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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
4
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Pendleton hosts a lecture by Mia Jean Morris Ellis on phrenology and character study. The speaker cautions that head shape and facial landmarks mislead, noting examples of people with impressive features in modest roles and others with plain looks achieving great things through will power and self development.
Good roads are coming to Umatilla County faster than expected. In two years substantial funds have built and strengthened roads and bridges, giving the county top quality steel wagon bridges in eastern Oregon. The program is permanent and endorsed by residents as a lasting improvement, unlike recurring temporary work.
In Umatilla County bridges are in place and people emphasize lasting good roads. A surge of autos among farmers supports the push for better highways and road taxes. The county court is praised for past bridge and road work despite a severe flood and costly repairs.
Oklahoma's Senator Owen urged universal woman suffrage before the house judiciary committee with applause. He argued women would curb corruption and noted low female crime in universal suffrage states while countering immigrant male vote influence.
Editorial condemns Oregon legislature for ordering the secretary of state to print and distribute 100,000 copies of the initiative measure. Argues state printer costs triple the amount of newspaper printing and reduces reach and readability for voters. Accuses lawmakers of favoring the state printer over press coverage.
The field for the congressional nomination includes three candidates. Congressman Eilis is described as the best qualified with current office experience and a ready working staff in Congress. He is a bona fide resident of eastern Oregon and has lived in the district for twenty five years, making him familiar with local needs.
Detroit Free Press notes a humorous contrast in a household where a woman keeps vast amounts of chewing gum. The poem details gum found under sofa cushions, chairs, mantel shelves, piano busts, and chandeliers, highlighting the comic risk of insuring goods but not gum.
A Morning Star verse that imagines a pleasant land where many build castles of well I meant to sand. The sun shines, the work continues, yet nothing is finished as each structure collapses and the cycle repeats. The poem laments idealism without action.
A humorous notice from Sturgis South Dakota reports a playful “epidemic” called Oregonitis affecting Charles F. Runkle. Dr. Mosley humorously forecasts a cure when summer doves return, with Charley pictured in a white duck suit and straw hat as friends await the change. The piece lampoons local chatter and seasonal crops.
A description states a two main horizontal planes design stacked with several intermediate planes. Total weight set at 1500 pounds and a required height rate of 40 miles per hour. Mr Scott asserts the machine will travel 60.
A Paris school invited 132 boys and 72 girls to name preferred toys. Boys favored railway trains 31, tin soldiers 23, steam engines 10, building blocks 9, toy typewriters and mechanical horses 8. Forty girls supported dollars as the top recreation, while diabolo drew only 2 boys and 6 girls, showing a sparse interest.
The Parma Herald invites readers to share news on any topic from personal misfortune to arrests and domestic matters. It calls for public notices of death, illness, elopements, family matters, or any significant events to inform the community.
Professor William A. Nitze of Amherst College Romance Languages, who recently returned from sabbatical in Rome, resigns as department head and will assume a leadership post at the University of California.
A notice announces Jerome the Percheron stallion will be sold at public sale in the pavilion during market day. The listing highlights the horse’s beauty and potential value for buyers at the fair.
A poetic passage reflects on aging blindness and women eating on white seas with fevered eyes seeing dreamlike wastelands. It laments gray days and unwelcomed springs while questioning the value of youthful dreams against grim costs and loneliness in old age.
A Pendleton civic movement seeks unity among 26 fraternal societies to fund and beautify the Olney cemetery. With city council ready to proceed, the query asks what secret orders will contribute and how combined effort can reduce costs while elevating the cemetery’s upkeep.
James F. Scott, awarded a $10,000 government contract for an aeroplane, has toiled for 20 years on aerial navigation. A scenic artist aged 46, he has built at least a dozen models and flown up to 200 yards. He predicts planes will carry 20 men and fly 2600 miles within five years, with the machine to be built.
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