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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1905
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for daily and weekly mail delivery including various durations. The notice to advertisers requires advertising copy for Oregonian past to be in by 5 PM the day of issue. The fragment ends mid-sentence with unclear month reference.
The address urges Umatilla County to adopt a systematic plan for road building to prevent washouts and costly repairs. It envisions marble boulevards and durable highways, calling for sustained funding and year by year progress rather than repeated rebuilds. Enthusiasm is hoped to be contagious, convincing the county to rebuild miles of roads on an imperishable basis.
Oregon visitors to the Lewis and Clark fair will gain a broad view of regional resources through extensive displays. The western states offer educational outlines with Wyoming presenting 306 exhibits from refined oils to lubricants and 20 coal grades. This public exposition aims to educate from opening day through October 16.
The planned display includes over eight tons of produce enough to last a family nearly a year with more than 100 varieties of fruit and 200 distinct industries showcased, illustrating irrigation growth and education for westerners. Oregon visitors will return home impressed by a bigger broader cosmopolitan fair than ever.
The year 1905 marks a turning point as Roosevelt ancestry inspires Oregon to new political integrity. A fearless purge targets corruption in high offices while urging restraint over the state fair funding and avoidance of future promoter driven ventures. Sheriff Tom Word raids Portland gambling, challenging national opposition and urging nationwide reform from city to town.
In a melodramatic verse from E. D. Pierson in the New York Herald a grieving family recalls a woman's final breath as she bids farewell to a life of shopping. The poem laments markets and bargains and ends with a plea to choose a proper undertaker.
Yakutsk in eastern Siberia is cited as the coldest city with a frozen soil interior and sparse European houses among winter yurts. The article notes a desert-like province and extreme living conditions, while a separate item mentions high schools and a meet at Pullman with athletes from Idaho.
Raymond Robbins of the Neathwenterts University Social Settlement argues the majority of homeless men are American born from good families. He cites extensive research observing foreign and native youths, tenement education, and the fading frontier as drivers. A separate Nevada note mentions wild horses causing damage and a boundary dispute along the Queets River.
Pendleton readers report backache relief from Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. L Hodson of Aura Street says the pills strengthened her back and ton ed her system after cold induced loin pain. Sold by Brook & McComas Co. at 56 cents. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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