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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1912
Page
4
The United Press Association reports on city affairs and announcements from the local paper. Officials release notices and community updates through this periodical, highlighting governance actions, civic events, and public information relevant to residents.
A Philadelphia speech by Senator La Follette on the press provokes sharp debate about media power and the need for criticism of courts and government. The piece notes many papers are not kept, and calls for independent, vigorous journalism amid growing influence by moneyed interests.
The text asserts that privileged interests exert subtle control over the press, keeping the people divided and unified in their favor. It argues reactionaries have long held sway, slowing political progress and hindering reform despite the general welfare.
The government adopts graduated payments for Umatilla project water rights, easing the burden on settlers who face hard early years. Officials aim to help residents endure construction costs and land development while awaiting productivity.
The writing condemns a low quality local newspaper in Pendleton run by a generalist who sacrifices principles for pay. It questions the paper’s price of 250 and its ownership, calling it cowardly to live by graft and noting that respectable citizens spurns the sheet. It laments the degradation of journalism on the “primrose path.”
Local white residents are urged to attend the agency meeting tomorrow to aid the Indians along the road to advancement. The Indians have long been friendly to Pendleton in war and peace and spend most of their money with city businessmen. Pendleton folk should cooperate in forming their brotherhood and offer encouragement.
A local note from Pendleton describes a public clash between Mr. Ground Hog and the United States Weather Bureau with the outcome judged as evenly matched for the town.
Visiting members at Stanfield may ask Dr. Coa what actions he will take with the Andrew C. Smith filing if the Weet Extension is dropped.
The term of Milwaukee's Socialist administration nears end as campaigns begin early for a new mayor and officers. The coming spring election promises a bitter, tense struggle with sharp lines forming among factions.
The Milwaukee Socialist Party shows resolve facing big odds by distributing self printed bulletins praising administration and denouncing opponents. The Milwaukee Leader daily emerges with $100,000 backing, while the Municipal Budget Exhibit showcases city economies and a vigilant Bureau of Economy and Efficiency led by Prof John R Commons.
A sharp satirical line asks if forgiveness has arrived after the speaker claims his wife made him what he is. The brief quip frames blame and humor around domestic fault and personal change.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald notes rural mall carriers and city carriers alike have increased earnings. The remark about a Christmas present to the janitor hints at workplace humor amid wage discussions.
The 1998 resurvey of the Idaho Washington boundary retraced the original 1873 path by Reeves. U S Geological Survey produced Bulletin 466 with iron posts every mile and 800 pound granite monuments at five mile intervals. The project covered 177 miles through rugged and agricultural terrain, documenting old markers and providing a topographic map of the line and adjacent features.
The report notes travel or passage extending through Newport and Farmington as part of the ongoing route or corridor description. This line preserves the named towns and implies a broader transportation or movement context without adding unverified details.
The New York World recounts Senator Lorimer weeping in hearing over the Springfield slush fund that helped his election. It notes sobbing across figures like Michael Link and Holstlaw, with bribe confessions by White and Beckemeyer and broader Democratic fallout, urging Illinois justice and vindication.
Isdag F. Marcosson lauds Kansas stock selling controls in The Munsey February issue. The Blue Sky Law requires licensees to undergo rigid censorship before offering securities, with penalties of up to five hundred dollars and ninety days in jail for unlicensed agents.
A narrator recalls two distant relatives who abandoned the clergy for real estate on Long Island. He wrestles with real versus material values and reflects on his own descent into trading real estate, questioning what is gained and lost when faith yields to commerce.
The narrator declares desertion of a "sky-chamber" and purchase of land, admitting Earth's hold and recognizing greed behind property. He cites historic patterns from savage times to Oklahoma land scandals, confessing the curse of property and the callousness of the land gentry once mocked from outside.
The U S Geological Survey has become the agency for classifying the public domain. In five years about 206,348,905 acres have been classified and 75,289,198 acres withdrawn. Classifications cover 15,021,429 acres, metalliferous land 288,465, and lands eligible under enlarged homestead acts 190,438,915 acres. Coal lands totaled 67,724,918 acres. phosphate 2,394,914. water power 1,722,975. The policy aims to classify and value withdrawn coal lands quickly for restoration, while oil, phosphate, and water power withdrawals are trimmed to protect public interests. Enlarged homestead designations rely on data or field exams showing lack of irrigation suitability or potential for dry farming.
The speaker laments absence from the poet beloved as April and spring awaken nature. Despite April’s vitality and vivid flowers, the speaker cannot describe any summer or joy without the beloved. The imagery of birds, flowers, and colors remains mere reflections of the beloved, whose shadow lingers.
In World's Work FP Talman surveys the sounding balloon as a compact free balloon carrying automatic meteorological instruments. It expands with altitude, bursts at a pre set height, and a linen cap parachute returns the instrument with a reward ticket for recovery, record heights reaching 18.9 miles.
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