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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
3
Four Pendleton competitors advance in five preliminaries led by Roylen Kimball Gordon and Jordon Fee each claiming top two finishes Spokane tops Ellensburg as second finals set this afternoon with local hopes high for decisive showdowns in boys track.
Four of Pendleton’s five entries qualified in yesterday’s prelims at Walla Walla and contest the afternoon final. Key figures include Gordon Fee Kimball and Boylen, with notable marks such as Jones’s 45 feet 5 inches in the shot put. Heavy rains yesterday left the track slick but contestants expect records to fall in today’s events.
Readable lines show a Baker City led track meet with multiple events. Distances for hammer throw and shot put include Honore 186 feet 2 inches and Jones 45 feet 5 inches. Relays, hurdles, yard dashes, and discus results list athletes from Spokane Lewiston Pendleton Walla Walla and other locales with times and distances, though many entries are garbled.
Mortimer M. Thele presents Bonita famous beauty in a comedy with music Wine Woe mat and Sane at the Oregon theater on Tuesday night May 10. The New York run drew record crowds and Bonita, reportedly one of the handsomest actresses on the American stage, will wear ten imported gowns including the famed Chantecler design. The show features a large chorus and twenty song hits amid lavish mounting and costumes.
In Belgrade an Anti Decoration League organized to curb the flood of orders and medals adorning officials. The founder, a decorated minister, inspired by a boy admiring medals, vows to stop over decoration as clerks seek higher salaries instead of more honors. The movement grows fast and puzzles the government.
Grants Pass Oregon report from fruit growers predicts a bumper crop for Jo sephine county and the lower Rogue river valley this season. Ideal spring and recent rains have moistened the ground, setting tree fruit with young apples peaches and pears. A late frost is the only risk, considered unlikely, to spoil the prospective harvest.
H C G Carson Oregon horticultural commissioner reports heavier apple peach and pear crops in Josephine County as thousands of acres of new trees come into bearing. Grapes also strong with Tokay vineyard on 60 acres thriving and expected to yield more and better fruit than ever before.
London society reports a new Theater Club aiming to stage only artistic dramas in a private theater while banning commercial plays. The club features posters, skating, dancing, fencing practice and pistol drill, plus a ballroom and restaurant. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree presides, with Arthur Bouchier and H. B. Irving as vice presidents of the theater committee.
University of Oregon trainer Hayward reports an invitation from Illinois for Oregon to join a dual track meet at Illinois. The Oregon squad has strong work and records, but a tight schedule makes participation unlikely. Breach of promise results are not affected by changes in styles.
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