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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
5
Locals advertise services from chimney sweep to wood saws and meat markets. Classifieds include dressmaking, rags, hair work, and dental inquiries plus live music by Haines Orchestra and Moose hall social dance. Lost items, rental listings, sales, and employment seeks fill the page.
Motion pictures and vaudeville program titled War Bonnett runs at the New Grand Theatre in the afternoon and evening performances through Sunday. The promotion emphasizes a varied program and continuation through the weekend.
A modern nine room house with stone foundation on seven lots is offered for sale at a reduced price if taken by January near St Josephs academy. Named buyer may secure a bargain on a substantial property package in a single transaction.
J E Hatter of Umatilla and A B Stephens Jr of Umatilla county Oregon announce mutual dissolution of the firm J B Hatter & Co dated January 6 1913 at Umatilla Oregon. A B R Stephens Jr will adjust affairs.
Notice is hereby given that the co partnership heretofore existing between B. H. Decker and Peter L. Vanorsdall under the name of Decker & Vanorsdall was dissolved on the third day of January, 1913.
All members must attend at Moose hall on Thursday January 9 1913 at seven o clock sharp for installation dance and banquet. Admission is 26 cents for invited guests and non members by order of the committee.
A report on proposed gambling taxes cites 1907 official pari mutuel bets on French racecourses at 76.6 million dollars. Four percent tax to the government, with allocations to breeding, charity, and waterworks. From 1891 to 1911 total bets reached about 1.04 billion, with 10 million to breeders and 20 million to charity.
London reports remarkable revelations from a bluebook committee of inquiry into employment conditions in linen and related trades in the north of Ireland. Evidence from a firm shows an out worker earning as little as a half penny per hour in embroidery and thread drawing with other examples from half penny to penny per hour.
The Pendleton Cash Market announces a free demonstration of Otter Brand Canned Goods tomorrow and Friday and Saturday. The event invites the public to call and sample the high grade line at the store located in Pendleton with contact Malin 101.
Classified notice seeking a girl for general house work at 109 Stonewall Jackson. Applicant should apply in person to the address listed for interview and employment terms.
Washington report on the Woman's National Democratic League meeting shows interest in electing officers and reading a letter from President elect Wilson on democratic principles. Mrs Stevens J Ayres read the letter. Mrs John Sherwin Crosby and Mrs Ayres vie for the presidency.
D Wright of Walla Walla, E C Rogers, Charles Alspach and other Helix and Weston residents were in Pendleton yesterday. Visitors included John Baker, J A Linnselm, L C Scarf, Ada Banister, Ira Julian, Henry Hill, Marion Deardorff, M W Turley, A M Phelps, James Hill, John Lewis, Mrs Glen Wells, J D Wallace, J T Mayo, Ornett Grigsby, E L Smith, J E Montgomery, J A Smith, Arthur E Lambert, Mr and Mrs C L Minkler, A R Anderson, H E Bulla, George Kerth, and others on business or visiting local residents.
Ex governor Hoch praises Kansas reforms and prohibition, cites trust busting, cheaper texts, anti discrimination oil laws, and blue sky safeguards. He urges universal women’s suffrage, warns rich and poor, and tells youths to pursue grit over liquor and cigarettes while lauding the Bible as a guide to government problems.
An American woman in Paris lost a necklace valued at $10,000 containing seven rows of pearls and brilliants. A street messenger found the jewel and turned it in to police. The owner, staying at a Boulevard Haussmann hotel, claimed it and rewarded the messenger $100.
In Yakima County 22,000 Chinese pheasants were killed during the 15 day open season per county restrictions, per Game Warden Frank Bryant. The birds remain plentiful in fields and orchards, with sage hens 100, blue grouse 400, deer 7, goats 8, bear 5 and 3 domestic sheep reported as losses to hunters.
A new card room opens at Connor's Cigar Store in the balcony annex featuring the best pool and billiard tables in the city. Gentlemen are invited to patronize the facility which is up to date in every detail and offers ample room for all.
Albany Jan 9 Senator Warner introduced in the state senate a bill prohibiting the employment of children in canneries.
Four bachelor ranchmen from eight miles from Lake Arthur receive dinners via parcels post. Meals are cooked in a Lake Arthur restaurant and delivered to their rural location.
MadridJan 9 The government announces it will resume relations with the Vatican Premier Romanoce stated the decision today. The move marks a shift in policy and opens renewed diplomatic channels between Spain and the Holy See.
A woman studies her wristwatch and estimates the current time based on the watch hands and dial. The moment captures a routine habit of checking time, emphasizing careful observation and quick judgment.
London reports Mrs David Beatty, American wife of the noted rear admiral, plans to own a yacht after Admiralty curbed private yachts for top officers. A Meldes daughter now orders from Clydebank shipbuilders, seeking independence from government favors formerly granted. Winston Churchill as First Lord reduced yacht allowances for private use.
Penland Bros offers quick furniture and piano moving in city trips or country transfers. Call Main 839 for short hauls and any hauling needs.
Dreemaking shop offers all kinds of dressmaking including evening gowns. Call at 602 Water street or phone Red 2062 for availability and details.
No 138 set shows Hermiston Bank and Trust Co in Oregon with assets 926,200.41 and total resources 1,? and liabilities 26,133.41. J H Reid, president, swears the statement true to the best knowledge.
The Orpheum presents a Friday bill with five acts: In the Flat Above with Roger Lytton and Clara K. Young, The Stroke Car a Labin drama about college life, Friends in San Rosario a Selig comedy about a banker fooling a new examiner, Raising Barley in Japan by B8e- Nie, and The Winning of White Dove from Pathe.
The bill includes Sailor's Heart a bilograph with a port themed tale about a sailor facing consequences for impulse A film titled The Surgeon Lubin is noted as very interesting The Iron Heel Easaway features Norman McDonald Francis X Bushman Beverly Bayne Mildred Weston and Helen Dunbar Also shown The Island of Ceylon India Edision a picture of much interest
Wednesday and Thursday present two reel features including Vengeance an exciting New Haven road wreck drama led by Vivian Prescott and William Shay. Also shown The Ranchmans Wooing a Frontier comedy and The Hater of Women a lively Solax comedy delivering laughs.
In Colorado, a Scotch collie fought off three hunger crazed coyotes attacking Louis Salverno, 10, and Samuel Salverno, 12, ten miles southwest of Trinidad. The dog killed two coyotes and drove off the third though badly injured. A shepherd dog also saved two Zurta infants when a lamp toppled, pulling the flaming cover away and dragging it to another room.
Local report notes two suspects detained after an incident described as a saloon theft in Chicago and a related hold in Springfield. Authorities have not released full names or charges, but the events are linked by a nearby disturbance and follow-up questioning.
Springfield police and sheriff's deputies detained seven suspects in the Alton Hammer train holdup. Two men questioned by Chief Detective W. B. Cain, J. K. Hartner of Chicago and Elmer Vigus of Springfield, gave conflicting answers. Vigus has a local police record.
A woman muses that an old man sighs for lost love, but the deeper issue is his wasted dollars and financial regrets. The line hints at misread emotions masking economic misfortune rather than romance.
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