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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
4
Rates listed include daily subscriptions by mall wall carrier and by duration from one month to one year. Includes six months by carrier and three months by carrier. Also notes weekly options by mall with various durations. Pendleton Oregon post office lists this as second class mail matter.
He calls himself a friend of the initiative and referendum and argues that the number of measures submitted to voters at one election should be limited to six or perhaps four so attention is not divided. He suggests legislature propose an amendment and says it would be well received.
A fragmentary verse reflects on a road that once runs wide and straight, then splits with no guides save birds and flowery nods. It imagines a woman reaching forks of Love's Highway and proceeding toward an unknown destination, a poignant, unresolved emotional journey.
Pendleton should build a west end automobile boulevard between the city and Hermiston to shorten trips, boost trade, and raise land values. A Stockton convention and the department of agriculture data emphasize that well kept roads correlate with higher property values, with examples from Arizona, Thuiana, Mississippi, Ohio showing substantial value gains where roads are improved.
The Oregon Daily Journal argues Judge Lowell’s proposal to cap initiative measures per election should limit the ballot size. It condemns local and selfish measures, including county division bills, while noting a few meritorious items deserve consideration.
The East Oregonian argues residents should reinvest earnings locally in Umatilla county. It laments funds flowing away for outside ventures and urges strengthening home enterprises, including irrigation, manufacturing, and city investments, to build wealth and make Pendleton a regional banner for industry and agriculture.
A Portland mining figure writes to the East Oregonian praising prohibition and citing North Dakota’s dry success. He quotes a governor calling prohibition a factor in prosperity with lower taxes, less crime, and improved family life, noting many families now own homes and value new stability.
The East Oregonian condemns liquor saloons, contrasting Fargo’s prosperity with Moorhead’s decay. It argues voters will reject a liquor state and cites families moving to Fargo to escape pollution and ruin, urging Pendleton to resist temperance repeal.
A La Grande brewery building could be converted into a fruit packing and a forage warehouse. Adjacent land near Pendleton could be used to store apples, signaling a shift anticipated by retiring saloon men in Umatilia county.
The article outlines how candle power varies by country with different standards such as the British and American Spermaceti candle, the French terbine, and the German Hefner unit. It notes international differences and a proposal for a unified international candle standard by Washington. It also mentions Lake County fruit prospects and expected orchard yields.
The advertisement proclaims Dr Pierce’s family medicines are printed on bottle wrappers with complete formulas and alcohol free. It highlights pure glycerine extraction, claims it aids indigestion, dyspepsia, and mucous membrane diseases, and links the Golden Medical Discovery to relief from chronic catarrh throat cough and digestive ailments while cautioning it does not cure consumption.
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