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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
6
Hotel St. George operated by George Darveal offers European plan, first class service, steam heat, bath en suite, large new rooms and modern conveniences. Telephone and fire safety connections to office, hot and cold water in all rooms.
Readable text notes rooms priced at 1.00 and 1.50 per block and a half from the depot with an electric sign marking the location.
The Hotel Pendleton has been refitted and refurnished throughout with telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms. Baths en suite and single rooms enhance guest comfort at this historic establishment run by Bollons and Brown.
The Inland Empire Wheatgrowers association drew about four hundred Sherman county farmers and merchants to More on Saturday to discuss shipping this year’s crop by water. Officers were elected led by President George T. Parr of Moro and Vice President Judge John Fulton of Wasco. Smith of Open River outlined lower water rates and river navigation hopes, noting planned shipments from Moro Rufus Wasco Cold Springs and other points. The group supports hauling grain to Rufus for water route, with substantial anticipated bag totals and additional steamer plans under construction or in planning. Further craft arrangements will be confirmed after talks in The Dalles.
David E. Lantz returned to Washington after a year studying coyote habits in southwestern Oklahoma. He reports coyote numbers rising since settlement, their raids on livestock and poultry, and efforts by the Agriculture Department to aid farmers in extermination. He notes coyotes’ diet, behavior, and a fence experiment near Chattanooga testing cost effective livestock protections.
Hood River valley is projected to triple apple output in three years, reaching 120000 to 140000 boxes annually. Plans include an electric railroad linking Hood River to the Oo R & N line, with a southern spur to Tucker's bridge, a river route to timber country, and a later Heinan route supplying lumber markets.
District 15 miles long from Wallula boundary to Ainsworth bridge faces division of school district No. 61. Northern students have endured eight to ten mile rides on sandy roads, prompting a petition for a separate district likely to be granted. Also notes James Stillman, 24, arrested in New York for alleged involvement in a £60,000 diamond robbery in London in March 1905.
Warning about Olotmenta catarrh products containing mercury. Claims mercury harms the system and urges caution against internal use. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as the genuine option, advertised through druggists.
The British vice consul at Rouen reports a new potato from Uruguay, dubbed solanum commerconll violet, prized for taste and nutrition. It resists frost and disease, thrives in damp soils, and tolerates clayey calcareous or silicious ground. Marketed for planting at 2s per pound, claiming superior yield in swampy areas. Also includes an advertisement for Foley's Kidney Cure and Koeppen Drug Store.
A local dealer advertises private individuals or regular contractors may obtain lumber of aurior quality. They receive frequent consignments of hard wood free from knots warp and defects, cut to dest ble lengths ready for carpenters. Prices in low.
A special train went to Elgin and back this morning to transport witnesses for the case between the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and the Wallowa Valley railroad. Among attendees were N. C. McLead J. Hutburt Civil Engineer BE C. Pollard and A. B. Sprague.
A local advertiser urges readers to repair carriages at Neagle Bros and to choose the Winona Buggy for safety. The notice touts gasoline engines, Winona Wagons, hacks, and EaglEs, with Beech engines and Fairbanks-Morse as agents for irrigation and mining machinery. Estimates offered on irrigating plants.
The East Oregonian proclaims itself as Eastern Oregon’s representative paper and thanks readers for liberal patronage, highlighting its role as the advertising medium of this section.
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