West sees shipbuilding need and forest policy stance
The East Oregonian argues for preserving forest areas in the West and criticizes ruinous logging. It urges voters to support the focal option amendment, defend local control over moral surroundings, and allow communities to choose their environment free from unwanted saloons.
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Maine
Inchness
Michigan
Wisconsin
Northwest States
Canada
East
Oregon
The
East Oregonian
Exorbitant War Bill Draws Fire From Pendleton Editor
A Pendleton Chronicle critique denounces the army appropriation of 77.5 million dollars, noting 2.5 million over early estimates and arguing the heavy tax burden on farmers and merchants in Umatilla County. The piece accuses Congress of favoring syndicates, widening war costs, and denying West internal improvements and river harbors. It questions the value of the expanding military and calls for restraint and federal building investments.
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Proctor
Umatilla County
War Department
United States
Dow
Congress
Pendleton
Umatilla
Canada seeks renaming Hudson Bay to Canadian Sea
Ottawa debates renaming Hudson Bay the Canadian Sea for national pride and to assert Canadian supremacy over its waters. American whalers from New Bedford, Massachusetts, have largely frequented the bay for thirty years.
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Hudson Bay
Mediterranean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Ottawa Parlament
New Hedford
Mass
Upcoming State Conventions and Encampment Dates
April 14 Republican state convention and April 19 Democratic state convention in Portland. April 18 Oregon Cattle Growers Association meeting in Portland. June 16 17 Oregon G A R encampment at Hood River.
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Portland
Oregon Cattle-growers’ Association
Oregon
Hood River
Weath and labor myths echo in Pendleton poem
A fragmented poem by BERT HUFFMAN from Pendleton in March portrays touristic crowds rushing under a sunlit sky amid wheat, beets, and corn. It invites visitors to a golden, bustling Umatilla County dream while critiquing harsh rural labor and social hustle through rural dialect and vivid regional imagery.
The Wanderer’s Sky Amid Evening Echoes
A poetic fragment evokes the speaker’s longing for freedom in the sky and night. Imagery includes owls, stars, hill paths, and whispered treetops as the speaker rejects earthly duties for trance like visions and fairy melodies. Century prose frame suggests a mystic mood.
Principle and power in a divided political scene
A fragment discusses principle as sacred and power’s dangers tied to concentrated property rights. It notes monopolies enabling vast wealth and mentions political contest between Hill and Gorman versus Hanna and Platt, implying it lacks mass relevance to the general public.
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Hill
Gorman
Hanna
Platt
Principle Overvotes in a Turbulent Era Politics
A historic critique contrasts York and Lancaster rivalries with modern campaigning as a battle of principle. It denounces politicians who beg voters to abstain from voting and calls for steadfast, principled stands over transactional wins. The era’s powder monopoly and a hanging date are noted alongside a Portland church debt reduction.
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C. HE. &. Wood
Paely
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