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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1906
Page
8
An old advertisement extols strong coffee as antiseptic and aiding digestion while weak coffee causes fermentation and gas. It promotes Our "OClimax" Blend Coffee, sold at 25 cents per pound, claiming it can be diluted after brewing and is less injurious than boiled coffee. Fresh roasted and advertised with premiums per purchase.
Sixty idle men were counted around depots and lounge areas as farmers sought harvest hands in vain. Wages are good and a long harvest season looms, yet many unemployed have no beds or clothes and lack the appearance of steady workers. Farmers report scarce harvest lands and that transplanting labor must come from Umatilla County, with outsiders drifting in unsatisfied. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company pushes for permanent hires in Riparin and Engin branches. Harvesters, headers, and binders operate countywide, with several hundred men needed for the Umatilla crop as harvest nears.
Sam Todd of Meacham sold 80 stock horses to Sam Oluen of Foster Minnesota. The horses were loaded this morning and sent over the O R N lines to Minnesota for sale to farmers for ranch and breeding purposes.
A heavy hailstorm struck the headwaters of the Umatilla River Sunday night. Hailstones as large as hen eggs piled up to a foot deep in the mountains, accompanied by a vivid electrical display. Fall once, try twice.
The Portland Telegram reports Initiative One Hundred plans to raise licenses to 1200 a year, close saloons Sundays and nightly midnights to 5 30 am, bar room only sale, exclude seats from dispensing areas, and tax merchandise slot machines at 26 and a quarter. The move follows council delays on increasing licenses from 600 to 1000 and aims to curb liquor traffic amid resident demands for reform.
At a National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association meeting in Lewisville Kentucky T M Gilmore called for laws making it a crime to become intoxicated with severe penalties and strict enforcement He argued prohibitory laws fail to remedy evils while threatening liberty and would criminalize men unable to resist strong drink and excuse suppliers.
Sheriff E J Smalley returned from a four day ranch circuit east of Cheyenne reporting a band of wolves within a short distance of the city. They have killed two valuable colts owned by Smalley and he sighted two large gray wolves likely from the same group. Hunters plan to pursue the pack for sport and bounty.
Charles A EM Campbell and Marguerite Campbell will marry at 8 PM at the bride’s parents home 1114 East Welcb Street Rev W J Van Nuys of the Presbyterian church will perform the ceremony Both are well known in town and will reside in Pendleton after the wedding Charles is in charge at the Ruby stockyards while Ruby is abroad
Todlans Are Harvesting along the river with Joe Allen Charley Whirlwind and other leading Umatilla Indians. They visit A Kurnkel’s implement store daily for machine oil and equipment. An elder eyed various gallon oil cans, noting price differences for similar lookalikes.
Deputy Murray of Steubenville rearrests Captain AR W Talbot and Guard T B Preston, mine guards at Bradley and Guard on murder charges tied to the July 1 shooting at United States Coal Company mines. Five strikers were shot, one fatally. other guards are deserting Bradley amid pending prosecutions.
The city prepares to sign a paving contract with Warren for Main and Court streets. An ordinance is prepared as contracts over $100 require council approval. Barber Asphalt has not sought an injunction, and officials hope no action will derail the work.
Oliver P. Morton, attorney for the reclamation service, reported loss of a grip containing important East Umitilla project papers. Frank Smith was arrested after a telescope tied to the theft was found in a local saloon. authorities believe a second man involved led Smith to the crime. The district attorney will investigate.
The Union Pacific Railway commits $250 saddle for the world's championship bucking and pitching contest announced to be held August 15 in Cheyenne. The saddle is in manufacture, to be exhibited in Denver before being brought to Cheyenne for the winner.
A mass meeting in Umatilla county proposes forming the Third Oregon District Agricultural Society under state act. A meeting is set for July 13 1906 at Pendleton Commercial rooms at 8 pm to organize. J W Maloney W B Thompson G M Rice James A Fer. All the news all the time in the East Oregonian.
A newspaper fragment warns that at the first sign of stomach liver kidney or bowel disorder a few doses of a celebrated remedy can spare unnecessary suffering. The text suggests early self care but provides no full product name or directive.
Advertising item touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with a 53 year record of cures for indigestion dyspepsia constipation biliary issues heartburn flatulence cramps diarrhea female disorders malaria fever and ague claiming rapid relief without delay.
A wagon drawn by three horses and a mule broke its coupling on the Lee Street grade. Dr Cole’s auto waited, but the mule turned the wagon, telescoping a wheel, sending the team downhill. The driver cursed the luck as the mishap left the scene with wrecked gear and escaped horses.
Jame Rouse, a plotter who led the first mule pack train over Chilkoot Pass after the 1898 stampede, is in the city. He left Wallowa County in spring 1898 with 20 mules for Alaska, pioneering mule trains along the route into the Yukon, later running stores and aiding early traffic to the far north.
Reverend Richard Brown of the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society arrived from Yale on a late evening train and will remain today and tomorrow to attend to business. He plans to depart tomorrow evening for Minnesota to arrange packing before moving to Pendleton around the first of September.
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