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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1917
Page
6
The readable fragments describe various mail and weekly rate offers with terms like monthly, weekly, and quarterly payments. Mentions of price terms such as cenths and chedge hints at outdated rate structures and delivery options, though many portions are garbled.
A fragmented poem like piece urges steadfast effort and bold bets while urging resilience. The text voices resolve, says do not cry, and champions steady work over fear. The source presents a stylistic, cryptic reflection rather than a straight news item.
Oregon debates a statewide good roads bond proposal with Governor Withycombe opposing the plan as unjust to farmers and fearing waste in execution. Proponents argue auto owners would bear most costs while better roads improve tire savings and safety. The discussion notes flaws in the Day-Bowerman scheme and calls for effective road development.
A passage arguing that failing to secure federal funds for road projects would reveal the state's inability to govern itself under the current legislative system. It frames cooperation with the federal government as essential to funding half the road costs and condemns inaction as a harm to state progress.
The piece notes Henry Ford, known pacifist, telling President Wilson that he would place his $100 million factory at the government’s disposal for munitions if the United States enters war with Germany. It mocks preparedness advocates and praises Ford’s claimed readiness to aid national defense.
The Cleveland Plaindealer notes rising prices for coyote and wolf pelts due to war demand. Coyotes now fetch high sums, while wolves and coyotes flood Texas trapping efforts. Barking at farmers, pelts provoke speculation on their use in Europe and wartime gear, with significant financial impact on sheep ranchers.
From the Daily Eat Oreconian February 15 399 Pendleton grows steadily suburbs extend Jimtowy tiny settlement near old race track James Whittemore Thomas Matthews and A J Culp completed commodious dwelling Mrs G A Hartman hosts 12th birthday Ernest Dickson improves Paradise Hill property Main Street tombstones advertise Bowmann House nearby traveler's remark about blankett town. Court house tower completed Aidert point in town T Z Tavlar returns from pleasure trip to the sound.
Days pass as wool producers weigh selling off stock to raise coyotes if fur buyers pay $8 per skin. The potential revenue could help balance wool interests and wildlife concerns amid market fluctuations.
A mix of brief items notes a Pendleton high school student excelling, former theater ushers at Oreton, a church fundraising drive for a new building, and local officials by Pendleton and Medford. Also cited is a reader testimonial praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for a December cold.
Barlin reports on February 13 that fighting on the Western Front resumes with artillery in the Somme sector. German raiders were repulsed between Yyrew and Arras as activity resumes along the line.
The Interior Department announces opening of about 1200 acres in the second unit of the West Extension of the Umatilla reclamation project for entry on March 6 at 9 a.m. Applicants must file under the reclamation law with required fees and water rights charges. If multiple filings exist a drawing will determine winners. unsuccessful entrants may amend for other units. Land price is 92 per acre with 5 percent upfront and remaining in 15 annual installments. The Umatilla project spans about 36,000 acres in Umatilla and Morrow counties and includes land along the Columbia river suitable for alfalfa fruit berries and vegetables.
Fayet te Mo Roanoke the town on the Howard Randolph county line was sold yesterday under a sheriff s hammer for 416 The property included 0 lots and three buildings Roanoke once a busy trading center in a tobacco region declined after the railroad and Armstrong town rise three miles north Roanoke was settled by Virginians before the Civil War and housed the first Confederate company in central Missouri when war began
Mrs Amanda Glerhart of Wagnerfield Ohio writes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been used in her family for twenty years and has never failed to cure a cough or cold. The ad touts widespread popularity and strong recommendations from critics.
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