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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
4
Clarence M. Bishop visits from Salem as local business men press a bonding proposal to keep the Pendleton woolen mill alive. Purchasers have not yet acted, but optimism is high that local capital will fund the $20,000 bonds at five percent interest.
Local interest rises in A. A. Roberts resignation rumor from La Grande land office. Baker City leaders back Woodson L. Patterson for the likely vacancy, with Baker City Herald coverage noting Patterson as a strong candidate in the eastern Oregon federal district context.
Continued from Page Ten, the text notes Christmas plans with Mr. Beckwith s mother and relatives. Company L to host another dancing party next Tuesday and a public dance on Christmas Eve. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Silas Privett of Colfax for family visits and the Privett Sperry wedding. Mrs. Ferguson to return from Walla Walla to visit sister Mrs. Allen. The Monday Duplicate Whist club will meet next week at 215 Jackson Street with Mrs. Max Baer.
The N I T club hosted Miss Bertha Randall at her aunt Mrs N G Newport s home. Miss Jessie Williams joined as a guest while Mrs Burch entertained Jessie Yates Ivy McClelland and Roy Saxton at a Spanish supper. Mrs E E McMillan entertained visiting Hermiston bank directors A L Smalley of Spague WA Green of Harrington WA C L Morgan J H Reid and EB Crawford. The Ladies Aid of the First Methodist Church held a successful bazaar netting over 130 with 95 clear aid. Will Davis celebrated 18th birthday with friends including Crandall Boynton Lucy Crandall Emry Irvin Lunger Skinner Shotwell Grant Sellers Fornas Calbeck and others.
Lee Baker formerly of this city is reported this afternoon as dangerously ill in a Seattle hospital. His son Forrest Baker of the East Oregonian mechanical department will depart for Seattle on the Northern Pacific train this afternoon.
A reflective line notes that prosperity is a pleasant and simple good yet surprisingly difficult to sustain or navigate when absent, underscoring dependency on financial well being.
The article discusses contestants in a local contest, urging belief in personal winning, highlighting development over prizes, citing Charles Schwab as an example of perseverance, and noting that coupons expire tonight with votes due soon in the East Oregonian contest. The piece emphasizes attitude, experience over earnings, and the future impact of contest participation.
Melvin Buck, once convicted of cattle stealing, used jail time to steal a ring and a salt of clothes from fellow inmates. Arrested at Pasco by Sheriff Taylor, he was returned to Pendleton to face sentencing and new theft charges.
San Francisco December 19 Nearly two dozen branch railroads in the West and Midwest connected with Southern Pacific and Santa Fe prepare to raise freight rates to California destinations. The increases align with a January schedule to be announced by traffic managers of the Harriman and Ripley lines.
J H Bullock former Seanon Steamship and Barge boss and A H Kellogg left Seattle for Valdez by ice accompanied by Peter Bernard’s famed dog team to chase a record. Betting runs high as the expedition sets out from Nome.
Dee Matlock owner of the Columbia bar was arrested for selling malt beverages without a license under the city near beer ordinance. He pleads not guilty and will stand trial Monday before Judge Fite Gerald, promising to appeal to higher courts if needed. The bar has remained open with curtains at the windows since the license denial, and the city says the bar will stay closed until trial.
Heavy wheat shipments from Walla Walla and surrounding country to Portland Tacoma and Seattle over the Northern Pacific are reported by Assistant Superintendent J N Cutler. The rush began about ten days ago and enormous grain amounts have been shipped while freight traffic on other lines remains light.
Dr. W. McClure traveled from Yale after attending the Oregon Idaho development congress as a delegate.
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