Penchant for swift justice urged after Kennewick raid
Four men lay in a bath at Kennewick with two or three fatally wounded. Report warns against leniency toward highwaymen who robbed stores and killed officers of Benton county Washington. The writer attacks reform and favors capital punishment as the only effective remedy. Surprise expressed at massive prison population in Walla Walla and cost to taxpayers.
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Bath
Kennewick
Benton County
Washington
Walle Walla
Ami Hell
Oregonian Opposes Penitentiary Plan Claims Unveiled
The Portland Oregonian criticizes proposed work at the Oregon penitentiary as exaggerated and misleading arguing a $1740000 cost estimate is inflated. It contends wheat and hop industries decline while only a few Wilk County farms convert to orchards and pastures, omitting broader state impacts.
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Portland Oregonian
Oregon Penitentiary
Oregonian
Orewen
Oroen
Clean Streets and Profanity in the City
A call to enforce ordinances to curb profanity on Main Street. The piece urges clean streets, arguing vulgar language harms women and children and should be treated like filth to be eliminated through stricter enforcement. It advocates a balanced, practical ethos for good behavior.
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Yen
Uniform conduct and holiday road sprinkling plan
A letter denounces uniform misconduct by some service members and calls for respectful behavior. It notes a Tuesday trip for Pendleton to visit a new gas road project and urges sprinkling wagons to cover the road to the hospital bridge, promising a holiday atmosphere.
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Pendleton
Mmatillo County
Ite Big Brother
United States
Origin of Inland Empire term traced to 19th century figures
George H. Himes notes inquiries about the origin of Inland Empire. He recounts Dr. Atkinson's irrigation theories, soil studies across Oregon Washington Idaho, and the 1878 adoption of the term when The Dalles editor Thomas B. Merry launched a paper named The Inland Empire. Readers are asked to add details to settle the origin.
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PendWiton
Ore
Countiis
Oryegon Warhington
EL Atkman
Cape Horn
Oregon
Oregon City
New York
Portland
Walle Walla
Maton
Atkineen
Hiltie
Atkinson
Averace
Oman
Washington
Idaho
Inland Empire
Thomas B. Merry
Dalles
The
Enat Oregonian
George H. Himes
Alcohol from Sweet Potatoes Proved Promising Source
Old report notes sweet potatoes with 24 percent starch outperform white potatoes for alcohol production. An acre may yield 11,0970 pounds of potatoes and over a gallon of alcohol per hundredweight. South Carolina tests show high conversion. molasses and cotton production cited as alternative sources for ethanol.
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South Carolina
Tariff on Salt and Fire at Nison Glass Works
The article notes a 1905 tariff on salt, detailing duties of 12 cents per 100 pounds in packages and 5 cents per 100 pounds in bulk, comparing 40% and 216% duty impacts. It also reports a San Francisco glass works blaze at Ko N. Nison &9 causing $76,000 in losses.
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Ko N. Nison &9
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