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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
8
A fragment hints at a jewelry store as the premier place for beautiful presents. The text stresses that this store is the obvious destination for gifts. It emphasizes the store’s reputation and the idea of choosing fine jewelry as presents.
Rhonimus Teels story of crime unfolds with notes read from the stand. Witnesses Ed Myers Jesse Roberts and Gus Roberts testify about the hillside killing with Myers struck by shotgun fire after Rhonimus confrontation. Cross examinations probe credibility while Judge Fee and District Attorney Phelps clash over improper testimony. Also reported are Houser completing a 10 stamp quartz mill at Present Need mine Quartzburg Grant county with strong ore shows and active operation.
Roseben, America's premier sprinter and weight carrier for three years, is critically ill in New York from blood poisoning. The illness stems from a slight injury sustained while racing in the flight stakes at Sheepshead Bay last week.
Oregon state commission meeting in Salem awarded architect David C. Lewis the contract to construct the Oregon building for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle 1909. Headquarters will be in Portland. counties urged to add exhibits. A statewide tour and early collection of exhibits are planned to surpass Washington’s Lewi e and Clark display.
About 200 Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps members gathered at the Odd Fellows' Temple in Walla Walla for a social and program. Speakers included Ruth Hales Long, Christman, Le Cornu, Laretta Williams, Mia Gertrude Muthney, Ida Curbey, Ada Gage, and Comrade Davis. A bountiful repast followed as wives and daughters joined.
W D Fletcher ordered 60000 small steel knives from a Connecticut firm to feed the Fletcher patent dish washer. He plans to start production locally in a small shop and expand to a large factory as demand grows. Mr. Fletcher and his son R W Fletcher, inventors of the washer, anticipate success and have received favorable patent offers.
The skating rink will reopen tomorrow after months closed for summer. Ireland reports many new skates purchased and a restored floor sealed with sand paper. The building has been overhauled, roof waterproofed, and music will be featured all winter as a large crowd is expected.
United Press, the news service supplying the East Oregonian, has set up permanent offices and named an agent in Portland. Previously the Pacific coast bureau was in San Francisco as the service expanded across the country. East Oregonian remains the Pendleton representative for coverage in the region.
Canada hosts its 24th annual track and field championships in Montreal on Sept 21 with Canadian entrants and several top U S athletes including four from the Pacific coast. A stray line about dressed chickens at Gray Broa appears in the text.
Receiver Devlin reports that unless reorganization occurs depositors in the defunct Oregon Trust and Savings bank of Portland will receive about 60 cents on the dollar. Investigations reveal gross mismanagement and loans favored by cashier W Cooper Morris, notably to the Golden Eagle department store, which owes roughly 115000 and helped precipitate the bank's suspension.
A Twin Falls Idaho paper reports crops far surpassed typical outputs with wheat at 69 bushels per acre oats up to 419 bushels per acre and corn at 4 bushels per square yard. Potatoes 600 bushels per acre onions 244 bushels. Alfalfa seven to ten tons per acre. Hops clover flax tomatoes and melons also strong. Won aweepatakes prize at the Idaho state fair and first premiums on grains and potatoes at the Fourteenth Irrigation congress Boise with second on grains.
Lewiston Teller reports two complaints against Northern Pacific for violating the 28 hour stock shipping law by keeping livestock in cars for 51 hours without food or water. United States Stock Inspector C L Henderson is gathering witnesses for the prosecution. Trial is set in federal court at Spokane on September 20 with government readiness to proceed.
The cane of the state of Oregon va. Dorens Hambleton was called in the circuit court Thursday. Judge H Crawford of La Grande will try the case at Judge Smith's request. Jury selection began before noon with eight jurors admitted. A special venire of 16 was drawn and the afternoon time devoted to the matter.
The jury was not full at a late hour and testimony may resume tonight. Dorcas Hambleton, charged with shooting her former husband in Pleasant Valley months ago, faces a judge as her frail health and old age draw sympathy. Her remaining years may influence the courtroom mood and potential punishment.
Judge T G Hailey arrived in Pendleton today with Mrs Hailey on train No 6 and stayed at the Hotel Pendleton for several days. Though still recovering from illness he is improving and expects the pleasant weather to aid his health while attending to local business.
Dr E A Mann plans to reopen a dental office in the city and start practicing in October. He formerly ran an office in the Association building, left three years ago for Condon, and now returns to his former location after a successful period there.
A. W. Robinson of the Oregon Lumber yard reports a letter from Union Fuel of Spokane stating two feet of snow have fallen at Crow's Nest Pass in the Canadian Rockies, forcing suspension of coal mining and shipping. Other Canadian mines suffer from car shortages and light shipments.
C. K. Bland, longtime Hermiston merchant and postmaster, has moved into a new brick two story building in the irrigation town. The post office will be separated from the store and is arranged for convenience. The structure is described as one of the town’s finest.
The Enst Oregonian reports a letter of inquiry from Miss Bessie Stousley of West Chelmsford Massachusetts about vacant land for farming in Oregon. Readers interested in real estate are asked to supply detailed information and the East Oregonian will publish all current news.
Miss Nettle Jensen remains in a critical condition after a shooting in Davenport Washington by Frank Fivans who then shot himself. Doctors say her chances of recovery are very poor and the case is under local investigation.
Readers are urged to choose a sewing machine now as the fall sewing season begins. The item promises improved performance for home projects, with emphasis on reliability, ease of use, and available models for different skill levels and budgets.
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