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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from a county official paper listing and publishing details. Mentions Daily East Oregonian and Oregon News Co with addresses in Portland and Washington DC, plus Pendleton mail matter note.
The fragment reflects on men not understanding the heart and mind within, suggesting tenderness and pity would bloom if such understanding existed. It cites James Alien as the author of Poems of Peace, emphasizing sorrow, harvest, and the moral call for empathy.
Oregon faces a long standing tax dispute as Judge Galloway rules the state tax law unconstitutional. The fragmentation of county valuations creates inequities between valleys and eastern counties, with calls for a state levy system independent of county assessments to resolve the chaos.
The East Oregonian commends Commissioner Leupp and Major McFatridge for stabilizing the Umatilla reservation. It notes improved tribe education, self management, and peaceful relations, urging a higher salary to attract capable leadership and long service for McFatridge.
The Inland Waterways commission, appointed by President Roosevelt last spring, reports 26 000 miles of navigated rivers in the United States and an equal distance potentially navigable by congressional action. Forty two states including Oregon Washington and Idaho have navigable streams and many non navigable rivers could aid the public. Oregon benefits from Rep Ejilils on the rivers and harbors committee.
The passage highlights collaboration among lawmakers shippers and communities to push favorable action for Oregon rivers and harbors. A presidential commission will compile nationwide stream statistics, aiding future navigation openings. Western representation gains recognition as eastern barriers diminish amid growing national interest.
Seventy six years ago the Democratic National Convention met in Fulliscore marking a rise of a party that then claimed vitality. The party entered presidential politics in 1796, won in 1800, and led for six decades until 1849 when divisions opened the door for the Republicans. The Civil War era shifted power and since then Republicans enjoyed long, near continuous control for 48 years.
Government researchers assess irrigation feasibility of 2.5 million acres in Peru. Despite smaller rivers, Peru’s land shows exceptional fertility and climate promise. arid regions could become productive with irrigation, sharing features with western United States.
The ad notes Pendleton would contribute 23400 in license revenues next year and boasts six days with no drunkards in the streets or city jail. It invites dry town proponents to move, buy homes, and educate children, claiming Pendleton has done its part.
A lyric meditation on Life as a giant mother with age and youth. The speaker pleads with Life for guidance and relief as Youth longs for joy, only to be taught by silence. Life remains inscrutable, withholding direction, and the mother figure laments her inability to nurture the young.
Peru joins nations expanding irrigation to reclaim waste land by diverting river water. Experts from the United States Geological Survey and the Reclamation Service, led by special agent Charles M. Pepper in Lima, note a scale not seen since pre Atahualpa times. The effort follows a global surge in large scale irrigation projects.
A seafarer recalls a voyage where western skies flare with flame colors and a purple haze in the east. The ocean glitters with phosphorus tipped waves and foamy wakes glow like fire while porpoises swim in luminous water. Stars, constellations, and a sailors’ nickname for a black spot on the horizon color the night watch.
A Spokane man greeted two women with a courteous bow and hat salute, but when he met his wife on the street there was no such gesture. The piece argues wives deserve the same small courtesies accorded to acquaintances, noting the expectation around marriage vows.
The Spokesman-Review quotes a controversial observation about marital dynamics asking why a husband should be less polite to his wife than other men and why a man greeting a woman on the street is assumed to be her husband. The piece examines social expectations and respect within marriage.
A London Chronicle writer notes dreams occur in the seconds before awakening and feel timeless. An experiment under chloroform shows consciousness returns with lingering paradoxes. A doctor’s watch records ten seconds, yet the dreamer’s sense of duration feels unmeasurable.
A terse chat unfolds as two figures lean on haystack props arguing about where to tramp for work. One asks which way they will travel as they dodge labor, noting crops and weather under the sun.
Nature spares the stricken rose from grief and offers a comforting view of natural mercy. The ad promotes Newhro'sa Herpleldr as a cure for hair loss caused by a germ, claiming it restores growth. Sold by druggists with stamps for samples to The Herpicida Co. Detroit, two sizes 66 cents and 1.00.
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