Barber Lumber Company timber dispute sparks legal debate
Special agent E B reports Barber Lumber Co Boise City owes $12,000 for 1,700,000 feet of logs cut, contesting the claim. A U S circuit court ruling on mineral lands and timber for domestic use fuels controversy over limits. Hailey Idaho faces teacher resignations and pay concerns as schooling hangs in balance.
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E. B. Is
General Office
Barber Lumber Company
Boise City
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Beatty
Barber Company
Rabbitville Gossip and Village Quips from Irrigator
A cheeky column from the Irrigator notes a city drug store encounter over ten cents of powder, rumors of a $16,000 lawsuit by Banco, and playful tales of hose sales. It records a charity event for the dominie, a rowdy party at Deacon Hardup’s, and a saucy brick-throwing misadventure by Miss Violet Applebloasom amid village gossip.
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Irrigan
Ttma
Banco
City
Fifth Avenue
New York
Dominie
Bin
Ady's
Deacon Hardup
Violet Applebloasom
Mary Jane Babcock
City Drug Store
Main Street
Mary Jane
Local oddities and disputes spice small town life
The notice compiles a string of colorful incidents from a small city. A barber confronts critics after a street altercation, a blacksmith Hardy Hardison tests a word machine in Oregon, Peter Peterson’s repeated baptism, Deacon Hard Up quips at Si Butterbottom’s expense, and the City drug store unwinds a corset sale while Major Fairplay flaunts a new silk hat.
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Mary Jane
City Drug Store
Hardy Hardison
Hardy
The
Oregonian
Mr. Love
Portland
Peter Peterson
Si Butterbottom
Deacon Hardup
City
Open River and inland routes empower Pacific commerce and settlement
The centennial gathering in Portland praised new Pacific markets from Hawaii to the Orient but argued inland water highways will more deeply enrich interior regions. It claimed Oregon’s real strength lies in its rivers, wheat fields, forests, and mineral wealth, enabling a peaceful, transformative commerce revolution.
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Oregon
Portland
Pacific
Hawaii
Philippines
Orient
Alaska
Panama Canal
Tacoma
Seattle
San Francisco
Seaboard
California
Europe
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Bord
Athena
Congress
George Washington
United States
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Marshall
Hailey
Idaho
Lew Wallace
Weston
McQueen
Milton
Weston Sports
Scotty
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Oossip
Rabbitville
Davis-Easer CO
Alder Street
Walla Walla
Wash
Lewiston Tribune
Attorneys-at-Law
Ashena
J. D. Plamondon
Barrett Building
A. B. Stone
Post Building
Athan
Gregor
Foley
First National Bank
Adston
Presiden Ts Dine
Lannow, Cathier
M. Kent, Angie
A. M. Gillis
Gillis Lumber Yard
Umatilla
Ed Barrett
Puget Sound
Vinci
Pioneer Drug Store
Parker & Lane
Barber Oaur
Firat Olnst
Sid Mair
Baker & Folsom the Complete House
Farcinhers
Main St
Postoftice
Pendleton
Foley's Honey
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