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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
5
A jumble of urban classifieds lists wood for sale and lumber yard boasts, rooming houses for rent and sale, hotel ads, employment requests, and a Pioneer Monument appropriations update. Also recounted is a dramatic escape of Wiley J. R. Burton in Portland, pursued by Caldwell authorities.
Wanted at One, One or two first class plano salon men familiar with plano business and country trade and war on work. Apply Eilers Plano House BLT Manin street Pendleton Oregon.
Three firms in the John Schmidt building named Suit and Cloak House Mre Road Campbell miltinar and the Empire Tea company served an elegant free lunch to the public today. The spread included coffee and sandwiches and was enjoyed by patrons of the participating establishments. A special line was served to employees of Pendleton Steam and Domestic laundries.
Test 150 hogs from a 600 head drove belonging to ME Hotchkiss moved through Willowa on Tuesday evening en route to Portland. The remainder wait in the zone until railroad traffic resumes. Drivers were William Mahaffey J Reagan and George Childers. Howard K. O'Brien reports new withdrawals expanding Wallowa and Chesnimnus reserves by over 713000 acres linking them.
Pendleton lodge No. 288 B P QO announces initiation of a candidate tonight at Eagles hall. All members and visiting Elks urged to attend. there will be socializing and activities following the ceremony.
The Star theater draws large crowds with catchy performances, the best yet of the season. A program change is planned for this evening.
Work is rushing on the J. M. Ferguson building to convert it into a rooming house named Hotel St. Elmo. Rooms will not be ready for occupancy by March 1 as was anticipated.
Local brief lists residents and visitors in the Butter Creek area and surrounding towns including Zooth Houser, Mrs M F Gillette, G W and J M Hewitt, Ian Turley, and others on business trips. Mentions of train arrivals, irrigation work, and milling appointments plus social notes from La Grande, Echo and Umatilla. Also includes a short humorous clipping about a nose tax and a joke about work notices.
A comical exchange from Minneapolis Tribune quotes Bis System bragging that good weather earns him praise and bad weather credits his effort. Mrs Boastful retorts that even a plate of charity money would reveal distinctions, turning self praise into witty banter.
The exchange centers on a play's length as the theater manager argues the script is too long for the stage while the amateur playwright insists the stage can be extended. The brief dialogue highlights a clash over production constraints and creative ambition.
A fragment questions why unmarried women are called "girler" and married men "boys," suggesting social labeling reflects domestic roles. The brief lines imply gendered expectations and diminutive terms used in casual discourse.
A dramatic court scene in Wallnes Idaho features a stranger named Patrick C. Pwan admitting guilt in Fred Tyler’s murder, sending Adams’s defense team and Mrs Adams into distress. The perimeter focus remains on body identification, location, and the threat of further upheaval if Adams is found guilty. Meanwhile Pacific Coast Construction dispatches crews to repair grades on the Walla Walla Pend d’Orel branch with tents and supplies in tow.
Public schools will close in honor of Washington's birthday anniversary with no programs in any schools. The high school enjoyed a half holiday this afternoon.
T. W. Tandy has closed a six month term of school at Ukiah and the report for the term has been filed with the county superintendent.
Advertisement for Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup and Ortho Laxative Fruit Syrup from Koeppen's Drug Store claims chronic constipation is cured. It promises digestion and liver stimulation, quick relief, and pleasant-tasting formula without nausea or griping.
Eugene officials including Mayor Wilkins favor bitulithic pavement after touring Portland streets last week. Council to vote on adopting the material praised for durability and lower local costs. Knight of Pythias lodge in Baker City closes funds for a $25,000 temple at First and Washington, foundations laid last summer, construction to start soon.
The Salem Statesman notes Oswald West rises from butcher's cart driver to state railroad commissioner, calling him a lucky and efficient choice. It recalls his youth assisting his father, a stock buyer and butcher, and his earlier role as a paying teller in Salem's principal bank Odasey, praising his service to Oregon.
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