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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
5
Local notices list grocery and hardware promotions from Ingram's, Goodman Hardware Co, and Oregon Lumber Yard. Vendors advertise fresh produce, fuel, unfurnished rooms, furnished rooms, and housework positions while promoting discounts on wire fencing ranges stoves and Cascade fir wood. Contact details include Red 2062 and Mevn 6.
The city moving picture shows, shut for a week due to a power outage, resume and draw full houses with programs including Kind-hearted Bootblack Gyp sy'n Revenge The Escaped Ape Mother's Present Santiago Flynn Dick's Sister Gypsy's Girl Love Mr Softhead When the Mocking Birds Are Singing In the Wildwood plus Eagle Show Shop acts The Baseball Fan A Dandy Army Dogs Woman Killer Followed and a new song Mary Binnie Also Pat Dalton the Dime's blackface comedian performs tonight with music and dance for the same price.
Hunters returning from the mountains say the young grouse crop is excellent and the birds are now fully grown. Forest rangers protected nests last spring by preventing fires and culling coyotes, ensuring a large supply of game and, as a result, great sport for hunters.
The Thos Kay Woolen Mill resumed work this morning after a month shutdown for repairs. The mill underwent a thorough overhaul with many minor alterations added. In a separate tragedy, two children of Mr Verszak, a Granby smelter employee, drowned in the Kettle River yesterday when the girl fell from a foot bridge and the boy drowned while trying to rescue her.
The remark notes that a woman's response when wronged tends to be decisive and lasting, reflecting a sharp, wry view of gendered conflict and social tone from the era.
A crowded page lists numerous visitors and returning residents from Umatilla Milton Athena and other towns. People like Robert V Brownell Claud Steen and Gerald Stanfield stop by see friends and head home. Several families and clergy also travel from Lehman Springs Tokeland and Weston with updates on local activities and concerns.
Harriman targets 7000 cars mainly freight with about 100 cabooses. New equipment to serve construction on branch lines will be shared by Southern Pacific Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and the R N Harriman lines. The plan emerged at a Klamath Falls conference as Harriman vacationed and met with top system officials. The order implies demand for steel castings bars iron wheels lumber and other railroad materials nationwide.
Deputies Whitney Russell Strum and Harmon report blue mountain trip with abundant bear and deer signs and excellent speck fishing. Whitney proposes turning Salmon River waters into Mill Creek by a four foot tunnel, claiming ample flow for domestic and irrigation needs. Also, three freight cars were robbed near Rosalia with three suspects seen fleeing.
A young man is said to have spent his money on choice fruit for a girl, only to face disappointment as she turns away in favor of another. The incident highlights impulsive spending and romantic misjudgment.
The notice lists massage, shampooing and mani curing offered in Room 6 of the Smith Crawford building. It notes available personal care tasks in a dedicated space managed within the historic site.
Rev W B Eakin state temperance organizer visits Milton and is asked to stay another year. Push club plans a large district fair exhibit with Mac Cockburn backing the effort. Dorothy ranch near Milton sold in 10 acre lots at 225 dollars per acre to buyers planning homes and orchards, including Paul Austin and George Harris among others.
Rev J M Cornelison preached to a large audience at the Freewater Presbyterian Church where congregations from Fruitvale Valley Milton and Freewater united for the service. Dan Kirk of Hudson Bay bought an automobile from Rev Andreas Bard of Walla Walla described as the valley’s speediest auto.
Mrs Hil ton offers a beautiful piano and additional furniture at a great bargain located at 12 South Main. Include contact details for inquiries.
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