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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
4
Telegraphic notice lists the Member Dotted Press Association as a USPS second class mail matter at Pendleton Oregon with a telephone line reference.
The Commercial club backs an immediate rate cut by Pacific Power and Light while an ongoing investigation into electricity and gas charges across northwest cities proceeds. Pendleton residents seek equal gas billing terms, piping costs, and fair treatment, pledging a fair, fearless pursuit to reveal and correct unjust rates.
A Pendleton committee plans a rare Fourth of July celebration with community events and activities. Details on schedule and volunteers are to be announced.
Round-up park hosts a celebration with various sport events and matinees. Free admission includes 10 000 seats and grounds plus grandstand access with evening dancing and lighted displays to mark the occasion.
Governor West proposes at a future date to segregate convicts into three classes. The worst and most dangerous would dine at a table with harsh fare, intermediate inmates to seek better conditions, and the good men would be treated as civilized. He argues prisoners vary in depravity and proper management requires tiered seating to achieve satisfactory results.
The text argues Lorimer faces a weak persecution claim as evidence shows Lorimer’s agents sought funds from McCormicks’ corporation International Harvester to back a $100,000 slush fund for his election. It asserts no open quarrel with the McCormicks and says even if Lorimer’s opponents are unprincipled, Lorimer’s seat should not stand. The焦 focus is on the national interest in Lorimer’s fate.
President Taft urges Congress to withhold tariff bills until the Tariff Board delivers its findings. At present, all indications point to no action on tariffs until the board reports, and likely for a long time after that milestone.
Arizona and New Mexico must again vote on their constitutions yet will be admitted as states regardless. Critics call this unusual statesmanship and question the electoral implications.
Three members of the state bard appear to be qualifying as watchdogs of the treasury, signaling active scrutiny of public funds and financial governance. Their roles suggest a cultural or ceremonial lens on fiscal accountability within state operations.
A compact chronology for June 20 covering 1782 abolition of slavery in Austrian Poland. 1799 Naples surrender to Nelson. 1807 British blockade actions on Ems. 1831 cholera in St Petersburg. 1853 Tsarist manifesto on the Turkish question. 1882 Seven Days’ Battle at Menver Dam. 1884 Commons bill on franchise rejected by Lords. 1902 Spooner’s Panama Canal passage. 1910 Russia and Japan railway controversy in the Far East. 1610 reference to Panama canal passage.
Serena Elisha Payne born June 26 1842 in Hamilton New York later moving to Auburn New York. He co authored the Aldrich Payne tariff measure long a Senate dispute path. Payne studied at the University of Rochester graduated at 21 and joined Payne Payne Clark law firm. He has long been active in politics.
An advertisement for S. S. S. from The Swift Specific Co. claims old sores and chronic ulcers result from impure blood. It promises healing by cleansing the blood, with a free book offered and contact in Atlanta Georgia.
The article outlines a public figure who served as city clerk of Auburn from 1868 to 1871, was Auburn supervisor for a year, then Cayuga County district attorney, and later led the hour of education in Auburn. He received honorary degrees from the University of Rochester and Colgate, chaired the New York State Republican convention, and was a delegate to multiple Republican national conventions, later serving in numerous Congresses from the forty-eighth to the sixty-seventh with one gap.
A recalled anecdote about Samuel Gampers and a Washington dinner with Dr. Miller. McKinley jokes about a mining camp's worst man and a minister’s funeral sermon plan. The humorous exchange ends with a quip on missing fish while sitting in church.
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