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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
4
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An editorial weighs adopting a city commission system like Galveston Des Moines and Charleston. It notes the plan concentrates duties on a few paid officials and argues for improved businesslike administration but questions fit for Pendleton given its current mayor and eight councilmen and December election charter amendments.
The piece criticizes partisan leaders for claiming the late revision of the tariff lowered rates. It argues schedules were not reduced and accuses President Taft of weakness for yielding to Aldrich dictation. Senator Dolliver warned of trouble when the public learns what the tariff contains.
A dated polemic condemns Taft over tariff revisions. The speaker accuses him of misrepresenting cotton and silk schedules, noting higher duties on common silks and cottons versus finer goods. The piece mocks him for claiming downward revisions and forecasts political trouble if misstatements persist.
The annual meeting of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations closed in Portland with Dr. W. J. Kerr of Oregon Agricultural College elected president for the coming year. The article notes the convention's importance to farming progress and global welfare as agricultural research expands methods and yields.
The O R N company starts service at midnight increasing Pendleton rail options. Ten main line trains, four on the Spokane Pendleton branch, two on the Pilot Rock branch total sixteen O R N passenger trains daily. Northern Pacific adds four more, making twenty trains per 24 hours. Pendleton centers as the state’s railroad hub outside Portland.
Farmers, angered by delayed reductions in warehouse charges promised by grain firms, stored wheat in fields to protest. Grain companies abandon the fight, yielding to farmer demands and anticipated relief for seasonal storage costs.
Pendleton poised to boost regional wool output by handling six million pounds this season. It hosts the basin’s most active scouring mill and soon will boast the state’s most modern woolen mill, signaling a turning point for local industry.
The statement calls on Pendleton residents to contribute to city advancement, emphasizing community effort and proactive involvement to foster growth and improvements for the local area.
A depositor asks if the cashier is present and the president explains he is gone away not for rest but to avoid arrest. The exchange hints at a tense situation with implied legal action. No names or dates are provided.
A column argues women should understand men not demand understanding, urging frank discussion to resolve marital issues. It notes both overbearing and passive wives harm harmony and endorses balancing care with independence to keep peace, while reaffirming the saying the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
The piece portrays Governor Benson as calculating, rewarding Colonel Wood with a string of honors from a penitentiary badge to a Trans Mississippic congress delegate. It argues the governor uses such appointments to avert public backlash while maintaining political cover, masking the real politics behind a veneer of public service.
A thoughtful comparison argues that charity is the heart of religion and social service its fruit. Religion without charity is hollow, and charity without faith lacks rooted guidance. The social message relies on religion to uplift society, while religion must be rehumanized and socialized.
A Kinton, Washington county, man says improved land near his place is selling at 200 dollars per acre while land near Tigardville and Tualatin is moving rapidly at 300 to 700 dollars per acre.
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