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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
6
A sale is announced to reduce and close out Drum mer's samples and odd lots at the proper time using the median pricing approach described in the big middle window. The item emphasizes liquidation through a planned pricing method and orderly timing.
Secretary Taft and a Taft party boarded the cruiser Columbia at Hampton Roads to sail for Colett arriving November 2. The group includes Col Edwards, Gen Story, Col Binck, Maj George Thales, and W W Misehler. Taft plans to stay aboard Lethe before returning November 9. He aims to outline canal expenditures and progress and tackle administrative questions from both engineering and business perspectives.
Kathryne Wilkin reviews Columbia River jetty work in Pacific Monthly noting six miles of encroachment with depth of four feet over the bar and ongoing dredging needs. Storms delayed progress while Congress funds and future extensions are debated. engineers credit substantial federal effort and await the next river and harbor bill for further money.
Experimental patches in Garfield Eagle and Pitkin counties show beets thrive 6000 to 7500 feet high. Field agent W. Dagwett reports higher altitude crops yield interesting saccharin results with beets weighing up to 11 pounds, while prize beets at 7000 feet averaged three pounds. Trials begin soon at Grand Junction depot with more data expected.
Specimens of beets from the highest and lowest altitudes were sent to the department of agriculture in Washington for tests to determine the exact difference in sweetness. The beets from low altitudes show no sweet taste while those from higher elevations taste distinctly sugary.
Madame De Longevine a Canadian born woman adopted into the Tuscarora tribe gaining the title Princess Nenemoocha. She visited Europe and Queen Victoria and now seeks a governor pardon for Edward Alpin amid personal family hardship. She belongs to Women’s Christian Temperance Alliance and the Woman’s Relief Corps in Dodge City Iowa.
Stockholders in the Dayton Creamery project bought a lot from Dayton Lumber Co on the Touchet riverbank for 400 dollars. Foundations for the building and machinery were half finished, with plans for a 12 by 24 feed shed and 7 by 14 foot wall areas. Work will continue tomorrow, with completion expected in six weeks. Grant County News notes cattle sales in Gray County and the transfer of 600 head from J T Sebree to Caldwell Idaho, including the Combs herd from Boo Valley, to Barry beet by November 22.
A local implement house invites customers to call and inspect its stock of wind engines carriages and vehicles. The note highlights a wind engine with roller bearings and the strongest tower bail claiming it is the best in the world.
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