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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
2
The text highlights seasonal apparel exhibits featuring predominant style features and unique touches not found elsewhere. Emphasis is on careful selection to offer better value for money without sacrificing style, appealing to shoppers who want economical options this season.
One of the season best dress materials offers light blue pink lavender Alice Copenhagen navy white and black. Launders well and retains silky finish. Prices per yard 118 cents.
Textile item notes unique striped pique suitable for shirt waists and washing. Describes fabric weight as appropriate for shirt waist use and white color. Quoted price per yard as 0.50.
White crepe body fabric with ratine stripe in matching shade offered light and airy for summer use. Sold by the yard at 40 cents.
Dainty lawn cotton voile and marquisette lingerie waists priced for broad appeal. Styles include embroidered lawn with long sleeves and high neck trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and marquisette with Irish crochet yoke and linen lace. Prices range from 98 cents to 12 dollars 50 cents.
A full showing of spring curtain materials features new stenciled fabrics with hemstitched borders, tapestries, and lighter fabrics such as cretonnes, chintz, silk lines, and sateens in beautiful colorings. Never before has such an extensive array of curtain materials been shown.
Our sun fast draperies remain popular in silk finished fabrics and cotton materials. See ready made scrim curtains featuring plain hemstitched borders and elmny lace edge with filet lace trimming.
The United States government and Kittitas irrigation district sign what is believed to be the first such contract. Water storage for the $5,000,000 high line canal will come from Yakima headwaters with delivery in 1916 or earlier if needed. 70,000 acres will receive water at a total cost of $882,000, to be paid in three installments.
The schedule indicates an open period from April 20 through September 30. Authorities emphasize the dates as fixed, outlining the seasonal window for access or availability.
In Chico California on March date John Letterman a member of a prominent family shot and wounded his wife in a jealous frenzy then killed himself. The wife said her husband accused her of receiving attention from another man.
Newport Oregon March 6 Billy Strong last lineal chief of the Too-Toot-nas and a noted figure on the Siletz Indian reservation died recently. He was the third son of Chief Shell-head of the Too-Toot-nas whose treaty era began after the 1855 1856 war. His family, once turbulent warriors, included Jim Jack and Billy and two daughters Jennie and Mary. The four brothers were linked to the murder of early settler Ben Wright, with stories that Jennie ate the heart after the killing, and she was famed for endurance carrying 200 pounds from Kings Valley mill to the Siletz reservation.
Landscape engineer John McLaren appeals to fruit growers statewide to supply orange trees for beautifying the Panama Pacific International Exposition. San Francisco plans detailed readiness for a February 20 1915 opening with extensive displays, congresses, and a 20000 voice world choir.
Salem Ore March 6 State Printer W B Duniway circularized legislators urging passage of H B 406 over the governor veto This bill repeals the printer flat salary law which the governor vetoed as surplus since H B 422 already repealed it Duniway quotes the governor attempting to override a verdict of the people.
A druggist offers PAZO ointment with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days. The product costs 60 cents.
An old safety warning promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as gentle, natural help for aged digestion. It warns against calomel and harsh cathartics, stresses gentle liver and bowel support, and urges readers to demand the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product with proper label.
The document criticizes the bill as confusing and misinformed, claiming its passage over the governor’s veto would save the state 20000, drawn from the flat salary law for purchasing a state printing plant. Duntway adds marginal comments and includes the full flat salary law.
In La Grande Oregon last night during the performance of The Wolf a blank cartridge exploded in a revolver being loaded into a chamber injuring star performer C N Hutchinson slightly. He will recover and continue rehearsals.
An actor sustained a minor leg bruise when a weapon exploded while he held it across his knee before going on stage. The injury was slight and he continued his performance without delay.
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