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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1905
Page
4
Independent newspaper issue lists subscription rates including daily, weekly and semi weekly options with various durations. It notes bureaus in Chicago Washington San Francisco and confirms Oregonian distribution points and advertising deadline times.
Fragmentary poem urging diligence in sowing and faith in reward. Distorted lines mention morning or evening toil, harvest, and belief in recompense, with several garbled words and name Frances M. Mine at end. The text reflects a moral exhortation to persevere in labor despite unclear transcription.
The East Oregonian argues the Lewis and Clark fair will trigger large Eastern visits and capital flowing into Northwest farmland. It predicts buyouts of 1400 acre holdings, a wheat belt population rise of 20 to 50 percent in five years, and a shift to smaller farms. The paper cites Portland Oregonian on readjustment benefits outweigh temporary hardships.
In Umatilla and Uilon counties near Milton Freewater and Kehoe the Wadency land has become highly cultivated, pushing values up faster than elsewhere. In Athena area the wheat belt sees diversified crops spreading, likely turning wheat land into multi-crop farmland like the Willamette valley districts.
The East Oregonian urges establishing a tax commission to collect personal property taxes, arguing current sheriff-led methods burden real property owners. It laments widespread tax dodging and lost revenue, calling for reform to seize personal property when possible and shift costs away from the sheriff.
A Chicago grand jury probe reveals a new form of monopoly involving team owners and contest maters, with unions and federations used to raise delivery costs from 20 cents to 50 and 1.00, harming both public and independent operators. The scheme aims to block competition, isolate consumers, and threaten manufacturers’ access to transportation nationwide.
A fragmented, frostbitten verse on war and hope contrasts with a report that Thomas Collier, in a Denver building housing the F. C. Ayers grain and hay company, saw a fire burn the occupied structure, causing an estimated loss of $100,000.
United States Deputy Fish Commissioner Smith notes Japan dominates seaweed and marine vegetables with an annual crop valued at not less than 2 million dollars, surpassing U S output. The industry employs thousands and exports to China and Europe. Kelp gathering in Hokkaido, komba products, and kanten production are key segments, with extensive cultivated grounds and high regional value.
The Los Angeles bound student Mine Lawes M Cornelia plans to enter the law department at Stunterdt University. She left teaching at Sherman Tadhin school to pursue legal study to learn Blackstone and later travel to tribes to teach them their rights and advocate for them in courts and at Washington.
Fragment reads as a hasty obituary sketch noting Joseph Chamberlain as a celebrated figure educated without university degree, described as a prodigy at age 14 and entering commercial life by 28, with emphasis on study and moral character.
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