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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1903
Page
8
A palmist known as Count Pulaski, who recently left Pendleton, was arrested in Portland after allegedly stealing two $20 gold pieces from a patient during a trance. He was bonded at $1,000 and jailed, with his silk hat and Prince Albert coat noted as props.
T. J. Cheney is constructing a new ranch house at the mouth of McKay creek on the Umatilla, about four miles from the city. The modern residence will have hot and cold water and city conveniences, with completion costs near $1,400. Thompson Hardware Company is handling the plumbing.
From New York, Mr and Mrs Casper W Hodgeson are staying with Dr E A Manns family. Hodgeson, representative of Silver Burdette Publishing Company, is en route to San Francisco to pursue high house business.
The Merchants' Cafe markets imported meats and seafood including Frankforters ham burg eel crawfish crabs and oysters plus assorted cheeses. A daily lunch run from 11:90 am to 2 pm advertises a hot merchants' switch. William Dunlap a Grant's Pass pioneer miner was ambushed and murdered near the city on Monday.
Salem architect and banker Mr. Charien Gray visits Pendleton expressing faith in its future. He predicts Pendleton will rival Denver in the Western coast outside Portland once the reservation and surrounding lands are opened to white settlement and cultivation. He criticizes government schooling for Indians as sentimental, hoping white control will spur development and restrain traditional ways.
City of Pendleton versus Ace Reyburn set for 10 this morning in an assault and battery case stemming from a late Saturday street scuffle in front of Baker and Ogs on Main. Reyburn allegedly struck Jesse Seller with a knife causing multiple falls. Seller pursued, swore out a warrant, and faced charges with fines recorded as $5 plus costs for Reyburn and $15 for Seller after pleading.
The city council directs steps to enforce the ordinance banning wheels on sidewalks. Police are tasked with oversight to curb riding on sidewalks and ensure compliance with the rule in the urban area.
The city council ordered fines from 1 to 46 dollars for riding on the walke with officers to enforce the ban. Will Hessian H C Moussy and Albert Carney were summoned to the recorder this afternoon to pay the penalties for trampling the law. Police are instructed to stop the abuse and ensure obedience. Returned from Idaho, C B Haynie and Mrs Haynie head home. Haynie resumes work at the O F N office, Moon returns to San Francisco. Miss Jessie M Moore of Sow Angelsey, visiting the Hotel St George, to organize Women of Woodcraft and may operate in eastern Idaho for a time.
Thoroughbred Hogs and T G Halley purchased three Poland China boars and ten young sons from Walter Adame of the city. This marks the final portion of Mr Adame s herd being sold off over some time. Delivery of the hogs occurred today.
J A Minkley spent yesterday in the country inviting men drawn on the jury list for the session of court to be on hand at the opening. Mr Blakley made rounds nearly to the state line and returned to the city late in the evening.
The new residence of W. E. Brock on the north side of the river has been finished and furnished and Mr. Brock and family have moved in. It is described as one of the finest homes in the city on the hill across the river.
Contractor Mays, building the Methodist church at Athena, has a force at work now and is progressing rapidly with the brick work.
J. W. Young a native of Canada has received final papers from the county clerk admitting him to citizenship in the United States.
George Schnitzer, a native of Germany, today filed his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States with the county clerk.
The corn crop around Athena and Weston is ripening rapidly and fodder is being cut in many fields, signaling active harvest conditions and ample feed supplies for nearby farms.
United States coal production shows a total of over 900 million short tons for the year, with anthracite output down sharply due to a strike from May to October. Value at mines fell about 27 percent from 1901, averaging $2.60 per ton, while overall output would have risen without the disruption.
D. Brownell of Umatilla, delegate to the Ogden Irrigation Congress, returns from Utah and Idaho. He reports Mormon practices yield rapid results despite harsher climate, noting need for year round water and subirrigation limits. He favors government irrigation work and winter irrigation in Oregon, predicting quicker Echo district canal progress via floodwaters and spring reservoirs.
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