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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
4
An East Oregonian publishing note from Pendleton Oregon identifies the paper as a daily and weekly independent publication. It mentions registration at the Pendleton post office as second class mail matter and notes association with the United Preps.
The opening sentences of the Republican platform credit President Roosevelt with the nation's prosperity and praise his fearless, progressive policies. It extols his enforcement of laws, prosecution of trusts, regulation of transportation rates, elimination of preferences, worker improvements, resource conservation, and inland waterways enhancement, pledging continued adherence under a Republican administration.
A month of dry windy conditions in the Inland Empire probes the staying qualities of soil. Dry farming, emphasized by progressive farmers, relies on stored winter moisture. Well packed and cultivated soil retains moisture and yields better, with observers noting differences in wheat appearance between treated and untreated fields.
An editorial stresses that liberty without law leads to disorder and high crime costs. It cites Chicago Police and Fire Dispatch data estimating 100,000 criminals in state prisons, with five to ten times more eluding the law, underscoring expenses of upkeep and enforcement in a free nation.
The article cites authorities estimating 260000 criminals under punishment in the country, with crime costs in New York City and beyond totaling about 400 million to 700 million dollars annually. It argues crime imposes direct and indirect losses on the public, including wages lost by 250000 offenders.
Portland plans to grow roses for an upcoming Alaskan fair in Seattle, framing the effort as retaliation for Seattle's coverage of Portland's population and shipping facilities.
Officials report Governor Chamberlain widening plurality as results reach outer counties. Return votes continue to arrive, fueling questions about overall outcome and momentum.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item recounts a humorous exchange where a benevolent Englishman tries to educate a telegraph lineman. The man claims to be dining on a new wire, quipping that he and his mates are telegraph linemen eating the wire.
New Kenti reports a morning paper the Morning World went into receivership and suspended publication. J M Leverque founded it in 1907 with a large capitalization and a 1706 debt. Receivership revealed actual liabilities near 75000, daily running cost about 11, income 500, deficit 400, with 23000 copies orientation. sale of 10000 may avert suspension.
A Harper's Weekly passage argues that wealth does not compel labor but that work is universal and driven by the search for food. It stresses two powers: seeing what must be done and coordinating others to do it, claiming inherent power, not capital, governs true influence.
In Carlsbad a new hot mineral spring was found while workers cleaned Muhlbrunn channels. The spring erupts 22 feet below ground, overflowing the promenade and flowing into the River Tepl. Residents fear it could affect the Sprader fountain, the town's key health resort asset, as visitor demand grows.
The first New York relief kitchen opened by the Children's Relief Society on June 4 fed 490 hungry youngsters. Many stories emerged of extreme hardship as a mite girl cried after an egg was opened for her, hoping to take it home to a sick mother and unemployed father with six siblings who had nothing to eat.
A lighthearted club scene features a brunette saying she was married on a bet, a Titian-haired woman on a dare, a blonde on a lark, and a dove insisting they wed for love. Laughter follows as one remaining speaker notes the traditional motive.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, author and preacher, spoke in Toledo about charity. He recounted a dying millionaire asking a minister if leaving a fortune to the church would guarantee salvation. The minister replied that it might be worth trying, though not certain.
Poem lines urge focus on inner virtue over appearances. The verse by Clarence Army emphasizes choosing deeds over possessions and how true happiness rests on giving, living rightly, and acts of peace now and beyond time. It highlights moral values guiding daily life.
A woman notes that a husband should have access to the food he likes, properly cooked and served in the home he pays for, reflecting his work and money buying every scrap of food that enters the home. She argues it is his right to choose meals.
A Globe-Democrat reflection describes a husband giving a house keeping allowance as a trust fund and expects his wife to spend wisely to secure health and happiness at home. It notes a clear bargain between spouses and that poor cooking dulls a man’s mood, while appetizing dishes lift spirits.
A fragment from Chicago Record Herald notes a poem on indifference and heartbreak. It contrasts sunlit skies and distant laughter with a personal line about being turned down, reflecting mood and voice of the era.
W. Y. Wiley of Hille bore files an injunction suit to stop a court order forcing him from his business.
Newly published letters of Lamennais are cited as suggesting he anticipated modernist trends. The text quotes his view that Catholicism has become a vast testantism with wide disagreement among Catholics. The remark is noted as a possible indicator of future religious shifts.
In Pasco Superior Court a jury acquitted Macey Smith of murder in the death of Sam Price, a brakeman who fell from a freight train near Ellensburg after being shoved or losing balance during a ride by Smith and accomplices. The defense argued Price died in the fall, not from foul play.
Readable lines advertise rooms priced at one dollar and one fifty, located a block and a half from the depot, with emphasis on an eye catching electric sign named Bee the big.
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