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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
4
A fragmented OCR text includes rate ads for weekly and semi weekly subscriptions, a postal service note about Pendleton Postoffice, and a quoted Alfred Knight reflection urging personal contribution to humanity. The readable parts hint at 19th or early 20th century newspaper format with subscription terms and a moral closing quote.
In Umatilla county, a tract of former brush land near irrigation streams sold for 200 dollars an acre after water access revived it. The orchard area grew Spitvenberg apples, yielding top grades at 2700 per acre, with growers shipping fruit at no cost. The buyer, seller, and irrigation era are cited as the county's success.
The Maine campaign shows local issues shaping the vote rather than a national index. Prohibition and tariff policy dominate the race, with Republicans defending the state law and Democrats opposing it. Labor struggles add to tensions as Gompers’ influence recedes in the scrambled results.
The article notes a strong Republican showing against Congramay Littlefield with a drop from a 1904 margin of 5400 to under 1000. It discusses Maine as a pivotal state and the prohibition opposition, arguing the results were largely local. It concludes Democrats gain but national sentiment remains unclear beyond Roosevelt policy.
The East Oregonian extols Portland's rise as a major commercial center through rail, ship, and electric lines, viewing the Columbia River gateway as key to orient and Alaska trade. The piece criticizes reliance on single leaders in Washington politics and warns against endorsements based on individual ambitions over state interests, citing Levi Ankeny.
A town hall performance of Hamlet by Mr So and his company drew the elite of the village as the New York Tribune quipped over authorship. The item notes lingering debate between Bacon and Shakespeare and calls for grave openings to settle the question. Also recorded is a population note: 809 people now in Roosevelt Idaho Thunder Mountain district.
Consul Gabriel Ble Hayndal of Dawsonity surveys northern Condi fur trade noting looming danger to fur bearing animals and vast unexplored regions. He cites Hudson's Bay data, Alaska exports, and shifting supply dynamics amid rising global demand and peaceful markets.
The poem by McLandbury Wilson contrasts fools in verse, while the Hudson River swimming record note credits Mite Allee Fitzgerald, 18, about 6 feet 4 inches tall, for reducing the river crossing time by 14 percent to 57 12 minutes. The course spans 1 3/4 miles where currents influenced the effort.
The fragment shows a bank balance sheet with loans and discounts, U.S. bonds and warrants, capital and surplus figures, circulation, and deposits. Key figures include a total around 1,227,212 and deposits totaling about 1,556,800 with adjustments and premiums on bonds.
State Normal School at Monmouth announces graduation of mas graduates and month graduates with full information to be sent by J. B. V. Fleging. It marks its 2hth year on September 26, 1906. Three full courses of study and a higher course recognized in Washington and other states. Additional work in general and special methods and school management for graded and ungraded schools available next year. Catalogues by mail. correspondence invited. Butler, Registrar.
The Pendleton hotel has been refurbished and refurnished across all rooms including updated telephone, fire alarm connections, private baths, and individual rooms, signaling a full upgrade of amenities and guest comfort.
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