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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1909
Page
4
In Pendleton a main entry appeared in a second mall matter with unclear details and fragmented wording. The readable fragment notes an entry at a location described as Pendleton and references a second area but provides no clear outcome or participant names.
The Oregon Journal urges dairies near Portland and eastern towns to prepare for impending state health inspections. Cleanliness and proper procedures are emphasized, including boiling utensils, sanitizing barns and milkhouses, using pure water, avoiding milk from sick cows, whitewashing interiors, and proper manure disposal. Dairymen are urged to post regulations and ensure milker personal hygiene to protect public health and prevent illness, especially in infants.
The city faces heavy expenses for a new water system park improvements and road macadamizing with paving in the business district. Street work mostly falls on property owners though the city must also fund intersections cross walks and cover a 14000 dollar deficit from the current year.
The article explains a forthcoming eight mill city tax on full property valuation to meet next year’s running expenses. It notes this is about three times the ordinary levy and argues for more indirect revenue since expenses cannot be substantially cut. It highlights intact city services and unpaid mayoral salaries as part of the fiscal challenge.
Four girls employed at a Spokane department store were caught stealing. A large quantity of stolen goods was found after their terms were searched. The store discharged them rather than prosecute. The Spokesman-Review criticized the lenient action as potentially setting a harmful precedent.
A Pendleton note from the Oregon prohibition committees secretary claims a brick woolen mill under construction and new streets and subdivisions, but most of it is false. The piece mocks the misleading information as more jokey than factual, contrasting Pendleton with Idaho prohibition rhetoric.
The late president of Title Guarantee and Trust faced an extreme potential sentence of 289000 days in jail or over 700 years. The supreme court reduced the penalty to five years, a substantial mitigation of the offense.
A grand festival celebrates Don Gasper de Portola for discovering San Francisco Bay many years ago. The event honors his legacy while noting that he will not receive any proceeds from the festival celebrations or sales.
The death of Ferrer is viewed as a far greater event to European royalty than his life, marking a shift in royal priorities and historical memory.
The piece celebrates the newspaper as a creator of wonder and information, noting its coverage of stock prices, wars, storms, disasters, and curious events. It praises the paper for revealing what happens on earth, inviting readers to glean news from its pages.
A surgical operation to restore a lost memory will be attempted on A. C. Moore, an Alabama newspaper man, found wandering in Elgin in a dazed condition. Doctors believe Moore’s aphasia stems from an injury and hope surgery will remove it. Mrs J A Moore of Oak Park, a relative, was notified.
The Pekinese dogs of the imperial palace carried a death penalty for theft and long captivated readers. Five pups survived the sacking of the Summer Palace in 1860, reaching England where they entered royal circles. Mimosa and Ah Cum are noted, with Mimosa dying and Ah Cum later housed at South Kensington. A London show this summer featured nearly 160 exhibits from the Pekinese breed. Alfred G. Vanner is linked to a dog said to cost $15 an ounce.
A humorous verse extols the comforts of home life, imagining a contented return to family warmth. The speaker jokes about a wife, children, and pets in a cozy domestic scene as a king of home. An ironic tone targets traditional domestic bliss with playful exaggeration.
A Umber merchant laments the low wood trade mood while a young man asks for a small quantity of beechwood for a sidQe bridge, and the merchant boasts quick supply in logs or planks.
Librarians from Kentucky Indiana Ohio and nearby states meet in Louisville for the Interstate Library Conference to be held over the next three days. The event underscores proactive effort in library service and professional exchange.
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