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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1903
Page
8
The county court bought a camera for the sheriff to photograph inmates entering the county jail and those convicted sent to the penitentiary. Sheriff plans to preserve plates to aid future identifications and recall of offenders. Major Lee Morehouse photographed several men this Saturday as the new practice begins.
J A Owenhouse of Butte forms partnership with Scott, former Toland Empire Piano House proprietor. New firm Owenhouse and Scott promises superior instruments and public entertainment. Scott will continue guitar instruction while Owenhouse, a renowned mandolin soloist, expands piano and stringed instrument offerings.
John Cox, who has suffered for 16 months from severe spine injuries after a runaway accident in this county, has arrived in Washington, D. C., accompanied by his sister Mary. Private letters say he endured the cross country journey well after leaving here several days ago.
Charge of his tat er Mary Cox for the national capital. Mr Cox has another sister in a government department and will make his future home there. The sister who accompanied him will nurse him. Cox hopes to fully recover despite extremely severe injuries.
Grand Ronde conductor Frank Coykendall ran Huntington Pendleton passenger service in Marin Andersons absence. Anderson is in St Vincent's Hospital in Portland. Coykendall wrote from La Grande yesterday and returned last evening with a pink boutonniere. Snow from Bingham Springs to Huntington prompted friends to joke he raided a hothouse. The Grand Ronde zephyr has served the valley for a month.
John Schott and wife sell 15 acres in Fruitvale to James W. Muir for 2800 dollars in section 26 township 6 north range 2 west. H. L. Swaxcart and wife sell east half of lot F in Utopia Garden, south of the city, to Alva Balcom for 2000 dollars. Alva Balcom and wife sell 160 acres in section 22 township 1 south range 42 near Pilot Rock to H. L. Swaggart and A. L. Swaggart for 200 dollars.
Gangs of men have been filling ends on gravel and ballasting the track on the approaches to the new steel bridge near the city. Work continues for several days to place everything in good condition for winter.
Charles A. Cameron Jr. left for Portland to visit a friend for a few days while Charles A. Cameron Sr. recovers from injuries after being run over by a handcart. The elder Cameron is progressing toward recovery in the hospital.
Colonel E D Boyd has returned from Portland where he was away most of the summer and is much improved in health He endured the journey well and was able to be at the office for a time today John and Philip Colback preachers quartered over Woman Washington DC They locked the receives in a room and fought well with razor Both will die
J T Whistler returned from Harney county where he closed the year’s government survey work. Cold mountains halt further progress for winter. he will go to Washington early next month to prepare his report for the government board while Lewis remains in Pendleton to run the office and water-charging operations.
President P L Campbell of the University of Oregon visited a local high school this afternoon to assess conditions and discuss university interests. He planned to tour eastern Oregon high schools and colleges, visiting Weston Normal School Milton Columbia College and Baker City with Superintendent Ackerman unable to accompany him.
Farms and lots sold by real use dealers Ribern and Swaggart in recent days include 160 acres located 14 miles southeast of Pendleton sold for Abva Haleem to HL and A L Swaggart for 2000 dollars. Five acres West half of lot F in Utopian Garden sold for H L Swaggart to Alva Balcom for 1500 dollars. West half of lot, Utopian Garden sold for Carrie Pyle to H L Swaggart for 2006 dollars.
Three day teachers institute begins Monday in Baker City with few Pendleton attendees. Pendleton school board has not yet decided on dismissing city schools for the week to allow attendance. If teachers approve, schools may close for the Thanksgiving week.
Two cases of plain drunkenness and two of vagrancy were heard. Eli Parr and Bill Davie were held for drunkenness, fined $6, and jailed for three weeks on default. T B McCool and Rilbert Barker were charged with vagrancy and ordered to leave town by 8 oclock. Both lads were from nearby areas.
A fire Friday at Marion Jack's ranch north of Save Station Wisconsin destroyed a cook wagon and a small two room house with about 700 sacks of barley and Warley fodder. Several men had been working, left a stove fire burning, and could not reach the buildings in time. They lost all possessions except their working clothes and believed there was no insurance on the barley or buildings.
The Oregon Historical Society gains a large trunk of Joe Lane state papers and Mexican War orders, plus two governor commissions from Polk and Pierce. It includes about 1,000 letters from notable figures and other correspondence, donated by Dr. Harry Lane of Portland for the Lane family.
Michael McCracken and wife deed to Manuel Pedro for 15307.50 the 3906 acre stock ranch southwest of Pilot Rock. Pedro acquires all stock sheep horses and cattle and will operate it with another large ranch in the same area.
The Thompson Street Methodist church extends its revival meetings with growing interest. Two accessions and baptisms occurred last evening as the same speaker stays for another week. Rev. R. W. King, former Baptist pastor, visited Pendleton from Milton yesterday and left for Milton this morning after photographing notable local citizens.
Dr. W. J. McConnell of Baker City ships 1 000 stock sheep to Blackfoot Idaho for 1 90 per head. He cuts the herd to meet winter hay shortages and could not sell at higher prices after seeking buyers across Baker county.
In a Saturday afternoon game at Baker City the Baker City football team defeated Boise high school by a score of 10 to 0. The contest was clean with no brutal play and drew a good crowd.
George McDonald of Adams, a leading county sheepman, is in town to handle ranch business. A private letter from Conductor Martin Anderson, confined at St. Vincent's hospital in Portland with kidney trouble, reports Anderson's slow improvement.
Judge and A Lowell left this morning for Portland to attend the Oregon Bar Association session. The association merges on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. A Japanese boy seeks day work including cooking housework or general labor, address 604 Ganilen Street.
The ad asserts kidney trouble afflicts both sexes, harms mind and vigor, and even children. It promotes Swamp Root by Kilmer as a remedy, claims mild, innate effects, and offers samples by mail. It directs writing to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton, urging purchase of bottles and branding the product with the paper’s letters.
Eastern Oregon Teachers Association hosts events in Baker City in November 2025. Washington Teachers Association schedules Tacoma gathering around December 25. National Livestock Convention will be held in Portland on January 12 13 14 and 15.
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