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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary verse accuses a nameless figure of petty vices and social scorn. The speaker declares that if nobody notices or insults you, you remain unseen and despised, urging self-styled rebuke and revealing a lurid portrait of envy slander theft and greed.
A Saturday Evening Post review omits Portland from the three major Pacific coast cities. The article argues Portland’s strategic river junction, navigable freight streams, and water gradients position it as the natural commercial hub and shipping powerhouse of the coast, deserving recognition alongside Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Georgia legislature moves to prohibit liquor, with Governor Hoke Smith expected to sign, making the law effective January 1, 1908. Prohibition spreads across the South as counties experiment with local option and licensing, aiming to curb crime and curb liquor sales to newly freed Black populations.
The text traces how brewers funded saloon licenses and leases, restoring saloons after initial decline, backing irresponsible operators to boost beer sales, until public opinion and law shifted. It notes Southern regions adopting prohibition to shut out saloons and halt brewery control.
A Chicago Record-Herald Friday editorial mocks Colorado politics and Governor Buchtel. It ridicules his praise of Colorado Supreme Court justices and Senator Guggenheim, lauds the independence of the legislature, and faults him for blaming the Western Federation of Labor. It ends urging better intelligence in his audience before speaking.
Oregon Short Line runs a new local passenger service from Salt Lake City to Huntington to meet rising regional travel. Main line trains cannot handle growing traffic as settlements expand toward Echo and Hermiston, with the addition of a sleeping car to Salt Lake City and Boise and a baggage car plus two day coaches kept in service permanently.
New York dispatches describe a policeman convicted of cowardice during a trial. He was degraded by having his shield unpinned and his person expelled from the building in view of fellow officers.
The remarks condemn a police officer and the rise of Schmitz from a $40 weekly wage to a $600 monthly salary, noting luxury living, a Europe trip, and failure to disclose health details as required by law, per the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Times-Democrat reports a growing temperance push in the South with local options giving way to state prohibition. Texas lawmakers just tightened liquor laws amid lawless saloon activity, while Mississippi and Georgia move toward statewide bans. Georgia's Hardman-Covington measure clears both houses and faces sign by Governor Smith, signaling a regional shift in public sentiment.
The Hotel Portland in Portland Oregon offers American plan rooms from $2 per day and up. It serves tourists and commercial travelers with special rates for families and single gentlemen. The manager H C Bowers invites visitors to view rooms and inquire on prices. A modern Turkish bath is available in the hotel.
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