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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1904
Page
3
Eastern Oregon mining firms in Baker County push to repeal the Eddy corporation tax law. They say the tax blocks development and drives capital away, while supporters claim the law ensures mining companies with large capital share in state funding and government costs.
South McAlester May 9 A national convention of the Tuskahoma party met at Tuskahoma to nominate a principal chief for the Choctaw nation and outline policy for tribal affairs. It notes this will be the last such convention as Choctaw government will cease in 1906.
Chairman Good of the finance committee proposes an ordinance taxing slot machines at 8 per quarter. Councilman Grubbaum opposes the tax, arguing to preserve the machines, and narrowly wins a reduction to 5 per quarter. Local note from Holme Capital News.
Burns Herald reports Eastern Oregon Wool exporters plan to route a large 7,000,000 pound clip through Shaniko with an eye to building warehouses in Burns. FT Hulbart and T G Condon urged local woolmen to ship via Shaniko, noting past prices around 14 cents per pound and aiming to move the shearing plant closer to Burns for local handling.
Frost in late April devastated cherries and strawberries and early apples in and near Touchet. Some regions escaped damage while other orchards showed mixed results on a single tree or cluster. Late fruits fared better, and reports from Walla Walla note only partial losses with freak frost patterns.
A Pa. physician reports curing a patient with violent stomach ulcers using Bleecie Bitter. He says the patient improved after the first dose and has had no attack in 14 months. The ad promotes Electric Bitters for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney trouble with a Tallman & Coe outlet.
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