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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
8
A seller announces newly arrived items from Haviland, Japanese and German China. The note invites customers to pick favorites and promises to lay aside purchases for a small payment before the holiday rush.
A small batch of Delft China arrives with smooth glaze and exquisite views. The shipment features admired Dutch art ware that inspires strong interest from collectors and decor enthusiasts.
Longtime Sherman county resident Cr. C. Kaney arrived in Salem after wintering there. A former traveling salesman, Kaney built and lost a Kansas hotel venture, later bought a Marion county farm with questionable deed validity, then moved to Sher man county where he gained standing. He denies being a politician yet chairs as a legislative representative from Sherman Gilliam and Wheeler counties. He praised Moody but criticized Senator Mitchell. He plans to inspect irrigated land in Ontario after the visit.
Two Short Line freight trains collided head on at Border between Idaho and Wyoming, destroying engines and delaying trains for two to ten hours. Two tramps killed, an engineer and brakeman injured. A misapplied order caused the wreck as trains ran about 30 miles per hour. Rail traffic on R and N lines suffered delays, with trains arriving late across the region.
Word of the death of BE. EB. Farrow reached Pendleton and Barnegat Park New Jersey where he died last Friday October 20 He was formerly Pendleton deputy county clerk and ran an abstract business He was married to a sister of Mrs T B Morton and cousin of C S Jackson He left Pendleton about 16 years ago for the East Three drunks appear in police court Jim Badroads Tilliquate and Tom Balcom each jailed five days Balcom received 10 extra days after denying guilt in court and judge Fitzgerald urged honesty next time.
Charles Moses of Birch Creek buys 100 lambs and plans to feed 1600 more from William Gullisford of Butter Creek on his alfalfa farm. The choice lot will be cared for by Mr McHee, while Mrs Bow formerly worked in the sheep business and has moved from Butter Creek to Birch Creek.
Testimony focused on branding practices as Frank Frasier, horse trainer, testified about changing brands on mules and horses and whether such work could be done in a corral. He denied personal involvement and said his range was a pasture with mixed horses. Local hog market notes described rising hog purchases, prices from 2.50 to 2 per pig, and strong demand due to poor feed conditions and favorable fattening outlook.
A Nova Scotia couple A A Quatermans and wife sold their property for 20000 and sought to enter the confectionery trade in Pendleton. They negotiated with Mr Irwin to buy the Delta location, but a $65 monthly rent proved too high for the business, prompting a move toward Portland with a chance to return to Pendleton.
In Idaho vs Joseph Peterson an Indian found guilty of fishing on the reservation without a license. The defense argued treaties reserved hunting and fishing rights, but the court held the 1883 opening of the reservation did not grant such rights. Indians are now citizens and subject to state law requiring licenses.
The Walla Walla Statesman reports persistent rumors that the Northern Pacific plans a 23 mile Riverside to Turner branch. Denied by General Manager McCabe, the line would touch Prescott, run through Eureka’s wheat belt, and join the W and C R railroad to compete with Harriman routes in Prescott country and Dayton barley country.
Umatilla County butchers report a plentiful pork supply this week with fat hogs bringing six cents per pound. The price is a drop from recent weeks when six and a half cents and higher were common, and hogs have been hard to secure until lately as farmers who have been feeding are selling now.
The Zinn Travesty Company’s comic operas and travesty program opens Sunday October 28 in Pendleton, presenting five different pieces across five nights. The troupe bills Baker City audiences with lively exotics and three men on base style humor, promising entertainment and crowd-pleasing performances nightly.
Dr Volp, a respected physician from Burne, Harney county, arrives in the city with his two daughters. He will settle on a location for practice after locating his daughters, then move to a new practice site. Fellow residents recall his brief testimony amid local activity. Erastus Richardson seeks a patrolman post, alongside 14 others undergoing civil service exams. Richardson, tall and well built, has been a Portland resident for some time.
G W Higoy reports his son W T Rigby was thrown from a horse while chasing cattle near their Claresholm home Canada. Rigby suffered a broken arm and other bruises as the horse fell on him.
Workers from the Hines gage department at Portland Union Depot, including A G Mowird Mitzy Heathimian Harry Murray and Charlex Shockey, have returned after the Lewie and Clark fair rush. Business declined only slightly since the surplus help was removed.
Weather slowed farm work as about 300 teams paused seeding after morning rain. Officials note the soil was previously in good condition but the wet ground now makes planting unsafe and delays the countywide program.
George B D Peebler through Carter Traley Uley filed an attachment proceeding against H Kruger to recover 271 dollars claimed due for day old goods and related claims.
A crew of O R N carpenters is at work on the Blue mountains building a woodshed and other out buildings at the various stations on the mountains.
A marriage license was issued today to Ralph Johnson and Stella A McQueen. A bank robbery attempt at Eastern Townships Bank, Midway BC, was thwarted by Manager Mac, who shot at the bandits, wounding one man who fled with two companions. A burglar’s tools were left behind.
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