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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
4
The notice lists the County Official Paper and independent status, weekly publication details for East Oregonian, and office addresses in Pendleton and Portland plus press affiliations and post office mailing status. It notes United Press Association membership and bureau locations in Washington, D. C.
The Baker City Herald argues Pendleton favors an eastern Oregon federal district headquarters to serve nine of fourteen counties and keeps the court near the majority population center. It contends moving the seat to Baker City would disadvantage Pendleton and other populous counties by long travel, urging Congress to decide location for maximum service.
A New York dispatch reports First National Bank of New York, Morgan’s pet institution, declared a 10 percent dividend totaling $10,000,000. The same column notes wage cuts for telegraph operators earning $65 to $90 monthly, deemed insufficient for living costs.
The piece argues that a $1 to $10 monthly increase takes effect March 1, forcing large families to cut expenses to live comfortably. It cites Morgan's bank holding stock in Western Union and other public services while paying 100 percent dividends, cutting workers to the edge of necessity. It calls for Theodore Roosevelt and reformers to curb corporate greed and grant labor a fairer reward.
The Hood River News-Letter argues that a Statement No. 1 advocate will win the U S Senate seat in Oregon. It cites Grange support, anti machine politicians backing safe senators, favorable state press, mobilized popular government sentiment after telephone company critiques, ring politics backlash, and a graft-tainted past creating demand for reform and accountability.
The East Oregonian urges Pendleton to transform the former cemetery north of the river into a beautiful public park. It praises the mayor and council and calls for clearing graves, planting shade trees, and erecting a central monument to honor early settlers while inviting community cooperation.
A shift toward strict sobriety is described as Stanford University suspending prominent student members for drunkenness. The piece contrasts past leniency with current decisive action, noting broader movements to remove inebriated faculty and students, and urging firmer discipline in enlightened circles.
Citizens are invited to inspect West Alta Street to see its appealing macadamized surface. One viewing visit is urged to demonstrate how macadamized streets improve Pendleton.
Portland mayor Lane narrowly avoided a trap set by Mrs Weymire in a remarkable incident. Details remain sparse but the episode underscores political tensions in the city.
George Kennan highlights an Indiana university that started as a single school and grew into a thriving institution offering board and instruction for 38 cents a day. He notes the surprising low cost comes without endowments, attributing the success to efficient management and devoted brains rather than gifts. The university reportedly provides hearty meals for four cents, illustrating frugal, effective administration.
The poem argues tone matters more than words as it reveals inner state. It contrasts mild language with piercing impact and notes tones originate in the heart, not deliberate craft. It urges gentleness and kindness while banning anger from words and roles.
A poetic描描 fragment extols a woman’s laugh and clear eyes. The speaker compares her silver laugh to fairy music, blue eyes to sapphires, and cheeks to a rosy dawn, noting the dismal cloud vanishes with her presence.
Government engineers declare Hermiston’s Umatilla irrigation project the best in the northwest with more sunshiny days secure water rights and supply better transportation and climate conditions and finer surroundings, confirmed by pioneer settlers of four decades.
The text claims the drinker is doomed and unwelcome in all walks of life. It asserts daily progress in purging business, society, politics, and government of the drinking man, noting that schools and colleges are ...
Moving picture films suffer rain like blurring as dust particles cling to the film due to static electricity generated by continuous winding and rewinding at a foot per second. The pulling tightens the film and scratches occur, explains Popular Mechanics.
Vice-Consul Ernest Vollmer notes rising interest in restoring navigability to the Grand Canal and its tributar ies in eastern Shantung amid famine era hurts. Officials from Peking and Shantung plan dredging and repairs, with three months allotted to southern Shantung to improve salt junks traffic and curb delays at river stations.
In a Summer dawn a boat sails seeking gold and pearls across the sea. After return in winter the captain tells the owner no riches were found but a living thing a soul lost at sea, a poignant twist on treasure. Inspired by Sunset Magazine.
In a brief dialogue an exchange notes that Evelyn-Men are conceited and glance at themselves in a good looking glass. A separate fact mentions an Amsterdam factory producing 400 000 diamonds annually.
Nonsense promotional item claiming dandruff proven by Prof Unns a European specialist. It touts Merphcide Herpicide as a remedy that kills the dandruff germ and restores hair. Mentions Detroit Michigan sample offer and Koeppen & Bros as distributors.
Fragment from a poem describing a red rose standing within a wood, lit by a flame that lights fairies through ferns. Attributed to Herbert Baaliford, with archaic phrasing and imagery of beauty and light.
A Chicago pastor has provided nursing bottles and other comforts for babies in his church and has invited the mothers to bring the little tots to church with them.
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