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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
2
General news items note only two divorces granted in British Columbia as strikes loom in the east. Reports cover labor lockouts in New York and strife in Poland, with violence against Jews and a Kansas special session tied to flood devastation.
A hotel register shows guests arriving in Denver Spokane Portland San Francisco and Chicago with names including J St Grant N Smith C J Hansen and L Murray Grant. Attendees from Walla Walla Seattle Portland Chicago and other towns are noted along with several spouses and hotel names such as Golden Rule Hotel. The list reads like a social note of in town visitors and out of town arrivals.
Katherine Million elected Ashland carnival queen. David Dalgliesh, ex Portland council aide, dies in Los Angeles. Indiana Training School of Chemuwa bands to tour Oregon. Two surveying crews operate on Oregon Pacific railway line from Grants Pass. John McRae’s body recovered after Santiam drowning near Fox Valley in December. Daughters of the American Revolution hold second annual conference in Tacoma. Rogue River valley farmers seek pea pickers as crop tops history. Minnie Ringwald fined $25 in Salem for umbrella assault on Frances Bressler. Jonathan Bourne Jr gains control of E. F. mine at Sumpter to restart operations. Fritz Detrick of Spokane gets one year for gambling under new law. James Petrie of Lakeview accidentally shoots son while clearing stuck cartridge. John H. Graff, Great Northern assistant civil engineer at Columbia Falls, Mont., killed by blast explosion.
Startling evidence pours in praising Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. A Virginia tester claims three years of bronchitis vanished after using the remedy, with further claims of curing lung issues pneumonia and grip. Trial bottles are offered by Tallman & Co., druggists.
Travel ad touts Lehman Springs in the Blue mountains as a charming vacation spot away from city heat and dust. It highlights a large hotel, scenic campgrounds, swimming pool, golf links, shooting range, hunting, and abundant shade with affordable rates and details via C. R. Dutton.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of T. F. Howard architect at three o clock p m June 27 1903 for the building of a third salary to the Hotel St. George according to plans by T. F. Howard architect The right is reserved to reject any and all bids for the work June 16 1903
Heavy rains and hail hit the Alba area with a three inch hail event at Webo Slough on the 12th and continued rain over Sunday and Monday. Crops were reported improving after two weeks of rain, with some blistering and fair prices for wool. Local residents and businesses are noted including Ernest Napply visiting from Alia, William Fharnwald traveling to Pendleton, and Gulliford Livestock Co selling crops. Ridge and Gurdane baseball teams held practice with unknown results.
The Drexon Land and Water Company sold land in Mection 18, township 6 north, range 28 east with water rights for 1220 to A A Lindsley and Marion Judsey. Bowlaby and wife sold for 271 to RH Patton lots 3 and 4 in Gb block of the reservation addition of Pen Hieron. Lockwood and wife sold to C E Freehorn and Sidney Coyle for 9000, the south base of section 12 in township 6 north of range 4 east and the southwest quarter of section 7 in township 5 north of range 4 east, totaling 80 acres.
In Spokane two gambling cases test the new Washington law. Fite Dhet rick pleaded guilty to dealing gold poker. Judge Michard imposed one four in the penitentiary. The case explores constitutional questions as Graves & Graves represent termed defendants.
Work on the Washington cruiser begins in Camden with keel laying planned early next month at the New York ship yard. The project, intended as a strong advertisement for the ship company, follows late President Morse’s wish to push the build timetable and maximize speed of completion. Stock cattle for sale: 50 cows and 26 calves, 10 two to three year old heifers, 15 yearling heifers by Elmer Spike of Echo Oregon.
Berlin and Saxony election results show Social Democrats gaining about 15 Reichstag seats and roughly 2.5 million votes, with notable gains in Berlin, Dresden, and Saxony towns. Campaigns included paid workers by rivals and unpaid Socialist canvassers, plus large poster and door advertising efforts.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York markets 5 percent Gold Bonds purchasable on an instalment plan with ownership in ten, fifteen, or twenty years. In event of death, bonds pass to a wife or named beneficiary. Contact company officials including Richard A. McCurdy and local managers Alma D. Katz and Frank L. Hammond for terms and potential income figures.
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