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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
8
Ten to one they came from a jewelry store for birthdays anniversaries weddings and other special moments. The advertisement touts a store that stands for all that you could imagine in the way of valuable presents, urging readers to remember a friend and choose this shop.
Inland empire markets teem with fruit and vegetables in record quantities at reasonable prices. Umatilla county reports excellent crops. great jellies of fruit, pears, grapes, peaches, plums, apples, musk melons and watermelons flood Pendleton. Potatoes from McKay Creek and Umatila River supply is strong, Weston mountain crop looks excellent. farmers and truck gardening expand, boosting local economy. Thomas Warner reports his brother-in-law Paul MacCormac died after an auto crash near Norwalk, Connecticut, three weeks ago. MacCormac never regained consciousness and his wife was killed.
County Superintendent Welles reports a letter from J H Ackerman the state school superintendent stating no right exists to extend the white public school system to the reservation. Welles had sought a district creation at white renters urging schooling for children on the reservation. Ackerman's reply denies any county authority to extend the system there.
Ed Hellinger serving 60 days for gambling joins county’s compulsory crew at the poor farm hayfield. After initial resistance and a bread and water diet, he consents to work with Frank Balcom and others, marking the first application of the compulsory work law in the county.
Harold Warner and Lester Means of Pendleton high school announce strong business interest in the upcoming winter lecture course. Subscriptions are being gathered by the Pendleton Lecture Bureau under the public school, aiming to sell many season tickets to provide Pendleton with main winter entertainment.
Troopers of the 14th Cavalry comprising six officers and 140 enlisted men left Fort Walla Walla at 7:30 am for Baker City Oregon on an annual 21 day practice march. They will travel in heavy order with rests and time to hunt and fish. A stop at Baker City will precede the return to Fort Walla Walla. Captain William R. Smedberg Jr. will command Fort Walla Walla during their absence.
Frances H. Smith sues for divorce alleging repeated slapping, name calling, and a threat to kill. Married December 1906, no children, she seeks to resume her maiden name Frances M. Bellinger. Article notes O R and MN prizes for best kept roadbed as officials tour the system recognizing section foremen amid rivalry.
Mr and Mrs L Dunlap announce the engagement of their daughter Delila to William W Wright The couple plans a October wedding In the wake of an accident Wakeburg resident Elmer Jessup injured by mistaking a dynamite cap for a brass rivet He will lose his left hand as a result
Judge Thomas FitzGerald in charge of the Morrow Exhibit reports a letter from C. P. Hendrickson appointing him to allocate space. Morrow county will have several times more space than last year and will share a central pavilion joint area with Umatilla.
E N Smith of the O R & N supply department reports from a two week southern Oregon trip visiting Medford and Jacksonville. He notes an immense fruit crop this season sold at good prices and observes rising land values with many new settlers going there.
Charles Shumann of Upper McKay Creek visits the city after receiving a shipment of apple trees for his McKay Creek farm. He plans a five acre orchard this fall and next spring, believing hardy apples will thrive there.
A group of RR and N Officials, who had been inspecting marine operations east of here for several days, departed in General Superintendent M. J. Buckley’s private car attached to train No. 2 for a tour of inspection of the Washington division.
Eagle event Wednesday September 11 features best music. All welcome with tickets 75 cents. Bond Bros. advertises a good sell for every man in Umatilla County.
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