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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
4
An independent Pendleton newspaper announces its publication options and subscription rates for daily and weekly editions. Details include daily, semi weekly, and weekly mail plans with various term lengths and prices.
A glance at rare old family heirlooms in the loaned art collection at the district fair urges district residents to preserve relics. Many western pioneer articles are cast aside as old though they hold historic value, as pioneer days fade and families vanish. Eastern Oregon could rival the west in displaying historic keepsakes if gathered for exhibit.
The article extols Jonathan Bourne’s senate campaign as a model for newspaper advertising. It argues calendars with photo pictures are wasteful and costly, urging candidates to reach voters via newspaper articles rather than billboards or calendars. It claims every reader can be reached through newspapers and condemns billboard methods.
The district fair has achieved notable success in organization and exhibits. It stands as a monument to public spirit, with strong management, crowd handling, and engaging displays, promising continued glory through ongoing programs and future improvements.
The text praises expert management and district pride, urging securing permanent grounds and constructing a permanent pavilion. It notes the current location is suitable but the pavilion is temporary. A large permanent building is requested to display the combined products of all eastern Oregon.
States besides Massachusetts will vote for state officers on November 6 including New York Kentucky Maryland Mississippi New Jersey and Rhode Island. The piece notes the off year election dynamics and references past shifts in party fortunes while highlighting Massachusetts New Jersey and Rhode Island as key contests. It also surveys agricultural fairs and lumber costs impacting regional economies.
Congressman William Sulzer of New York, arriving in Seattle from Alaska, says he will introduce at the next session a bill to prohibit sea hunting for 26. The remarks tie to wildlife protection concerns and potential legislative action on marine hunting.
A poem fragment wonders at life’s many paths from perilous byways to the royal road of Duty. It contrasts temptations leading to insanity and ruin with a disciplined route blessed by beauty and moral purpose, invoking duty as the clear, firm path. The page then shifts to sentimental verse about home and longing, followed by a vignette on charity and judgment.
Poetic fragment notes a journey to the woods of gold, with a golden bough and leafless fruit, bees of death, wind of grief, and a tired heart bearing a burden of gold. Mentions Jean on a staff of gold and a tree that mocked with joy and sorrow. Published in Pall Mall Magazine.
The $7 509 000 expenditure to create the park and boulevard system has been returned eseveral.
Statewide equalized property value in Washington is about 540 million for real and personal property excluding railroad tracks, with totals reaching roughly 548 million after including notes from county reports. Railroad track values show a small increase this year, and the state board expects a final valuation near 595 million, though delays may push levy completion several days.
The Brooklyn Bridge requires extensive care to support its immense traffic between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Inspectors and crews climb the structure year round to test rivets and bolts, repair rust, and repaint weathered parts. The annual nursing bill runs about 260000 dollars, covering wages and supplies, excluding warehouse and related costs, while daily toll revenue for cross-structure and vehicle traffic totals about 250 dollars per day, or 91000 dollars yearly, plus 69000 dollars from vehicle tolls.
Dentist Doctor Radard of Geneva reports to the Shea society of Odontology that blue electric light rays aimed at the eye can produce complete narcosis during minor dental operations. Violet blue and green rays are less effective. yellow and red rays have no effect. The inventor cannot yet define the cause of this phenomenon.
The Navy Department equipment bureau estimates 253000 tons of coal are needed to move and fuel the Atlantic battleship fleet to the Pacific coast and to Mare Island for coal. Of this total 193000 tons are semi bituminous coal to be shipped from Atlantic ports in vessels with American or foreign registers under proposed supply terms.
A tract of land a little over an acre on Fifth Avenue between Twentythird and Twenty-fourth streets facing Madison Square was sold for 7260. The old Fifth Avenue hotel will be torn down to make way for a colonial office building. The sale price reflects exclusive and permanent use of the Manhattan acre, not the value of existing buildings.
Fragmentary OCR lists materials and prices such as Barbour's linen thread and agate buttons. The itemized lines reference braided ends, spools, and closures, suggesting a domestic or general store catalog entry. Prices are in cents, indicating a late 19th or early 20th century sales note.
The Portland hotel in Oregon advertises American plan at $3 per day and up, with headquarters for tourists and commercial travelers. Special rates for families and single gentlemen are noted, and manager H. C. Bowers invites visitors to view rooms and learn prices. A modern Turkish bath is advertised as part of the hotel.
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