Indians Seek 1 Million Damages for Wallowa Lands
Nez Perce council at Lapwai Idaho authorizes filing suit against the United States for 1 000 000 for lands in the Wallowa valley Oregon formerly occupied by Chief Joseph and his people The tribe claims reimbursement and vows to go to court of last resort if needed Government says the lands were ceded by treaties of 1855 and 1863 and restored to public domain by executive order now owned by white settlers under homestead laws.
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Pacific Slope
Lapwai
Idaho
United States
Joseph
Wallowa Valley
Oregon
Long Span Concrete Bridges Across Major Rivers
The Spokane river bridge on Monroe street will open late October with a 281 foot central span the largest reinforced concrete span yet. At $550000 the structure adds car lanes pedestrian walkways and a trolley track. Other record spans include Medina New York 285 feet and Rome 328 feet proposed. Philadelphia Wissahickon 58 feet shorter. New Zealand 320 feet under construction.
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Monroe Street
Spokane River
Spokane
Rocky River
Cleveland
Wissahickon River
Philadelphia
Medina
N. Y
Hudson Bridge
Rome
New Zealand
Across the Continent book praised for railway grandeur
The review highlights Isabelle Carpenter Kendall’s Across the Continent as a superbly produced account of the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound Railway line from the Mississippi to the Pacific. It celebrates color plates, photogravures, and descriptions of 1400 miles of new Westward rail construction with emphasis on towns, districts, and engineering advances. It notes publishers and editors including Geo. W. Hibbard and R. M. Calkins in Seattle and mentions a related horse and cattle medical book with price and address by Dr. P. S. Isaacson in Portland Stanford
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Isabelle Carpenter Kendall
Continent
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
Mississippi
Pacific Ocean
Milwaukee Road
Geo. W. Hibbard
R. M. Calkins
Seattle
Washington
P. S. Isaacson
Milwaukee St
Portland
Oregon
Apple Rosette Disease Discussed by Plant Experts
The correspondence from F. E. DeSellem of Prosser Washington to M. B. Waite of the Department of Agriculture explains apple rosette as a soil and nutrition problem not caused by a parasite. It is linked to lime or gypsum in the soil and is less common with ample rainfall. Stable manure may help, though results vary.
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F. E. DeSellem
Department of Agriculture
M. B. Waite
Prosser
Wash
DeSellem
Hooper
Time and place set for final account settlement in Irvin estate
Superior Court of Washington Benton County orders hearing on James F. Irvin’s final account for the Ella A. Irvin estate. Hearing at 9:30 A M on a Wednesday in Prosser precedes a decree of distribution. Notice to interested parties via posting and Kennewick Courier publication.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Benton County
Ella A. Irvin
James F. Irvin
Prosser
Washington
Kennewick
Andrew Brown
Frank E. Snively
M. C. Delle
Notice for Publication and Summons in Benton County
Notice for Publication lists locations in Washington and Minnesota, details a land application by Northern Pacific Railway Company and protest deadlines, followed by two summonses in Kennewick Justice Court for Jesse Taylor with claims for $27.70 and $60.50 for goods and lumber. The dates shown are June 21 to August 11, 1911, with hearings set July 22, 1911.
East files final proof for Kennewick homestead in 1911
Joseph L. East of Kennewick Washington filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish his homestead claim on section 24 township 7 north range 29 east W M before the U S Land Office in Walla Walla Washington on August 16 1911. Witnesses are Nick Hanson C E Blodgett Bill Price and William Smalley all of Kennewick and Prescott. Not Coal Land. First publication June 30 1911 Last publication August 4 1911.
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United States Land Office
Walla Walla
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
John H. McDonald
Register
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Wash
Joseph L. East
Kennewick
Register and
U. S. Land Office
Nick Hanson
C. E. Blodgett
Prescott
Bill Price
William Smalley
George H. Mottinger
Mottinger
Mottinger Island
Columbia River
Main Channel
E. Will. Meridian
Register and Receiver
Albert Atchison
Clarence Atchison
Plymouth
Charles Trucb
Olga Westermeyer
Nat Coal Land
Complaint Filed in Kennewick Court Over Due Accounts
In Benton County Justice Court at Kennewick on July 1 1911 the plaintiff seeks $48.67 for goods sold and delivered to Jesse Taylor by J E Tull & Co Kennewick Hardware Co and Kennewick Furniture Co plus $17.50 for labor performed. accounts assigned to plaintiff by J E Tull & Co and George E Armstrong. dated June 21 1911 before Justice C Stacer.
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Justice Court
C. Staser
Justice of Peace
Kennewick
Benton County
Washington
Jesse Taylor
C. Stacer
Staser
J. E. Tull & Co
Kennewick Hardware Co
Kennewick Furniture Co
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Asoeeegs
Nevivan Engraving
Sprague Ave
Columbia Steamboat CO
Mountain Gem
Wathke
Pasco
Wahlake
Wedney
White Bluffs
Lake Hanford
Gem
Wahtke Priest Rapids
Ren Vieber
Mein
P.O
Chicago News
Philadelphia Record
Hewitt — Hrake
Jewett
Postal Savings Bank
New York Press
Byron
Kennewick Lodge
A. H. Richards
W. M
AFTON
Nina Neibel
Alice Pike
Secy
Masonic Hall
I. Oe
Kennewick Lodge No
1.C.C.F. Hall
Jas. Crowell
N. G
Eastern Star
O. E.S
Emile E. Shanafelt
W. M. Cora Sercombe
Kennewick Lodge No. 150
Knights of Pythias
A. R. Gardner
C. C. C. L. Holcomb
K.R
I. A. Boynton
Cor
Washington & Fourth Sts
WM. Lewtas
Kennewick, Wash
Norman Lichty Wits, Co
Des Moines
Columbia Pharmacy
Bath
Toich
Washington Machinery and Supply Co
Kennewick Undertaking Co
H. A. Howe
Mgr
Embalmers License No
C. V. Delepine
Emigh-Howe Bidg
Marshall
Fechter
C. L- Holcomb
Hal H. Cole
Nat’s Bank
C. O. Anderson
Ernest L. Kolb
Emigh-Howe
Moulton & Henderson
First National Bank
M. Crosby, M.D
C.M
J. W. Kelley M.D
King Bldg
Office
Res
I. N. Mueller
D. S. Progumer
International Bank
K Kennewick
Washinton
DR. Rhynsburger
Hotel Koontz
D. Walter
C. E. County Engineer
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