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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
4
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In Pendleton the summer nights are among the choicest blessings, cooling after hot days and ripening harvests. The piece quotes the Psalmist praising the heavens and the firmament, noting the words spoken day by day and night by night.
A Wil lamette valley youth travels through Pendleton toward Soda Springs Idaho on a doomed mission to recover a grandmother’s grave marker from 1857. The note on a torn page guides him to a dusty roadside burial site 1000 feet from the soda spring as pioneers hope he finds the handful of sacred dust and preserves the memory.
The Lewiston conviction of land speculators surfaces amid calls for reform at Denver. Bankers and speculators hold timber land valued over 500000, largely gained through fraud at about 60000. President Roosevelt allies seek to halt western speculation and ensure the public pays for private timbered land.
The president calls for revision of land laws to protect the public domain from lawless speculators and to ensure proper administration of forest reserves. He argues initial imperfection is acceptable as long as progress toward better governance continues.
Pendleton sees many locals in the YMCA movement though no formal local body exists. The nationwide YMCA runs a massive program with 1526 associations and 881,982 members, yet its constitution spans five words: bear ye one another's burdens. It owns 617 buildings, 28 million valuation, 728 libraries, and pays 4.811 million yearly to 2913 secretaries, all under a minimalist creed.
The East Oregonian lauds Pendleton public spirit across institutions and business, urging continued local effort to attract capital, mills, a packing plant, and railroad service. It notes Pendleton’s readiness to provide traffic evidence for rail hearings and praises high school boys who work during vacation as proof labor supports education and progress.
June 21-22 Oregon Development league and rose fiesta in Portland. July 4 celebration at Pendleton. July 1-7 UO national convention in Spokane. July 6-15 Knights Templar con clave in Saratoga NY. July 16-17 International Christian Endeavor in Seattle. July 16-20 Grand Lodge Elks in Philadelphia. Wool sales: Shaniko June 26 and July 16. Baker City July 9. Elgin July 11. Steam heat and electric lights aid vegetable and flower growing in Fairbanks Alaska.
A fragmentary verse echoes the speaker’s ache for freedom and sea adventures. It frames harbor as confinement while yearning ships and distant lands pull a longing heart outward. The piece ends with Alice Duer Miller’s name and a vision of one day setting sail.
A verse celebrating the fellow that's broke, who smiles through hunger and poverty. It honors his sunny heart, hopeful spirit, and willingness to help others despite hardships, ending with a toast to his resilience and faith in a brighter morrow.
The proposed Protestant Episcopal cathedral site on Mount St Albans near Massachusetts avenue and Tennallytown road sits near the Washington Monument apex. The 40 acre tract and building are valued at 860000 dollars with gifts from Harriet Lane Johnston Phoebe Hearst and Mrs Julian James. The cornerstone will be laid September 29 with the bishop of London and other church leaders attending.
The American handicap shooting tournament begins in Chicago on June 20 with 400 marksmen entered. It marks the largest single entry in any country for a Shootine Levent event, highlighting strong national interest and competition.
A New York World piece traces the rise and fall of the Mississippi as the main western trade route from 1840s to the 1880s, noting ghostly wharves at major landings, peak vessel counts, and the shift of traffic to railways. It cites St Louis and St Paul vessel numbers, river passenger routes, and tonnage figures, contrasting earlier dominance with recent drastic declines.
The Nile flood depends on Abyssinian rain, with rise starting in June and peaking over three months. Flooding inundates delta regions, depositing fertilizing mud crucial for crops. A large reservoir project aims to get two crops per year and expand sugar cultivation, supplying about 1,000,000,000 cubic meters of water annually. Also noting the Furniture Trust bust and price slashes on refrigerators by Sharon & Fiddings.
The Hotel Pendleton has been refitted and refurbished throughout. Telephone and fire alarm connections serve all rooms with baths en suite and single rooms available.
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