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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
7
Fragmented OCR shows subscription rates and mailing details for a Pendleton Oregon weekly edition. Entries reference daily and semi weekly mail options, carriers, and prices, with bureau and security build mentions and unclear city sale notes.
Seer writes of a morning event in a city street where a man and wife are described as walking together under strain. The scene shows a stooped man and a threadbare coat, his wife with torn garments and worn hands as bystanders glance away. The account notes the couple’s indifferent expressions amid the incident.
A Pendleton editor argues cleanliness boosts health and pride. Despite rubbish lingering, civic effort with broom, hose, and lighted match can transform streets and vacant lots into neat thoroughfares, with minimal cost and noticeable payoff. Fe France American sol-
Pendleton serves as the central office for state highway work in 15 eastern Oregon counties. 185 engineers direct surveys and mapping for a $4.83 million program including six major systems. 101 miles of the Columbia River Highway, 215 miles on the Old Oregon Trail to Ontario, 128 miles on the Oregon Washington route, and 264 miles of the John Day Highway from Condon to beyond.
Central Oregon highways from Yale to Bend and The Dalles and California routes via The Dalles to Klamath Falls are coordinated from Pendleton. Umatilla County shows 22 miles paved and 25 miles of first class graveled roads with 59 miles graded for paving and 36 miles contracted. It has voted road bonds of 1,050,000, the largest in eastern Oregon.
A Potpourri of 28 years ago reports Leon Cofun returning from Bun Fratelees with lodge members, Harry Bichers touring a food farm near Tacoma, and R Alexander in St Louis sending updates for the Foremen Grand Wedge. Moraton Livermore Brigham and George Maraton depart Pendleton for McKay Creek to assist Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Co. prep work for a construction project.
The article surveys myths about the Melodes or Pielad figures from Olcott and Aloeyns lore. It threads genealogies of Electra, Merope, Sisyphus, and other figures, noting their roles as mothers or consorts of gods or heroes and referencing events like Troy’s fall and legendary births.
Reports from Washington state indicate George McAneny of New York City is President Wilton’s choice for ambassador to Berlin. His nomination will go to the Senate once the reciprocal treaty is ratified. McAneny, then Manhattan Borough President, is described as the New York Times’ executive manager.
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