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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1909
Page
8
Pendleton Academy football fell to the Indians from the agency school 5 to 0 in a firstgame of the season. The Indians relied on individual stars while the academy lacked team work, despite efforts by Taylor at right end and several near scoring opportunities.
A Umatilla county meeting outlined a plan to appoint a vice president for each precinct to promote good roads and enroll every citizen as a member. Series of rousing meetings will follow as precincts sign up voters and taxpayers, spreading highway enthusiasm statewide.
At the Orpheum, the orchestra led by A H Johnson performs with selections from Verdi’s Traviata by Theo M Tobini. The bill includes Soldier's Wife, Mr Softhead Has a Good Time, All On Account of a Collar Button, The Fishers contorting act, and The Gypsy Artist in a jungle town scene.
Newsy Notes mention Company L Dance on Wednesday October 27 as the first in a winter series with Johnson's full orchestra and refreshments. Amadiin Horses buyer W D Roberts visits Pendleton to collect draft horses, saying prices rise and this may be his last fall trip. Mrs Rose Evans travels to Omaha to testify against train robbers. she runs a rooming house there. Swaggart wins prizes at Walla Walla fair and supports Umnatilla Morrow fair, reporting $4800 stock value and plans to promote the local event.
Friends report Mrs FP Rounds is greatly improved in health after a stay in Hot Springs Arkansas. Mr Rounds returned from a four week visit and said she walked from their yard to Government Mountain alongside him in 45 minutes, a remarkable climb. She may stay until after the new year.
County assessor and city councilman P Strain supposedly chased a two foot speckled trout along a Byers ditch, using a rock as a weapon to dislodge the fish. He finally seized the prize, parading it before onlookers as a comic tale of sport and prowess.
Hermiston and Pendleton social and business visits pepper a Sunday, with ER F Boyte, M Buley, Pat Doherty, C Mish, Ira Welds, Fr DB Swayze, Henry G Granville, Horace Walker, Jacob Sheverman, W Frey Saxton, Francis H Bartlett, Scott Lamb, and others noted as traveling, calling, and conducting affairs in Pendleton and nearby towns. Local officials, ranchers, merchants, and insurance agents are among those listed visiting, transacting business, or staying with friends.
Wheat quotes show no change with club wheat fixed at 80 cents. Matlock Taken Ill With Typhoid at St Anthony's Hospital. W F Matlock, pioneer resident and capitalist, has typhoid fever and remains under care. doctors say his condition is not serious though weaker than recent days.
J. J. Whiting once O. R. & N. depot telegraph operator and later agent at Walla Walla is reported ill with typhoid fever in that city. A death notice proved false. doctors had given up hope but now say there may be a recovery chance.
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