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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1911
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows rates and terms for newspapers by mail, carrier, and email with several misspellings. It mentions period durations like months and references Pendleton Oregon postal handling. The text is garbled but indicates subscription options and delivery methods.
At a city ordinance committee meeting Councilman V Stroble opposed underground electric and telephone lines in Pendleton’s business district arguing growth and future needs justify maintaining overhead wires. He cites recent improvements and costs borne by homeowners and merchants while accusing Stroble and Monteonery of siding with the utility.
Deputy District Attorney Pruitt and other officials push to enforce Oregon’s anti white slave traffic statute. The campaign emphasizes tough penalties and active enforcement to curb trafficking and protect vulnerable individuals.
The text condemns punishment for women who seek share and notes the harsh blame they endure from society. It argues men who lure girls, especially to houses of prostitution, are far worse but receive less mercy. It mentions Tar law in Orapan and Pendleton efforts to widen enforcement, suggesting female detectives could help secure evidence.
Portland workers urge Congress to name a commission to mine Alaska coal for public benefit. The move seeks to ensure government control or oversight, granting the public the chief share of resource wealth while allowing mining by corporations under tight restrictions. The aim is to keep wealth from private hands and ensure federal ownership of Alaska resources.
The piece notes a park with summer entertainments and a recurring horse show in Pendleton, mentioning spring exhibitions and planned gatherings. It also covers political drama involving Governor Johnson and Governor West over an embezzling banker named Wilde, with extradition papers signed but political friction ongoing.
A playful verse from St. Paul Dispatch recounts a sleepless night on a porch. The speaker describes neighbors, a drunken passerby seeking water, serenades, an iceman, and a startled morning, ending with a burst of pent up wrath as dawn rises on a warm day. The piece captures small urban vignettes with light humor and rhythmic verse.
The article lauds the efforts of Gifford Finecheat and the National Conservation League praising their role in protecting the public domain and instilling principles about resource use. It argues their arguments apply equally to restoring the people's rights to use natural resources.
The piece argues against private monopolies claiming water rights and warns that extending Georgesian single tax ideas would hurt public and investor justice. It condemns exploiting public land, rails land grabs, and Alaska resource removal, urging restoration of resources and inclusion in conservation.
Henry George Jr. contributes a feature on former Mereland mayor Tom Johnson. The article praises Johnson as a model leader and idealist who aimed to build the most just city on a hill, striving throughout life until his death with a vision of universal civic progress.
Spokane officials announce five thousand accredited delegates from across the United States will attend the nineteenth annual sessions of the National Irrigation Congress in Chicago from December 5 to 9. Foreign representation is expected, per Ht Insinger, manager of the Northwestern Pacific Hypotheek Bank, who recently toured midwestern states and Chicago and presided at meetings of the national board of governors, of which he is chairman.
Oroville California July 21 Forest fires have burned thousands of acres of pasture land and threaten the town of Oregon City. Every available man in the threatened district is fighting the flames.
July 31 notes reference the Battle of Cravant in France during the hundred years war and the 1764 Montmorency engagement near Quebec. Wolfe led 5,000 troops in an assault on the French entrenched camp during the Quebec siege.
Fragmented OCR notes recount a series of historic events and incidents. It mentions battles, earthquakes, and political upheavals from 1870 to 195, including Bolivia's government overthrow by General Blem eo, ship Ariosto lost near Africa, Spanish forces near Cavite and Manila, and the Dr Hawley Crippen murder arrest at Quebec.
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