Government irrigation deal clears Yakima valley projects
Prosser and North Yakima report the final government agreement signed by E F Benson and others paves the way for the Tieton and Sunnyside irrigation works. Negotiations end months of debate with 400 000 acres to be irrigated and river flow increased. surveys and construction to start soon.
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Prosser
Tieton
Sunnyside
E. F. Benson
Prosser Falls Land and Power Company
Commercial Club
Yakima
Jacobs
Washington
Taylor & Kemp and
Thompson & Pratt
Benson
Benton County
Attorney Williamson
Reclamation Service
North Yakima
Commercial Club Committee
Kennewick
Ellensburg
North
Secretary of the Interior
Washinon
The
Yakima River
Printers Union Enjoined by Nebraska Court
Eleven of Omaha's largest printing firms part of the Typothetae secured a sweeping restraining order from Judge Sears. The order bars Typographical union members from inducing non union workers to quit or divert business to other shops. Hearing is set for February 7 amid claims of assaults on non union employees.
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Omaha
Neb
Typothetae
Sears
The
Typographical Union
Government Wants Coal Mine in Eaton Island Purchase
Secretary Taft told the House Insular Affairs Committee a bill to buy coal land for U S fuel needs in the Far East. The plan seeks a $50,000 appropriation to acquire Eaton Island coal said to be the best in the Orient. The land would be leased to developers with a promise to sell coal to the government at 10 percent above production cost.
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Washington
Taft
House Committee On Insular Affairs
United States
Far East
Eaton Island
Orient
Nations Begin Sparring Over Morocco Conference
Algericas Jan. 29 The French delegation head M. Revoil and Germany's Count von Tattenbach clashed at the Moroccan conference in an early sign of lasting Franco German disputes. Revoil spoke with finesse while Tattenbach was blunt and brusque, signaling growing friction between the two powers. Both men show high ambition and are unlikely to yield easily.
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Algericas
M. Reveil
Count von Tattenbach
Germany
France
M. Revoil
Hepburn railroad bill advances to House with party support
Washington January 29 Chairman Hepburn reported to the House his railroad bill with favorable backing from the Republican and Democratic members of the interstate and foreign commerce committee. The measure, drawn from nineteen prior bills and five volumes of hearings, would empower the interstate commerce commission to set maximum reasonable rates only after a complaint. The proposal adds two commissioners, extends terms to seven years, and sets salaries at 10 000.
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Washington
Hepburn
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Reclamation Fund Proposals Seek Timber Policy Reform
Washington proposals urge repeal of the timber and stone act and reform of land and timber sales to boost the federal reclamation fund. Measures favor market value stumpage sales, directing proceeds to irrigation and forestry, with title remaining in government to assure reforestation.
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Washington
Federal Reclamation Fund
Secretary of the Interior
National Board of Trade
Hitchcock
Congress
Forest Service
Reclamation Service
Death of Charles Yerkes Ends a Tumultuous Financier
Charles Tyson Yerkes, a storied financier with a life marked by highs and lows, died in a New York hotel. Born in Philadelphia, he rose to wealth through banking and street railway interests, faced embezzlement convictions, and later built global property interests. His marriages unraveled amid scandal as he pursued new romances, and despite vast fortune, critics judged his life a moral failure.
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Charles Tyson Yerkes
New York
Philadelphia
Far West
Chicago
London
Yerkes
Eastern Penitentiary
Moyamensing
Northwest
Dakota Lands
Fargo
Charles T. Yerkes
Roseate
Mr. Yerkes
Cincinnati
Lawrence Park
Bronxville
Sth Avenue
5Th Avenue
Mary Adelaide Moore
Thomas Moore
Dislike of German Emperor Surfaces in English Public
The Saturday Review notes English regardless of class show an odd aversion to the German emperor. To the practical man he is romantic and blisters English taste for heroes and eloquence. Yet his speeches translate well into grand English and he remains a central, intriguing figure in world politics.
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Richard Plantagenet
Charles XII
Saturday Review
Dr Smits Office Hours Aberdeen General Hospital
An OCR fragment lists multiple medical offices. Dr Smits at Aberdeen General Hospital offers morning afternoon and evening slots 10 to 13 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Crowther Wooding block corner G and Heron streets with phone 614. Also notes other physicians Zelaska Block H Fox Olympia land office and a homesteaders defender Zelaska Block G Street H Fox Olympia land office consult him Room 8 Hayes and Hayes Bank Building Aberdeen Wash.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
Comic Exchanges Spark Casual Neighborly Quips
A dialogue from a Chicago Record-Herald item shows Mrs Flippendyke and T debating an overdue call to Mrs Dullson. IT arrives to meet her but misses, while LT hurries across the street, and the moment ends with a practical mishap.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Continents
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DE. Watkins
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Hayes & Hayes
Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Ours
Kinnison
Market Street
Resience
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
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G Street
H. Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
W. Mason
Heron Street
Jesse F. Murphy
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
All Points East
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Ge
Oregon
Continental
O. C
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Blum & Clone
Independent
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag’ts Deen, Wash
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Washington Star
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Roslyn Coal
J. Bradley
C. W. Miller Cashier
State Bank
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Central Restaurant
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Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
F. C. Collins
A. B. Calder
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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