Gaal 1G COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Gaal 1G Oregonian is an independent county official paper published daily weekly and semi weekly at Poodleton Oregon by East Oregonian Publishing Co. Subscriptions offered by mail or carrier with various term rates. The Daily East Oregonian is on sale at Oregon News Co Portland and Washington offices. Entered at Pendleton Oregon as second class mail matter.
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Poodleton
Oregon
East Oregonian Publishing Co
Enat Oregonian
Oregon News Co
6Th Street
Portland
Chicago
Doreag
Washington
Barean
Fourteenth Aireet
Pendleton
Beginning of the Umatilla irrigation project origin
The East Oregonian outlines the origin of the Umatilla irrigation project from a 1902 draft by Judge Lowell and Judge Hailey, through Congressman Moody, Engineer Camp, John Whistler, and the eventual Cold Springs dam site. It notes initial feasibility doubts of Snake River water and the eventual allocation of 1,000,600 for construction, with gates opened on May 27, 1908.
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A. Lowell
T. G. Hailey
Oregon
Snake River
Baker
Union
Umatilla
Morrow
Lowell
Malcolm A. Moody
Dletrich
Jai
Moody
Jeter
Echo
John T. Whistler
Umatilla River
Barnhart
Buttes
Wasting Our Substance The Rural Spirit Decries Soil Waste
A Rural Spirit piece decries soil waste from wheat monoculture, noting falling farm values, rural decay, and unbalanced land use. It cites Ohio land value loss, two New York counties with agricultural decline, and similar patterns in Maryland and Virginia, arguing yields decline and soil is being robbed for quick cash.
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Ohio
New York
Maryland
Virginia
West
New England
South
East
Union
Beginning of Umatilla irrigation project
In their offices the late Judge T. G. Halley and Judge Stephen A. Lowell planted the seed of the Umatilla irrigation project. From that small beginning a thousand homes planned for the project are to owe their origin to their efforts and the city's efforts.
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Stephen A. Lowell
T. G. Halley
Umatilla
Portland progress highlights in The Oregonian praise
The Oregonian extols Portland achievements with center shots on growth. New facilities include the North Bank road wheat warehouse the largest in the United States Meier and Prank begin a ten story annex Olds Wortman and King plan a block cover The largest packing plant west of Chicago advances A new national bank opens The biggest commercial club moves into its own building The O R N pushes Wallowa branch work Wheat nears dollar value with a new crop In Hood River a 100 car crop market begins Portlanders cheer even at baseball scores.
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The
Oregonian
North Bank Road
Portland
United States
Meier & Prank
Olds, Wortman & King
Chicago
National Bank
Wallowa
Hood River
Hobson Seeks Two New 30000-Ton Battleships
Richmond P Hobson of Alabama predicts the next Congress will authorize at least two 30000 ton battleships with turbine engines and a maximum 29 foot draft. He says plans for this class are under consideration and that stability could be increased in such an enormous vessel.
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Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
National House
Congress
Hobson
Naval ship design rivals battleships in firepower
The speaker described a vessel he termed the swan breast with a width that would nearly double the Delaware class 13 inch guns and match the effectiveness of nearly an entire squadron of contemporary battleships, signaling a major leap in naval power.
Day Fades as Night Awakes in Dawn's Silver Light
Poem by W. D. Nesbit printed in Republic. It laments the day’s death and mournful transition to dawn, using imagery of flowers, twilight, sighing winds, and starry candles. The verse traces sorrow to rebirth, noting the word of farewell gives way to light at the gates of dawn and a new tomorrow.
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Republic
Ungrateful cure case ends with six thousand verdict
Francesa Wynne, a shop girl from this city, sued for ten thousand dollars claiming she was harmed by a newspaper ad promoting a feminine remedy. The ad featured her image and implied she suffered pains she did not have. The United States circuit court awarded six thousand dollars in damages after trial.
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Francesa Wynne
New York
Miss Wynne
Lynn
Mass
United States
Congress Debates Farfetched Bills and Advertising Liability
An unknown writer notes many bills fail in committees while one proposed by Congressman Cowdrey would hold advertisers responsible for advertisers content in periodicals. The rule would force publishers to verify every ad claims, risking the publicity industry. Comments suggest such measures could ruin advertising business. A quip on wisdom ends the excerpt.
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Congress
House
Congressman Cowdrey
Glycerine in Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
Glycerine enhances medicinal effects of Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery by improving extraction from native roots and serving as a nutritive antiseptic and antiferment. It aids ingredients like Black Cherry bark and Golden Seal root in subduing chronic coughs and lung conditions, with cautions that it won’t work miracles and works best early in disease.
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Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical Discovery
Oldest Coin Found In Anatolia Reshapes Money History
Pastor Lohmann, chair of the German Society for Scientific Research in Anatolia, reports a north Syria discovery of a pure silver coin bearing an Aramaic inscription of Panammu Bar Barub, king of Schamol, dating 800 BC. The find makes Aramaeans the earliest coiners, preceding the Lydians.
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Pastor Lohmann
German Society For Scientific Regearch
Anatolia
Syria
Colin
Panammu Bar Barub
Schamol
Christ
Jersty City Opens World’s Largest Clock at Colgate Factory
The Mayor pressed the activation button for the world’s largest clock located at Colgate's factory. The clock measures 38 feet in diameter and covers 1194 square feet. Boats on the river whittled as the clock was stirred.
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Jersty City
Colgate
Man Who Knows His Path Stirs World to Step Aside
A concise aphorism notes that global opinion often yields to a man with a clear direction. The saying emphasizes leadership conviction and decisive purpose shaping public deference and attention. It reflects on perception of authority and the pull of confident navigation.
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Mall
Dally
Bem
Gemi. Wer
Preas Association
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
East Oregonian
Kansas
Minnesota
Gressing
Bok
Solomon
Royal
Pendleton Savings Bank
Umatilla County
W. J. Furnish
R.T. Gox Joseph Basler K., Boettcher L, Dusenberry
J. W. McComas A. ©. Koeppen A. N. Teal
Frank
Carl
T. J. Morris Bevert
Boyler
A. Deviin
J. W. Maloney
A. Kf, Lambert J. H. Raley K
Alexander TY. G. Montgor Esta
Mantle
Gwinn
F. W. Vincent
E.G Smith C. E
Roosevelt R
Stanfield
Clementine
Lewis Marion
Jack al Page
Thompson
Shakespeare
Theodore Roosevelt
Oglesby Young
Democratic Party
Umatilla Meat. Company
East Court
Hotel
St. George
George Darveau
Northwest
W. A. Brown
Depota
Golden Rule Hotel
Corner Court and
Johnson Streets
J. Popzjoy
State Saloon
R. Strahan
Gentleman’s Resort
Colesworthy
E. Alta
Foleys
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