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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1907
Page
5
A brief notice outlines subscription options including weekly and semi weekly plans, with varying durations such as one year and four months, though the exact terms and pricing details are unclear due to garbled OCR. The piece references Bem!-Weekly and olx withdrew or changed offerings, suggesting format shifts and eligibility notes.
The verse by Will F. Griffin in the Milwaukee Sentinel speaks of a roving life and a traveler’s vow to answer the road. It frames the speaker’s resolve to barter for a crust and staff and to heed the rover’s call over any urging to return home.
Pendleton ushers in a new era with the start of a gas plant. The system promises cheap, clean, safe, high heat gas distribution citywide, expected to boost households, manufacturing, and summer convenience, with fires kindled this morning to ignite the venture.
President Campbell in the Oregon University commencement urged that refined industry and advanced machinery could cut the standard workday to six hours or less. He argued modern production allows a hundredfold output with technological progress.
A speaker argues that advances in machinery and intellect enable single workers to outperform many of the past. He envisions a future with a four or six hour day, urging higher intellectual standards and better use of idle time as work efficiency grows and society improves.
A dated meditation on why newspapers publish sensational and morbid details. It argues the public creates demand for lurid news and fads, while journalists acknowledge discomfort but feel compelled to supply readers with startling content. It concludes the public sets its standards.
The Denver News notes the commissioner of corporations report accusing Standard Oil of a 35 year conspiracy to monopolize the business, violating laws and using railroad rebates as chief weapon. He recommends federal prosecution, and the piece frames the findings as interesting but not new.
The column argues for personal accountability of corporate heads for their crimes and a legal framework to enforce penalties at their own expense. It cites Rockefeller and Fedler as targets and notes United States Steel earned 156,624,273 dollars last year, implying broad societal contributions to monopoly profits from homebuyers to railroads.
The list records Oregon Grange and county picnics at Athena and Wes ton, Pioneer and fraternal gatherings in Portland Spokane Philadelphia Saratoga and Seattie, plus a long arc of dates from May to July. It notes Wool Sale dates Pendleton Heppner Condon Baker City and July railway work by Join Keefe. It closes with historic dates and a quoted poem and a railroad builder memorial remark.
The Oregon City Star reports Roseburg, smaller than Oregon City, collected over $100000 in 24 hours for stock subscriptions to an electric road to Coos Bay. The drive relied on hard work, a mugs meeting, and a half holiday, with Seattle style aid and a citywide effort led by J H Booth and F P Walte each at $10000.
A reader notes two cottages for sale with installment plans. A $2000 modern roomed cottage offers four lots on the north side near Main Street. A $1400 modern six room cottage with one lot is nine blocks from Main Street on West Riverside Road, with installment payment options.
Los Angeles dispatch reports J. W. Murray a 69 year old desert prospector died of thirst near Willow Springs at Old Daddy Mountain last Friday. His body was found under a greasewood tree in a lava bed his clothes shredded he had wandered deliriously for water after being misled by a blind train. Murray had prospected forty years.
The Hotel Pendleton has been refitted and refurnished throughout with updated telephone and fire alarm connections in all rooms. Bathrooms are upgraded with modern fixtures, and both en suite and single rooms now offer enhanced amenities.
Weekly rates highlight excellent cuisine with prompt dining room service and bar. The during room in connection offers three blocks from depots and convenient access for travelers and locals alike.
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