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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
8
Sixty six eighth grade diplomas have been issued to county public school pupils after passing spring examinations. Pendleton pupils completing eighth grade here are also eligible for entry to high school or state academies. Professor Xoordhoff awarded diplomas to successful applicants.
Congressman W. R. Ellis and Mrs. Ellis depart Iowa and travel homeward with plans to reach the city late in the week. Relatives do not know the precise arrival due to possible stops along the route. Local friends await his return with interest after his absence since Christmas.
A brief health advisory warns that starting treatment early reduces duration and severity. Delays can allow the illness to become more entrenched, making later cure harder and prolonging suffering. Take action promptly to ease symptoms and shorten recovery.
Federal building appropriation efforts by Congressman Ellis are cited as the reason for a forthcoming public reception in his honor. The event is expected to occur shortly after his arrival.
Northern Pacific freight cars are moved from the O R N main line to the Northern Pacific here. The shipments include locomotives and mining machinery for Alaska and street cars for Spokane. Mining gear is delayed by grassouts on the Northern Pacific in Montana. Local traveler L Rinehart of the Summerville Rinehart family passed Athena today returning from the reunion to Moses Lake, Washington, traveling over 700 miles by team.
Frank McNell and his wife, who operated the store and post office at Lehman Springs last season, left today for the resort. They spent winter in Spokane and will resume running the store and mail establishment at the mountain resort this summer.
P C Hunter of R N Co, an agent, states May shipments from Echo totaled 115 carloads. One carload was livestock and the remainder were grain and wool. The record is the best in the station's history.
Assessor P Strain remains at his home on the south hill and cannot be downtown after several days. Doctors think the illness stems from overexertion shortly after his appendicitis operation.
In a raid on the Windsor a ten derloin resort officers arrested two parties for opium smoking Sunday night. One party was a man and the other a woman inmate of the house. Each forfeited 25 dollars yesterday.
Dr H W Coe is erecting a neat four room cottage on his fruit farm about two miles from town. Carpenters Ben Atkinson F M Godfrey and E Gates are doing the work. Echo Register.
Mr and Mrs W R Frey of this city are now in Vancouver British Columbia attending to business for a few weeks.
A grocery note states tea should be bought in packages and that someone is responsible for the process. The grocer offers a money back guarantee if you do not get what you paid for, naming Mike Schilling as a point of contact.
Echo station ships 421 carloads of livestock in the past year, leading all small O R & N stations. Breakdown: cattle 7125 head 290 cars, sheep 40875 head 109 cars, hogs 1500 head 12 cars, horses 300 head 10 cars. Next year expected fat cattle shipments exceed 10,000 head.
Umatilla County men indicted for conspiracy to defraud the government over land were arraigned in Portland. J H Raley John Crow William Slusher J H Parkes Bailey Bogs John Vert Charles Mathias George Adams William Roche Samuel Olmstead O P Bowman appeared. McDonald and Caldwell did not. None pled yesterday amid rumors of guilty pleas later clarified as unfounded. Pendleton party men returned home. further action expected in fall.
A Pendleton high school romance ends as Lester B. Cronin and Miss Clara Boylen plan to wed June 26 at the Boylen home in Denver. Cronin left for Denver last evening. the ceremony will occur Thursday. Both were students at the local high school and well known in the community. The Boylen family has lived in Denver for over a year.
Today Judge Joe Parkes hears testimony in three cases from the Echo country. Frank W. Messner sues Charles W. Reed, Arleta White sues Cyrax L. Guerseman, and Clifton Cleaver sues Jesse W. Shell. The land near Echo lies in a semi arid area and none of the contestants offer a defense. J. T. Hinkle represents all three contestants.
Engineer George Hillman of the mountain division of the O R N has been reinstated as in charge of eastbound passenger train No 6 at the Pilot Rock junction switch following his discharge several months ago.
Harry A Chandler begins suit for divorce from Sylvia B Chandler with desertion alleged as the cause. The Chandlers were married August 20 1906 at their home and have one child.
Attorney George W. Coutts filed an attachment suit today on behalf of Central Meat Market owned by Tweedy and Carney to recover 675. The claim covers pooled accounts held by Demott Grocery, the meat company and R. Alexander against Snyder.
Church of the Redeemer announces divine services with a short address at 10 a.m. on Nativity of St John Baptist day. All are invited. Rector CHARLES QUINNEY issued the notification.
Walter J. Bartnett, banker, attorney and politician, is confined at home after a jury found him guilty of embezzling Colton securities tied to the California Safe Deposit & Trust failure. His chief counsel plans an appeal as Bartnett remains on a $200,000 bond and awaits sentencing Tuesday morning. Prosecutor Cook indicated other charges would not be pursued.
Miss Jean Reid daughter of Whitelaw Rel the American ambassador marries John Hubert Ward brother of the Earl of Dudley in a grand London ceremony attended by the king queen and royal family. The wedding took place in the Chapel Royal at St James with diplomatic corps present. Ward aged 48 received a legacy of a million on reaching his majority.
Washington June 23 Assistant General Pugh said the verdict in the land fraud case convicting Hyde-Schneider would prove invaluable to the government though trial expenses totaled 200000. The government will recover costs via increased land values from lands taken from the guilty, with nearly 100000 acres fraudulently obtained to be sold for eight to ten dollars per acre, previously worth about 1.20 each.
Pendleton baseball team defeated Baker City 6 to 3 at Baker City Evening. Pendleton rallied after a slow start, scoring in the fourth and bursting with runs in the eighth and ninth. Talifierro and Baker City’s Campbell and Ward were the battery pairs. The series concludes Wednesday at Baker City before Pendleton returns home for a Walla Walla series.
Classified notice seeking purchase of clean rags at market price paid, to be collected at the East Oregonian office. No other details provided.
Rev. W. H. Bleakney, president of Pendleton Academy, preached the annual sermon at the Rinehart family reunion held at J. H. Rinehart’s Summerville home in Union County Oregon. The event draws many relatives with literary musical numbers reminiscences and anecdotes and is a premier summer gathering for a large and prominent Oregon family.
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