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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
5
Advertisement notes free shirt waists for shoppers all week with dress or street skirts bought. Details outline waist incentives: with each skirt priced $5 to $8.50 receive a $1.25 to $1.50 waist. higher skirt purchases yield $2.25 to $2.50 waists. Also promotes a large stock of under skirts at low prices and invites shoppers to view them.
A jumble of storefront ads and notices lists shops and services around Court and Main streets. Entries promote Teutsch’s shoe repair and Tefft’s restaurant, Grate’s cigar store, Hawley Bros markets, Rader’s furniture, and 208 Alta rent ads, with items from innuendos to farm land and real estate offers.
A brief sale notice mentions a limited time offer related to a 24 year case in Waltham for $15. The item described is a watch described as high fade, appealing for a cheap purchase, with urgency to act quickly.
German Americans from Pendleton and friends travel to Walla Walla on Sunday June 7 for the second annual Saengerfest. A parade at noon and an open air concert at 2 pm unite singing societies from Seattle Tacoma Fairhaven Baker City Portland Spokane and Pendleton. Pendleton offers a $1 round trip rail special via O R N Co. leaves Pendleton 8:15 am returns from Walla Walla 5 pm. Portland clubmen plan a country clubhouse between Mount Hood and Portland.
State of Oregon vs E H Weston alias EB Wilson and J Ho Grant was tried in the circuit court this morning. Nine jurors were excused before the panel was filled. The jury members finally chosen are C W Brownfield Robert Ferris James W Hyatt Thomas Thompson T P DeFreese J Ambler John Perringer William Clark D J Kirk Higley Harris James Nelson J B Frazier. Eight state witnesses and five defense witnesses testified. The state’s counsel were Thomas G Halley and Stephen A Lowell. the defense was represented by Colonel J H Raley and James A Fee. The case was submitted to the jury at noon and they are deliberating.
Timber near rail lines has been culled out leading to a 20 percent shortfall in output for the season. Chopper wages have risen from 85 cents to 1.50 per card as demand compels crews to seek work elsewhere. Owners insist on removing knotty and refuse timber, delaying cuts until more timber is accessible near rails. Rail spur construction may be demanded by dealers to ease shipments from heavy forests to markets in Pendleton and Walla Walla.
The Baker County Irrigation Association cannot cancel the semiannual Stat Irrigation Association meeting planned for Baker City in June. State officers and the Baker County association must set and advertise the date. only state officials may cancel. Local county actions cannot void the meeting, and nonparticipation by locals is possible though undesirable.
Inside Electrical Workers walk out in Portland for a $2.00 per day wage. Painters offer no compromise, employers yet to resume talks. Laundry lockout remains unresolved. In Newport all ready for the Hellance test this morning for New Rochelle, with readiness for next week’s paces.
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company issued Restful Recreation Resorts a Portland tourism booklet prepared by Rinaldo M. Hall and distributed nationwide. Pendleton invites sealed bids by June 9 1903 for cement iron castings oak wood and brick with 25 percent certified check. bids opened before council session. bonds and performance guarantees required.
A fragmented summons from Union No. 59 percent of Pendleton Oregon dated June Sc 1009 declares Mr William Hickey unjust to organized labor. The note is incomplete and reads as a disputed statement by union leadership.
An inexact contract dispute declares an individual unfair to all organized Jalor after failing to fulfill a painter's engagement on or around April 10. The notice, signed by COMET JAS. ENRIGHT and others, labels the party unreliable and cites breach of agreement.
A fragmented line notes that enjoyable activities such as walking riding bowing or spinning are hindered without proper boots. The garbled text suggests footwear is essential to using these activities, though the sentence remains obscure and incomplete.
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