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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
4
Citizens are urged to sign a food pledge through schools to do nothing beyond the household’s best interests. Rumors against signing are dismissed as misinformation, with instructions to report malicious stories to authorities. Allies seek stronger defense against Kaiser era offensives in Europe and Mexico amid high wheat prices.
The document lists pricing and delivery options for a local Independent Newspaper known as Pen Rab Y Orboonias Publishing Co. It notes daily and weekly editions, with various payment methods including mail and carrier. Details on terms for one, three, six, and twelve month subscriptions are included.
A fragmentary verse-like passage recalls law and justice as a sword. It contrasts strokes of deft hands that forge with demands for blood and a measured, silent judgment rather than riot, age, or crowd. The lines evoke authority, legitimacy, and restraint in a tense legal or political moment.
The Portland Journal argues for greater use of the Columbia River and better roads to it. It says the river offers the lowest transportation cost known and, if improved and used by barges, the Columbia highway, and feeder roads with grain freight trains, would save Inland Empire farmers millions of dollars.
The author argues for hard surface farm-to-river roads and active Columbia River navigation to boost transport. Without ships and river facilities, inland farmers pay penalties for lack of sea transport, risking higher costs as railways fail to meet traffic. Portland should lead river commerce expansion.
Oregon Journal reports Robert S. Stanfield of Umatina county, former speaker of the house, announces his bid for the Republican nomination for United States senator. The move comes as he weighs the field against McNary and amid shifting gubernatorial plans and Senate dynamics in Oregon.
Fragmentary OCR text references Trav’s Hand, Vine, Mirelandh, Laule Fe Yutes, A. Siekel, Kevin Maline, Jot Wo Sant, Webbe Camphet Hite, Chief Dowdle, Morning ProW Portland, Vege BROS, and a city commission in a disorderly account. Details are fragmentary and names are inconsistently rendered.
The advertisement touts Edwards Olive Tablets as a pleasant remedy for chronic constipation and torpid liver. It stresses that they do not contain calomel and promote normal bowel and liver function with one or two sugar coated tablets at bedtime.
Realty transfers listed with partial deed details and approximate monetary figures. Names and exact parcel details are unreadable, but indicate transfers and recording notes across multiple properties.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions ships, routes, and a few named individuals and locations such as Lynch, Miurlos Wenel, Northwest, Dag, Lowenhif, Prudenod Rian, Hotleer StauU, and Peudleton. Details are garbled. content resembles a navigational or property notice with references to reservations and book entries.
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