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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
5
Over 200 passengers waited this forenoon for trains east and north, many transferring from the main line to the Spokane branch of the O. R. & N. Officials and employees provided meals and beds and did all possible to ease the delay caused by floods.
A fine set of moving pictures was shown at the Eagle Show Shop this week with a new illustrated song in color. The afternoon change adds one of the best colored acts yet seen at the Eagle.
Two daylight passenger trains Nos. 1 and 2 operate between Pasco and Vancouver on the 221 mile north bank line. Train 1 westbound departs Pasco at 11 a.m. and arrives Vancouver at 6 p.m. Train 2 eastbound leaves Vancouver at 9 a.m. daily and reaches Pasco at 6 p.m. The opening line west of Lyle links with Northern Pacific at Pasco and Vancouver, the Columbia and Northern at Lyle, and Portland Halfway Light and Power at Vancouver, enabling direct Portland access. The route lists 44 stations from Pasco to Vancouver, with Plymouth opposite Umatilla serving Oregon residents.
Reports from the Spokesman-Review show northwest travel on colonist tickets falling to the lowest level since trains began. About 175 colonists reached Spokane yesterday on Great Northern and Northern Pacific routes, with fewer than 66 staying. The Northern Pacific express carried roughly 60 colonists, under 20 ending their journey in Spokane. J H Rothbert of Eau Claire says many travelers seek work in the mills, noting mills shut down due to lumber freight-rate hikes and expectations of a spring restart in the northwest.
The Bishop Paddock will preach again tonight at o o clock with a brief preliminary service. He will depart Friday for The Dalles, bringing readers the full East Oregonian news.
A roundup of visits and travels from Pendleton and nearby areas includes Dr. BE. FR. Todd of Adams in Pendleton, B. Hutchinson heading to Pilot Rock, F. C. Rinehart at Hotel 81, and Detective George E. B. Wood visiting. Many locals return from trips to Echo, Umatilla, Portland, Spokane, Helix, Athena, and La Grande.
Pendleton residents learn that Guernsey Music Store will retire from business. Howard F. Thompson, handling the sale, says Mrs. Guernsey cannot oversee both stores and will liquidate talking machines, records, small goods, and sheet music at cash prices. The sale begins Thursday March 19 at 10 am with evening hours offered during the event.
Mor timer Moore shot Mrs. Leo Vina McCoy in the kitchen at 11 percent West Yakima avenue and immediately killed himself with carbolic acid. He had formed the intention over a month and told police at arrest. McCoy was cutting bread when Moore entered unseen and fired twice, then drank poison and fled toward the county jail.
Sickness overtook Moore who was attended by a doctor called to the scene but the man died within minutes.
Chicago street railways plan special funeral cars seating 40 with casket compartments. Hire about $20 versus $7 per carriage. Also noted are Preston England waste power powering trams, Saltese Montana electric tunnel, and a sensor light for a dark clothes closet.
The hatching season is open and I can furnish settings of full blood single comb white leghorn eggs to the trade in any quantity. Price is $7 per hundred. For information call Main 488. A Nolte. If you see it in the East Oregonian, it's so.
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