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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
6
Gov Chamberlain orders county clerks to place a constitutional referendum on June 6 asking voters to amend Article X1 to replace the elected state printer with a legislative assembly empowered system. The move stems from friction over fees and printer control under present rules and aims to define duties and compensation by law.
A report from American Consul Ernest Lyon in Monrovia describes Liberia labor conditions. Native workers bear burdens equal to horses, with wages from 24 cents daily to 4.80 dollars monthly and rations. Foreign labor struggles to compete. coffee farms suffer from labor shortages as natives work cheaply. The piece remarks on peanut scarcity fears and a separate note touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach ailments, ending with local shop promos.
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