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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1917
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a Pendleton Cregeen print office reference and scattered publication line leftovers. It appears to outline subscription rates and delivery options for Daily and Weekly newspapers by mail or carrier, but the text is severely garbled and unreadable for precise details.
The roundup shows a shift from rail to auto travel as Pendleton attracts more visitors by motor car than by train. Even with poor fall roads in eastern Oregon, autos outpace rail for attendance, signaling a future rise in car travel as roads improve and auto use grows.
The Metropolitan Opera directors face requests to exclude German music this season. The piece argues patriotism is misapplied and that opposing German art does not strike at the Kaiser, urging rejection of censorship and praising music by German masters like Mozart and Beethoven as distinct from wartime politics.
The Oregonian praises Pendleton women for cooperation in delivery service reforms. Pentland Bros. presents facts and earns support as costs rise and labor grows scarce, leading to a push for reduced bettersiron and practical cooperation.
The piece discusses reducing deliveries by three percent while maintaining four daily runs. It urges consumers to combine orders to boost savings, praises Pendleton’s delivery workers as capable and loyal, and claims the goal is to avoid higher charges by keeping prices steady and acting in good faith for the town’s benefit.
The East Oregonian notes the 2.05 per bushel bulk grain price at Northwest terminals as a compromise to balance costs. It argues the move aims for fairness, citing transportation savings via Pacific Coast routes and comparing benefits with Middle States farmers. The report cites Umatilla County profit impact, claiming adjustments seek a square deal rather than farmer benefit alone.
Swearingen returns from Iowa with cargo for Iowa markets and a later arrival from Nedranka secures a home here. J A Wilson Co starts a meat delivery war this morning for daily doorstep service. Erving Club weighs Canada annexation. Red and Gun Club boxing next Sunday. OO and W stockyards under construction by T R, and T C Taylor departs for a visit to Waltonburg.
The Portland Oregonian notes Pendleton has held its Round-Up for eight consecutive years, growing from a street event to a renowned nationwide spectacle. The paper credits civic cooperation and collective Pendleton effort, led by President Til Taylor, as essential to the show’s survival and success, with the influence of the entire community.
In Pendleton, two dominant banks have distanced political factions, guiding public deposits and fueling growth. The city’s expansion includes the Pendleton Woolen Mill, the Eastern Oregon Hospital for the Insane, and Blewett Harvester, with a census showing rapid progress and a steady, unified community advancing prosperity.
In Moberly Missouri yesterday after a quarrel with Mrs Marion Thurman, Mrs Lucy Bernard aged 28 drowned herself and her two year old child in Forest Park lake. A note to her husband described suicide plans. The bodies were recovered last night. Marion Thurman, husband of the other woman, leaped before a passenger train today and died instantly.
Mrs Horner of Eureka Montana was found after two days and nights of solitary wandering in the mountains. Searchers aided by locals and provisions from Eureka helped the exhausted woman, who slept beside a fox during an electrical storm and survived on canned milk and sugar. Her husband noted she bore the ordeal without collapse.
LONDON Sept 24 King George visited the River Clyde along with an American patrol ship. The crew cheered the King and he inspected the quarters of the crew and congratulated the officers on having such a fine ship.
In Owa Sious City Iowa on November 21 a herd of prize winning cattle sold at auction for a record price. The bid was 15.00 per hundredweight totaling about 15,000 dollars, surpassing previous records for the Interstate five mock fall event.
Portland Ore September 23 Orders from the War Shipping Board require the immediate commandeering of the tin Towers Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The Great Northern Railway System company announced the move and noted the government will take control of the vessels promptly.
Yakima Canutt, later known as Enos Canutt, wins the bucking championship at the Colfax Washington Round-Up in 1918 after years of riding. He first rode in contests as a youth with his father J L Canutt and brother, earning early fame and later taking top prizes at multiple events including Walla Walla, Kalispell, and Medicine Hat.
A garbled Ashland report describes a Saturday football event with locals and a bulldog figure. The fragment hints at a hat and a throw, suggesting a chaotic scene and attempts at relation to a town or school activity.
Meacham news notes from Eat Oregonian Special dated September. Events include Vandermulien party leaving for Newberg to place daughter in school. Caney's trip to Pendleton. Miss Mamie Knowlton departing for Newton Iowa after visiting relatives. Mrs. Gyer visits from Kamrel. D W Dockweller to La Grande. Locals attend the Mound-Up with many named residents. Heavy weekend rain noted. Calverts travel to La Grande. Lawrence Hawes returns home after Round-Up stay.
The fragment reports Arthur Teettie Ul with typhoid at La Grande Hospital on Sunday morning. James York and a hunting party returned after several days away amid heavy rain. A. Smith sold ten carloads of sheep bound for Twin Falls Idaho. Hillyard arrived from Telecas this week with a Dia team and a new tenant wood.
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