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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1905
Page
4
Independent newspaper East Oregonian announces subscription rates including daily, weekly, and semi weekly plans. Advertising copy deadlines require material by 4 45 p m the day prior. Offices and bureaus listed in Portland San Francisco Chicago and Washington.
A. J. Waterhouse argues that bravery varies by situation. Some men face cannon fearlessly but dread a tooth extraction, while others reverse those roles. The piece presents a paradoxical view of heroism and cowardice as context dependent.
An open plea to Pendleton business leaders urges action against public gambling on Main Street. It accuses a few unscrupulous men of corrupting the city and calls for decisive moral leadership to close the gambling house and restore the town’s respectable character. It warns voters and officials that the town’s reputation hinges on local businessmen choosing to act.
The article argues that Oregon faces a political upheaval as voters grow wary of machine politics and corruption. It highlights Theodore Roosevelt and La Follette’s influence, suggests a move toward independence, and predicts an end to domination by a single party with a decent, capable Democrat rising to high office.
A complaint spans minutes of railroad chatter about crowded trains to the Pacific coast, notably Pendleton and Portland routes. Locals call for an extra well-run local train from Huntington or Boise to handle fair travel surges, arguing steady service boosts revenue and public comfort.
A Kentucky hotel veranda recalls a quirky tale of rain turning to fish in the mountains as two elderly men debate whose experience outdoes the other. The piece notes a Detroit Tribune as the source for a bizarre anecdote amid reports of sockeye salmon canning in Anacortes and Colorado sheep feeder profits last year.
The article outlines a revised expedition plan led by Robert Peary for reaching the pole. It describes using a powerful steamer as a base and a northern Polar Sea coast base over 260 miles north of Cape Sabine, with staged sledging, caching, hunting, and reconnaissance to spring a 49 mile polar pack crossing. It notes Roosevelt’s support and endorsements from the American Geographical Society and scientists worldwide, emphasizing the arctic’s primal appeal and the drive to conquer nature.
At Friday Creek Kentucky John Muller a Breathitt county man shot and killed Jamen Crees and J. M. Thoman both said to be unarmed A heavy guard surrounds the jail where Muller is held amid fear of lynching.
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