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Pendleton Eagle Valley News

Location

Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1907

Page

8

Jewelry store ad promises exquisite gifts for all occasions

Ten to one they came from a jewelry store. For where else could beautiful presents he had. If you're a friend to remember a birthday anniversary or that Joliest of all occasions a wedding here to the store that stands for all that you could possibly imagine in the way of suitable presents. The prices will accommodate a millionaire, or the average sized pocketbook.

Singer Standard Wheeler & Wilson Jesse Failing Main Street

Telephones Out of Commission Tonight in Pendleton

Local service will be shut off at 10 pm for 15 to 20 minutes to repair battery issues. Manager M F Marston reports progress on corrosion problems and anticipates improved service after the outage. A San Francisco survey by Schoenback signals possible cable system installation to cover wires with a block distributing plant.

Pendleton M. FP. Marston Marston Schoenback San Francisco Louis Glass Pondleton Northwest

Begins to Topographic Work in Eastern Oregon and Washington

George T Hawkins topographical Engineer of Washington D C is in the city to start a survey in eastern Oregon and Washington He will establish polnia to aid future topographical work accompanied by J Byron Wilson The government aims to aid irrigation mining road building and other ground factor projects by detailed surveys and mapping of streams houses hills and other features.

George T. Hawkins Washington, D. C Washington Oregon Ays Walla Walla Statesman Hawkins J. Byron Wilson Wilson

Engineers At Work On Northwest River Improvements

Government engineers are busy in the field with improvements on multiple northwestern rivers. The entire staff is working overtime to advance projects, with Cascade noted among the sites.

Cascade

Concrete Block Exhibit At County Fair

Dan May, a concrete block maker, begins placing his display in the county fair pavilion. The blocks will be used in fountains with fish, and in the palm garden at the end of the pavilion. May emphasizes the block’s growing use in buildings and promises a first class exhibit.

Dan May May

Walla Walla Cannery Begins Operations

The new Walla Walla cannery started work with the first tomato batch at 11:07 and the first finished can at 11:41 as a twenty to forty person workforce organized by Professor Bell begins the operation.

Walla Walla

Coeur d Alene Author Crewdson Heads to Portland After Trip

Pendleton writer Charles N. Crewdson, famed for Tales of the Road and drummer stories, traveled last night with Opie Read and R. Outeault to Portland after a camping visit on Coeur d Alene lakes. His entertaining commercial life stories have appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and gained wide circulation.

Coeur d'Alene Charles N. Crewdson Pendleton Portland Opie Read R. ©. Outeault Crewdeons Ife Saturday Evening Post

Teachers Meeting Called by City Superintendent Landers

City Superintendent J. B. Landers calls two teachers meetings for Saturday. High school teachers meet at 10 a.m. at the high school building. All grade teachers meet at 3 p.m. at Field School. Attendance urged to arrange for Monday opening. Taken to the asylum. Mattle J. Mills, once an inmate at Windsor, was sent to Salem on No. 1 today after a sudden descent into insanity following a prior escape.

Mattle J. Mills Windsor Salem No. 1

Level Survey on Cunningham Tract for Garden Leases

County Surveyor J W Kimbrell completed a survey to determine levels on the Cunningham tract at the west end of town. A 633 acre portion will be leased for gardening next year, with leveling work to be carried out based on the survey.

J. W. Kimbrell Cunningham

Gypsy Band Leaves Town for Portland Winter Quarters

A group described as gypalea departed the city on No. 1 today bound for Portland to settle in for the winter. They provided amusement at the O. T. & N. depot as adults and 18 children danced for travelers awaiting the Spokane train.

Portland Spokane

Council Delays Bill Payment At Brief Session

City council met briefly and paid few bills. A proposed billboard ordinance by the city attorney could not be passed due to insufficient council attendance.

Grape Day Scheduled at Lewiston County Fair

The Lewiston fair association designates Wednesday October 9 as grape day during the week long fair from October 7 to 12. This year Lewiston grape crop is unusually profitable making the day a highlighted feature of the event.

