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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1903
Page
8
The celebrated D Armstrong & Co line of ladies fine Oxfords has arrived with the latest styles and finest workmanship. Also a full line of little gents youths and boys Oxfords and other footwear for all ages offered at reasonable prices.
Mantinges Wilson & Co advertise main 1181 good shoes at low prices. The notice highlights affordable footwear and a prominent address as a sales pitch to shoppers.
W H Boyd of Echo and Howser a guest in the city. Alger Feela convalescent at home. James M Spence on business in Athens. A J Freeze of the Spokesman Review at the Golden Rule. Mr. and Mrs C A Oberg of McKay visiting. Frank I Hammond to Adams for a short business trip. J J Roulaton of Adams a business visitor in Pendleton. H B Strong of Walla Walla spent the day in Pendleton on business. Harry Folsom a Pilot Rock stockman visiting Pendleton yesterday. Charlie J Ferguson visiting friends in Walla Walla, her old home. Mrs W W Hinton of Walla Walla visiting friends in the city. A J Lindsey of Walla Walla in Pendleton for a short business visit. H P Rolfe civil engineer of W C R in city on business with the local office. J F Nowlin county superintendent of schools gone to Adams on school business. J P O'Brien superintendent of O R N passed through Pendleton today on inspection. J H Gwinn of New York Life Insurance Co. came over from Pendleton that night. J E Dukehart Remington typewriter promoter gone to Weston and Athena. Dr W G Cole sold to C H Warman of Vinson lots 7 and 8 block 6 Cole's addition on Washington Street for 325 dollars. J M Bentley of Bentley Hartman Abstract Co left for two days to Ukiah. Miss Daisy Thrasher of Wallula visiting J M Bentley. returns home. Mrs Thrasher, her mother, is now a guest of Mrs Bentley.
President Roosevelt to tour the Pacific Northwest with visits planned in Portland Salem Olympia Seattle Tacoma and other cities. The trip marks the first such regional visit since Harrison in 1891 and follows McKinley’s aborted plans two years earlier due to Mrs. McKinley’s illness.
FE. E. Bernard will ship four car loads of horses to Prosser this evening and James Wright will dispatch seventeen car loads of sheep to the Seattle market.
Judge W R Ellis and his wife head to Portland after a brief Morrow county circuit court session in Heppner. Mayor Hailey reports excellent alfalfa crops and steady immigration in Morrow, with many homesteads reclaimed. New $4000 court house of blue stone praised. county finances strong and near debt free within two years.
May 20 Walla Walla reports weather records suggest May 26 will be dry and windy for the president’s visit. Over 17 years rain fell only four times on May 26, with most days clear or partly cloudy. Mean May 25 temperature 69, max 92, min 40. Wind average 15 mph. strongest 26 mph in 1897.
Asheville May 20 The annual Southern Golf Association championship began on the local links with entries from many cities. The format includes a 38 hole qualifying round with medals for the first 16 to win the championship cup, next 16 for the Dixie cup, and final 16 for the Consolation cup.
William Rahe ships 11 pack horses to Alaska from this county. Each horse weighs 1050 to 1100 pounds and cost Rahe about 60 dollars. In Culver Kansas robbers used dynamite to wreck the bank gate and secured 2000 dollars in cash.
Kamela resident Be Swanger committed suicide Monday night at Kamela by laudanum after preparing the act in advance. He told his wife briefly of his action and died an hour later with no apparent suffering. He planned the act and informed his son Seymour at North Fork through an intermediary. Burial took place in La Grande today.
Pendleton goes to Dayton while Walla Walla travels to Colfax for a four game set. All teams are in good trim and will open with strengthened lineups. Pendleton leads the 12 seamers with 7 wins and 6 losses. Walla Walla and Dayton are at 6 and 6. Colfax at 5 and 7. The season promises to be very interesting for fans.
Hundreds of veterans and families gather in McPherson for the twenty second annual encampment of the G A R Department of Kansas. Department officers arrived to set up at the Union Hotel and a 9 o clock opening began in the decorated opera house. Department politics dominate as several veterans are named for honors amid other sessions by the Women’s Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A K.
Arthur W. McCay faced Judge FitzGerald charged with carrying concealed weapons and discharging firearms within city limits. He received fines and jail terms, now serving sentences. The incident began when he entered Ed Besthorn’s tavern intoxicated and brandished a gun, firing at a chandelier and damaging a wall before arrest.
Mason City Iowa May 20 The Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans Home recently completed was dedicated today with ceremonies and a large turnout from across the state. Grand Master Z A Church led the dedicatory rites and R J Tilton of Des Moines gave the principal address. A banquet hosted by the Mason City lodge will close the celebration this evening.
The Jackson Dickson Company sold to William Leater Shell and Ellen Shell for 500 dollars jets 10 and 11 in block 56 in the reservation addition to Pendleton. J M Anderson and Virginia Anderson sold to C H Whiteman blocks 7 8 9 and 10 in Nichols addition to Milton for 1400 dollars. Lee Baker and Mary Baker sold to I N Wickersham for 100 dollars total and 13 in block 206 in the reservation addition to Pendleton.
The Western Gas Association opened its twenty sixth annual session in Indianapolis today and will stay through Saturday. Papers will be read by W H Birchmore New York City John McIlhenny Pittsburgh James J Somerville Indianapolis B W Perkins South Bend A H Barrett Louisville James Dunbar New Albany. The McCleary and Williams bridge gang passed through the city last evening en route to Riverside where work will begin on a large steel bridge for the W and.
Pendleton wool men surge to Pendleton warehouses as under way hauling fills the Furnish house holdings. Cunningham 493 sacks 16205 pounds A H Sunderman 16 sacks 6125 pounds Lee Butler 12 sacks 4202 pounds J Connolly 32 sacks 7770 pounds Pat Doherty 60 sacks 19767 pounds others add to 1,500,000 pounds already stored at scouring mills with more daily. J A Smith about 700 sacks 291,000 pounds Rugg Bros 200 sacks 66,000 pounds Warner Brothers similar amount. Smallholders also bring wood. warehouses expected crowded by sales day.
Fifteen Pendleton musicians organize a brass band to be established by July 4 at Pendleton’s big celebration. JL G Fra zier elected president and secretary treasurer, B T Scott leader and business manager. Open air concerts planned. members named include cornet players, sax, altos, tenors, tubas, drums. baritone section to be filled later.
The report covers Professor Prescott outlining why Adventists emphasize Daniel and the Revelation, with Matt 24 as a study focal point. Dr. Yarnell of Spokane Sanitarium lectured on how stimulating foods affect body and mind, linking to tobacco and alcohol. Evening program features an orchestra and song service at 7:30. Pendleton residents are invited to attend. Morning conference approved using Sabbath offerings for outreach funds and for supporting superannuated ministers from the tithe.
The feast of the Ascension observed tomorrow at the Church of the Redeemer with a holy Eucharist officiated by the rector. The service begins at 10 o clock in the morning as part of the church calendar 40 days after Easter.
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