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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1903
Page
8
A brief health advice item urges keeping feet warm to prevent catching coughs and colds. It cites chilly conditions as a factor in illness and suggests practical steps such as wearing socks and sturdy footwear to maintain body warmth indoors and outdoors.
The telegraph and messenger services will expand with two new messengers and continuous 7:30 a m to midnight operations starting next week. An assistant for J E Krause arrives soon, with full coverage from 2 p m to midnight, and by February 15 two more messengers will be installed to meet rising demand. The system averages 65 calls daily and guards must sign a receipt for charges. Messengers may deliver packages, medicines, legal documents, and locate people in town.
A hunting accident left George Adams, about 22, wounded after being shot by his brother John Adams while they hunted ducks last Monday afternoon. The incident occurred during a duck hunt, with authorities detailing the accident as ongoing at the scene.
John Adams accidentally fired a shotgun from about 25 feet, hitting his brother George Adams behind the knee. George, from Athena, was taken to Walla Walla hospital where amputation may be needed. Doctors Bingham Shaw Van Patten and Stone treated him. wadding remained in the wound.
A Democrat correspondent from Baker City reports in Sumpter on February 2 that mining shares moved up Monday with Red Boy and Golconda leading gains. News of strong profits from Red Boy and improving ore yields at Golconda spurred renewed buying, lifting valuations and signaling a bullish market for local miners.
C Hendricke begins repairs on a corner building at Webb and Main due to perceived unsafety. Heavy pillars are installed in the basement, first floor partitions replaced with stronger ones to support the hall above. The front will be remodeled and set back to align with the railway ticket office.
Cecil R. Wade resigns as exchange editor after three years. Edward D. Baldwin promoted by editor-in-chief William Kennell to fill the vacant exchange role. Bert Palmer, newly elected staff member, to take over the athletic editor position at the Pioneer according to the Walla Walla Statesman.
H T Connell of Camas Prairie, a leading stockraiser, traveled to town yesterday and today en route to Cold Springs where he plans to move several hundred cattle and horses. He owns 250 cattle on his Camas farm and runs a section and a halt of land.
Harold Stewart purchases the D. W. Sanford livery business including horses rigs and barn but not the ground under lease. He plans to operate at the old stand. F W Schmidt sells Hewitt stock to M J Cockerline, Helix’s only druggist. Fell, aged 70, suffers rheumatism though heart and internal organs appear unaffected.
W A Dinl mayor of Helix is in the city. Mise Nellie Paul returned from Walla Walla. Henry Harrison confined to bed with illness. T Perron and wife of Bole staying at St George. A A McDaniel leaves today for Foratello on business. T J Blair improving after grip. Miss Katie Rosenburg visits Walla Walla. Mrs Stockdale ill with pneumonia. R Kelley of Portland visiting. James Hackett back from sheep ranch near Barnhart station. Mrs Dixie McBee heads to Echo to visit mother. Sister Superior Stanislane to return from Tacoma. L Armstrong of Adams in city. Deputy Sheriff Davis returned from Salem with Jacob Holland. Mrs P P Collier improving. Jacob Hoyum plans county farm visit after Lewiston trip. Mrs Esair Dupuis ill with possible appendicitis. John Chandler now Eastern book agency for state, aligned with Farmers' Meat Market. Mrs E R Swineburne of Heppner visiting. Robert Terney of Stage Guich recovering from heart trouble. B F McElroy notes weather harming stock but good for wheat and grass. Mrs William Yoondie left for Port Angeles with relative. Yoondie uncle from Louisiana along. William Maxwell recovering from wreck injuries. Sheriff Taylor to Salem with Ed Osborn and Ferry alias John J Coyle en route to reform school and penitentiary. Miss Carrie Anderson, Portland nurse, back after months away.
C E Clark an Oregon Rail Road operator at Coyote Station near Heppner had a dramatic staged death attempt with a bottle of alcohol. He drank from the bottle tipped to create a scene but the cork fell out spilling the liquid. He called for a doctor and was treated with a stomach pump and is recovering at a hospital.
Charles Hillyard and Maule Carlile were married at 7:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. G. C. Jackson with Rev. Robert Warner officiating. The couple will establish a home in the eastern part of the city, planning Pendleton as their permanent residence. Hillyard is a Meacham boy, son of J. R. Hillyard, a former justice of the peace, and an employee at Beyer’s mill. Carlile is from near Weston, daughter of J. R. Carlile, a well known farmer.
Professor D RB Conklin fell at the Rugg place and drove the spout of an old lubricating oil can into his right hand. The wound extends through the hand and protrudes from the back by a couple of inches. The injury is painful but healing well after prompt dressing.
Location of Sanford Mich resident W. H. Peek, connected by marriage to M. J. Wallace, who arrived from Michigan last fall, is expected to come here in spring. If he finds a suitable location he will engage in general merchandise, preferring a spot in a growing town.
Last evening Nathaniel Kimball aged 12 son of G F Kimball an O BR and WN engineer had his left wrist dislocated and broken while coasting downhill slamming into a gate. The injury is described as doing well and recovering.
Mrs. Ida Poole, the insane woman taken into custody a few days ago, remains without any sign of improvement at the county infirmary. None of her friends have been located, though efforts to find them have not yet been made.
The Commercial Association held its annual meeting. Officers elected for the ensuing year include President J. Rose Dickson, Vice-President William H. Jones, Secretary J. F. Robinson, Treasurer F. B. Clapton, and a board of managers comprising T. C. Taylor F. EB Judd R. Alexander F. W. Vincent E. D. Boyd Robert Forster Leo Teutsch C. E. Roosevelt CO B. Wade.
The Junior Sodality of the Blessed Virgin organized Saturday with officers Girle-Prefect L na Willert Mary Shea Charlotte Hastings and Boye-Prefect James Riedan William Himmelgarn Myrtle Wastings. One of Professor D B Conklin's children has scarlet fever and the professor prepares for a quarantine of his premises. High school dismissed this afternoon for a partial day as the family is isolated pending quarantine.
Representatives of all the traffic associations began a joint conference in New York today to devise means for adjusting correction sheets between various lines in the passenger business. The aim is a systematic arrangement to obviate endless correspondence and settle claims without delay.
Richmond Va Feb 4 Arrangements are perfected for the annual convention of the National Association of House Painters and Decorators to be held in the city next week Delegates come from nearly all parts of the United States and Canada A feature will be an elaborate exhibition of painters supplies and examples of practical work by master painters and decorators.
Senator Ankeny and wife arrived in the city with a party to be greeted by hundreds at the depot as the Washington & Columbian River railway train was welcomed by a city committee. The Commercial Club arranged ceremonies, the bells rang, bands played, and an informal reception followed with a banquet planned for the Odd Fellows hall.
Snow in the McKay settlement about eight to ten miles from Pendleton reaches two feet, with stock in the neighbor being fed but not supplying fuel during a substantial period. forage reserves show limited depletion.
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