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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1905
Page
2
A local promotional piece urges Pendleton shoppers to demand fair treatment and dependable goods. It mocks rival shows and yellow paint advertisements, touts Golden Rule prices, honest service, and a clear value focus with affordable shirts, waists, and other items on display.
A jumble of crime, deaths, weather and public notices. John Teamer is killed and robbed near his home while collecting rents in Chicago. A Hawaii gubernatorial issue seeks to retain Carter. The Mississippi health board amends quarantine rules for New Orleans to fire disease in Louisiana. Joseph J. Eakins, 40, dies of consumption in Colorado Springs, longtime managing editor of the New York World. A Texas oil fire kills twelve, with £600,000 in property lost. A rancher near Santa Rosa, California, is found dead from a gunshot in the back, suspected murder for robbery. San Diego doctors refuse charges for emergencies. Bennington crew tensions unsettled. all crew accounted for. A tornado near Elko damages property, cuts telegraph poles. A long list of names from Portland, Spokane, Seattle, and other cities appears, likely hotel or conference attendees.
A string of misfortunes includes drownings in bathing pools near Colfax and Rocky Point, scalding deaths from a hot spring in Montana, and a drowning during a family outing at Lewiston. Northern Pacific workers earn a wage advance of 212 cents per hour as Ellensburg expands operations. Western railroad and corporate actions touch Spokane, Tacoma, Portland, and Butte with leadership changes and stock adjustments. A Spokane resident is declared insane and to face probate scrutiny. Mount Rainier climbing incident ends in a fatality after a tree fire.
New York July 24. Tammany Hall leaders met at the wigwam to launch the mayoralty campaign. The keynote was strong support for Mayor McClellan seeking a second term and a defense of his nonpartisan administration. The resolutions rebut the Citizens' Union call for a nonpartisan municipal government, citing McClellan’s record as more nonpartisan than Mayors Low or Strong.
“I knew no one for four weeks when typhoid and kidney trouble left me weak,” writes Annie Hunter of Pittsburg. After trying limited doctors she recovered with Electric Bitters, now able to walk straight. Sold at Tallman & Co.’s drug store. For sale items include two wagons a hack a grain rack and hay rack see H. S. Seales at E. T. Wade & Son's office.
In Elgin and Wallowa county a battle over railroad right of way unfolds as Cook’s Wallowa Valley Railroad competes with the O R and N. Both firms secure bonds and survey men, while courts bar further work pending ownership disputes. Tensions rise as fencing and temporary restraining orders appear amid overlapping claims.
In Boston wool market notes the American Sheep Breeder July review signals large buyers have contracted for much territory wool for next season, with smaller mills likely to remain steady buyers. Auction reports from London hint at rising prices, while washed fine wool sales are light and medium grades move readily. Overseas demand remains strong with Australian finer crossbred wool favored and carpet stock activity muted. Also: Civil Service Examinations scheduled August 10 and 17 at Watts Walla for various posts including Panama Canal river engineer and general quartermaster, with salaries from 720 to 900 per year.
Governor Albert E. Mead of Washington honors a requisition for the extradition of Ida Johnson, a Minnesota wanted woman. Mead writes a long letter in response, signaling strong stance on the case and police cooperation with Minneapolis authorities.
Finder to leave at this office for reward. Wanted Ladies clothes drawers at Robinsons Domestic laundry. Andrew Lawrence escaped Stellacoom Insane asylum later reportedly drowned after attempting to board schooner Soquel in Olympia harbor. First grain fire of season in Washington burned 20 acres of J. D. Cummins wheat near St John ignited by a passing train. Cummins had insured the field hours earlier.
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