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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1910
Page
4
The East Oregonian hails the victory of the traction movement for Pendleton, praising workers and urging continued local support for a city centered traction system. It foresees interurban lines and a power plant, calling this the start of a new era and a revival of optimism for the community.
The paper lauds Murphy for favorable stance toward the traction system and other enterprises for Pendleton. With the long campaign ending, the East Oregonian predicts bright things for the city and congratulates the progressive group on their work.
A lengthy push by the original committee and allies over months faced defeats but persisted. Leaders like Dr Smith, Judge Fee, R. Alexander, Leon Cohen, Mayor Murphy, Will Moore, W. L. Thompson, and merchants backed the movement, raising $29,000 without property losses as a key victory. Taft's diplomacy and independence from Roosevelt followers are noted as central to the presidential trajectory.
The 9. Th and N company prepares to begin work on changes between Yoakum and this city. While work proceeds a rise in business activity is expected and service will improve. The company follows a policy of betterment with further improvements noted statewide. Railroad officials show faith in the state and a desire to aid development.
Dispatches speculate how Emperor William I might entertain Theodore Roosevelt if reports of Roosevelt’s prowess are true. The scene prompts warnings of dreath and fasting as possible preparations for the encounter.
Merchants who subscribed to the traction fund express faith in Pendleton and pledge aid for the city's progress. The note mentions inventions like the bicycle aeroplane and hints at possibilities if work continues and a motor cycle aeroplane is devised, expanding future travel locations.
City lines up a plan to source fruit and vegetables for reuse in the Pendleton project. Officials emphasize local produce needs and choose suppliers to meet ongoing demand for the initiative.
The proposal for a community banquet has gained support amid recent efforts. Organizers aim to honor volunteers and showcase achievements, with plans discussed for a formal event at a central venue and potential dates under consideration.
A fragment references Caesar’s boast I came I saw I conquered and compares it to a traction committee’s mood. It suggests scoffers should retreat as momentum builds and the opposing side falters. The tone is defiant and admonitory, with no further names or concrete events provided.
New York World argues a great president must develop and execute his own policies guided by conscience. It contrasts Jefferson, Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland, and Roosevelt, noting Taft must follow his own path.
It laments rising prices for milk flour cloth and food and mocks wage earners paying more while workers receive no added pay. The poem argues every cent added by greed compounds with interest and predicts a coming reckoning when people unite to demand fair pay and halt exploitation.
A Lewiston style reader letter discusses reputations for hens and certified eggs with notions of notaries seals and honest labeling. It argues buyers want to know what they are eating and calls for reliable verification in the market.
A 1909 discussion analyzes rising food prices and cost of living in New York, detailing staple costs such as beef and pork and noting inflation against wages. It cites Biocon and mentions income decline among the poor, while referencing a magazine editor’s critique of a police poem and a proverb about opportunity and trust.
The Rochester Herald reports an incident aboard the Hohenzollern near a German port where Emperor Wilhelm II, aboard the Imperial yacht, tried to assist at the wheel. A pilot, unaware of the monarch, challenged him, prompting the emperor to retreat to his stateroom before returning and gifting cigars to the pilot, declaring him the pilot.
Phonographs mounted on push carts are replacing the long familiar hand organs in European city streets, signaling a shift in street entertainment and public soundscape as mobile music machines become common sights.
ANOTHER GOOD BUY describes a fenced ranch with 1640 acres, 800 in grain and 260 in alfalfa, capable of 760 tons of alfalfa this year. A water stream irrigates, concrete dams and ditches exist, with buildings and fruit trees. A railroad crosses the property, ideal for stock feeding for market. E T Wade, American National Bank Building, Pendleton, Oregon.
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