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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
5
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Eastern Oregon celebrates a thriving crop year in Umatilla with favorable climate soil and water. The East Oregonian envisions irrigation-driven growth creating a prosperous farming belt and Pendleton as the regional commercial center.
The investigation into an alleged furniture trust in the northwest by a federal grand jury in Portland raises questions about the end of trust combinations. Critics warn that cost of living has risen and a collapse may follow if monopolistic practice continues.
The article argues that wages lag behind rising living costs with no clear cause. It labels the increased cost as velvet for trusts and warns that sustained price hikes will push people toward desperation. Business and commercial warfare could disrupt industries long protected by trusts.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin praised Isaac Stephenson a wealthy lumberman for senate duties and reform alignment. He spoke in Pendleton about Stephenson as the right kind of millionaire to join Congress, arguing one sincere, independent finance leader could set a countrywide example.
The Finnish legislature to meet in Helsingfors on May 23 as a one house parliament. Of 199 legislators 19 are women the first female lawmakers equal to men. Clubs schools and student bodies plan celebrations with speeches songs and parades in the northern capital.
The East Oregonian notes the Indian agent post in eastern Oregon is the era’s largest duty in Umatilla county. It oversees over 1,000,000 dollars in land and the welfare of about 1200 Indians, requiring a seasoned, honest, prudent leader and fair treatment of Pendleton and surrounding residents as Agent McFatridge arrives with clear purpose to serve.
The article emphasizes community cooperation to aid the Umatilla Indian reservation. It calls for practical government methods to foster self-government and individualism, noting Pendleton’s stake in improving the tribe’s conditions and reducing depravity and ignorance through intelligent progress. Local citizens pledge support.
A letter argues that government ownership of railways would set uniform, cost-based rates with no discrimination or tariffs. It claims equal miles earn equal costs, ending watered stock and injustices for isolated points. It also urges Pendleton business leaders to cooperate with authorities to curb whiskey selling and to push road paving as streets spread citywide.
May 17 mass meeting for county Sunday School workers at M. G. church Pendleton. May 4 Oregon state grange Hood River. May 24 Umatilla County Caledonian picnic Athena. June 4-7 Washington state grange Lynden. June 7 Pioneer reunion West. June 10 Oregon Pioneers Association Portland. July 4 T B Y P U national convention Spokane. July 10-16 International Christian Endeavor convention Seattle. July 15-26 Grand Lodge Blacks Philadelphia. July 9-12 Knights Templar conclave Saratoga NY. Wool sales dates Pendleton May 23 and 23. June 10, 11 and 96. July Condon June 1. Baker City July 9. Elgin July 11.
The article describes a 1856 to 1866 era in California with heavy foreign coin presence. French and Swiss pieces traded above face value, while gold dust circulated in mining districts. Banks discounted foreign coins. saloons traded francs for drinks, and paper money arrived late. Mentioned are Moffit & Co. coinage, 20 franc pieces, rupees, and evolving monetary practices. It also notes mining fires in Pennsylvania coal veins and the status of local gold notes around 1868.
A humorous anecdote about Southern humor contrasts two governors from North Carolina and South Carolina over education. The North Carolina governor quips that South Carolina keeps North Carolina from being the most illiterate state. The note then shifts to livestock and oil: Kentucky Missouri Kansas Illinois mule farming proves lucrative, and oil exploration starts near Yale in Malheur County led by A E Clark for the Minneapolis Portland company.
An ad claims dandruff is caused by the same germ that causes baldness and asserts that Newbro’s Herpicide destroys the germ in all cases. It urges readers to try samples from The Herplicide Co Detroit and lists two sizes priced 60 cents and $1.00, via A C Koeppen Bros.
A compact chronology cites events and births from 1795 to 1901. It notes Balzac’s birth in 1799, the 1841 Quebec rock fall, the 1863 first Toronto railway run, the 1860 Lincoln Hamlin GOP convention, and 1891 Count Kalnoky’s resignation, plus a 1499 clerical resignation and London socialism farm housing plans replacing settlement work at about $20 million.
Br. F. Irvine editor of the Corvallis Times and Rubhyn Turney of the Corvallis Gazette were indicted by the federal grand jury today on charges of sending through the mail papers containing lottery advertisements.
A report notes Union Pacific railroad is pursuing a systematic effort to reopen its large No 2 coal mine in Wyoming. The story discusses dangers and working conditions in deep mines and compares coal mine duties to those in copper mines over a mile deep.
The Hotel Pendleton has been refitted and furnished throughout with new telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms, including en suite baths and single rooms.
Weekly and monthly special rates offered for meals with excellent cuisine and prompt dining room service. Bar and billiard room available in connection, located three blocks from depots.
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