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Newspaper

Pendleton Eagle Valley News

Location

Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1908

Page

8

Pendleton gridiron stars meet La Grande team today

Pendleton players coached by Captain Dan P. Smythe travel to La Grande for a big football clash with the La Grande Commercial club. The lineup includes Hawley Beane, Marshall Spell, Roy Ferguson, Roy Creswell, Cliff Turner, Jim Thompson, Art Means, Elmer Storie, with George Strand as official. A return game in Pendleton on New Year’s afternoon is scheduled.

Company L la Grande Pendleton Dan P. Smythe Hawley Bean Marshall Spell Roy Ferguson Roy Creswell C. Engdah Ralph Frank Porter Cliff Turner Jim Thompson Art Means Elmer Storie Shaw R. Thompson George Strand

Christmas Spirit in Pendleton Celebrations

Christmas pageant details from Pendleton churches feature children roles such as Elves and Nymphs with characters like Santa Claus and Mrs Porter. Episcopal and Christian church Sunday schools held small programs at Church of the Redeemer and the old Episcopal church with 4 pm and 7 30 pm services respectively. St Mary's Catholic Church opened with dawn mass by Fr Catala followed by two more masses.

Dergan America C. E. Roosevelt Lenore Temple Lavelle Done Francis Hinkle Brownles Jessie Beck Blaine Kennedy Flavel Temple Herman Snyder Marie Hampton Ruth Taylor Dorothy Henderson Sophia Fowler Jess Porter Santa Miss Porter Santa Claus Episcopal Christian Church of the Redeemer Old Episcopal Church

Moorhouse Appointment Approved by Oregon Geographic Board

Major Lee Moorhouse receives warm approval from Oregon Geographic Board members as President Will G. Steel of Portland welcomes him into the commission. Moorhouse departs this evening for Portland to confer with Steel and other board members before Steel's trip to Washington, D. C., on commission matters.

Major Lee Moorhouse Oregon Geographic Board Will G. Steel Portland Major Moorhouse Steele Washington, D. C

Pupils Present Teacher with Christmas Gift

Pupils at Washington school presented Miss Grace Miller with a copy of The Wood Carver of Lympus on Wednesday to show appreciation. Raymond Walker spoke, and Miss Walker responded graciously.

Grace Miller Washington School Raymond Walker

Oregon Short Line Extends from Twin Falls to Welle Nev

A corps of surveyors has been placed in the field by the Oregon Short Line to map a 160 mile extension from Twin Falls Idaho to Welle Nevada. The line, part of the Minidoka and Southern, will connect with the Southern Pacific at Welle and aims to serve western agricultural shipping needs and Nevada mining regions. A second extension from Rupert to Fuller is planned, traversing another rich agricultural area.

Oregon St. Paul Minn Oregon Short Line Twin Falls Idaho Welle Nev Minidoka and Southern Southern Pacific Nevada Pacific Coast Rupert Fuller

Dime-Reno The Tramp Juggler in Comedy and Balance

The New Dime presents Reno the tramp juggler balancing ploughs and wagon wheels with comic flair alongside Shakespeare Merchant of Venice and other feature acts. Sunday and Monday showcase big acts including Mrs Martha Flourine and her trained leopards in Pendleton for the first time.

Reno Smugegler Pendleton Martha Flourine

Card of Thanks to Friends for Pony Contest Help

Miss Frances Smith extends sincere gratitude to kind friends who loyally assisted her in the recent East Oregonian Journal pony contest.

Frances Smith East Oregonian Journal

Purse Found on Episcopal Day. Owner to Prove Property

A purse found on the day of the Episcopal ale is awaiting its owner to prove ownership and arrange payment for advertisement notices. The finder offers to assist in locating the rightful owner and completing the requisite notices.

Frail faith fears examination of its foundations

A reflective aphorism notes that timid belief resists scrutiny and fears testing of its base. It implies doubt heightens when beliefs face rigorous analysis. The line foregrounds skepticism toward unexamined certainty and invites critical doubt.

Early Christmas Shopping Eases Pendleton Trade

Local shoppers heeded early buying advice reducing last minute rush. Merchants say trading was steady and well cleared with plenty of complete stocks. Despite wheat and wool declines, holiday business was satisfactory though not as brisk as peak years. Merchants credit press efforts and early shopping push.

