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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
4
Classified notice lists subscription prices and delivery options for Pendleton Oregon edition. Mentions daily and weekly formats, mail and carrier rates, and various regional distributors. The noisy fragmentary text preserves rate figures and term lengths without clear dates or names.
Poem excerpt notes bells chiming and trembling as the Lord sets the hours of the day while the speaker continues singing on the journey. Mary Stewart Cutting quoted from Delineator.
A local election fallout reveals Pacific Power & Light Co. involvement in attacks on Pendleton water board and support for Dr J A Best's gravity water project. Col J H Raley allegedly supervised Best’s literary efforts. the piece argues the attacks were self serving and aimed to derail progress. The era's vigor and civic stakes dominate the contentious discourse.
In a grim Christmas scene a firebombing or arson led to multiple child deaths as a man shouted fire at Cal umet. The incident mirrors the era’s harsh winter weather and the deadly outcome of panic. Authorities pursue those responsible for the blaze.
The Oregon State Welfare Commission unanimously fixes a minimum weekly sustaining wage for a self supporting woman in frugal but decent living at 23 4 dollars. The decision, though controversial, tests local self government and could influence 47 other states to consider a similar principle in time. The stance values state experimentation over federal control and argues that good policies endure while bad perish.
Poem fragment praising youthful roses and a beloved wife. Speaker sits by firelight recalling love that lifts sorrows. Imagery lingers on wind and tresses as life’s song is invoked.
The passage weighs on a playful verse about a maid with soft yet wise glances and a judge’s quip on the lingering phrase Goo-go eyes. It shifts to a statistical note about British Columbia’s land use including lake, timber, and cultivated areas with estimates of yields and acreage.
A reflective lyric recalls winter loneliness and warm past loves. The speaker sits by firelight, hearing a fire’s song of a sweetheart watching, while memories of youth and a lost beloved persist despite advancing old age. The piece blends imagery of snow, stars, and violet skies with enduring affection.
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