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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
8
Empire Coffee promotes itself as delicious Freach roasted and aimed at coffee purists who demand the best. The ad highlights its exclusive tea store in Pendleton and a pledge to please customers who call themselves cranks about coffee.
The notice suggests Empire Coffee claims healthful benefits from its blend by using a coffee that lacks fixed oil found in canned coffees. It invites readers to try their Java and Mocha coffee next time.
A weekly deal advertises three pounds for one dollar with a free Japanese china cup and saucer attached if the reader requests. The offer emphasizes a limited time only and promises the item at no extra cost to eligible customers.
Pendleton records show receipts exceeded expenditures by about 101,992 dollars in the past year. The city reports a general fund balance of 5,554.93 dollars and a cash balance carried from 1915 plus unpresented warrants. The detailed statement lists receipts from liquor licenses, taxes, and miscellaneous sources with expenditures for streets, betterments, and sinking funds.
Senators Smith and Barrett introduce measures including abolition of jute tariffs and support for Weston normal school. A joint memorial requests free cross reservation roads for stockmen. committee appointments favor Democrats as Oregon debates revenue cuts and clerical savings. Two Pendleton Pages serve in Senate. Will Cole and Joe Hallock noted.
A nine year old, Robert Wilcox, was run over by a cab team on Main Street today while trailing a wagon on a sled. The team stumbled in a turn and struck the boy but no blame is attached to the cab driver. He was not severely injured.
Special from Pinedale Wyoming reports head and teeth hunters led a gang that killed about 500 elk in Jackson Hole. William A. Brickley and Charles A. Purdy are jailed in Los Angeles after illegal shipments of elk heads. They face federal charges in Idaho next spring with bonds set at 2000 dollars each. Officials vow vigorous prosecution as the local depredations case is pursued.
The Fast Oregonian received a letter from George B. Golida now in Mankato Jewell County Kansas. He reports Jewell County has over 40 000 acres of dry land alfalfa on hills without irrigation. It is the banner cattle and hog county for three years. Land there ranges from 26 to 375 per acre.
Frank Tierney of Walla Walla collected the body of C G Holcomb found dead in his Forel Bt room yesterday morning and transported the remains home. The funeral will be held upon the arrival of a son from California. Tierney notes Holcomb’s long habit of using chloroform for headaches and the family believes death was accidental.
Jay F R Dobbin of Wallowa county traveled from Salem with the Umatilla county delegation and Secretary P A Worthington to Weston Normal. It was his first visit to the school and he expressed delight with the institution. Wallowa county has the largest Normal student count aside from Umatilla.
Examinations are in progress in public schools at term end. Some rooms will dimaye this evening through Monday while papers are reviewed. The new term starts next Monday with expectations of general promotion across classes and grades. In Seattle, socialists plan a weekly paper named the Saturday Evening Tribune promoting municipal ownership of utilities.
An ad explains dandruff caused by a parasite attacking hair roots and hair loss. It promotes Herpicide as a new chemical remedy from The Herpicide Co. Detroit and A. C. Koeppen & Bros, with sample requests by mail.
A proposed act would create the Columbian and Snake Rivers Improvement Commission to govern river projects in Washington. It provides for three governor appointed commissioners with two year terms, a chair, removal by the governor, vacancies filled by appointment, bonds of 26000, oaths, and annual salaries of 1000 each.
Jacob Riis of New York will lecture in Baker City tonight as part of the lecture series. He arrives tomorrow at 11 06 on the O R N train from Baker City and is expected to draw a large audience due to his world wide reputation.
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