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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1904
Page
2
Due to limited storage space the store will discontinue selling sugar once current stock is exhausted. Shoppers are invited to visit the new location opposite Hotel Bickers.
Rev Van Nuys returns from Portland with a buoyant report on Oregon State Synod. Evangelistic work will be prosecuted with vigor across Oregon next year as finances and church affairs are in gratifying condition. The synod approved dividing Eastern Oregon Presbytery into Pendleton and Grand Ronde groups to boost efficiency and attendance.
The church in Oregon anticipates a vigorous revival drive this winter with prominent evangelists from the Ahiem and Moe factions delivering loud sermons. A large and growing Presbyterian membership marks progress as Pendleton hosts the first Pendleton Presbytery session in April and La Grande the State Synod session in October. Rev Van Nuys is chosen commissioner to the 1905 general assembly in Winona Indiana.
Mrs Mollie Hendrixsn arrived from Bote after summer there and will teach music in Ei lensesburg this winter. Her health faltered with typhoid after leaving Pendleton last spring, delaying her arrival several weeks. DY HB Johnson returned from Befo rt Wie and Chicago, with rheuma delaying Sine Johnson’s return. they expect to join in Chicago with daughter Mrs Maury Smith. Dr Johnson is father of Cornell man H F Johnson.
Adamson and brother in law Harry Strawn return from the southern mount district after failed government land prospecting in Grant County. Strawn is in poor health from rheumatism and plans a Hot Lake bath before resuming travel toward Wayneabure Pa.
Street Commissioner Brown announces several new crosswalks in progress at key downtown intersections. Planned sites include Rathiad and Malin by the Bowman building, Washington and Main, College and Webb near the plan tive mille, and Court and Johnson beside Hotel Bickere. one more crossing will be rebuilt at Court and Johnson.
E W Oliver of Grangeville is named as a Kila presidential elector. Ite ho, a Republican elector candidate, is a well known stockman, mine operator and banker with many friends in eastern Oregon. His daughter, Mrs Haynes, is married to the O R N operator and resides in the city.
A short shopper note praises Schilling's Best products offering a money back bargain. It contrasts that some deals win friends while others cost trust, urging readers to choose value with confidence at Schilling's Best.
A large appeal promotes a no charge mail subscription to the Umatilla County special edition of the Oregon Daily Journal. Local leaders from Pendleton and the Commercial Association endorse the project, inviting households to join and boosting regional publicity for Umatilla County and Pendleton.
Echo resident H Koontz undergoes radiated treatment using a concealed 22 calibre capsule containing an infinitesimal speck of radium. The capsule allegedly charges water in seconds and emits a faint purplish glow in darkness, despite the world’s small amount valued at $200,000 an ounce.
J L Wynne suffered a broken knee cap and strained ligaments after stumbling in darkness and falling into an excavation for a new John Schmidt building. He is at St Anthony's hospital, relatives in Fresno California, employed by F X Schempp, and may miss his sister's wedding invitation.
Barney Mullen the lightweight and Barney Tracy are billed for two well known sports events in Portland. The card features names familiar to local boxing fans as a promotional crowd gathers for the planned bouts.
Prominent Portivd boxer Challviava Yormy Tracey was slated to fight Charley Mokeey on November 2 in Portland. Mokeey withdraws and Mallon offers to substitute Mokenver, proposing a 42 pound catch weight plan with Mather aiding. Timeline and venue remain tentative as talks continue in Portland.
The town of Haines, 12 miles west of Baker City, is described as thriving with a larger country trade and better business across sectors. The addition of stockyards spurred by the railroad is cited as boosting commerce, outweighing Baker City’s activity in several lines. The piece contrasts Haines’ growth with Baker City's declines and notes Haines' improving roads and farmer prosperity aiding its rise.
A widow display features a duplicate star fish collection prepared by J. D. Hillabery of Seattle for Washington. The exhibit, which traveled from Weehtington to the World’s Fair in St. Laws, showcases 181 agecinens of preserved star fish in their original color and form via Hillabers’ process, drawing considerable attention.
A westbound passenger train from Huntington to Penleton reached Penleton at five this morning with eleven cars. A half hour stop at Unisby allowed passenger changes and meals. The delay was worsened by a Union Pacific hold. A connecting train destined for the city was run in conjunction with the delayed service.
Captain Henrietta Migney with Lieutenant Carpenter will reach Pendleton tomorrow to assume charge of the local Salvation Army corps. Opening services are set for the evening at the barracks on Webb street. Captain Migney comes from a prior post in California and previously served in Baker City and Walla Walla.
Elder E A VanVranden and Rev B F Harper of Milton returned from the State Presbyterian Synod at Portland. They found the season very enjoyable and profitable. Mr Harper came home ill with grip and barely able to sit up.
Returned Prom llato and W L Simonton came back from Idaho and Wyoming after a summer trip. They traveled to Butter creek ranch four miles out. Mr Simonton joined T Foster who had made investments there and planned to sell out the county and move to Idaho.
A gang of about a dozen men seal work on the new cinder pit west of the RK and N roundhouse. The concrete foundation is finished and the pit will be in use in about two weeks.
G E B Carnes of Carnes Bros, Pilot Rock merchants, is in town today arranging freighting of two carloads of goods just arrived via the C B K and W N line to Pilot Rock.
The eight room J B Mumford home on Perkins avenue will soon be ready for occupancy. It will be occupied by Glen Winslow the jeweler.
The new five room Rinehart residence on the north side will be finished this week. Joan Horn to the contractor. Murphy is doing the painting. Students of the business college unanimously voted to take a two day intermission Thursday and Friday to attend the teachers' institute.
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