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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
6
Three story corner building offering a store and two family units. Described as a good speculative investment, the property sits on about a thirty foot frontage at West Twenty fourth Street, New York.
Plans describe a four front elevation for apartments above a storefront with two upper stories identical. Features include a private hall, front parlor, dining room with a double window, and a wainscoted kitchen. Exterior painted light yellow with white trim, red roof, and oak imitation front doors. Building cost listed at 3000 dollars. Also quoted poetry and a natural history note on limpets and their remarkable adhesive force.
The description details a first floor plan with a cheerless apartment interior. It notes a kitchen with standard conveniences, a foundation of hard building stone, twenty inch thick walls in cement mortar, a spruce or hemlock frame, seven eight of an inch surface hemlock siding, No 1 white pine clapboards, a roof of roofing tin, and interior white pine woodwork with a dining room chair rail.
A notable politician visited Samuel J. Tilden at his Gramercy Park mansion and, in a display of mistaken hospitality, emptied half a bottle of Johannisberger Schloss into a glass before drinking it in one gulp. Tilden, irked, vowed to serve beer next time.
The article notes that different seasons times of day and weather require varied fly selections. It argues a dozen named files cover these needs and that color matters more than form in luring trout. Light flies suit dark days while dark flies suit light days, with size taking priority over mix. A large trout seeks a fly giving effort worthwhile.
People with catarrhal ailments should keep feet comfortably clad with shoes that have substantial soles and high ankles. Avoid tight lacing or buttoning. light stockings may suffice for warmth, but when feet become damp from exercise or leather absorbs moisture, change both stockings and shoes.
The Washington Times quotes a farmer at a county fair who reflects on what he saw there. He notes unusual displays like chairs covered with postage stamps and lace crosses from perforated cardboard and a quilt with 6,000 pieces, implying some labor is by choice.
A compact survey outlines France Belgium and Italy as examples of state backed road systems. It notes France’s centralized road management with officials overseeing main routes and frequent reports, Belgium’s largely state funded main roads, and Italy’s cantonniera road laborers supervised by government engineers. It cites significant five year expenditures and ongoing construction.
Gunton's Magazine traces how American roads evolved from pioneer trails to high engineering feats driven by the bicycle and automobile era. It notes the lack of military road planning in U S history and describes railroads as near capacity while country feeders from farms and mines became essential to keep commerce moving year round.
Senator Earle of Detroit outlines a plan to map all U S counties with color coded road classifications and publish pocket road maps for five cents. He proposes a 60 cent annual vehicle tax to fund highway improvements, claiming broad public acceptance once funds are dedicated to roads.
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