Legislature Ends in Deadlock Over Roads and Reapportionment
The 12th Washington Legislature ends in a bitter stalemate over good roads and reapportionment. The McNeely bill allows counties to build roads with state guidance. state funds are limited. Major measures passed include initiative and referendum, recall, workmen’s compensation, eight hour for women, utilities control, and a ministerial temple of justice funding.
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United States
Reindeer Slain for Food and Alaska Road News
Alaska Road Commission party reports hundreds of prospectors along Kuskokwim tributaries near Nome and Seward with several good strikes. Eskimos drive in 150 reindeer to ease Iditarod food shortage as spirits and cigars remain plentiful. Willapa River dredging in Willapa Valley funded by Congress, $223,000 with first $100,000 available. Chelan Falls endures a chinook wind flooding the town. Tacoma: W D Tyler sues National Securities Co for $88,908.74 on bond sale funds.
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Seattle
Alaska Road Commission
Nome
Seward
Kuskokwin
Iditarod
Raymond
Willapa Valley
Willapa River
Greeley
South Bend
Tacoma
Ww. D. Tyler
Northwestern Long Distance Telephone Company
National Securities Company
Los Angeles
Diman Found Guilty in Mail Fraud Trial
Seattle businessman Clarence D. Hillman, a millionaire townsite promoter, was found guilty by a federal jury on 13 counts of using the mails to defraud. Each count carries up to five years in prison and a $1,000 fine, totaling as much as 65 years and $13,000.
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Diman
Seattle
Clarence D. Hillman
Hillman
Railroads Give 10 Percent Pay Rise to Dispatchers
Spokane reports a 10 percent wage increase for dispatchers roadmasters and trainmasters on the Northern Pacific and Spokane Portland & Seattle railroads effective March 1. Over 100 Spokane workers are affected now with more to follow as other lines grant the raise. North Yakima will host a welcome for the North Coast line on March 22 with 250 Walla Wallans joining officials from Spokane for the ceremony.
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Spokane
Northern Pacific
Portland & Seattle
North Yakima
Welcome Road
Walla Wallons
Strahorn
Bridge Will Benefit Woodland District
Woodland residents and Clark County neighbors welcome the Lewis River bridge approved by the state Legislature. The span will aid north south travel from Puget Sound to Portland Southern Oregon and California, boosting regional interests and overland connections.
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Woodland
Clark County
Lewis River
Puget Sound
Portland
Oregon
California
Old Guard Defeated in Seattle Council Election
Seattle voters toppled the Old Guard in Tuesday's councilman election. The campaign image of “The Friend of the People” faced a sweeping defeat as 18 nominees battled for influence, leaving only fragments of the traditional faction.
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Old Guard
Seattle
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