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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1906
Page
5
A draft editorial from Pendleton calling irrigation the life of the county fair and industrial progress. The piece praises irrigation as essential to agricultural prosperity and the irrigation spirit as the central theme for future county fairs in the arid region. It emphasizes developing water for crop production and the economic benefits seen in irrigation counties.
Senator Fortun opened the county fall with remarks on Oregon's educational progress and moral development. He linked the Roosevelt era reforms to a higher public standard, noting rising prohibition support and shrinking tolerance for gamblers and frauds.
SOXTAL SIDE OF THE FAIR. County fair prizes and money matter little beside the social side. People from Umatilla and Morrow counties meet, become acquainted, and form friendships lasting a lifetime. For a quarter century they have been strangers within a day’s travel, now they depart Pendleton as friends enriched and broadened by the fair.
The piece elevates irrigation as the soul of the Umatilla and Morrow counties fair. It argues irrigation transforms arid lands into productive crops, driving a fall spirit of development and reclaiming the d el sands through irrigation progress.
Stockholders quarrel over Weiss-Firgo Express earnings show 30 percent net on watered capital. Public attackers claim lobbyists in Washington protect costly parcel post and rickety rates. Postmaster general inquiry to U S reveals three explanations for lack of parcel post. Criticism notes express firms profit from high charges and hidden costs at the expense of the general public.
The Est Oregon and county authorities push for free school books to reduce per pupil costs from two to about one cent. They argue fewer books raise sanitation and reduce infection. The county fair needs funds, urging residents of Umgalaila or Morrow County to send subscriptions as commissioners cannot reach every citizen.
A fragmented poem-like passage from Newrica ne Times-Democrat mixing tributes to unmercenaries with a mythic dawn scene. It honors good fellows who labor for humanity, then shifts to a grand vision of dawn, time, and friendship as William Wallies is named in the mix of fragments.
The Chicago Journal reports the army will apply fingerprint identification to soldiers from September 1. A special board found the odds of two people sharing identical prints are astronomically small, making posthumous ID of the dead soldiers feasible by preserving prints in sealed bottles for later comparison.
The nation’s 12,000 miles of Texas railroad reportedly netted $37,398,246 over two years after deducting lobby, bribery, big salaries, and other secret expenses. This implies about $3,116 profit per mile, fueling claims that railroad owners influence politics.
General Fred Funston joined the Cuban insurgents briefly to quell a revolution but deserted after a short time. An exchange recalls that he secretly visited the Havana consul general, appeared shabby and odd, and sought safe exit. General Lee arranged his removal aboard the American steamer, avoiding execution by Spaniards.
Collier's Weekly notes three men presenting Democracy in New York state. It says Bryan earned a decade of adherence to core principles, admired by many who see him as sincere and not driven by strategy. He is seen as a more intelligent Roosevelt, a less partisan and more belief driven leader.
A Bangkok Times item reports prankish handbills from a Siamese newspaper proprietors association. The flyer promises sensational coverage including murder, executions, and high ranking deaths, urging readers to buy issues and praising Kipling and Dickens.
Labor gains a victory as Milwaukee congressman Theobald Otten is defeated for renomination by William J. Cary from the Commercial Telegraphers' Union marking a labor success. Ten thousand Clyde boilermakers threaten a September 29 strike unless a five percent wage increase is granted.
A digitized advertorial claims terrible psoriasis can be cured in thirty days by Cutiura at a price of four dollars and seventy five cents. The message emphasizes skin cracking bleeding and intense itching, presenting a dramatic improved outcome after treatment.
A Kansas man recounts a 35 year battle with psoriasis, detailing red circular patches, heavy scales, and intense itching. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, he reports a complete, permanent cure and expresses gratitude to Cuticura, dated April 20, 1905, Hutchinson.
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