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American Farmer
Weekly Guard
Address Guard Printing Company
Eugene
Oregon
Guard Printing Co
Help the Eugene and Pacific Railway
Eugene promoters press for an electric line from Eugene to Florence with eastern financing. Surveys, right of way, and public backing are sought to show Lane County residents would invest. Builders expect work may start soon and boost jobs, lumber, fruit, and dairying while spurring other valley rail projects.
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Eugene
Florence
Lane County
Stuslaw Tidewater
Ocean
Oregon Electric Company
Portland, Eugene & Eastern
Willamette Valley
Siuslaw
Legal Reform Critiques Indictment Language In Illinois
A discussion criticizes the requirement that indictments name exact dates and archaic phrases. It argues modern practice should avoid medieval wording and that stricter forms risk invalid convictions, calling for reform to remove obsolete boilerplate and reduce court theatrics.
Editorial critique on garbled testimony and steel industry claims
The morning paper prints a garbled Engineer Kesey testimony report and editorializes against it. The piece accuses the editorials of straw man tactics while urging truthful reporting and condemning city control by a serving corporation. The Scientific American notes a British competition claim followed by Sheffield steel advances.
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Kelsey
Scientific American
Sheffield
New British Steel Promises Long-Lasting Edge
Professor Arnold of Sheffield University announces a new tool steel with three to seven times the cutting endurance of the best high speed steels and the ability to be water hardened. The claim suggests Great Britain gains a lasting lead in quality for years.
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Great Britain
Arnold
Sheffield University
City hires top lawyer amid public utility suit
The $500 fee for Judge Pipes' attorney reflects prudent use of talent given the issue's importance. The city argues it bears no extra burden since the suit was pushed by those aiding a private light and power monopoly, with criticism aimed at the plaintiffs, not the city acting defensively.
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Pipes
City Treasurer Reisner Platform Cites Felicitous Phrase
City Treasurer Reisner notably refrains from signing the associates platform but hints a rule favoring payments only on orders from the Willamette Valley Company. The remark suggests a cautionary stance on expenditure tied to that firm’s authority.
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Reisner
Willamette Valley Company
Tax debt and state spending in Oregon and Washington
A commentary notes Oregon tax collector bills and compares Washington's legislative spending of 10 million dollars to over 3 million in Oregon, suggesting that fiscal burdens may be worse in the latter state. The remark critiques state spending levels and implies overarching financial strain.
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Oregon
Washington
Decree Against Union Workers Is Affirmed
Washington March 11 The court of appeals of the district of Columbia modified and affirmed the opinion of Justice Gould of the supreme court of the district enjoining the American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers and other defendants from publishing on the We dont patronize list the Buck Stove and Range Co of St Louis The decree is amended to remove the restriction that the labor organization and other defendants refrain from mentioning writing or referring to the business of Buck Stove Range Company or its customers Other portions of the decree are affirmed
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Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Justice Gould
Supreme Court of the District
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Buck Stove and Range Co
St. Louis
Labor Organization
Taft Plans Pacific Coast Trip Amidst Taxpayer Concerns
The article notes Taft’s planned trip covering the Pacific coast Alaska and the South despite Congress cutting travel expenses. It highlights growing public interest in a special legislative session and taxpayer anxiety over uncertain outcomes. It also mentions California’s new 18-year-old smoking law Isle Royal sale to steel trust and battleship repairs costing $2,000,000.
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Taft
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Texas
South
Will of Robert D. Hume Divides Nearly 5 Million
San Francisco March 10 The will of Robert D. Hume who died in January at his Rogue River home allocates 400000 to 500000 to his widow including the Chestnut street house and Piedmont property plus all securities and 20000 cash. He leaves 5000 in cash to several relatives and distributes the remainder among Joseph W. Hume 10 percent John 3 Hume 7 percent W R Hume and C C Hume 7 percent.
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San Franccisco
Robert D. Hume
San Francisco
Wedderburn, Or
Rogue River
Chestnut Street
John 3. Hume
Wedderburn
W. R. Hume
C. C. Hume
Piedmont
Matlock
L. Bonney
Bonney
Farrington
Hobson Faces Uphill Reelect Fight in Congress
Report notes Captain Congressmen Hobson opposing challenger Davis in a stubborn race. The opinion hints at broad political maneuvering, while other items touch on Carmack murder trial reactions, teachers pay in 1907, prison embezzlement, Cuba’s new government, and labor leadership critiques.
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Hobson
Congress
Davis
Japan
Bequests Distribution List From Wedderburn Document
The Wedderburn drawn document two years old lists heirs and shares: Herbert Hume and Mary A Hume receive 5 and 16 percent. Anna Kendall and Della Weatherbee among Portland and Oakland recipients receive 7 and 6 percent. C P Hume and Helen T Hume 6 percent. Florence Vial 7 percent. Lillie Atkinson Mabel Lange vin 7 percent. no charity bequests noted.
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Herbert Hume
Wedderburn
Anna Kendall
Portland
Anna Craig
Berkley
Florence Vial
Lillie Atkinson
Mabel Langevin
Della Weatherbee
Oakland
C. P. Hume
Helen T. Hume
Mary A Hume
Confederacy Torpedo Boat Raised From Pontchartrain
In New Orleans on March 11 Confederate veterans announced plans to raise the first torpedo boat from the lake bed near the Spanish fort. The recovered vessel would be displayed on the lawn of the Confederate veteran soldiers home in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Spanish Fort
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