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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1905
Page
2
No clear event or names present. The fragment hints at a local pride or festival tradition titled Mothers Pride, suggesting a best-in-show or top honor context within a community event. Further readable details are unavailable.
Plans completed for a two story structure with a third floor banquet hall fronting the building. The ground floor divides into three store rooms with 96 feet depth. options sold on two rooms and lodges seek use five nights weekly except Saturday.
J A Smith harness factory and middlery on Court Street in the Renn building moves to a larger, well equipped facility. The firm, famed for humane harness, reports rising demand from teamsters and horsemen with orders from all directions including a single wheat raiser for 27 sets. Over half of the city’s harness makers work there, making it the largest, best equipped institution of its kind in the Inland Empire. The store layout features a long display case on the left and a prominent, orderly arrangement throughout.
In a newly arranged harness home dust free bogey harness rests while heavy harness hung on racks. Teamsters supplies and stock foods line shelves. A rear work room houses the factory with up to date machinery for speed and quality. Mr Smith runs a complete saddlery offering all grades of saddles alongside harness manufacture.
The widow orders a grand nine foot six inch monument in Barre granite for Caesar Young, the bookmaker slain in the New York scandal with Nan Patterson. Crafted by Harry Bertolli of Montpelier, the life size sculpture features a grieving woman beside a broken column. The 28 ton stone, from a New York design, will stand over Young’s grave in Woodlawn cemetery, drawing wide attention in Vermont and beyond.
Real estate transfers include Roland N. Oliver patenting NW 1-4 of section 17, township 3 south range 36 EWM, Truman D. Oliver and wife to Robert I. Oliver for NW 1-4 of section 35, township 3 north range 33 EWM with $3,000 consideration, Caroline V. Defreece to Goltlop Schwand for SE 1-4 of the NW 1-4 of section 30, BE W. M., with $2,600 consideration.
James W. Lewis died in Polk County at age 65. He arrived in Oregon in 1852 and had lived in the state continuously since.
In a clai ming pamphlet the public is informed that Herpicide destroys the microbe causing dandruff itching scalp and falling hair and promotes new growth. The piece notes the term Herpicide means a destroyer of herpes and lists A C Koeppen Bros as agents with samples from The Herpicide Co Detroit Michigan.
A reflective line noting that while one cannot preserve all they create one can safeguard some portion of it, emphasizing selective retention over total preservation.
Salem council and state fair board debated whether to hold a race meet this year and how to spend the $15,000 for fair ground improvements. The city could not raise $2000 to trigger a meet, while the attorney general ruled the $15,000 must be spent this year on painting, building work, and enlargements including 100 extra stalls, a larger auditorium, a bigger pavilion, and possibly an expanded grandstand. Salem’s apathy cited. Eastern towns contrasted.
Government Irrigation plan for Franklin County involves a dam on Palouse River at Hooper Station storing water to irrigate about 80 000 to 100 000 acres. Redd of Kahlotus says a new road route will raise the roadway out of the reservoir site, with project work to begin soon after site approval by engineers and Hitchcock.
Rail officials and prominent residents in Sumpter Valley and Eagle Valley report a dry winter with insufficient water. Placer miners despair as supplies stay idle and irrigation threatens disruption. Everyone hopes for significant rain to avert broader trouble across mining, farming, and lumber sectors.
The first farmers meeting of the season will be held at Echo on Saturday March 18 under the Citizens club auspices. A program is set with speakers addressing agricultural topics. A series of such meetings will be held through the summer with strong interest in the Echo district.
George Warburton of Echo visits Twin Falls Idaho after the irrigation canal opening and is upbeat about securing cheap land. The Twin Falls irrigation system diverts Snake River water to reclaim Southern Idaho with up to 270000 acres, featuring a canal, large headgates, and diversion wings. Warburton found a broken shotgun and pockets of curios in the riverbed. Land sells at 25.60 per acre with 33 dollars cash and the rest in annual installments. the ditch reverts to landowners. Hundreds of settlers are gathering, signaling rapid settlement.
Scott's Emulsion claims to fatten pale thin children, reverse wasting, and restore rosy cheeks and bright eyes. Claiming rapid response, the ad touts nourishment essential for growing bodies and notes even a few drops in a baby bottle can help. A sample is offered free upon request from Scott & Bowne, New York.
In the Nyea Progress a reader named Belding asks if stockholders in the Owyhee ditch can obtain water for the next year at under $1.50 per acre per season. The answer given is no. The piece argues against a half-rate for present rights and a $1.60 flat annual payment to the government for a decade, suggesting the proposed plan undermines meritorious aims and leaves water security at risk after the arrangement ends.
Dr Makeabee and Dr Lynn K Blakeslee purchased a Cadillac automobile on display at A Kunkel’s implement house. The eight and a half horsepower general purpose car priced at 1100 dollars impressed with test runs. Kunkel plans another Cadillac delivery in a few weeks. A thief in the second machine sold by Jim within four months.
The fragment hints at a discussion of a base drum being the hardest instrument to play. It references the beggar instrument in the band and suggests the base drum is the most challenging.
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