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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1903
Page
3
Real estate listing highlights a larger assortment of farms stock ranches and city property available for sale plus a substantial tract of land slated for the wheat region in eastern Washington promising buyers a wide range of investment opportunities.
Annual address from Sisters of St Francis details 1902 hospital fundraising for St Anthony's Hospital Poncheron. Highlights include progress, plans to open a brick hospital, and a long donor list with many $100 and higher subscriptions from individuals and firms. Oregon Lumber Yard and Monterastelli Brothers contributed in kind to the project.
The article notes a target completion date of June 1 for a hospital with a rebuilt heating system hot water boilers and possible elevator installation. Architect J Manchet of Vancouver is expected soon to resume work while Blanchet oversees updated plumbing finishing and heating. Donor benefaction plans include named rooms for patients. The facility will house about 60 patients. It also mentions Fr. J Green praising Electric Bitters for digestive and female health, Ward's Minstrels upcoming show, and a signal lantern at Leipele streetcar crossings to improve safety.
A letter from F Ho Newell, chief engineer of the United States Geological Survey, urges Oregon counties to unite on irrigation projects and present a coordinated plan to the Secretary of the Interior. The note discusses water supply, arable land, and costs, opposing a single statewide scheme and advocating county by county representations. It notes Baker County and others weighing which projects to pursue and praises state convenience over broad petitions.
The passage mocks attempts to teach an old dog new tricks and forget old ones. It presents a wry aside on stubborn habits and reluctance to change, framed as a punchy quip about education and habit.
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