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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1904
Page
4
Pendleton Oregon afternoon crime newspaper the East Oregonian Publishing Company lists subscription rates by mail and weekly options and notes sales points at B Rich's News Brands and Portland hotels for distribution in Oregon.
The East Oregonian reports Milton Oregon as a model town where 17 years without a saloon improved morals and economy. Population rose to 1,100 with 95 percent of taxpayers temperance advocates. Tax levy is 10 mills, plans for a 9000 dollar municipally owned electric light plant, and local self government noted.
The piece discusses temperance as a church movement in Athena while urging inclusion of winter irrigation in the coming statewide law, citing Judge Ellis’s injunction allowing November to May water use in the Hudson Bay and Freewater ditch case. It notes Spokesman-Review’s political shift, critiques partisan papers, and ends with a lengthy satirical tirade about ladies and scolding, dated Tutulla May 12.
A reflective verse excerpt describes a moving shadow seen on a lamp lit night and recalls memories. It also previews Washington Irving’s essay on ladies tongues, noting their gossiping power and influence in social exchanges.
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