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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text references multiple news bureaus and addresses including Northwest News Co Portland Chicago Bureau and Burwau Street, suggesting a collapsed note about a press network or office locations rather than a coherent event or story. No clear persons or dates emerge.
Judge Frank German of Cincinnati stands as a rare judicial figure. A former lawyer faced with quashing indictments on technical grounds, he insists the law must balance speed and fairness. The piece notes his election by Cox-era forces and his role before a grand jury that charged Boss Cox with perjury.
The Malil Trifoune of Medford cites a U S senate opinion vaulting a prior ruling by Witl BR King of the Oregon Supreme Court. The Kiernan case questions city power over charters and the Broad way Bridge bond issue voted by Portland, now on appeal to the federal Supreme Court. The core issue is whether people may govern directly or only indirectly, limiting legislative control over city incorporation.
A judge defends direct democracy in Oregon as preserving republican government under the federal constitution while criticizing excesses of direct legislation. The piece also reports anti Mormon sentiment, including accusations of polygamy and a Jesuit priest advocate calling for harsh treatment of missionaries.
Big crowds throng the Garden Chiy as organizers announce a position meet. September plans include an aviation display with riders expected to take a fall from horses during the event.
A convoluted letter from Congressman Laf ferty hints at Pendleton's May vote on a mountain water supply. It notes needed street and road work around Pendleton and mentions the airship proposal if improvements lag. Dynamiters trial coverage is briefly anticipated amid satellite activity and spring bustle.
John Elbert Wilkie, head of the Utes services bureau of the United States, marked his fifty first birthday today. The narrative traces his birth in Higin April 27, a long career at Chicago Times and Chicago Tribune, spanning journalism, editing, and later banking and shipping ventures, with a return to U S duties.
Secretary Gage chose him as chief of the secret service in February 1505, a tenure he has held with distinction.
A compressed historical digest notes key events on April 27 across centuries. It mentions a 1610 Newfoundland patent to the Earl of Northampton and others, 1807 Milton selling copyright of Paradise Lost for five pounds, 1799 the Battle of Cassano with Russians and Austrians defeating the French, and 1515 American forces under General Pike capturing York, the capital.
A compact antique timeline listing events from 1829 to 1874. It mentions General Ulysses S Grant born in 1829, restoration of rights for Jewish and Christian dissenters in Rome, a 1836 battle near Fort Brook where Indians were defeated, a great 1838 Charleston fire, the 1836 Crimean War peace treaty ratification among England France Turkey and Russia, and 1874 Spain negotiating sale of Cuba to Mexico.
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