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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1907
Page
8
A throng of homeseekers travels west as Oregon Railroad and Navigation rates end October 31. Pendleton reports heavy traffic this week with trains 1 and 6 loaded to capacity. Colonists, many with families, plan to settle permanently in the northwest, seeking fall work and western prospects.
Viet of tickets sold to the district fair shows where patronage came from. Agent F. Z. Quinlan of the O. R. & N. offices in this city has just re paired from the passenger department of the company the complete.
The district fair issued excursion tickets totaling 448 for September. Sales by location include Athena 115 Milton 91 Beho 71 Walla Walla 42 Heppner 21 Hermiston 246 lone 20 Meacham 19 Trungon 15 Bingham Springs 13 La Grande 2 Umatilla 2 Union 1.
Over 5000 cords now piled at Meacham Kamela and spurs in the Blue Mountains with more expected next spring. Cart shortages slow shipments but output is rising and dealers report little complaint. Most supply goes to Pendleton and Walla Walla, with little from the summit or west side heading east.
Charles A. Hill of this city has just returned from a boat trip up the Columbia River from Pasco to near Priest Rapids. He notes the new town of Hanford has been started in the midst of a rich irrigate section and promises to be a good location.
Phillip a Yakima Indian was robbed of 75 dollars a revolver and cartridges by Jim Minthorn Peter Corbett and Young Mitchell son of Senator Mitchell all Umatilla Indians. Chief of Police Gurmane arrested the suspects soon after the morning robbery. The bandits fled toward the reservation and were captured near Mayor James A Fee residence while heading toward Triull a flats. They await hearing in Uecoming jail.
The Southern Pacific company faced a possible penalty from $100 to $16,000 after failing to run a required stub train from Roseburg when No. 12, the northbound Overland, was four hours late. The railroad commission had ordered the service to operate since September 29, and yesterday marked the first reported violation. The commission considered action but had not reached a decision by evening.
W A Teutsch, Nyssa owner, says the fair and prosperous convention attracting farmers with prunes, apples, and sugar beets. Thirty cars of prunes and twenty cars of apples shipped this year. beets yield 18 to 26 tons per acre on 1000 acres. Oil and gas prospects rise as Oregon-Idaho Gas & Development Co forms to drill a well. Officers listed include E M Blodgett, W A Teutsch, J J Sarazin, and John Ennis.
Mr and Mrs A Barrett who have staged clever vaudeville acts at the Star organize a small company to perform at Athena tonight Mrs Buhlen serves as pianist and the party will travel on to Lewiston and Seattle where they are engaged in vaudeville
W. H. Brown pioneer of Milton is critically ill with heart trouble and not expected to live. His sons D. C. of the East Oregonian and Win of The Dalles Chronicle have been summoned to his bedside. A Milton message says he is still alive but death is momentarily expected.
President L. B. Penrose of Whitman College visited on Saturday and left that night. He spoke enthusiastically about the year’s progress and the largest attendance in the college’s history, noting improvement in all areas.
Two sections of No. 5 the west bound O R N trains consolidated here this morning forming a 14 car westbound train. The cars were heavily loaded with rolonia ta passengers coming to the northwest to stay.
The Oregon State Federation of Women’s Clubs convened for its seventh annual session in Salem’s hall of representatives with about 60 delegates, swelling to roughly 120 with arrivals from Portland Astoria Forest Grove and Woodburn. Dean Kimball opened with invocation and Dr R A Heritage led America as music filled the dome. Mayor George F Rodgers welcomed the gathered women with a warm, humorous address acknowledging their work for uplift and race advancement.
Kain general manager of Hiregon Shasitna Mining reports in Portland returning from Alaska with a colossal gold nugget from the Shasitna region. The nugget weighs over 51 ounces and assays above 18 dollars an ounce, valued at bullion well beyond a thousand dollars though not for sale. Kain, a pioneer in Copper River and Nazina discoveries, is noted as a key locator in early Alaska mining ventures.
A Macon Missouri paper recalls William Smith who led an 1840 Kentucky migration to Missouri. At ninety, he remembered the voyage when the velvet lawn on his front yard bore Kentucky bine grass. The settlers soon began packing to return to their native sod.
A Cadell resident recalls illness cured by Dr King’s New Discovery after harsh coughing and nights of distress. Tallman & Co. advertises the remedy as the best for lungs and throats with trial bottles offered. Theodore E Bell, Eagles leader, did not arrive in Seattle as planned and no word came.
Vancouver governments calls for rapid cancellation of the Japan treaty and the adoption of an exclusion law targeting all asiatica, signaling a push to restrict Asian immigration and influence.
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