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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1905
Page
5
The notice informs advertisers that copy for The East Oregonian must be received by 4 45 p m the preceding day and by 4 48 p m on Saturday for Monday print. It references the San Francisco and Pendleton offices and outlines mailing options and publication frequencies.
A long excerpt traces the genealogy of mixed‑heritage families tied to western exploration. It centers on Alexander McKay, the Tonquin's loss, and the mingling of Ojibway, French, Scottish, Chinook, and other lineages. The narrative links frontiersmen, trappers, and Umatilla ancestors to a web of Indigenous and settler bloodlines across Oregon and Indiana territories.
The municipal lighting plant at Milton costs the city 12000 dollars to establish and now provides free street lighting while turning a 20 percent return on the investment after expenses. The plan keeps more earnings than Pendleton, Baker City or Walla Walla, with citizens keeping bonds at home to support local progress.
The article discusses the value of public works funding for irrigation projects and railroads in the Pacific Northwest. It notes potential labor shortages, a preference for American workers over foreigners, and the need to keep funds local for Umatilla County projects. Senator Gearin supports railroad regulation and alignment with Roosevelt on key issues. It ends with poems and a note about New York ballet dancers forming a union.
A Nevada stage production titled Ghosts sparked varied reactions with supporters praising its edifying aims while critics condemned it for moral issues and provocative scenes. Review notes strong performances by Edwin Batley and others, but signals the next show on November 6 by Haverly Minstrels to lift spirits.
Professor Puprovi of Columbia University works to prove conversation can be carried from New York to the Pacific coast via a wire. An array of cells at way stations carries sound waves as American Bell Telephone Company pushes completion from New York to San Francisco. Dakota and Colorado segments remain unfinished. Plate glass prices have risen 10 percent after a Pittsburgh manufacturers meeting amid rising demand. Congressman Finger Hermann is described as very fat at his Roseburg home with erysipelas.
A fragmented old ad text touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and related products as cures for coughing laryngitis catarrh and nervous debility. It lists ingredients Black Cherry Bark Bloodroot Mandrake root and Queen’s Root and includes testimonials and an offer for a free medical adviser upon sending postage. The prose imitates early marketing language emphasizing natural remedies and health restoration.
An old New Haven story recalls Parson Putnam as he watches a stranger take the collection plate, only to vanish with the box amid hooting townsfolk. Deacon and crowd react in mock solemnity, while Senator Geerin logs travel to Washington on December 16.
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