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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
2
Holiday shopping note highlights flamnelette fabric in all colors with floral designs for dressing stocks. Twenty dainty pieces of shaded laces 15 to 18 inches wide suitable for came soles. Crepe chiffon and crepe fabrics listed. Prices from 35 to 75 cents a yard and 1.00 to 2.75 for wider 42 inch fabrics.
Advertisement offers sofa pillows and fancy fabrics in all colors with a high silk finish. Material is 36 inches wide. Prices per yard range from 25 to 40 cents.
The Peoples Warehouse Foot ery promotes high quality shoes at affordable prices with a focus on spring styles in boots and colonials. A new stock of ladies shoes offers sizes from 2 AA to 10 EE, with a satisfaction guaranteed fit. Prices shown include several dressy options at around four dollars and up, featuring Goodyear welt soles and leather or rubber options.
Echo Oregon reports at the regular Echo volunteer firemen meeting the annual election of officers with F. T. George as president and A. O. Carden as vice president. R. B. Stanfield becomes treasurer and A. B. Gillette secretary with A. B. Thomson continuing as chief. Twenty two new members were admitted and the group plans a smoker on January 6 1914. The town gains electric lights and a moving picture show first presented by Wm Rice. Local social and visiting mentions and civil papers served are noted.
Woman i presents social and club notes, fashion glimpses, home hints, and interests of women in the community. Includes joiners, events, recipes, and household tips reflecting daily life and communal activities.
A mixed page notes a fashion piece on a child's tunic style in blue French serge with silk cord details and scalloped wire-edge trim. It shifts to practical kitchen hacks from Chicago Inter Ocean and domestic advice on cleaning, cooking, and simple crafts including scissors use, linen care, oilcloth mats, and economical sewings for home use.
Mrs. Sam E. Paine hosted a 34 guest evening at 613 West Court street with dancing cards and music featuring vocal selections by the honored guest and Mrs. Carl Power. The Butter Creek musk social drew guests from Hermiston Stanfield Echo and valley locales by auto, while a Pendleton orchestra provided music and dinner baskets raised 154 dollars. High score in cards went to Mrs. W C E Pruit. Mrs. Sam R. Thompson heads to Portland for a week. Ina Blomgren of Weston to teach Pendleton schools through term. Mrs. Roy T. Bishop hosts the Thursday Afternoon Club. Jack Brophy of Portland visits Mrs. Chester Minkler, a Minkler sister, in town.
In Hermiston Oregon plans show merchants ranchers and townspeople will gravel a four mile diagonal road to the government town site. Nearly a thousand dollars in work will be donated with the county paying digging and hauling. The town will close for two to three days while volunteers from country and town work toward a meeting point. An earlier gravel road north of town spurred demand for similar improvements. D R Brownell of Umatilla visited. Holstein heifers arrived from Wisconsin for a dairy herd base. Barnes feed cutter moved to Sheridan ranch to cut hay for Mr Sheridan, with Adams Bros. hay being fed on Col Raley ranch. Dr M W Turley, now in Pendleton, visits old friends. C C Durkee of Portland becomes a reclamation service draughtsman. Commercial club munis meeting and petition for opening the sixth unit of the Umatilla project. The land lies between the feed canal and Av line ditch, about three thousand acres, to be irrigated from the feed canal.
Captain John E. Anderson reports the schooner Balboa wrecked off Aberdeen with no hope of salvage. The vessel sits 600 yards north of the jetty, two miles from the trestle, a mile from the beach, amid strong current and high seas. Lifeboat trips were perilous. a crew member would jump to secure a line and be hauled aboard.
Four carloads of choice beef cattle belonging to J C Lonergan were shipped to Portland markets last night. The city election was quiet with three councilmen elected for two year terms to replace retiring RR Stanfield A B Thomson and J C Gulliford. The three retiring councilmen were re elected unopposed. A light vote was cast. Ed Hammer and wife and Mrs Wm Gulliford left for Gurdane Born. Mrs L A Hathers, visiting with her sister Mrs J Frank Spnning, left for Iowa. Irvin Gaunt and Jas Mc Laughlin visited Stanfield earlier this week.
W W Jacobs, long time Athena resident and Civil War veteran, died suddenly at 11 am while working for Mrs. Lizzie Watts. Native of Virginia, he attended Gettysburg reunion in May and belonged to Methodist church and several lodges. Body at Miller's parlors awaiting relatives.
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