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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
4
Scrippa McRae News Association lists Pendleton Postoffice status as second class matter under the Strast Mredonan entry with telephone main 1.
Howart Billett argues in a pamphlet that railroads are helpless to keep pace with rapid industrial growth in the Northwest. He notes shortages of freight cars and engines as factories and mines race to meet surging demand, with rail commissions and officials unable to accelerate supply.
Prof J and Landers city superintendent commend Pendleton pubic schools teachers and hundreds of pupils for weekly entertainments. The Pixies performance showcases self control grace and dignity in speech and action, reinforcing education beyond routine lessons.
The Thaw trial teeters between entertainment and pseudo science as doctors debate his sanity. Critics say Thaw’s mental state defies deep study, likening the case to a Macbethian struggle with memory and guilt, while analysts warn against overreaching theories.
The speech attacks Senator Fulton for whitewashing the timber and stone land act and for blaming the forestry department for western land frauds. It argues reserves were needed due to rapid timber loss and sand piracy by corporations, accusing Fulton of ignoring these frauds and the industry’s impact on forest policy.
The essay traces how people move across Oregon seeking education, opportunity, and wider life. It follows a traveler from interior Oregon toward Pilot Rock, then Pendleton, then Portland, suggesting a universal drift driven by aspiration and the call of opportunity as they chase the next stage in a lifelong voyage.
A meditation on humanity, mortality, and faith in immortality as the speaker recalls mothers weeping at graves and the yearning mind seeking meaning beyond death. The text contrasts human fragility with a hopeful conviction of enduring existence and the eye and ear made for light and sound.
A quotation from Rev. Andreas Rari questions whether the inner cry of hope is heard if an Intelligent Force governs the universe. The text contrasts shifting theories and philosophies with a persistent heartache that logic cannot fully satisfy.
The February Sunset notes Joaquin MillerIs back in California living on Oakland hills The famed poet known for The Sun Down Love and The White Sierra arrives after six months in Washington DC Friends gather and fellow writers such as Stoddard Robertson Arny Sterling Ina Coolbrith greet him and hail his continuing renown
The American Farmer criticizes Washington for seeking more army and navy for the Pacific coast and Philippines. It urges withdrawal of troops, closure of costly fortifications, and returning soldiers to productive industries. Savings should fund agricultural stations and colleges.
The piece critiques David Starr Jordan as an able man yet surrounded by incompetence in California. It argues that in the state he is not the sole repository of ability and mentions unnamed scholars who outshine him. The writer suggests Jordan’s influence pales before deeper local intellects, whose wisdom outshines his faded prestige. Sacramento Moe
An evocative excerpt from the poem The Pilot about departure at sea. The speaker requests a guiding pilot to ease farewell and longs to see the pilot’s face beyond the hour and place.
Champ Clark of Missouri recalls a tale about a long absent old man who vanished for weeks at an Institution in a large city. A replacement worker arrives and explains the missing man’s wife is sick, a detail the matron had not heard before about his troubles.
The Tehuantepec railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec opens for traffic aiding global commerce. American domestic traffic will use the route with initial steamship connections by American Hawaiian Steamship Company. About 100000 tons of sugar are contracted to move annually from Phenol to New York Philadelphia and New Orleans via Tehuantepec. The New York Honolulu distance via Tehuantepec is 5609 nautical miles versus 6088 via Panama. Reverend Joe H Metcalf of Taunton Massachusetts pursues astronomy, discovering a new comet now under global observation named Metcalfe comet.
The article outlines a surge in short term note issues by major corporations to raise cash for improvements, citing 150 million dollars issued since December 1 and major railroads leading with 26 million from New York, New Haven and Hartford. It notes high money rates, overstocked securities markets, and legislative concerns about dividend earnings affecting railroads and interurban combines. It also reviews centenarian demographics in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, highlighting more female centenarians in recent decades.
A newspaper note reports that of the centenarians who died in the United Kingdom during the previous year 42 were women and 16 were men. It recalls figures from 1906 with 36 women and 22 men and from 1904 with 41 women.
A fragmentary quotation attributed to Denby Morrison urges steady progress and self-improvement. The speaker emphasizes doing the best one can, growing step by step, and maintaining a chastened spirit rather than seeking shortcuts or genius.
A fragmented verse by James T. Richardson appears in March Fverybody's. It references a nobility, a temple raised and shattered, and imagery of columns amid charred grass, hinting at public scorn and social critique.
A poem by Braton Globe cites Phidias as sculptor of Aphrodite in the nude provoking outrage among ultra factions. The verse frames art and virtue conflict, noting societal shock at the reveal and the clash with conventional norms.
A promotional notice claims Sherman Clay & Co offers a wide piano range from Steinway Knabe and others at a single price, with low freight, promising the best value as they buy in large quantities and advertise a special one month sale nationwide.
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