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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
4
A column argues that the upper Columbia should be developed as a free port to attract inland trade. It praises an open river, improved portage, and cheaper transportation to rival Tacoma and Seattle, urging Portland to back interior access and lower freight costs for regional commerce.
Portland can dominate northwest commerce if it develops all opportunities. Seattle and Tacoma lag due to the Cascades while the Columbia route favors inland empire products. Portland must finance independent boat lines, spur railroad growth inland, promote irrigation, and open the Columbia and Snake Rivers to trade.
Passenger Traffic Manager announces sweeping reductions in fares across the Western line of the Southern Pacific system, signaling a major price adjustment for travelers and likely competitive impact on interregional travel.
A Denver Post quotation by Paul Thieman reflects on death as a beautiful woman and the ritual response to a bereaved husband, pairing surgical science, burial rites, and sorrow. The piece contrasts life’s radiance with the quiet dignity of pallbearers and prayers.
A fragmented report recalls a postwar trial with an instruction to the jury and a judge's cautious charge amid racial and legal tensions. It also notes the closure of the Cudaby packing plant of Chicago, once founded in 1592, with hundreds of workers and large hog and meat outputs.
A historical notice proclaims the George Hotel as a premier northwestern inn featuring European style rooms, en suite baths, steam facilities, and large newly furnished sample rooms with modern conveniences. It notes telephones and fire connections in every office and an odd running water system in all rooms.
A short item notes rooms priced at one to one and a half dollars. It mentions an electric sign and a prom related scene or event labeled as mock ado. The readable text is fragmented and lacks clear dates or places.
The Hotel Pendleton has been refitted and refurnished throughout with telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms. Bath en suite and single rooms available, reflecting updated facilities from the proprietors Ollons & Bhowan.
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