N P Lands Offer ed For Sale
Northern Pacific railway lands, off the market for over three years, will reopen for purchase. General Western Land Agent George H. Plummer revises lists and sets prices for various land classes. Millions of acres remain in the state, including irrigated, wheat, and stock range land, with irrigated areas sold only in large tracts to buyers able to water the land.
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Northern Pacific Railway
General Western
George H. Plummer
Republican National Committee elects Hitchcock and Sheldon
Frank H. Hitchcock chosen chairman and George R. Sheldon treasurer of the Republican National Committee at Hot Springs Virginia. They announce New York City as the headquarters and pledge publicity of receipts and expenditures under New York law. Sheldon notes campaign costs including literature and speakers totaling about 1.45 million dollars.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Hitchcock
Taft
Sheldon
New York
Union League Club
Hot Springs
New York City
Republican State Committee
Hughes
An Eye on the Future
A short dialogue from Woman's Home Companion features Tommy asking his father if his sister Gladye will be an aunt to his future children. The father confirms, prompting Tommy to state he will not permit any aunts to stay in his house to avoid trouble.
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Tommy
Washington Masons to mark semi centennial in Olympia
The Masons and A. and F. M. meet in Olympia December 7 and 8 to celebrate 50 years of the Grand Lodge of Washington. Officials will attend the A Y P exposition in Seattle and a new building is proposed with half set aside for the Order of the Eastern Star.
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Masons
State of Washington
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Washington State
Olympia
Washington
Seattle
Order of the Eastern Star
Kennewick Keens on New Rail Link to Wenatchee
The Kennewick Northern Railway is incorporated with $5,000,000 capital and will run from Kennewick up the Columbia River to British Columbia, opening a wide irrigation and mining region. Construction offices will be in Tacoma, with key directors named from Northern Pacific and Northwest Improvement. The line promises major freight growth for Richland Hanford White Bluffs and the Okanogan country, making Kennewick a railway hub.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Columbia
Wenatchee
Kennewick
Columbia River
British Columbia
H. C. Nutt
M. P. Martin
Northwest Improvement Company
George H. Plummer
Gene ‘Estern
Richland
Hanfore
White Bluffs
Wahlake
Priest Rapids
Big Bend
Okanogan
North Bank Road
Yakima
Beginnings of Kennewick Valley Schools Historic Overview
Audrey Fullerton recounts the early Kennewick schools from August 1884. The first district formed with directors Gray Luper Lum, a board building donated by Capt. Gray burned early, a new school built by subscription, and the district spanning east of Kiona to Priest Rapids. About 150 residents and sixteen pupils valued property at about 15000 dollars. Tompson was the first teacher paid by subscription.
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Kennewick
Audrey Fullerton
A. W. Gray
H. M. Luper
C. E. Lum
Priest Rapids
Wallula
Klickitat
Tompson
District School Elections Once Fell Silent With Time
The district held school annually since that era with good results though student numbers and population often dropped below the original. For many years no school elections were conducted and few organizers remained within the district bounds.
County Board of Equalization Schedule Set for August
Notice states the Board of County Commissioners the County Assessor and the County Treasurer will meet as a Board of Equalization on the first Monday in August to equalize assessments as returned by the assessor. Sessions continue for three weeks with adjournments. After final adjournment the board cannot change or reduce any taxpayer's total valuation except to correct description errors. W S Jenxrys, County Auditor.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
W.S. Jenxrys
Candidacy Filed Under Section 37 By Republicans McGregor McKeand
McGregor and Mc Keand have filed for the representative seat from this county on the Republican ticket and have subscribed to section 37 of the Primary Law. The declaration is addressed to the people of Washington and outlines the official statement in the law.
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B. E McGregor
J. R. McKeand
State of
Washington
Good Citizenship Meeting at Methodist Church Address on Local Option
A well attended Good Citizens meeting at the Methodist Episcopal Church heard a speaker discuss two phases of the anti saloon movement education and legislative action. He argued local option as a practical path to statewide prohibition and urged building public sentiment from precincts to nation while criticizing current enforcement in Benton County and Washington.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Oregon
Portland
Washington
Benton County
Benton
Kennewick
Pledge to Support Party’s Top Primary U S Senator
A formal statement from a legislator pledging to vote for the United States senator candidate who leads the party ticket in the primary before the general election. The commitment applies only within the district during the term of office and ties the vote to the primary outcome.
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United States
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N.P
Republican Committee and Campaign Funds
A. M
Kennewick Northern Railway Incorporated
Northern Pacific
Canadian Boundry
Kennewick Valley
Audre
Milon
Supt
Herwig
The
Anti-Saloon League
Watson Bros
Kennewick, Washington
Brunswick
C. E. Tripp & Son
Stark Brothers’ Nursery
Kolbs
Hanford
White Bluffs City
Johnson & Ross, Props
Kennewic
Spitzenberg
Dilicious
Stayman Winesah
Baldwin
Jonathan
Ark Black
Jefferies
Kifer
Lincoln
Duches
Kennewick Nursery
L. A. Jarnagin
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Wash
Finley, Wash
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