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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
4
A Weston editor declares a shift to advance payment and vows to purge delinquent subscribers from the local weekly. The piece cites 460 paid ahead, aims for zero delinquencies by November, and notes wider price and crop-market context including grain outlooks in the Inland Empire.
The article argues that the public blames trusts for rising costs despite ongoing anti trust drives. It notes large crops and prosperity for farmers yet claims honest holders see no benefit from the increases in prices.
Mr Harriman plans building in Oregon from Central Oregon to Tillamook and Coos Bay while St Paul railroad officials survey the feld for large exploitation. Mr Hill outlines ambitious plans for an Oregon invasion as railroads and electric lines expand across the region.
A collective appeal argues for organized settlement across Oregon with intensive farming, soil care, and wide village development to create a booming state. A Seattle charity drive by 4,000 women and 200 University of Washington students raised 12,000 dollars selling shipping tags, aiding the needy and promoting self supporting ventures, devised by Leo Kohn of the Charity Organization Society.
Social workers in Chicago urge immediate financial help after an official report finds 10,000 public school children habitually hungry and inadequately clohthed and unfit for school. The mayor vows to push the city council for aid at once.
A sharp political tirade argues tariffs exceed labor costs and mocks Republican policy. The piece then reports a deep 600 foot Arizona shaft, a joke about a statehood plan, and quirky snippets about the Czar of Russia and a candy distribution to children. It ends with a jab at a prison cafeteria rumor.
Mrs. May Jorgenson offers 80 acres of reservation land for sale at $90 per acre. Land described N b¢ of N Wyj sec. 17, tp. 8, 35 E WM. Inquire of F. 8, Le Grow, Athena.
For rent a body of land near town comprising 10 and a fraction acres. Terms: year or term of years. Inquire of Mrs. Jackson Nelson at Athena.
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