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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
A meditation on work as artistry across crafts from bridge builders to machinists. It urges workers to take pride, keep their wheels moving, and perform tasks with heart and skill, turning daily labor into art.
Nicholas Longworth, Roosevelt's son-in-law, hinted in a Honolulu interview that Roosevelt might seek another term in 1908 if the people urge him. He stressed that the president would act only if he feels truly wanted, acknowledging the challenge for Taft or others to advance Roosevelt's reforms.
Citizens vow no lax enforcement as boss gamblers face renewed scrutiny. Pendleton, noting recent arrivals of known gamblers, pledges to maintain a clean record and uphold decency while warning against a revival of past vice. Local business leaders are urged to keep pressure on ensuring law and order.
The article notes Pendleton's effort to stop gambling to curb agitation and stabilize finances. She argues gambling harmed business, as crowd gambling reduced timely payments and prompted money to flee to gamblers. Merchants report improved trade when gambling ceased, with wage earners spending on families and jobs rather than gambling.
The Associated Prose dispatch reports Theodore EB Burton, former Ohio congressman, plans to defend Tom Johnson against Johnson's opponents who claim his policies oppose Republican principles. It highlights Johnson's actions to cut streetcar fares to aid students, free the streets from private monopolies, and resist perpetual franchises for utilities. It questions Burton's potential stance on these issues and portrays Johnson as a reformer opposed by city politicians and monopolistic interests.
The Oregon public should elect United States senators, Senator Bourne argues, warning that shrinking popular rights will yield to corruption if politicians control nominations. The East Oregonian lauds new emphasis on western histories in schools and notes Alameda California offers the Pacific coast’s cheapest electricity, boosting manufacturing with rates from 3 to 7 cents per 1000 watts.
The town of Dufur in Wasco county was founded in 1973 by A J Dufur who now lives in Portland. The community has about 900 residents and is experiencing a population boom as growth accelerates.
The piece notes four states banning liquor and Oklahoma adopting a prohibitory provision. It argues dry areas extend by local option, shrinking counties and driving liquor beyond borders. It cites figures: 26,000,000 in dry areas, Arkansas 60 of 75 counties dry, Connecticut 98 dry towns to 72 wet, Indiana half population in dry townships, Maryland restricting saloons in many counties. It questions the lasting effect of prohibition, citing Govs Folk and Hoch and Kansas trends.
A Pacific Monthly verse recalls the fatigue of care and the ache of loss. It imagines a parent worn by duty yet haunted by memories of a child’s touch, laughter, and lisping hand. The poem mourns the tenderness of a home now silent and the weight of unspoken prayers.
Poem by Willam H. Hayne appears in Uncle Tre mus' Magazine September issue. The verse celebrates lyric breezes roaming forests and valleys, breaking winter's gloom with rhythmic bloom and music, blending motifs of nature and imagination.
A night waking poem fragment describes waking at a quiet hour and feeling part of nature. The speaker notices surface sounds like cricket chirps and a small bird, which emerges briefly to sing before returning to rest. The text echoes Libella Howe Fiske in the Craftman.
A St Louis paper notes California shipments of oranges lemons and grapefruit totaling about 30,000 carloads annually, with Pacific coast growers adding thousands of fruit and vegetables. Much comes from lands reclaimed from the desert by irrigation, including canthloupes and table grapes rivaling the finest hothouse produce.
California agriculture rapidly expands with cantaloupes now thriving in Imperial and Coachella valleys. Shipments last year reached 690 cars, with 1000 cars expected this season as railroads add 6600 refrigerator cars. The bulk fruit trade adapts to modern cold storage, boosting U S supply and reshaping distribution. A Tronton plant closure follows eight profitable years, while Charles Poetora is named receiver in a separate eastern business case.
Room rates advertised at one dollar and one dollar fifty nine cents are shown a block and a half from the depot. A large electric sign beckons passersby, drawing attention to the affordable lodging offer.
The Hotel Portland in Portland Oregon advertises American plan from 3 dollars per day and up. It serves as headquarters for business and commercial travelers with special rates for families and single gentlemen. The management invites guests to view rooms and inquire about prices, noting a modern Turkish bath and H C Bowers as manager.
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