Taxpayers Leagues Rise in Oregon and West
Article discusses forming state and local taxpayers leagues to monitor public expenditures and reduce waste. Mentions Seattle league, Payne Aldrich tariff debates, railroad and road projects in Oregon, and La Follette comments on railroad rates. Notes Oregon growth, Crook county railroad work, and irrigation along Umatilla.
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Seattle
Taxpayers’ League
Taxpayers'leagues
Washington
Oregon
Crook County
Umatilla County
Livestock Shipments Boost May Portland Market
May stockyard totals reach 615 head of all kinds with a noted surge in hogs over 7,000. Oregon, Railroad and Navigation initiates twice weekly stock train service from Huntington to Portland and nearby points, starting June 21, to aid shipper traffic and market convenience.
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Portland
Haa
Huntington
Oregon Rail Plan Promises New Lines by Year-End
By year end the 18 promised to extend rail service to the most remote Oregon districts. Central Dragon plans two main lines, the Oregon Pronk and the Deachutes railroad, aiming to connect distant communities and boost commerce.
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St 18
Oregon
Central Dragon
Oregon Pronk
Deachutes Railroad
Mails Schedule Change Sparks Local vs Night Train Debate
The shift of the Walla Walla Pendleton mail from local to night service draws complaints. Residents urge restoring the local train handlings between Pendleton and Walla Walla and letting the night trains run only with a whistle for efficiency.
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Walla Walla-Pendleton
Pendleton
Walla Walla
For Sale and Trade Notices from Athena Area
The Belgian stallion Conmissaire No 82870 will be at Wright's feed stude in Athena for the season with price options 10 15 and 20 dollars. K E Stewart lists sales. A new five room house in Milton is for sale or may be exchanged for Athena property. For particulars contact Emery Achilles in Athena.
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Conmissaire
Athena
Wright
Feed Stude
K. E. Stewart
Milton
Emery Achilles
Township One
Morrow County
Portland
Faultfinding in Big Business And Slang History
A Collier’s essay narrator boasts of auditing a store routine to expose faults from stairways to shelves while noting how graft and personal risk shape the job. The piece also tracks slang’s rise from “pluck” to courage and cites a 1827 Scott journal reference about the term’s low sense.
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Gelett Burgess
Collier's
Eleitor
Sprudelhelm
Lke Smith & Co
Mr. Smith
Rubinstein
Congress
Sir Walter Scott
London
Henry Ward Beecher Wit and the Crowing Interruption
While Henry Ward Beecher delivered a fervent speech an interrupter crowed like a cock. He paused to hear the crow and then checked his watch saying the morning hour was near ten, remarking that the instincts of the lower animals are infallible. The gallery laughed as Beecher resumed.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
French Convicts Sent to Penal Colony Life Expectancy
Convicts sent to the French Guiana penal colony face extreme punishment aligned to crime severity. Murderers and the most dangerous are placed on Salvation Island, living amid hardship. lesser offenders toil and perish in a harsh climate along the coast. St. Jean de Maran reports mortality at 40 to 60 percent, with an average convict life of about two years.
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French Guiana
Island of Salvation
St. Jean de Maran
Are We Slaves or Free Men Debate Echoes Words
A New York Sun excerpt frames a tense crowd scene with an orator challenging the audience. A reply from the last row of seats ponders marital status as a defining clue to freedom or bondage.
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New York Sun
Opportunity in Courtroom Sparked by Peculiar Exchange
A humorous exchange unfolds as a judge asks for the truth and a fair witness responds with a playful, slightly cryptic quip. The scene references Harper's Magazine and a Harvard Lampoon style line about an astronaut and a cigar, hinting at satirical literature.
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Miston
Harper's Ravar
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the Athena Press
F.B. Boyp
Pustasuur
Muren
Athena, Obe
Lumber Trust
Harvester Trust
New England
Harriman
Tillamook
Natron-Klamath Road
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Douglas County
Roseburg
M. O. Eldridge
Robert M. la ¥Olletta
Wisconsin
Senate
Taft
LaFollette
North Beach
Queen of the Northwest Resorts
Columbia River
Washington Coast
Howe
All and
Wa “Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
City
Licket Offoe
Ard
Washington Streets
WM. M'Murray
Main Street
Miller the Rustler
Kidney
Foley
Foley & Co
Chicago
James Smith
Bentons Ferry
W. Va
Ag. R. A. Cray
J.P
Oakville
Ind
Olin
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