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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
4
An old Pendleton Oregon newspaper page announces the Fetast Gregonyany Independent Newspaper. It lists daily and weekly subscription options, multiple durations, and carrier prices. Locations include Oregon and Washington bureaus. The piece notes United Press Association membership and post office filing.
Fragmentary note mentions W. H. Williams and reference to time period records. Noting limited readable content, the item hints at Williams’ association with historical time records without clear event, date, or location details.
The Oregonian editor H W Beott faces some censure for leaving the Republican fold after fifty years, while the East Oregonian praises Harvey Scott for his brave shift to absolute independence. The piece argues that renouncing a long held allegiance requires mental strength and signals a lasting impact on Oregon politics and press independence.
The Roosevelt doctrine calls for trust enforcement and regulation of railroads strict control of stock gambling separating speculation from national finance open rivers across the nation including the West more government reclamation and forestry development public lands for settlers range leasing in the West tight interstate commerce oversight a flexible currency tariff reform when feasible and rapid Panama Canal construction.
The passage extols a government for the people free from graft and sectional prejudice with strong emphasis on education citizenship and personal integrity for every child. It lauds the president's message as a beacon of wholesome progress and civic virtue for men and women nationwide.
Judge Arthur L. Frazer of Portland, a trusted juvenile court figure, dies after a decade guiding Portland’s at risk youth. Ben Lindsay, longtime Denver juvenile judge, is noted as Frazer’s parallel influence on boys, whose loss leaves a void in Oregon’s reform effort. Frazer’s death ends a carefully woven chain of trust and guidance for the city’s youth.
Money is plentiful as county merchants report strong holiday sales. A public sale of farming implements and stock in the northern part of the county drew over 5000 dollars in a few hours with cash and notes. Horses sold around 225 dollars each, bidding was spirited, prices high, and no signs of financial unease.
The text notes Umatilla County has moved beyond frontier conditions as substantial roads and bridges are built. It mentions costly steel bridges now being placed, signaling ongoing infrastructure development and modernization beyond rough, frontier transport channels.
The county court touts portage creek and river crossings as the best investments for safe passages on main highways. Road diameters improve yearly and officials aim to relocate mains to higher ground to avoid washouts, promising gradual completion and a best-equipped Eastern Oregon county for mobility and safety.
The Salem area experiences a brutal quadruple murder fueling claims that the West is becoming more deprived. Writers argue crime will rise with population, but insist the crime rate relative to population is not higher in the West yet, noting incoming strangers bring both good and bad traits.
A letter mocks the Pen dleton Tribune begging city third and fourth graders to report for a month. The writer suggests letting the youngsters write editorials on Statement No. 1 Bryan and other editorial topics.
Rev Francis E Townsley comments on a man who guards his home yet neglects family, as public tragedy unfolds in a clash between trainmen and Mexican tramps near Sibley Station east of Benson Arizona. Both tramps die and Conductor C Roller is seriously wounded in a rapid freight-car fight.
The thread trust reports net profits above fifteen million dollars for the past year and declares a 20 percent dividend plus a 10 percent bonus to stockholders. The Norfolk Virginian Pilot criticizes tariff protection as masking wealth while workers pay the bill, and cites The Commoner’s Grovenor commentary on the situation.
At the opening of Congress this week an early notable sight was the advance of General from the House floor marking a notable shift in proceedings and signaling possible changes in leadership or strategy within the chamber.
There is no medicine as reliable as the Bitters. If you are well an occasional dose before meals keeps you so but if sickly and run down it restores you to robust health. It is guaranteed absolutely pure. Over 54 years it has proven it can cure Dyspepsia Indigestion Constipation Poor Appetite Colds and General Debility.
A Pittsburg tale tells of a young former stock broker who lost thousands in spring speculation. Awakening at night, a hoarse intruder demanded money and threatened violence. The man offered to help search if allowed to strike a light and assist in the search.
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