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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
8
A newspaper column argues vast annual paper made from waste materials like flax stalks cotton stalks corn stalks wild hemp and straw. It notes current usage and waste, calls for tariff removal on wood pulp, and predicts a future shift as forests cannot sustain current cutting rates.
The message urges prompt care at the first sign of a cold and warns delays can lead to a deeper illness. It advocates starting treatment immediately to shorten duration and lessen discomfort.
Mail carriers at the Walla Walla post office begin a city census. Within 19 days the population figure will be known with detailed blanks listing age sex name color and street number for each person in every family. Cadman collects and alphabetizes the slips. carriers earn 25 cents each.
A garbled note suggests a shopping exchange or debt with a grocer over tea and money. The OCR text remains unclear but hints at a payment or settlement involving a merchant named Schilling. No precise names, dates, or locations can be confirmed from the fragment.
Freewater Cannery is operating on cherries at about six tons daily with a payroll of 73 workers. The fruit is plentiful though small due to a heavy crop. Cherries fetch around three cents per pound, about 60 per ton, making daily value about $350 to the farmer and similar canning costs. Manager Kurtz anticipates doubling staff when other fruits come on, with annual cannery output near $200,000. Hazel Atheson of Echo visits. George Buckman and family from Grandes Ronde valley guests of Mayor and Mrs. Mitchell.
Milton July 4 planning meeting July 16 to decide on a 40000 appropriation for two new school buildings one at the central site and another at Freewater replacing an old one. Three crowded schools now serve the district with a 30 year old building and a planned central high school. Interurban cars carried crowds to Walla Walla for the Fourth. Alvin Peterson a 10 year old Milton boy was treated in Walla Walla for injuries from a firecracker and his eyes were feared seriously injured.
Weston July 4. Russians are arriving from Walla Walla and negotiating for lands on the Weston mountain summit. They plan to establish their own schools and a Greek church. Crowds celebrate the fourth at Walla Walla and Wenaha Springs. George W Proebster Jr returns from Haines Oregon.
Bishops from America and other regions gather in London for the decennial Lambeth conference with about 250 bishops representing a Christian community of over 100 million. The event runs until August 5 with topics including church relations to modern thought, education, missions, marriage, divorce, and social issues.
Wanted notice from East Oregonian seeks an office location for payments at market price. No other details provided.
Forrest Baker spends the Fourth at Ehco. George Hewitt leaves for La Grande for three months. J. J. Hamley and G. W. Coutts head to Walla Walla for the celebration. Miss Lurie and Grace Dorothy travel home near Milton to visit over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs George Peringer and child depart for Assessor C. P. Strain. Boone Watson and C. Meacham Creek fishing trip. Florence Harris arrives from La Grande to visit her sister Alma Harris. Sadie Baum reports sultry heat in New York City with daily deaths. A. T. Hewitt of North Powder returns home after visiting. J. B. Smith daughters Vena and Frances spend Fourth with Baker City friends. O R N agent C. J. Jackson returns to Hermiston to resume duties July 6.
La Grande Observer reports on liquor shipment rules under local option laws. The piece notes that shipments into dry counties for home use may be allowed, while local dealers cannot ship liquor paid for after the law took effect. Foreign shippers may supply local wholesalers for domestic use only, and manufacturing for sale out of Union county is not permitted. The article anticipates the state supreme court may rule on these issues.
Consul General Richard Guenther cites a Frankfort newspaper stating fern leaves reliably preserve food. English practice, Isle of Man herring, and potatoes show extended freshness with ferns, attributed to salt content and odor deterring larvae. Fresh meats also benefit from fern packing.
Charles Smith a 16 year old son of Oscar Smith of North Powder Oregon suffered the loss of three fingers on his left hand Saturday afternoon when the glove he wore was caught by a steam woodsaw as he fed the machine.
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