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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
4
Advertising material for the East Oregonian must be received in the east section by 4345 PM the preceding day. Copy for display pages must be submitted by 4.45 PM the preceding Saturday. The notice lists mail and retail options including daily, weekly, and monthly rates and locations for news stands.
The author reflects on future clarity after divine inspiration, promising to name real things rightly and value small victories and lessons learned from sorrow. Deepening experience may reverse earlier decisions, and one day will spell grand words with the letters forged by present effort.
Washington reports congressman Binger Hermann of Oregon took the oath of office in the house. He will receive salary and mileage for the year but may not attend sessions during the winter. The piece blasts the oath as a hollow gesture amid charges against Hermann and mocks Oregon political rings.
A recent Oregonian piece argues the paper opposes government ownership of utilities yet condemns private control when justice in corporate management is at issue. It cites a local example involving locks on the Tye river at Oregon City to illustrate the contradiction.
A critique argues for public ownership of a key utility, appealing to consistency and fairness. It decries private ownership as robbing the public and calls for state action to protect people, noting the Oregonian should shed old prejudices.
A late 19th century East Oregonian piece analyzes Jonathan Bourne Jr as the wealthiest Oregonian and a potential United States senator. It warns of his publicity bureau, pledges from legislators, and a platform centered on his name, with satirical portraits of his motives and political style. It also notes Pendleton's public school tuition abolition boosting local schooling.
When Ralph Watson becomes managing editor of the Pendleton Tribune there will be someone in the office with whom the leading Republicans will not be ashamed to confer on party matters. Mr Watson has many qualifications for the position aside from voting for this ticket.
A poem about valuing small daily duties over grand deeds. The speaker seeks strength to perform little tasks, arguing that small actions accumulate and elevate the spirit, enabling greater achievements in time.
Fred Fleck a Pennsylvania locomotive engineer received a letter from Andrew Carnegie enclosing a check for 1000 to reimburse a luncheon Carnegie ate in Fleck’s engine cab years ago. Carnegie had been ravenous then and ate Fleck’s dinner, leaving the engineer hungry. The payment settles that long ago meal.
The Fourth Estate questions if an administration of secrecy controls information at the national capital and whether news is being suppressed from press representatives. Reports cite cabinet restrictions, postMorris arrest coverage, and a sense of hostility toward reporters, urging unbiased facts for a government by the people.
In New York many society women sell gowns and mantles after brief use to fund new attire. Street stalls on Sixth Avenue display expensive dresses at about one quarter of original prices. Sellers avoid repeating outfits to maintain stylish appearances, making the market brisk for those seeking fresh fashion at low cost.
A Mount Pleasant Michigan editor recalls three months in the Philippine islands with a grim, satirical portrait. He mocks the terrain as mud and mountains, notes a population mix of carabaos, roosters, and various groups, and derides the climate and mosquitos. He lists fevers and diseases the armed forces encounter and portrays native life as industrious yet prone to fighting and theft. The piece ends with a crude description of a marriage ceremony and the wife’s labor expectations.
A terse, grim voice portrays Philippine towns as flea ridden markets with bare life and primitive dress. The speaker notes strict age rules for clothing and harsh imagery of neglect, cannibalism, and warlike deportment as a marine endures a long 40 month assignment.
The narrative outlines Death Valley in Inyo County California with 40 mile length and 210 feet below sea level. It notes surrounding ranges, the extreme August heat surpassing 187 degrees F, and describes sandstorms and the perilous journey of earlier explorers in 1649. It warns that crossing the valley is avoided from October 15 to April 15 to prevent death by exposure.
A fragmented 19th century notice praises electric cooking with no ash or heat, cites lag from invention pace and monopolies, and envisions a future of comfort and emancipation through electric appliances. It laments inaction and optimism about a century of progress. A separate line notes Russia securing a $60,000,000 loan at par, asking about the rate.
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