Athena Press 1905 Short's War of Words Over Shortage
A long letter page from Athena Oregon discusses a county tax office shortage and calls for apologies amid exchanges with Pendleton’s Tribune. It references sheriff accounts, the Portland Oregonian, and local business rivalries, with broad notes on taxes, contracts, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena Press
Weston
Tribune
Pendleton Tribune
Ahcritt
Taylor
Blakley
Dodd
Clark Wood
Fred Hoyd
Pendleton
Haden
Harriman
Municipal lighting a costly mistake says Elgin opinion
The Elgin council abandoned the electric light plant last spring after it lagged in performance and finances. The piece argues municipal ownership invites political mismanagement and patronage, warning communities against running public utilities as political toys and urging return to private efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ksoana
Elgin
Stepa
The Birth Rate and Social Change in America
The piece argues that birth rates favor lower income and foreign nativity families, while native Americans trend smaller. It contends that progress relies on lower classes producing new advancement, warns that restricting families harms democracy, and critiques elite prudence reducing descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
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the Athenaress
Twron-a-Wrex
Torspay and Fripay
PusLismer
Athens
Oregon
Hee Press
Athena
The
Portland Oregonian
Portland Journal
Billy Ladd
Oregonian
Subs
Doraba
Gonian Publishing Company
Portland
Boston
Wyoming
Maho
Coquille Call
Misa May M. Bourle
Coquille
Coquille Valley
Laird
New York
Burbank
Italy
Lord Milner
Rudyard Kipling
Alfred Austin
Chicago Tribune
Our Crockery Department
Davis-Kaser CO
Vggos Ander
Walla W
Wabe
Royal M, Sawtell
Attorneys-at-Law
J.D. Plamondon
Barrett
A. B. Stone
Post Building
F. Sharp
Oregor
Piee Aa
WM. M'Bride
South Side
Main Street
Athena, Ore
R. J. Bondy's Meat Market
First National Bank
Mt. Adama
Lin Guow
Cash
M. Knut, Assim
A. M. Gillis
Gillis Lumber Yard
Peebler & Chamberlain
Umatilla
Ed Barrett
Puget Sound
Washington
Prendergast Bakery
Parker & Lane’s
Souled Mai
Street
Baker & Folsom
Complete House Publishers
Main ‘St
Postoffien, Pendleton
Foley
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