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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1911
Page
4
Public notice listing subscription rates for the East Oregonian Publishing Co in Pendleton Oregon. Includes daily and semi weekly mail and carrier options, lengths from one month to one year, with prices, and distribution details. Provides sales outlets and bureaus in Portland Chicago Washington. Mentions United Dena Association membership.
The article argues for commission government as a nationwide reform to boost efficiency in public service, comparing it with business practices and citing trends in Alaska proposals and Roosevelt’s call for regulating interstate monopolies. It notes local Pendleton discussions where mayoral candidates support public utility regulation.
Editorial urges balancing water rights among settlers along McKay and Birch creeks and the Uma tilla river with reservation claims of Indians. It criticizes Morton and legal actions limiting irrigators to two and a half acre feet, argues three to four acre feet per acre reclaimed, and calls for fair compensation and respect for existing prior rights as the Umatilla extension proceeds.
The paper argues for a commission charter to elevate public service. It contends higher salaries and fixed responsibility are needed, with officials closely watched and paid for performance. Adopting the charter is seen as a big step toward efficiency, urging voters to study and support it decisively.
The campaign features James Johns backing a filter ing system against incumbent Moore who supports a gravity system. Johns was pushed by backers aiming to unseat Moore, while Moore advocates encouraging groups pursuing mountain water for the city.
The Stinfield players started slowly but rapidly gain momentum to close the game with a solid finish, showing resilience and improved cohesion as the match progressed.
Judge Lowell pursues Jonathan Hourne over a toga as political chatter swirls around a potential run. Close friends say the colonel will not seek office again, despite hints of movement and possible plans.
A fragment from a Harper's Weekly piece recalls a recruiting sergeant questioning enlistment unless sent to the Seventy-fifth Infantry. A farmer and others discuss fraternal ties, with a humorous aside about an agricultural experiment station and a kiss misunderstanding.
A column argues for a commission charter to enable a gravity water system in Pendleton. It claims any system can be chosen under commission government, urges turnout for Will Moore as water commissioner, and presents Moore as the candidate aligned with gravity water and mountain water.
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