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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
8
Pendleton faces a severe test with a large three day Roundup crowd. Dan P. Smythe and the Accommodation Committee urge every citizen to cooperate to provide lodging and facilities. The appeal stresses shared duty, comfort for guests, and Pendleton’s good name at stake.
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports yesterday issued license to Thomas Brannan of Walla Walla County Washington and Agnes E Winkle of Pendleton County for marriage. Also notes reformer J H Young and wife return from Portland to Pendleton seeking railroad post.
A farmer named Miller reported his coat stolen from his wagon in town. The coat was later found in a pawn shop, but his papers and checkbook were missing. The most painful loss was a small ledger with accounts dating back to 1901.
N. P. officials led by I. B. Richards of Spokane general superintendent J. L. Force of the Pasco division J. C. Roth car service J. G. Cutler roadmaster and C. Simonson Pasco district supervisor arrived on the Northern Pacific local this morning in their special car Glacier for an official visit to the terminus.
Returns from Eastern School Carl Peringer son of Mr and Mrs George Peringer will arrive home tomorrow after a year at Groff preparatory school New York He will be accompanied by Elliott Stewart of Portland a Hill Military academy classmate who has attended Harvard Peringer will spend the summer here and return east in fall to enter Harvard
William H. Galvan an official of Pacific Power and Light and of the Walla Walla Valley Railroad company arrived in Pendleton today on business connected with his duties with the electric company He is engineer in charge of property right of way and taxation and a pioneer Oregon resident noting that the visit has no particular significance.
Secretary Jock Keefe traced cancelled checks from the Pendleton Commercial Club showing Pendleton’s share of expenses for the eastern Oregon branch asylum argument. A Portland paper’s emorging led Bakerlies to charge a claim not paid. Keefe notified Baker officials of the cancelled voucher and payment date.
President Dan Smythe of the Commercial association visited the council chamber and praised the council for street improvement efforts. He endorsed the council’s work and pledged the club’s cooperation, offering assistance whenever needed.
Miss Laura McKee spends the week in Plot Rock. Jeanne Lloyd of Wallowa visited Pendleton yesterday. J Hindeman and wife of Milton are here visiting relatives. Ernest Knight arrived from his Helix ranch. Mr. Tracy Inman passed through Pendleton en route to Walla Walla. Mayor H R Newport of Hermiston transacted business in Pendleton yesterday. Jake Sheuerman, wool and hide buyer, left for a westward trip. Mine Host John Durham of Attella arrived yesterday and stayed overnight. C Knotts of Pilot Rock was in the city yesterday. Mrs. William Sturgis has returned from Spokane. J Shea of La Grande is in the city for O W B N duties. Ford Carper, traveling salesman for a wholesale drug company, was in Pendleton. J M Shoyer of Plot Rock came in from the sheep town last evening. Etta Beamer of Weston spent last night in Pendleton. Miss Myrtle Walker, formerly of Pendleton, now in Portland, is visiting Mrs. O B Harper on South Main. A Swaggart of Athena came to attend construction matters on District 96 school. Virgil Peringer of Bellingham is a guest at his brother George Peringer’s home. he is district attorney there. Mr and Mrs FE Schmuard returned from two months in Rochester and Cincinnati. They report intense heat back east. Edgar L. Smith of Walla Walla, Weston Ladies’ Band director, is in Pendleton to confer with Round-up directors about hiring his band for the fall show.
Albert Eklund purchased from M. Lantz and wife of Tacoma for 1500 the south half of lot 4 and the north 36 feet of lot 6 in block 19 of Arnold and Raley's addition to Pendleton. The Cosble street property lies between Alta and Court.
New York actress Lillian Russell sues theatrical manager Lee Shubert in the supreme court to recover her share of profits from the 1904 season of the drama Lady Teazie. She alleges she was paid a $700 weekly salary but did not receive one half of the profits as agreed.
Special Correspondence from Eeho Oregon reports wheat harvest in full swing with yields far above expectations. Most work is by combines and Hayes and McLeod delivered the season's first wheat to Interior Warehouse Company.
Tuesday reports from the region record bluestem No 1 Alex Young bringing in Turkey red wheat from east of Koha testing a fraction of a cent to the bushel. C F Walker shipped three carloads of cattle to Seattle. A rattlesnake was killed near Echo on the UmaTila river at the Jas Taylor place. Miss Opal Callison saved a child by leveraging a plank to disable the snake. Raiders once common are nearly wiped out as land was cultivated. Mrs M E Baker of Pendleton visited with daughter Mrs J T Hoskins. Mrs William Gulliford and daughter Lillian returned to Pendleton after a two week visit. Mr and Mrs EB Lewis and Mr F T George left for La Grande by auto for a weeklong trip. Mrs R D Ward went to Pendleton for the day.
Chief of Police Gurdane acted as judge this afternoon to settle a case between George Darveau proprietor of the Hotel St. George and a guest who had not paid his bill. The judge ordered liquidation of the bill and return of the suitcase upon payment.
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