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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
7
An advertisement touts Electric Rubber Hose as costing slightly more than ordinary hose yet lasting three times longer. It resists cracking splitting kinking and bursting and is protected by U.S. patents. The ad urges demonstrations and warns against imitation.
The W. GT. U of Freewater and Milton held a union mothers meeting at the Congregational church with Mrs Birdsall presiding. Participants included Mesdames Shields Shangle Here Everett Rexrond Labadie and the Rey Ross Kitt. Also noted were promotions and upcoming matches involving Ike Jack Johnson Sam Langford Jim Smith and others with dates referenced for June 39 July 4 and July 15.
A tonic advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure for deafness caused by catarrh. It claims focal devices fail since the Eustachian tube inflames hearing, and promises $100 per case cured when catarrh is the root. It urges circulars and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The livestock market was generally firm with sheep and lambs showing weakness and lower values in Portland. Top lambs sold to $5.25 while cattle climbed 10 cents to about $6.25 for 1070 pound steers from Walla Walla. Hog prices rose slightly with a few lots near $7.15, helped by higher packer bids in the central west.
Fruit growers report the apple crop will excel last year with thinning along tone and conditions favorable for a enormous crop. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion, claiming benefits for health and beauty. For sale by all dealers in Elvin, Oregon.
Richland Oregon reports heavy showers over several days boosting crop prospects. Haying will start a few days late. Fruit crops look smaller than last year but yield should be fair with quality above average.
Oregon City Oregon at the United Brethren conference in Philomath Buckbee was appointed to succeed Rev Mr Clark pastor of this city. She will soon take up her duties here. Her husband, a United Brethren pastor, is to go to Idaho.
Arthur McDonald an unmarried man about 30 years old was swept from a log into a whirlpool on the Rogue River Saturday morning and lost. A search for his body has so far proved unsuccessful.
In Grays Harbor a Patterson crew killed two whales, first handled at the new South Bay plant as the Seattle built twin ship Patterson begins commissioning. Mrs Alonzo Talbert of Culver Oregon died instantly last Friday after a runaway water wagon toppled, breaking her neck and crushing her. Mr Talbert was seriously injured.
In a crosscut 200 feet from the portal Miller and Hoyt lessees report a shoot of high grade ore in the Nespelem Apache mine. Drifting west on the ledge, the shoot maintains a width of about 14 inches with fifteen feet already drifted. Ore averages around 300 dollars in silver and gold, silver appearing as brittle silver and gold linked with pyrites.
A telephone message from Bell Mountain 25 miles north reports an unidentified man believed to be a homesteader found dead in a suspected murder. The sheriff and coroner have gone to Bell Mountain to investigate and will not return until tomorrow.
Three year old Roy Hadly Hurt, grandson of Mrs. Rose Roeding, lies near death at Southern Oregon hospital Medford after a wagon wheel passed over him Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred when a heavily loaded wagon rolled over him, breaking ribs on the right side. Medical staff report only a small chance of recovery.
Daily storms across Conrad, Dupuyer, Chateau, Bynum, Shelby and Soud brought three quarters of an inch in Conrad from Monday to Thursday. Severe electrical disturbances caused wire fences to be struck. A bolt paralyzed a man in Sallid country while he stood in the doorway at J. C. Johnson ranch south of Conrad. Johnson caught him and was shocked.
A 16 year old, Tepentiant Youth Ingersoll, wounded four companions at Lockport High School. He fired into a wagon carrying students, injuring John White, John Reed, James Martin, and Bernard Mather. He attempted suicide with a butcher knife twice after the shootings. A physician treated him following attempts and the group traveled toward home. He became enraged when friends delayed him, causing chaos and concern among classmates and officials.
In a Chicago wedding a small groom, Arthur Atherton, age 24, five feet tall and slender, weds Blanche Buckley, age 16, in a terse ceremony noted by Judge Newcomer. The fragmented text describes a sparse, unusual match and the bride’s age as stated.
A list of local professionals including Phelps & Steiner and others with offices in Pendleton Oregon. Also notes the Leaving Pendleton Passenger and Arriving Pendleton Mixed train times around 10:00 and 9:30 a.m. with references to local businesses and services.
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