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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1907
Page
4
The entry appears to be a small, clipped news service notice for the Scripps News Association in Pendleton. It mentions a telephone line, post office handling, and general matters typical of a regional news brief from an old-era telecommunication notice. The readable bits are fragmented and provide limited event detail.
A historical critique accuses shippers in large railroad hubs like Portland of holding cars on side tracks to avoid warehousing costs, paying demurrage instead. It urges laws forcing quicker car unloading and reciprocal demurrage rules, citing a Chicago coal firm that prefers demurrage over building warehouses, and arguing railroads bear part of the blame for car shortages due to public selfishness.
A proposed dyking measure by residents of Milton and Freewater would create a district of about 4000 acres prone to flood. The plan allows forming dyking and road districts to build and maintain dikes in Oregon, subject to county court approval after estimates. The county could issue warrants and take bonds on district property for 40 percent of costs.
It is stated that our blank books, stationary and office supplies reveal stress showing practical bookkeepers and accountants, with goods of the highest quality priced no higher than inferior kinds, making patronage sensible.
The measure outlines state and local shares at 20 percent each for forming a district to build a dyke at Milton. It details organization, maintenance, and governance, arguing the county’s 20 percent of about 90 000 dollars would be minor compared to prior road and bridge work and would safeguard county property indefinitely.
A frontispiece in State Engineer John H. Lewis’s annual report shows Deschutes river falls at Sherrar’s bridge with 6000 cubic feet per second flowing over the falls. The piece argues the state should own and harness the power, supply electric power to communities, and sell at reasonable rates while protecting the public from rate abuses and discrimination.
The Thaw trial will cost New York about 260000 pounds, funded from the public treasury. Critics say society pays for luxury and idle wealth, and wonder if better training in youth could have averted the scandal involving Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White. The piece argues that an aristocracy of idleness poses a deeper threat than an idle mob, with a firm societal grip resistant to laws.
In New Zealand socialism is discussed as an unrealized ideal while socialistic tendencies shape the nation. The colony reportedly has no poor houses or submerged tenth, little crime, free highways from tramps, and unlocked farms and hotels, reflecting a stable social order as described by A. A. Brown in Human Life.
Consul-General William H. Michael reports India absorbs about half of global silver output and uses most of it domestically. In 1905 India sent 37.9 million dollars for expenditure. by September 27, 1906 the total reached 67.009 million dollars, signaling active trade.
A Kipling quotation centers on Peter with keys confronting Tomlinson at a wall gate. Peter demands a stout, public defense of deeds done for mankind before death, while Tomlinson admits reading and hearing tales and misreading a prince in Muscovy. The scene emphasizes judgment and accountability.
A spoof column notes Rev Solemnly’s plan to become a missionary to the cannibal islands, arguing he will convert both religion and diet. Nearby, a fire at Orvin Mann’s Idaho home kills Mann’s two year old and an infant. An elderly bachelor muses on manhood and stockings.
Frederick Wheeler crafts a vivid tale of a flight from justice in the Mojave. A pursuer and fugitive meet amid the desert’s heat and menace, their uneasy dialogue testing the limits between survival and wrongdoing in a stark, powerfully drawn landscape.
The German Baptist Brethren announce their general conference will convene in Los Angeles during May. Local pastors and members plan attendance and related activities.
The poem recalls the ship of Purpose sailing steadfast amid Ife’s restless sea and storms, guided by faith as dangers threaten. A later note reflects on reputation, drinkers, and a 1904 campaign stop by Debs in Caldwell Idaho, plus a whisky warehouse fire destroying 5990 barrels in Newport Kentucky.
Local lodging ad notes rooms priced at one dollar and one fifty at the Block and a Half Front Depot, highlighting a large electric sign.
Portland Oregon listing promotes a modern Turkish bath establishment in the hotel. It markets rooms for families and single men with daily rates starting at three dollars. Management plans to showcase rooms and rates, with designated fines for improper behavior.
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