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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text shows a contact style line with telephone digits and a name fragment. No clear event or action is readable. Summary conservatively notes a notice mentioning a member of an association and a phone contact without specific dates, places, or outcomes.
Quote from Leslie W. Sprague in The Etude praising the sacred aim of artistic devotion.
A river highway of 1200 miles spanning the Columbia and Snake rivers is seen as destined for navigation with proper congressional and state action. Advocates note the rivers drain Oregon Washington and Idaho and call for funds to clear rocks and extend commerce from mouth to inland limits as the dream of river transportation advances each year.
Paul De Longpre attacks the United States for lacking a national school of painting sculpture music or drawing. He accuses the government of providing little support or funding while Europe supports national arts as a civic asset. He argues Americans focus on buying everything rather than fostering artistic development.
The statement laments that the United States concentrates on purchasing art, music, and books rather than fostering a national school to nurture distinctly American taste. It criticizes galleries and conservatories for mainly European works and instruction, arguing government neglect of a national program.
A fragment notes Ike the silver dollar kept in families for generations for children to cut their teeth upon, reflecting a playful reminiscence of treasured coins passed down through time.
The East Oregonian reviews a book by Bruce McLellan, once a clerical worker who, via Elizabeth Towne's Prosperity through Thought Force, breaks out of a drab routine and achieves independence before age forty. The tale endorses thought force, determined ambition, and honest desire as paths to better life.
Poem reflecting on aging and faith in a just universal order. The speaker trusts that sorrow serves a purpose and wrongs are punished, even if delayed, and that growth comes through suffering within a grand eternal plan.
Tom Johnson, Cleveland mayor and political force, defeats the street car trust by securing surrender of the five cent company. His aim to provide suburb schoolchildren three cent fares drives a long, patient campaign that ends with the last five cent car service removed from the city.
The town discusses prohibition as a rising tide reshaping society and commerce. Saloon owners face pressure to sell out as the movement advances, likening its impact to emancipation's destruction of property values in liquor enterprises. The piece frames prohibition as inevitable and just, erasing old political barriers.
A traveling man notes the paradox of desert glare and Moorish customs. An Algerian villager explains that the Koran forbids shading the eyes, leading to widespread blindness among desert dwellers while Arabs accept the sun’s blaze as a religious duty.
A Washington correspondent recounts a town advertiser storming into the editorial office in anger over an ad error. He thrust a copy of the paper at the editor and demanded to read it aloud, exclaiming about a supposed misprint in Blank's shoes, as Harper's Weekly is cited.
A New York boy, bored with all his toys, persuaded his family to bring home a live cow. The animal was muzzled and hoisted by freight elevator to the roof of a Broadway apartment, set as the child’s playground. Health officials ordered the cow removed after read.
A new boarder asks for milk less blue in tone while pouring squid into coffee. The landlady replies with curiosity as the guest deflects, noting the milk seems to have the blues. The exchange showcases odd humor in a domestic scene.
The treasury department bought 200000 ounces at 68229 cents per ounce. Deliveries are set for San Francisco Denver and Philadelphia totaling 460000 ounces across the three locations. A separate street chatter mentions a mistaken Brad Street reference.
A speculative note discusses the idea of achieving a large income and questions the slowest path to reach that financial goal. It explores common notions of wealth and practical steps, presenting a casual musing on money and effort.
The Northern Pacific Railway cuts pin waste after a memo from the general manager. At 60 cents a pound, 446 pounds are used monthly, making 1760 one quarter pound boxes, with 1244 cents per box. the company aims to curb personal use and excessive consumption of dealing wax and rubber bands.
Missouri law fines a farmer ten dollars for neglecting to cut thistles before seeding. Highway overseers may cut weeds and bill the landholder. Weeds are a major crop enemy and advocates see this as a beneficial measure across states.
The quote argues that sincere, polite language can substitute for formal payment instruments. It suggests no need to issue cashier's checks when genuine kindness suffices to convey value and trust.
If new Pendleton councilmen seek glory they should face three local issues: the bridge over the gulch on West High Street the old cemetery on the north side and the removal of backyards from residence districts. These tasks are presented as peculiar feats to be addressed.
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