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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
4
Notice highlights shoes for misses and children made to match foot form with perfect fit and comfort. Advertising tone emphasizes superior wear and comfort as key selling points for spring selection.
Local ads showcase groceries like Murphy s and White House stores and Velvet Bay items. Furniture, dry goods, silk waists, hardware, canned fruits, and window plans appear from Cleaver Bros and Martin s. The Ladies of the Maccabees announce a St Patrick s ball March 18 at Armory Hall with attire guidance and a call for donations.
The note details gatherings at Gordon Kirkman’s home on the South Side with evenings of music and socializing. It mentions a special Imumon No. 4 meeting at midnight to complete work and invites Knights, ladies, and members of various orders to attend.
Circuit Court proceedings show cases Prarigr va Chaney Bros and O R N Co vs A Lo Goffey heard on Thursday with motion for nonenit discussed. James A. Kee acted for the plaintiff while Henry F. Connor and J Carter are Portland attorneys. T G Halley represents Hedhofeselanta. Jury impaneled and taken to Behe ground for inspection.
At a woolgrowers meeting in The Iutles the division backed a uniform price of one conte per head for this season. They noted ordinary sheep yields plus board and lodging set by conditions, and agreed current market levels do not justify higher rates. A follow up wool tester session is planned for September 10 at Hhigepnier.
Inquiries by Tie oolyoar Nabber company Portland follow up on I H Smith traveling man who vanished after leaving An torane to travel toward South Bend. He left February 1 stated to go to Portland on the dreamer Hervales but did not reach destination. Search shows he may have fallen into the river and disappeared after February 2.
The article reports a disease among Indigenous people near Sanran and Ketchikan Alaska that was thought to be smallpox but is now considered nothing harmful. An investigating doctor describes misery among residents and a dog dying beside them in a cabin.
Official notice asserts that the city tax is due and a doge image will be removed and killed per ordinance. City Marshal I. St. Abatiaman directs action in the quarter under city governance.
A fragment reports Dr Collion from Portland offering spiritual treatment readings daily from 0 a.m. to noon. It mentions a tablet promising relief for Dyeepeia and names a bakery figure Salilda hagas Tint at Shelo Broek & McConnine, with unclear local details.
A jury trial into damages from an Oregon railway grade change accompanies a special train to Coffey land. The railroad plans to straighten curves and lower grades from Portland to Huntington, affecting lands near Keho and the river.
A cascade of short notices from Pendleton and nearby towns lists visitors and residents in flux. Names include Mr White from Spokane, Miss Winnie Privett joining Tallman Co., John Minto in Pendleton, Rev Sunderman visiting, and many local moves and illness updates. The notes mention deputies, travel, a hospital patient, and community events in early spring.
Readable text indicates that Mimeratta, who favored a Hana in prifiet lor the echoole, will not be retained for another year as principal. Columbia College reform efforts are mentioned in relation to educational matters.
The founder of the Metlakalila Mission to the Indians in Alaska, known as Father Duncan, was in Portland. The Metlakalitla settlement is described as home to over 1000 Christianized residents with a $20,000 church, neat homes, and varied industry. Donvan recalls his 44 years in the area, noting early stockades and trading tension as he learned the language before delivering messages believed sent from God.
The article notes the public can buy West Shore railway bonds that mature in 460 years while trading at a premium of 1. People seek these bonds as annuities from the government like pensions. Buyers invest to live on interest without reclaiming principal, relying on ongoing coupon payments.
Andrew Carnegie released two communications revealing retirement of the steel line from active business life. He announces a donation of 5,000,000 dollars for an endowment to aid superannuated and disabled employees of the Carnegie company. The gift is described as the largest such fund yet created and unlikely to affect the company’s existing burial fund. The latter fund holds about 2,000,000 of employees’ savings on deposit, with the company contracted to lend 2 percent and loan money to workers to build their own homes.
Charlies M Schwab chosen to lead United States Steel at a salary of 966000.60 per month 1545554 per week 220 per day 3.60 per hour 41.4 per minute. The piece notes the vast pay compared with ordinary workers in the trust and monopoly.
A heavy red cloud was sighted over Palermo, Sicily, about four weeks ago with rain resembling coagulated blood. Officials attribute the phenomenon to dust from the African deserts carried by a strong wind, with similar sky colors and sand rain reported in Naples and across southern Italy.
In Portland a tale tells of two or three men from Everett who followed a timber claim south of Portland based on a forged parcel view. An agent showed them a property tear Rose hor and persuaded a filing. They believed they filed on the land shown but investigations revealed the land lay miles away on Bald Mountain. The agent was paid for the deception, and the Everett men paid for the experience.
J W Maloney records seven conveyances covering land in townesite north for coal iron petroleum natural gas and other minerals. Charged Parr is lessee. leases dated late November. Prospecting must start within six months and development within one year or royalties and royalties apply. List of leased parcels names Edward C Simon WEast hall James Hawkes Elizabeth Ragane Sanford Strout J M Sparks Edward N Swith Gladerian and wife. Governor Geer remits half the fee for a convict in Douglas County.
Advance line of men s spring shirts displayed with soft negligee shirts complete with cuffs and collars from 2.50. Laundered shirts with attached cuffs priced from 1.00 to 3.00 depending on style. Separate cuffs to match white collars range 0.50 to 1.50 each. Visitors urged to call and inspect with no obligation to purchase.
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