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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
5
Local city notes advertise Bond Bros. clothing and dry wood, Minnis for wood and fashion, and performances at Star theater. Rentals offered at 310 East Court and 813 Thompson, with housework help wanted. Lost items and a child’s coat reported, plus various sales, tailoring, hats, and medicines. Hiawatha promise on hair care with $100 guarantee.
George W. Bowman files for divorce from Alina May Bowman alleging cruelty and desertion. The couple married at La Grande on June 26, 1906 and had no children. The divorce suit was filed by Peter West.
A marriage license was issued to Edgar H. Depew and Stella Trene Bolin. Bond Bros. advertises a good suit for every man in Umatilla county.
The forest bureau invites ambitious young men to apply for civil service clerk examinations to be held November 1 in Spokane Walla Walla Seattle Tacoma Port Townsend and Bellingham. Salaries range from 800 to 1200 dollars, with promotion prospects from the ranks. Eastern Oregon applicants may test at Baker City. In Montana exams will be in Billings Bozeman Butte Great Falls Helena and Missoula. Tests of eastern hemlock strength on the Cascade western slopes aim to prove its suitability for structural use and interior finishing against prior prejudice.
Whitman college adds engineering as a new department with Prof. Dunsmore in charge. The initial year focuses on rudiments to prep for full operation next year, positioning Whitman to attract practical minded students and rival coastal schools in offering technical training.
Notice announces an Elks gathering at Hayles hall this evening at 7:30 o clock for important business. C J Ferguson BR R details the call and serves as the contact for the event.
A New York dispatch says the Baltic arrived with 1002 marriageable women from Britain and Ireland. Two hundred unmarried men were aboard but showed little interest. Some claim they came to marry, others deny it, while officials say more ships are due. The women, from Ireland England Wales Scotland and Norway, react with humor and curiosity at the prospect in New York.
Dr. T. L. Haney of St. Louis, friend of Dr. J. G. M. Luttenberger, is in the city today surveying the country. He traveled west with Dr. Luttenberger, splitting at Salt Lake City weeks ago. He is impressed with the region and may settle in the northwest, preferring Oregon to California where he finds professions overdone.
Sheriff Shutt of Morrow County arrived last night in Heppner seeking Webb the accused murderer of Zaspell. He went to Baker City after leaving a message for the local office. A telegram stated Webb not yet found. Deputy Wilson scouted mountain summits and officers believe Webb fled east on train No 6 and may be far away.
At a political meeting in Springfield on October 4, prominent state Republicans formed a political bloc endorsing Cannon for president, aiming to unite Republican support across the state.
In the East Oregonian reference, B80 appears as a labeled page item. The exact text is unreadable for full context but the note identifies B80 as a column or feature marker, indicating where related content or index entries may be found.
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