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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1906
Page
4
An OCR fragment lists various subscription rates and terms for different frequencies such as daily weekly and semi weekly by mail. It includes references to Oregon, Chicago, and the Pendleton post office with a security bureau address and a date line. The text is partially garbled with missing letters and inconsistent spacing.
Samuel Fortier of UC argues at the Bolee irrigation congress that western irrigators waste up to 75 percent of an annual 59 million dollar water budget. He links waste to ostentatious farming, urges saving via skilled distribution, and advocates spreading water thin to cultivate more efficiently.
In federal Portland court this week Puter, a land thief serving two years, testified on the extent of Oregon land frauds. He named Mitchell Williamson Hermann Ormsby Meldrum and other officials, alleging bribes and pressured entries, including a $2000 payoff to speed patenting and promised enlargements of forest reserves to seize ceded lands.
A longtime attorney and partner in fraud tells of a vast plot to rob timber lands in Oregon. He implicates George C. Brownell and others including Williamson, Hermann, Meldrum, Ormaby as still living and thriving while the ring fixed juries and bribed officials to shield land thieves.
William Allen White reflects on Vice President Fairbanks speech at Osawatomie marking John Brown's battle anniversary. He argues Brown acted against law to advance human freedom, criticizes modern financiers, and calls for the same moral vigor in today’s fight against economic wrongs.
The Krebs brothers operate the world’s largest hop yard spanning 625 acres near Independence and plan to spend about 50000 on harvest this year. The site includes a dancing pavilion barber shop bootblack stand and all essentials on site turning it into a small city during picking season. Joseph Freeman a train hand on a logging railroad was killed at the O Connell logging camp near Rainier by a runaway car.
Reader urged to consider upgrading correspondence by shopping for the best stationery at the shop. The ad promotes the advantages of buying in store and hints at a wide range of social engagements and letter writing. It emphasizes affordability and value.
A critical look at the express trust business reveals high profits, with Wells-Parago earning about 40 percent annually on capital stock. The firm holds cash and stock investments, with $19,000,000 loaned on stock exchange collateral, and little to no tangible plant beyond a few offices. Other companies show money spent on buildings and diverterla protests from minority stockholders seeking larger distributions as the Interstate Commerce Commission weighs a ruling.
Experimental system in Whitechapel distributes purified air via underground pipes from elevated tanks. Dr T G Lyon oversees the project with suction pumps drawing air into tanks then through ducts to homes. Projections claim 50 percent reduction in common illnesses in congested areas if widely adopted.
Oregon has 34.258 miles of public roads with 25389 miles of improved road, including 2225 gravel, 209 stone, and 146 plank. About 7 percent are improved, equating to 0.26 miles of road per square mile and one mile of road per 12 inhabitants, while improved road runs to about one per 150 residents.
Condensed bank ledger shows loans and discounts 1 227 212 .43, overdrafts 0, U S bonds 170 041 00, premiums 0, other bonds 13 959 84, building 10 000 00, cash on hand 101 102 79, due from banks 27 546 40, redemption fund 3 500 00, capital stock 70 000 00, surplus 215 207 55, circulation 70 000 00, due banks 5 556 54, U S deposits 1 190 284 261 236 840 80.
The article explains sources of pigments including cochineal for carmine and scarlet, cuttlefish for sepia, Indian yellow from camel, ivory black from ivory chips, Perstafl blue from hoof and refuse material, Crimean ink and blue-black from vine charcoal, Turkey red from madder root in Albania, and Todfa ink made from burned camphor by the Chinese.
Jacob Sager, 66, longtime nightwatchman for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation at Oregon City, was found dead on duty. Heart disease caused his death, ending a life marked by restless pursuit and loyal friendship.
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