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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
4
A poetic quatrain urging resilience through smiles across hardship. The verse, attributed to Ella Wheeler Wilcox, counsels maintaining a cheerful demeanor to lift spirits and brighten occurrences despite sorrow, toil, and fate.
A straight talk urges an enlarged traction committee to raise the funds needed for a traction system. Pendleton is pictured as gaining growth and higher real estate values once electrified interurban lines link the city to its territory. The piece argues costs should be shared by those who gain most, not borne solely by merchants and small homeowners.
A call urges property owners to assess a business proposition and back a traction company. Citizens are asked to consider the plan dispassionately, with emphasis on supporting the subscription campaign to help the movement succeed.
The report notes Perdition has received over nine inches of rain since September, more than the whole 95-00 season and last year. If continued, four or five more inches could yield a humper wheat crop. Rain supports grass, aiding wheat and livestock. optimism grows for spring and summer ranges. Sheep and cattle feeders anticipate abundant hay to replenish stocks.
A local message urges residents to invest in a triadhin system, arguing a brewing city becomes cultivated while a town relies on volunteer effort. It frames participation as a civic duty for builders, critics, or supporters.
A poetic portrait of a country child as the sun drenches fields and hills with light. The verses trace his morning lark, primrose nights, and simple country joys. The speaker recalls childhood innocence, farm life, and a memory of Katharine Tye as the narrator reflects on nature and aging.
Tacoma newspapers push for a smokestack expansion, urging the Commercial club and Chamber of Commerce to back factory growth and traction lines. The Tacoma Tribune argues factories create payrolls and capital, while Pendleton’s traction and power boosts spur manufacturing. Local leaders see two needs: inbound traction lines and internal factory development.
The East Oregonian urges property owners to fund a traction system, arguing locals like A W Nye and C P Strain have already invested and that big owners with business locations, suburban tracts, and rental rows should contribute. It claims heavy owners will benefit most from the system and should act within the week.
Limited trains are to be given priority and other trains must yield to the side track. The Greater Pendleton currently holds the right of way here and the track must remain clear. Personal differences and prejudices should be set aside for the town’s welfare and the public good.
In the community Samuel Drumhelter resides, his company contracted for two miles of steel, and his reputation for truth and veracity, honor and integrity is highlighted as a point of good standing.
The report notes Homer Davenport entered five marriages within two weeks of acquaintance, a rapid courtship that led to regret over his fame and the ensuing consequences. The piece frames the sequence as a caution against swift marriages fueled by notoriety.
Heney and Hermann have been battling hard in Portland. Here's to the day when Oregon land frauds will be a closed chapter in the history of the state.
A discussion on coal production and consumption highlights that 40,000,000 to 180,000,000 tons per year flow to industries and steamships, with about 20 percent of national output used for industry and manufacturing. New York is a top manufacturing center but has no coal mines, while West Virginia holds vast coal reserves and could become a major manufacturer if fuel supplies were redirected. Figures from 1895 show consumption by regions: New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania about 41,900,000 tons. New England 9,000,000. states west of the Ohio 7,000,000. southern states 2,000,000. Canada 1,100,000. exports 40,000.
A garbled OCR style fragment hints at a family story involving Raith aged six and twins Ete and TJ, with mentions of praying for a baby brother and a Seine River incident. The text is incomplete and mixed with stray phrases, reflecting a disrupted historical clipping.
A discussion on how extreme hardship unlocks latent strength in people. It likens individuals to powerful shells that remain inert until massive impact or severe provocation unleashes decisive action and resilience. Oppression or abuse can spark a new force enabling feats once deemed impossible.
Health failings force Kieth Wade to liquidate a large stock ranch near Pendleton Oregon. 90 cattle, 19 horses, wagons and farm equipment along with two stoves are offered with land at 12 per acre. Terms: half cash, balance later. Office in American National Bank building.
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