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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
2
The Boise News reports Idaho wool conditions with eastern buyers offering no advances despite a large, fine grade clip. About 1,000,000 pounds have already shipped east on prior consignments as local growers await firmer prices and possible market shifts.
In this editorial the Irrigan Irrigator argues Morrow county gains a fair chance for the XXII Legislative District seat through Umatilla county's past generosity. It praises Tom Mahoney of Ione for the upcoming republican nomination, noting Mahoney’s integrity and conscientious dedication as cashier of the Bank of Tone.
Spring colds drain the system and nerves, paving the way for illness. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and expels the cold quickly and safely. Pendleton Drug Co. offers this remedy.
The Umatilla County Local Option Committee decries a circulating poster as a tissue of lies about local option. They cite forged letters, deny Mayor Matlock's son drugstore ties, and note farmers and businessmen fund the campaign while fourteen of fifteen farmers favor local option. Also an inquiry for a nine room cottage on Bluff Street.
An advertisement touts Hyome as a cure for asthma bronchitis coughs colds and catarrh. It sells a Hyome outfit with a bottle and pocket inhaler for 1 with refills at 50 cents. A testimonial from Saba Sheline of Metz Indiana endorses swift relief.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line rushes toward a spring 1908 completion to the Pacific coast. Regular trains run to Mobridge Lemmon Hettinger Bowmen Marmarth Terry Miles City Musselshell and Harlowton with rapid progress on tunnels and the Columbia River bridge. The route from Butte to Seattle via Hellgate Coeur dAlene Palouse and Snoqualmie Pass showcases bold engineering and widening work along the Cascades as track laying on the coast advances from Seattle toward Tacoma.
The text notes a June 1 1908 election on prohibition with Lane County Oregon facing an argument that its voting population rivals Umatilla County. It cites Internal Revenue data from May 16 1908 showing 664 government liquor licenses in Lane County, up 10 from the prior year, each license costing 26 dollars, implying substantial local liquor trade.
The advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy cleanses the kidneys to strain out waste from blood. It urges taking the remedy at once to become well, and lists Pendleton Drug Co as the supplier.
A new poetry slim titled The Song of the Oregon Pine by Bert Huffman is published and on sale at Frasier Book Store. It is priced at 60 cents, printed on fine paper with tasteful illustration.
The advertisement notes that poor coffee must be sold in bulk and not individually packed. It promises a money back guarantee from the grocer if the coffee does not meet expectations, naming Schilling's Best as the brand and outlining the purchaser’s right to a refund.
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