Pinchot Ballinger clash reshapes public resources debate
A heated focus on Pinchot versus Ballinger highlights a clash over whether natural resources belong to all or a few. The piece argues for Roosevelt era conservation, calls for government regulation to prevent private monopolies, and urges fair access to timber, coal, oil, and water power with reasonable rates and shared public benefits.
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Giffard Pinchot
Ballinger
Eldss
United States
Roosevelt
Pinchot
World riches not for few people say early 20th century voices
The passage argues that wealth should serve all mankind not a select few and warns that if peaceful means fail to secure such rights, force may be used. It cites Senator Dolliver’s warning that greed risks harming humanity by concentrating riches for personal gain.
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United States Senate
Dolliver
Overcome This Lobby and End Railroad Blockade
The Oregon Journal argues that railroad interests stall Columbia River opening. It urges Portland and Inland Empire farmers to unite with other states to push the Celtic project, breaking railroad power in Washington and speeding transport to the river for cheaper wheat movement. General Marshall’s words are cited as inspiration for action.
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Columbia River
the Journal
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Portland
Inland Empire
Puget
Infana Empire
Columbia
Pendleton urged to unite for growth and progress
A Marshfield visitor praises citizen energy as key to city growth and argues Pendleton can advance with hard united effort. Clark Wood declines Trans Miss conf delegation. favors Cal Boyd, Athena Press, as replacement, mocking the obscure colonel as unfit.
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Pacific Northwest
Pendleton
Clark Wood
Weston Leader
Benson
Cal. Boyd
Athena Press
Mike Boyd
Congress
Senator LaFollett Joins Clear Senate Tariff Vote Debate
The senator attends a game he says he understands and notes no senators will snub him. He predicts he will pressure several colleagues and contend with many who did not vote for the tariff bill.
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LaFollett
Bulldog on the Seat and Giant Bees Tale
Magistrate Krotel questions the speed while a copper quips the bulldog beside him looked like a dachshund. The report notes the secured remained held as a curious line about giant bees of India building honeycombs up to eight feet high.
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Magistrate Krotel
India
When I Was a Boy Poem by Eugene Field
A nostalgic verse recalls childhood nights in a boy’s attic bed as moonlight and dreams replace sorrow. The speaker longs for a return to innocence and peace found in those earlier visions. The poem laments lost simplicity and looks for solace in memories of youth.
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Wyten
Eugene Field
Gifts of Yesteryear in The Ballad of Old Presents
A verse by Anne O'Hagan laments vanished Yuletide gifts and keepsakes. The poem lists lace trims, ribbons, slippers, smoking jackets, cushions, and other tokens once given in celebration. It pleads for the whereabouts of those cherished presents from bygone holidays.
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Prithee
Yesteryear
Anne O'Hagan
Catching Thieves by Machine Cleptograph Described
A cleptograph records thefts with automatic photography and time stamping. It uses a hidden sensor network to trigger a camera and magnesium flash when a thief activates a contact, then logs the hour for police use.
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Technical World Magazine
United Brethren Picnic Wood Cutters In Eugene
United Brethren members in Eugene enjoyed a church picnic. Men then ventured into the woods and cut enough wood to supply the church through the winter season.
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United Brethren
Eugene
Eilers Piano House Phonograph Selection Offer
Eilers Piano House promotes its phonographs as the only place to buy with confidence in quality. Customers are invited to visit and compare makes including Victor Edison Columbia and other disc models. The shop stocks Victor Columbia double disc records and Edison cylinder records.
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Edison
Columbia
Victor
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