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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
4
A Pendleton reform program run by Mr. Adams uses a merit system to teach boys responsibility. Each boy earns points toward pay and future employment, with weekly allowances and costs for room, board, and clothes deducted. Extra earnings come from side ventures like poultry, berries, and candy resale.
Opinion argues against six year mayor and commissioner terms in a proposed commission government. It advocates two or four year terms with biennial elections to keep officials accountable and allow voters to reelect satisfactory leaders. It questions recall as substitute due to safeguards and potential disgrace.
Frances A. Groff writes in Sunset Magazine about Los Angeles County Parental Home and Superintendent John Quincy Adams Jr. The article notes that boys on probation are not considered convicted, describes removing a boy from unfit parents, and outlines the offenders’ cleverness and deception while praising reform efforts and the challenges Adams faces.
The Umatilla reservation offers prime agricultural potential if river water is set aside for irrigation. That change would boost Indian livelihoods by stabilizing crops and prevent destitution under dry farming. Irrigation would benefit Pendleton’s future prosperity regardless of the race of settlers, urging local involvement in adjudication.
Independent Republicans condemn the state leaders for deciding Oregon’s presidential candidate without local input. National committeeman Ralph Williams heads a large committee backing Taft renomination, using state party power in apparent breach of etiquette and the intent of the presidential primary law. The law requires party members to vote.
The leaders in Oregon are not willing to wait. They have decided the proposition already in favor of Taft. It should fail the revival of assemblylam and eme.
The piece argues Wickersham’s Supreme Court appointment would benefit La Follette. It notes McNeil's Island sentences against white slavers aim to curb traffic. It adds the World Series should be played in the West to avoid weather delays.
North Yakima Mayor A J Spilawn opposes Seattle and Tacoma breweries selling beer locally. He conditions a Grand hotel saloon license on selling only North Yakima brewery beer. Also notes Northern Pacific Railway schedule from Pendleton and a Friday the 13th omen.
Readers apply geographic knowledge learned during the Russo Japanese war to understand current events and maps, reflecting lingering interest in Asia and military campaigns. The emphasis is on practical geography skills rather than theory.
Poem by Wex Jones warns money leads to greed and loss of conscience. It contrasts voices of pleasure power and greed with the fading call of honor country and conscience.
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