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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1913
Page
2
Local Woodmen 10 prepare a big event next Monday evening featuring a buffet luncheon and a varied program. A pamphlet hints at entertaining stunts and comic acts, including songs, poems, and a speaker lineup led by J.P. Walker.
New York November 21 three of five paintings by Mrs Woodrow Wilson shown by the Society of Women Painters and Sculptors have been sold The other two were reserved due to family associations The proceeds go to the Bury Industrial School for Boys and Girls Hear Rome Ga
Special Correspondence reports Bowlen and Stephens Butter Creek stockmen shipped two carloads of mutton sheep to Portland bought from Looking Glass and fattened for market. Echo High School organized a Werary society with Ora Young as president and Lillit Wattenburger as secretary. Henrietta Rebekah Lodge No. 36 elected officers. Eleven carloads from North Powder arrived for Butter Creek fattening. Local residents, visitors, and teachers mentioned with various events and notes. Public notices on primary school teacher eligibility outlined.
Weston Oregon reports social visits from Misses Daisy and Ethel Waddingham Mrs James Harris travels to Pendleton and Mrs Messie McAtees and A W Nye visit from Pendleton G W Mitchells family plan Seattle winter Mrs W R Affeck returns to Idaho Oro fino Fay La Grow and Homer Watts conduct business from Athena Lena Vanslyke visits Reed and Hawley Mountain Area gains a new math and grammar teacher Charles Tompkins added to grades five through eight Albert Allen returns from Pendleton Earle Kirkpatrick spends Wednesday in county seat
A Bantam man with a severe foot ulcer refused amputation and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a last resort. He reported his foot was completely cured and endorsed the remedy for burns bruises and eczema. Available at all druggists or by mail from Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
Salem Ore November 21 Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill has announced examinations for five year teacher certificates in primary grades. Tests will be held December 17 18 and 19 with applicants choosing from Picture Study The Story Hour Play and Playgrounds and The Kindergarten as the essay topic.
Pendleton residents will attend the final University of Oregon extension session at the high school auditorium tomorrow evening. Dr Joseph Schafer will give the main address on northwest history, with local historical society members presenting papers and songs by the High School Glee Club. The program includes reminiscences by Mrs Aura M Raley and Mrs Cosbi Pruitt, plus other items.
Washington officials report a party led by Gifford Pinchot and former officials won a key procedural vote at the National Conservation Congress. A 484 to 154 tally adopted the committee report on Waterways, distinguishing between federal and state control of water rights amid heated debate.
Representative Charles Linthicum of Maryland urged concerted congressionally funded improvements to inland waterways at the Atlantic Deeper Waterways convention in Jacksonville. He highlighted underused streams that could aid commerce with targeted appropriations and legislation. Separately in Washington, President Wilson’s tennis cabinet included his daughters Eleanor and Jonale, with Jusserand and McAdoo as other members.
In Columbia Gorge Oregon on November 21 authorities chase a six foot black man linked to a boxcar theft ring led by alleged escapee Mike Donnelly from Walla Walla prison. Detectives captured him near Mitchell siding but he escaped with arms bound. Bloodhounds joined the search after a pistol shot and a chase toward Ruthen as a train approached.
Ida Genesser reports Henry Baumgartner sold three hogs to Genesse butchers for over 112 dollars. The animals weighed more than 1500 pounds in total. Rialer Westcenser, Genesse butchers, shipped two carloads of hogs from Genesse.
A circulated ad claims blood impurities cause many ailments and touts a vegetable BR 8 remedy from The Swift Specific Co. The copy urges readers to buy and use the product for cleansing the blood, improving skin, and boosting bodily nourishment, with contact at 218 Swift Bldg Atlanta Ga.
Live hog quotes nudge downward at lo 7 1-2 cents per pound amid heavy rains that drenched the area over recent days, leaving several roads in poor shape for transport.
A Wisconsin delegation led by President Charles Van Hise arrived in Philadelphia to meet with University of Pennsylvania leaders and city officials. The visit mirrors a spring Madison trip and includes university department heads and state officials sharing Wisconsin ideas for running universities and cities.
Five hundred teachers are expected for the 13th annual eastern division convention of the Oregon State Teachers Association in La Grande Oregon next Tuesday morning. Ample transportation has been arranged by the Commercial Club to handle the influx. Jessie I Newlin of Chicago will be the principal attraction on the program.
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