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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1904
Page
8
In Pendleton a saloon fight left Lester Fraker severely wounded by a knife slash that neared the jugular vein. Fraker refuses to name the assailant, citing an old feud. The attacker fled, and no arrest was reported. Fraker is noted as related to W. J. Furnish.
The May term of the county court will convene Wednesday for a regular session. A key item is the Wid Horse road project with viewers and surveyor reports awaited. If costs aren’t prohibitive, the report will likely favor completing the road. The session will also settle the Tribune printing bill from the last term. Deputy Sheriff Blakley returned from Ritzville with J J Murry, wanted for giving whisky to Annie Githens of Athens and sought by the U S on a whisky charge involving Hugh and Mollie Roby, Indians.
William McGibbon, early Wallula pioneer, visited Pendleton yesterday. He was kicked by a horse eight months ago and spent four months bedridden, making this his first trip to Pendleton since the accident.
Mrs S P Purdy of Athena was the guest of Mrs Lina B Sturgis yesterday while in town to meet Mrs Thomas A Purdy. Pol and, who will be her guest at Athena for a time. The ladies left this morning for Athena.
W B Witherspoon of Murfreesboro Tennessee has arrived to work with government surveyors during the summer as part of the irrigation survey program.
The May term of the supreme court for the district of Eastern Oregon opened at 9 o'clock with full bench present. Derwood Waffle was named bailiff. Three cases were argued, including a damage suit against the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and an injunctive action. Damages from Barnhart warehouse loss and related wheat claims were awarded in part to Fireman's Fund Insurance and Northwestern Warehouse Company, totaling $1,879.98 before adjustments.
Funeral services were held at 10 o clock from M A Rader undertaking parlors for Miss Mamie Gilliland daughter of Thomas Gilliland with Rev Robert Warner of the M E church officiating. Interment followed at Olney cemetery correcting Saturday’s report that scarlet fever caused the death, the cause being long standing diabetes.
Grandmother Brewer of Albany arrived in Pendleton for an extended stay with relatives. At 85 she remains youthful in activity, being the stepmother of Mrs. D Turner Mrs. H J Maple and Mrs. Frank Culton. Her mother died years ago at 132 months, yet Grandma kept up daily home duties until her death.
A Sumpter jeweler reportedly purchased golconda ore from a thief, with M James Howard of the Galconda involved. The miner and jeweler Landreth are named in the account, which notes the ore’s provenance and confirms the questionable transaction amid yesterday’s Miner report.
The new Methodist church in Athena was formally dedicated yesterday with a large turnout. Indebtedness was paid, as over 8800 was raised against the remaining 8100 debt, and subscriptions exceeded the target by more than a dollar. The building cost 1410 and stands as one of Eastern Oregon’s finest. A second church, a Christian church costing 11000, was dedicated here a few months earlier, totaling 2500 spent in two churches this year.
Deputy assessor S. S. Darnell reports Willow Springs Vinson and Hogue precincts have accepted the Strain valuations with no objections. Assessments mirror last year and stock losses are minor, attributed to natural causes.
The county clerk reports 2425 voters registered, about half the county total, with books closing May 16. Pendleton trails outside districts in registration and urges city voters to register promptly for the upcoming general and presidential elections. Jerrold Tuttle leaves for Portland to join Woodard Clark Co after a year with Brock & McComas Drug.
Workmen lay new sew flooring on the Main Street bridge. Materials have rested on the ground for months and will be installed before the harvest season, while traffic remains manageable for crews to complete the job.
Clerks and merchants finalize a plan: dry goods stores will close at 6 p.m. until June 1, then stay open until a later hour. Grocery stores will close at 7 p.m. during May and will close at a later hour after June with unspecified time.
W C Hoseason longtime grocery department employee at the St Joe store has accepted a bookkeeping post with the Mosgrove Mercantile Company in Milton. The St Joe grocery department there was discontinued after his transfer.
Cc J Officer and Mr and Mrs C D Officer from High River are in the city visiting C J Officer of John Day who is recovering from an appendectomy.
A marriage license was issued to Esther E. Baker and Violany C. Simpson, two well known young people of Adame, marking a forthcoming union in the community.
May 2 Oregon Federation of Labor in Oregon City and Supreme Court in Pendleton. May 4 General M E conference in Los Angeles. May 18-21 FP grand lodge at Astoria. May 27-28 Caledonian picnic at Athena. June 2-4 Umatilla county pioneers reunion at Weston. June Robber-tired buggy to be given away by the East Oregonian. June 6 General election in Oregon. June 15-17 Oregon encampment G A R in Hood River. June 24-26 Northwest Sportsmen tournament in Pendleton. August 22-27 American Mining Congress in Portland. Multiple spring and summer sales listed across Pendleton Heppner Arlington Shaniko Baker City Elgin and Elghin dates.
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