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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
8
A local shoe shop touts itself with the motto good shoes cheap and promises properly fitted footwear at narrow margins. Customers are urged to visit for satisfaction and a wide selection of footwear.
W. O. W. leaders report steady growth and large initiations in La Grande and Union Baker counties. About 37 candidates initiated in La Grande with a county demonstration and parade. Woodmen bands and uniform rank teams from Elgin featured. Portlands camps will send many members to Wallowa Lake for summer vacation. Baker City to host another Eastern Oregon demonstration with about 400 candidates anticipated. The 1905 campaign tallies 1512 applications received.
A local advertisement invites shoppers to view a complete line of toilet articles, highlighting the celebrated Howard Hair Brushes among the featured requisites. The notice emphasizes variety and the availability of full toilet accessories for customers.
The order aims to initiate 1,905 candidates from October to May and expects to exceed 3,900 in Oregon during the winter of 1902 3. Local union gatherings fill the state with activity as Woodmen plan carnivals in La Grande Grants Pass Corvallis and Burns while Mr. Rogers drives widespread enthusiasm for the order's merits.
A long list of Pendleton locals and visitors are recorded as traveling for business visits, farming prospects, or family matters. People mentioned include H F Laats in Spokane, C A Adams to Portland, J R Thckson recovering at home, Oscar Dahlgren moving to a north Pendleton ranch, Mre J W Yandie returning from Anacortes, and J T Gurdane returning from Portland. The item notes numerous moves, visits, and farming plans, with several staying at the Hotel St George and others traveling to Welser Wiehe, The Dalles, and McKay Creek.
Pioneer farmer and beet raiser W. Caviness of Grand Ronde valley arrived in Pendleton en route to Walla Walla. He notes beet seeds are imported from Germany at 15 cents per pound, with 46 000 pounds used last year. Union experiment station plans large scale seed work selecting high sugar percent specimens. Caviness continues to Walla Walla for a brief business visit.
Land transfers recorded today total 2.7 million dollars in value. Charles Cunningham transfers to John L. Clark in townships 1 and 2, ranges 22 east, for 3 500. Hastings to Bord sells lot 6 block 21 Pendleton reservation addition for 400. Linaner buyers acquire multiple parcels in sections 19 26 35 20 and surrounding townships for 3 200. Baltemore transfers lots and block 4 reservation addition for 1 560.
The Dr Christie, once resident of Baker City, has been wrongly linked to trans actions in Washington and British Columbia. Newspapers in Pendleton and Baker City circulated the erroneous belief that he and J Christie are same. This mix up unfairly implicates the veterinarian in tied trouble.
State Mining Inspector Jacobs of Idaho estimates the 1902 mineral output at 16 S24 47L59 divided among metals as follows Gold 2 467 432.21 silver 5 421 593.62 and lead 2 936 456.
In South Omaha Mrs Emma Houghman testified in a Jersey cow ownership case against Charlies Epstein. She produced the animal in court where the cow affectionately kissed her three times, reaffirming her claim of ownership in a peculiar display observed by Judge King.
An old ad promises a speedy cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The brief text notes EMS and mentions a dosage of 8 tablets, suggesting a single day treatment.
A reader disputes Senator Walter Pierce on a school funding bill claiming the new law would reduce rather than increase the county fund for Umatilla. The letter analyzes per capita versus mill levy impacts, arguing the assessor’s high valuation would still yield more under current law. The writer, J. F. Nowlin, School Superintendent, warns the reform may harm local education. As a postscript, a separate line notes a race war in Indiana where all Black residents were driven from a town.
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