Senate Tariff Fight and Grays Harbor Harbor Enhancements
The article reports on Republican tariff protection debates led by Aldrich and Lodge, criticizing the Senate as a safe harbor for trusts and urging tariff reform. It also details U S engineers’ findings on Grays Harbor dredging, jetty improvements, and a projected $600,000 funding request to extend and raise the north jetty to boost harbor depth and safety for shipping.
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Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Seattle
Clapp
Grays Harbor
Chehalis River
Puget Sound
North Head
Ocean High Water
Board of Engineers
Columbia
Entrance
Congress
War Department
Chittenden
Washington
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Fine Timber Exhibit From Chehalis County
Chehalis county shows its timber wealth in a main exhibit in its building. All lumber is Chehalis county origin with superb grain and color. The interior features fir slash paneling and a tree carved door. A revolving cylinder panorama displays Aberdeen Quiquam Cosmopolis with additional county agricultural displays and whalebones from a large Pacific Coast whale.
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Seattle
Chehalis County
Gray’s Harbor Country
Gray's Harbor
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Cosmopolis
Bach
Pa‘etile
Apportionment of State School Funds
Olympia May 29 The quarterly apportionment totals 1 354 897 with King County receiving 289 786 Spokane 158 125 Pierce 143 512 Skamania 2 710 and Chehalis County 36 794 55 endangered by reporting errors in the text.
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Olympia
King County
Spokane
Pierce County
Skamania
Chehalis Gunty
Quiniaut Tribe Moves Meeting Hall and Schedule
Quiniaut Tribe No. 14 of the Imperial Order of Red Men has moved from Foresters hall to the A. O. U. W. hall on Heron street. During January and July they will meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. WM. Foelkner Sachem A. T. Eaton Chief of Records.
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Imperial Order of Red Men
Foresters Hall
Heron Street
Jane
Mill Strike Nears End as Finns Return to Work
The Russian Finnish workers in Grays Harbor lumber yards largely ended a week long strike with most mills reporting full staffing. Authorities deterred further violence after hundreds of Finns gathered at the Slade mill and were dispersed by police. Some sought $2.00 daily jobs, while the strike mainly involved single men amid tight profit margins and high living costs.
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S. E. Slade Lumber Co
Slade
West Mill
A. J. West
Benn
Payette
Finn Hall
Slade Mill
Mack
Grays Harbor
Tariff Lumber Rate Slashed to 1.50 Across Bill
Washington insiders say the Dingley rate on common lumber may fall to 1.50 as the Payne bill finalizes. Western senators and lumber interests previously hoped for 2.00 but now face a reduced levy. A Pacific coast senator cites downward revision as likely and notes lumbermen’s concession helped seal the lower rate.
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Senate
Payne
Aldrich
Committee of Finance
Senator Lodge
Republican Party
Republican Friends of Tariff Reform
Committee of
Congress
Taft
Lodge
Washington, D. C
Funeral of Pioneer Woman Held Yesterday
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Cooper wife of James Gordon Cooper pioneer of Hoquiam was conducted today at the First Presbyterian church. Born March 9 1860 at Perces Quebec she came to this country in early days. She leaves husband five children including Mrs. Owen Ogden Charles A J Gordon Hessie J and Percy J Cooper. The service was under the auspices of the Rebekah lodge.
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Hoquiam
Eliza Cooper
James Gordon Cooper
First Presbyterian Church
Mrs Ella Hood Dies in Everett and Buried in Aberdeen
Mrs Ella Hood died last Wednesday in Everett and her body was brought to Aberdeen for burial on Saturday. She was born in Aberdeen on March 8 1889 and was the daughter of Mrs Chas Y Fenwick. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Woods undertaking parlors with Rev F K Van tasse officiating.
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Ella Hood
Everett
Aberdeen
Culberson Attacks Aldrich Tariff Bill In Senate Row
Washington May 27 Senator Culberson Texas leader of the minority denounces the Aldrich tariff measure as designed to sustain trusts. He cites ad valorem rates and claims the bill taxes consumers to enrich manufacturers. He says the party stands for a revenue tariff not protection and warns the bill serves private interests.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Culbertson
Texas
Culberson
Rose
Democratic Party
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Sugar Trust
Oil Trust
Steel Trust
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J. H. Earle
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J. M. Clapp
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Wilder
Chicago Record- Herald
WM. Foelkner
Sachem
A. T. Eaton
South Aberdeen Mills
Senator Culberson
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