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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1913
Page
2
The store promotes June White Sale with new bargains and promises money saving prices on needed goods. Carpenters will soon start interior remodeling, and customers are urged to buy now before the sale ends.
A dry goods feature touts towels and table linens at discount during June White Sale. It highlights hand towels 10 to 20 cents, linen towels up to 1 dollar, Turkish and bleached towels at low prices, plus table linens from 43 cents to 2 dollars.
An archival ad from Pendleton highlights a model sanitary basement and bargains on groceries. It lists prices such as 2.25 for crate items and 2.00, 40, 25, 1.25, and 50 cents for various products, reflecting period sale offers.
President Wilson plans a summer bachelor period after June 28 as Mrs. Wilson and daughters depart for the presidential summer home. He may not return until September or October, aims to push tariff and currency bills through a special session, and will host bachelor parties with Princeton professors and old friends. He will mostly stay in Washington, enjoying golf, baseball, and auto rides, with a possible July 4 Gettysburg visit.
A short notice from Waukesha Wisconsin indicates a spring plan for the manual training branch to become self supporting. Local officials outline steps toward financial independence and ongoing community use of workshop facilities.
Accounts show receipts and expenditures for the Metropolitan police and police pension funds from April 1912 to March 1918. Metropol itan police receipts 3,377,795 pounds. expenditures 2,920,730 pounds. balance 457,065 pounds. Pension fund receipts 288,142 pounds. expenditures 587,386 pounds. balance 299,244 pounds.
He spoke on practical support from the metaliiferous mining sector and said the focus is the lon gerade ore basis, aiming for economical mining and refining systems. The mines’ principal business is to develop and apply new methods. It is organized to aid mining and experiment beyond private or corporate capacity. He urged broader organization to assist the bureau in solving problems.
J A Holmes director of the United States Bureau of Mines urged conservation to save natural gas instead of fencing resources for future generations He cited Oklahoma where millions of feet of gas escape as oil companies seek oil and urged organized advocacy to shape mining legislation.
Sydney reports a decade of rising export fruit production in New South Wales orchards. Government fruit expert W J Allen notes more acreage, better varieties, and improved fruit quality as industry leaders invest in top-quality trees and grower confidence remains high. The piece also mentions Centurion, a new battleship commissioned for service in the 1910-11 navy estimates and traces historical Centurion ships in famous naval actions.
The report notes fruit yielded the best returns for cultivation with an average of 11 pounds 10s 8d per acre in 1910 11, compared with wheat at about 2 pounds per acre. Demand was unlimited and the export market remained open for quality fruit.
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