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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1905
Page
5
A jumble of storefront ads and notices lists sales, rentals, and services from Pendleton area businesses and residents. Warnings tell of a fatal injury when Clyde Stark was dragged by a runaway team near Eugene, while county business and travel notices promote stage routes, lodging, and bids, with a look at upcoming events and tax discussions.
Local notables and visitors travel to and from Portland Seattle and Lewiston for fairs, expositions, and business. Mrs Sharp, Mrs Frasier, Rev Richardson, Prof Salt, and many others are reported on trips, with attendees from Milton Athena Echo Freewater and Brundage among those passing through. Several plan stays at Lewis and Clark fair and related events.
Attorney Notten reports a Lexington warehouse rapidly filling with grain and to be enlarged immediately to handle the immense wheat influx. Few grain shipments have arrived so far. Thirty passengers traveled from Walla Walla and Umatilla County to join the Lewis and Clark expedition, with many more visiting Pondieton on business for the day.
A traveler who spent a week near Trout Creek Meadows reports bands of sheep moving through the area and consuming all grass. He counted about two flocks of roughly 1,600 sheep each, describing the country as among the worst devastated Baker City Democrat coverage notes.
The Pacific Livestock Association, an insurance company insuring livestock, operates in Umatilla county with over 2 000 policies in force and a reserve fund of 85 000 dollars. Headquarters are in Spokane Washington, assets amount to 100 000 dollars, and the company reports 2 600 policies with an insurance value of 1 490 000 dollars. District reps for Umatilla are W M Hunter and C W Vroome. A C Trudy, renowned livestock importer, recently insured 41 head of Shire Belgian and Percheron horses at his stables. An advertisement appeared in the Daily East Oregonian.
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