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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
7
United States Civil Service will hire about 35000 employees next year across Post Office Service R F D Service and Railway Mail Service with salaries from 600 to 1800 yearly. An I C S course is offered to help readers gain appointment and promising work and steady pay.
At a regular meeting on January 15 the Pendleton Common Council adopted resolutions to improve Webb Street from Cottonwood Street east to College Street. The Surveyor filed plans and specifications dated January 11 1018 with estimates of work and probable costs, plus list of benefited lots and payment shares. The council reviewed and found plans satisfactory and costs in line with expected expenditure.
Sealed proposals for purchase of six percent street improvement bonds of The City of Pendleton Oregon aggregating 670 85 issued for Main street improvement from the bridge over the Umatilla River to Jackson street are requested by the Recorder. Bids due by 6 pm January 22 1913 with certified checks of 6500 payable to the Mayor to be forfeited if bonds are awarded and not taken. The City reserves the right to reject any bids.
Mr and Mrs J G Thomas visited in Pendleton on last Friday. A B Thomson was a passenger this morning to Salem.
Echo Ore Jan 20 A drunken prisoner tried to burn down the city jail by setting his bed aflame. Firemen arrived within two minutes and extinguished the blaze before heavy damage. Also, Echo school pupils and teachers organized a literary society and held a first program with dialogues essays recitations and a debate praised by all. A Miss Clara Ripper was honored at a party hosted by Miss Lillie Wattenberger. Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely visited on business. Hugh Smith and wife left for Portland to attend a hardware men’s convention.
The City of Pendleton Oregon invites bids for six per cent Street Improvement Bonds totaling 1938.37 to fund Johnson street improvements from Court to Water. Proposals due 5 p.m. January 22, 1918 at City Hall Recorder Thomas Fitzgerald. Bids require $500 certified checks payable to the Mayor. city may reject all bids.
Nolin Ontario Jan 20 real winter brings stock and poultry care to the fore. Funeral of O Grandma Beauvert at Stanfield attended by O Steele and Kerr. Pendleton shopping trip includes Dellno Dupuis Steele Welles Amour. Potatoes frozen break lesson for Carl Lees. Paradise Irrigation district and Tees project activity noted. Several locals attend Stanfield ball. Mrs Freeman Jones and Jesse under Brundage care. W W Atherton under same care. A rumor of Nolin Hall damage from New Year winds denied. eight studs shifted but hall stands ready for a ball.
Hood's Sarsaparilla acts on the mucous membrane through the blood to reduce inflammation and establish healthy action. The remedy is promoted as a radical cure for all cases of catarrh by addressing the chronic inflammation.
Kansas blue sky law scrutiny shows less than one in fifteen firms seeking to sell stocks or bonds in Kansas meet the requirements. Of about 1,500 corporations examined, only 97 were granted certificates to sell securities, mostly local Kansas concerns. The law weeds out fake promotions and protects investors, with the banking department conducting deep reviews of books, prospectuses, and officers.
A historical note recalls a 1842 banquet in New Orleans where 3100 per plate was paid to Henry Clay. The text promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for stomach trouble indigestion and other ailments, advertising them as easy safe and affordable at 26 cents at Koep pens.
Salem Ore January 20 The text of Senate Joint Resolution No 4 introduced in the senate Friday afternoon by Day is now in the hands of the resolutions committee.
Be it Resolved the upper house con curring that a committee of two senate members and three house members be appointed to examine the feasibility of using the water power at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River for industrial purposes. The committee may meet with a fire purposes committee and confer. If the Oregon governor consents he shall be chairman of the committee.
A brief classified item offers wood sawing services using a gasoline powered saw. The ad provides a single contact line urging readers to call for service.
Bids will be received by the City Recorder of Pendleton Oregon until January 22 1913 at 6 PM for furnishing to Pendleton City Hall one car load Rock Springs lump coal. The Common Council may reject any or all bids. Dated Pendleton Oregon January 10 1913. Thos Fitzgerald City Recorder.
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