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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
5
Mothers are urged to inspect a line of boys suits and shoes offering strong values from 1.50 to 8.50 featuring Buster Brown and Norfolk styles. Girls range 1.25 to 2.25 and boys 1.74 to 2.50, with P. Cogan shoes promoted as quality wear.
Local notices advertise living spaces and employment, including a room for rent near Mahn Street, contact at the office. ads seek workers and services, such as a Japanese cook and a school girl helper, with earnings or duties noted. A bishop’s sale, ship news, and civic notices blend with local business promotions and auctions.
A stream of visitors and traders arrives in Pendleton from Athena Adams Colfax and Weston. James Woods and several farmers, merchants, and professionals journey on business or visiting kin, with livestock sales and educational plans noted. Notables include Mrs W. W. Pomeroy and Miss May Brown heading toward Portland for schooling, while cattle and sheep dealers report selling several thousand head to Easter buyers.
Professor Blewkney warns that without generous publicity funding the East will miss the Pacific exposition. He cites varied public interest and questions from many readers, urging an aggressive campaign to attract migration and investment from key states.
Benocketing Mesidbenne and Andrew Peebier of Stare Ciulet will soon add to their dwelling and remodel the main structure. The project is slated to proceed on the Ln parcel with an estimated cost around 400.
M. J. Fowter of Stage Gulch finished threshing 1500 acres of Winter wheat. The yield averaged 10 bushels per acre and the grain was of excellent quality.
J G Wilson assistant for RK N Go says Pendleton term sees record docket with four crowded departments. Civil and criminal cases fill the backlog and many matters will spill to later terms. The remark also notes public opinion toward a local court atmosphere.
Professor Albert Gibbons arrived from the North Powder country after weeks of work at Mendum Academy. He will assume law teaching duties at Calkins charter institution next Tuesday. Gibbons is praised as a capable, influential educator with strong recommendations and prior experience as principal at Sunummerville Peden.
In a regional moment of focus, several towns across the East region highlight the impact of a university campus moving through their areas. Local leaders discuss anticipated economic and cultural effects as discussions advance.
H E Brown known in the Northwest as Hes Brown traveled through Pendleton on his way to New Haven Conn to enter Yale College He is a Dayton Washington resident and former Whitman College athlete and student He excelled in the Criterion contest defending Whitman against rival Northwest schools and vows to study law after Yale.
The Rev Andreas Bard, rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church in Walla Walla, will occupy the pulpit at the Redeemer Church in Pendleton next Sunday both morning and evening. Bard is regarded as a leading figure in NW pulpits, credited with guiding St Pauls through construction of a new church in his four years there.
An Oregon Information Bureau office notes a flood of mail from readers across the United States. Questions cover Oregon geography and resources, weather myths about rains near Portland, and inquiries about California location.
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