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Washington state weighs and measures reform hits logs and news
The postmaster general orders end to backstamping of letters except for registered and special delivery to speed mail. Washington state enacts a cord of wood law actualizing standard 128 cubic feet and defines ricks. Ice tongs must be stamped with net weight. Cato Sells named Indian commissioner. Sugar lobby and tariff issues surface in senate testimony. Governor Lister voices cautious highway spending and a new Stevens county road plan to connect Rice and Columbia River points. The Index backs Senator Wesley L. Jones and rails at the Humdinger rival, critiquing local editorial politics and Memorial Day observances.
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