Senate Direct-Vote Bill Favored by Judiciary Committee
Washington letter reports the Senate Judiciary Committee will back a direct popular vote for U S Senators, with some members dissenting and a minority report likely. Alaska mineral output valued at about 17.4 million in 1910, gold 16.36 million, copper 0.74 million. rail and road projects discussed amid coal shortages and new highway advocacy.
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Washington
D.C
Judiciary Committee of
Senate
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Judiciary Committee
Rayner
Borah
Dillingham
Alaska
Alfred H. Brooks
United States Geological Survey
Lodo
Fairbanks
Seward Peninsula
Pacific Seaboard
British Columbia
Japan
Tidewater
Raihways
SIP
Copper River Railway
Chitina
Convict Labor On Western Highways Described In 1907 System
A 1907 report details convict road gangs in Colorado New Mexico Wyoming and western states building a wagon road along a rock bluff. It notes lack of uniforms or armed guards, eight hour days, tents and five gangs under five officers, some amusement like music and cards, and that the first experiment used dynamite as rock drilling proved costly yet productive.
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Thys Popular Mechanica
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
North Carolina
Georgia
Wasvegton
Our Growing Race in College Athletics
A Boston Traveler summary notes rising statures and weights among college athletes and professionals. Yale athletes now average 5 feet 9.9 inches and 170.6 pounds with greater chest capacity, Harvard men taller and heavier than 30 years ago, and London Vienna Paris data show similar gains. The piece argues health and strength rise with education and immigration effects, stressing the old adage a sound mind with a sound body.
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Yale
Nes
Reuhde
Harvard
Sargent
London
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Royal Society of England
England
Italy
Secaga
United States
Boston Traveler
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Gustav Woerter
Reckelhoff & Muller
KH. Beckmann & Sauer
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Ferdinand National Bank
P.O
Ferdinand
Valentine Fleig
Atlanta
Ferdinand News
BY F
Dyer
Ioad
Road Commission
Richardson
National Administration
American Association For Highway Improvement
Jee McClung
Harlan
Interstate Commerce Commission
W.C. Brown
New York Central Lines
B. F. Yoakum
Frisco Lines
Walter H. Page
World’s Work
Alfred Noble
American Society of Civil Engineers
Taft
Southern Commercial Congress
South
Dickinson
Wilson
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Weinan
T. W. Powderly
Crovernor
Woodrow
Cape Colony
Mason Mitchell
Apia
Samoa
Hill
Frankfort
Germany
Jesse FE. Jackson
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