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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from Pendleton listing subscription rates for Daily Weekly and Semi Weekly editions. Mentions East Oregonian Publishing Co and various durations, with garbled pricing and delivery terms. Possible address snippet 501 Fourteenth Place Main 1.
A state treasury report notes Oregon’s state school fund has hit five million dollars, a figure once thought unattainable due to prior mismanagement of school lands. The piece condemns past sales to corporations and speculation, contrasts with Washington’s prudent approach, and calls out legislative blame for the loss of potential value.
Pendleton and Umatilla county庆 rejoice at a new ruling requiring renters of Umatilla Indian lands to reside on the leased properties. The Indian department will enforce the rule with support from local business people and farmers. The measure aims to replace departing families driven by bonanza farming, potentially adding 200 to 200 homes and spurring new houses wells and roads as the reservation prepares to house several thousand residents.
Pendietan residents at the fair and open river meeting observed the benefits of a permanent rest room in the city. The Dulles Commercial Club promoted a permanent room equipped with chairs tables reading material and writing surfaces for visitors and stringers.
A quiet rest room in Pendleton is proposed to serve travelers and locals. The Commercial association janitor would maintain it at low cost, but its benefits would aid visitors and promote Pendleton as a welcoming city to the many travelers passing through daily.
The Forum writer argues a new political alignment is coming as old parties outlast rivals. He contends little separates Roosevelt and Bryan, outlines centralization versus railways ownership, and predicts a split into radical and conservative factions across regions with west and south strong, east dominant.
The San Diego News likens Oklahoma's new constitution to a freak constitution in several countries, praising self government over machines and railroads. It argues Oklahoma can become a practical school of example, inspiring other states to resist monopolies and octopus systems and usher in political freedom.
A string of small fires in Pendleton prompts warnings to property owners and local authorities to exercise vigilance and reduce fire risk. Authorities emphasize careful handling of ignition sources and prompt reporting to prevent further incidents.
A warning urges residents to stop careless rubbish disposal, noting the city cannot be everywhere at once. The fire chief and city marshal are taking steps, but every household must guard their premises and take individual responsibility for disposal.
Poem fragment set on a western beach questions whether love or hate defines the clasp of land and sea. The speaker notes wearying of ancient foes and of wandering thoughts as the sea mood softens to cradle and lull with moonlit wind songs, older than speech.
The Elgin Recorder denounces Baker City Oregon as the only town in the state allowing open gambling and wide open saloons. It laments the townspeople and officials enabling the gambler, calling the vice a parasitic drain on the community after a recent assassination of Harvey K. Brown.
A Salem letter from a university graduate now at MIT in Boston argues that remaining at the University of Oregon for mining engineering could have saved half the cost, noting others share the view. The writer calls for full support of local schools and discourages sending children elsewhere, urging Try the home institutions first.
The Interior official Presbyterian publication dedicates 186 pages of its October issue to Portland and Oregon. It highlights irrigation, agriculture, fruit and cattle scenes, log handling, rose production, and the state’s strength from church and education perspectives. Nolan R. Best, managing editor, authored the article after a Oregon visit.
Reports from Tokyo say Nakayama, the mother of Japan's emperor and a senior court figure, is seriously ill but belief persists that she died Thursday, ending a long service at the Imperial Court.
An advertisement argues that mercury and potash therapies harm the body and cannot cure Contagious Blood Poison. It promotes 8.8.S. (Swift Specific) as a vegetable antidote that reaches the disease root, purges poisons, and restores health. Free home-treatment book offered by The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, GA.
Cairo dispatch reports Consul General L M Iddings noting Nile water releases on August 27 will be reduced this year due to lighter rains in Abyssinia and upper Nile. Despite expected shortages, Egyptian crops should fare thanks to storage at Assounn Esneh Delta and Zibie Barrage. Sharaki land area will receive no water and pay no tax, reducing state revenue while increasing basin water management costs.
Two clear boxes of standard bred Maryland and Virginia bumblebees are en route from Washington to Luzon. It is alleged they were sent in rush order.
The San Francisco Star ridicules a Washington claim that experts send bumblebees to the Philippines for crop fertilization, arguing the motive is to force natives to wear clothes and lampooning Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.
The East Oregonian reports that nearly $1000 in fines from 1994-1 remain due to the county by gamblers. Normally fines must be paid or jail follows, but these gamblers were not jailed nor restrained, implying a lax enforcement or informal confinement. Weston Leager.
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