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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1907
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for daily and weekly mail delivery with references to Chicago and Washington bureaus of the News Association. Includes pricing for one year by mail and four years, with addresses at 900 Security Building and 601 Fourteenth Street Northwest.
The Oregonian notes Senator La Follette’s emphasis on clean politics and duty over money. He declined lucrative private-sector offers, saying his legacy and children’s names matter more than wealth, praising character over wealth.
A reflective column argues that wealth alone debases modern commerce and urges young men entering life to emulate Robert La Follette whose honored name stands without equal in human achievement.
A dramatic proposed fix argues for a graduated land tax as used in New Zealand to curb land monopolies. It envisions small holders on every section of land in Umatilla County, contrasting vast holdings by 40 men with 181 000 acres. The piece notes Umatilla’s 3100 square miles, $40 million valuation, and sparse population, urging broader ownership to boost local vitality.
In the city, noble men and women work unseen to ease suffering. Their quiet charity, though not proclaimed publicly, is felt in grateful hearts of those aided by relief and mercy.
The article argues the laboring class, the little fellows who live on outer streets, must support improvements and bond issues in Pendleton. It compares local opposition to paving and new bonds with similar resistance in Holse, Baker City, Walla Walla, and Weaver, urging workers to vote for improvements to boost jobs and tax base, lifting Pendleton onto the map.
The piece argues Oklahoma's eligibility for statehood with claims of population superiority, housing, education, enterprise, and strong industry. It cites rapid growth in manufacturing and agriculture, asserting Oklahoma would become the richest and most enlightened state upon admission, as echoed by W. M. Maupin.
The piece reflects on how many people, upon seeing maimed and impoverished individuals daily, feel grateful for their own health and fortune. It contrasts public sentiment with harsh urban poverty, noting both misery and charity and urging empathy and action to relieve the afflicted in Pendleton and other cities.
A scrambled OCR of dates and names mentions William Shakespeare born April 23 and died April 23 in history. Mentions Conn character charter, Abidul Madjid sultan of Turkey, John Young governor of New York, an 184 Earthquake near Athens, and Andrew Carnegie donation to a Toledo institute. Many items are partial or garbled.
Mrs McCulloch, elected Justice of the peace at Evanston, Tl, is a Rockford and Northwestern Law graduate. Admitted to Illinois bar in 1886 and U S Supreme Court practice in 1904. Partnered with her husband in McCulloch & McCulloch, Chicago.
The Hotel Pendleton BOLLONS & BROWN has been refurbished with new telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms. En suite baths and single rooms available. Traveling men offered comfortable accommodations and a free bus service.
The West hopes to turn the Polse office into a hub for 185000 daily press dispatches as Moyer Haywood Pettibone trials begin. Chief Operator O Brien will be flown from Seattle to oversee a corps of expert code operators staying through the trials. Two tablet connections and new wired lines will link Nampa with main telegraph wires east and west to relay messages globally. They will also lay one railroad wire after the rush.
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