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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1906
Page
5
A jumble of small items includes help wanted notices for a chambermaid at Golden Vale hotel, lodging and room rental offers, and various classifieds. The section also mentions local business ads, a note about a Pauline Rebekah lodge meeting, and a few brief notices. Local names and addresses appear throughout, reflecting a busy community sheet page.
An advertisement from L Hunziker promotes a line of jewelry selected with care. It asserts dependable satisfaction and accurate representation, inviting customers to trust the store for quality items and optician services.
Reports from Helix and nearby areas indicate extreme heat damage to wheat during the past week. Some farmers estimate losses about one third of fields on BASINS Wheat, averaging roughly 10 bushels per acre, while well advanced wheat shows little injury and may accelerate ripening.
Major Moorhouse chased the three men from Clarkston who escaped Asotin jail after a store robbery. The boat escape down the Snake River ended with Stang shot in the chest and hospitalized at Riparian, Burns and Brown captured and returned to Asotin. The pursuit was described as thrilling and extreme.
A roster of visitors and travelers fills the day from Echo to Pendleton. Mrs A Payne left for Bravenson Wah, J W Morrow from FR & N, J Th Means went to Echo after city business, Rev J W Crawford sailed Spokane bound, and many others such as H T Neil, W E Colwell, and W J Lachner appear on the move. Local residents plan trips to Portland, Spokane, and Victoria, while one group attends a funeral and others settle for summer plans or business activities.
The Salt Lake News reports the Oregon Short Line aims to push into Wyoming to preempt Burlington and Chicago and Northwestern. Plans include a feeder road from near Montpelier or Cokeville toward the White Piney area and Shoshone reservation. Livestock agent George Hawkes has gone to Montpelier to survey traffic sources and report soon. 1960 marks a year of rail construction as the line completes the Minid branch, starts the Twin Falls extension, builds Yellowstone Park railway, and advances other feeder projects.
The New York Sun argues irrigation pushes arid western lands toward development. More irrigation yields productive farms with stable homes, increased rail traffic, and greater food supply, reducing congestion in older regions and offering opportunity for youth. Some critics mock others' miseries.
Resigning J B Lippincott prompts D C Henney to take charge of reclamation across the coast from Santa Barbara northward with Portland headquarters. Oregon Washington district expands to include southern California and Klamath Falls project shifts to Henney as he plans next week visit Grangeville Falls to coordinate.
The Interior Secretary, at Representative Jones's request, added 700000 to the existing 2500000 for Washington irrigation. The total 3200000 will be divided among the Teton, Sunnyeli, and Irrigation Indrewervation projects, with fears of rapid fund exhaustion noted. Vale in Malheur County is slated for a Premier action.
A local ad promotes repairing carriages at Neagle Bros offering the Winona Huggy and the Winona wagon line. It touts safer riding benefits, gasoline engines from Fairbanks Morr, and irrigation mining machinery partnerships with price estimates available.
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