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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
2
Fresh shipment of Cream Brick Cheese si 30¢ Heinz Pork and Beans cans 15¢ and 206 Our Fresh Fruits and Vegetables are the very best the market affords Fancy Jellies and Jams bottles 30¢ Fancy Preserves bottles 55 to 1 65 Just received a fresh wheel of Imported Swiss Cheese pound 456 T P W Special Blend Coffee best of earth pound 30¢
Special correspondence from Suwnfleld Oregon reports Stanfield Commercial Club discusses establishing a rural mail route serving the west and northwest countryside. A petition is circulating to start delivery from Stanfield, alongside plans for new roads entering from the east and southeast to boost trade.
In this vicinity during the past few days have greatly benefited the spring wheat in this section of the county and the present prospects are very favorable for a heavy crop. A few of the alfalfa farmers were caught with some hay down but it is not expected that any damage of consequence will result.
Berlin hosts a large banquet honoring retiring U.S. Ambassador David Jayne Hill under the American Association of Commerce and Trade. Former Colonial Minister Bernberg is to deliver the keynote speech as prominent diplomats and business leaders attend. Hill’s departure in July is seen as influenced by internal department pressure amid the Potash controversy.
The International Sunday School convention features The Pastor of the Sunday school as the closing highlight. Topics include Pastoral Leadership, relations from a layman’s view, the pastor’s privilege, and opportunity in the Sunday School. Delegates depart after a day of sessions and plan visits in California before returning home.
A brief reflection notes that some people seek wisdom yet remain unsure how to use it when granted, highlighting a tension between insight and action and the hesitancy that follows.
National and state bank examiners from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana gather in Spokane for a conference on minilateral affairs and financial questions. The meeting marks the first joint session with national, state, and clearinghouse examiners under Comptroller Murray’s district plan and will hear reports from each district.
Leonard J. Boutwell, claiming to be son of ex Senator Houtwell and a Swiss consul, beat the young woman at Archdeacon Allen's Pensacola home before a marriage ceremony. He then tried to kill himself with gas, was revived, jailed, and refuses to explain. The injured bride remains confined at Archdeacon Allen's house. her name is kept secret.
Seven hundred teachers attend the Kentucky Educational Association opening in Owensboro. Sessions cover general topics across common and high school and college curricula. Physical education for boys and girls to be discussed, with Dr. James Sprague of Lexington and Lieut James Lindgren of Louisville addressing brain tissue restoration and Swedish gymnastic principles.
The United States new four million naval training station at North Chicago will begin July 3 to smooth rough edges of midwest recruits. It will accommodate 1250 apprentice sailors who will drill four months before duty. The push is due to need for thousands of men to crew ships nearing completion in Utah and Florida.
The ad notes that lasting muscular strength requires blood strength. It targets young men focusing on muscle development and promotes Wood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to improve blood strength and support the overall system.
In a humorous exchange from A Snuapicious World, Farmer Corntessel refuses political temptation. He insists the farm earns enough to enjoy modern purchases and to build a new barn, preferring independence over public life.
Lectures by Professor Bouquet and Sota guided 128 Portland youths in a city garden contest at Oregon Agricultural College. The event, under Portland Young Men's Christian Association and horticulture staff, aimed to foster urban agricultural skills and beautify yards. Topics covered included bed construction, seedling care, soil prep, transplanting, irrigation, and market preparation for vegetables like celery and tomatoes.
In Portland on June 28 Mrs. Iva Bennett became the first woman on the Pacific coast convicted under the white slave traffic law. She was sentenced to five months in jail after a jury found she sent Emma Lane a one year old girl to a Washington town and a house of ill fame. Sell Masterson, convicted of selling liquor to Indians at Madras from the Warm Springs reservation, received six months in jail and a 100 fine.
Sheriff Ed Davie arrived with Joe Tipton and three other Tipton family members at Dayton Washington. John Tipton 23 Mrs Elizabeth Reynolds 27 and Jeanne Johnson 24 are held on charges of stealing a band of horses from C N Pentecost near Starbuck. The Tiptons are noted rustlers with a history including a daughter Myrtle who died after a prison term for horse theft. A two year old boy accompanies Mrs Reynolds.
A Baltimore mother reports her fifteen year old daughter, once pale and weak with Green Sickness, was cured after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits three bottles with restoring health and urges others with painful or irregular periods to act, noting numerous letters of gratitude received by the company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A woman who was separated from her husband is described as fearless and capable of bold plans in connection with a horse theft. Prisoners reportedly bought the horses from a stranger at Milton, and were taken to Jal.
Reports from Longmire Springs say 24 hours of heavy rain have endangered Tacoma's $1,500,000 municipal water power plant at La Grande. The Nisqually River rose to its highest level in five years, prompting workers to build a dyke to prevent the river from flooding the construction site.
A traveler notes a Malay wedding custom where the groom noses a small cylindrical object. He guesses it might be a grindstone, as Mr. Grouch adds a skeptical remark. The fragment captures a travel anecdote on odd cultural practices.
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