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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR note references Pendleton Oregon post office and a second class mail limiter. Mentions association member and weekly publication. Readable facts are sparse. the fragment suggests a topic on postal service limits and local governance.
The text rails against ward heelers and party bosses, praising a new primary law that empowers voters to choose candidates based on merit. It condemns graft and corruption, arguing independence and self-reliant judgment will reshape politics as voters act without dictates from leaders.
Secretary Wilson's annual agriculture report shows 11,000,000 acres under irrigation in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1997. The irrigated output valued at 175 million dollars, equal to about half the assessed value of all irrigated crops.
The piece outlines US irrigated land expansion to 16 million acres by 1908 with value around 250 million dollars, calling the arid west a future home for surplus eastern populations. It also details a New York sculptor approved ideal woman, Katherine Bergman, and a San Juan Capistrano elder remembering mission times and an earthquake.
The East Oregonian argues holidays saved a single Oregon bank, but says a special legislative session to save one bank from bankruptcy lacks sufficient justification.
Aquida, among the last of the ancient mission Indians, died at San Juan Capistrano near the ruins of the old mission. Records indicate she was baptized 117 years ago, marking the end of a long remembered lineage.
Stopford A. Brooke writes of nature’s enduring magic and gentle life. The verse contrasts sun and rain with love and trust, noting ten thousand years dawn and fade, yet life remains fresh and vivid like a mountain stream.
A Kansas City Star report notes an evangelist earned about $900 for work in Jewell Kansas and mentions over 400 conversions. The piece claims this rate mirrors what was paid for Filipinos, highlighting ongoing concerns over pay and treatment in mission work.
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