Congress Opens Amid Republican Party Crisis in New Session
Congress begins the long 61st session with a busy agenda and likely tests for the Republican Party. Insurgent forces in both House and Senate threaten leadership, while Speaker Cannon faces challenges from Parsons and others as Cummins La Follette Beveridge Thomp son join the fray, risking delays in key legislation. The outcome depends on internal clashes and the President’s upcoming message.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Tawney
Panama
Cannon
Herbert Parsons
New York
Parsons
Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senator la Follette
Beveridge
Bristow
Thompson
North Dakota
Standardized lumber grades and campaign unite Pacific coast mills
The Associated Bureau of Grades proposes standard specifications for Douglas fir and Western hemlock bridge timbers for single sticks. Mills across Oregon Washington and beyond endorse the move while a log grading bureau idea remains under favorable consideration. A $1 million annual saving for Western Washington shippers arises from freight rate litigation closed in Tacoma on November 8. Three hundred eleven mills from five states back a National Lumber Manufacturers Association push for standardizing odd lengths in flooring finish ceiling siding and rustic.
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Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association
Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association
Columbia River Loggers Association
Washington Log Brokerage Company
Seattle
Washington
United States
Tacoma
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Pacific Coast Lumbering
Floods Reach Record Heights on Chehalis River
Captain Briscee notes marks on the Scammon home on the Chehalis river’s south bank show this week’s freshet set water marks higher than any in forty years, with reports of 27 inches above prior highs and locals asserting sixteen inches above all previous levels. Briscoe’s wife is a Scammon by blood.
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Captain Briscee
JT. L. Scammon
Chehalis
Boy Attacked by Rats in Flooded Home
In Montesano on December 4, Robert Gee, son of Thomas Gee, waited upstairs during high water to guard the house. An invasion of rats forced a nightlong battle that killed many rodents and drove the rest from the room.
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Montesano
Robert Gee
Thomas Gee
Vance Lumber Expands Timber Holdings Near Elma
Elma based Vance Lumber Co closes 480 acre timber land deal adjoining its 1840 acre holdings and the Swan Johnson purchase on Porter creek. The woods lie near Weatherwax timber lands and include over twenty million feet of timber with a ready logging road through the tract.
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Elma
Swan & Johnson
Vance Lumber Company
Weatherwax Timber Company
Vance Company
Porter Creek
Committee Chosen to Organize Washington State Federation Event
The committee to manage the Washington State Federation of Labor entertainment for the January Hoquiam meeting was selected. From Hoquiam: Fred Smith A A Stevens L L A Davidson George Kimball C A Rexall. From Aberdeen: F E Hite M H Leonard P Peterson Chas Lindstrom J N Caron. The Herald notes it costs twenty dollars a week to cover the event setup.
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Washington State
Great Railroad Strike Threatens U S Transit
The Chicago Tribune reports the United States faces possibly the biggest railway strike. Engineers firemen and trainmen seek a uniform 10 percent wage rise, with plans to halt operations on major systems to paralyze freight and passenger movement nationwide this month.
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Chicago
the Tribune
United States
New York
Brotherhood of Railroad
Railroad Labor Organization
W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Chicago Railroad
Boston Financier Warns Against Government Bond Security
Dan Wine of First National Bank Boston argues in a wide interview that circulating notes should not rely on government bonds. He urges refunds of debt to par and calls for a system using short term paper, not government securities, to back bank circulation.
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Dan Wine
First National Bank
Boston
Wing
Government Postal Bank
United States
United State
Property Restored to Owners by Court in Olympia
Augusta Rogers and wife recover Ballard land after King County lower court and the Washington Supreme Court affirm foreclosure sale reversal. Bodwell as city attorney conducted sale to Whitmans. Rogers tendered 1000 dollars to cover delinquent payments and interest, court grants title back.
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Olympia
Augusta Rogers
John W. Whitman
E. B. Bodwell
Supreme Court
King County
Rogers
Ballard
Paris
Bodwell
Whitmans
Marriage license price in Washington fixed at three dollars
Olympia reports Attorney General W. P. Bell says a marriage license costs three dollars. He bases this on a two dollar legislative base plus one dollar for the clerk, nullifying a fifty cent witness fee. The price had fluctuated since the last session.
