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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1902
Page
6
Exhast Gregan Know ledge and skill are brought into use in any plumbing work. Brain and muscle work together for the benefit of customers. We are neither extravagant nor niggardly in material use. Enough is used to make the work perfect and no more. We charge enough for good work and no more. B F Beck The Plumber Court Street Opposite Golden Rule Hotel.
No bad debts are contracted by our system as we sell for cash and pass savings to customers. We offer more fresh first class groceries for the money than any store in Penton. Stock is all fresh with new goods arriving daily.
Come to us for lumber and building materials of all descriptions and save money on first class stock. We supply screen doors and windows building paper lime cement brick and sand. We specialize in wood gutters for barns and dwellings.
Fred Walters, proprietor, advertises capacity of 150 barrels per day. Flour exchanged for wheat and mill feeds including flour, mill feed, chopped feed, and related products are always on hand.
Athena November 14 report shows Mrs. Lillian Cole Bethel teaching a lively parliamentary law class at the Methodist church. Many locals visit or host visitors from Walla Walla Pendleton and Portland while others travel for homesteading, business, or to tend to wheat and local affairs.
Superintendent J F Nowlin reports notices from the Oregon Society of Sons of the American Revolution offering a prize of 25 dollars for the best essay by any student in any county public school. Notices are sent to all schools and many graded school students are expected to participate.
The Pendleton Academy building on the north side of the Umatilla River nears completion with roof and windows finished. Plastering is underway and with painting due, aim is to hand it to the board after Christmas. The facility is expected to be one of the state’s most commodious educational buildings, reflecting strong local support and pride in education.
A student project outlines lessons from four Civil War era topics. The list includes The Battle of Hunker Hill The Burgoyne Campaign The Treason of Benedict Arnold and The Partisan Warfare in the Carolinas Marion Sumpter and Plokens.
Dog salmon appear in the Umatilla River in large numbers. The fish are plentiful enough to be easily caught as they run into small streams and ditches beside the main river. Residents report seeing people walking the streets daily with two or three fish.
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