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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1911
Page
4
The piece argues against a presidential veto of the farmers free list, contending the reciprocity treaty already gives free access to farm products while taxing cereal goods and packing house outputs. It claims the measure benefits consumers and farmers, warns Taft would spark trouble, and says tariff board reports are not required to block the bill.
The piece argues that home streets can and should be paved. It cites La Grande and Pendleton as examples with extensive residential paving, noting large cities in the northwest have advanced projects. It asserts paved residential streets look clean, are improved, and enhance neighborhoods, countering views that paving is only for business districts.
The passage argues that street maintenance costs should be treated as investments rather than expenses, benefiting both property owners and tenants. It suggests improved streets raise property values and attract residents willing to pay higher prices for better, paved, and well kept streets.
A letter argues Pendleton can shape its future business district by placing overhead wires underground as streets are repaved. It urges city officials to act soon to improve appearance and fire safety, criticizing the current pole and wire setup and the influence of two corporations.
Secretary Fisher travels toward Alaska to conduct a first hand inquiry into the coal situation. The aim is to determine whether coal should be owned and mined by the Guggenheims for their benefit or under government ownership or control for the public. He plans to evaluate engineering and economic aspects to guide policy.
Round-Up organizers risk losing attention as district fair attractions loom with a new arch of Constantine two merry go rounds a daily balloon ascent and high dive excitement in Railroad Street vicinity near Main.
In Pendleton the scientific adjustment of electricity charges appears to have secured more money for the electric company. The telephone trust labeled the issue standardization of rates.
The Warner will case and the Switzler Earnhart cases are settled but the Watts Bailey Perry affair remains unresolved.
A compact survey lists key historic dates: Titus captures Jerusalem in 70. 1780 fleets of France and Spain seize East Indiamen and ships bound for the West Indies. 1804 Batavian blockade of New York. 1811 British take Batavia and part of Java. 1516 Freemason meetings banned by Naples. 1825 Baltimore centennial. 1865 English workers strike at Stosekport for wage increase. 1864 Illinois recruitment drive criticized by Governor Yates.
A garbled OCR takedown lists parliamentary debt plans for the Prince of Wales in 1884, confirms military honors for Greeley Arctic expedition dead at Governors Island, mentions a 1894 Japan protest and a 1904 railway wreck with a bridge collapse, plus a Labrador fishing tragedy.
Consul Ralph Buecer of Ertent notes Germanys vast population and shrinking cultivable area pressuring global food supplies. He sees room for affordable pure manufactured foods to reduce dependence on farm products, with German tastes craving varied, cheap, nutritious options not yet met by local production.
A birthday sketch profiles Lynden Evans a congressman from Mingls district born in La Salle Lit educated at Knox College and La Salle Evanston He was admitted to the bar in Hilnels and to the US Supreme Court in 1895 He is noted as lecturer author of Works titled Tinks Citizens and Overruled Cases He is married to a daughter of the Withrows and has held honorary roles including chair on corporation law at John Marshall Law School Evans joined the Sixty second Congress with a large margin over rivals and serves on committees on the library and naval affairs.
A collection of maxims and quotes opens with a proverb about making the best use of time and a remark that prosperity tests character more than hardship. Included are lines attributed to John Mackle, Schiller, and G. CC. Minansell, all offering reflections on pride vanity and the value of prudent counsel.
A garbled OCR fragment presents quotes attributed to Mark Twain Worksworth and Hm erson, discussing truth as a practical fact and a man’s life being defined by unseen potential. It reads as a miscellaneous literary clipping with no clear event or人物.
The article traces marriage ring traditions from ancient rituals to Greek Church practice and Puritan influence. It discusses how rings symbolize love, with options including diamond solitaires, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, or pearls, and notes pearls' frailty and association with tears. It also mentions performance of the ring rite and vessel for the vow.
St. Louis reports that the 1910 payments Brazil received from the United States were mostly spent with England Germany and France. D M Hazlett of the Mississippi Valley South American Transportation Co, who has received bulletins in Spanish and Portuguese, notes the shift in trade flow.
The report notes Brasill commercial activities with England and the United States. It cites 1914 imports from England valued at 99 million dollars and U S purchases at 22 million. It contrasts with 1930 figures where U S sales to Brazil reached 123 million and England 47 million, blaming American manufacturers for weak Brazil trade. The piece ends with a curious line about arithmetic from Egypt to Greece circa 600 B C.
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