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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1906
Page
4
Notice to Advertisers. Copy for advertising matter to The East Oregonian must be in by 4:45 p m of the preceding day. Copy for Monday's issue must be in by 4:45 p m the preceding Saturday. This notice appears in the Pendleton paper archive.
The article portrays H H Rogers under examination by Missouri Attorney General Hadley. It denounces him as un-American and arrogant, citing flippant replies and evasive conduct about his business octopus in Missouri. Public sentiment grows wary of his influence and wealth.
The livestock growers hold their annual convention in Denver extending to February 9. They urge a federal bill to stop range destruction and secure public domain for grazing. The effort aims to end the bloody land battles and boost range prosperity with government backing for stock rangers.
Citizens of Boho and nearby areas urged to petition the secretary of the interior to release land withdrawn from entry for the Butter Creek irrigation project if the scheme is not feasible. The action argues withholding settlement land harms national interests unless the government acts.
The Behe and Buttes Creek country has seen irrigation work hampered by a four year withdrawal under homestead rules. Private irrigation mining can reclaim large areas if released. Over 80 miles of tech has been built, with rapid development expected if Butter Creek reserve is released and access to the project is feasible.
Pendleton receives New York mails earlier as 24 hours are shaved off the cross continent route. The change cuts time on the 2000 mile journey through stops, speedups, and fewer delays. Rail crews, locomotives, and faster operations drive the public gain in government and commercial mail delivery to the orient and far eastern points.
The New York palace and lift collection of the late Charles T. Yerkes has been pledged to the Metropolitan Museum, with an estimated value of 5 million dollars. The donor’s wealth and bold schemes are noted, as is the impact on Chicago’s city and wheat railways. A mine fire at Calumet, Michigan, claimed three unidentified lives.
A poet speaks of sands turned to fertile fields by irrigation. Once barren and thirsty, the land yields rich crops as villagers arrive to cultivate and share in the transformed abundance. The speaker notes the shift from isolation to human flourishing under careful irrigation and labor.
The New Empire reports on Carmen Island near California where government concessions have established salt works. Large deposits support cattle and mining needs, with the island’s salt becoming a cheap, duty free supply as rail links to the Sierra Madras open, signaling a potentially major industry.
John M Gearin the newly appointed United States senator from Oregon will be the poorest man in the Senate. He owns no property and has no money in the bank though he runs a lucrative law practice. He owes nothing and lacks no comforts yet has saved nothing. Gearin is the fourth man from his law office to reach the Senate, following John B Mitchell J X Dolph and Joseph Simon. He is regarded as Oregon’s most effective public speaker.
Chicago plans a BL4000,000 hotel on the lakefront using the present auditorium as part of the site. The 14 story building will house 2000 rooms with marble finishes. The Congress hotel and annex will be the showcase of the new complex. Work is slated to begin next spring. Santa Claus’ home is at the North Pole, but he boards around in Woman Heart.
A sales pitch touts high grade and medium priced pianos at Edison Phone House. The ad highlights upright pianos from 387 dollars to 120 dollars with 25 dollar down and ten dollars a month payments. It claims recent pricing advantages and promises a complete stock with no competition during the sale.
An advertisement from Ramona Novelty Agency in Portland Oregon promotes a women canvassing job to hire the Articles for you. It claims patented guaranteed samples and offers 50 cents for complete samples with money refunded if not satisfactory. The ad mentions Eilers Piano House and J C Gallagher as references with 613 Main St address repeated.
The United States Navy unveils a powerful new turbine torpedo for long range. It outruns the Whitehead by eight to ten knots and reaches nearly four miles per minute, with a guaranteed 1500 yard contact range and 4000 yard maximum. The cigar shaped steel body measures 16 feet 9 inches, 17 4 inches in diameter, and weighs 1800 pounds. It carries 132 pounds guncotton in the war head.
A clipped note from the Emporia Gazette recounts a Chicago News-Herald instruction about a writer assigned by Colonel Learnard of the Lawrence Journal to hurry to the north bore han airship and return swiftly. The tale suggests the episode was not printed much.
A humorous line about the average humorist failing to know when he is at his wit's end, suggesting a playful reflection on wit and wisdom.
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