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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1905
Page
2
An old advertisement urges readers to push physical exercise to build muscle, offering a range of weights from one half pound to five pounds and prices from 23 cents to 50 cents, encouraging readers to try the program.
Reports from Pittsburg note 99 degrees and six heat deaths on June 15. Rumors swirl about the pope leaving the Vatican for Castle Gonilelfo. A Santa Fe collision near Las Animas, Colorado claims two young men, Carl Drennan and Carl Phornix, killed. A Texas plague of caterpillars devastates fruit and crops. A New York boiler blast injures 14. The steamer Acme at Eureka burns. hull protected by green redwood. European prison mutiny suppressed in Russia. US commission to study foreign trade named. France nears church state separation with 16 of 27 sections passed.
Fire at a Portland livery stable burns two horses dead and leaves two others severely burned. Dr. Mary Latham convicted of arson in Spokane, jury urging leniency. Washington hop growers hold 1904 crop at 30 cents per pound. Rossburg marble plant to start with $60,000 raised, claims Italian Carrara quality. Lewiston refunds bonds of $63,600. premium $1287.50 wins bid from American National Bank. Tom Fieldas to stand trial after attempt to declare him insane fails. Snohomish electric plant destroyed by fire for third time in three years. An injured boy, Oscar Holtzclaw, 12, survives a rifle accident near Salem.
T C Taylor, returning from the exposition, urges an additional daylight train between Huntington and Portland during the fall. He notes current crowds make Pullman space scarce and expects even greater need in summer. Taylor praises improved railway facilities and highlights landscape arrangements as a major feature not rivaled by prior expositions.
A large gathering of lumbermen contractors and material men from Pendleton and nearby citizens is called for this evening at 4 o'clock in the Commercial Association parlors. The group aims to finalize plans for a Fourth of July picnic on the Umatilla river near the city with a first class venue. All interested parties are invited to attend and help reach a conclusion.
Hearing before Commissioner Joe H. Parker in Homestead contests Frederick A. Hil with 169 acres along the Unantilia River two miles west of the city. G A Kidder leads the challenge citing non residence, with multiple witnesses summoned to testify in the case.
Returned with bride Will Wyrick and Miss Bessie Krebs wed in Lowlaton Idaho on June 14 and returned to Pendleton last evening to reside permanently. They praised Pendleton after a wedding trip through Northern Idaho and Washington saying no other place compares. Krebs, a Pendleton High School graduate, was reared here before moving with her parents to Lewiston two years ago.
Judge Henry J. Bean of Pendleton selected by the Oregon grand lodge as lecturer and custodian of the secret work for the Eastern Oregon district. He will travel Eastern Oregon to instruct and lecture on the unwritten work of Masonry to judges. Bean is a leading Pendleton lodge member and highly favored by local Masons.
James Murtha once a celebrated rackman from Gurdane, now near Condon in Gilliam county, visited the city on business last evening. He believes the Condon Arington railroad will propel Gilliam county into a leading state position by providing an outlet for interior products. Murtha has settled on a stock farm near Condon and has sold his interests in Armatilla county.
Alfred Ayers, who returned from Montana Friday after a trainload of sheep, left Monday morning for Wyoming to take another trainload of sheep.
A party led by B.5 Cook, 14 homeseekers, left Shaniko Toendsy for Redmond's new townsite south of Forest to locate on land. Crook County Journal notes 3150 to 400 members of the National Editorial association will meet in Portland on June 22, traveling from Oklahoma City via California.
A long list of hotel guests includes names from Walla Walla Spokane Portland Seattle and beyond. Notable entries include J. W. Hanford C. K. Knight H. Bramberger L. Mayenschein Mrs. E. Balliet and J. J. Dykes among others, with frequent mentions of Freewater Milton Colfax and Athena.
Paul McCormackMontana cattle king and Rainier Grand guest describes his visit to Seattle for the Lewis and Clark exposition. The Billings rancher with thousands of acres and grazing rights on Crow land has a domesticated herd of buffalo and elk. His white hair, a postwar legend, began after surviving a Sioux ambush near Ft Pease.
A tall stranger named Black arrived in Ballard with blueprints suggesting Northern Pacific shops would move from Tacoma to Ballard. He claimed locations to the town engineer, triggering widespread options on land, then the NP denied any move and the tale collapsed, leaving residents wary of a postal scheme. Stanley of Roseburg plans to return home next spring.
Roseburg Bay's Branley L. Kidder, a U S mail service worker in the Philippines, leads overland routes amid head hunter dangers. A letter from Stanley notes the tough job, long saddle duties, and hazardous river crossings as he witnesses violence during distant journeys.
Opponents of equal suffrage mobilize in Oregon seeking defeat of the proposed constitutional amendment. Over 40 suffrage clubs have formed in three months, with petitions urging submission to a June referendum. Anti-suffrage letters and reprinted editorials from the Morning Oregonian flood post offices as bitter editorials condemn advocates.
A South African traveler writes that Johannesburg is a quick built town of corrugated iron with finish work in stucco and timber shingles. The city features wide streets and a mini artery for business, with imitation American skyscrapers looming over older forts. Sunday is honored more in breach than in observance, and the town is described as young yet eager to imitate older manners.
The charge of horse stealing against Der J. W. Vogel was heard in Union County Circuit Court. Judge Eakin directed the jury to find not guilty if no evidence of crime existed, while attorney A. D. Leedy represented the defense and Vogel was largely unknown in Grant County.
An old advertisement-style notice warns of a winter disease linked to kidney trouble causing heart and lung complications. It touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney, liver, and bladder issues, claiming quick relief and a free sample by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
The Washington and Columbia River Railroad timetable shows arrivals Monday Wednesday and Bet day at 12 15 p m on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 10 16 a m. Departures at 6 p m daily with a 6 15 p m Walla Walla departure and 5 a m arrival from weet. For information regarding accommodations call or contact ADAM agent Walla Walla Washington.
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