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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
8
A sales pitch touts a new line of Present glass called Mike for its cut glass likeness. It promotes a booklet titled Crystal Facts and claims bargains like Gold Dollars for 75c and Mother's Pride coffee at 26 cents, urging readers to compare value and try the products.
A Perceation of Little Actors From 4 to 12 Years of Age coming to the Fraser May 19 to 21 with a special Saturday matinee. The 52 member company organized in Seattle is led by Mrs. E Lang with Prof. B A Wolf in charge of music. After seven months on the road they have received high praise from Northwest papers and advance agent C M Williams is arranging the Pendleton engagement.
Miss Effie Smith won the Pendleton high school oratorical contest and will represent Pendleton at the Baker City event on May 20 where contestants from eastern Oregon high schools compete. Nine contestants spoke this forenoon including Fred Milne, Miss Reta Howland, Edgar Smith, Miss Louise Grey, Miss Bilva Turner, Albert Warner, Miss Josephine Cameron and Miss Mary Rust.
A special afternoon service for old people is held at the Thompson Street M B Church. Elders unable to attend due to distance or infirmity were transported by special conveyance. Tonight tomorrow night and Saturday night the services will be led by Mr and Mrs McCarty. Cottage prayer meetings are set for tomorrow morning at 9 30.
Rescue crews report a half mile wide path torn through Snyder Oklahoma as a deadly cyclone leaves most buildings damaged or destroyed. Sixty people were killed and sixty injured, with entire families wiped out and a large portion of the town in ruins. Relief parties are rushing in from several areas to aid survivors.
At Snyder at 2 p m a blast and collapse left fully 300 injured, many likely to die. The cotton compress and all hotels were blown down, fifty freight cars reduced to kindling, and the railroad torn up for blocks. Sufferings reported among the injured.
A. C. Ruby, Pendleton’s horse importer, departs for France and England to buy 30 Shires and Percherons, with 20 more head arriving by July 1. He will personally select every horse and exhibit part of the shipment at the Lewis and Clark Fair. He recently shipped a carload to Butler, Pa, and has built a strong reputation across eastern Oregon.
The funeral of Peter Dorey, who died at St Anthony's hospital of pneumonia, will be held here at 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon. At 9:80 the members of the local aerle of Eagles will meet in their hall for the
Examinations for eighth grade pupils will be held across the county on May 18 and 19. Superintendent Welles is mailing examination questions to districts. Under the law from the last legislature session, those who pass may enter any high school in the state and receive eighth grade diplomas.
Next Sunday afternoon the third ball game between Weston and Matlock will be played at the Matlock grounds. Thus far the teams have each won one game making this contest the decider. The local team is improving and is favored to win though the Brickmakers are expected to give a strong performance.
William Muir of Starkey in Baker County sold a mining claim to eastern parties for twenty thousand dollars in a deal concluded today. The sale involves a notable mining asset and reflects ongoing capital interest in the region.
Complaint states implements stored on the street violated the law making the city responsible. Action previously taken against Fred Webber to collect costs of caring for the boy while injured, case still pending. Winter and Collier are the attorneys for the plaintiff.
Seven Baker City high school track team members travel with manager Virgil Cooper to Walla Walla for the field meet and declamatory contest. Participants include Stanley Parker Roy Sherred Ralph Dodson Jesse Richardson Virgil Cooper Louis Fernald Everett Stellar. Lorene Parr will represent Baker City in the declamatory contest, accompanied by Miss Nellie Stack. The team hopes to win honors.
Frank Smith, brother of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair, reemerged in Paterson N J as the missing heir of the Fair estate. His mother Mrs Hannah Nelson of Newmarket believed he would return and died recently without seeing him. Smith went west in 1880 to work on a ranch and had been living in obscurity ever since.
The Dalles Chronicle lauds the East Oregonian for its elevated tone and urges Pendleton residents to back the paper amid boycotts. It questions whether the community will stand by EB.O and preserve the good name of Eastern Oregon towns.
A funeral will be held to honor the deceased, with the procession starting from Baker & Polvom undertaking parlors. The service will take place at the grave according to the Eagles' ritual. The person came recently from Lewiston Idaho, where his mother still resides. She was notified immediately and requested interment here.
John Walitza, famed Carlisle Indian footballer, rode a broncho through Pendleton streets last evening after stealing a horse at a Cottonwood street stable. Mounted with only a hacky, the broncho bolted, crashing into a busy Main Street intersection, scattering pedestrians before escaping uninjured. He paid $6 in police court for disorderly conduct.
All church members whose names start with D through K are to gather at the parsonage at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The visit aims to discuss church matters and plan activities for the coming weeks.
Ground broken at Seattle for the Pilgrim Congregational church with a projected cost over 20,000 pounds. A son weighing 12 pounds was born to Mr and Mrs William Bard of West Alta Street.
An advertorial claim describes Herpicide as a scalp antiseptic that kills the germ causing hair loss and dandruff. It cites case anecdote of Mr Mannett in Butte Montana who went from total baldness to a one inch hair growth in six weeks, and notes samples and agents Kent Detroit and A Koappen & Bros.
A cryptic ad promises life preservation through water buoy like aid and urges saving money now with 4 percent interest compounded semi annually. It frames the plan as a path to end worry and future trouble for hopeful readers.
Deputy Fish and Game Warder Joe Nolf complains farmers on Hirch and McKay creeks ignore fish serter laws for irrigation ditches. As a result hundreds of trout are destroyed and washed into ditches. He will enforce the law and arrest violators if farmers fail to fix the issue.
Henry Harper guardian of Loren Harper files a $2500 damages suit against Pendleton city claiming a large disk fell on the boy on February 28 causing a broken leg. The disk involved came from the Implement store property of Fred Webber stored on Thompson street where the boy was playing when injured.
The debate over Mrs. Fair's death and her estate leaves Smith with an estimated $70,000 from his portion. He had already received $16,000 from his mother’s will while unknown if he was alive. For years he has served as a hospital attendant in Topeka, Kansas.
Frederick Fisher from Portland is in town to paint portraits from Indian photos taken by Major Lee Moorhouse. He reviewed part of the Moorhouse collection yesterday and praised the major’s work. One portrait will join the Brookhouse exhibit for the Lewis and Clark fair. Fisher runs a Portland studio and is associated with Fisher Thorsen Co.
Admirers of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley gathered at Elfers concert hall for a literary treat reported by the Boise Capital News. A nine member Riley club began organizing and will be completed later.
A marriage license was issued today to Fred R. Osborn and Dora Kingery, both residents of Umatilla County.
Portland records show exports for April at 697403 dollars and imports at 36699 dollars, detailing the trade balance for the month. The data highlights regional commerce activity with April figures separating outbound and inbound values.
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