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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
8
Dendinger Wilson Co reports large sheep drives to Lower Burnt River area in Eastern Oregon where feed is plentiful. An estimated 14,000 to 16,000 sheep are on the river and nearby valleys with ranchers well supplied with feed. In Malheur many horses and large numbers of cattle have perished.
Local items list residents travelers and new arrivals in Umatilla County. Names include f Rain going to Ontario and others to Pocatello Nampa Kimama Eugene Portland Echo and more. Several moves for work land filings and health updates accompany notes on marriages divorces and convalescence.
Charles Cunningham has nearly finished his flock with about 4,600 yearlings remaining and will begin April 15. Yesterday 11,000 thoroughbred ewes were shorn, yielding a 14 to 15 pounds clip per animal, with 4,000 bucks additionally shorn. Wool weights were confirmed in the presence of manager F.B.B. Judd, supporting Cunningham’s claim that this year’s clip will be exceptionally strong.
J C Badger sustained a long peevy injury to the fleshy part of his right shoulder while loading heavy freight at Yoakum for the O R & N. He was transported to Pendleton, his wound dressed, and he returned to Yoakum this morning. The wound remains very painful but not necessarily dangerous.
Carl Kupers of Helix purchased an improved 200 acre farm in Franklin County Washington for 11.40, including horses cattle machinery and farming gear. He will not move there but hire a foreman or rent the property and manage it as an investment.
The firm Murphy & Langever proprietors Ed Murphy and Fred Langever of the Union Saloon on Court Street is dissolved. Ed Murphy assumes control and will pay all debts and collect all sums due the firm. ED MURPHY.
Weston farmers complain of a very late spring with slow crop and grass growth. The delay inconveniences those owning a lock by protracting the feeding season.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company faces ongoing sand encroachment along the Columbia River, with belts of shifting dunes disrupting tracks from Wallula to eastern Oregon and Washington. Officials study global methods, including tree planting, to stabilize the sand and keep the line clear for the long term.
Ashland Wis March 20 a host of school teachers arrived to take part in the annual convention of the North Wisconsin Teachers Association with a full attendance from the region. The two day program includes papers and discussions on a wide range of educational topics.
For sale a room house and lot two blocks from Main Street suitable for a home boarding house. Monthly rent possible at $30. Asking price $2500. Contact N T Conklin.
City water service patrons are asked to clear out meter boxes so readings can be taken. J. T. Brown urges compliance by the 25th Inst. to ensure accurate measurements and billing.
Engine 402 passed through the city today en route to La Grande from Albina shops where extensive repairs followed a Meacham Creek wreck on January 25.
Work train under conductor James Conners and engineer Peter Beaver loads up old accumers at the Yoakum cutoff to clear the line and restore passage.
A fire valued at $2000 broke out Thursday evening at the new Ba moan hotel in Portland. No injuries are reported and cause is under investigation as residents and authorities assess the scene.
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