Shall We Go Back to Boss Rule in Oregon and California
Judge McGinn compares California and Oregon politics noting Southern Pacific's control in California and similar corporate influence in Oregon. The piece argues the boss system benefits corporate interests, enables moneyed campaigns, and threatens direct primaries by restoring corporate-backed candidates for governor supreme judge and legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Henry E. McGinn
Portland
Oregon
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Republican
Johnson
Lincoln-Roosevelt League
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Machine
William F. Herrin
Horse
Jay Bowermann
Assembly
Wallace McCamant
Wells Fargo Cor Press Company
Multnomah County Assembly
Journal
Multnomah
Republican Party
Power Corporation
General Welfare Stand Against Corporate Excess
The statement defends standing for the general welfare of all while not opposing capital. It argues that corporations must be curbed as they should be, ensuring balance between public good and business interests.
Nature Has A Cure For Big Ranch Evil
The Oregon Journal argues for graduated taxation on large land holdings to force sales and redistribute to producers, but says the cure may come from irrigation and smaller farms. It notes rising land prices drive consolidation, while irrigation and closer farming will promote recolonization of rural districts.
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The
Oregon Journal
Cluster light poles on Main and Court streets
The paper advocates installing cluster street lights along Main and Court streets. It argues the system, replacing old arc lights, offers better illumination and enhances the thoroughfare’s appearance, helping Malin street look up to date and preserve Pendleton’s small city reputation.
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Main Street
Court Street
Malin Street
Pendleton
Free roads promised for the reservation questioned
The East Oregonian expresses skepticism about assurances of free roads across the reservation. The paper notes that such promises have been repeatedly made but not fulfilled, leaving the outcome uncertain and readers hopeful yet doubtful.
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East Oregonian
Land of Good Intentions Desert of the Past
Poem by J. J. Montague compares the so called Land of Good Intentions to a mirage. It urges enterprise and warns that youthful dreams fade as winter comes, leaving the desert of the past. It mentions fruit pickers in Mijton country and calls for inventors to build a fireproof separator.
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Mijton
IL. W. W
Brand By
J. J. Montague
Outdoor schooling fights tuberculosis in Boston
The Boston experiment kept tuberculosis from spreading by moving sick children outdoors. Fresh air, sun, exercise and nourishment improved health, red cheeks replaced pallor, and anemia diminished. Officials praised outdoor pupils as having the strongest attendance and best promotions.
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Toledo Blade
Boston
Silent Kindness That Moves a Silent Heart
A poem urging spoken kindness over silent virtue. It argues that unspoken sympathy is a sin of omission, while words of kindness can revive parched hearts like a well in the desert. The speaker, citing Hagar, stresses that sympathy must flow aloud to bless the poor, friendless, and weak.
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Hagar
John Boyle O'Reilly
Beware of flies and protect food from contamination
Public health warning urges strict food screening and cleanliness to prevent fly contamination. Advises avoiding food and milk near flies, keeping doors closed, and screening baby beds to reduce disease risk. Emphasizes flies as carriers of illness and dirty vermin found in filth.
Gratitude Blossoms From the Soul and Heart
A reflective line extols gratitude as the fairest blossom rising from the soul. The verse suggests the heart of man recognizes its fragrance and value more than anything else.
Household pest control and disease prevention tips
The text advises removing the baby's bottle and comforter to prevent illness and to shield sick children from typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and tuberculosis. It suggests screening beds and using liquid poisons and traps to kill flies, recommending formaldehyde solution or bichromate of potash in water as fly poisons.
How to Be Young From a Health Advice Column
A health columnist urges temperance and regular living to stave off aging. Avoid fear and excess, eat to live, and keep a sunny, simple outlook. Encourage childlike simplicity, contentment, and nightly release of daily worries to prevent premature aging.
Possible Causes of Mental Wear and Rest Disruption
A fragment notes factors that can cause mental fatigue and deprive rest. It hints at stress, noise, or intrusive thoughts impacting sleep quality and overall well being, suggesting attention to environment and routines to protect rest.
University man Charles R Detrick for assembly seat
Charles R. Detrick a Stanford professor and Harvard Magna Cum Laude graduate seeks election to the Fifty seventh district assembly from Palo Alto Stanford University and part of San Jose He served in the Philippines with the First California regiment and has chaired the Santa Clara Republican county central committee He is described as an all around man likely to be a powerful force for good in the legislature
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Charles R. Detrick
Lincoln-Roosevelt Republica League
Assembly
Palo Alto
Stanford University
San Jose
Detrick
Stanford
Harvard
Kentucky
California Regiment
Philippines
Republican County Central Committee
Santa Clara County
Johnnie Mackenzie
Derrick
Guide misnames busts to country visitors at gallery
A provincial gallery guide dazzled a sightseeing party by naming the bronze and marble busts with ease. He identified Dante Lycurgus Callicula and Virgil but an elderly bystander interrupted, saying the guide was mislead ing the visitors from the country.
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Virgil
Homer
Clever
Omer
Dante
Lycurgus
Callicula
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Gost GS
Publigied Pally
Wees
Carrie Ballr
Ais
Daily East Oregonian
Cenver News Co
Washington
United Presssociation
Pendleton, Siegen
SAS
Spring Tonic
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
American National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
United States Depository
KC Bitters
Duroy
J. Donaldson
Bellalie
Gett
MT. Hood
Tallman & Co
OLD Line
Live Stock Insurance Company
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Mutual
Ck Insurance Company
Mark Moorhouse
East Court
Phose Main
Colesworthy
International Stock Food
Alta
Gas la Fontaine
North
la Fontaine Blk
Main St
Rock Springs
Henry Kopitzke
Phone Main
Manus Desians
Pacentanio
Ti & Co
Rocgies
Scientific Americatt
Ely
Learreat
cColalion
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