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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1911
Page
4
Citizens head to a pivotal bond election as Pendleton pushes a major build outlay. A new high school and Lincoln school completion top plans, with half the funds from state for a branch asylum and other public works. Opponents claim overreach, but local business leaders defend the project and the school board’s judgment.
The piece urges qualified voters to act and vote 36 a 4 to advance Pembleton, arguing debate has ended and momentum depends on turnout tomorrow afternoon. It notes previous discussions and calls for decisive action to move the project forward.
Independent of wartime plans the army buildup at San Antonio shows only about six thousand enlisted men and five hundred officers with the rest unaccounted for. The national guard mirrors theory more than practice, offering organizational value but few actual units. The text warns the nation is unprepared for a war of any scale and disaster would follow.
A large majority in Tacoma approved an anti-treating ordinance, signaling a shift in liquor business operations toward stricter compliance similar to other establishments. The measure is blamed on the women voters, raising questions about future moves by women in Walla Walla when the issue recurs.
Pendleton aims to stand among eastern Oregon's progressive towns. Voters face a tomorrow election that will indicate potential community improvements and ongoing progress.
Local businessmen are urged to join the Commercial club and participate after the tuncheon tomorrow evening. Meanwhile opinions on American intervention in Mexico grow more remote as maneuvers around San Antonio appear less fierce than those at American Lake. The debate pits Progressives against Pessimists.
Two former Athena boys, Tommy Bilyeu and Rex Barnett, have found success in mechanical arts. Rex leads a St Louis company that builds an adjustable hospital bed, backed by a $20,000 stock purchase from a Portland capitalist. A Portland Oregonian ad touts the Bilyou Cashier for automatic change counting and its use in banks and stores. Rex and Tommy both studied at the Oregon Agricultural College, with Rex more fortunate in funding his education through self effort.
The narrative describes two boys finishing their course, applying their learning, and achieving success. Each earns respect in the business world, attracting capital that helps place their product on the market. The text ends with the notion that there is always room at the top for another who strives.
A traveler seeks lodging in a small town hotel but finds it full. The proprietor offers a bed in a curtained passage where a draft blows the partition. In the night the guest asks for pins to lock the door, while an assertive advertiser’s persistence is noted.
J G Becker a Chicago wholesale dry goods dealer reports thirty year catarrh relief after trying many remedies and physicians He says Peruna cured him and his wife and they keep it at home for colds and attacks The note appears dated 1811 May likely an OCR artifact from an old almanac entry.
Otto Hohbach completes about 5000 dollar improvements to his Court street bakery adding a brick annex with concrete floors plastered walls and new dough mixing and handling machinery to ensure cleanliness and sanitation. The facility will produce all cakes pastries candies and ice cream sold wholesale from the wagon or at the renovated retail store with a standing invitation for the public to visit and inspect its cleanliness.
A promotional note urges readers to compare costs of upgrading old plumbing to a modern bathroom. It promises lower doctor bills and better health, arguing the price difference is small and provides figures to prove the point.
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