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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1905
Page
4
The East Oregonian Publishing Company lists subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, with prices for various intervals. It notes the Portland distribution points and bureau addresses in San Francisco Chicago Washington and Pendleton, highlighting advertising copy deadlines.
Real estate men report rising inquiries for rental housing for the next school year. Few new dwellings were built this season, while public and private schools expand. Some speculate a housing shortage will push families toward the limited supply, with honest taxpayers bearing the burden.
In Bosom City the old city council passed a Sunday closing ordinance to influence the upcoming election but promised saloonkeepers that it would be upheld after the vote. A judge ruled the ordinance unenforceable and saloons could open Sundays until a higher court rules. The piece condemns political corruption and entities that profit from it, calling out dishonor and moral decay.
Desperate Weston residents mount a united campaign to keep the Normal School open until Oregon voters approve the appropriation bill securing the institution’s future. Teachers have agreed to support the effort as part of a broad community mobilization.
Amid a heated referendum, Weston and nearby towns urged voters to fund the only Eastern Oregon state institution. Residents warned that defeat would drain the school and ruin the area’s futures as Pendleton and Umatilla County faces possible loss without an approved appropriation.
The article argues liquor interests influenced the county’s prosecutor race, praising John McCourt for backing Sunday closing at Athens and criticizing current officials for lax enforcement. It warns that continued saloon dominance would push prohibition through the county, urging stricter law enforcement and honesty from officials. It also promotes readers using ads in the East Oregonian to support local advertisers and pay subscriptions.
The torpedo boats Biddle Barney Bagley Shubrick Thornton and Tingley will be sent to the Philippines immediately. Upon arrival the United States will command a larger flotilla of torpedo boats in Asiatic waters than any other power.
Fragmentary verse quotes a speaker denouncing infidels who mock death and divine judgment. The speaker rails against sermons that ignore the tomb, describing a snowy grave and Jesus’s resurrection as the ultimate teaching. The piece presents a stark, era-tinged lament with religious imagery and polemical tone.
Thomas A. Edison, from Montclair, discusses radium's potential discovery and rising value. He notes early scarce quantities found in New Hampshire iron ore, and predicts its extraction may become profitable as interest from chemists and geologists grows. He mentions a government salt plant at Fort Steveie to be expanded with $5725 in spending.
RE P Fish of American Telegraph and Telephone visits Denver on way east. He aims to place wires underground in Colorado and build a line into Kansas to create an uninterrupted telephone chain from Atlantic to Pacific. Once done, talk from states like Kansas City Omaha St Louis to eastern points will be possible. Colorado and Rocky Mountain states have a higher subscriber rate than parts of New England.
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