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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
4
A fragmentary clippings note an independent newspaper distribution in Portland with references to post office entry and various city and bureau locations. It mentions Chicago Bureau and security build offices, indicating centralized reporting and filing across cities.
The Quartermaster General outlines a plan to employ informed aliens enemy prisoners conscientious objectors and military prisoners for outdoor agricultural labor. The aim is to reclaim personnel and materials by improving workers and potentially transferring them to fighting units after a few months.
A garbled verse excerpt praises singing water and nature’s lights with lines about white sunshine, breezes, and river to sea. It mentions Fremont Livingston as a poetic voice or credited figure, suggesting a fragment from a longer composition or prose.
An analysis notes price fixing cannot curb excess profits entirely. Government action designating prices can moderate spikes, but profitability remains for some. Taxation on income and excess profits is used to remove unearned gains, with further emphasis planned in the future.
The text argues against simple views of profittering noting corporations owing heavy federal taxes on large dividends and individuals earning more postwar. It contends that even high profits are mitigated by taxes and urges careful study of tax provisions and earnings before forming judgments about profiteers.
Government creates Division of Conservation and Reclamation to stop food waste in the army and recover worn-out material. Mess units must sort kitchen waste for disposal, with Food Division and Medical Department oversight. The division will also manage farming and garden work at camps to provide rations and forage for animals.
A local appeal urges sending newspapers to Umatilla county men in service in France. Written requests are required for parcels, but exemptions apply to newspapers and magazines. Contact M. R. Chessman for addresses. phones 123.
A historical note suggests John Barleycorn’s help in the war may be designated by the code OO0. The reference hints at a wartime labeling or cipher linking the figure to domestic production or morale efforts.
East Oregonian entry references FP W Karsien pushing initiatives from 28 years ago. No clear event, date, or location remaining readable, but indicates archival note about efforts by an FP W Karsien.
Two brothers who had known each other casually were revealed as relatives yesterday in Pendleton. Ed Goodnight tried to ford the Umatilla with a team and wagon, entering 16 feet of water. the horses went under but all escaped unharmed. Joe H. Parkes opened an office on Court Street. Lot Livermore and family left today on an exciting trip up the Umatilla.
Newton Laveridge and wife transfer property to John Wickmann for 1100 in section 1-2 and 4- Sen 31 Twp 4 N. Re 37. Metz and wife transfer lot 1 and 2 in section ag Tw. to Dan P. Smythe for 1 dollar. Laura LaCrosse transfers to CG H. Wright for 1000 in SE 1-5 NE 1-4 Svc 29 Twp M R 34. Edith W. Miller transfers to Frank C. Miter for 10 dollars covering multiple quarters in sections 18 and 17 Twp 4 N Ft 20.
Partial OCR shows land parcel transfers and monetary figures involving Benjamin Myrick and The Farmers Bank of Weston. Mentions sections and townships, property identifiers like SW 1-4 BW, Sec 27, and references to parties Joe Ringo and T D Taylor.
The Army paper cartoon from the American Expeditionary Force in France shows soldiers debating the Willard Fulton heavyweight bout and whether Meht should be champion. Colonel Miller is referenced in a failed attempt to push a verdict, sparking mixed opinions among troops.
Washington July 11 press dispatch reports steps to expedite construction of the remaining forty eight ships including battleships cruisers and superdreadnoughts in the three year naval building program authorized by congress. Secretary Daniels disclosed in a statement reviewing the $1 060 000 000 naval appropriation bill recently approved and to which President Wilson yesterday attached his signature. The secretary said it makes it obligatory to begin construction of all the forty eight ships in the program, authorized in the act of August 20, 1916, the construction of which has not yet been directed to begin.
Partia searching at the bodies of Vernon A Forbes and Ralph V Poindexter who drowned Sunday in a conv o boat near Lake Bend, Ore, returned to Bend this evening.
Washington July 11 State draft execution was initiated by Provost Marshal General Crowder to have local boards call up for physical examination all new registrants under the selective draft law who have then placed in class one.
District and local boards prepare to deploy new personnel to accelerate duties and improve efficiency. The effort aims to place additional close-range teams into operation, with medic officers and board members coordinating to support ongoing tasks.
In a wartime report the German army distributes honors to its leaders. The tally includes 640 generals, 22 commands, and 49,872 officers recognized for service. The details reference the Coline Casette saga and a T4 000 fron crome of the first chine, with the princely army command structure cited.
Benjamin R. Tillman veteran Democratic senator from South Carolina and chairman of the affairs committee lies seriously ill at home and his recovery is regarded as doubtful according to reports.
A wounded French priest, Father Marcel Souris, wore Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor, with a Rising Sun order, during war service. In the United States he met American volunteers and French officers aiding the Americans, recalling frontline combat and wartime devotion. His obituary coverage notes his bravery, healing wound history, and a reunion with Victor White, the American ambulance driver.
A fragmented wartime meditation describes a priest, a surgeon, and a chaplain guiding French soldiers through battle and death. It recalls a battlefield bivouac, a colonel's final address, and the haunting cemetery where valor, sacrifice, and memory mingle under a moonlit night.
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