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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
4
Edward Bellamy comments on how future readers would judge past civilizations. He notes that the Chaldeans and Egyptians used bricks while Greeks and Romans used stone for inscriptions. He imagines a distant future where Our paper Looks would perish and the Roman Empire would be seen as the latest achievement.
A Salem report shows the portage bill passing the house amid lobby pressure, praised as a major state reclamation step. Pendleton’s water commission is defended against changes, noting stable profits, expansion, and prudent management under current law, while critiquing county failures to enforce the scalp bounty and debt limits as signs of growing lawlessness.
The passage surveys Oregon political buzz with talk of penalties for anarchists, a Portla nd packing plant proposal, and critiques of Senator Mitchell. It notes antitrust and antirebate bills, speculates on leg assembly moves, and contrasts federal roles with state actions, while highlighting rail, irrigation, and economic concerns shaping public debate.
In September 1802 the Morgan interests controlled 65,555 miles of American railways, more than Germany Britain and Ireland combined. The capitalization stood at $3,002,949,571, over three times the United States’ total interest bearing debt.
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