County Official Paper Ad Rates and Addresses
Pendleton Oregon daily and weekly editions of the County Official Paper list subscription and carrier rates, with pricing garbled in places. The notice also provides office addresses for Oregon News Co. and bureaus in Washington and Pendleton, confirming normal postal classification.
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Patiebe
Pendleton
Oregonian Oenlishine Co
East Oregonian
Oregon News Co
6Th Street
Oregon
Washington, D. C
Bureas
Fourteenth Street
N. W
Anrono
Mau & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
York
Washington
Forme Teller Poem on Faces and Social Roles
A fragmentary poem laments the sunlit highway of humanity, listing rich and poor, beggars and thieves, doctors and lawyers, merchants and chiefs. Refrains query fate and status as time shifts from once to now, trailing a question about who will be next chief or thief. Josephine Preston Peabody is named.
Direct primary praised over assembly nominating plan
The Oregonian and allied politicians are urged to reject the assembly method and uphold the direct primary. The piece argues every voter may participate to nominate candidates under their party law, condemns pack politics, and praises direct primary as a reform that empowers the people and defeats political bosses.
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Oregonian
United States
United Ister
Bie
Assembly plan condemned for bad governance
The piece argues against the assembly plan, labeling it a bad system and urging those who favor clean government to shun it, warning it would fail to uplift political conditions. It stresses that the old convention system is preferable to the proposed assembly.
A Shake-up in American Politics Urged by Baker City Demo
The Baker City Democrat rejects East Oregonian's call for party realignment. It argues the split is really between modern progressive and conservative camps, not the old Republican and Democratic line. It urges disbanding the two parties and forming new ones to reflect current beliefs.
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Baker City
Democrat
East Oregonian
United States
Congress
North
Oregon’s rail boom calling for Deschutes routes
An Oregon Journal voice questions the rush to build two railroads up the Deschutes. It argues for meeting growing demand statewide, noting vast virgin lands and coastal ports awaiting rail access, and urges constructive expansion rather than costly squabbles that may yield no line at all. It urges 5000 miles of track in a state with about 2000 miles.
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The
Oregon Journal
Deschutes
Oregon
Farmers donate straw to fix roads near Walla Walla
Farmers near Walla Walla plan to donate straw for road improvements and the county will pay for distributing it. If local farmers contribute, the county can afford the posting costs to place the straw on the roads.
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Walla Walla
Controversial Proposals vs Women Riding Horses in Georgia and Oregon
A clipped report notes Oregon lawmakers rejected bold schemes on female horseback riding while in Georgia a vain heir seeks to bar the Indies from riding. The piece reflects broad legislative bravado and regional temper in a terse, period-tinged roundup.
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Oregon
Georgia
Wheat prices to farmers differ from consumer costs
The article notes a notable gap between the prices offered to farmers for their wheat and the price local consumers pay for the wheat they use. It highlights market disparities and potential impacts on local agriculture and cost of living.
Awakening of a Rising Power and Purpose
A verse by Charles 8 Terpening of Pendleton Oregon dated July 26 1909 expresses waking forces and rising power. The speaker seeks a higher purpose and strength to build beauty and truth with love and hope guiding others. He envisions a Heaven on Earth and a shared yearning for the ideal real.
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Tam
Charles
Pendleton
Oregon
Heaved Lead Sparks Fatal River Debate Aboard Steamer
A river voyage tale unfolds aboard a steamer as the mate urges to heave the lead while a rookie deckhand Patrick protests. In a comical clash the lead is dropped and the mate falls overboard while Captain intervenes. The exchange ends with Pat delaying before revealing the mate’s fate.
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Plylead
Technica
Patrick
Pat
Where the Corn Goes In 1908 Crop Breakdown
Kansas City Journal explains the 1908 corn usage. Of 27.666 billion bushels grown, 618 million were used for mill products, starch, malt liquors, distilled liquors, glucose, export, and seed. The remaining 2.118 billion bushels, about 80.7 percent, were mainly fed.
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Kansas City Journal
Just His Luck and a Crying Child on the Doorstep
A doorstop scene from Youth's Companion shows a small boy Tommy crying after claiming a baby girl fell downstairs. An aunt asks if the child is hurt. Tommy insists the baby is only a little hurt while confessing he did not see the fall. The tale contrasts the boy’s sympathy and deceit.
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Tommy
Loua
Dorothy
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Folger’s Golden
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
American National Bank
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New York
Umatilla County
Central Meat Market
Alta St
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Pendleton Drug CO
Best Coods—Beat Service
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L. Crichton
F. McDonald
Colesworthy
Alta
Pendleton Roller Mills
Posta
East Ordgonian
East Oregonian Pub. CO
Pendiston
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