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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
2
Special edition notice promotes Empire Fresh Roasted Coffee Empire Teas and spices. With each 50 cent purchase customers receive a free glass item such as a toothpick holder or pickle dish. With each one dollar purchase shoppers choose from a range of glassware dinnerware and kitchen items. Phone red 741.
Empire Tea and Crockery Co. Inc announces a phone rod for sale at 741 dollars, corner Main and Alta street. The brief notice lists the address and price without further details or context.
Butter Creek Telephone Company says its system on the Umatilla reclamation project is among the first to link government workers by phones. Instruments at head gate, reservoir, Hermiston office, and ditch stations keep line contact along six miles of ditches. The service serves Echo, Pendleton, Heppner, Hermiston, and Umatilla areas with 5 to 20 subscribers per line.
Penland narrowly escaped serious injury this morning while trying to stop his drag team from running away. At about 9 o clock the team halted in front of the Henneman cigar store when a dog struck one of the horses above the foot, causing the team to startle and run. Penland, standing on the walk, seized the lines and was dragged along the street after being jerked from his feet, colliding with a telephone pole but holding on. The team veered along Alta street for nearly a block before stopping. Penland was badly bruised.
List of horses and animals on exhibit or owned by local residents including Percheron and Clydesdale drafts, Shetland ponies, and roadsters. Notable owners include J Whitaker Nye, George Peringer, Dean Gerking, Walter Price, Henry Barrett, Thomas Thompson, and the Birch Creek Horae company. Several named animals given with breed, color, and ownership details.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson cites agricultural advances and export figures for 1908. He notes total farm product value of 6.7949 billion, 44 percent rise from the prior census, with 1.713 billion in exports of which 73 percent came from farms and forests. Cotton and products, and other farm goods, form major export shares, while forest products account for 1.5 percent. Wilson discusses importing costs from Cuba and Sumatra and efforts to grow Sumatra tobacco and other crops domestically.
Two well known Walla Walla girls appear in the May issue of Pacific Monthly illustrating an article The Inland Empire. One lives in Spokane and the other in Walla Walla. They were on a Spokane outing trip near Pend d Oreille river Brevens county north of Spokane, posing on a log with axes and a cross cut saw in the Brevens mountains.
Very Good Hear M Christenson from Echo visited Hermiston last Friday to work on the Hermiston ditch. He carried advertising pamphlets from Morrow county to distribute among new arrivals there, as reported by the Steppner Timer.
The county clerk reports two marriage licenses seated today in Davis. Alva Keller wed Olivia Evins and Lymn T Hurst tied to Hottie GO.
Judge Bean today granted a divorce to Lulu from James A. Smith. Peter West was the attorney for the plaintiff.
J T Kink of Athena entered a fine stallion named Joe Fountaine belonging to W G Prevton in the horse parade today, drawing interest from local onlookers and horse enthusiasts.
Commercial association plans a reception for Portland business men en route from Boise to Portland. The event will start at 8 30 with Mayor Fee delivering an address. Visitors will tour the city and receive a souvenir booklet during their brief stay.
Defense rests in Warner trial with no new features since yesterday. Testimony has featured Cain, F L Flair, Fred Young, D F Lavender, Dick Gerberding, Mrs Mabel Warner and T Warner. Indications point to a jury decision by Monday.
The case against C. H. Danielson and Edward Nelson in the murder of Oscar Lundgren at the Garfield hotel last January was dismissed on the motion of Deputy District Attorney Morer who cited alibi proof and deemed continued detention useless. Both defendants will remain in Portland on bail.
In Liberty New York Php Sullivan was shot and killed by Michael Nooth. Nooth refuses to explain a motive and witnesses know of no reason for the murder. Both men come from families and live on adjoining lots with children who play in a shared yard.
The Eilers Piano House promotes a wide range of pianos and organs including Weber Pianola. It claims lower prices than competitors and offers easy payment plans with emphasis on quality brands like Chickering Kimball Hobart M Cable and Crown. Music lovers urged to visit and compare in person.
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