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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1906
Page
2
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An athletic creed urging courage and fair play. The speaker asks not for wealth or glory but for strength to face rivals with honesty, to compete with best effort, and to endure until achievement matches effort, framed as a devotional appeal to the Lord.
Umatilla county outlines a wave of projects including a supreme court building and library in Pendleton, irrigation schemes reclaiming 25 000 acres, Furnish irrigation for 15 000 to 90 000 acres, extensions to several ditch companies, a county fair pavilion, a boys dormitory, a Pendleton sawmill, Pilot Rock branch timber belt, street paving for 10 more blocks, a union passenger depot, stockyards in the west end, rising bank deposits by 1 000 000 and doubled merchandise stocks with ample fuel supply.
The San Francisco Star denounces a deliberate rail and coal monopoly scheme tied to car shortages and fuel scarcity. It argues railroad managers trigger job losses to punish government and profit from coal tonnage, calling for decisive public action beyond mere indignation.
The writer urges taxing coal mines to their full value as a means to deter extortion. If owners refuse to operate, they would sell. railroads would then be incentivized to move output, boosting employment and lowering consumer prices through increased mine activity.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger lampoons the president as idle, noting last week he did little beyond routine duties. The column cites cabinet officers and trivial tasks, mocking the administration for seeming quiet and unfocused.
The reader presents a fragmented, satirical verse about financial worries and social pressures. It notes a lack of railway stocks, interstate market embarrassments, and a feeling of being broke. The piece mocks lawyers, fear of state danger, and the absence of material possessions like a car. The tone is ironic and reflective.
A St Paul and Sault Ste Marie passenger train collided with a switch engine near Enderton North Dakota. The dead include Charles Backus J Volkeringa John Satterburg Tony Green D J Peterford H Rosenbaum W J Danielson A O Anderson and an unidentified man. Twenty seven were injured with some expected to die. Railroad officials deny withholding information.
An overview of Christmas carols, their origins in Judea and England, and how carols evolved from medieval times to modern compositions. It notes Latin roots of the word, royal and church influences, Puritan suppression, and lists composers who contributed to carol writing in the 1800s and after.
A street car descending a hill fails to stop for a baby in a carriage endangering children on board. Passengers fearfully await the crash yet manage to rescue the child. The scene probes how many would deny cruel laws harming others while displaying inner compassion for nearby misfortune. One hundred tons of coal are diverted from a Santa Fe train at Shattuck Oklahoma by farmers, who share the fuel peacefully.
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