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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
8
Beautiful presents as premiums to our old customers who have bought Empire products. A ticket worth 2 percent with each 25 cent purchase. Buy now to aid the economic housewife with quality goods: coffee, tea, baking powder, extracts, and spices. Empire Brand is famous for low price and reliable quality across many towns beyond Pendleton.
A compact notice announces a promotional event offering a handsome doll with each four dollar can of Victor baking powder. It invites readers, specifically mentioning sending the children to participate in the giveaway.
Sisters of St. Francis report a hospital bazaar and sale in the city last week raised 1855.95 in revenue and saved 1255.35 from expenses. The event proved financially successful and socially rewarding, with strong patronage from local business people and community members.
A ram named Tucannon, valued at $500, was sold by FR A. Jackson of Dayton Washington to Dr. Smart of Cape Town South Africa for five hundred dollars. The sale, described as near a bargain among high priced fine wool rams, underscores the ram's strong value in the U.S. market.
Editor East Oregonian is urged to note Milligan College Tennessee as a leading example in prohibiting tobacco and liquor use among students. J Hopwood, president, credited for decades of strict discipline. many notable figures statewide and nationally studied there, reinforcing its moral influence and educational integrity.
The notice emphasizes prohibiting tobacco use by students amid street complaints about bad condition and mud due to wet weather. It notes repairs planned for Thompson street near the stockyards and sidewalks, plus a report on drawings by Thomas Nye and a Seattle relocation hint for Mrs Nye’s and Mr Nye’s art. The Pendleton lumber firm’s new manager BE Probett arrives from Minneapolis to lead expansion efforts.
In Pendleton lodge No. 52 A F and A M the regular installation occurred for the ensuing year. Officers named include Louis Hunziker as worshipful master W H McCommarmich senior warden Charles B Mean junior warden Ben Burroughs senior deacon J Jackson junior deacon W ih Campbell senior steward J B Bentles junior steward Joe HH Parkes secretary J M Bentley treasurer C U A Bellinger trustee BR Alexander trustee.
The text reports on Gowhins bn Bolte and officials in Walla Walla, noting court matters at the superior court with M. Rader elected president and other officers named. It mentions Seamen relief and a retirement tied to Mitruinnes estite and local bar association appointments for the new term.
The six year old son of Rev EB J Canger, a resident missionary at Aventine Indian Presbyterian mission, suffered a broken leg when he fell from the back of a wagon just before dark while returning from the city to the reservation. Dr T My Helldterron was called to set the fracture.
Jamou Wilson, railroad laborer, is under arrest after being accused of taking a cornet at Pilot Rock. An officer nabbed him Wednesday evening near Pendleton. He appeared before Justice Parkes today and was bound over to the circuit court with a $260 bond that Wilson could not meet.
The Jocatello Tribune issued a 24 page holiday edition with valuable content on Italo exchange and civic affairs. Directors including Bush Livermore, son of ex-Portmaster Let Livermore, contributed to a well edited issue aimed at guiding readers through current events and local information.
William Parrish aged 38 dies at 8 o clock from lung fever while farming near Holdman. Funeral at noon tomorrow with interment in Olney cemetery.
A son born on Christmas Day to Mr and Mrs John Perkins of Holdman is noted. Grandma Mecker, aged 90, died at Riverside Washington after ten years in Washington and Oregon. she was the wife of Hera Mecker's brother.
A 718,760 acre tract between the Wallowa and Chesnimines reserves in Wallowa and Union counties was withdrawn by the general land office to join two forest reserves. The land, near Snake River, includes premier winter ranges and effectively limits settlement, favoring stockmen and limiting outside sheep and cattle intrusion. The action consolidates most of Wallowa County’s range under reserve status, with grazing allocated by the forestry department.
The employer of Forster's planing mill ordered a heavy gold watch chain as a Christmas present for Mr. Forster. The purchase was tied to the planing mill's business relationship and reflected a gesture from the employer to the worker.
An advertisement touts a handy product that walks with relief from indigestion dyspepsia costiveness biliousness headache and female ills It also invites readers to ask their druggist for a free copy of the 1907 Illustrated Almanac.
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