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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1911
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options for daily weekly and semi weekly editions with yearly by mail and carrier rates. It provides mail addresses in Portland and Pendleton Oregon and notes Bureau and United Press Association affiliation and postal status.
A reflective item notes the era's gloom and the idle grandeur of thinkers. It cites Socrates and Franklin as archetypes, with poets and philosophers urged to illuminate tomorrow through humble insight.
The Greater Round-up directors plan to raise 12000 to finance expanded show plans. Nine sub committees will solicit funds tomorrow morning citing local pride and the show’s wide publicity value. They stress trustworthy local business leaders and patriotic motives, urging timely, full public support.
Reports from Washington, deemed reliable, indicate a good prospect that the Umatilla project will be extended. The work cannot begin immediately but expansion will be undertaken, with progress anticipated in due course.
The article questions why the federal announcement on the Umatilla reclamation project was delayed. It suggests political motives, debating whether Oregon direct nominations and a progressive governor influenced federal action, or if Republicans aimed to discredit Oregon senators. The piece notes local importance remains if the project advances.
Dr. B W McClure of Pendleton has been chosen as permanent secretary for the National Woolgrowers Association. His Bureau of Animal Industry experience gives him wide knowledge of government work for sheep and livestock. The election will require his departure from Pendleton, but local woolgrowers gain a close national official and valuable technical guidance.
The Round Up Association seeks 12000 dollars to finance the Round-up and to build a splendid athletic stadium for baseball football and interscholastic track meets. Pendleton desires a nearby stadium close to the Matlock track to boost attendance.
Announcement says NEC will construct a railway line from Alturas to Pendleton, a plan praised as a potential dream realized in a land where dreams often come true. It remains to be seen if the project advances from talk to reality.
A compact remark suggests Peary's tale would be richer if not rehashed so often by the same subject. The note implies fatigue with repetitive framing despite ongoing interest.
A curious note points to a Carnegie named bank shutting due to funds shortage while a flood of bills looms at Ealem, signaling financial strain and rising costs.
In Massachusetts many districts use a rotation system for legislative seats and towns rarely have a native representative in Boston. Neighbors seek Uncle Si Cramer’s impressions after his first term, with remarks about graft and angels yielding the image of harps but no wings.
A humorous optimistic poem urges coping with troubles by facing them with calm resolve. The speaker explains not fretting, claims personal contentment, and vows to meet loss with courage and cheer, ending with a challenge to try the approach.
Horace Kephart extols log cabin comfort over tents in the December Outing. He argues for a stone fireplace and dry floors, with pegs, shelves, benches, a large table, vermin-proof chests, and handy cupboards. He discusses roofing, favoring clapboard roofs split from on-site timber for durability and harmony with a woodsy setting.
The piece notes Success Magazine predicting a hard winter for Kaiser Wilhelm's divine right theory as socialists led by Herr Ledebour attack the emperor in the Reichstag over his Koenigsberg speech citing history distortions. It highlights imperial defense, constitutional wins in Turkey and Persia, Portugal's republic, Spain's concessions, and forthcoming representative government in China, with revolts rumbling in Belgium, Greece, Egypt and India.
A Chicago Post snippet reports a large man with a heavy watchguard admitting paying Juggins 31000 for a legislature vote and later learning he only wanted 200 for the vote. The dialogue hints at motive and potential corruption questions.
A brief paper by Joseph M. Rogers argues that women show more refinement than men, with galleries and concerts heavily patronized by women. It notes men gain culture through thought and inquiry, while women influence culture outwardly, and that both sexes progress toward higher and better things.
A New York Tribune excerpt recounts a tale about a recently appointed chief justice who began life as a Louisiana sugar planter and is credited as a storyteller. It matches a provocative anecdote involving two African Americans and an Ethiopian gunman on a plantation, with a dramatic exchange about hearing a bullet twice during a rapid pursuit.
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