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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1903
Page
5
A Senate Public Lands committee report urges a single genuine homestead act with five years residence and continuous cultivation, no commutation clause, equating a homestead entry with planting a family altar on the land. The motion stresses binding nationwide settlers to sustain farming rather than speculative claims.
The East Oregonian argues for building more school space as city growth accelerates. It notes rising population, expanding boundaries, and the need to fund improvements via bonds, urging fairness across districts while warning against delaying necessary modernization and infrastructure.
Citizens urge a permanent district expansion to satisfy public school supporters. They argue Pendleton’s growth relies on better schools as residents move here, spend money, and supply industries rely on the town’s education system for progress and prosperity.
Umatilla County should sell the current poor farm and reinvest in Chapman place to create the county's best equipped productive farm. Build a superior house hospital and inmate quarters on a high dry site near roads, with new quarters quickly. The site will become a premier market garden and granary, pooling every acre and hour for profit. Two farms are unnecessary.
A lengthy pamphlet from Oregon railroad workers lauds the passage of the fellow servant law and Governor George E. Chamberlain for supporting labor. The report notes bipartisan legislative backing amid corporate opposition, and salutes Chamberlain’s loyalty to workers while detailing the era’s labor struggles and economic stakes. A separate Far North vignette and brief notices touch on moral reflections, civic federation remarks, and a March 9 entry from Tutuila.
W H O Dell former state land board clerk tied to Oregon school, surplus and swamp land dealings during Governor Geer era has released an 80 page pamphlet denouncing ongoing investigations. He attacks the inquiry structure and asserts prior actions were lawful, aiming to defend his reputation amid public scrutiny.
A heated critique accuses a legislative committee of envy and malice as it pushes for truth about state land office dealings. The writer labels supporters of the committee as parasites, arguing the public deserves a full investigation into alleged land transactions and land agent Geer.
A half century old New York paper notes verses on time’s passage, the earth’s enduring silence, and future generations. It quotes a departing friend’s farewell message and contemplates tropical climes and distant judgment through reflective lines.
The article lists U S presidents and their faiths. Washington Ep is copal Adams Congregationalist Jefferson Ep Unitarian Madison Monroe Episcopal Tyler Ep is cop al Polk Methodist baptism on deathbed Taylor no church Fillmore Baptist PierceEpiscopalian Buchanan Presbyterian Lincoln no church Johnson Methodist leanings Grant Methodist Hayes Methodist Garfield Methodist.
The New York World notes religious affiliations of presidents: Chester Alan Arthur Episcopalian, Benjamin Harrison Presbyterian, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley Methodist, Theodore Roosevelt Dutch Reformed, calling Roosevelt the first president of that faith.
Poem fragment showing contrasts of purity and taint ends with a Yukon rescue tale. Charles Kingsley, Percy Nash, and a notable Portland football player are linked to an incident where Nash lay five nights on the ice after failing to reach his dog. He was rescued by a hunter.
Physicians urge that influenza or grip persists in cities with rising respiratory illnesses. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is praised as a cough and lung tonic and blood purifier, claimed to strengthen those weakened by grip or influenza and aid recovery.
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