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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
4
An old Pendleton Oregon newspaper item notes it is the official city and county paper. It lists the Northwest zone and security references, with D C Boreas at 714 Street SW as a UPI member and entry details for the postal system.
Poem fragment in Success Magazine by John Kendrick Bangs urges cheerful outlook. It counsels recognizing goodwill in others, dismissing clouded moods, seeking beauty in daily scenes, and recalling happy memories each morning to stay close to youth and peace.
The essay rebuts an Oregonian cartoon claiming Roosevelt and Pinchot closed the West to settlement. It argues western settlement is rising, irrigation land sustains families, and Canada offers costly land. Roosevelt’s reclamation policy protected forests and waters, yet never blocked settlers. the cartoon misrepresents facts to favor predatory wealth and Canada.
A government slogan pledges homes for millions in the western region inviting people to claim land within ten years and live as they believe God intended. The message frames settlement as a divine, timely opportunity for a better life.
A reflective Atlantic Constitution writer muses on Halley’s comet as a romantic symbol, imagining conversations with the stars and vast celestial stories. He ultimately dismisses the grand musings, noting the comet itself does not know its own name.
The East Oregonian urges Milton and Freewater leaders to avert a county division fight this fall. It favors restoring the Eastern Oregon normal school and launching a publicity bureau, arguing unity benefits the region and that division would bring injury and bitterness.
Olney cemetery receives an irrigation system and a call from Corneil man Dyer for volunteers to improve the burial ground. He urges relatives to join community workers in restoring the grounds to a presentable state by Memorial Day.
Magazines show flowers blooming amid a snowstorm, while local observers note the contrast with their own area where flowers appear without a blizzard, calling it a milder, clearer scene.
A fragmentary notice notes a redounding message from President Taft to Theodore Roosevelt and a brief reply. From the exchange critics infer who held the true leadership, asking who the “head man” is in the ongoing political dynamic.
A recent book on ants by Rev. H. C. McCook notes mound diameters over 30 feet circumference with short heights, clustered in groups. Near Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania a field holds 1,700 mounds in 60 acres, forming ant kingdoms with populations potentially 200 to 400 million.
The Icelandic women share in sheep rearing fishing and agricultural chores. They ride the country load boats and spin knit stockings embroider and weave during long winter evenings. Women fetch water mend tools care for children and housework while maintaining dignity. schooling is available with mixed literacy and grammar options, though few men attend.
A lyrical meditation longing for distant shores and a lotus pond night by a temple. The speaker dreams of escape from toil to find peace with a few faithful companions as the year fades and the forest ends the day in serene sleep.
The first transcontinental railroad of South America is finished, with Africa the only continent still unspanned. After 30 years of effort, the line reaches 10,500 feet at its summit and traverses 20 tunnels in 13 miles. Valparaiso now links with Buenos Aires and Europe two and a half days faster, ending costly stage journeys over the mountains.
The article notes growing cross continent rail shipments from go around the Horn, with large early traffic receipts. It highlights the Guapquil Quito line climbing toward Ecuador’s capital, Peru’s Cerro de Pasco copper mine summit at over 16 000 feet, and the Antofagasta line along the west coast. It calls the Trans-Andean railroad a forerunner of the Panama canal. Metropolitan Magazine caption ends with a baseball joke about a player who always gets put out.
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