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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1905
Page
4
The notice lists prices for various mail subscriptions: Daily one year 96.00, Daily six months 2.50, Daily three months 1.26, Daily one month 0.00, Weekly one year 1.50, Weekly six months 1.50, Weekly four months 0.00, Semi weekly one year 1.50, Semi- weekly six months 0.76, Semi-Weekly four months 0.60.
A Pendleton census shows 27 saloons serving 5700 residents, one for every 211 people. At 5650 yearly license, cheaper saloons invite illegitimate trade, raise crime, and burden police. Replacing 27 with 12 orderly saloons at 1200 yearly could boost income and morality while cutting police costs. Main street saturation harms other businesses and property values.
The East Oregonian notes W W Cotton, long time attorney for Union Pacific and O R & N, will serve as federal judge for the Oregon district. It praises his intellect, independence, and thoroughness, asserting he will act free of political entanglements and deliver excellent service.
A brief item notes intense disputes and tight, contentious debates within a recent period, highlighting sharp divisions among participants. The summary emphasizes the heated exchanges and limited consensus shaping decisions and public discussion.
The piece argues editors once silent on socialism now discuss it as a rising force. It notes Chicago's socialist vote growth from 12,000 to 45,000 between 1904 and the city election, linking municipal ownership of utilities to socialist identity. It warns against equating socialism with anarchy and urges honest study of public ownership as the next national idea.
Three Baker City gamblers tried a test game to provoke the fearless Baker County Sheriff Harvey K. Brown. The stakes rose to 160 dollars as the plan unfolded and the gamblers sought arrest. The piece urges enforcement of law without press pressure and advocates using convicts for road rock crushing to offset prison costs.
Richard Lyons Jones writes in Collier's June 17 about Oregon's long fight with land loss yet notes substantial remaining good farmland. He praises Willamette Valley dairy output of seven million dollars annually and prize beef from St. Louis, cites Coos county’s 126 miles to railroad and a $26,000 Portland fair building, and compares Oregon’s bank deposits to other states while praising its enterprise and thrift.
A 1930 gold cache rumor near the Mississippi bluffs by Waukon Iowa ties to a former U S president and to Zachary Taylor at Fort McKay with ongoing searchers aiming to prove ownership and reclaim the treasury legends tied to the Black Hawk era.
In 1830 four soldiers hid four bags of gold near Fort McKay during Black Hawk activity. The posting ran a night burials mission. The garrison suffered heavy losses and the four men were found dead, scalped and mutilated. No gold was recovered. a fragmentary note pointed to a bluff, but search efforts failed. The treasure remains unrecovered, with intermittent digging continuing over time.
The Salon Journal attacks the newly formed state tax commission accusing it of cronyism and manipulation. It argues officials are handpicked to protect big interests, relocate operations to Portland, and ensure taxpayer burden remains high while public funds are siphoned through a soft spoken secretary. The piece condemns perceived justice erosion and bias against the poor.
The town of Cornelius, two miles from Forest Grove, will receive a bank. Funded mainly by T. H. Adama and J. C. Woods of Forest Grove, they will provide most of the financing.
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