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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
8
A Hermiston resident urged the town to remain dry and refuse saloons and gambling, arguing that the irrigated district will grow with homeseekers and families. He cited Milton's 18 years without saloons as a model and urged a formal resolution to advertise Hermiston as a dry community.
R M OBrien returned from Twin Falls Idaho after two weeks and invested in dewert irrigated land totaling 914 1000 buying 920 acres. Demand for Shoshone Falls project land was so strong that he sold nearly all of the purchase before leaving, leaving just three acres unsold.
Mr. O'Brien notes private Shoshone Falls project attracts investors amid War ter rules. He says the most enthusiastic supporters are from Colorado irrigated districts. Land under water sells for 40 to 50 dollars per acre. He plans to revisit the area in a few weeks but won’t move his family there until next fall.
Frank Macey, Boston store clerk, and his wife with Dr. W R Campbell plan to leave around the 10th for Coos Bay and Bandon. Macey aims to open a workingmen's clothing store in Bandon if conditions are favorable, targeting a logging district with mills and shipyards. Campbell travels for pleasure and may invest in real estate if prospects look good.
Attorney General Crawford filed an appeal with the Oregon Supreme Court in the case State of Oregon versus Portland General Electric. The suit seeks an accounting of tolls and net profits from the Willamette Falls canal and locks, dating from 1874 to 1906, and questions prior time-bar defenses and corporate assignments involving the Willamette Falls Canal and Lock Company, the Willamette Transportation and Locks Company, and PGE.
P Elliott, renowned for restaurant work, opens a new eatery in the Matlock Brownfield building on Main Street. The shop is neat and clean, already enjoying good trade. Elliott will emphasize short orders as a specialty.
J F Johnson of the Wild Horse mountain near Weston visited the city on business. He reports that in his neighborhood only cherries were damaged by the freeze, while all other varieties were not sufficiently advanced to be affected.
One of the largest sheep dip consignments for Pendleton arrived this afternoon by the W and C R R. The Pendleton Drug company received a single car load totaling 2140 gallons, comprising 89 barrels at 63 gallons each. Also, a 10 year old boy, son of William Temple, is seriously ill with complications.
The Kaglen band presents a concert tonight at the corner of Main and Webb Streets at o o clock. A fine program is planned and the concert is expected to be one of the best. The Eagles' band plans future street concerts and requests public cooperation.
Metz & Sons of Woodburn will establish a Pendleton branch stable and ship about 40 head of imported and American bred horses by September 1. The firm, a major U S horse importer, will locate permanent stables here and extend coverage to eastern Oregon Washington and northern Idaho. They breed and import Percherons Shires Belgians and coach stallions from Woodburn.
George L Huffman of Union a salesman for A Ruby sold four stallions in the past weeks in eastern Oregon and Idaho Prices ranged from 2000 to 2600 Each animal gave excellent satisfaction He arrived this morning from Mountainhome Idaho where he delivered a horse yesterday and will return to Union tonight before heading into central Oregon with another horse
Assessor C. P. Strain returned from Hermiston after evaluating town site property and surveying Winna tilla. He says Hermiston shows potential as settlers populate the area and small farmers cultivate land to maximize production.
Reports from North Yakima indicate the district escaped the severe frosts seen in other inland Empire sections. Frost prospects are very good so far. Mrs. Victor Dorris of this city owns 14 heres of orchard at North Yakima with excellent prospects for a large crop, especially cherries.
Roy Horne foreman of John Crow’s reservation ranches married Miss Bessie Reinhardt at Mr Crow’s Court street residence by Rev Robert Warner of the M E church They will reside at the Crow farm on the reservation in the near future
An advertisement recounts Frederick Manuell of Butte Montana buying Newbro's Herpicide on April 6 and writing on July 2 that his scalp hair regrew thickly. It touts the product as stopping hair loss quickly and stimulating new growth, with prices listed at 60 cents and 1 dollar and distributors A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
A citizen criticizes doctors for using jargon to conceal medical explanations. The piece urges plain terms that connect body physiology with disease and treatment, arguing many physicians do not know the first cause of illness and fail to link anatomy to symptoms.
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