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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
8
The shop announces new spring and summer footwear with a wide selection and right pricing. It claims the largest assortment in the city and invites customers to try the latest styles suited to all feet and tastes.
City council last night voted down a rock crusher and road roller purchase and ordered bids for Main street grading. The session also laid over a claim to lease city land, accepted finance reports, and noted February arrests below the average. Attendees included Switzler Sommerville Clopton Hartman Dickson Attorney Carter Health Officer Cole Marshal Blakley and Recorder Fite Gerald.
A local display offers a full range of toilet requisites with a notable highlight on the Howard Hai Brushes. Store customers can inspect the complete assortment and compare items for personal use.
The East Oregonian notes ongoing business with street grading at Malin street north end and a license granted to Peter Meternach to sell liquor. Council discusses city land leasing near the cemetery, cemetery lot identification, and prepares bills for February. FitzGerald reports 67 complaints, fines, cemetery cash, and licenses. salaries for officers and city expenses are approved.
C W Avery of Bingham Springs is in Pendleton reporting less snow there and predicting very high water in the Umatilla as snow melts. A movement seeks to form a Pendleton and Walla Walla club to acquire the springs property as private grounds with a swimming pool and multiple buildings. The springs are reached by stage from Bingham Springs station on the ORR and N main line, 20 miles east, popular with summer visitors from Oregon and Washington.
G A Hunt registered at the Pan HOF. Miss Margaret Peters returned from Portland. A Ll Knight in Portland and due back tomorrow. Mes Shelly Jones went to Walls Walla on a professional errand. T G Montgomery went to Hells to aid the K P lodge. Charlie A Miller in the city on business. Fred Shoemaker returned from Spokane. F le Grow, cashier of the Lathenn Bank, in the city. Professor Conklin able to be on duty again after illness. The year old daughter of M P Castle ill with fever and delirium. Edna Elder of Despain Guich dangerously ill with scarlet fever relapse. Miss Mary Ritner, teacher, at home. Fay Le Grow registered at Pendleton. Jack Brown returned from hide buying trip to Butter Creek near Pilot Rock. C OH ONeill, OR N traveling agent, Eastward bound. William L Shiverick ill with grip. Zoeth Howser from Baker City staying a couple days. Three children of E E Elder convalescing from scarlet fever. Louis Aston of Tacoma visiting brother T G Aston here. Mr Aston employed in Northern Pacific offices at Tacoma. R P F Steen offered to manage Victoria baseball club and be catcher. W Johnson left for Granite Grant county for summer mining. C R Haines resigned O R N depot operator and leased a fruit farm near Walla Walla. Plans to quit telegraphy. G W Taylor of Albany, house mover, considering Pendleton for health. He is cousin of Mrs G W Harris and Mrs J F Nowlin. Pendleton overrun with painters and paper hangers. local union No 693, Pendleton Oregon.
Members of the Pendleton painters union remain reticent about their plans after a wage demand from $3.00 to $3.90, issued with a deadline of April 1. It is unclear if a strike will follow if pay is not raised, and whether members will back the demand. The local union lists 19 members.
R. V. Hutchins has resigned his position on the morning paper and left this afternoon for Texas. He was a reporter on the East Oregonian for a year or more before taking another city job. He previously ran a paper in Dayton, Washington, and is regarded as an active affable journalist whose friends wish him success in his new field.
Schwarz and Greulich operated Pendleton Packing House cutting 15 fat hogs daily on average through the winter. The firm has for 14 years packed about 2000 hogs yearly, supplying the majority of hams side meats and lard to country stores in the county.
Rev. Lev Johnson now leads the Men’s Resort as the board of directors seeks a successor to Mr. Hotchkiss for secretary. Reading room moved to the lighted north room amid other improvements. Senator Walter M. Pierce, visiting La Grande from Pancheton, says he is glad the session ended but laments not securing two bills to aid Eastern Oregon.
Turner art exhibit opened yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the women's club and high school, drawing hundreds of city students to the courthouse venue. A large evening crowd enjoyed a colonialcostumed serving by Miss Bertha Alexander and Miss Gertrude Sheridan. The display runs through Saturday with a varied program including song, skits, and solos, and duplicates of the pictures are available for purchase from Europe or America.
Diamond Joe Reynolds recounts Chicago magnate Philip Armour's tale of dealing with a persistent relative. Armour offered $500 to stop two years of demands, then the relative asked for five years and Armour relented, later receiving a letter from the wife seeking the same terms.
Two graduating classes of eleven students each will be graduated soon from Pendleton Business College. The graduates come from both departments and an interim between ceremonies will be held since the programs are not parallel in their studies.
In yesterday's East Oregonian an interview with Mr. Holbrook used cubic inches for water per acre. It should have read cubic feet or cubic feet per acre for irrigation at Umatilla.
In cannon manufacture the trend favors lighter guns and projectiles while boosting muzzle velocity. This combination increases range and penetration, reflecting modern aims in arms design.
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