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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1893
Page
2
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A column from the Alliance Herald discusses why Umatilla county has not received its annual state school fund apportionment. The piece criticizes Miss Woodruff for delaying, questions the blame on Phil Metschan, and urges accountability under state law. The column also touches tariff politics, local bridge spending, and editorials from the East Oregonian, noting garden seeds and political pressure in Washington.
Amid a feverish rush of 80,000 hopeful settlers with quarter-section homestead certificates, the Cherokee Strip opens at noon Saturday. The 6,888,950 acre area includes Indians allotments and school reserves, leaving about 5.5 million acres for settlement. With limited usable land, most will find only 160 acre farms on offer, risking rows or bloodshed in the scramble to stake claims.
The Oregonian Sunday feature on Hyde draws sharp responses noting its bold tone. P. B. Johnson of the Walla Walla Union Journal previously ran a similar photo honor but removed it after mockery.
The house of Lords rejected home rule for Ireland though it had passed the Commons by a large majority. Gladstone’s efforts on behalf of his people are shown as fruitless.
The Tive of the largest mills at the Illinois Shell plant in Bay View Wisconsin will restart this week, restoring jobs for about 1500 workers who have been idle for two months. Gov Turney approves state land purchase agreement and future coal mining venture in Morgan county. A New York daily telegraphs a nationwide inquiry asking leading bankers and presidents of commercial bodies about the trade outlook, receiving universal responses.
The Dalles Times Mountaineer reports mine operations resuming across the Cour d’Alenes. Day brothers push locks and canal work toward contract timelines. Bunker Hill Sullivan mines reopen with 350 per day for miners and 3 for car men plus shovels. 100 workers now, rising to 400. Gem Helena Frisco mines to hire 300. 1000 idle workers expected back within a week as Knights of Labor and miners union approve the move. Jubilees flare in mining towns tonight.
A Spokane judge earns a reputation for swift decrees after a single twenty minute session. The article links rapid divorces to western expansion stories while noting other national issues including land settlement and political ignorance on money ratios. It also mentions increased security around New York’s mega-wealthy and a Spokane branch train schedule change.
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