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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
2
The Golden Rule Store advertises ready for fall school shoes from Pendleton with price lines. It touts early stock and a promise of old prices despite general price increases, highlighting kid lace styles with leather counter and patent tip options, plus guarantees of satisfaction and sizing up to 11 1/2 to 2.
Reports from Manila show 44 new cases and 2 deaths as Army nurse Aim Macy Donelson Wilcorie, age 75, dies in Washington. San Francisco opens a new postoffice building and harbor defenses at Point Bonita. Baron Kaneko says Japan seeks only a temporary war fund of 50 million dollars, while Gen Blackmar leaves a $3,000 legacy. Severe weather damages Yakima hops. Wind tops Kerr yard near Moxee. Warsaw thefts rise, farmers form vigilance brigades. Fireman Mayer drowns rescuing four children in Chicago. Telegraphers gather in New York. authority reports faint authentic box sights from Duluth to Spokane. Two Japanese dignitaries fund York hospital. An attempted dynamite attack targets Joseph Welfelt’s cabin. he survives.
The column reports a mix of incidents: a stallion sold for 1,000 dollars insured for 2,000. a violent killing near Onevelt with an investigation. a pastor appointed for the Walla Walla conference. a man injured by a falling mast aboard a Seattle steamer. a homicide arrest after a prior miner's court acquittal. college openings at Lewiston. a fire near Centon Ridge. hurricane damage to Wenatchee fruit. Anacortes fish pack totals. train speeds fined in Sprague. and local medicine advertisements.
The East Oregonian reports Dantele of Brooklyn promotes San Quentin’s De Fue fingerprint system as an infallible means to identify criminals. California plans to abolish older methods once De Fue's system is established, with Oregon Prison conditions praised as commendable during Dantele’s Portland visit.
A party led by Judge M. M. Goodman and accompanied by George No Baker and W. H. Michiardeon of Dayton left last evening for western Old Mexico. They plan to meet FL. Stevens of Pomeroy in San Francisico and sail to Acapulco next Saturday, aiming to inspect a 160000 acre tract. They hope to assess land suitable for cotton, sugar cane, corn and tobacco, and expect to tour the area thoroughly before returning via Mexico City.
W C Reynolds city water superintendent arrived from the pipe line work on Bix Salmon and Marble foreeries. Thirty men in two camps push the project toward completion in two to three weeks. In the meantime water from one stream has been diverted to feed about a branch system, allowing street sprinkling from stands. Reynolds says the dry season will end with a supply sufficient for all needs, with additional rights owned by the city to more than double the present capacity when required.
Reports describe a difficult forest fire on the south side of Mt Jefferson burning for two weeks. The blaze is visible each evening and initially reached high flames, drawing attention from people in Mad Ris and surrounding areas.
A fragmentary report describes a red flare of fire that flickers and dies, prompting thoughts of a local mystery. The passage notes a brief blaze at a location tied to the Middleton port and the town, hinting at further investigation.
Uric acid and gravel result from kidneys failing to filter impurities from blood. The only pure remedy is Irving's Fuehu Waft er from Tabla & Co at 824 Mali St, Pondieron, Greyon.
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