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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1907
Page
4
A terse note records a second class matter entry at Pendleton Postoffice involving a male individual connected to the Scripps News Association. Details are limited but indicate official postal proceedings or classification status.
Poem by E. Elsor admonishes self restraint and warns against using others as a mirror to judge. The speaker seeks inner discipline to avoid pride and hypocrisy, preferring humility over harsh self-accusation.
A large shipment arrived for Umatilla Central and Pilot Rock. Laborers lounged by the ice house offering 40 cents an hour. none accepted. Three farmers offered 3 to 3.75 dollars per day for harvest but were rejected after questions about conditions and lodging. Police urged strict action against such roaming laborers. The Hermiston incident involved a killed man and a Portland crew member claimed they sought work.
Umatilla County braces for the largest harvest on record as over two hundred combined harvesters prepare to reap a bumper crop. With machines doing the work of multiple men, employment may dip while output climbs. Wheat quality this year is high and prices look favorable, signaling a very successful season ahead. The county foresees long term soil health issues less immediate than the current harvest gains.
The farmer plans a constant cycle of plowing, seeding, harvesting, fallow, cultivation, and reseeding year after year with no change or pause.
A San Francisco perspective argues indirect taxation masks real costs while direct taxes feel lighter. The piece claims the average American pays about $7 per year in indirect federal levies, yet transportation costs via railroads push total per person taxes to around $25, nearly four times the government’s own needs, suggesting transport charges dwarf official tax.
The piece notes rapid growth of automobiles from novelty to common possession in Kansas farms and towns, with farmers using cars for hired men transport and tourists relying on them. It cites English output of 20,000 vehicles and 74,000 cars in use, with forecasts of quadruple growth in ten years and a $60 million market in the year, $22.5 million of which went to foreign manufacturers.
A prose meditation by Arthur Brienbone ponders three drops of water stranded on a mountain crevice. Each drop imagines its origin and journey from mist to ocean, reflecting on fate, humanity, and the cosmic order as they drift back to the world’s source. The piece questions whether people embody the ocean’s image and whether destiny is a democratic, universal return to origins.
A village near Salisbury in Hertfordshire tells of five trees sprouting from the single grave of Lady Anine Crimestone wife of Sir Samuel Grimestone Bart of Gohambury. On her tomb a curse or prophecy says if God exists in the afterlife five trees would rise. After burial the shoots grew, splitting masonry and wrecking the tomb railings.
Yale authorities polled 2243 graduates to learn chosen careers. The results show 718 pursuing law, about 20 becoming financiers, and others entering farming, merchants, engineers, and public service. The article notes ambiguity in the term financier and clarifies that many handles money in various roles.
A Philadelphia man lauds Mine Jeans for funding 31 million for negro education in the south. He recalls a childhood tale of a rich man asking boys for purses to illustrate generosity and greed, praising Jeans as generous and prompt in giving. Source: San Antonio Ex prose.
A杂乱的 OCR fragment reviews Bible misquotations and quotes about ships, porpoises, and icebergs. It notes common misattributions like money as root of all evil and cleanliness as godliness, while detailing personal observations of the sea voyage, iceberg appearances, and monotony aboard a steamer.
Mark Twain recently crossed to England where he will receive an Oxford honorary degree. English journals praise the honor as much for Oxford as for the American author. Twain, never fully content with ocean travel, may still enjoy the returned recognition. A United States Geological Survey report notes a remarkable well near New Burlington, Oklahoma with two pumps and distinct water layers. Fresh water is pumped from a 16 foot pipe while a 38 foot brine pump yields highly mineralized water. The brine remains separate due to its higher density, leaving the lighter fresh water atop.
The salary of H. J. Hockenterry, principal of Ta Crande public schools, has been raised from 1200 to 1600 dollars per year.
July 10 to 15 features the International Christian Federation in Seattle and July 16 to 20 hosts the Grand Lodge event in Philadelphia. Wool sale dates list Shantko on June 26 and July 16, with Tecer City and Toly 0 Fivin on July 11.
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