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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1910
Page
4
Independent Pendleton newspaper page lists subscription rates for Daily Weekly and semi weekly editions, carrier delivery options, and mailing terms. It also notes street sale locations in Pendleton and Portland and provides bureau address in Washington DC. mentions United Press Association membership and postal designation.
Oregon politicians press Gov Benson to resign as secretary of state so Acting Governor Bowerman can name a successor before Oswald West takes office. Judge Benson says his brother will not resign, noting the public elected him and he serves the people. Critics argue the push is inconsistent with past support for Benson’s health and tenure.
At a Hermiston banquet the board of army engineers heard strong local support to extend the Umatilla project west of the river. Engineers indicated extension could be ordered if per acre costs were shown not too high, and locals believe the case is proven.
Hopeful tone as officials await engineer investigations and the president receives their findings. The piece suggests government action may follow the engineers report with favorable verdicts anticipated on western waste lands development.
Complaints reach East Oregonian that some locals still think library use costs money. Publicity has highlighted free access for two years, and many readers already enroll and use books, though fiction shelves show demand. Pendleton’s free library is popular and expanding its impact each month.
District Manager Van Houtte announced through Mr Wells that the new Pendleton phone directories were a mistake and will be corrected immediately. The Walla Walla directories caused annoyance and even prompted coarse language, but the company aims to respect the public wishes and show consideration for patrons despite the monopoly.
At a future high school tryout debate students will discuss whether the United States has the right to conserve its natural resources. Eminent men disagree. Western opponents fear federal control of timber water and power resources and some favor private acquisition. The students will handle the question themselves.
Reports from Washington and New York warn that advancing railroad rates could bring hard times to the nation. The question arises whether such threats constitute a violation of the corrupt practices act.
General Manager J P O'Brien reportedly learned the Oregon Railroad and Navigation line would double track after hearing a grapevine report circulated locally. The disclosure suggests surprises in railroad expansion plans and management awareness.
A Spokane Roundup plan appears linked to rainfall and wheat yields, with neither the Northern Pacific nor other parties clearly behind the effort. The mention implies weather-driven agricultural concerns guiding the event.
Pat viewed an incubator with a friend who moved to the suburbs. He inspected about a hundred newly hatched chicks with awe and remarked that human nature is a funny thing. The line appears in Everybody's for December.
A Deer Lodge Montana contributor to Everybody's for December notes that if Chestnuts cannot be used, send no regrets as he has plenty. He contrasts having ways with having means, citing that a young woman with ways generally marries better than one with means.
The December McClures includes the second installment of Masters of Capital in America by Turner and Moody on J. J. Hill and Morgan, Goldwin Smith reminiscences, Ehrlich by Marguerite Marks, Working-Girl Budget on unskilled labor, Ferrer analysis by Atrocher, strong fiction led by The Case of Richard Meynell, Miss Cal, Adventures of Miss Gregory fourth part, The Dub, and Giovanna Christmas tale.
An editorial notes the impact of Henry George and Joseph Fels on English land valuation debate shaping the 1910 budget. Fels, a Philadelphia soap maker, funds pamphlets and Hyde Park demonstrations to push single tax ideas, aiming to relieve poverty while critics warn of American manipulation of British reform.
A minister praised God’s provision and likened it to flowers with sun and shade for geraniums and fuchsia. A listener thanked him for the sermon and quipped about her fuchsias, prompting the minister to admit he had learned what was wrong with them.
A farmer’s wife explains an heirloom to her thirteen year old son as a gift passed from father to son and greatly prized, while the boy jokes he would prize his heirlooms more if they weren’t so long in the legs in this December reflection on family keepsakes.
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