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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1921
Page
9
Weekly grain and livestock overview shows small gains in some wheat and cattle sectors while a Saturday drop in wheat is blamed on rain or snow in Kansas. Argentine demand is anticipated to spur buying, with price quotes across inland markets from Ritzville to Walla Walla and Idaho.
Ezra Meeker recalls landing at Kalama in 1853 and choosing Oregon country life over the Midwest. He chronicles Washington Territory’s birth, Indian wars, postwar upheavals, and economic shifts fueling growth toward statehood in 1889, praising pioneers and future potential.
The season approaches to close the year on the farm and prepare income tax returns. Lane Bell Gill of Spokane will publish a weekly educational series on farm bookkeeping and income tax accounting for readers, starting next week.
A call emphasizes population, wealth, and growth in agriculture and industry as foundations for state expansion. It urges better schooling to deepen knowledge of the state, linking education to health, patriotism, and prosperity. Ezra Meeker announces a $5 buckram volume on Washington’s progress, to be distributed to libraries and newspapers by December 1, 1921.
Prof. O M Morris of State College reports on efforts to help fruit growers identify unknown apple varieties. Samples arrive regularly from Yakima Aiken Spokane Valley King Klickitat Paragon Benton and other growing areas as growers seek proper labeling to fetch better market prices.
A Wenatchee committee reports a 140 mile canal system with 13 miles of tunnel and 525 cubic feet per second capacity. The project would irrigate about 46 000 acres valued at 2.5 million with an estimated installation cost of 100 dollars per acre financed by bonds. more than 10 000 acres lie near East Wenatchee and 11 700 near Moses coulee, with land near rail and roads.
The weekly northwest brief reports rising gambling at Chehalis high school games drawing Rotary action and a crackdown by civilian-clothes police in Tacoma. It covers prohibition efforts, border enforcement plans, Grays Harbor booster remarks, and a Seattle push to finish Naches pass highway plus a Cle Elum fish hatchery expansion.
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