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Olympia
W. P. Bell
Accountancy Board
Northwest interschool debate at Presbyterian church
The Aberdeen high school team led by Lance W Hart Russell Mack and Frederick Hart will debate the Tacoma high school team next Friday at 8 o clock. The topic asks whether cities with 50 000 or more inhabitants should adopt the Des Moines style commission government under certain conditions.
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Presbyterian Church
Aberdeen High School
Lance W. Hart
Russell Mack
Frederick Hart
Tacoma High School
Des Moines
Lumber Shipments From Aberdeen Fall Amid Storms in 1909
Foreign shipments show November lumber clearances from Aberdeen were light due to stormy weather. The schooners Wilbur Smith and Be B Jackson carried 883 182 and 830 640 feet of lumber respectively, destined for Callao Peru and Antofagasta Chile. Sailor movement totaled 14 discharged 14 engaged and 65 paid off.
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Aberdeen
Custom House
Wilbur Smith
Callao
Peru
BE. B. Jackson
Antofagasta
Chile
Freight Situation Improves at Tacoma Yards
Northern Pacific officials report prompt handling of all local freight by nine switch engines in use at Tacoma yards. Fifteen trains moved including merchandise coal stock cars and empty stock runs to Yakima valley. Freight depots to open Monday and cars to be supplied to sawmills with lumber shipments, though early delivery may not be promised. Through wire service to St Paul disrupted by Dakota storms, hindering strike progress updates.
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Tacoma
Northern Pacific Railroad
Portland
Puget Sound
Cascades
Yakima Valley
St. Paul
Dakota
Strike News Darkens Minnesota Switch Men Walkout
In St Paul the railroads and the switch men union traded opposing statements as the nationwide strike nears, with rail officials claiming many old switchmen are returning and freight moves freely while union President Hawley reports only two workers back and no switch engines moving at the Minnesota Transfer. Delays were reportedly sent to Minneapolis shippers by railroad officials.
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ST. Paul
Hawley
Switchmen's Union
Minnesota Transfer
Minneapolis
Fire at the Grand Theater Damages Dressing Rooms
Fire department saved the Grand theater after a blaze in the dressing rooms traced to a defective flue. Damage estimated minimal and insured. Costs covered, costumes saved, and repairs continued for the evening performance of The Third Degree.
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Grand Theater
Benn
Cabinet Swindle Involving Dallas Senator Center
State Senator Center of Dallas, representing Curtis & Roser kitchen cabinet manufacturers, is on the Harbor seeking settlements with parties who bought rights in several counties and states. He offered 83 1 3 percent but was rejected. Unsettled territory totals $14,000.
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Center
Dallas
Texas
Curtis & Roser
Aberdeen Population Seen at About Nineteen Thousand
Canvassers from Polk Directory Co completed work in Aberdeen and estimate a 1909 population just above 19 000. Growth over the past year tops 2 000, with a boom in business suggesting a potential 30 000 in coming years once the panic subsides.
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Polk Directory Company
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen Steam Laundry Price List For Rough Dry
The notice lists rough dry rates at Aberdeen Steam Laundry with per item charges and any applicable service fees. Prices vary by item type and weight, aiming to inform customers of current service costs.
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Tell
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Steam Laundry
Extravagance under Republican rule harms economy
A National Magazine essay attacks Republican governance comparing costs and public offices under Roosevelt with Cleveland and McKinley. It argues the party breeds wasteful expenditure, cites Federal and New York State figures, and links rising costs to party leadership and “money-changers in the temple of liberty.”
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Temple of Liberty
Erie Canal
New York State
Wilson
Roosevelt
Cleveland
McKinley
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Cleveland
Hill
Republican Party
National Magazine
Wood to burn and pyrography outfits to burn it with
Evans Drug Co. tf notes wood to burn and pyrography outfits to burn it with in a short item of local ad copy.
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Evans Drug Co
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