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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1914
Page
4
Independent newspaper publication details for Pen Tegon and Pendleton region. Includes publisher and press affiliations, sale locations in Portland and other cities, subscription rates by mail and carrier, and filing with the Bureau. Notes pricing for daily and semi weekly editions and terms.
The Copperfield town crisis grew as saloon men seized city power led by a mayor and four council members. Dissidents report fires and fear for life and property. Governor West, via secretary Miss Hobbs, ordered resignations. officials refused, martial law enforced, saloons locked, and arrests made to restore law and order.
An elderly Bay of Eight years mother laments no Santa for poor children as Mr Heap drives his antig mobile with toys clothes and candy to destitute family. He collapses in the snow and dies, a selfless act noted amid broader debate over the Thorn Hallow project and obstructive tactics by opponents.
Those Copperfield saloonmen may face regret for not resigning after a young lady urged it. The West Umatilla project reveals government commitment to Hermiston. If coast towns fail to agree on a regional bank, Pendleton should receive Pendleton.
The La Grande Messenger failed in a thriving eastern Oregon town with strong newspaper competition. The paper was well run and profitable by legitimate standards but could not sustain itself amid market saturation and reliance on questionable funding.
An anecdote recalls W. H. Heap Jr a former Paterson New Jersey resident who traveled to the West for health reasons tied to tuberculosis. He sought to bless others through service and acts of charity amid a busy selfish world.
Palmer Lindbeck and Wood, who started a morning paper three months ago, announce the closure of their La Grande project to focus on a private job printing plant. They cite two daily papers’ impossible costs and low advertising rates, affirming the Observer’s mission of fairness and value to subscribers and advertisers.
The Independent notes carnottite, found in Turkestan, Australia, but more abundantly in the United States, as the richest radium source. In southwestern Colorado and eastern Utah especially in Para dox valley canyon walls, it now yields far more radium than Colorado pitchblende. American miners, led by Charles Parsons of the US Bureau of Mines, say the U S. carnottite region is the world’s top producer, with rising returns as refining waste declines. Alfred du Pont has secured pitchblende to ensure home radium supplies.
The United States now produces three times as much radium annually as all other countries combined. Carnotite occurs in barred sandstone as lemon yellow specks or encrusting cracks, often found by chance. Testing ore uses a light tight wrap with a photographic plate to detect radio activity after several days. Radium extraction began in 1910, with U and V metals previously the focus. American carnotite may be processed domestically to supply radium, as several companies plan. Market price remains about 120 dollars per milligram.
Clara E Laughlin argues that wealth signals shift from visible display to refined comfort. In settled societies possessions reveal through quality homes rather than overt status, with beauty first impression. wealth remains hidden to many observers.
About a fifth of Mexico's people call themselves Spanish while a twentieth are without Indian mixture. A third of the population is native American, and fully half have both Spanish and Indian blood. The pure segments are small, the report says.
A World’s Work excerpt notes several indigenous groups in Mexico that resisted Spanish rule including Huichois Tarascas Otomies and Mixes. It mentions their ridge village dwellings with Aztec named Ixcumtepec Huixquil fucha and comments by investigators Start and Lumbholt on mixed ancestry and white perceptions.
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Mangles reporting that a gentleman is near recovery, noting his prayers are no longer as required. The exchange hints at a lighthearted tone within the Sydney Bulletin snippet.
A traveler in Boston recalls visiting East Boston by ferry where a steam shovel worked in the harbor. He notes a man, a son of Erin, remarking on the wonder of the country and joking about being the man underneath filling the shovel.
An odd item from the Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a prehistoric creature urging a family to silence the commotion. The dialogue invites a calmer tone and warns that the Ichthyopagous will crocus if the noise continues.
Gabe notes Turlock has evidently gone to pieces as rumors spread he is broke. In Cincinnati of 1860 a sharp exchange mocks Christmas spending with the line that making presents is cheaper than buying them.
In a brief exchange Houston Tost cites the subject as in Who's Who and more prominent in Here's How. The remark underscores the person’s recognized stature across directories and profile guides. The dialogue hints at a broader public prominence beyond standard listings.
A Detroit Free Press quote reveals a man admitting to recognizing Green's wife, with a terse exchange about identity and rumor. The fragment highlights a personal disclosure and a social dynamic within the paper’s culture.
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