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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
4
A notice from the Pendleton post office records the entry of an employee or matter titled Palephone for second class mail service. The brief appears in the United Press Association release with Postal Department notation.
Poem fragment describing Lave laying down bow and quiver as the world shivers. Soldiers doubt grips them and halt. War’s glory fades while medals are scorned and the intoxicating enthusiasm ends.
The East Oregonian argues the Murphy victory stems from a shift beyond moral crusades. It recalls past fights against saloon influence, praises a shift to practical city advancement, and urges residents to unite in growing Pendleton with a forward looking agenda.
The city paper argues Pendleton should elect Murphy, praising his trustworthiness and predicting a new era of growth and development under his leadership. It claims the vote reflects a strong desire for progress and notes dissatisfaction with past blockers to advancement.
In old Pendleton booster prose the Hunt road, later the Northern Pacific line, is hailed for linking the city to two transcontinental railways. Citizens reportedly raised about 60 000 for the Hunt road, and now a new traction system seeks 50 000 for stock, seen as far more valuable to Pendleton.
The Coos Bay Times denounces the assembly proposal as a Port land machine plan to undermine the direct primary and direct nomination system. It warns citizens to resist political assemblies that would bypass people’s reforms and nominate candidates by assembly in city and state offices. The paper predicts rough sledding for the movement.
This fragment offers biased and outdated claims about Russia, including population growth, literacy, industry, military losses, the Trans Siberian length, oil revenues, cipher telegrams, and rulers. It also asserts Darwin and Adam and Eve anecdotes, framing the content as assorted “facts.”
A married woman faces a moral lure as her husband warns of a seductive summer scene. He promises pleasure away from duty, while she decides to return to town, wary of temptations and the risks of two weeks in the city during the season.
The East Oregorian urges patriotic residents to donate time and money to advance Pendleton. Key goals include securing a traction system and expanding the Umatilla irrigation project. The paper envisions Pendleton becoming Oregon’s Spokane after these lines are established, noting snow and moisture as favorable for eastern Oregon’s development.
1800 acres fully fenced with a good room house basement four large barns three orchards and improvements. Land along the Blue Mountains foothills in the Chinook belt with rich bunchgrass and crystal springs. Owner cut 156 tons alfalfa this year. Ten miles from a railroad. Includes $10,000 worth of cattle and horses, three wagons and all machinery. Bargains, goods sold as is.
A fragment shows a wife seeking trust from her husband as doubt dawns on him, hinting at a tense domestic moment beginning to unfold. The readable lines imply a strained relationship.
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