Local options law eyed by East Oregonian editorial
The East Oregonian discusses license granting for saloons and local option laws, urging Oregon voters to adopt local option to let communities decide saloon presence. It praises the Portland Journal for transparent candidate positions on charter questions and kites the need for newspapers to guide public opinion amid political shifts.
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Oregon ‘Daily Journal
Multnomah County
Portland
Journal
Determining to Make This World a Heaven for Others
The quote argues we cannot seek heaven for ourselves or others in the afterlife until we commit to making this world a heaven for our fellow men. It urges present hope, belief, love, and action toward that realization, even if distant, in a nearer future.
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Stopford A. Brooke
Pendleton
Dues Demanded Against Portland Gamblers and Gowell
The East Oregonian argues gamblers share blame for Gowell’s ruin and death, condemning cruelty toward him. It stresses gambling harms, calls for confinement and weeded out venues, and notes College Place Washington contends a saloon would undermine a clean school-centered community.
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Portland
Gowell
East Oregonian
Accre
Strain pamphlet on assessment sparks grim notes
The text railes against valuation hikes in Washington and railroads, proclaims a grim mood with quotes about blood, shooting, and conflict. It cites fear and warlike headlines, ending with a call to “love my brother” as a hopeful refrain.
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Washington
Political slate of county and district officers listed
The document lists numerous candidates for local and district offices including prosecuting attorney G W Phelps joint representative W G Gole congressman in the second district J N Williamson county judge Henry Adams county clerk Henry Bean sheriff C A Barrett treasurer E J Sommerville recorder W H Folsom assessor W T Rigby commissioner Horace Walker school superintendent Frank K Welles coroner Dr A W Botkin surveyor J W Kimbrell justice of the peace Pendleton district Thomas Fitzgerald constable F W Barnham and other officials for district and state positions with multiple names for judges clerks and electors.
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G. W. Phelps
W. G. Gole
J. N. Willliamson
John J. Balleray
Henry Adams
Henry J. Bean
Frank Saling
C. A. Barrett
E. J. Sommerville
W. H. Folsom
W. T. Rigby
Horace Walker
Frank K. Welles
Thomas O'Day
S. M. Douglas
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T. H. Crawford
W. B. Diller
J. H. Smith
J. B. Simmons
Umatilla
Morrow
J. H. Raley
Umatila
P. B. Holbrook
G. A. Hartman
T. D. Taylor
J. E. Cherry
C. P. Strain
William Lloyd
W. D. Chamberlain
William Blakeley
Mayberry
C. ©. Berkeley
S. G. Lightfoot
W. H. Fowler
T. M. Henderson
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