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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
4
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The Pendleton Tribune and the Portland Oregonian publish editorials attacking the Oregon penitentiary flogging and urging political capital against Governor Chamberlain. The piece defends prison administration as progressing under Chamberlain, calling rivals biased and urging fairness and recognition of reforms already achieved.
The Portland Oregoman argues tariff revision should not wait for the election. It links rising living costs to tariff policy, warning voters may blame the Republican Party for tariffs. It calls excessive charges harmful, aiding predatory corporations and squeezing the masses.
T. J. Morris of Pendleton Savings Bank spoke to the East Oregonian, highlighting that the failure of Portland’s Oregon Trust & Savings Co. does not imply a tightening of credit in the Northwest. He argued that eastern money stringency cannot directly affect regional financial conditions here.
The northwest asserts financial independence from eastern lenders, stating farmers are not paying higher interest and mortgages remain locally held. Officials claim the region stands financially strong and self reliant, with no panic anticipated.
Pendleton's excellent school system has been improved this year with upgraded equipment, a new course of study, new books ready for use, and a faculty trained in the latest methods. The opening of the next school year in September is touted as the most auspicious in the city's history. Pendleton invites farmers from Umatilla and nearby counties to use the facilities, promising the Northwest's highest standards, education at lower cost than coastal cities, and no need to move to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, or Spokane for quality schooling.
The Oregon Development league and state newspapers led a campaign to drop terms like webfoot and rogue river from use. The effort seeks a purer vocabulary for Oregon and to preserve the Beaver state name without derogatory or outdated phrasing.
A witness testified that a wife altered a word in the composing room and a woman jailed for blasphemy died in prison. Orders to destroy all copies except one in Wolfenbüttel library. July meeting of Agricultural college regents authorized hiring an agronomist for the chair of agronomy. H. B. Scadder of Kansas Agricultural College has been selected.
The lumber control group in the northwest is officially the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturers' association led by President Philip Buehner of Portland and Secretary A. B. Westell. Organized May 6, 1905, it includes 18 mills and lumber yards and practically governs output and prices. J. N. Teal of Portland serves as attorney for the trust.
Nine tenths of Pendleton's business leaders began as employees in local firms. Energy thrift honesty and persistence propelled them to notable positions in the business world. A standing recommendation for Pendleton as a good place for young men.
A newly discovered document explains why a famed Bible from Wolfen butte is valued. In Genesis the German translation shows Eve as not under Adam but as a fool due to a printer’s wife’s 1680 revenge altering Herr to Narr. The printer was arrested after the error was found.
A historic hotel advertisement from Portland Oregon describes accommodations at three dollars per day and up, catering to tourists and commercial travelers. It highlights special rates for families and single gentlemen and invites visitors to inspect rooms and pricing. Manager H Bowers promotes a modern Turkish bath as a hotel feature.
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