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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
8
The notice urges entrants to be properly fitted with elegant shoes from the city’s largest stock to compete in Pendleton this year, stressing the need for suitable footwear to win the prize.
BACK FROM CONFERENCE. 0. R. and N. Engineers and Firemen held a regular conference with officials in Portland. Engineers Holm Lemons Barnhart returned with Superintendent O'Brien, noting no specific grievances but many matters needing adjustment. A wage raise may be sought later for mountain division due to large engines, aided by recent brakemen wage increases from $2.60 to $3.06 per 100 miles.
A good house welcomed the Fleming Brothers last evening. The acts ranged from comic to sublime and Mt Vesuvius was shown as before and after the eruption. The passion play scenes were strong though the singer’s voice was often inaudible. Overall the show was very good and worth the door price.
The Jolly Dozen Dancing Club invites holders of invitations to a party on Friday night May 1 in Music. The event is to be hosted by the club with dancing and social entertainment for members and guests.
A stream of visitors and locals cross the city including Mrs R C Bryson, W C Burgess returning from Portland, Tom Green of Walla Walla, W Mackenzie of Athena at Hotel St George, and L E McBee of Butter Creek an extensive rancher in town. Also listed are Mrs Melissa Sweet of Halsey visiting her son BE Penland, Swon Strauss at Echo buying wool, and several others from San Francisco to Spokane staying or passing through.
George Castle visits New Whatcom Washington while H M Branstetter from Stage Guich reports wheat in the area including his 700 acres is healthy with late developing tops deep roots and vigorous stools. H M Sloan will occupy the northeast corner of Alta and Cottonwood with a general blacksmithing shop after A Kunkle vacates June 16 leaving current quarters vacant unless a tenant is found.
The scouring mill sorting and grading department will reopen next Monday with about 25 men on duty. Seventeen come from San Francisco and worked here last year, many through the fall and winter. Four men arrived last night including Droeger Sullivan Atkinson Bowman. Tonight's arrival includes Larkle Hutson Marks Drugan McIntyre Conlan Lynch Wallace Tramplessure Heros Black Maling Hurley. Larkie to oversee, Marks is delegate from the Central Labor Council of San Francisco.
Engineer J. G. Camp completed trial surveys on the Echo government irrigation scheme and has returned to Boise City. Surveys are prospective and tied to government acceptance which is not guaranteed, with similar work ongoing on at least 100 proposed Western schemes.
Quarantine Officer J. D. Brown reports only one scarlet fever case remains in the city, a Stanton child on Thompson Street. Two quarantines were lifted at 116 Beauregard Street and 111 Garfield. Three mild smallpox cases persist: Mrs. S. S. Smith at Mrs. Pearson's home, Mrs. A. S. Darnell at 601 Maple Street, and the son of M. Fix on Market Street.
Information from Portland states Jung Jack was not held for trial by the grand jury and was released after hearings. An interpreter at Portland hearings provided mistaken information, later acknowledged as unintentional.
Mrs Eliya Imbrie grand chief of Rathbone Sisters arrives for inspection of the local temple this evening. She will travel to Milton to inspect the lodge there. After the meeting, the lodge will host a reception for Mrs Imbrie at the lodge rooms.
Willi Sutherland moves from trucking foreman to general foreman of the Pendleton Scouring Mills. He succeeds Dick Temon who left for San Francisco. Mr Rutherford has long served the company since the mill began and his promotion is welcomed by many friends.
The Damon lodge A function scheduled for May 4 has been postponed to Monday May 11. Pendleton Wool Sorters and Grades Union will hold a special meeting at the city council rooms at 8 o clock tomorrow evening.
A reader quotes George Horace Lorimer's line from Letters From a SelfMade Merchant to His Son about the foolishness of a boastful rooster. The piece contrasts the noisy rooster with a hen who quietly lays eggs, noting the rooster’s constant crowing from dawn to night while the hen remains modest.
The Department of Agriculture estimates the 1903 American wheat crop will be the largest ever, with 24,000,000 acres of winter wheat and potential output over 600,000,000 bushels. Ideal winter and spring conditions foretell no later-year failure, signaling a prosperous year for farmers and a surge in railroad and related industries.
A snippet presents quirky questions and answers about puns and jokes. It references a farmer with sheep divided into pens, and the overall tone matches a light humorous column from the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch.
All water rents are not due and liable at the water works office on or before the 10th day of the month. Please call and settle to avoid water being turned off. J. F. Brown, Superintendent Water Works.
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