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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
4
A small public notice from Pendleton Oregon notes postal service handling and classification for mail matter. It references the United Press Association and designates second class mail status for local distribution.
A terse reflection on how spoken words travel far beyond their moment. The verses credit the power of speech to shape another’s thoughts and actions, influencing burdens, choices, and fate along the road of life.
Senator La Follette announces a tariff speech to push reform that would remove corruption, keep tariff as government revenue, and prevent it from being a political weapon. He aims to cleanse the system with honest reformers in Congress, led by La Follette as the logical leader.
New York dispatches report Harriman securing a 190 million loan or reissue of bonds totaling 100 million for expansive Union Pacific improvements east and west. The funds will restart large projects halted during the prior financial squeeze, with Umatilla county set to benefit from part of the expenditure. Rail lines from Huron to Kamela and repairs to the Blue Mountain grade illustrate the ongoing work.
The article argues Harriman's scheme will fund gravel trains from La Grande and bridge work on Burns river and other eastern Oregon projects. It claims every state, county, and city served by Union Pacific or its subsidiaries benefits from Harriman bonding. It asserts his aim is to create the largest rail network, with nationwide impact as development proceeds.
The booster banquet is set for Thursday evening May 7 in Pendleton. The Pendleton Commercial Association handles business matters while urging a strong social push to boost Pendleton and Umatilla county. The aim is broad county representation and vigorous promotion of local interests.
The Portland Fulton headquarters marks a solidifying Republican alignment in Oregon. The piece lauds party unity under the primary law, urges support for H M Cakes candidacy, and praises Senator Fulton for organizing the campaign. It weighs the value of reform measures, urges clean primaries, and notes the economic promise of peach orchards on irrigated land as a metaphor for GOP growth.
Umatilla County reports about 200000 acres of wheat growing over a foot tall and thick as the hair on a dog's back, signaling strong early growth and robust yields for the season.
C M Levy of Northern Pacific says business and traffic have steadily grown since the year began. The railroad plans 1.5 million dollars in the next 60 days to buy freight cars. Western roads show stronger earnings and quicker recovery than eastern lines as the panic subsides. Umatilla County strawberries will ripen this week, about 10 days earlier than the Inland Empire.
A compact inquiry asks if you secured a plate for the booster banquet and, if not, requests the reason. The note reads like a brief invitation, urging attendance and implying limited seating. It signals a community event organized by local supporters.
A Petaluma region report notes large scale poultry raising with 120,000,000 eggs produced in 1907 and plants turning out 100,000 chickens every three weeks. Ducks are also hatched in wholesale lots, with a notable sale of 60,000 ducks last year including 16,000 ducks sold to Chinese buyers in San Francisco for $16,000.
In a 60 square mile tract on Mount Sugy, Northern Negros, a study estimated 30 percent defects, leaving a market value of 41 million dollars for the available timber. Ninety percent of the timber comprises six standard growths, mainly used in common commercial branches, with potential higher values if broader lands mirrored this richness. If all Philippine forest lands matched this density, thinning half their current volume could yield about 21 million dollars.
A mixed notice from Success Magazine presents Emery Pottle's verse about journey and home followed by a dramatic scene in a Sixth Avenue Tacoma drug store. A sunbeam through amber water ignites a curtain, prompting clerks to fight the blaze to extinguish it.
The Mexican government grants concessions to Campania Mexicana de Cesarolla de Baja California to settle at least 150 families in farm colonies within three years and 85 more in the next six years. All provisions furniture building material agricultural machinery and implements and cattle destined for those colonies are exempt from import duties.
European plan with steam heat and en suite rooms with bath. Large new sample room and modern conveniences. Hotel St. George touted as one of the northwest's most up-to-date hotels with telephone and fire alarm connections. Rooms with hot and cold water in all rooms. First class restaurant in connection. Rates $1.00 and $1.50. Block and a half from depot. see the big electric sign.
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