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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1917
Page
7
A quixotic tale of love planting a barren land into a garden of rare blooms. The gardener asks what was planted and the lover replies with a single thought, transforming a dull space into vivid life.
A group of 131 men from Oregon was chosen for the second reserve officers training camp with seven selected from Pendleton. The selections are praised as a compliment to the city and the men chosen are congratulated on their success. The report notes they are qualified to excel in the training camp and a strong performance is anticipated.
Pendleton’s contribution to national service noted with about 200 local boys enlisting in various branches during the first training camp. Exemption rates in Umatilla County are lower than in many regions, and disability exemptions are minimal compared with other reported areas. "}
The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch commentary contrasts American and German language press loyalties during WWI. It argues German language papers are not uniquely disloyal, cites English language outlets, and condemns censorship while noting postwar trade realities and global reactions to patriotism. It condemns isolationist rhetoric and supports open trade after peace.
A disjointed report lists local happenings from 40 years prior. It notes wood hauling near Camas Prairie with five dollar cord rates, wool market data from San Francisco, a bear incident near Camas Prairie, a roster of residents and places, Walla Walla river wine production over 400 gallons, testing of white wine aged one year, Portland wheat at 1.20, and Mrs George A Ladlow’s new visiting disease latew in Astoria.
The readable fragments discuss Poncieton furnishing men for the reserve camp near Oregon City Partlenid Laon Coten'' boxing ambi fion and a large phyalive. The provost marshal general estimates Umatilla County population at 6408 to meet the draft quota and mentions exemptions and clover.
Real estate transfers list several deed actions including Shotwell and Skinner to Penland Frog Trohefer Co with odd lot and block references and a series of fragmented names and tracts. Additional transfers show Cora E Hunt and Jamen LeRoy Hunt to David T Sion and others with scattered lot numbers and township references.
The officer with the Twenty seventh infantry had been promoted captain and served with General Pershing. Captain Muginn wrote and translated military texts into Spanish for soldiers and married the daughter of the American consul in Porto Rico. His wife’s parents hailed from Barcelona, Spain. He will arrive on the campus at the beginning of the échevol yeur.
Corvallis or Avrie-trpe Jaunt Maginas will command the Oregon Agricultural College unit next year. Captain Maginals, a West Point graduate with a 1804 birth claim, served in the Hawaiian Islands and Allied campaigns. The War Department report cites conspicuous service and notes his prior duties with the Philippine Army.
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