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"Jury In Murder Case Still Out" (1908)
Report from the April 25, 1908 edition of the Oregonian with details regarding the case against six men charged with the murder of lumberyard worker Harnam Singh. According to the report, state prosecutor Dan J.

"Begin Hindu Murder Trial" (1908)
Short report from the April 23, 1908 edition of the Oregonian on the "Hindu murder trial," in which six white men were charged with murder of Harnam Singh in Boring, Oregon.

"Hindoo wants a job"
Short note from the October 26, 1907 edition of the Oregonian describing the story of Schawa Singh, who had previously been stationed in Nankin as a marshal of the consular court.

F.G. Moorhead, "The Foreign Invasion of the Northwest" (1908)
An article by F.G. Moorhead published in the March 1908 issue of The World's Work, which describes the increased labor force from southern Europe and Asia in the Pacific Northwest as a problem.

"Guilty of Murder Charge"
An article from the January 23, 1908 edition of Oregonian, describing the verdict of the Sikh murder case. William Dickenson, John Dickenson, J.M. Dickenson, Walter Sinclair, John Riley, Earl Ransier, Vernon Hawes entered a plea of guilty for the murder charge. The article describes the man killed as Bigswan Singh (instead of Harnam Singh, as the other articles reported).

"The Hindu, The Newest Immigration Problem" (1910)
October 1910 article in The Survey reporting on the influx of "Hindu" laborers on the Pacific coast. The article mentions that an estimated 5,000 Hindus had entered San Francisco during the past twelve months.

Hindu laborers
Hindu laborers. [Indian farm laborers tending field.]

Makeshift shelter for Indian farm laborers
Photograph of a "hindu bed," makeshift shelter for Indian farm laborers, most likely shot in California.

Indian farm laborers tending field
San Joaquin Valley Island. 1909. Hindu laborers. [Indian farm laborers tending field.]

Mary Singh Rai and her mother Ernestine Singh
View of Mary Singh Rai and her mother Ernestine Singh in ca. 1930's; photograph was taken in Arizona before they moved to Yuba City (Calif.)

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