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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
4
Rates list for daily, weekly, and semi weekly subscriptions by mall and by carrier. Prices shown include one year five dollars, six months two dollars, three months one twenty five, one month one dollar, and various weekly options.
The fragment notes a plea or reminder about a tiny can or candle idea, suggesting a small flame or vigil symbol. Specific people, places, dates, or organizations are not identified in readable text.
Opinion pieces argue for moving a state insane asylum from Willamette valley to Pendleton. Proponents claim a drier Uma ila climate would aid recovery and reduce transport costs, making eastern Oregon counties easily reachable and addressing hygienic concerns ahead of the next legislative session.
Government officials praised the Pendleton trip and labeled the Umatilla irrigation project among the best under construction. They cited climate soil water abundance and transport links as key to creating an extremely rich 400 percent country with a handsome Hermiston settlement.
A large delegation of prohibition party followers will gather in Columbus Ohio next Wednesday and Thursday to adopt a platform and nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates for November. The Aquor traffic is expected to dominate the platform with a temperance movement surge boosting enthusiasm. Party leaders claim ascendency in national affairs and greater encouragement.
The piece argues that rising prohibition sentiment across parties does not strengthen a separate prohibition party. Voters seek better moral conditions through their existing parties, which may adopt prohibition planks and enforce laws. Oregon is cited as strongly Republican, and a separate prohibition vote is deemed unlikely next fall.
Secretary Garfield rules that a settler cannot live in a distant city and farm land from a government irrigation project. The reclamation act aims to place homes on public land, prevent speculation, and promote genuine settlement, wealth growth, and industry in the West.
Down in California a trend supports small farmers as the state’s prosperity. Moneyed men from southern California purchase large San Joaquin valley tracts to subdivide into small farms, aiming to attract new settlers and profit from rising demand for modest parcels. The valley’s land is praised as productive and superior to many eastern areas, promising higher returns for newcomers seeking steadier farming livelihoods.
The July Saturn article outlines Saturn’s vast size and 20 year 142 day orbit, calling its influence the greater evil yet necessary for learning. It describes health effects, personality traits, colors, and governing body parts, plus corresponding drugs, metals, animals, weather, and cites notable historical figures and divorce statistics to illustrate its reach.
More than 400 American women have married Europeans in recent years with figures rising past 500 since 1820. Critics say domestic unhappiness marks these unions but World Almanac lists 143 prominent American women who married foreign nobles, and only about 20 of 354 cases with foreign nobles involved major troubles. Royal and lesser noble matches include Emperor Francis Joseph, Archduke Otto of Bavaria, Princess Louise of Belgium, and Prince Phil.
A fragmented meditation on time and power spans from barbarian revolt to reformer and dreamer. The piece blends roles from conqueror to laborer, reformer, and visionary, highlighting how each era needs different voices to awaken a free-born people. Bolton Hall in The Nauth appears as a referenced authoritat ive echo.
Henry Wilbur, a Seattle University station jeweler, was arrested in Northern Idaho on a grand larceny charge for stealing watches and diamonds. He will be returned to Seattle to face trial after telegraphic instructions from Seattle police.
R SYLVESTER FE SMITH of St Louis writes of Peruana, praising Peruna for restoring his health after exposure and dampness damaged his robust condition. He says bronchial trouble eased and within three months he was fully restored, thanking the remedy and his “good honest old doctor.”
An advertising sketch promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier for impure blood and various skin and gland disorders. It advocates concurrent use with All-Healing Salve for open ulcers and sores, offering postal purchase from Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, and touts known composition and plain-English ingredient listing.
A group from North Yakima Washington travels by team and wagon toward the central Willamette valley to farm. They cite high land values in Washington and seek affordable land for modest livelihoods with household goods and chickens in tow. They plan to settle where the land and climate permit a contented, gradual start despite early setbacks.
Poem urges husbands to walk and speak lovingly. It cherishes the wife as mother and partner, praising patience faith and a sweeter life. It extols love for her grace face heart and noble dreams.
A local observance of circus day prompts discussion as families note rising costs for adult admission while children’s prices remain a concern. The event draws attendance from residents and organizers, highlighting affordability issues in family outings.
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