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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1907
Page
8
A lively evening show promises thrills on Main and Court streets with a dramatic cartoon poster by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nye as official artists. Children’s gallery admission reduced to 25 cents to encourage wide viewership tonight.
The coroner's jury finds Robert Estes died in Pendleton Oregon on February 1907 from a revolver shot by John T McManus. McManus had entered Goodman Hardware, asked to see a gun with a blank check, and stated he planned to shoot jackrabbits. Funeral arrangements are pending with funeral services expected Wednesday in North Yakima. Estes was one of six brothers. Postmortem notes report the bullet damaged the spinal column and severed arteries.
District Attorney G W Phelps arrived home Saturday night after delays in Portland and The Dalles. He attended the coroner’s inquest into Bob Extes’s death and today focused on the case. Wallowa county faces poor road conditions in Wallowa canyon with washed out, hole filled roads and deep ruts. Hunter heirs named as administrators of William G Hunter estate valued at $151000 with $160000 bond. Dr J A John and family leave for Portland and California after visiting Bowdon NC. Mrs J H Dobbin and son visit from Joseph Wallowa county to stay with Bert Huffman. Representative Dobbin of Union and Wallowa counties expected in Salem.
A. TK Moore of Kimberly reports in the Bolwe Capital News that after a 44 hour snowstorm he has witnessed the worst winter in Idaho. Ten inches of snow fell in the Twin Falls area and roads are nearly impassable. He notes prior residence in Blackfoot and Nampa and plans to remain in the Twin Falls tract next July.
President Roosevelt issues a January 25 1907 order directing that no final patent or title evidence can be issued under public lands laws until ground examination by an authorized officer, with specific exceptions for prior on site proof, cross examination, regular proceedings, congressionally confirmed entries, suitable agricultural districts, clerical corrections, and Indian allotments, aiming to curb land fraud in Umatilla County and eastern Oregon.
At Wood Gulch near Arlington, Feb 11, John Copenhelfer a Dot farmer and ex commissioner, along with Stewart and Mason, attempted to ford a swollen gulch two miles north of the Columbia River. The wagon overturned and Copenhelfer and Stewart perished. Mason was swept away but later rescued near willows. Their bodies were recovered this morning. Copenhelfer’s parents notified and Stewart's kin in Oregon City informed. Stewart taught SINRINE of Dot.
Coffman and Endicott, both prominent young locals, were married yesterday afternoon at Elmer J. Gilliam's home on Stonewall Jackson street. Rev. Robert Warner of the M. F. Church performed the ceremony. Miss Coffman is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Coffman, pioneers of the city, and Mr Endicott is a Pendleton County native. The couple will reside on the groom's farm near Adams.
Horns Timer Herald reports good stock outlook for Harney County with ample feed and favorable winds. Despite fears of stock losses in Ida Ho Wyoming Montana and other states, local stockmen anticipate a solid winter. The article notes 1906 US gold production estimated at 96,101,000 dollars, up 5,000,000 from 1905, and silver at 85,197,000 ounces, up 2,000 ounces.
An aged ad copy urging both men and women to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at first signs of stomach or bowel trouble. It claims benefits include restored appetite sound sleep steadied nerves and cures for dyspepsia indigestion costiveness chills and colds. It presents a broad guarantee of restore and relief for digestive and systemic complaints.
Baker County residents oppose annexation with public comment across the county. Petitions circulate urging Baker’s state legislators to defeat the plan. Citizens’ league support is challenged by a strong wave of disapproval from taxpayers and local groups.
Charley Stanton left Inn at Monday for Helix Oregon where he will stay awhile He has leased his farm and household goods to his brother Fonk and has some business interests in Helix requiring his personal attention The Cambridge Idaho News notes the move and his planned absence from the area.
Smythe and son Gushire leased cattle rights over multiple land sections totaling about 11,000 acres in Ouliam county. The land is noted as belonging to the Northern Pacific Railroad company and located near Arington. The arrangement aims to feed their large sheep flocks while opposing regions Ablington Record and Coutlon are deemed unrelated.
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