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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
8
The advertisement promises a special bonus for customers who buy one can of Victor Brand baking powder. It promotes the product’s superiority over competing powders and offers an additional perk to shoppers.
J. S. Mathews returns from Echo with a water wheel for C. E. Haworth. The wheel, a small but functional model, pumps about 2000 gallons per hour for a garden and alfalfa tract. He plans to exhibit it in Spokane soon.
Walter M. Pierce, candidate for state senator, left on the delayed morning train for Irrigon where he will speak tonight on the issues of the day. He plans to return tomorrow morning and proceed to La Grande for a date and speaking engagement tomorrow night.
From Music Hall on May 12 a fold ing screen of rei burlapa with Dutch scenes on top panels, a silver tray, and a hammered brass tray were taken. Reward offered by Mrs. W. L. Thompson at 603 Water Street for information leading to recovery.
A historical health note warns that blood lacking life-giving principles and filled with poisonous waste harms the body. It claims weak blood leads to pimples, bolls, eczema, tumors, abscesses and other skin ailments, urging caution.
In Hermiston a push to permanently organize for fish and game law enforcement advances. Maxwell Company manager J F McNaught agreed to make ladder changes after low water, while C F Turner and G J LaDow travel to the county west end to inspect compliance. A committee including J S Rees and Dean Shull will oversee further improvements and fund collection, with bylaw-drafting to form a permanent sportsmen's association led by G L LaDow and others.
W D Chamberlain former county clerk now in business at Athena withdraws from the race for Joint representative of Umatilla Morrow County district citing business obligations and inability to campaign. Democrats must nominate by Saturday evening or William Stusher the Republican nominee will face the field.
Prof T J Pennell of Whitman college will give a concert at the First Christian Church in the city on Monday night May 21. He will be assisted by Misa M Grace Jones as accompanist. Local music lovers look forward to the performance with pleasure.
A terse note advises urgent eye care to protect vision. It stresses eyes are delicate and seek professional assessment if any doubt about strength or health arises. The message frames eye care as essential for a lifetime.
The concert at Pendleton Drug Company store is advertised as a well patronized event with tickets in high demand and strong community interest. The piece notes anticipation and local support for the performance.
A group including Dude Frazier Willard Struthera Archie Struthers and Jack Myers came back from a two week visit to Susanville in Grant county. Snow measured about two inches on the summit Tuesday and Wednesday while the range remains good. Mines at Susanville are closed due to litigation but work may resume soon. Frazier owns a mine interest and plans to return in about three weeks.
Glenn Bushee deputy U S marshal arrived with Jim Barnhart who was recently tried in federal court at Portland and sentenced to three months in the Umatilla county jail for taking liquor on the reservation. John Wallats is now a prisoner in the county jail given two months for the same offense. Joe Bennett another Indian was jailed last evening by Commissioner John Halley Jr on the charge of taking liquor on the reservation and will be turned over to federal authorities at Portland.
Miss Clara Sheuerman, an accomplished pianist trained in San Francisco under Hugo Manfeldt, arrives from San Francisco to Pendleton to perform a concert next week for San Francisco relief. She recalls the earthquake and fire, aims to aid sufferers, and has strong local ties through Pendleton friends and her early childhood there.
The MacFarlane sheep shearing crew of 12 finished work on Pat Dougherty's flocks at the Chapman ranch on Birch creek. About 5000 sheep remain to complete the season, with a few days lost to extreme cold earlier this week.
Bids for lumber to build three residences and three storehomes for the east Umatilla project will be opened at 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon in the reclamation office in Portland. Sufficient material will be bought to cover construction needs.
About 20 homeseekers who moved here last night from No 6 westbound O BR N train left this morning on the Spokane train for the north. Most were bound for points near Spokane. They had been induced to go by advertisements for those places received in the east.
Elite Candy Kitchen opens a new powerless electric ice cream plant to meet rising patronage. The modern facility will specialize in ice cream production for Elta par lors customers.
Charles Payne, a local carpenter, was shot in the hip when a 45 caliber revolver fell from a coat pocket at his home near Court and MI streets. The bullet pierced the left hip, traveled through 20 inches of flesh, and lodged near the surface. He was taken to the hospital and treated by Dr. C. J. Smith, with chloroform used for the operation. the injury is serious but not expected to be fatal or cause complications.
A Dexter Park feature reports draft horses fed experimentally at the Illinois experiment station in Urbana. Twenty Iowa bred horses, purchased Feb 3, were run in three 16 day lots with varied rations. Lot 1 with corn and clover hay gained 194 pounds, Lot 2 with corn oats and hay 77 pounds, Lot 3 with oats and timothy hay 142 pounds.
John F. Stowe's large tent theater arrives from Walla Walla this afternoon and will present Uncle Tom's Cabin tonight near the O R N freight depot. The company brings extensive scenery and apparatus and is highly commended from the east where it has toured for years, delivering a solid presentation of the historical play.
E. L. Brown of Ogden Utah arrives to head the ice cream department for the Blue Mountain creamery. He brings summer delivery plans and extensive ice cream experience, with the company aiming to emphasize delivery service. The piece also notes odd geographic contrasts and population figures for Naples and San Francisco as observed by the New York Press.
Health Restored BY YOUR BITTERS is the gift of the thousands of teeti momiala received from grateful people. With such proof to back it there is no logical reason why any man or woman should remain atckiy. Get a bottle of.
An advertisement-style claim touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy today for various ailments including bloating risings headaches constipation malaria and general ill health urging readers to use it to restore health.
The Presbyterian general assembly backs a new prayer book removing the word Obey from marriage vows and eliminating the worldly goods clause. Reforms aim to modernize ceremonies, with some churches likely to reject the changes while eastern cities and large urban centers plan adoption.
Consul General Henry B. Miller reports from Yokohama that American flouring mill machinery manufacturers have sold complete outfitting for four mills to be erected in Japan. Two 200 barrel per day mills are to be built in Tokio, and two 60-barrel mills are planned with one at Nagoya. Contracts appear driven by the tariff bill awaiting passage.
The report of General Miller confirms the tariff bill will enact duties on flour, marking a key feature to protect and develop Japanese industries. This tariff move is presented as a major step in economic policy with broad impact on industry and trade.
In Yakima county a contract for 18000 pounds of the 1906 hop crop was filed in the county auditor's office. The agreement is between George Ker and Folk Wormerser & Co. at ten cents per pound.
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