Lewiston

Cherries Bring Profit for Local Orchard Owner

Finox Presnall of a Salem area residence purchased a Lodore tract of Royal Ann cherries for 1600 dollars and sold 31680 dollars worth of fruit this season, covering the purchase with a single year’s crop. Eye injury occurs when George Nelson, a city laborer, suffered a severe lime burn yesterday and may lose sight in the eye.

Finox Presnall Salem George Nelson

Drake in Oregon It Seeps Into Oregon Coast History

M Brereton of Woodstock Oregon issues a pamphlet tracing Sir Francis Drake's Oregon coast explorations. He assembles three rare maps from London records showing Drake's route 42 degrees north and a refitting bay on the Pacific coast, plus inland traverses near the bay. Hakluyt's account is cited noting Drake's 17 June landing attempt amid cold, snow clad shores before crossing inland toward 38 degrees latitude.

M. Brereton Woodstock Oregon Sir Francis Drake Oregon Coast R. M. Brereton Globe Pacific Drake Mr. Brereton Richard Haklyut Pacific Coast

Director Sought for Society Circus Big Show

A newly formed Society Circus Joint Committee met yesterday afternoon and elected temporary officers Mark Moorhouse chairman Roland Oliver secretary J T Lam birth treasurer and Lee Drake advertising manager. The committee seeks a man to fill the director of the show position with a decision expected within a day or two and preparations to begin.

Soeelety Circus Committee Society Circus Joint Committee Mark Moorhouse Roland Oliver J.T. Lambirth Lee Drake

New Man for Spokesman-Review

A. Smith resigns from the Spokesman-Review to lead the St. Mary's Gazette at St. Mary's Idaho after two years in Pendleton and Walla Walla. He moves his family there immediately and will be replaced in the field by O. G. Hayzlett, formerly railroad reporter, with territory headquarters in Walla Walla.

Spokesman-Review A. Smith Pendleton-Walla Walla Territory St. Mary's Walla Walla O. G. Hayzlett Smith Mr. Hayzlett

Traveling Auditor Walte Visits Local Lumber Yard

Traveling auditor Frank Waite of Wind River Lumber, based at Cascade Locks, spent forenoon in the city on business linked to the Oregon Lumber yard, a Wind River subsidiary. Waite, guest of manager A. W. Robinson, previously won the prize watermelon at Trrngon district fair last year.

Frank Walte Wind River Lumber Company Cascade Locks Oregon Lummber Yard Walte A. W. Robinson Oregon Lumber Yard Waite Trrngon Thin City

Cream Separators Exhibit Planned by De Laval Official

George D. Goodhue of the De Laval Cream Separator company visits the fair today arranging pavilion space with fair commissioners to display the creamery and dairy machinery his firm carries. Bond Bros. advertise top quality clothing.

George D. Goodhue de Laval Cream Separator Company Falr

Gentrys Bring Famous Tiny Performers to Pendleton Circus

Gentrys United Shows promote the famous Mrs General Tom Thumb now Countess Magri along with Count Magri and Baron Magri. The event features autographs and a pre show autobiography, with a 60 year public fascination. Pendleton hosts the circus on Saturday September 3, presenting trained animals, elephants Nero Trilby Satan Diamond Babe, camels led by Okkinhoma, and other acts under a united show banner.

Tom Thumb Countess Magri Count Magris Baron Magri Pendleton Nero Trilby Satan Diamond Babe Okkinhoma John B. Demott Greencastle Indiana

Wilton elected YMCA gymnasium director in Bellingham

Harry E Wilton formerly Pendleton Commercial association physical director and Whitman College staff has been chosen as the new YMCA gymnasium director in Bellingham Washington for the coming term.

Harry E. Wilton Bellingham Harry E. Wilson Pendleton Commercial Whitman College Wash

Train No 5b Passes In Two Heavily Laden Sections

Two sections of the wort bound O. T. & N. train No 5b passed through here this morning, arriving around 12:15. The five and ten car sections carried heavy loads of colonists, about 60 transferring here to the Spokane train.

Wort Spokane

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