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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
4
A bold Sunday Oregonian series harshly criticizes Portland public schools and the teaching corps. Proponents say it spurs reform, while critics fear city harm. supporters argue prod is necessary to elevate education and expose incompetence. The debate frames education as vital to Portland’s future.
The East Oregonian notes the rich and glowing Umatilla sunset views from Pendleton hills. It praises western slopes of the Blue Mountains for dramatic beauty, urging residents to cherish nature as a motherly source of inspiration over material gain.
A fragment notes that over 100 volumes of law books become obsolete every two years in the United States due to changing conditions and new statutes. It criticizes the proliferation of bills aimed at niche aims, many of which repeal or render earlier laws useless, reflecting public expense and inefficiency.
A critique argues that hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly are wasted in creating laws that quickly become obsolete. It calls on lawmakers to consider the record they set rather than rapid, superfluous legislation and urges caution before introducing more bills.
The piece discusses spiritual warnings about the Columbia voyage and how three women forewarned chose not to sail, arguing belief in presentiments supports spiritual guidance while noting science offers explanations. It also praises permanent roads and streets in Umatilla and emphasizes public road value, then shifts to career openings in commerce and labor with examinations for federal service.
In a New York State Journal of Medicine note on a typhoid outbreak, nearly 1000 cases and 75 deaths occurred in one month. It argues the funds wasted on illness could have funded a new water system and that municipal negligence may lead to costly legal recovery and stricter water cleaning in the future.
A line of vivid verse by Archibald Sullivan appears in Smart Set. The fragment describes a rose as a sacred litany, with imagery of birds, dew, and a royal red bloom in a chapel of the blue sky.
Poem excerpt by Walter Malone urging action and renewal. It speaks of opportunity knocking at the door each day, urging wakefulness and effort rather than waiting for chances. It portrays daily rebirth at sunrise and the burning away of yesterday’s records.
The government of Alberta plans to install and operate a province wide telephone system for elites, towns, rural municipalities, and improvement districts at $10 to $12 a year with long distance access near postage costs. Edmonton to Lloydminster line construction to begin. Edmonton called Glasgow of Canada. The province also owns street railway, water works and electric lighting.
The article surveys Alaska’s literary pull with Jack London Rex Beach and Bailey Millard among authors who found Alaska's mines as rich as Nome's tundra. It mentions Mrs Atherton seeking Sitka material and praises Warren Chaney for high quality suggestive of a new volume from Sunset.
The Richmond multipr electric plant cost 200,282 and earned 63,185 last year with 3,697 expenses. Net profit 29,801 covers interest, sinking fund, depreciation and taxes, leaving credit balance. Customers rose from 1,283 to 1,791 in 1906. current sold at 74 cents per kilowatt. street lighting uses 294 units. Dr Watson suggests testing sixth sense on humans acting insensibly.
An advertisement warn of kidney and bladder diseases as dangerous, listing heart disease and pneumonia as related outcomes. It promotes Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy that improves kidney function, reduces frequent urination, and offers free sample bottles and a booklet by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
A brief note describes The Hotel Pendleton Bar and Bard Stoom in connection with Opeta, noting that only three tooke from Opeta.
The American plan rooms start at $3 per day with higher prices for larger suites. The Portland hotel serves tourists and business travelers and offers special rates for families and single gentlemen. The management invites visitors to view rooms and learn prices. A modern Turkish bath is featured in the hotel. H. C. Bowers, Manager.
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