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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
4
The Pendleton paper announces its status as a city and county paper with independent dispatch. Readers are urged to follow local news as the post office handles second class mail matter and the paper seeks to serve the community with updates from United Press.
A diligent person responds with direct yes or no when unsure. He relies on knowledge, not guesses, and applies steady effort to complete tasks beyond others.
The mayor and city council designate April 1 and 2 as cleaning up days with supervision by councilmen and women from local clubs. The municipality will remove gathered refuse from streets, urging homeowners and businesses to participate. noncompliance may be charged in police court. The effort aims to improve sanitation and keep the city presentable.
The article focuses on the current coast league baseball standings and player strikeouts as fans ask who won today. It references political turmoil loosely but centers on baseball batting averages and the triumphs or failures of popular idols.
At the meeting last night the city authorized a road scraper. The city already owns a roller, and used together with the scraper, should improve several badly in need streets for travel.
The piece argues that permanent street surfaces need rollers and scrapers, advocating macadamizing principal residence streets with concrete courses and curbs. It predicts Pen-Weton will look far better when streets are improved in this manner.
The article notes about 140 U.S. cities testing the commission form. Charles Edward Runsell lists reasons in favor, including eliminating party politics and bosses, viewing cities as business enterprises, replacing representative government with direct responsibility, and trimming useless offices for efficiency in the twentieth century.
Reports from Milton Freewater area predict a large fruit crop this year with bumper yields. Orchardists may need to trim trees to prevent limb breakage from new growth and possible frost damage, signaling prosperity for residents of the east end if freight lines cope with heavy shipments.
At Eugene the rector of St Mary's Episcopal church resigns, citing the increased cost of moving as the reason. Parishioners respond by planning to advance his salary, indicating support for his decision and a favorable outcome for him.
A headline mistake claimed the city treasury gained fines from near beer operators and tiger store owners. The correction notes the county collects the money, while the city only bears the blame.
The city plans 1006 locust trees for Olney cemetery to transform the desolate burial ground. A Parisian society forms to oppose elephant slaughter, though members may not kill elephants anyway.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece sketches a rustic tale set in Um county with characters Pretty Jane and Honest Jack. Jane leaves then returns as a cardboard engine raises excitement before Jack saves her and they wed at a village altar.
A lengthy Examiner letter defends dancing as a healthy activity, arguing it sharpens grace and discipline when properly managed. It rebukes anti dance critics as morbid and urges regulated, age appropriate dancing under supervision and in suitable environments.
A Brooklyn Life note describes a writer at work who dreams of literary fame while a husband mocks her by suggesting she clean with an ordinary broom. The quip reflects social wit on marriage law and breached promises.
A. Clise, sole exclusive optometrist in Umatilla County, operates from the John Schmidt Building in Pendleton Oregon with over 30 years of practice. He personally grinds and fits glasses after careful eye examinations.
A historic advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach restorative and liver invig orator that cleanses blood and fights disease producing bacteria. It asserts the product has known ingredients listed on the bottle and contrasts it with unknown substitutes, also promoting Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowel regulation.
The article reviews Lord Rayleigh and other scientists noting water colors shifting from blue to green under different conditions. It discusses experiments with long tubes and seas, including Capti and Cornwall coast samples, and contemplates how color perceptions challenge poetic expectations.
Mr. Cannon retells the speakership tale and influence, with opinion arguing that little of importance has happened. The piece notes divided views in different quarters and hints at ongoing debate over political narratives.
In a quiet post Christmas chat Elsie and Sophie discuss two schemes to reveal true affection. A playful pornographic tone hints at a more intimate test centered on a man in the parlor and a lighting cue to gauge his feelings.
Paris fashion chatter from the Pittebure Post notes that style depends on overstocked items, with witty quips about trends. It casts fashion as a playful response to inventory, hinting at what might appear on the streets as a result of surplus goods.
In a National Monthly excerpt a narrator recalls a 1925 tale about a striking red creation in a museum described as beefatenk. The story credits three men Aldrich Payne Cannon with shaping the project, with earlier 1910 context noting limited affordability.
ANOTHER GOOD BUY 1640 acres all fenced with new posts and 800 acres in grain. 260 acres alfalfa expected to yield 760 tons this year. A water stream, good dam and ditches, solid buildings, and extensive fruit trees. Ideal stock feeding ranch with a railroad running through the middle. Priced at $46,900. BE. T. WADE, American Nat Bank Bid: Pendleton, Ore.
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