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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1917
Page
4
A garbled office listing from Oregon and Portland areas references a hotel news stand, a newspaper company, and stray place names. The legible items include Depdletan Oregon and Portlandl Oregon with scattered city and agency hints, but no clear event or outcome.
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and weekly newspapers by mail and carrier. Rates include one year by mail, several monthly options, and multiple terms for weekly service. The legible items indicate varied durations and delivery methods with no clear organization.
Poem urging the flag to free all properties, rid the world of misery, guard rights, avenge wrongs, and gather all burdened people under its folds in a joyful embrace across every race. The verse celebrates unity and liberation under the flag.
An eastern paper notes farmers protest fair treatment in wheat price policy. North west growers seek equal 20 cent per bushel differential and contend higher prices aim to spur production. Shifts to wheat on less suitable land may yield low returns, with many fields returning 5 to 15 bushels per acre. The government aims to secure increased acreage and profits sufficient to sustain American agriculture.
A passage notes that sufficient wheat will be available for the allied nations next year and that if the chosen policy yields the intended results, the price fixing approach will be justified. The statement emphasizes a link between supply guarantees, policy efficacy, and justification of controls.
A Briton named G. R. Parkin told a Chicago audience that July celebrations in the United States will be obsolete in ten years. The piece argues such views ignore America’s wartime aims and the global support for democracy, noting Lloyd George and U-boats, and praising Enos Canutt of Yakima.
The report outlines diverging elements between the two houses on the wartime bond measure. Lawmakers clash over funding scopes and repayment terms as negotiations continue toward a unified bill.
A New York Wind editorial notes Congress approved a massive war bond package totaling about 11.5 billion dollars. The plan funds four billion in 4 percent bonds to aid allies, three billion as a substitute for unsold Liberty bonds, and two billions each in savings and treasury certificates, plus around half a billion for refunding. It adds to existing Liberty bonds and the upcoming war revenue bill, a scale unmatched in history, prompting questions about public awareness as the U S moves toward active war footing.
A. M. Cherry and wife of Amatille plan a wedding at the Villard License, with notices to FB Banister and Mary Pinkerton of Weston. General Carnce arrives in Lawn for Fort Sherman, while West takes command at Cuvier. Prank Krissinger, Pendleton figure, returns after a long stay. Trains expected to run daily to Pendleton by October 1 replacing the tri weekly mixed train. The bell tower was moved from the city lot in the old courthouse yard. Surveyors from O F T N report in the Wutter creek coal regions for their company.
London reports fifteen killed and seventy injured in last night's raid. Zeppelins attacked Yorkshire and Lincolnshire as well as Gotha. Bombings also reached London.
Captain James Prentice of the balloon school at Fort Omaha breaks an arm during a landing at Soldier Town after a flight with three students. A smiles wind made the landing difficult and one student was injured.
In Jacksonville Florida Ernest J Pinney and Mrs Willie Pearl Bussey Phinney faced a police warrant accusing Mrs Phinney of assault with intent to kill. The allegation notes she drew a pistol during a conference between Pinney and counsel General Cromwell Gibbing at Gibbing’s law office in Jacksonville while Pinney sought divorce action.
Local society notes list numerous visitors and residents in Pendleton after the Round-Up. Names include Miss Margaret Felbas returning from Pendleton to Eugene, Captain and Mrs Raabe with Siew Ellen Ength of Portland, and Mabel Blumenstaadt of Rainier plus Carrie Alexander of Spokane for a Bent ley reunion. Also mentioned are Lucil Fisher of Albon, Joseph and Susan Narkens of Wear ton, Rex Sanford of Stanfield, Kelly Clark of Albee, Fred Fulton from Stonland, J Flatt of Athens, Mrs Ida Smith of Portia visiting Mrs Sands, S. Wade and family at the St George, and Barrett of Heppner retiring from the Oregon Waterways association after the Round-Up. Edgar W Smith arrived from Portland arranging shipment of Pete wheat crop to Astoria mill.
London dispatch reports novelist Arnold Bennett contributed an article on America to the Daily News. He praises how the nation and its leaders appear united and focused on admirable conduct amid wartime concerns.
The piece asserts American military potentiality surpasses mere partisan contention and vows the United States will do its damnedest in the war. It notes leaders’ speeches reflect moral issues, democratic principles, and determination toward triumph of principle and conduct. Also reports a West Virginia court ruling on monthly private liquor allowances and federal dry act limits.
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