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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
5
The county court faced extraordinary season pressures and urged timely action. Grange resolutions from a rural district urged prudent expenses while taxpayers with public duties emphasize rapid response to road and taxation needs amid limited resources.
Secretary Hitchcock urges Congress to modify or repeal Amber and Flash act not clarified here the desert land act and the commutation clause of the homestead law as safeguards for public domain and citizens from fraud public disgrace and corruption urging Oregon delegation to lead repeal efforts.
The Tumalum Grange No. 343 censures Umatilla county court for costly road building and debt while praising other counties for paying as improvements proceed. It calls for authority to collect road taxes without bonds and interest payments, and urges road work to proceed with limited indebtedness amid flood damage and high water expenses.
The article celebrates rapid Alaska development from perilous interior expeditions to rail reach. It notes five years of railroad growth transforming northern trails into cities and foresees coach service from Pendleton to Dawson by 1909. It predicts shipments from Armatilla county reaching Circle, Dawson, Nome, and interior points as growth accelerates.
The article lists proposed cabinet members to take effect March 4, 1907, naming Elihu Root as secretary of state and George B. Cortelyou as secretary of the treasury among others. It notes two new appointees von Meyer and Strauss, mentions Cortelyou’s ascent since McKinley’s era, and critiques railroad regulation while citing Brazil’s proposed railroad tax fund. It ends with a reference to William Jennings Bryan in the Saturday Evening Post.
A relief project will be provided for writers at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition for comfort and convenience. The route will run two miles long. A new eight-room brick school building in Silverton is contracted at $12,000.
Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho attacks President Roosevelt for endorsing Mormonism by sending Taft to aid Governor Gooding’s campaign. The piece argues Roosevelt overstepped presidential neutrality, affecting Idaho voters and inviting political backlash.
The Salem Journal reports on the National Rivers and Harbors congress noting rising river and harbor spending by South American republics and cities. A delegate shipped merchandise from St. Louis to Kansas City to prove river navigability. Senator Berry of Arkansas cited President Arthur vetoing a 126,009,000 river and harbor bill and notes his failure to be renominated. Geary predicted a 100,000,000 bill would not be vetoed now. Public support for river funds grows as papers stop labeling them as theft. Citizens pay 7 dollars yearly to the federal government and 26 dollars for transportation. James J. Hilsaya says freight hauls have improved from 22 to 20 miles per carload over a decade.
A reader poem fragment asks for a ideal partner as a caring, thoughtful man. It praises kindness toward animals, empathy for sorrow, restraint from vanity, and a blend of intellect and warmth over mere popularity or dancing.
The poem speaks of spring passing into April and May with nature’s bounty and hopeful striving. It reflects youth’s joy, woodland fairy imagery, and the wish that time will fulfill dreams, from Elisabeth Roberts MacDonald in Craftaman.
The body of M. L. Lee, 61, was found in Lake Michigan at Chicago. Officials believe he died by his own hand due to ill health. Lee led one of the west’s largest advertising agencies for many years.
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