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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
Leo Stevens completed a successful trial flight in an American made airship rising to 250 feet and covering over a quarter mile before colliding with two wireless poles at Brighton Beach Coney Island. He escaped with a few bruises and credited steering control before an abrupt descent to a sand pile.
Business established 36 years. Owner to retire due to old age. Inquire or write to — store located in a small country town with good location. Annual buyers $16,000. Store building, warehouse and residence can be bought or rented. General merchandise stock for sale.
Colorado display features the world’s largest silver nugget weighing 397 pounds with 90 percent silver from Mollie Gibson mine in Aspen. The Mollie Gibson mine has produced about 14 million dollars in silver and gold with another million in reserves. Also shown are radium-bearing ores including corontite, a yellow sandlike mineral valued for Bohemian glass staining at 16500 per ton.
In a federal case led by Judge J J De Haven, a second land fraud trial began as Congressman Williamson and Van Geaner, with Marion R Biggs a former U S land commissioner, face charges of conspiring to suborn perjury to obtain lands near Prineville Oregon. The indictment under section 440 carries heavy penalties. opening jurors were chosen amid a large prosecution team with 100 witnesses expected and two defense witnesses slated. Francia J Heney leads the Oregon U S Attorney's office in prosecuting.
Judge A S Bennett presides as defendants H S Wilson and Lionel R Webster stand trial alongside prominent Oregon figures Williamson, a former sheriff and congressman candidate, amid a special venire of 72 jurors drawn for the proceedings.
Sailors report Russian villagers panicked on arrival of a warship they mistook for a Japanese vessel. They fled to hills after signals and fires warned of the approach. Montara arrived May 30 with furs. inhabitants of Petropalovsky and Kamchatka faced censorship and jail for letting natives read American papers. A priest from Behring Land was shot in Petropalovaky.
Two carloads of horses and mules offered at the O R N stockyard Pendleton on Saturday July 8 by M McDonald. Miss Minnie Cason and John Johnson, patients of the Portland Open Air Consumption hospital, have been released after serious illnesses.
Bell telephone trust wins Philippine franchises as Harvey Mowak of New York City dies from a July Fourth gunshot wound. Winthrop Turney, Sonora owner, dies by suicide in Winsted Connecticut. Epworth League convenes in Denver with 20 000 delegates. Memorial for John Higmas held in Rome. Patrick case continues to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Milan storm injures 30 plus and damages historic sites. Nathan Shafer elected president of the National Education Association at Ashbury Park New Jersey.
Lewiston fire destroys $28000 in business property. Cokehall Montana blaze hits $20000 in losses. Baker County to hold good roads convention July 12. A Boise case against a nine year old wife for robbing a cherry tree was dismissed. Engineers survey a new bridge over the Clearwater at Lewiston. Nampa residents offer to buy a home for Senator Dubois if he relocates. Burglary epidemic hits Lewiston with over 70 reports. A man commits suicide at Golf Hill near a railroad. A former inmate, released on promise to leave the state, awaits trial in Dweltus county jail for murder. Ave Terrien killed his wife and husband’s stepon near Makereek. Douglas County sentences totaling 11 years.
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