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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1904
Page
2
Fragmented account lists casualties from the Iroquois theater fire identified across the country. Mentions new teachers, war strength figures, strikes in West Virginia, and municipal orders in New York to remove refuse from certain buildings.
A McMinnville saloon was robbed of 15 dollars Sunday morning. J C Conlin, a farmer, hanged himself to a tree at Lyle Washington Saturday night. Claude J Irvine, a miner, was horribly mangled at Everett Saturday night by a dynamite blast. One death from scarlet fever in Astoria, with three residences under quarantine. John Holmee was arrested at La Grande Saturday for stealing a horse and buggy, jailed under $1,000 bonds. Jesse Kaye was instantly killed at Sand Lake Tillamook County Friday by a belt drive in a sawmill. Nicholas Eicher, seven, died Sunday from kicks at school several days earlier. Union County creameries produced 10,000 pounds of butter in 1903, with over 19,000 paid to farmers for butter fat, up 16,000 from 1902. There are 250,000 acres of school land for sale mainly in eastern Oregon, selling to the highest bidder at no less than 2.50 per acre. Miss Elizabeth Hart of Portland was a victim of the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago while visiting. James Lynch, to be hanged at Salt Lake City for murder, has had his sentence commuted to life for the deaths of two guards in a recent fall break at Salt Lake.
A long list of guests arriving at various hotels including names such as A W Wilson St Jie M Garoff Bourne C Hearing Eigin Wk Kasson Carden H Richards Sumpter W Pullen Long Creek Mand Brasil Startuck Mrs E Brasil Starbuck Ed Burke Portland C M Mulfen Weston A Keyston San Francisco Mrs L Young Moscow Hace Coffman Milian Cavines La Grande RCA Releev La Grande LW White Portland Mo 2d Schmidt San Francisco A B Spyder San Francisco Woot Minneapolis J wR Fion Portland EE McBreet Portand W RK McRoberts Spokany RM Mallory La Grande HH Eilwalle Weston Alma EBdwaris Weston Mary Meclintoah Bolase City Mise Stela Markwell New York Mrs J J Barker Meacham C T Barker Meacham Nelson and wife Sam Lee Spokane A W Connett Beatrie GE Walter Walla Walla George Hradies Athena W Clay North Fork RK RB Jones Portland G Carnahan Elgin Mrs CV Standage Milton Besate Parker Bolse A J Fletcher city Mrs HO Canfield Mrs CA Benger Lexington J o H Morrison Weston JF Thrasher Walla Walla John Baker Keesie Baker Spokane F oS Allison Starbuck dH Roddy Starbuck J A Hubbard McKay William Morrison Moro J HW Cunningham Portland Henry Flach city hk Belts Pilot Hock
A farmer recounts his experience with Medical Lake salts that restored him from a nearly dead condition after chronic diarrhea and failed relief from doctors. He praises the product, stating he would not be without it even at ten dollars a pound. Also notes sheep shipments to Frye-Bruhn & Co., and local ads for One Minute Cough Cure and Olympia Beer offerings.
The county 1907 marriage license office processed 184 licenses with about 480 people benefiting from the certificates. Fees totaled around 500 dollars, aiding pastors and officers while lawyers took a smaller share. Applicants ranged ages 16 to 75. two Chinese and eight Indians applied, one couple married after license issuance, and one preacher failed to record a ceremony. The long list of licensees includes Neva Todgers, Harold Bertinzur, Rowe Kerrich, Carlie Guiow, and many others across months.
An OCR distorted item notes a patent medicine claim for headache and nerves with a pocket pill and a tale of Tallman & Co and John Laehty eyomie o sawmill in Silverton. A mill owner at Silver Crook fell into a dam holding logs and died. his body was recovered four miles downstream.
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