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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
8
Local grain write ups say mills will soon resume purchasing wheat after a pause. Some grain is already bought by smaller mills at about 70 cents, several cents below the former club price, with expectations of a 76 to 76 cent market upon reopening and a two cent per bushel shift due to new exchange costs.
The adage warns that the moment a cold begins is crucial for treatment. Delaying care can let the illness deepen, making recovery longer and more difficult. Acting now may shorten suffering and speed relief.
George D. OConner of the Northern Pacific has been absent from Pendleton for two weeks after leaving for Baker City and eastern Oregon. Officials consider ending a tracer as he has not communicated with his family in Walla Walla or Pendleton, and no whereabouts are known.
Echo November 22 reports the filed petitions for the December 2 city election. Mayor is Louis Scholl Jr. Aldermen names include Fred T. George Cloyd Oliver M H Gillette John Dorn R B Stanfield C J Guilliford and E E Ripper. City recorder candidates are E H Brown and E H Ware. City treasurer is W H Boyd. City Marshal contenders are Wm Hoggard Tom Burns and Geo F Green.
Miss Haze Crosson will present an elocutionary and musical program this evening assisted by Mrs. Anna Selkirk Norton and others. The event features readings and songs in a local recital setting.
Pendleton residents will enjoy an excellent entertainment program at the First Presbyterian Church this evening. Miss Crosson, a gifted elocutionist, with Mrs. Norton and Miss Thompson, will present a delightful program including elocutionary pieces and museum numbers, as reported in the East Oregonian.
Pendleton public and grade schools close for the coming week as teachers attend the annual meeting of the state teachers association in La Grande. Attendance is encouraged by Supt. Landers and the school board. no sessions Thursday or Friday due to Thanksgiving.
Pendleton business college reports sharp growth in enrollment, 66 percent higher than last year per principal Prof. W. Steele. A new boys and girls basketball teams have been formed with aims for interschool games this winter. Recent student entrant includes J. R. Beauchemin, formerly a baggage man at the depot.
About six last evening a fire broke out in an outfit car on the O R and N side track near Bluff street. Half the town followed the central companies to the scene before the blaze was controlled. Two hose lines were readied. the construction train from the Pilot Rock branch had been in use, and the origin remains a mystery.
Twenty people were moved this morning from the main line of the O. R. N. to the Spokane branch at this price. Most were homeseekers delayed by the September and October colonist movement who now intend to investigate the west. The group included men, women, and children, destined for Spokane Pullman and Moscow, mainly.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Frey, formerly of this city and recent residents of Victoria, have moved to 852 Seymour Street in Vancouver, B C where they will reside through the winter. They express satisfaction with British Columbia and while still interested in Pendleton and Umatilla may make Vancouver their home for some time.
Fred Geinger, a well known Birch Creek farmer and fruit raiser, delivered a load of fine apples from his Plot Rock area farm to the city. The fruit is as fine looking and well flavored as any in Pendleton markets. Geinger operates a large orchard and pursues diversified farming including dairying and fruit raising.
A buyer refused $125 for a six months old mule colt at the Walla Walla fair. The Rural Spirit suggests farmers should consider breeding mules. They may market at high prices at weaning, though not all will fetch that high. sales range starts at $65 and up.
Residents from Helix Pilot Rock Freewater and Umatilla report light to fine rain across all points in the county. Farmers and stockmen rejoice as crops and range benefit from the moisture.
After Dan Hart, Sheriff T. D. Taylor left today for Portland to secure Dan Hart, who was recently released by the federal court. He will be brought back here for trial in the circuit court.
A narrator recalls a performer who asked how to turn 11 ciphers into 23. He failed, then laid 11 ciphers in a line and drew perpendicular marks at specific positions. The reader witnessed the resulting figure and the man vanished, leaving an unresolved puzzle about the illusion.
A gang of Greek laborers near the city performed a ghastly pagan rite by hog tying a sheep, hanging it head down in a cook car for days, and then slitting its throat as it died. The act, claimed as a Greek custom, was witnessed amid reports of the group’s alleged brutality and ignorance.
Holiday business is expected to rise and a new window was installed at the money order department to handle money order and registered mail. A new postal guide requires regular first class rates on all souvenir cards in envelopes, with a two cent stamp for cut away corner letters.
The masquerade skating carnival at the Ireland Rink drew a record crowd last evening with many unique costumes. Walter Eggerth won first prize for best men's costume and Ruth Gibson won the ladies prize dressed as an Indian princess.
A Portland area crowd enjoyed a rich Presbyterian Church program led by the choir. Miss Lyman from Pendleton academy opened with piano, followed by Bernice Ruppe singing In a Chimney Corner, and other soloists. A later benefit ball for firemen relief funds was announced to aid injured members. Oregon attorney J N Teal travels to Washington with Oregon apples to distribute at the Rivers and Harbors congress, joined by Dr N G Blalock en route to Chicago.
J. S. Landers of Pendleton public schools is named on the Oregon High School Debating League executive committee. E. T. Martlett of Salem High is president, with EB. De Cou, J. H. Ackerman, P. A. Campbell, and Cornelia Marvin as officers. A state-wide debate schedule is planned, not a regular school activity.
Pendleton fire department announces a grand ball on Thanksgiving Eve November 27 at Eagles Hall to raise funds for the relief fund. The event invites all loyal citizens to attend and support the charitable effort.
In a brief Cleveland Leader item, Mayme declines marriage with Sidlo citing too many engagements. The quip captures a playful social exchange reflecting single life expectations in the era.
Tmatilia People in Portland, Dr. M. 8. Kern of this city, R. J. Johnson of Beho, Francie H. Barnett and Oliver P. Morton of Hermiston, were registered at the Oregon hotel in Portland Thursday, while T. . Taylor, Robert Forster and H. C. Bickers of this city, were registered at the imperial.
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