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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1906
Page
8
An experienced decorator with years of service to the Walla Walla Fair Commission will deliver an address on Women's Day. The pavilion will be kept during the event, with preparations led by R Hallow Advisez for the fair.
A multi day program lists events from September 24 to 28 in Morrow County and Eastern Oregon. Activities include Irrigation and Development long day, Woodmen of the World, Medical Society meetings, county days, a grand ball at Music Hall, Western Umatilla County Day, and a grand carnival with mardi gras festivities.
Th. Pthou, a pioneer orchardist, and Mr. Ballou, longtime Walla Walla exhibition chief, advise the county fair commission on decorations. Ballou urges abundant green drapery and riverbank greens to beautify walls and pillars, noting cost efficiency and impact. He will return Sunday to supervise finishing work and decor direction. Also planned are Woodmen Day events with Walter Tooze and a special Woodmen train from Walla Walla, plus domestic science demonstrations by Margaret Wishart at Pendleton Academy pavilion September 27.
A county fair program includes a Friday evening demonstration on fancy dressings and a Thursday afternoon session on wilady and salad dressings, with Miss Wishart and academy students presenting in the pavilion. The Friday cake topic closes the series. demonstrations are free and open to women visiting the fair, who are urged to note exhibition dues.
Wilt Wells proprietor of the Tile Hour and a noted figure in city saloons faced police court after a Shamrock barroom fight with John Schmidt. Wells paid a $20 fine or seven days in jail, while Schmidt’s case was postponed. The incident ended with Wells jailed overnight and his bail forfeited for Schmidt. The Louvre owner and other witnesses described a row sparked by insults and threats.
The Columbia Engineering pays sue for 2500 to SNake River Irrigation over a decrepit pump bought for irrigation. Snake River counterclaims 100000, says pump delay and defect caused bankruptcy and lost land sales. Plaintiffs seek 200000 tax and related costs.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen changes its name to include engineers and firemen. The Milwaukee meeting reports over 40,000 members and annual insurance of 200000 dollars for families of deceased members with about 400 delegates in attendance.
A young Italian immigrant, Pepelatlo Neide, 21, wife of G B Peselallo, died at St Marys hospital Milton at 4 am from tuberculosis after months of illness since July 4. The couple, betrothed since meeting in the United States, were married while he traveled from Italy to bring her to Washington. she fell ill during the voyage, ending in consumption.
By Ante to Spokane. A Kunkel and Marion Van Orrdale will leave the afternoon for Spokane overland to Mr Kunkel's auto. They expect to pose a Spokane Friday.
J W Sullivan long a leading merchant in this city died at Jonvy Beach California at 8 30 am from a nervous ailment. He leaves a wife and daughter Faye Sullivan and was connected with Sullivan and Bond until retirement. He was a former city official and long time dry goods department head, later a rancher on McKay creek. Relatives here include Mrs Frank Perham and Mr and Mrs W A Harrison.
The Oregon Daily Journal reports President Roosevelt congratulated Francis J. Heney and United States Attorney William C. Bristol for the recent series of fraud prosecutions. A telegram from Oyster Bay notes 11 convictions from six trials, including the Nickell case through the Blue Mountain case, as Secretary Hitchcock relayed. Theodore Roosevelt signs the message, dated September 15, 1908.
A major donation arrives for Whitman college Worory from Puget Sound academy Snohomish after its disbandment for lack of funds. Principal William Worthington a Whitman alumnus guided the gift of about PSH books, many old but valuable, addressing library space needs as Whitman expands.
Several thousand baby trout will be planted in Mil Creek tomorrow morning by Hen Wolf and a committee of the Walla Walla Rod & Gun club, organized through Senator Levi Ankeny. The fish will arrive on the 2:45 O. R. & S. train and be supervised by a deputy fish commissioner. This marks the third shipment for Walla Walla. past shipments from the state hatchery on Lake Chelan reached about 40,000 one year ago.
A brief report from Portland Oregon notes the city as a leading lumber port. It states recent ventures or charters aimed to ship up to 20,000,000 feet for export and 5,000,000 feet for home use, underscoring Portland as a premier timber hub.
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