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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1905
Page
8
Coffee prices rise for low and medium grade cof fers as roasters report tight supply. Wheat prices fell nationwide with no shortage, yet our store offers more value with fifty cent wheat buying power across crockery and glassware lines.
A section of bitulithic street pavement from Walla Walla is shown at the East Oregonian office for property owners curious about the material. The sample is six inches thick with crushed rock base and gum, cut from a street center and notably tough. The Wal la Walla coat was $2.17 per square yard twenty years ago. Other items include piano sales and an insurance pitch, plus a correction from D C Bowman regarding Umatilla county’s exhibit and two visitors from Grand Rapids, Mich.
Early Saturday morning residents and court house staff noticed the town clock at 8:20 and feared they had overslept. Deputy Clerk Brown rushed out at 7:45 only to learn the clock had stopped at 7:20 the previous evening, causing widespread alarm and relief.
Due to troupe finesse the program is altered for the next two evenings. Instead of Littl Min ister and The Street of New York the company will present LaBelle Marie and California. LaBelle Marie is on tonight and California on tomorrow evening.
County Judge H. J. Bean reports receipt of a letter from L. M. Bush Johnson of 423 Monroe Avenue Detroit Michigan seeking information about Adolph Smith, formerly a resident of Amatrix County. The inquiry requests relatives or whereabouts of Smith.
A special meeting of Pendleton academy trustees will be held Monday October 2 at 7 20 p m to file supplementary articles of incorporation.
Pendleton public schools opened this morning marking a different start with a new superintendent and fewer buildings in use. Attendance is still being tallied but many students will join classes this week. some pupils were delayed returning, causing extra work for teachers. The opening lineup lists J W Huff as high school principal and a team of grade and building principals including Miss Sadle gum who arrived late from Europe.
A pretty ceremony yesterday morning united Herbert McLean Evans of California and Anabel Tullick of this city at the bride’s parents home on East Webb street. Rev. W L Van Nuys officiated with a ring ceremony. Myrtline Fraker played, witnessed by relatives and a few intimate friends. The couple, graduates of the University of California at Berkeley, met as students and plan further study at Johns Hopkins. The groom is son of Dr. C W Evans of Stanislaus county, Cal, and the bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J W Tullick of this county.
Strenchus efforts to secure the comic opera The Chaperones for Pendleton gain momentum as Manager Taylor of the Fl wer theater negotiates. If promised show is booked, it may open next Sunday evening at the Marquam in Portland, with earlier success noted. Other October bookings include the Williams Juvenile troupe and May Irwin.
Homemakers praise the Umatilla county information folder for its concise, convenient form. County heralds note its compact size fits a vest pocket and enhances quick mailing, offering condensed data about the county and its farms.
A large audience gathered in the Auditorium to honor B.i Xx. Muntthieu, sole survivor of the Champoeg convention of May 3, 1843. Notables included Matthieu, his family, Native Sons of Oregon, and Butteville members as Colonel Doosen and Ex-Governor Geer praised the event and recounted the 1843 vote that established American governance in Oregon.
J FR Raley departed for Echo to represent the contestee in a land contest hearing tomorrow before Commissioner Futeh. The case concerns Irvine P Hensley versus Ed ward H Clarke over a home stead claim in the Echo area.
The horses belonging to A. and Ruby have recovered from pink eye. Mr Ruby Tost has one remaining horse Partisan, a 42 year old Percheron valued at $200. Several others were seriously ill but no longer in danger now.
The local wheat market rose by one cent to eight cents, with Saturday quotes at four cents and quantities sold at that figure. The market remains quiet and gradually firm as experts from the county clerk's office begin a week long investigation into county books. In Police Court Walter Lindsey Squire Beacham and Gus Liniment were fined five dollars each for disorderly conduct, while Allen Pad-a-wah the Indian received five dollars or three days for drunkenness.
New heating plans are being drawn for a Baptist church heating plant. Considerable improvements will be made to the heating apparatus and a first class plant will be installed.
The westbound Co BR train was split into four sections today. The second section served as the eastern Oregon excursion. Section four did not pass here until late afternoon.
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