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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1907
Page
4
Fragmented ad lists various subscription options including daily weekly semi weekly and monthly plans. Entries mention one year mall delivery monthly and four month terms with unclear prices.
A dramatic meditation on wrecks and death over a coastline scene at California railroad ruins. The piece contrasts grim accidents on the Southern Pacific and the Columbia disaster with a religious reflection on fate and mortal risk.
A review in the August American Magazine chronicles Francis J. Heney the land fraud prosecutor from a Bay City street gang leader to a fearless Oregon and San Francisco public official. It praises his integrity and persistent pursuit of corruption despite entrenched power.
A discussion reveals huge expenses in producing daily papers. Figures show Baltimore American printers’ weekly payroll around 2000 dollars while Boston Globe and Globe-Democrat run higher bills. Additional costs include telegrams and vast white paper outlays, with New York World bearing about 700000 yearly.
The Herald notes annual paper costs around 350000 per paper, the Enquirer about 300000, with many papers from 100000 to 260000 each year. The cost to run a small town paper is high relative to city papers, yet local industries and payrolls sustain the newspaper’s business role in the community.
A harsh tirade against railroad spotters who cultivate trust, learn secrets, and betray confidences for petty pay. The author claims spotters are lower than thieves and urges corporations to avoid questionable tactics that fuel such crimes. The piece argues spotters undermine public trust and accountability.
The statistician reports Portland outpacing Seattle in wheat exports by three units, bank clearings by 93 cents, and shipping activity by four fishing amacks and two river boats. Livestock sent to Portland surpassed Seattle by six hogs, one cow with calf, and 19 sheep.
Over the last two weeks the 0. R. & N. company has about 50 pairs of material tied up in the city awaiting unloading as workers to handle ties and track materials could not be secured at any price. The firm needed its cars and tried every method to release them for service but failed.
The Oregonian argues several astute institutions in Oregon are not located at the state capital as required by the constitution. It criticizes political machines for actions beyond constitutional provisions and notes that citizens are taking matters into their own hands.
A columnist muses on where people should spend their leisure time from dreary seacoast beaches to the Blue mountains of Uma tilla county. The piece weighs summer resort popularity against political storms and predicts Bryan or Roosevelt futures in the national race.
A fragmented note cites cases of sleepwalkers showing prodigious memory. One literate basketmaker reportedly preached sermons in sleep, later linked to church discourses heard decades earlier. A girl mimicked violin fingering while sleepwalking, implying influence from a fiddler heard in childhood.
Army officers completed a ride over the route of General Sherman’s march to the sea with noted success and goodwill from the southern people. The previous year’s uproar has subsided as misapprehensions faded and local papers reflect a more measured view. The ride appears aimed at demonstrating field tactics in camp, not to provoke controversy.
Edith M. Thomas in the August Everybody's imagines a white bell mare guiding a caravan across a silent noon. The poem uses the mare as a force that sets the pace for both beasts and men and reflects on life as a journey ruled by an unseen forward drive.
The New York Tribune argues Uncle Sam is growing rich on a $37,000,000 surplus and calls for tax reductions and tariff revision. It notes imports rise faster than exports, suggests shifting import duties toward manufacturing inputs, and urges overhauling tariff and internal tax systems to encourage trade and reflect changing industry conditions.
Judge Brewer notes the risk of questions inviting parol answers in court. A witness says Mary was present during a conversation, asking what Mary said. The judge sustains an objection, ruling the question out, and an appeal orders a new trial. At retrial the inquiry yields that Mary said nothing.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser, long linked to the U S lumber industry and regarded as a leading figure among American lumbermen, is described as possibly the richest man in the world. While he denies vast wealth, observers note his immense resources and potential to become a billionaire.
The August issue of Everybody's offers a bright mid summer spread of short vacation stories and a new series by Charles Edward Rosezell. Under the title Where Did You Get It Gentlemen? the author begins an investigation into the sources of inflated fortunes with an account of the rise of Thomas F. Ryan. The series is billed as a standout among recent financial articles in the magazine.
Florens Folsom writes in The Nautilus for August on how speech grows from thought yet often harms budding ideas. The poem likens talk to a shower that breaks a half grown stalk, urging restraint and clear action to nurture growth.
An advertisement argues that Newbro’s Herplidte prevents germ-based hair loss, citing a Rabbit inoculation test and urging use to stop baldness. It claims the remedy fights causative germs with a claimed 100 percent case rate and mentions price and a catalog call.
A historical fragment contrasts a resilient poem about handling trouble with a classroom exam question on the word lattice. It recalls Edmund Vance Cooke and humorously reports students offering nonsensical interpretations such as lattice meaning nose or mouth, ending with a humorous doodle.
In Philadelphia high school entrance exams over 2000 students faced a tricky language question asking what a lattice is. The prompt tied to the poem An Apostrophe to the Wind, with students puzzling over whether lattice referred to anatomy a fence or a waist and seeking guidance from dictionaries encyclopedias and textbooks.
A magazine article discusses padded payrolls with spotters faking work and inflated pay, labor abuses, and misused company resources. It notes the Azure turquoise mine in the Burro Mountains New Mexico as the world's largest and argues New Mexico supplies over two thirds of U S turquoise via exceptionally pure gems found in the last 25 years.
Under new management telephone and fire alarm connections with all rooms are stated along with American and European plans. Special weekly or monthly rates are offered, and an excellent dining room service is highlighted.
An old advertisement for Hotel Portland Oregon promotes American plan at four dollars per day and up. It invites tourists and commercial travelers and notes special rates for families and single gentlemen. H. C. Bowers is listed as manager and room showings are available.
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