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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1904
Page
5
A representative from the leading cloak and suit house in New York City will display an extensive line of advance styles in ladies and misses suits jackets skirts and rain coats all day Thursday July 14. Ladies are invited to view the collection and may expect a unique opportunity as such a display may not recur.
A jumble of small ads describes merchandise and services from Gratz’s to Kunkel’s and Withee’s, including mowers, coal, fire extinguishers, shoes, and wagons. It notes restaurant items at Gratz’s, ice cream, sandals, and a carnival week dance at Armory hall with Gulett’s orchestra. Also mentions a missing person case via O R & N agent E C Smith and Portlands mother Laura Brust seeking her son A L Long after a fatal train incident near Arlington.
A listing mentions assorted items such as jewelry and sterling silver including 14k gold options. Prices start from $2.00 with various codes like 11, 16, 17, 81, 28, 24 noted in the section. The text references witches in a niche and emphasizes reliability and diverse offerings.
Members are urgently requested to attend a meeting of the Tennis Club this evening at o'clock in the parlors of the Commercial Association. Important business will be transacted and it will be of interest to all members to be present.
Colonel James H. Wilson of Sylvan Grove Kansas owns 68 Starkey Prairie horses in O R N stockyards awaiting shipment to his ranch. He paid three dollars per head for the animals.
Trouble along the Pendleton to Portland line due to last night’s storm caused widespread delays. Ground wires were used in several spots and messages were delayed or sent in pieces across many offices.
A letter from F. A. Gulledge of VerbenA, Alabama, recounts a terrible pile condition with 24 tumors that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured. The notice promotes the salve as good for all aches and pains, priced at 25 cents at Tallman & Co.'s drug store, alongside Teutach's summer dress goods sale.
A severe electrical storm swept across southern Umatilla County around 8 PM, washing out bridges on Birch Creek near Pilot Rock, damaging crops gardens and outbuildings, and flooding streets and cellars. The weather veered west toward Pendleton with heavy rainfall but limited local damage there. Lower Birch Creek saw high water flooding alfalfa but no lasting damage.
A store doorway near Muld has a severe electric shock during a storm. A. T. Van Cleve of Schmidt Drug Co. felt heat and a swollen arm but recovered by morning. He plans to keep hands in pockets during future storms. He denies yelling at the shock.
A flurry of visitors and locals on business fill Pendleton today. H Roylen of Pilot Rock and D M Conklin of Elgin are seen about town. W H Chastalo of Milton remains briefly in Pendleton. Hert Danner of Glatke & Co. Portland departs for The Dalles. C Kincaid of Sumpter checks in between trains. WI Conlon of Telecayet arrives to operate a traction engine. County Commissioner Horace Walker of Helix returns from county court. B Calderhead of the W & C RK hosts at Hotel Pendleton on business. Charles McBee moves toward Buttercreek to Scales place. K Collins of Kamela, wool dealer with ties to Prewewater, visits. W H Boyd of Echo discusses rabbit cannery affairs. H C Willits of Stanfield's new townsite visits Forfar. Stanfield arrival from the East awaited. A H Bunderman of Pilot Rock reports heavy rains at Starkey Prairie causing damage. Doc Maple returns from Meadown Creek range noting excellent grass but damaging electric storms.
The Braock Fruit Company ships daily carloads from Walla Walla with apples expected to be plentiful and priced around one cent. Cherries continue to be packed, blackberry shipments go east, and potatoes cabbage onions fill vegetable cars bound for the Pacific coast. Milestones include 40 workers at the ranch and city facilities, with notable peach prospects being less bountiful this year.
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