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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
8
Pendleton advertises a large and complete stock of crockery and china for Christmas. Shoppers are urged to call in tomorrow and select items to have them set aside in any department, promoting early holiday purchasing.
Secretary Hitchcock reports fiscal year 1906 saw public lands disposed totaling 19 491 187.47 acres with cash sales of 1 774 241.03 acres and miscellaneous homesteads warrants and selections making up 17 571 102.53 acres plus Indian lands 5 749.31 acres. Total cash receipts reached 6 528 477.38, with overall expenditures 1 690 641.20 and a net treasury surplus of 6 894 654.70.
Harry McDonald a noted local sheepherder and drinker is found in a filthy mud covered condition after sleeping rough and drinking heavily all night. Marshal Gurdane detains him in the ecity jail for safe keeping amid threats to banish him.
Governor Meads reformatory commission urges a new state facility in Washington. A Seattle meeting discussed an institution for offenders aged 16 to 30, crowning the plan as the main reform from the commission's report after touring the penitentiary. The project would place the reform school near a population center and involve convicts in constructing the building and surrounding land.
The Walla Walla Bulletin notes a closed deal between Dave Cox of Cox & Burnett and ex mayor George W. Rebeenek for a lot next to the new Smitten building on Alder Street at 21000. Past prices and future projections are cited, with Bibenek’s purchase two decades ago at 2000 and a forecast of further gains. The Christmas Eve Benefit Ball for the Woodmen camp is announced with Johnson’s orchestra, chaired by A. J. Lange, at Engler’s Hall. The Commercial National Bank announces new currency, adding 96000 in five ten and twenty dollar bills, the first five-dollar notes for a Pendleton bank. Milton city election results list A. Davis as mayor and other officers. Homestead entries include Judy Kepploger’s claim in Town 34 North, Range 2 West.
The Oregon Dairymen's Association holds a session in Ashland with Judge T. G. Halley expected to attend. Halley will deliver an address on dairying to eastern Oregon, outlining lessons for producers and industry stakeholders.
A deed filed in the county clerk’s office shows J. Fish & Co transfer the Umatilla House at Umatilla to T. N. Crofton of Centerville Washington for a nominal sum with other considerations. The historic hotel, established 1861, passed through Sinnott and Fish and remains a northwest landmark now under Crofton who also runs the Centerville hotel and owns a fine farm in Klickitat county.
A Grand Ronde valley fruit farmer reports a simple method to exterminate the codling moth. The device uses coal oil cans cut to eight to ten inches, blackened interiors, and four to six inches of water to trap the moth by a mirrored surface reflection. The plan aims to lure the pest with false opportunity, highlighting a supposed new intellect in the insect.
A man named Riley was arrested last night by Officer Waters on suspicion of knocking a man down near the dle Hour saloon and taking money. The accused, described as of aPuritanic disposition, was held for a policy court appearance this afternoon after officers released him under instructions.
A sequence of grade meetings starts at 4 pm tomorrow at Field School under Superintendent J S Landéry. Each session targets a different grade level from first to higher grades, with Monday for second grade and Tuesday for fourth, aiming to review the work of the various grades with their teachers.
Zenk of Union passed through en route to Portland to secure supplies for a sawmill to be built in High Valley nine miles east of Union. The mill aims to start by March 1 with a 17000 feet daily capacity and will employ about 25 men, according to the Orinda Observer.
A historic health notice urges readers to follow a plan adopted by thousands with digestive and liver and bowel issues, promising assistance in digestion regulation and natural sleep through a recommended medicine regimen.
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia poor appetite heartburn constipation chills and fever. It invites readers to obtain a free copy of the 1907 Almanac and promotes the product as effective and reliable.
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