtures in good business condition. The listing promises a prime location and invites inquiries with no cost to investigate.
L Stockman of Vancyce recounts drilling a well at his farm 22 miles northwest of Pendleton. For 95 feet the soil remained identical, ending in five feet of river gravel with bedrock beneath but no water. He notes wheat yields improved as farmers deeper and churn up salt soil, praising Umatilla county soil richness and Juniper country potential.
An alarming search is under way as sheep and cattle in Montana face starvation before winter. The Helena Independent cites scarce forage, with hay supplies dwindling from Havre to Shelby and across the east and south. Prices soar, with hay now expected to reach 36 per ton, while railroads rush to transport imported feed to sustain livestock.
Athena notes Mrs Latics Hales visiting from Pendleton and eating with her parents in Athena this week while Fred Lieuallen of Pen dleton hospital staff departs for Portland to study medicine. A L Swagart sells 100 head hogs at 6 cents per pound to Alex Johnson and has 80 more ready for market next week. Rev Armfield acquires a family Bible relic with genealogical records to 1730 and a clipping about emigrants along the Platte River in the Bt Louis Reveille. Dissolution notice of the Linday and Kramer livery firm in Pendleton dissolves by mutual consent, with Kramer continuing the business. The body of Arion Blaby, 18, found mutilated on Michigan Central tracks near Orion, Michigan, likely murdered.
A long list of guests arriving at the St George includes Ralph Johnson Helix H Tivicker San Francisco Frank Johnson E Starr Balter J A Filitt Boise G P Rogers Portland Frank Hall George B Baker Davion C A Winter Tacoma H F Begert Chicago James C Brown Portland Alise Myrtle Squires La Granitie WF Lewis New York Wes Philips Portland George McGivery Spokane G N Smith Spokane Bev Wright Denver Davis Jr Spokane George Kuoheson Rena A Kraston Portland J French Chicago Dtl White St Louis C C Wright Tacoma The Hotel Bickers Mrs W C Dewoe Castle Rock Mrs Richmond Hollx Mrs Don Morgan and son Oakes daly M Pedro Vinson Frank Saling city Earl Strahorn Portland S Gill Spokane R M Gin Portland J A Nelson Athena H Vinson Echo Charles Martin La Granite Miss Ellen Owens Athena John Taylor Huntington Mise Taylor Huntington Mrs Cora Adams Hingham M A Wagner cits Mrs M A Wagner etty Charles M Whitelaw city George W Cleveland Tetitnssie The Pendleton J oA Owenhouse city F W Vincent cir Ray C Sargent Spokane I C Jolies New York W N Almebury Sears SH Calderhwat Wallis Walia MU Htewell San Francisco James S Gurnee Portand Jeon Cohen and wife ity William Vanbaur George F Roperts Rewer Borne Portland Me H EE Bartholomew cls Bar Strahan Portland & Youngman Pretland EH Cormn Portland BE Oneceliia Starbuck J Joseee Starbuck W oA Mecwhertsa Spokane FA Powers San Francisco Mot Mansfield Portiani H T Booth Baker City WB Honeyman Portland J Winerrew Pretland G W Hunt Portland Arthur S S Lichtenstein Portland
Mrs Kiturah Belknap, 84, longtime resident of the Belknap settlement, travels from Corvallia to spend time with her grandson Walter Belknap. Born in Ohio, she and husband George Belknap joined early Oregon settlers via the Harlow route, helped establish a Methodist church, and have 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren among their descendants across Oregon and Washington.
Advert reads that Newbro's Herpicide cleanses the scalp of dandruff and stops hair loss by destroying the germ that causes dandruff. It claims to prevent baldness and act as an ideal hair dressing. Sample requests are directed to The Herpicide Co Detroit with agent F W Schmidt & Co.
A list of excursion rates and event dates appears forPendleton and nearby locales including St Louis trips from September 6 to October 11. Other items mention Oregon State Fair Ontario Inland Empire Teachers Association Pendleton Spokane Interstate Fair and the National Irrigation Association in El Paso Texas with dates across September to November. Also included are notes on catarrh remedies and a contract notice for Pendleton school buildings with bidding details and architect contacts.
September Cruz and Wiun kete to wash blankets and robes at Pendleton Woolen Mills. White blankets priced at 140 per purr, colored blankets at the same rate. Indian robes at 600 each. Delivery and pickup by owners required. LwAS J. Ferguson, Lesser.
Rates for travel to St Louis via St Paul or Billings set at 86 dollars round trip with various return routes and half fare for children. Sales dates span May to October with specific ten day validity and stopovers allowed. Local agents Walter Adams and B H Trumbull invite inquiries for routes, hotels, and conditions. Also notes triennial Knights Templar and O R & N S special fares with steamer and rail options and stopover rules.
Sheepmen may locate geo range and water access for lease near La Grande Oregon. Address box 44 in La Grande. Contact to arrange viewing or terms for grazing.
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