Exposed Rubber Trust Attack Sparks Political Alarm
A Tacoma Times editorial and state Taxpayers League notice condemn Aldrich linked rubber tariffs and party politics. It warns voters of a bi annual campaign to raise taxes and fund extravagant state expenditures, urging restraint and a business like legislature in Washington in 1910.
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Senator Bristow
Rubber Trust
Senate
Aldrich
Congress
Aldich
LaFollette
Beveridge
Murdock
Norris
Poindexter
Infant Industries
Tacoma Times
Gose Wins Republican Nomination for Washington Supreme Court
At Tacoma on Aug 3 Judge M E Gose defeated Judge Mason Irwin for the Republican nomination to the Washington Supreme Court. Other nominees named were Frank A Rudkin George Morris Emmett N Parker and M A Fullerton. The platform backed employers liability law Ballinger conservation Taft endorsement and rejection of repealing the second choice for governor in the direct primary law.
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Tacoma
Washington
Mason Irwin
Chehalis County
M. EB
Gose
Irwin
Chehalis Thurston
Clarke Lewis
Skagit
M. E
Frank A. Rudkin
George Morris
Emmett N. Parker
M. A. Fullerton
Supreme Court
Ballinger
Taft
Job Printing in All Branches Modern Work at Moderate Prices
Local advertisement announces modern, efficient job printing at the Herald Printery with affordable rates. Emphasizes quality and speed across all branches.
Cupid Busy as Chehalis County Issues 78 Licenses
Montesano reported 78 marriage licenses issued in Chehalis County over the last 60 days, with 37 in July. Licenses were denied for Lydia Ecklund and Matt Maki due to age and parental consent. A burglar freed after six weeks jail time for Albion hotel theft. The grand jury considers fire escape investigations in Hoquiam and Aberdeen. Hopkins and Wiley file for commissioners.
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Montesano
Chehalis
Cupid
Rosmond
Lydia M. Ecklund
Matt Maki
Aberdeen
Albion
D. Hill
Elmer Mubray
Pettijohn
Hoquiam
W. G. Hopkins
R. A. Wiley
Burglary Defined Under New Criminal Code
In an official opinion from Kittitas County, the attorney general rules that any unlawful entry of a building is burglary and a night entry is first degree burglary under the new criminal code.
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Olympia
Thosetorney
Kittitas County
Open Great Domain in Fall Lands to Homestead Entry
Thousands of acres of unappropriated lands restored to public domain by Taft proclamation will open to homestead settlement this fall. Areas span Colorado New Mexico Washington Oregon Utah Idaho and Wyoming with dates for Rainier Kaniksu and other forests listing openings October 18 to November 17 and about 9 220 acres in Great Falls Montana district restored to entry on October 22 and November 21.
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Washington
Taft
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Great Falls
Mont
Rainier National Forest
Kittas County
Kanikau National Forest
Stevens County
Okanogan
Ferry
Cat Cause of Ducking At Wishkah Ferry
Mrs. Petty Nielson of North Aberdeen plans a $25,000 damage suit against the city alleging the ferry approaches lacked proper lighting. The incident occurred Saturday night as she and friends returned home after spotting a stray kitten. She slipped from a passageway and fell into the Wishkah river, the kitten escaping. She was rescued and reportedly suffers pleurisy from the fall.
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North Aberdeen
Wishkah
Petty Nielson
Nielson
Public pledge urged to defend direct senator election
The piece argues that a factional push in the Legislature may try to override the will of the September primary. It calls for voters to demand lawmakers take a statutory pledge to support the candidate who wins the primary and cites Seattle figures like John L. Wilson and H. E. Foster who promise to back the top vote-getter.
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United States
House
Seattle
John L. Wilson
Seattle Candidates Pledge Past Primary Outcomes
William Wray David Perry Rice and Paul Holbrook of Seattle vow to file statutory declarations with their candidacy for the Legislature. They pledge to vote for the Republican candidate receiving the most primary votes if elected.
Statements of Seattle Legislators on Primary Law and Senate Endorsement
Samuel Coles of Seattle says he supported the 1907 primary law and will uphold it while noting reluctance to back a candidate from Eastern Washington for U S Senator unless endorsed by the state. Charles E Congleton of Seattle states he will file a candidacy declaration pledging support for the U S Senator receiving the Republican ticket votes in the primary.
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United States
Washington
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
State of Washington
J. E. Frost
State Association of County Commissioners
North Yakima
Board of County Commissioners
Olympia
Boards of Count Commissioners
Sta
H. E. Foster
Samuel Coles
Charles E. Congleton
United
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State Taxpayers League
Bathtub Trust
Uncle Sam
American Press Association
Wickersham
Montesano Gossip
Hopkins
Wiley
Joseph R. Manning
William Wray
David Perry Rice
Paul Holbrook
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