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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
4
East Oregonian header notes its publication and office addresses in Oregon City and on Fourteenth Street. The clipped fragment lists the News Co and Buread references, indicating standard newspaper masthead details.
An editorial urges support for an electric line linking Milton Freewater with Pendleton and beyond. It frames the O R N versus Walla Walla Traction clash as a larger Hill Harriman rivalry and argues that the electric line would spur regional development, boost rail facilities, attract settlers, raise land values, and unify eastern Umatilla County with Pendleton as a railroad center. The piece stresses joint benefit over rivalry and calls for backing industrial growth and new settlers.
A large Oregon delegation traveled to Salt Lake for the Dry Farming congress last week of January, honoring Colonel R. C. Judson, late industrial agent of the O R N. The tribute reflects his decade long push into dry farming and corn planting.
The article recounts how Umatilla county farmers adopted deeper plowing and careful soil conservation, turning 1000 acres into a thriving corn and wheat belt. Tools like cultivators and hoes were used to bury weeds and conserve moisture, lifting northwest land from poor to high yielding, with wheat valued at 35 bushels and $40 to $75 an acre.
The Oregon Daily Journal reports that without strong opposition William Jennings Bryan is likely to be the Democratic nominee at Denver. Governor Johnson of Minnesota draws support with a platform favoring tariff revision, state control of corporations, income tax, inheritance tax, private common carriers, and a small military presence, plus national expansion toward Canada and Mexico and tariff removal.
Secretary Taft states the United States will soon relinquish direct control of Cuba, leaving governance to Cubans. The policy aims to build a self governing system and honor a pledge of independence, with critics alleging manipulation or imperial aims. The nation emphasizes training Cubans for self-rule and returning control to the people.
A described method in India outlines a soberly purchased, controlled drink session. A seller prearranges, then administers liquor via a tube and funnel into the drinker who rests quietly until intoxication passes. No revelry or public disturbance accompanies the process.
Secretary Taft argues Cuba should be freed and lashed at delays in census and the turnover schedule. He says completion likely by April or May 1909 and that US should honor its pledge to leave as agreed. Governor Magoon’s report is cited as a thorough history of the American intervention and control in Cuba.
About 26 hearings in land cages were scheduled to begin in the United States land office with the government as plaintiff against various entries. Special Agent A. Baker collected evidence for cases to be heard before the Cheyenne land office register and receiver.
The Horseman and Spirit of the Times of Chicago promote a futurity with a guaranteed $15,000 plus added breeder funds. Nominating fees allow owners to name unlimited mares, with two $5 installments due until race year start. Three divisions offer $10,000 for 4 year olds trotters, $3,000 for 7 year olds trotters, and $2,000 for pacing. Chicago Horseman Newspaper Co. backs the stake with Daniel J. Campau as president.
Timber prices from the forestry department show a rumpage value average of 5.09 based on 400 reports from 19 states. State values range from 1.56 in Alabama to 11.51 in Wisconsin, with New England and Middle Atlantic quotes higher than southern Appalachian regions. Northward counties report stumpage up to 20 per M in New York, Pennsylvania, and northern Wisconsin, while Michigan averages 10.72 for the lower peninsula and 11 for the upper, Minnesota ranges 15 to 12 with 7.58 average, and past census quotes stood at 3.66 in 1899 and 4.62 in 1904. The rapid rise in white pine stumpage is noted, contrasted with the cautionary saying about tapering.
Over 400 workers of Chase Chucovich and Gaylord learned this morning there is no work and no prospect of work as the gambling syndicate folds in Denver. The leaders admit defeat and a law abiding crowd cheers as all gambling dens are closed and slot machines are driven from city and county. The Christian Citizens union and other groups celebrate a decisive victory for enforcement and order.
The Dalles Optimist compares a royal drink recipe to a palouser, noting substitutions that would ruin the original. It jokes about removing pineapple lemon and champagne and adding wire and a rusty nail, illustrating a mock culinary feud.
Miss Rose Strantz a telephone operator at the Palmer House Chicago resigned yesterday after learning she had inherited a $60,000 estate from a wealthy relative in the west Her home is in La Porte Indiana.
A promotional claim extols Bitters as a cure for stomach issues, highlighting 14 years of successful use after other remedies failed, and advertises the benefit of a single bottle as part of the remedy.
An advertisement asserts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters will prevent and relieve indigestion dyspepsia poor appetite fever and ague. It urges immediate trial without delay.
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