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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
4
An East Oregonian editorial from Pendleton Oregon calls on local property owners and businessmen to participate in and support the town’s growth efforts. It argues renewed interest and cooperation are needed to keep Pendleton advancing, warning decline harms all invested parties.
Anonymous urges perseverance and duty, exhorting readers to stand up and speak out. The verse emphasizes hard work, responsibility, and resilience as noble responses to adversity.
Mon evening Pendleton Commercial association will hold a mass meeting to inject new life into the city. The woolen mill is idle, 40 workers idle, many vacancies in houses and stores, and few new residents. Owners must act. tenants will move, but landlords bear the losses. Prominent property owners named as needing to join and fund startup of Pendleton Woolen Mills to reemploy 40 workers, fill vacant dwellings, and revive business.
A letter argues that large farms drive out settlements and threaten towns. The author urges a graduated land tax to curb land monopoly and boost home admissions, electric lines, and subdividing big tracts to restore growth and progress. The piece questions voter courage to enact the remedy.
Wealthy farmers in Umatilla County are urged to support local education. The East Oregonian appeals to residents to endow Pendleton schools, notably Pendleton Academy and St Joseph’s Academy, to create self sustaining, permanent institutions serving many students.
Citizens in multiple counties support Independent Statement No 1 candidates as a broad movement gathers in the state to back pope’s plan for election of senators next term. The effort centers on a popular platform and is seen as shaping the June election landscape.
Editorial deems growth a booster topic for Pendleton and Umatilla county urging property owners to support development or risk decline. The piece stresses booster sentiment as crucial to a town’s survival and future prospects.
A reflection on leadership praising a figure who rejects public tolls and gold seeking, valuing manhood and public service. The poem extols a large brained and noble soul born of the people, whose virtue wisdom courage and unwavering will define true greatness despite titles or fortune.
A lyrical poem describing spring flutes in tune across hills and valleys. It celebrates new life and the awakening earth as flutes accompany wind and birds. Attributed to Ethel BH Howard, printed in the May Scribner.
Burney Garity, employed on J. F. Walton's farm a mile west of Green River Hot Springs, was killed when 67 sticks of dynamite exploded a few days ago. Parts of his body were thrown more than 100 feet.
An 1880s style ad argues marriage and motherhood alter women’s appearance and disposition due to ignorance and neglect. It promotes Favorite Prescription as a safe, alcohol free tonic for mothers, nursing women, and expectant mothers with a physician offering free consultations from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo.
W. T. Shaw, noted pioneer irrigator of Hudson Bay, announces a statement No. 1 platform and plans an active countywide campaign in the coming month. He is described as a pioneer and substantial figure in the region.
The Foontello Tribune endorses planting fruit trees along fence rows and among brush to reclaim unproductive lands. It notes Crest thought residents may find many small strips suitable, but warns modern fruit growing makes corner trees prone to neglect due to limited access for cultivation and spraying.
The piece muses on ease and drift toward open seas and uncontrolled consequences. It references the Udex as strong winds and notes the difficulty of returning, likening folly to the creation of a Frankenstein and the drift toward doubt, hurt, and concealed thoughts. The text ends with a quotation from Oliver Huckel about delayed wisdom.
An offbeat location could host trees immune to pests and not needing cultivation, but should not be used for fruit trees. The guidance emphasizes choosing hardy species for neglected plots and avoiding fruit-bearing plantings in such areas.
Telephone and fire alarm connections with all rooms. Headquarters for Traveling Mees offers commodious sample rooms and free bus service. Special rates by week or month. Excellent cuisine and prompt dining room service. Bar and Elian Room in connection. Only three blocks from depot.
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