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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1903
Page
2
The city school board secured a county court option on six Web Street lots at the old poor farm site for 2000. They seek a cheaper, central alternative as several sites are offered at lower prices. The option runs to Monday, and residents urge action to provide a nearby school building with available funds.
Horticultural Commissioner Judd Geer of the Eastern Oregon district estimates Union County fruit crop at 159 carloads this year. The prune crop is excellent and largely sold to driers at 10 to 12 dollars per ton. No Union County consignment has been condemned by the commissioner due to any natural fruit pesos.
An on hand food listing highlights items from eels and crawfish to crabs and assorted cheeses. The note advertises a hot merchants lunch daily from 12 30 p m to 2 p m in Frankfurt area.
Four of Pendleton High School’s five graduates will attend the State University at Eugene. Robert Cronin Olin Arnspiger Ter Noll and Mary Rothrock plan to pursue studies at Oregon's university this year. Ferguson will remain for special studies at the local high school this winter after graduation.
Andy Murdock reports in Alturas that beef cattle are scarce and buyers will not meet asking prices. He notes a suspected price-fixing combine among farmers and ranchers and says the field is split between buyers, each setting rates. The cattlemen may break the combine, but must judge the situation themselves.
Attorney H F Conner attended a sale of contents from Rev Joseph Schell's house to satisfy a $154.40 judgment in favor of H H Hallock. Conner bid $16 and now owns the lot including medicine, toilet articles, and an ear trumpet. At Maine street, Arthur J Gibson and Miss Sarah Dupratt wed quietly with Rev E B Jones officiating.
A man believed to be Crank Melbourne attempted to gain admission to Governor General Tennison and was arrested with a loaded revolver. He resisted officers and will undergo a sanity examination.
A government dispatch from East Africa says the negroes in the Boer district have revolted due to cruelty by white settlers, signaling rising unrest in the region. The note highlights tensions between communities and colonial authorities.
The Bushee Chapter No. 10 schedules its regular meeting for Tuesday at 7:30. All members are requested to attend.
Excerpts from a Pendleton Labor Day program feature Mr Stillman and Walter M. Pierce underscoring unions, land taxes, and the need for workers to gain independence. Speakers advocate taxing land value, supporting workingmen, and uniting labor with capital to secure a fair future.
Rainy night did not deter a large audience at Shields Park last Saturday for the prize drawing. Top prizes went to M. W. Rahe, Mrs. M. Stott, J. G. Hibbard, Nat Kim, and Nat Kim again in a later drawing, with plans announced for an entire program change and an outdoor-to-indoor switch as weather dictates.
Rev Jonathan Edwards pastor of the Congregational church preached on labor issues to a large audience of city workers yesterday evening. He discussed the question in all its bearings and spoke of the good that would come from the united stand of the workingmen.
The attempt to move Bishop O'Reilly's residence to Pendleton failed and he remains based at Baker City with the bishop's home fixed there. The morning train brought a large delegation of visitors from La Grande and nearby points, including many union men and accompanying ladies, totaling perhaps a good number.
Daisy Koontz, the year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C P Koonts of Little McKay Creek, died at the family home Saturday evening from cholera infantum. Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon with burial at Pilot Rock.
Real estate transfers list shows Mrs Sarah [n prat word for 12 in block S. te Mra Ruth Strahon sells property for $2 500 through the Riborn Swaggart agency.
Lieutenant Sutton of the constabulary was killed while attempting to arrest a policeman named Kebetnee. Two suspects have been arrested. In Canada, Miss Georgiana Pope received the Royal Red Cross from the Governor General for nursing in South Africa, the first Caribbean woman to earn the honor.
To prevent pneumonia and consumption, Acker's English Remedy is promoted as curing a cold on first appearance. It claims to stop the cough in a night and drive the cold from the system with a refund if unsatisfied. Free samples offered by W. H. Hooker & Co. and F. W. Schmidt & Co. in Buffalo, NY.
Notice to Patrons states the retail department is rented to Mr A D Ampustaya with wholesale sale remaining under the author. It asks debtors to settle accounts at the market. Weathers Grider reports marriage to Mrs Joseph Weathers at the Episcopal rectory by Rev. W E Potwine. The couple, La Grande natives, depart for Grande Ronde valley home. next item mentions an actuaries congress in Berlin in 1904.
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