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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
5
A collection of brief notices and ads from the East Oregonian includes dry wood for sale, millinery bargains, unfurnished rooms for rent, transfer services, a lost watch notice, hardware promotions, and job postings. A humorous New York Press quote closes the piece with a teacher joke about vacation schedules.
J W Bailey acting for Leslie Scott of the Oregonian bought 100 head of Lincoln owes and descendants from England's Dudding flock from Joni B Stump reacting to long wool breeding aims. He also secured Imported Gibson Ram 110465 and Imported Smith ram 18127. Delivery is July 1 to a 26 acre farm six miles east of Portland where Scott plans a premier coast long wool operation.
The article recalls the perilous work of men aboard dynamite ships near Canvey Island. A burning cargo boat nearly exploded twice as it drifted past the explosives, narrowly missing catastrophe as tides and sparks threatened a massive blast that could have leveled Exsex. The unnamed crew stayed at their posts while witnessing two fatal moments at sea.
Massive fir logs from the lower Columbia River were logged, shipped to Portland, then loaded aboard the Minerva for Panama. The two largest timbers, each 12 460 feet in board measure, prove too large for mill and plane work. They will form part of a dredge for the Panama Canal, with stevedores loading them inch by inch onto the deck.
Over 12,000 Yakima residents rode the new street car line in under a month, with 1,300 carried yesterday and 12,780 total in 36 days. The three mile west section shows daily average riders 492 and average receipts 29.18 dollars, totaling 602.75 dollars in under one month. The line, now operating, demonstrates real commercial value beyond curiosity.
Logs measuring 36 inches square at each end and 60 feet long, claimed as the largest ever set afloat at this port or any port, were loaded onto the Norwegian steamship Minerva at the Portland mill this morning. A second pair of large timbers and a third set, all 60 feet long, were reported, with notes on making sticks from the larger timber to reach six foot trees.
L Oldenburg, proprietor of the Dickson residence operated by James Johns and family, which burned last week, came to adjust the policy. Insurance on the building does not cover replacement and Oldenburg will decide on rebuilding. Also, O R N stops pilot rock trains at various points to pick up and discharge passengers, easing travel to Pendleton.
Petition filings begin today to name Chief Justice R. S. Bean for another term on Oregon’s supreme bench. Judge Bean has served nearly 18 years on the state’s highest court and is noted for faithful, able service during his third full term.
Don and Hugh Winn ages 11 and 11 were drowned while skating on the Payette River near the dam in Idaho.
W. 8. T'Ren of Oregon City announces definitely that he will not be a candidate for the senate. He who only finds faults adds nothing to the world's knowledge.
An article warns back pain signals kidney trouble and promotes a homemade compound using Compound Kargon, Fluid Extract Dandelion, and Syrup Saraaparitis. It claims the mixture restores kidney function, relieves pain, neutralizes acidity, and purifies the blood, advising doses after meals and at night.
Evangelist Haudenschield draws large Pendleton crowds with sermons on Does It Pay and The Power of the Word. Eight convert at the afternoon meeting as believers hear practical expositions on faith, promises, and prayer. Tonight’s M E church sermon tackles Sin Its Effect and Consequences.
A lady asks a bookseller for a suitable reading for a six year old during the church sermon. The humorous quip appears in Punch reflecting readers seeking brief, quiet entertainments for young children during long services.
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