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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1907
Page
4
The legislature did not alter the laws enacted by the people through initiative and referendum. It avoided changing the direct primary local option tax on corporations and other measures from the popular vote. The piece notes upcoming 1908 ballot measures including a state institution location proposal by Senator C. J. Smith.
Pendleton residents of the west hill urge the city to build a bridge across the gulch on High Street to connect to the business district. They argue the deep ravine blocks access and hampers loads, calling such a bridge a necessary convenience for the entire city.
A New York congressman introduces a resolution urging the secretary of the treasury to investigate Wall Street call money rates between September 3, 1904, and September 1, 1907. The aim is to report to the House at the start of the next session, to record the facts despite likely withholding details. The piece cites repeated suspicions of usury and volatile overnight spikes ranging from 2 percent to extreme rates.
Fragmentary text notes the use of unnatural methods to create counterfeit money and the ongoing struggle to curb illicit currency practices. It hints at forthcoming federal records and potential currency legislation, referencing major offenders and the need for legal action.
The East Oregonian notes an increase in the Umatilla county fair appropriation from 1500 to 2000 dollars and urges all communities to plant exhibits and foster a strong friendly rivalry to maximize premium money. It calls for timely planning, warns previous year’s underrepresentation, and highlights spring ads and business activity in Pendleton as a signal of a busy season. It also mentions the Spokane statehood proposal and the legislative hurdles involved.
George Darveau proprietor advertises Hotel St. George on the European plan. It emphasizes fire safety with telephone and fire alarm connections, steam heat, en suite rooms with baths, and hot and cold running water in all rooms. The hotel is described as modern and first class with a large new sample room.
The Fast Oregonian notes the failure to appropriate 2900 dollars for removing unum law books to Salem for a state house law library. Western Oregon critics argue books should serve eastern Oregon instead. The piece details total legislature appropriations over 3 million, breaking out 95,000 for Weston normal, 12,000 for the sheep commission, 16,000 for Union Experiment Farm, 2000 for Umatilla Morrow county fair, and 4500 for three eastern fair societies, totaling 66,599 dollars, roughly one dollar per square mile for the region.
The page blends verse with a note on Alfred Smith, a Black cotton raiser from Oklahoma who won top premiums and earned a blue ribbon at the St Louis world’s fair. The East Oregonian promises all the news, all the time.
Henry W. Longfellow born February 27 1807 in Portland Maine celebrated nationwide. A Bowdoin graduate and Harvard professor his prolific output included Evangeline Ride of Paul Revere and many translations and poems. He died March 24 1882 and his birthplace and Cambridge house remain memorials.
Pendleton bar and billiard room located within three blocks of the depots is described as a convenient gathering spot. The notice highlights proximity to transportation hubs and suggests accessibility for travelers and locals seeking casual recreation.
A historical classifieds snippet lists cottages and houses with installment plans. Highlights include a $700 small cottage at Mark and Ainine streets with deferred payments, a 2050 rooming house on South Main with furnished rooms, a $2000 modern six room cottage on three lots near North Slide, and a $1400 modern one room cottage two lots nine blocks from Main Street on W R R. Each entry notes installment terms and proximity to key streets.
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