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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1903
Page
5
Fragmented OCR lists organizations and venues in Pendleton and nearby towns including Walla Walla and Wallo, mentioning Woodmen, G A R, and paper hangers. The text references a second annual educational association meeting with various committees and local venues.
The free reading room moves to the building rear large room once used as an assembly space. Douglas Johnson becomes secretary replacing resigning Robert Hotch kise. Rev W P Jinnett and Geary Kim brell built shelves and request donations of books and pictures for walls.
D A McCarty of Tacoma has been in the county seeking to buy sheep cattle and hogs for the Sound market. Hog availability is zero as county lacks surplus for local markets. Sheep and cattle owners hold for higher prices hoping to match last year’s levels.
G. W. Allen, a leading Kamela wood shipper, was in town last night and left on this morning's train. He notes the snow is so soft that wood hauling is largely stopped, with Kamela still buried under about three feet of snow. Allen's daughter Mabel attends school here. Work on J. D. Casey's mill site near Meacham will start once snow melts enough for excavation, and the railroad spur project will begin soon to haul in materials.
Engineer FE Holm and Christine Nobles of La Grande traveled to Echo yesterday evening to review the irrigation reservation and consider locating there. Charlee Tall of La Grande is also at Beha assessing prospects.
G W Brown travels from Middle Cold Springs canyon to assist Louis Hanson with a residence addition. Hanson plans a 62 by 48 foot barn. J G Richardson is building a neat dwelling on his Cold Springs Canyon farm. A large group of Missouri immigrants recently arrived at Echo and joined the irrigation district movement to the south.
Various ads and notices list Houser’s choice meats Grate’s clam chowder and oyster cocktails at Gratz’s fresh fish at Castle’s cleaning and shoe repair services at Teutsch cam paigns for Pendleton Favorite and Neuman’s smokers supplies Hohbach’s bread cakes and baking praised Behoe’s harness shop Be rough and rental cottages at Foy Rent A Five room house ads tease vaudeville at the opera house Weston Herbert’s show and a sale on furniture polish and sewing machines Historic local trades including Gratz Gratz Gratz and Behoe populate the bustling ad page with theater business and real estate notes multiple names and addresses appear for shops and services in Pendleton OR
A. Gordon will improve the Alta House property on Webb Street after L. Neff sold lots 2 and 4 and adjacent lots 11 to 14 in block 1 in the reservation addition for 6500 dollars. Possession takes on March 15. Gordon will oversee hotel affairs. immediate on site manager not yet determined. He plans substantial improvements including a feed stable and vacant grounds.
The ver k of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will be instituted at Secret Society Hall in Pendleton Oregon on March 1903 at 3 p m All who signed the charter list are urged to pay initiation fee and to take the medical examination before Dr D J McFault prior to that date By order of CHAS I FLYNN Pop G PL Organizer
A well attended union gospel meeting at the Baptist church last night continues to grow each evening. The conversions are increasing interest and workers report good progress with a bright prospect for a large gathering ahead.
Carrollton Missouri March 6 the annual contest of the Intercollegiate Oratorical Association of Missouri takes place here this evening six colleges and universities will be represented in the contest this year.
An antique advertisement touts Acker's Blood Elixir as a cure for impure blood with sores pimples headaches and related poisons. The copy offers a positive guarantee and lists prices of 60 cents and one dollar from F W Schmidt & Co druggists.
Box designs and colors offered with envelopes at 15 cents to age. A vendor claims it will pay you to view the line and choose from several options in stock.
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