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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
5
Local notices include chimney sweep and fuel ads, rental offers for rooms and office space, wood and coal suppliers, a moving and hauling service, a livery stable sale notice, a horse board rates, and a household help wanted posting. Also entries for a lost item reward, a jewelry finder, and a family employment inquiry.
Directors of the Inland Grain Growers' Association meet with members at the Commercial Association Rooms Pendleton on Saturday February 17 to discuss the sack matter. A full attendance is requested. Members wishing to place orders for tacks should be present. Cc. A Barrett, pres.
For sale is a practically new Best Combine used to cut 600 acres of grain. In perfect order with good reasons for selling. Apply Peter Tachella in Pendleton Oregon.
Alfalfa tiny for sale apply to N Joerger 417 Eddy st. New Laundry Department added to Domestic Laundry. rough dry department now available. Patrons to have bundles ready Monday morning. For sale one of the finest residences in Walla Walla, will trade on wheat land or terms to suit purchaser. address 606 Bulletin Walla Walla.
Deck hand Charles Tulver on the Storm King was locked inside a boiler during repairs as a door slammed shut and steam filled the chamber. Engineer Elieht Alling opened the door after Tulver cried out, but Tulver suffered severe burns and may lose a leg.
Mrs. Frank Beach, wife of Frank Beach pastor of the Fourth Christian church in St Louis, is named a missionary to Jamaica to teach mince pies and domestic science to locals while her husband leads the Jamaican mission with 450 members. Their 13 year old daughter, a Beethoven Conservatory graduate, will teach music at mission schools.
A youth named Howard Collins entered the Haines restaurant run by Yoshida and Minzo, rifled the cash register and shot both men as they slept in the rear. They were taken to St Beth Hospital in Baker. Collins was captured at North Powder and brought to Baker by Sheriff Rand.
A parade of visitors and residents arrived or were seen about Pendleton. F B Van Dusen, Pasco contractor, stayed overnight. F Frye of Colville is a Bowman hotel guest. Attorney Frederick Steiner visits Hermiston. Miss Cora Grant of Pilot Rock toured the county seat. Ernest Knight of Helix arrived by N P train. R Brown of Athens visited Pendleton. Miss Bott from Helix and Mrs Sando also in town. Sheriff Taylor returned from Walla Walla. Sam fh Thompson arrived from Eastland ranch. Pete Murray and Emmett Reese stopped in for business and social rounds. J D Whirry of McMinnville came from Willamette Valley. Frank E Welles toured Weston schools. Mr and Mrs Clarence Adams arrived from a ranch near Uniah. Roy W Ritner returned from Portland after Lincoln Day banquet and Elks show preparations. James P Neal from Freewater joined the East End for the Elks minstrel. Judge G W Phelps and officials went to Hermiston to view a tract of land they own there.
Sumpter Oregon report states H. F. Dodson died at the Bonanza mine after an illness since last fall. He leaves a wife and other relatives.
Freewater Oregon Hud son Bay Ditch Company held a meeting in Hadley Hall FE C Burlingame of Walla Walla was elected the new president.
The roof of the Milton college dormitory was discovered on fire. Firefighters contained the blaze with no serious damage or injuries reported. The incident prompted a quick response from local authorities and campus safety crews.
Early February 15 three masked men stopped street car No. 28 in Ogden Utah and robbed the conductor and motorman of about 35 dollars. The conductor’s gold watch was taken but later returned after learning it was a present from his mother. The bandits offered to leave 156 dollars for change and then ordered the crew to leave. A posse of officers boarded a train to pursue the three suspects.
Thirty eight prisoners in San Diego attempted to overpower guards and escape after the daily lineup. J. D. Gordon led the riot, striking Bailiff Paul Connors, who was beaten before officers arrived with clubs to drive the rioters back to their cells.
Washington on February 15 bids were opened in the navy department for 800 tons of butter to supply sailors. Proposals call for 540000 pounds to be delivered in New York and 48000 pounds in San Francisco. The lowest bid exceeded the average weekly market wholesale price by over seven cents per pound to cover packing and handling.
Twenty five Jewish women rioted at a South Portland kosher meat market on February 15 in protest of price hikes and the closing of a cooperative store started by the community. They wrecked the shop and assaulted the owner R Nudelman, who obtained warrants for seven participants.
Two hundred U S Navy sailors aboard the battleship Vermont at Guantanamo are reported in irons after a mutiny triggered by orders to submit to typhoid inoculation. A special court martial will be ordered, officials say from Norfolk dated February 15.
The Oregon Agricultural College Glee and Mandolin Club impressed Portland crowds with strong tone and encores. Henry Russell stood out with Anders Only Rival, while the group drew praise in Corvallis and Albany. The club tours next to Pendleton’s Oregon theater on February 22.
Teutsch and Bickers advertise Fort George Farm Lands at a very low figure in Frater River Valley. Call or write for particulars to learn more about this farm opportunity.
A rare case where a man who embezzled from poor people's funds is convicted and given a small punishment, highlighting a limited justice outcome.
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