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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
8
Urgent changes in the dining ware department push steep cuts to clear stock. The store touts cobalt blue 66 piece porcelain sets at 9 dollars and white and gold 48 piece sets at 8 dollars 50 cents, as it aims to attract shoppers with extreme bargains this week.
The council decided to hire a levee engineer to draft preliminary rebuilding plans for the damaged levee and appointed a levee committee of Hinkle Swearingen and Murphy. A driveway along the levee was favored for city improvement and levee strengthening. Streets will be paved, and the telephone company interaction noted. Licenses granted to Shulta Stricker and M Finneran transferred to Seattle Malting. Expressmen and draymen repeal petition denied. Lanterns lit the chamber. Recorder FitzGerald helped with the count with City Attorney McCourt assisting.
W J Furnish head of the company states flood damage to the Furnish ditch will not exceed 3000 dollars with 2000 dollars covering the extreme loss. Water remains high around the headgate preventing exact damage assessment and foundation impact cannot yet be determined. The ditch itself was not greatly harmed and flood delays do not affect reclamation work.
Two thousand fine Merino bucks have been driven from the Cunningham Sheep and Land company ranch and shipped by the Northern Pacific to Denver. R A Kelsay says half the band will be left at Denver with the other 1000 for sale in New Mexico. A future shipment into old Mexico may follow to try the market there.
Perkins has sold his interest in the Elite Candy Kitchen to partner B. E. Young. The Perkins & Young firm has run the business for 12 months. Perkins will close the city shop, depart for Portland then Kansas for a visit, and Young will run the business alone.
Pendleton may transform the May Park levee into an attractive drive and park, with a macadam road or footpath along the top, grassed south bank, and trees. A levee committee seeks an engineer to estimate repair costs and plan extensions to reach bedrock, strengthening the levee and benefiting the community.
A nine pound daughter arrived this morning to Mr and Mrs Albert Rhodes at 400 West Alta Street. A nine pound son was born to Mr and Mrs Ed Barr at 208 West Alta Street.
Newly elected county court moves to seize road and bridge repairs. A special meeting is set for tomorrow to adopt action and assign areas to Gilliland Lee and Walker. Little contract work expected, with supervisors handling minor repairs and larger jobs let as needed.
Detailed county results show officials and state questions with vote counts across several districts. Ukiah Went Dry headlines the Prohibition results while Multnomah County rejects woman suffrage by about 2600, and local subdivisions show mixed outcomes.
In a decisive rebuke to saloon interests, Sheriff BE. M. Shutt of Morrow County won re-election. His strong enforcement of the anti gambling and Sunday closing law drew opposition from saloon sympathizers, but he secured an emphatic victory and endorsement of his law enforcement policy.
George Meeker reports rapid cleanup in the West End as residents follow basement and yard cleaning directions. Water has mostly drained from cellars except the lowest areas. mains after the flood swept sediment from streets and lawns, aiding sanitary restoration in the district.
Pendleton residents consider traveling to Billings Montana and Sheridan Wyoming to register for the Crow Indian land drawing in July. Registration runs June 14 to 28 with the drawing set for July 2 in Billings. The tract opens over 1 000 000 acres of Crow reservation land with irrigation potential and grazing areas, while much of the rest remains dry.
Description notes land suitable for farming without irrigation being good wheat land. It warns the rush will be heavy and only a small number of registrants are likely to secure claims.
Walla Walla county commissioners contracted with Washington Children’s Home Society of Seattle to care for orphans thrown on public charity at forty dollars each. The move follows the county’s earlier talk of relief through a local home. The article notes a June 12 cantata by The Galilean chorus at the Baptist church and describes ongoing bridge repairs by O R and N crews after damage in the city.
J. J. Rouletone of Adama, Louisiana, has been confined to his home with injuries from a fall weeks ago. He is now on crutches and slowly recovering. The back injuries have limited the use of his leg, but gradual improvement is noted.
The regular annual meeting of Pendleton Academy board of trustees will be held at Carter, Haley & Raley offices this evening.
Desagaia, formerly of this city and lately of San Francisco, has moved to Sparks Nevada where he plans to reside permanently.
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