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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
4
The Daily East Oregon offers subscription rates by mail with seasonal pricing. Northwest News Co lists address and office details in Washington, Chicago. The paper notes United Press Association membership and postal classification as second class mail matter.
A lyrical poem by W. D. Nesbit celebrates summer days of languid peace. Idyllic images of hills, distant woods, scented hollyhocks, honeysuckle, and drifting perfume evoke timeless, tranquil landscapes. Sunlit fields, white clouds, and the soul of you blend into a serene countryside reverie.
The piece defends Mayor Gaynor of New York, praising his record of service and nonpartisan appointments at City Hall. It denounces James Galligher who was discharged for drunkenness and sought Gaynor’s life as a vile, intolerable act, calling for severe punishment and warning that excusing it would end virtue.
A fragment critiques the judiciary's spirit as assembly nominees seek judicial office. It questions the integrity of accepting nominations and references Wallace McCamant as a possible figure. The brief excerpt implies controversy over the path to supreme judge and the influence of political nominations.
A tirade argues that primary law and assembly nominations clash beyond reconciliation. It asserts judges must avoid dual consciences and condemns candidates who seek office through assemblies as subverting justice. The piece laments lawyers who manipulate process while recounting a physician’s tale of a patient’s convulsions.
Local residents are urged to act quickly to secure irrigation water before it is all claimed by others under blanket government filings. The piece warns that private parties will use any unneeded water, potentially leaving the county unable to reclaim desert land, and stresses timely action to secure a share of Oma-UMatilla tributaries.
The note praises Gargallue wheat yielding 26 bushels per acre for Ughtland farmers and urges broader trials. It suggests storing large Hermiston watermelons for army engineers reviewing the project and comments on water conservation and forest fire duties for soldiers. A London drinking garden anecdote ends with a boy asking if his mother will drink.
A fragment quoting William Jennings Bryan joking about titles and status. It recalls a Lincoln Fourth of July line about a colonel by marriage, a self styled General Miller who earned no title by service, and a judge who is a horse racing official rather than a courtroom jurist.
A circulating tale about an English physician is challenged by recent writings. The piece hints the doctor may not be as unsympathetic as earlier stories imply, inviting a reassessment of his character and actions.
Prefers government continuation of the West Umatilla extension over private takeover under the Carey act. The public urges the government to proceed, noting funding is available and accusing private promoters of trying to derail reclamation for their own gain. The state has already lost $5,000,000 in the reclamation fund and should not abandon the project.
A man with a swollen finger and a deep ring abrasion called a jeweler to have the ring cut off. He asked if the ring could be mended, hoping pawnshops would still accept it. The jeweler warned that pawnbrokers rarely accept damaged rings, noting many New Yorkers live with the pawn risk rather than lose ring value for pawnage.
In a dialogue between Young Hankinson and Miss Laura the parrot is praised for mimicry while a heated moment exposes strict boundaries. The clever bird’s talents provoke humor and restraint as Miss Laura insists the parrot cannot imitate unfamiliar sounds. The scene closes with the parrot being removed from the room.
A humorous poem riffs on Eve and Adam fashioning a gown while in paradise. The speaker ponders if Adam patched, Eve mended, or both fixed garments, concluding with light satire that it all felt like paradise for either sex.
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