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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1903
Page
6
WANTED help to harvest the strawberry crop near Milton and Freewater. The crop is expected to be large and many workers are needed. Six week commitments available with camping grounds provided. Pay is twenty five cents per crate. Apply to N. W. Mumford or R. T. in Freewater, Oregon.
Har vey Richardson of Richardson Brothers store fought off two armed robbers who bound him with cotton lines and gagged him with a curtain and bandanas. They escaped with thirty eight dollars and an iron box from the safe and insurance papers, leaving checks and the proprietor’s watch behind. Sheriff Taylor searched Adams but no solid clue emerged. one man was briefly detained near Helix and released.
In Boston May 18 the anniversary week of the American Unitarian Association opens with a prayer service in King’s Chapel. Representatives from far and near attend as Senator Hoar, Dr. Everett Hale and other noted speakers join the program.
Glasgow May 18 The Clyde engineers strike ended this morning with mutual conclusions reported. The brief stoppage disrupted Clyde shipyards and related industries as workers returned to duties.
Bridgeport Connecticut May 18 quiet returned after yesterday’s trolley strike riots. No attempt was made to run the early car. A fragment from Town and Country comments on a trunk mishap and a hospitalized man remarking about care.
An advertisement extols Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy for lame back urinary troubles and Bright's disease. It claims rapid cure through extensive tests, offers a free sample bottle and a book, and directs readers to send their address to Dr. Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
The California prune crop is about 40 percent short versus last season, with major San Joaquin Valley orchards down as much as 50 percent. Overloaded trees lead to a rest year and fruit expected to run large. Prices for old prunes range 2½ to 2¾ cents, outside stock at 2¾ cents while some sellers seek 2 cents. Exports to Feb 28, 1903 totalled 59,109,646 pounds, far above 1902 and 1901, but foreign buyers took only a third of last season's crop at better prices than present spot stocks.
A Chicago Tribune item features a witty exchange where a housemaid overhears a mistress tell a caller she is “no good,” and a butler retorts that listeners often hear the same about themselves. The brief humor captures domestic life and sharp exchanges.
A La Grande Observer visitor reports Union's Eastern Oregon experiment station under Prof Leckenby cultivating about 460 acres. The program highlights grasses testing and breeding with over 200 varieties, many by Leckenby, using hill planting for good yields. Sugar beet seed development shows remarkable progress.
A long list of events and gatherings is printed, including lodges, general assemblies, commencements, wool sales, reunions, encampments, and federations across Oregon, California, and nearby states. Notable entries include the Grand Lodge session in Portland, the Presbyterian General Assembly in Los Angeles, Peniton Academy commencement, Ninth annual Umatilla county pioneers reunion at Weston, and the National Educational Association meeting in Boston. The column also notes Uncle Joe Cannon's 1903 birthday remarks and a light exchange about pleasing a father with a joke.
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