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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
6
Oregon enacts sweeping measures including juvenile court creation and parole options, tougher penalties on certain offenses, auto registration, hotel protections, and new oversight bodies. Provisions cover highway safety, hypnotism bans, ticket scalping, hop industry rules, and library and tax commissions.
Old veteran shearers travel a 3000 mile yearly circuit from Umatilla County through California Oregon Washington and Idaho to Montana finishing in Smith River valley and Rio Timber each season. Some also work harvests as traction engineers threshers while a few have sheared in New Zealand South America and across Mexico and the United States.
A prized Lewiston artifact, a book published in Spalding Idaho in 1846, now on display at Thatcher and King book store. The volume, issued from the first printing press west of the Rockies, was prepared by Rev. Spalding and noted for its value in a New Perce and English dictionary. It marks a significant Mormon, missionary era milestone.
J E Forbis of Wasco buys N T McVay and Tom Parman ranches near Gooseberry post office totaling 400 acres from E B Lyon. Wool from Lexington warehouse ships 160000 pounds. Mrs Pa vett residence near the Woolgrowers warehouse partly destroyed by fire from a defective flue. most household goods saved. Decor ation Day plans advance with W R C G A R and church groups. Idaho state bonds of 460000 sold to Chicago firm McDonald McCoy & Co for 475699 at 4 percent.
John Burroughs notes a robin with a nest nearby drilling the turf to extract grubs. He observes her precise, repeated method and wonders how she locates grubs just beneath the surface, whether by hearing, sight, or instinct, as she confidently finds every grub she targets.
In Paris the elder Coquelin attends a Sub Rosa quard tier Latin club meeting. He is admitted after a silent ritual with water in a tumbler, a suspended rose, and a single rose petal placed on the water. The vote is counted with bread balls and all ballots are rounded. The other anecdote recalls an English cottage as a castle in a trespass case, with a judge and barrister debating sanctuary.
Feared the worst after Friday Wiser, a familiar Black man, was found dead in a Mississippi town. Unaffiliated with church or lodge, there was no one to pray for his soul. A small group carried the body to the cemetery in a pine coffin, where Bob McRaven spoke solemnly, noting expectations and hope in a somber farewell.
A quotation by Rowwell D. Hitchcock extols true greatness as a living heart of generosity and activity. It portrays greatness as neither past nor ahead of its time but moving with the age, leading it forward just enough to advance. It emphasizes constant motion, not rest, likening greatness to a fountain rather than a reservoir.
A Cleveland Leader fragment recalls Beth Strong as a momentary test of nerve. He quotes holding his breath, then blushes, pockets a clove, while an admirer remarks on his strength in a brief, evocative scene.
A San Francisco Bulletin excerpt presents a witty exchange. Mrs Lane of Reasoning questions a husband about alimony, while a remark likens marriage to gambling. Collier's Weekly references a lottery metaphor. Operations at Swecenes mines resumed May 2.
Railroads unite to end Armour monopoly on refrigerator cars. Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western suspend exclusive contracts with Armour, enabling rail lines to build and operate their own reefers and charge only cost. Gould lines extend use of Armour cars to their networks, while several roads plan further nonexclusive deals to avoid private-car charges.
A fragmentary portrait of Felice Boulanger eleven, a typical French child. The writer contrasts her family life in France with an English girl, noting Felice’s vitality, hunger, and curious behavior, including late dinners and late conversations with elders.
In 145 the owners of St Julian vineyards in Savoy sued caterpillars for damage. The case, heard by an ecclesiastical judge, involved two lawyers for the insects and a commission to assess damages. After a year the farmers paid all costs. Forty-two years later another invasion was deemed lawful, with a suggestion to fence land for caterpillar grazing. A Virginia tombstone quotes dated epitaphs, and Butte postal receipts rose from 40,000 to 91,000 in ten years.
The Hotel St. George, operated by George Darveau, features European plan accommodations with en suite rooms and modern conveniences. Steam heated throughout, telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms, and large new sample rooms mark it as a leading Oregon hotel near the depot.
Hotel Bickers has been remodeled and refurnished throughout. Rooms are neat and clean with up-to-date steam heat and electricity. Guests can expect best cuisine and prompt service.
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