Official City and County Paper Notes Post Office Entry
Entry filed at the post office in S Beetioten, fregom, as second class mail for the Official City and County Paper.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1910
Page
4
Entry filed at the post office in S Beetioten, fregom, as second class mail for the Official City and County Paper.
The East Oregonian notes six irrigation schemes under study around Pendleton with one company ready to begin. Farmers back surveys and funding, signaling local land and water development as key to growth. Strong support for irrigation as vital to Pendleton’s progress and nearby territory.
The essay reflects on the death of Harvey W Scott noting his profound influence on Oregon life and his editorial leadership at the Oregonian. It emphasizes how his work shaped public discourse and the state’s journalism.
The Oregonian notes the influential life of Harvey W. Scott, a powerful yet conservative editor whose independence and strength shaped a great newspaper. His death is described as a heavy loss for Oregon and the journalistic landscape, marking the passing of one of the country’s able editors and a holdout of the Old Guard.
Gasoline electric motor cars are set to relieve congestion in Southern Railway districts replacing steam trains in Greenville territory this month. The General Electric gas electric car combines a power station and passenger carriage with 60 seats and baggage space, powered by a gasoline engine driving an electric generator. It runs up to 40 mph with simple controls and can stop and accelerate without engine restart, improving short trip schedules. Forest fires caused by carelessness destroy millions of acres annually, urging campers to be vigilant to avoid starting fires.
The excerpt praises dual harvests from a single effort and extols the maker of two crops where only one grew as a good and useful citizen. It notes that "Thirty" for Harvey W. Scott arrived late, when many doubted the end was near.
A San Francisco Examiner description profiles the ideal feminine type with attributes such as a poised head, broad straight forehead, well separated eyes, fair sized nose, full lips, close set ears, and decorative dark or golden hair.
An emotional scene unfolds as Miss Lilligir sobs and protests that harsh remarks about her paint skills are mean. She implies Miss Jones has spread a harmful claim about Miss Meanness, while a man named Skiles stands by assessing the confrontation.
A mountaineer retells Dock Whittle pulling his wagon with his wife and children along a mountain road to view a new railroad. The old mare frets while Dock unhitsches, ties to a saplin, then tries to move closer. A train horn erupts as the wagon and its occupants tumble down the slope in a chaotic fright.
A tramcar scene unfolds with a sharp eyed woman challenging a gray whiskered gentleman. She jabs him with an umbrella as they trade quips about her husband and a soap advertisement. The man quips he would prefer a cemetery wreath to a hospital visit rather than a visitor’s ticket.
A Swiss couple wed at St Moritz Switzerland in a skiing ceremony. They arrived with best man bridesmaids and guests on skis, exchanged vows in the church, and left amid snowball showered celebrations. Guides led them to a Sperrine range alpine hut for their honeymoon.
A cobbled excerpt on labor and knowledge citing Montesquieu Ruskin Socrates Sophocles Tasso Voltaire and others. It argues nature rewards toil and thought, urges balancing study and craft, and warns against single-minded pursuit while promoting practical work and virtue through labor.
A quarrel over statistics exposes a husband's pride in tallied wool imports and town populations, contrasting his boast with his wife's desire to learn via the almanac. He deflects questions on everyday measurements, insisting real statistics belong to business life.
The judge questions the ventleman about forming or expressing any view on the defendant’s guilt or innocence. The centreman replies he has known the man for thirty years and would not declare an opinion, noting the claim that the man stole the cow.
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