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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
8
Early arrival of Christmas items with new decorations and white porcelain pieces arriving. Displays prepared with a broader range and better prices than before. Local shoppers urged to visit and compare selections and prices.
A Short history of Johnieros of Hanley England notes they employ over five thousand in semi porcelain ware. The firm claims its ware never checks in glaze and is the finest in the market. A crate weighing thirteen hundred and seventy five pounds arrives with two diows and two hundred sixty nieces claimed. Watch this space.
Gustave Laurent, the second French tourist to circle the globe on foot, departs from Owl Tea House for the Orient. The Marseilles native aims for a Maraelles Touring Club prize of 2000 dollars or 10,000 francs, having logged a 25,000 mile voyage with prior ports in many nations, leaving Pendleton amid well wishes. Prof. Churchill reports strong school attendance and plans for more hires this year, noting former students earning 100 dollars monthly in newly secured positions.
H A Richardson of Adams reports from Cambridge Toado that Idaho Lami area will yield good winter wheat. He and his brother Dr. Richardson of Helix have homesteads in the Umatilla county colony. Local settlers expect strong crops though may be a average yield.
Congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church scheduled at 7 30 PM discusses expanding the building to accommodate a larger membership. Members urged to attend for a full expression on the important subject as the current facility is too small.
Pendleton Business College reports well attended opening week with 26 pupils and prospects for continued growth. The class size exceeds expectations as the new term begins, signaling a solid start for the program.
J A Owenhouse buys Brock & McComas inventory including guitars violins mandolins and banjos at half price plus talking machines and other strings and launches a grand sale at Bileys Plane House Main street. Also notes sewer pipe bids and council readvertising plans for 3000 feet of eight inch laterals.
North Yakoo council granted a gas franchise to W. Anderson of Spokane while D. D. Calkins of Tacomi had his application rejected. The agreement requires 1 percent of gross receipts to the city after 1910, city hall gas at half private rates, street lighting at $2 per lamp monthly, and a city option to buy the plant after 24 years. The franchise lasts 50 years.
Weehureh hosts an event on Saturday with ADL Baptlets aiding friends in a plan. In Idaho on July Mowow, officials include Joly Mobbins and Andrew Hoe. Both keepers are to pay fines and costs for selling to minors.
The Shepherd's Bulletin notes wool values likely rise as demand remains steady while supplies fail to grow. Global consumption has surged, production lags, and subscriptions for new wool are contracted early, leaving mills needing wool much as clips come off sheep. Prices vary by era, but current levels edge upward despite historical lows.
Registration activity picks up with near five hundred tocred, as Chuck Fowler and officials expect substantial gains in the city election. A new seven room residence is planned for J T Brown, with utilities and placement on the riverfront lot beside his home, as Yates & Flletroyn draw plans.
Residents of School District No. 2 near Milton plan to call a meeting to vote on a school tax issue for the coming year. The meeting will determine whether to approve funds for district operations and improvements.
County clerk invites Marriace Liewner Averiage Hoenede to day to complete marriage license formalities. The applicants Tow Crwikhion and Allee L Taylor, both of the county, are named in the notice.
Sept 22 in Freano county. A First National Bank of Fowler officer Ave Nell, capitor, is fatally wounded in the stomach by Joseph M. Smith, a prominent real estate man of Freano. Smith shoots himself in the office after the act. Smith blamed loss of his bunk position in a Selma bank. Avenall, wounded, is taken to sanitarium.
An attorney once with Swarkehild & Sulsberger and suspected of links to them is expected to turn state's evidence this afternoon. The testimony could implicate other company officials, with potential penitentiary sentences for some. In Montana, W. S. Crews killed his wife with a shotgun then killed himself. Three years earlier he had deeded all property to his wife just after their marriage. she was formerly a widow.
The solemn scenes of Christ’s life were shown at St Marys church by a dineograph. The onlon pins pictures from Ober Ammergau were lifelike and entertaining to students of sacred history. Mite Kinsella sang Calvary, and Father Trivelli gave an engaging lecture describing the filmed scenes from the machine.
Sacajawea Association of the Oregon building hosts a public reception next Friday night September 29 for donors who helped raise funds for the Sacajawea monument. Miss Alice Cooper, the designer, BE. S. Paxson and Bert Truffman will attend as guests of honor. Local gathering notes cover church group social at the pastor’s home and upcoming Young People’s Union meeting led by the pastor.
Soule Bros Plano Co offers customers a free round trip to Portland if they buy a plane at their store during the Lewis and Clark fair. No obligation to buy, freedom to visit other stores, and the deal includes agent commissions and easy installments. Headquarters at 74 Morrison Street, Portland.
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