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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
8
Coffee roasters report rising prices for all low and medium priced coffees while wheat prices fall. The store claims no shortage of wheat and asserts fifty cent wheat buys as much as a dollar elsewhere. Local supply details reference Crockery and Glassware shop area.
Frank Schurte a Portland teamster was arrested after allegedly attempting to chloroform 11 year old Freda Busch to rob her father's house. Deputy DA Ha ney filed a burglary complaint in police court. The Busch family lives next door at 332 North Seventeenth street. Freda screamed waking her sister Elizabeth who later identified Schurte. Det Harriman spent days gathering essentials before the arrest. The incident connects to a prior tragedy involving Charles Sterling in the 1870s.
Minot North Dakota dispatch reports a note found by a claimant worker claiming innocence and exposing a confession from Charles Herzig. The letter, signed Charles Herzig, alleges Charles Sterling’s murder of Lizzie Grombacher in Mahoning County Ohio and notes wrongful execution in Youngstown.
Boring machines for depth and rock testing have arrived at Lewiston for the O R & N bridge over the Clearwater river. Engineer F M Kottenring directs the sounding. Bridge length about 1000 feet with 240 foot draw and 150 foot frames. Estimated cost over 200000 dollars. Eight months to complete. Labor force 60 men plus teams. harvest season will increase workers. low water delays navigation and the Riparian to Lewiston road likely to finish after July.
The state board completed the five member examination last evening and graded most papers before leaving on westbound trains. A complete pass list is not available, but it is said nearly all those from this place and county were successful.
John Town plans to depart at dawn for Walla Walla to oversee sheep bought there. The flock will head to Chicago for the mutton market, avoiding dipping before loading. Mrs. D. B. Waffle mourns as her mother, Mrs. Francis H. Fellows, dies after throat paralysis.
At the police court this morning one Ywerant and one drunk Ware received usual sentences. The former Walh, a one legged man arrested for begging on the streets, was ordered to leave town. The drunk was a sheepherder.
F M Downey left this morning to work for the Walla Walla Meat company. If he makes as many friends as in his current home, he will be popular there. Louise Philbert a 10 year old, fell into a millpond at Forest Grove and drowned.
A heavy shower swept Pendleton and much of the county at about 5 30 with 15 to 20 minutes of torrential rain. Roof drains clogged by debris flooded gutters and water soaked the gymnasium floor before pipes burst. South of Pendleton the storm was stronger with spouts in canyons. Barnhart saw washed tracks but no major damage elsewhere. Roads will improve as dust settles and new grass should begin to sprout on dry ranges.
Missouri Governor Joseph W. Folk spent six hours aboard the Kemble train car in Pendleton as No. 6 waited for No. 2 after a Barnhart derailment. The party slept in their berths until dawn, with two members arising as the train pulled out at seven. The governor had not arrived.
The body of Thomas R Hayne Jr. was brought to Rader undertaking parlors after a runaway team killed him near Helix. The 7 year old was sent to Fergus Ontario for burial, accompanied by a brother. He had taught in Canada before coming to Helix and worked for his uncle Dr B Richardson. He was well liked by friends and associates.
Sheriff Ward and Deputy Downey traced fugitives Sam Green and Pete Whitehead across western Oregon after reports tied them to a murder in Oklahoma. Green, 45, a cattleman with family in Marlow, Indian Territory, was captured at Bennett's planing mill. Whitehead, 26, was arrested at Beyes' livery stable. Both are quiet and evasive.
Von Ogden Vogt, general secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society, delighted Pendleton listeners with an inspiring address at the Baptist Church last night. Despite many youths being away, the audience appreciated his East to West travels and praised his best trip to the West before heading to Portland.
Arthur EB Carson from Burmah is expected to arrive tomorrow to stay with Rev G L Hall. He will give talks at the Baptist church next Sunday with services in the morning and evening.
Baker and Folsom filed attachment proceedings today to recover $250 alleged due on an account from W. F. Kennedy and Maud Kennedy. Papers were filed by Attorney J. B. Lawrey.
Tiobert Starkweather and Miss Catherine Gorham wed last Sunday at North Powder. Starkweather is well known locally and friends extend best wishes. In a brief update, 272 voters registered by 4 PM for the upcoming city election.
Chicago reports claim railroads are employing non-union workers to replace freight handlers should a strike occur. Both sides push to avert a walkout as freight handlers form a negotiating committee with managers. In Washington, a bulletin notes rising wheat consumption and a proposed Japanese steamship line to South America for Argentine wheat.
Local author Lou Rodman Teeple of Harrison Idaho travels to the Umatilla reservation to gather material for a Pacific Monthly serial. The story centers on reservation life with Indian characters. Major Leo Moorhouse provides an associate aid, and photos will illustrate the narrative.
F Robinson of the city amusement hall is well pleased with a mining stock invested years ago near Revelstoke British Columbia. He bought 5000 shares and recently learned the price has advanced to 76 cents per share with assurances from other sources that indications are favorable.
Termes of Oyama and Ovanivaky of Sineviteh met at Shad bath station north of Chang Tu Fu to arrange an armistice. It will take several days to finalize terms. A vote of 61 to 13 supported Starbuck's plan to incorporate the decision.
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