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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1906
Page
4
Subscriptions listed by duration and price. various delivery options by region. Advertisement copy deadline set for East Oregonian with daily deadlines and office locations in Rich's News Stands Portland San Francisco and Chicago bureaus. offices and contact hours noted.
A circular received by the East Oregonian shows growing East Coast interest in Umatilla County Oregon. It requests data for locating stores and services in town, asking population, age, county seat status, growth prospects, and key local business lines to guide investors and homeseekers.
A lengthy questionnaire requests data on town resources including nationalities, religion, accessibility, railroads, streams, number of stores, stock lines, rental terms, rainfall, climate, fuel, water supply, prices, and employment potential. It also asks about nearby trade centers and guidance on suitable locales, signed by W N Fisher of Peoria. The later passage notes Roosevelt era generals, Funston, Grast, and ranks, with aging retirements projected by 1907.
The New York Evening Post notes concerns over the current regular army major generals Arthur MacArthur Henry C Corbin James F Wade Leonard Wood John F Weston Adolphus W Greely and Frederick D Grant. It highlights MacArthur Corbin and Wade with varied careers and questions whether promotion by selection has produced the current list.
A fragment from Arthur Stringer themed poem traces sorrow seeking an open way before death. The speaker wanders from a grieving, wine-dried heart to a garden of pleasure where a woman tempts amid roses. He recalls old life amid rain and autumnal tones, entombed among foxes and towers with a keeper of the garden’s hellish key.
A fragmentary verse scene describes a quiet night with a moonlit heath dew jewels ivy and primrose imagery. The speaker moves along a flower watched path toward a window for a kiss through an icy wreath, repeating the line the night is still the moon looks kind.
Walter in a Seattle cafe hears plan to make a fortune in Tacoma ladds and, saving 2000, lands an option on a 20000 block. He then secures a 40000 offer from Union Pacific, selling for a 69000 profit on his savings. Charles Miller, long employed at Astor House New York, with $20 monthly wages and good luck, accumulates 160000.
At the White House New Year’s reception of 1906 President Roosevelt shook hands with 052 persons in three hours and 44 minutes, a rate of 40 per minute. The feat surpasses his prior record, with expectations of even greater hands exchanged on January 1, 1907, according to Ladies Weekly.
February 14 saw Miles Genevieve Harvey ride the 12 mile course with over a score of fences as the San Mateo Hunting Club had no male members present due to a storm. Misa Harvey led the pack in fine form amid rain described as a weighty drag, while the remaining male members stayed out of the wet. the ride was called the most enjoyable of the season by the female rider. A bankruptcy petition was filed by Perkins and Pettibone, wholesale lumber dealers of Louisville, Kentucky, listing liabilities of 267,322 and assets of 29,206.
A new industry advertises custom manufacture of fancy party gowns kimonos silk and light underwear for women and gentlemen. They specialize in house gowns negligees and dress shirts with order fulfillment. Importers sought and prices described as reasonable.
Local business listing notes Low Sam operates at 209 Court Street beside Clarke's Hardware Store, indicating a nearby storefront cluster and shopping district presence.
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