Pendleton

Breakfast Food Factory for Pendleton Considered

Pendleton boosters may unite to establish a breakfast food factory after securing woolen mills for the city. B W McComas, who has studied the plan, says Pendleton sits at the heart of a grain region and would benefit Promoters expect Umatilla wheat to feed a local plant, with blue stem and sonora cited as well suited. Other prominent men share the interest and believe steps will follow once mills are assured.

Pendleton B. W. McComas McComas Blue Stem Sonora

Citizenship Claim in Habeas Case for Love Shee

Attorney John C Callin files habeas corpus in U S District Court challenging deportation of Love Shee who entered as wife of a native son and asserts she has U S citizenship through marriage. She was arrested on Ross alley and detained for deportation while arguing status prevents removal.

Agnew

Labor Victory After Four Years in Union Labor Accord

State Building Trades Council officials were notified that organized labor won a victory in the agreement with lumberman J. F. Parkinson of Palo Alto, who heads the State Citizens' Alliance. The accord requires union conditions and hiring only unionists, after four years of controversy and a prior unfavorable state supreme court decision.

State Building Trades Council J. F. Parkinson Palo Alto State Citizen's Alliance the & F. Examiner Parkinson State Supreme Court

Land of the Big Red Apple feature in Seattle paper

The Seattle Poet Intelligencer's Great Apple Edition highlights the apple rich region of the state with a full page color illustration of a tree heavy with red fruit. The section promises descriptive pieces underscoring Washington as a world famous fruit producer and aims to impress Eastern readers.

Seattle Poet-Intelligencer South Bend Pilot

Weather notes from Newsome and Elk City in Idaho

Telephone reports describe frigid conditions in the mountains with 22 degrees below zero near Newsome Sunday night. Freighters haul from Robites to the switchback and then transfer to snow for the Elk City district.

Newsome Bailies Idaho Elk City

Otto EB Didion Christmas Visit With In-Laws

Otto EB Didion and his wife from La Grande are spending Christmas in this city with Didion's parents. The note records a family holiday gathering and local domestic travel.

Otto EB Didion la Grande Mre

The Lieutenant and the Cowboy Comes to Oregon Theater

A new western military drama arrives in Pendleton next Sunday night December 27. The Lieutennant and the Cowboy is praised as a strictly high grade production with a capable company and a story that lingers after the curtain. Two gunshots occur offstage, but the drama remains non gun oriented and gripping for discerning theatergoers.

Oregon Theater Pendleton

The Great Divide Comes to Town at Ore gon Theater

After five years fans await the Great Divide as contracts seal a January 15 Oregon theater debut. Henry Miller directs a superb company in the famed Moody drama, presented with full scenic equipment as in New York venues.

America Oregon Henry Miller William Vaughn Moody Princess and Daly's New York Metropolis

European coke in Mexico arrives from Europe to Tampico

The Mexican Herald notes a large consignment of English coke arriving at Tampico for Compania Fundidore de Fierro y Acero of Monterey. The first cargo of 4000 tons arrived November 9 aboard the Harley, the largest coke shipment from Europe yet. More thousands of tons are expected in the next 320 days as U S coke dominates Mexican need.

Mexico Mexican Herald Tampico Compania Fundidore de Fierro Y Acero Monterey Harley Europe United States Germany

Weeded beds and world hooks in boyhood tales

A reminiscence compares Mark Twain and a young Alfred as they avoid toil. The mothers urge work, while Clemens and Alfred resist, framing work as a universal burden and a test of imagination. The anecdote reflects on attitude toward effort and growth.

Mark Twain Alfred Clemens

Unknown Man Found Dead In Abandoned Hop House

Salem coroner received a call from Aurora reporting the body of an unknown man found hanging in an abandoned hop house near Salem. He apparently took his own life last August. no identifying marks or personal details were found.

Salem Ore Clough Aurora

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Blue Mountain Creamery Standard Grocery Co F&s Tallman & Co Moorhouse Commercial National Bank United States Depository Breakfast Food Factory U. S LABOR Mr. George St. Mateson Bob Rolston the Lieutenant and the Cowboy the Oregon Theater Gether Roosevelt Boston Taylor Merry Christmas Max Baer East Oregonian
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