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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
4
The text lists various newspaper subscription options with inconsistent and unclear terms. It mentions Dally and Weekly plans, durations from one month to one year, and references to mall or by mail, but the wording is corrupted and illegible making exact prices or terms impossible to determine.
Fragmentary quote describes a race between odd characters and suggests perseverance. It notes a neighbor’s boy defeating the speaker in a sprint and features the speaker’s reflections on effort, habit, and pride. The tone imitates a comic or columnist voice from a past era.
A Pendleton water commission geologist notes the Umatilla region’s mountains and timber show recent upheaval and formation. He warns the western Blue Mountains present novel problems, with the oldest land west of the Mississippi limited to a peak in the Big Horn basin marked by a government monument.
Enforcement of the Sunday closing low in Umatilla county arrived today by slow train after years of delay. The public sentiment has long awaited enforcement, with officials refraining from debating the law’s merits, urging legislative action to change it if desired.
The report notes over 1000 Hindus entered the Canadian border into the state of Washington recently, becoming competitors in local affairs.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Indians and other eastern Asians in California’s railroads stand out by turbans. It discusses population sizes in Asia and argues broad exclusion could spur large labor-driven agitation, comparing potential actions to the Chinese exclusion era and predicting wider anti Asiatic sentiment if Hindus emigrate.
The East Oregonian argues Umatilla County's assets include Pendleton as a trading center for nearby Morrow and Grant counties and a government irrigation project of 20,000 acres. It urges homeseekers to buy tickets to Pendleton, emphasizing small irrigated farms, quick returns, and self-sufficiency. It notes that dedicated advertising should highlight the irrigated farm and intensified farming methods to attract settlers with families. It mentions Sunday law enforcement warnings and brewery delivery impacts as side notes.
Salton Sink faces gradual drying as the Col ofido river closes. The inland sea will evaporate with few outlets for the vast water body. Experts estimate the Salton will fully dry in about eight years due to natural evaporation and poor canal headgate construction.
The passage extols enterprise as vital to world progress, linking it to kings and towns, and describing its impact from infrastructure to legislation. It argues enterprise fuels commerce, services, and opportunity, urging individuals to cultivate initiative to help communities thrive.
Globe traveler William Curtin reports Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's net worth near 900000 with Boston Concord real estate stocks bonds and mortgages. Home valued 40000. believes 200000 300000 in mortgages and equal in gilt edge securities. Annual income about 150000 from investments and book sales. Eddy sold over 360000 copies of Science and Health at five dollars each and about 100000 copies of other works. She is Concords largest taxpayer with assessed 54000 expected rise to 80000, and funded a Christian Science church near the statehouse at 260000 with notable chimes.
A Galveston dispatch reports 25 large lumber mills in Texas and western Louisiana will hire Japanese labor excluding Black and Mexican workers. The shift aims to boost productivity, with one Japanese worker replacing two to three locals and wages kept the same. 3000 to 4000 Japanese are available, and agents plan to move several thousand from western states to Texas to meet demand.
A naturalist notes how animals react on ships. The polar bear enjoys the sea while others suffer. The oxen endure, horses fear, and elephants tolerate with medical help. The voyage proves troubling for many aboard.
A fragmentary poem fragment contrasts today and tomorrow with shifting images of life love wealth and mortality. The lines invoke change and fleeting glory as a speaker contemplates fame wealth and the passage of time.
A Nampa man, paying 84.36 dollars for glass, faced a rail rate claim of 6000 pounds, producing a freight bill of 74 dollars. The discrepancy prompted jokes about returning to old six by eight inch window glass as the writer laments inflated charges.
The document notes 2.59 million miles of cable totaling $250,000,000 and estimates a cost of about $1000 per mile to produce and lay, indicating substantial scale and expense for the undertaking.
A fragmentary poem by Henrietta Samuels extols sea and nature with vivid imagery. The other excerpt notes George Horton reporting Greek flour mills at Piraeus and Athens using old fashioned millstones, four with cylinder systems, output about 1,250,000 oke daily, and rising imports of hard wheat from America due to price.
In Appleton May a woman writes about Peruna for systemic catarrh. Rose Hurst testifies she improved after using Peruna and feels like a new woman, urging others to try it. she was advised by a friend and now is well.
Ad copy describes the Hotel St George run by HGE Danveru with European plan and modern conveniences. It touts steam heat, bath in rooms, sample room, telephone and fire alarm connections to the office, and hot and cold running water in all rooms.
Rooms priced at one dollar to one dollar fifty per block from the depot. Bold electric sign advertises the specials with clear visibility for passersby.
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