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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
5
Moving pictures dominate Pastime with claims of more showings than any city theater. Local notices offer a mix of services and goods from Lane & Son and I C Snyder chimney sweep to real estate bargains, household help, and shoe sales. Also lost watch, poultry sale, coal, bowling, and a horse for sale near West Alta.
City debate centers on using land near water works for next fall’s Round-up. Proponents note city ownership would save purchase costs and support can be moved by special trains on O R N and Northern Pacific lines. Opponents warn spectators might view from rails and skip paid entrances. Stockholders meet tomorrow to decide location.
A flurry of visits and travel notes from Pendleton highlights guests and residents. W Oton of Milton spends the day in Pendleton. Mr and Mrs Fred T George of Heho are in the city. J B Kininger of Weston arrived from there last night. J F T George visits from Echo. Alfred Buchford of Walla Walla came this morning. Maud and Grace Reynolds of Pilot Rock are guests today. John Moore and wife of Walla Walla are in town. K E Marshall went to the county’s west end on business. Colonel F B Boyd, editor of the Athena Press, arrived on the Spokane train. Deputy District Attorney Fred Steiner returns from Salem after Christmas with his parents. Kenneth Cooper and wife return from a Portland visit. Douglass Johnson of Milton is Pendleton today en route to Mesa Washington for business. Will Moore, Pacific Coast Elevator manager, leaves for the county’s west end on business. Robert Brownell from Umatilla attends the O A C reunion and banquet then returns home by motorcar. Will Lowell to Walla Walla for a few days before college in Eugene. C G Brownell departs for Umatilla after attending the O A C banquet and elected president of the county alumni association. Frank Gowan, Burns, brother of Mrs William McKinney, is in town on a short visit and attended the O A C banquet. formerly at the agricultural college.
A city hall plan aims to improve streets with organized shelves and lights to handle surplus books. A committee of Councilmen Strain Dyer and Kirk Patrick was appointed to investigate. Mayor Murphy announced five additional license applications for street popcorn stands and referred the matter to the license committee.
The government has levied a site and will begin constructing buildings for the first agricultural grid mechanical school at Yucatin. It will be named Lorenzo Ancona Cistille school.
Friday shows feature The Way of Life from Kalem 1098 feet with love and divorce drama between Mason Bent and a pupil, On the Mexican Border Lubin 1900 feet, A Four Footed Post Vitagraph 1000 feet a mischievous horse comedy, Trained Falcon Catching Rabbits and The Witchs Donkey a hand colored farce.
Four reel Friday and Saturday program features The Merry Wives of Windsor a Shake speare comedy drama with Falstaff and his misadventures. Also Kosmik reels on Lisbon scenes King Manuel and Queen Victoria with Spanish Loyalty ceremony and troop displays, all offered with patriotic pageantry and scenic travel views.
A varied program features A Fight for Millions, The Regeneration, Mischief of a Drum, Men in Pieces, and You Are the Ideal of My Dreams. The near musical wrap promises light drama, romance, and a cheerful comedy lineup as the bill aims to drive away the blues.
Washington Dec 29 The Panama canal fortification bill will be the first administrative measure after the appropriation bill. Senator Flint, head of the Inter Oceanic Canals committee, said after conference with President Taft and senators that passage is almost certain. He conferred with Knox Dickinson Beveridge Brandegee and Mann.
A sale note offers standard bred single comb Black Minorca cockerels. Prices start at $2. Inquiries to N A Humphrey at 124 Beauregard Street Pendleton.
The Dominion Iron and Steel Company, operating mines at Sydney, has been awarded a bounty totaling $1,029,503 for its output last year. The payment reflects production performance and government incentives for mining efficiency.
A snapped real estate inventory notes several properties for sale nearby. Listings include an Alta property at S850, a well furnished W G Fisher home on Court street ready to move in at S1400, and 15 acre tracts with house barn chicken house and good well near Court House. Additional offers show a 5 room house on Calvin street at S650 and other values cited.
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