Water rights for Umatilla Indians want timely relief
An article urges the Brotherhood of North American Indians to press the government to confirm and enforce water rights for Umatilla Reservation allotments. It criticizes government laxity in irrigation, notes Indians’ lack of resources and language barriers, and alleges current litigation aims to delay rather than aid.
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Brotherhood of North American Indians
Redmen
Union County
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White Banks
Columbia
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Potatoes and farm opportunity spur national debate
A shipment of 15,000 bushels of Irish potatoes from Scotland highlights U S underproduction. Secretary Wilson warns of agricultural neglect from Maine to Texas, urging Southern lands to supply vegetables and dairy products locally. He notes 73 percent of eggs butter poultry meat and vegetables come from out of state and cites several localities where crops could be grown for markets. A separate survey shows 181 responses seeking farms with 104 reporting capital totaling 354,550 dollars, averaging 35.10 dollars.
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United States
James Wilson
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Texas
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Virginia
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Rights of Indigenous Peoples Urgently Threatened
The speaker condemns government failure to honor rights and calls for urgent reform. He urges the Brotherhood of North American Indians to step in as a service to the redmen and to ensure justice prevails through change.
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Redmen
Back to the Land in Earnest in World's Work Question
In November the magazine World's Work posed the question Who Really Wants a Farm and urged readers to answer seriously. The prompt framed a debate on rural living and future agricultural prospects, inviting public input through commentary and reflection.
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The Quick and the Dead in World’s Work January
Mr. French Strother in World’s Work recounts dramatic incidents tied to C. P. Rodgers cross continental flight. Readers watch as Rodgers streaks through the air and unsettles crowds, with pallbearers delaying a funeral to wave him godspeed.
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C. P. Rodgers
Fooling Himself by John H Finley at Library Convention
John H Finley president of the College of the City of New York tells librarians at a state library convention that many books today exist to sell not to elevate literature. He compares authors to Jake McMasters with a joking exchange about carrying mortar up a ladder all day, fooling the bars.
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Evil of the Law and Its Courts
A Collier's Weekly quote by Carl Fynder criticizes legislatures and courts, arguing most lawmakers are lawyers who profit from defeating the law. The piece laments that the legal system is controlled by those who profit from its failure and corruption.
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Congress
Carl Fynder
Collier's Weekly
I Get a Wife at Last in a Train Station Tale
A lone traveler on a late train expresses longing for independence until a new wife changes his view. He imagines the gate at the train shed and the comfort of a shared life over bachelor freedom. The speaker, Berton Prailey, reframes his future as domestic partnership rather than solitary wandering.
Frightful Dinner Prank Destroys Soup
A Boston girl sat with a man at dinner and, misreading her, he asked her to blow on his soup to cool it. The gesture backfired as the soup was accidentally set alight, leaving him in shock and the meal ruined. The incident highlights a painful misunderstanding and its fiery consequence.
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Boston
Reform and Charity Debate Highlighted by Governor Harmon
A brief interchange questions reform versus charity with the remark charity begins at home. The piece notes Governor Harmon is well regarded though critiqued for some supporters, reflecting political tensions of the era.
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