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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
4
Help the fair emphasizes widespread local interest in Morrow and Umatilla counties. The enlarged pavilion will provide space for all participants and every foot should be used. With premiums funded by state and county, farmers must gather top products for display as the 1907 fair approaches. Broad cooperation is urged for a record-breaking event.
An opinion argues that American women increasingly reject kitchen work and domestic service, seeking independence and fair treatment. The piece contends many trades await intelligent women who will not wear a servant’s livery and warns the wealthy may need to perform kitchen tasks themselves as domestic labor fades away.
The article argues reforestation of cut or burned pine lands near Kamela and Meacham is feasible. It notes areas 20 years post clearing now host 4 to 16 foot pine regrowth if trampling by sheep and hot fires are controlled. With proper Forest Service attention, barren Blue Mountain slopes could reforest in a few years.
The passage describes a timber renewal feature that increases ground storage for more sawdust and improves water retention in the stream. It emphasizes the value of this improvement and its potential impact on resource management.
The Kansas City Star surveys Interior Department aims to abolish tribal relations and place American Indians under citizenship rules. It questions transforming tribesmen into citizens without war department support, foreseeing hardship for Indians and government uncertainty in the experiment.
In an Eugene address Judge Lowell urged loyalty to Oregon institutions. He urged keeping students in state and using University of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural College and other state and private schools to provide top education locally, with few Oregon students sent out of state.
The East Oregonian urges expanding dairying in eastern Oregon, especially near Pilot Rock, with better transport via the Umatilla Central railway. It notes ample summer range and hay land, arguing dairying can prosper where wheat land is marginal, and mentions Pendleton as the federal court headquarters with a looming judgeship appointment.
Melancholia from ailing health and a doomed child drove Visilla Merseville, a respected Knik chief, to shoot his 4 year old son and then himself in the home of the boy. The mother sister and adult son witnessed the tragedy as the family buried the chief and moved away. The chief, known for strict leadership and honesty, faced despair worsened by poor salmon runs and looming old age.
Sketch of Hernando DeSoto Money a Mississippi senator who announced retirement after this term. Born Holmes County August 26 1839. Veteran of Confederate army 1861 to 1864. Served five terms in Congress 187? to 1885, re-elected in 1892. Became U.S. Senator noted as practical, decisive in action.
George W. Kanavel, chairman of the railroad commissioners, says there will be no 2-cent fare in Kansas until the next legislature acts. He contends a verbal contract existed with railroad attorneys that if lawmakers did not pass a straight 2-cent bill, mileage book legislation would pass. The understanding, he says, would hold for two years or until the next session.
A compact ad announces a headquarters for traveling salesmen with commodious sample rooms and free offerings. It markets convenient facilities for agents and visiting traders, inviting them to inspect goods and use accompanying services.
An advertisement for Hotel Portland in Portland Oregon offers lodging from three dollars per day with special rates for families and single gentlemen. The ad notes a modern Turkish bath in the hotel and says H C Bowers is the manager ready to show rooms and provide prices.
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