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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
5
Weekly notices catalog mall listings with various durations such as four six and twelve months. The fragment references Bem weekly items by mall and hints at publication cadence but lacks clear dates or entities.
The proudest page in Pendleton's history records how nearly all of its top merchants started as poor young men. Through tireless energy, industry, and honesty they built large, prosperous businesses in the Inland Empire. No shortcuts, just hard work lifting many future youths to enterprise.
In 1906 Pendleton under Mayor James A Fee saw paving of Main and Court Streets advance, signaling a new era. The city’s progress, schools, and open gambling abolition boosted prospects for homes and investment. Growth is linked to irrigation settlement and the Inland Empire’s expanding influence.
A December heavy snowstorm grips central eastern and northern states with farm work suspended. Cattle fed heavy rations in Missouri, Iowa and other Midwest states as Jee harvest reaches zenith on lakes and east of the Rockies. Umathia County notes a stark contrast in December conditions.
A 1906 report describes a mid winter day in Pendleton with a 62 degree reading, no overcoats, and a lively street scene. Warm rain revived crops while plow gangs work through winter, signaling an early spring mood across Umatilla County.
The piece cites claims that over $1,000,000 was paid on goods confiscated from disaster victims in San Francisco and that soup kitchen profits topped $160,000, with $60,000 spent on automobiles. It notes 38,000 refugees still poorly sheltered, and condemns the alleged graft as merciless and intolerable. It quotes Andrew Carnegie urging heavy taxation on accumulated wealth after death.
A court considers a dispute over an estate where a guardian alleges that wealth left to a minor caused harm. Lawyers argue about trust terms and fiduciary responsibility while relatives contest the plan and seek adjustments or protections for the child.
A verse lift from James Barton Adams captures the cowboy life on the range. A carefree rider belts song and smoke from a cigarette as winds howl and his royal throne is the saddle. He longs for a gal with golden hair waiting at the home corral.
Dr Alexander Craig of Tucson Arizona asserts Tucson predates St Augustine Florida by 19 years. He cites a vellum document signed by Ferdinand and Isabella and Coronado showing Spain’s flag and a mission cornerstone in 1552 near the Tucson area, later found among San Xavier archives and forwarded to Washington.
John Camden Neild, famed for amassing wealth used to build Balmoral Castle, is described as a legendary miser. Educated at Eaton and Trinity Cambridge, he inherited £250,000 at 34 and spent sparingly. He lived at 6 Cheyneworth Chelse a with minimal comforts and few companions including two old women and a cat. He traveled cheaply on estates, often walking or riding free, sometimes riding a dung raft or stagecoach in bad weather without a greatcoat.
Henry H. Rogers and John D. Archbold discussed John D. Rockefeller's wealth, claiming his 1906 income would reach four hundred one million dollars. The figures imply Rockefeller earns about 4 840 948 daily, accumulating relentlessly through every hour and activity of the day.
The San Francisco Star critiques Spain’s weakened empire after the 1898 war, noting its long decline and fragile hold on colonies. It argues the conflict exposed Spain’s lack of defenses and America’s strategic gains, while Spain remains strong at home and abroad compared with two centuries ago.
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