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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1905
Page
8
A local notice warns that some vendors sell Mothers Pride coffee in open barrels and charge forty cents per pound, risking tainted air and possible contamination while the brand is kept in airtight tins.
An itemized sale offers 1700 plates and cups with saucers at 19 cents each. The goods are described as omboared and trimmed in old fashion, with a pretty presentation. A full tea cup and saucer set in white is offered for 10 cents.
Governor Gooding directed Commissioner McBride to ship the Idaho building to Boise for storage and to prepare a major portion of the Lewis and Clark fair exhibit for shipment. The plan favors keeping mineral display art relics and preserved fruits in Portland as a nucleus for a permanent Northwest state exhibit, with further additions over years. If Mr. Smith runs for mayor, the petition challenges his bid. otherwise he may seek council in his ward.
Residents of the fourth ward gathered Saturday evening and signed over 40 names on a petition backing E. L. Smith, a well known local citizen, as a candidate for councilman. The petition is to be enlarged.
We announce a new up to date line of bathroom essentials including Toilet Ammonia Sea Salts Brushes Sponges Soap Powders Towels and more indispensable items for any home bathroom.
Fred Shook formerly of Michigan died at 6 20 PM Saturday at his brother E A Shook’s home in Pilot Rock from consumption. He was 30 and leaves a Michigan brother and father. Funeral 2 PM today conducted by Rev Diven. interment in Packing Mouse Cemetery at Baker City. Ground broken on Wellman place near Baker City for a large Baker City Packing Co. complex.
The Pendleton school board holds its regular meeting in Dr J Smith office to discuss routine school matters. No major issues are anticipated, with the session focusing on standard operations and ongoing projects.
Children’s reception scheduled for 7 30 this evening will be held at the parish house of the Church of the Redeemer to benefit the pupils of the church Sunday school.
Whitman College and the University of Washington played a spirited football game in Seattle on Saturday evening. The teams battled with a close score, ending in a narrow six point margin for one side.
John Richardsion of Cold Springs renovates his farm home at an approximate cost of $1000 with carpenter work by Fred War ing of the city.
A city ordinance restricts bicyclists to sidewalks with a five mph limit, mandates lamps after dark, and requires yielding to foot traffic. Riding on Main between the river and Bluff and on Court between Garden and Vincent is banned. Licenses cost 3 and riding without one can bring up to 25 fine or imprisonment. Police plan strict enforcement from the start.
The Head Consul of the Woodmen of the World will tour the Northwest from now until December 15. He will visit Seattle from October 14 to 27 to enroll members, Oregon October 30 to November 1, Pendleton November 4, with local camp committee members John Lawrey AL D. Stillman Col J H Raley Phil McBrian and Bert Huffman preparing a reception. An elaborate program and a large class of candidates are planned, with ceremonies possibly in Eagles hall if completed.
Albert J Davis a Butter Creek area farmer died at St Anthony's hospital from typhoid pneumonia at 6 20 yesterday morning. He was about 64 years old, left a son aged one, and widowed wife daughter of Rev J T Hoeskine. He was well known as industrious and successful. Funeral held at Echo at 11 this morning conducted by Rev Mathen with burial in Echo cemetery.
Rain did not deter 66,970 visitors at the Williamson and Clark fair in Portland on Saturday. A major fire destroyed the Missouri building and its contents, causing about 50,000 in losses. The principal building may be torn down. city purchase for the fairgrounds is under consideration.
Rev. W. L. Van Nuys, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of This City, was elected moderator of the Oregon Synod at its La Grande meeting. The synod includes delegates from Presbyterian churches statewide and acts as the supreme legislative body. About 89 delegates attended the La Grande session.
Vologates were gathered from all parts of Oregon to elect a younger member to the body, a special honor felt in eastern Oregon and Pendleton. The next synod meeting may be at Newport next fall, location undecided. Rev and Mrs Van Nuys returned from La Grande this morning.
The Adelaide Hermann Company, fourteen members strong, arrived in Pendleton yesterday and stayed two days before their performance. Adelaide Hermann, the former principal, was the wife of Hermann the Great, a famed magician of the era, and reportedly mentored his early feats that propelled his later fame.
Pendleton Ore Oct 14. A reader sends clippings of Bishop Fallows Milwaukee remarks on tainted money. He claims churches may accept any gift, even a million dollars, regardless of origin, urging no inspection of small coins. The letter parodies the idea by admitting a gambling man’s intent to fund a college with ill-gotten gains, ending with a grim satire on corruption.
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