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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1910
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from a Pendleton Oregon city and county paper shows partially readable lines with addresses in Portland and Washington DC. The fragment references a sale and security bonding and an official paper stamp, but lacks clear event details or dates.
An editorial argues the initiative privilege should serve general state questions and not political maneuvers. It praises direct primaries and the corrupt practices act enacted by initiative, criticizes county division measures as abuse, and urges voters to rebuke such attempts and use initiative only with propriety.
A concise note from the Umatilla reservation describes a missionary farmer working within the community. The item notes land use and agricultural effort, reflecting cross cultural cooperation and local livelihoods during the period.
Rev J M Corecksen a Presbyterian missionary guides dry farming among local Indians raising corn potatoes aquahe cantaloupes and watermelons in four gardens He uses weed growth and tillage with available fertilizers to cultivate without irrigation He cites potential for tighter land use via flood irrigation and crop rotation to raise annual yields arguing for better use of water rights and land in the valley urging farmers to adopt soil stewardship and water management to improve both food and profits
The piece critiques public perception of Ferdinand Pinney Earle, noting the world’s indifference to his personal reform and the larger satire of elite behavior. It contrasts worldly judgments with a belief the world remains sound at heart, urging awareness of common faults in society.
Still on deck, BP. Davis, chief engineer of the reclamation service, recalls he has not been removed from office despite testifying against Secretary Pullinger during the recent investigation. Director Newes also gave damaging testimony against the secretary. Ballinger has been attacking these two men for months, predicting their removal, but they remain in command.
The passage notes Speaker Cannon defending Senator Aldrich while Thole faces critics in the lower house. It questions state outcomes if people revise the assembly work and references conventions with the Irish known as Hibernians. A fatal auto accident involving Pen may be implied but not clearly stated.
In mid afternoon 2 p m Mann heim station announces airship orders as observers in Frankfurt on the Main watch Zeppelins depart. A noisy crowd, wind, and rough seas of air over the harbor reflect a dramatic scene of early air travel with spectators clinging to rails and preparing for the voyage.
Passengers aboard the liner described in detail the yachting attire the ship’s aluminum skeleton, gas chambers, and sail-like features. The scene inside resembles a floating promenade with leather divans and open deck spaces while voices from distant cabins echo the magazine feature Making a Business of Firing.
Reporters quote Senator Depew in Washington on his birthday declaring perfect health. Dialogue shows playful banter as a census taker questions a resident, but a conflict hints at misdirection. The piece reflects a humorous exchange in a cultural column from Detroit Free Press.
A fragmented poem line shows a summer meadow scene with a young woman, a pursual by a lover, and floral imagery. The text references William Dean Howells and evokes a nostalgic, lyrical mood with dreamlike tempo and tangled grasses.
China’s capital Peking builds a modern water works system with a filtration plant and discusses urban infrastructure. The report notes over 400 wireless stations on maritime poles and mentions food adulteration in France, a granite export from South Carolina, cadets at Windsor learning aeronautics, New York’s free building-material exhibition, olive trees with alternating crops, and a sanitary mouthpiece design for telephones.
Emanuel recalls a friend who suffered two days and nights from a painful toothache before summoning the courage to see a dentist and have the molar extracted. The anecdote involves Owen Seaman, editor of Punch, and Wahler Bivanuel of Punch staff remarking on the man with the longest sense of humor.
A man in a dentist chair refuses gas while the antist pulls a tooth wedged in cement. The tooth comes free with the patient writhing in pain as the dentist, laughing, provokes a joke about pulling the wrong tooth.
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