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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
4
A fragmented newspaper ad lists subscription prices for daily and weekly editions by mail or mall. Daily rates include 1.5 to 8 hours and monthly terms, with totals such as 250 for daily and 70 for weekly. Further entries show biweekly and semiweekly options priced by the month or period, but the legibility is partial and numbers are inconsistent.
An expert fruit buyer touts Pilot Rock apples and predicts they will rival Hood River produce. The East Oregonian urges orchard planting, hog rearing, and dairy milk production, noting Pilot Rock’s district fair will showcase fruit and spur regional growth as the railroad nears completion. Publicity is viewed as key to development.
A legend explains Ambition as a sacred fire placed in the brain after man's creation. It drives students toward higher honors, mechanics toward beauty in design, lawyers to stronger cases, physicians to closer work with nature, farmers to diverse labor, and generals to greater heroism, awakening the faculties whenever an alluring goal appears. The text presents ambition as the motive force behind diverse human endeavors.
The text argues that ambition has no class limits and drives people to sacrifice for higher status or love. It asserts that a mother may urge a child toward greater fame or a lover toward the highest station, as ambition is a sacred fire burning in every thoughtful mind.
The article argues Senator Fulton supports a third term for Roosevelt, seeing it as evidence his successor would also be good. It asserts a strong official should remain if his record is clean and the people are satisfied, criticizing politics asrd reward and stressing honesty and economy in office.
The Salem Journal mocks the East Oregonian as unsafe on national issues yet notes its Tariff stance. It claims the East Oregonian supports tariff removal to curb trusts and cut lumber protections, aligning with Republican tariff revisionists as the most practical stance.
A discussion of Silenus as the fertility god and steward of streams, gardens, and fertile meadows in ancient myth. The piece links his influence to irrigated regions like Umatilla County and praises his role in turning deserts toward bloom. It also notes Taft praising Oregon's Democratic governor and urges Pendleton committees to assist colonial visitors at the district fair pavilion to attract settlers.
Frank Luster demands 31 days of wages from the county commissioners for nursing his half brother while a smallpox patient lay in the isolation hospital. He asks $2.60 per day and threatens suit if unpaid. Some people view giving away old clothes as charity to avoid expense.
The verse describes voyage toward a mythical Heart's Content as sailors endure calms and storms. It recalls distant shores, steadfast crews, and a final anchor with the name Barton Grey in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, framing hope amid peril and return.
A fragmentary poetry piece reflects on night as cleansing, rebirth, and a personal temple of the soul, with Habberton Latham and Alice Corey as attributions. The speaker finds hope in night, casting aside the past, while lines celebrate wandering roads and a return to home.
A Century poem praising a beloved figure, detailing nature and time cherishing the subject. The speaker extols sun stars grass and dawn as witnesses while August companions walk with them through night. The verse ends with the refrain What wouldst thou more.
Nearly 390 guests attended an elaborate banquet at the Alexandria tonight hosted by the Los Angeles and Nevada Mining Stock Exchange for the mining men of Nevada, Arizona and California. Desert mining scenes were displayed on long tables with miniature stamp mills and cyanide plants, cactus and mesquite, and desert fauna represented amid electric lighting and suspended transmission lines enhancing the tableau.
An advertorial claim that rheumatism stems from blood acidity caused by indigestion and waste buildup. The piece promotes S. S. S. as a complete internal cleanser that neutralizes acids, renovates circulation, and eradicates the disease, urging readers to request a free book and medical advice from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, GA.
A discussion notes that stage censorship is strongest in vaudeville houses with managers enforcing clean shows. Vaudeville audiences accept these standards, and performers adhere to them, though personal tastes may differ. The piece cites a dispatch from St Petersburg reporting 51,000 emigrants bound for Siberia this year. It mentions Austrian painters moving to mountain locales to paint touring tourists.
Hotel St George LAVEAU, proprietor, advertises European plan with first class rooms en suite with bath. Steam heat throughout, large rooms, telephone and fire alarm connections to office, hot and cold running water in all rooms. Laveau claims to be one of the most up to date hotels in the northwest.
An advertisement invites readers to rent rooms close to the depot showing rates of one dollar and one fifty per block and a half away, highlighting a large electric sign for visibility.
The Hotel Pendleton operated by W. A. Brown has been refitted and refurnished throughout. It includes telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms and serves as a headquarters for traveling men with commodious sample rooms and a free bus option.
Portland hotel advertises American plan from 3 dollars per day and up. Special rates for families and single gentlemen. Management invites tours and room viewings. Modern Turkish bath facility noted as Bowers, the manager.
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