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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
18
A Pendleton writer argues mail order houses cannot beat local merchants on price or service. They avoid guarantees, refuse refunds, and ship substitutes. The piece claims catalog costs, postal expenses, and large plants burden buyers, urging residents to spend money locally to strengthen the town.
The article argues that a local dealer provides superior value through quality machines, full setup, and ready repairs. It stresses that lower town costs, equal factory pricing, and strong after sale service let the local merchant meet or beat city and catalog prices, delivering dependable value year after year.
Colombo reports satisfactory progress on the Mannar line with completion hoped for Talaimannar and piers by end of November. Indian-side works including Paumben Strait bridge and Dhanuskodhi piers expected finished soon, enabling through service before year end.
In Sir Henry McCallum and commander in chief’s view the completion will have far reaching effects on the colony’s prosperity and future.
London newspapers oppose Evelyn Thaw on stage labeling her appearance indecent and accuse management of pandering to public prudery for notoriety. The piece argues such limits would degrade the stage, creating a closed monopoly that harms performers, managers, and liberty in entertainment.
Lacey & Company of Chicago sold berth W on the Lower Lillooet river to Deering Plow company of Moline and Chicago for about 2.1 million. The timber cruise shows 700 million feet of cedar and fir on 10 704 acres. The lower section lies within the Dominion railway belt near Haney on the Canadian Pacific line. Former owners bought from the Sheblin estate for 700 thousand a year ago. Deering’s development plans are not yet set.
Ten Ramona school boys and girls cultivate a 10 acre farm while attending school in Bartlesville Oklahoma. Crops of varied kinds are planted and the 10 students are expected to earn about 2500 dollars this season. Each student will have roughly 250 dollars in a bank account when fall term starts. This is the first such public school farm project in their area. Oklahoma state maintains a farm school at Stillwater.
A humorous quotation from Washington Hoeralil discusses a proposed telephone attachment that would allow talkers to see each other. The gag line imagines the device used to have it tell a person if their hat sits correctly, reflecting lighthearted views on new technology.
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