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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1913
Page
8
Returning visitors from Portland praise the Pendleton Round-Up as the greatest show on earth. They lauded the wild horse race, bulldogging, horsemanship, parades, and overall organization, noting punctual trains and abundant hospitality. Michigan?
Misa Vert Gordon a 28 year old Williamsburg elocutionist was struck by a sharpened wooden projectile hurled by boys playing cat near Broadway and Varet Street. The bolt fractured the jaw and she was taken home by an ambulance surgeon from Williamsburg Hospital. The incident may disfigure her face. The report notes a quip about a brother's supposed knowledge.
The First National Bank of Athena sues Harry Brown for 826 dollars with attorney Homer I Watts representing the bank. The bank obtained judgment against A E Gillette in Heppner for 264 28 plus 430 attorney fees and 15 costs.
Joe Berger Leayes, also known as Joe Berger and a star pitcher for Pendleton, left yesterday for Hot Springs Colorado to visit his mother for a month before returning to Oregon.
Jean Egerton, one of the bootleg gers rounded up by federal officers in the roundup, is serving a two months term in the county jail after pleading guilty before Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes.
Frank M. Griggs has bought Grover Despain Interest in the former Griggs and Despain grocery at 309 Fast Court Street. He will operate the store by himself and rename it Griggs Grocery.
Charles Cowen, owner, plans to push sale of the Irvington Heights addition after strong progress. A list of purchasers will be published next Saturday. The location is favorable and aims to become the citys best residence district. Chief John Kearney credits out of town detectives for big round up crowds and crime reduction. Viktor Benway of Spokane, Frank Curtis exwarden, D H M Hunter deputy constable, P R Maloney Portland detective chief, and C R Nicholson longtime government service aided.
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL NOTES report F A Schiffier has recovered from typhoid fever enough to be out of doors at home. Miss Anna Conklin returns home to Oregon City after visiting here as guest of Mrs EB Aldrich. David Nelson and family prepare to depart next Monday for an extended two month visit, with four months to be spent at Mr Nelson’s Duluth home.
Noted western painter Maynard Dixon of Los Angeles visited Pendleton during the Round-Up. He plans to stay several days and considers painting from the exhibitions he viewed last week.
The Pope and Guiliford trial on horse stealing adjourned after morning testimony. District Attorney Steiner prosecuted while KR R Johnson defended the defendants as attorneys argued to the jury this afternoon.
Walter Swart auditor of Columbus County Washington and well known sportsman dies after a brief illness. Friends recall his generous nature toward anglers and travelers at Gibbon station and Bingham Springs. Local officials and sportsmen express deep regret, noting his fair play and hospitality.
Taclin Williams, a well known Indian buckaroo, files for divorce from Della Lowry Williams alleging adultery and names William Rankin and James Williams as co respondents. The pair wed in Tolaho in October 1912 and the defendant remains at Kooskia Idaho. The plaintiff says he has ceased to love her after learning of her infidelity. Stephen A Lowell represents him.
Post office reports an overwhelming demand for the Fast Ore ronlin Round-up edition with ten bags filled this morning and 25 bags in four days, added to thousands of papers sold on the street and at the counter. Orders remain unfilled as bags run short.
Multiple suits filed against Jacob Schubert for 9089 remaining from 411.25 charges for cutting and harvesting 19912 bushels of wheat with attorney fees. Separate actions against Schubert and Wilder claim 100 for Isber plus 50 fees. Round-Up festival director Dean Tatum oversees tent and bed collection, arranging residents to free and load cots, declaring beds for all as tents remained underused with 2000 vacancies.
Henry Craig, a well known local grocer, accidentally met his cousin EB E Wil 00 in Pendleton last week. The two men, who had not seen each other since boyhoods, rediscovered their family link through a mutual friend after years apart. Mr Wil 00 is a traveling man visiting Pendleton for five years.
Mrs Florence Evans of Portland files alimony claim and through her attorneys attaches the Hagen Madden fight box office receipts from the opera house on Saturday night. Dudley Evans disputes responsibility saying he acted as agent for Charles Jost of Walla Walla, promoter and referee of the bout. Deputies Blakely and Strand seized the receipts with an execution and hold them pending the outcome. A Newberry represents Mrs Evans.
The narrator recalls a respected father who avoided speaking ill of others and valued restraint. The piece laments the passing of a friend to anglers and sportsmen linked to Gibbon, expressing sincere regret and noting many will learn of his death.
Local patrons report satisfaction with Cure Gen services, noting over 200 residents express positive feedback. Details on location and exact offerings are limited in the fragment.
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