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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1903
Page
5
Nate Webb of Walla Walla visits Pendleton en route to Morrow County where Webb’s large sheep interests lie. He notes Huntington flocks suffer from extreme cold and scarce feed. Grass is scarcer than ever since settlement, with sheep emaciated but few diseases.
A. F. Cook arrives in Athena tonight to start operating the new switch board. Once in service, the project to install additional telephones will proceed, with full operation expected within days. No broad county expansion is planned though Athena adds 15 phones while Weston 20, Milton 20, Freewater 20, and La Grande 51.
C. D. Teel of Echo visits the city with high hopes for irrigation projects boosting district development yet cautions that the current boom is fragile. He urges investors to stay cautious and level headed amid optimistic forecasts.
Notice that Murphy & Langever proprietors of Union Saloon on Court Street have dissolved the firm with Ed Murphy succeeding. Ed Murphy states he will pay all bills and collect all sums due the firm.
The Maccabee brethren and sisters with Mrs. Kees organized a surprise party at J. F. Kees home on the north side last Friday night. Mrs. Kees provided refreshments and the gathering was enjoyed by the large turnout.
G. W. Trottman has arrived from Southern Ohio with the aim of living here and engaging in sheep herding for several weeks, hoping the outdoor life will help his catarrh.
Patrons of the city water service are urged to clean out the boxes containing the meters by the 25th Inst so meters can be read. J. T. Brown.
An old advertisement promotes Acker's Blood Elixir for impure blood with sores pimples headaches and other symptoms It claims to cure scrofulous and syphilitic poisons and all blood diseases priced at 50 cents and 100 dollars with a positive guarantee by F W Schmidt and Co druggists.
A compilation of small items: Houser’s Cholice meats Gratz’s clam chowder and oyster cocktails Castle’s fresh fish Teutsch’s best hoe work smokers’ supplies at Neuman’s Ladies’ half sales at Teutsch’s Clark & Co.’s social time new cigar store Ell building Hays’ smokers’ supplies Pendleton retail notices include shoe repair at Teutsch Clark & Co. cigar store Ell Sidelo Fiddle and Fawn by Opie Read chocolates and cigars at Nolf’s Miller Court Street ads housing land and farm forecasts by McKay area farmers Wade Hendrickson YaKima valley investments and real estate offerings plus a note on a high school declamatory contest and construction projects in Pendleton.
Golconda Consolidated Gold Mines announces first regular quarterly dividend payable April 1. President Wade authorizes closing stock books April for dividend payments to stockholders of record. The move signals intent to establish ongoing quarterly dividends amid recent ore gains and higher grade ore prospects.
A brief report indicates a belief that two hip sections will yield a high grade ore within a near-term period. The statement references anticipated quality and timing for potential extraction without detailing specific sites or entities.
Joseph Kyle of Cabbace Hill reports six inches of snow on the ground and a backward spring in the mountains. Livestock are thinning. rapid thaw and warm weather are needed to spur grass growth or expect heavy losses. Kyle also notes a horse died last week while being driven to Pendleton.
BH. F. Palmer of Cabbage Hill told in town Saturday that many county cattle show an illness resembling distemper. Officials believe it isn’t distemper but stems from poor flesh due to severe cold weather and lack of feed, with cats slipping in from catching cold.
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