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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
4
The East Oregonian lists daily and weekly subscription prices by mall including annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly terms and half rates. It notes availability at B B Rich stores, Port land stands, and Portland Hotel outlets with notices for advertising and distribution details.
A Pendleton Sunday closing ordinance passes unanimously amid moral concerns and farmer appeals. City leaders aim to protect harvest work from open saloons, while saloon interests push back and expect possible evasion. Citizens gauge how many taverns backslide and prosecutions follow.
Mayor Gilbert Hunt delivers a fearless annual address urging the council to root gambling from the city. He denounces gambling as wholly harmful, vows firm steps to drive it from the community, and asserts his aim to make Walla Walla a leading home and school city in the Northwest.
Fragmentary text describes a nickel machine and adjustable forms in a camblors' kindergarten setting. The passage mentions changing forms, in exactly one line, implying a playful or instructional use of machines. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Pendleton merchants report a heavy fall trade surge with maximum floor space, larger stocks, and rising employment. New trade fields expand irrigation and settlement in foothill regions, while old stocks are cleared. East Oregonian ads urge patrons to watch upcoming fall shipments and bargains for city and rural buyers alike.
The Commercial Association of Pendleton urges pushing to place a new Harriman motor car on the Walla Walla Pendleton line. If Pendleton & Alert act quickly they may secure one of these cars for western divisions, bringing daily trips to the city and boosting county trade. Officials support the move and promise cooperation to favor Pendleton.
Excerpt from Wind Cave by Mary K. Maule in Four-Track News portrays a vast underground realm in South Dakota. The piece calls the cavern a dreamlike world with white stone, sculpted animals, organ-like groans, and extensive chambers carved in stone beneath the Red River hill, highlighting its mythical grandeur and terrifying beauty.
Fragmented verse scene describes cascades and wildlife as morning light awakens nature. Mentions wary panther, speckled temutlet, dancing waters, and birds adding to a tranquil landscape. Footnote indicates this appears in Pour Track News.
The text describes wild horses roaming Nevada deserts near Walker Lake and across the Carson River, previously driven from water holes and corralled by a log stockade. It notes legal protection now limiting capture, and laments ongoing conflicts between horses and local residents while quoting a Merchant of Venice passage on mercy and justice.
A former army lieutenant recalls predicting the assassination of premier M. Belyannia on June 13. The crime date is cited as the foretold motive. Meanwhile US automobile use rises to 53,000. In 12 years scientists debated mass availability of roads for daily use. In Junction City Ohio Orwan Miller fined £50 for selling liquor to a minor.
A 1900 Kalamixon population note and Kramer bequest provoke debate on charity and public works. Mention of Sen Julia Caesar Burrows and a hobo brigade hints at social tensions in Southwestern Michigan valley, with a controversial bath policy and funded hunger relief.
Railroads offer tempting rates as travelers from many states plan a fortnight Alaska voyage. After Portland exposition, passengers head to Sitka and back, via a scenic journey through inlets and narrows aboard a premier tour package praised for value and variety.
Peter Gibbs, a man reputed to be immune to poverty, chats with a neighbor on the post office steps. He speaks of promises of worn clothing for Mrs Rand, a wife in need of warmth for rheumatics, and plans for his son’s upcoming teaching job, while Aunt Mary’s $6.50 debt weighs on him.
A Reno to Hawthorne traveler notes vast wild horse herds seen from the Carson and Colorado Railway along Walker Lake, within the Walker Indian reservation. The lake stretches 38 miles by five, 380 feet deep at its deepest, and is alkaline and salty with no boat access, making crossing to the western side impossible. The passage compares these wild horses to historic plains herds roaming with buffalo and antelope.
Nationally circulated ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming it cures kidney bladder and urinary problems. The promotion offers a free sample by mail and describes benefits and medical endorsement, urging readers to write for information and to locate a local distributor.
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