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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1904
Page
2
Fifty extra policemen drafted in Chicago to quell unrest and enforce order amid ongoing labor and security concerns. The report lists broad tensions, including strikes, international issues, and shifting military movements as authorities bolster manpower.
Reports from Oregon and nearby areas include several fatal incidents such as a man shot during a quarrel in Portlain and another killed by a police officer during a family dispute. Also noted are a dredge worker killed on site, a man shot in Spokane, a temperance hall proprietor involved in a confrontation, and a robbery with beating in a Fairmount resident's case. The 8th annual Oregon Press Association convention is set for Hood River, October 14. Living costs in Oregon rose about 14.71 percent over four years per the Labor Commissioner. A Pendleton bred Jeanie, a pointer bitch owned by F F Wameley, won best in class at the Spokane fair.
Realtors advertise wheat land and stock ranches in Eastern Oregon with strong propositions and newly rated desirable city property at low prices.
Typhoid concerns mix with social notices in Milton. Local residents J L Simpson visiting from Prancesville and Mary Moss host family visits. Several residents travel to Baker City Spokane and Corvallis for family, church, or professional reasons, including Rev J W Coombsby assisting in a revival and Chastein assisting at a local pharmacy.
The article reports on river steamers Spokane and Lewbeuda carrying wheat from Vollmer-Clearwater to New York and shipments along the upper river, with maintenance of daily passenger service and a landing at Lewiston. It also covers the Umatilla County Retail Druggists Association meeting, new member Marquis of Adams, and the growth of Liquid Cream Balm use. Additionally a telegraph operator Walter Brown leaves Kansas City seeking health, with family ties in Freewater and Connell.
Berry Lovin of North Carolina arrived Monday and will trek into the country west of Pilot Rock to join friends Wilston and Pennell who claimed land last summer. Lovin’s family plans to follow in about a month as housing is arranged, with a probable winter stay in Pilot Rock.
A long hotel arrivals list records guests from Phil Schlesinger of Milwaukee to J. W. Chis of North Fork and many others across Portland Spokane Walla Walla La Grande Helix Athena Pendleton Amos and more. The note mentions a Jamestown NY visitor considering investments in the county and planning to tour Linn County. The fragment ends without a clear main event.
Reverend John H. Cox of Wake Arkansas reports relief after twelve years with yellow jaundice using Electric Bitters. The notice lists upcoming events including Oregon W C T U State convention in Portland and Inland Empire Teachers Association in Pendleton along with other regional meetings and midweek Baptist services at the local church.
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