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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text lists property sale terms and prices. Mentions room and cellar 4760.00, lots 900.00 and 700.00, various fees and a Court Street reference. No clear date, entity names, or complete items due to garbled source.
Vale Oregon January 3 The New Year opens with a courthouse ball drawing many off locators. Oil prospects at 160 feet near Malheur, county seat fight intensifies with three ex–legislators headed to Vale to argue. Strong growth outlook as canals, railroads and oil spur immigration and land sales ahead of rapid prosperity.
The North Coast Limited has resumed its Portland to Seattle service on its own tracks, while Seattle to Spokane trips use the Northern Pacific rails. The article recounts the Great North Wardens journey amid washouts and freshers, detailing rail line challenges and service restoration updates.
A long report describes flood and landslide tied rail disruptions affecting No 0 and No 7 transcontinental runs via Spokane Wallula Junction and Portland. It notes a Swiss government owned system offering extensive travel for 57.90 usable over 2600 miles. The piece also mentions Roosevelt Riis anecdote and several reader letters about health remedies and a wanted-to-rent stable.
William Mars of Joseph drove a six-horse team hauling heavy freight wagons on a Wallowa canyon grade near the Halfway house when he looked back and saw the rear wagon sliding off the 40 foot grade. He leaped free and saved himself from serious harm as the wagon plunged. One horse was seriously injured but the others were not fed.
Public Health Board orders that schools public and private will not reopen until the public press notifies. Parents are urged not to allow children to attend any public gatherings until further notice by the Health Board.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie reports that Dr Kings New Pills wholly cured two years of headaches. A Tallman & Co drug store ad promotes 26 cent price and urges readers to try the remedy. A timber and land entry investigation might end with 51 state titles cancelled in the Lakeview district.
A Tacoma News reader recalls a crowded Northern Pacific train scenario where two Seattle men occupied opposing seats, forcing women and children to stand. The bakeman asked the men to move and offer seats to the ladies and children, but they refused.
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