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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
4
A fragmented ad lists various newspaper subscription options by mail or premium methods. It mentions Dally and Weekly plans with durations of one month, three months, six months, and one year, plus semi weekly options, but the text is garbled and hard to parse.
Citizens back a $135,000 bond issue noting strong town spirit and pride. Pendleton Bank deposits and local enthusiasm support readvertising and selling the bonds to fund city hall levee and street improvements after harvest, with idle labor to aid completion this year.
The East Oregonian quotes Engineer David Cooper on Panama work, noting strong canal enthusiasm among workers and optimism among higher officials needed. Cooper commends the sanitary effort in the canal zone, highlighting the elimination of former mosquito breeding grounds as a point of U S pride.
The government is pursuing 26 reclamation projects covering 3,196,000 acres with 17 more in abeyance totaling 3,270,000 acres. In all 6,408,000 acres are to be reclaimed, creating a large farming expanse in the West. The plan aims to channel income into a reclamation fund as the $45,000,000 fund is spent, opening 1,400,000 acres for settlement.
The text describes a perpetual revolving reclamation fund powered by sale proceeds yielding 4 000 000 dollars annually for ongoing desert irrigation work. It notes heavy monthly expenditures, vast government projects including 25 sites with Umatilla county highlighted, and the appeal to land hungry eastern homeseekers awaiting reclamation benefits amid arid west climate and irrigation gains.
The district fair brings together longtime residents from Umatilla and Morrow counties to learn what neighboring communities produce and how progress is made. Educators note surprising revelations about Echo sorghum and the Helix area’s watermelon. The event aims to broaden knowledge, support country life, and showcase community efforts while inviting attendance and appreciation.
A critique notes railroads seek a square deal while profits drive neglect of safety. It cites British railways reporting zero passenger deaths in one year versus 65 deaths in 1900 in England and compares U S figures for 1906 and early 1907 showing thousands injured and hundreds killed. The piece argues rolling stock depreciation harms safety and calls for improvements.
A nostalgic editorial mocks reform optimism and humorists while praising decay of spectacle in Oregon politics. It notes Salem’s dull sports week, rain hindering the state fair, and ends with gratitude for the Oregon rain as a defining feature of the state.
A compiled list shows county and city fairs statewide from September 15 through October 26 in Oregon Washington Idaho Montana British Columbia and Spokane regions with dates ranging mid September to late October. The calendar features Athens Oregon. Salem and Redmond Oregon. Boise Idaho. Victoria and New Westminster British Columbia. Spokane Washington. and Lewiston Walla Walla and Baker City Oregon among others.
A London paper notes growing support for ending the Monte Carlo gambling saloon. It claims the Casino has ruined thousands, paid out $25 to $2500 per case, and last year posted $7,040,400 in receipts with nearly $6,000,000 left for stockholders, a 70 percent return on original shares.
Weather ravages native rose crop in New Orleans area causing roses to fetch 3 per day and dyes to 1.60 per dozen. Florists report withered stock, scarcity of fragrant roses, and a shift to colorful asters for decorative uses. The piece notes widespread timber losses nationwide estimated at 60 million dollars annually.
The piece sketches plans and candidacies shaping the national and state races. It notes Hoke Smith possible in Senate talks, Townsend and Burrows contesting Michigan seats, Bourne aiming to lead Oregon delegation to back Roosevelt, Smith of Town not running for Senate, Burchard seen as Rhode Island governor frontrunner, and Allison seeking another term in the Senate. all reflecting the era's party dynamics.
The article notes that by the end of 1909 the subject will have served six full terms in the Senate totaling thirty six years, plus eight years in the House, giving forty four years of continuous representation of Town at Washington. It emphasizes an unparalleled record of uninterrupted public service.
United States forest statistics show 142,972,965 acres in reserves across 160 areas with fire loss described as slight due to government precautions. Grazing fees totalled about 1 million dollars and timber sales about 5 million. Separate figures report Australian women’s and men’s voting totals in the last national election, with gains in most states and a dip in the sixth state.
Rooms advertised at one dollar and one fifty per block and a half from the depot. See the big electric align.
The Hotel Pendleton has been refitted and refurnished throughout with upgraded telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms.
Portland hotel advertises American plan at three dollars per day and up, inviting tourists and commercial travelers with special rates for families and single gentlemen. Management pledges to show rooms and provide prices, highlighting a modern Turkish bath. Manager H. C. Rowers.
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