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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
2
A camel from the Empire Tea Co will be on display Saturday from 7:30 to 9 PM at the circus venue. Visitors can see the unusual animal and enjoy special prices on items in the camel line.
An ad offers a promotion on Saturdays: with every 500 purchase of a well known baking powder the Victor, customers receive a two quart granite stew kettle. Also mentions Empire Mocha and Java Choice Mocha and Java rovers Se cess and a premium with every dollar purchase.
During the Hermann trial a Washington narrative shows his thrifty nature and a scheme to penalize Scott Smith, foe in Hitchcock’s land office era. Smith traveled to testify without a prearranged fee, prompting Hermann to deny payment and claim moral duty to cover witnesses he had called. The episode suggests a planned tally against Smith as a personal vendetta.
Pure Drugs guarantees pure drugs of standard strength for roots, barks, and herbs. We supply quantities at especially low prices, aiming to help customers prepare home remedies this spring.
The fragment notes that warned dollars and thrift are linked to individuals named Smith and Hermann, with Smith described as unusually thrifty and Hermann similarly reputed. The text hints at financial caution and personal character in a local context.
Charles H. Carter returns after a month away, spending time with his mother in Hanover county Virginia. He recalls stops in Chicago and St Paul with cold snaps, plus a pleasant coast trip via Omaha. He skipped the Jamestown exposition and notes preparations were unfinished. Mrs. Carter travels from Chicago, set to return in a week or ten days.
Local puzzlement follows Gottlob Neumann's well at his poultry yard in the west end, where nine feet of water vanished in a single week amid a rock opal pocket. Water later partially returned, prompting questions about underground streams and artesian influence.
Ninety business firms sign on to donate five percent of May 31 and June 1 sales to the M E church erection fund. The church in Pendleton will be dedicated June 2 as plans for advertising and special features unfold. Local officials expect visitors from across Umatilla county.
J R Craven former manager of Mr Wade and Co store at McMinnville purchased stock in Goodman Hardware and will join A J Goodman in running the business. He arrives with family and has a strong western Oregon reputation. Previously in Independence he worked with Mr Goodman and later led the R M Wade operation in McMinnville before moving Here.
Mrs. Allee T Clark long resident of Umatilla county died recently in Oroville Washington from blood poisoning. She left a husband and three young children, a brother Charles Tinsley of Astoria, and two sisters Mrs Wickersham of Oroville Washington and Mr Reeder of Ashcroft British Columbia. She came to Umatilla county as a child and was raised there.
Rev. L B Tallman has returned from eastern Washington after several weeks visiting meetings. He attended a ministerial meeting in Lewiston this week and was accompanied by Rev. Henry Brown, en route to Echo.
H. Bryson of Wallo Walls informs District Attorney Phelpy of plans to test the constitutionality of the Hart law. The act imposes a 20 cent per head license on all sheep entering the state, and Bryson, president of the Wenaha Reserve Woolgrowers’ Association, aims to start a friendly suit to challenge its validity.
At 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon the Fugies band will give a public concert at the corner of Main and Webb streets. The program includes The Gladiator Overture Dawn of Love Robin Hood Serenade for Comet Love in Idleness Star Spangled Banner and other selections conducted by B F Driscoll with Tobani arranging and by request selections.
Arthur Watts, Monte Vista horse dealer, seeks 1000 head of range horses weighing 900 pounds or more. He plans shipment in spring and has Paul Sperry handling the business in town to secure multiple shipments for him. The prompt notes Canada-barred buyers are not an obstacle to this market.
At the close of the drill Captain Kern announced six men recommended for corporal appointments. Ericat Ruppe Roy D Herr Royal M Sawtelle A C Funk Charles Winter and Ed Marsh are named. The colonel will make formal appointments. Last night the company drilled with arms for the first time and showed proficiency after limited instruction.
Rev G L Hall resigns from First Baptist in this city and accepts a call to First Baptist Church in Medford. He will close here on June 30, with the successor yet to be chosen after several applications.
W. Fr. Witherspoon, in charge of U S government geological survey work in central Alaska, is in the city to purchase several horses for this year s field operations. He previously bought horses here last year and spent six months in the central Alaska wilds directing a survey crew.
Sheriff T. D. Taylor arrived on the W. & N. 7. train at noon with Jack McCarty who was wanted here for robbery. He was captured in North Yakima a few days earlier and Sheriff Taylor had left for that place on Wednesday evening.
Seattle, Patrick Gifford of Kerr Gifford Co. married Misa Inga Aaland, the Tacoma hotel telephone girl. Aaland, 23, is described as very pretty and has resided at the Tacoma hotel where Gifford has lived for years.
A tent collapse interrupted the Norris and Rowe circuit performance in Walla Walla yesterday afternoon. The same site suffered a prior collapse last year, causing abandonment of shows. Divorce granted, Judge Bean issues decree for Harry L. Spere from George W. Spere with Peter West as attorney for the plaintiff.
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