1909 Apple Crop Short and Prices Hold Steady
In 1909 commercial apples totaled 22,735,000 barrels with Western growers marketing 2,435,000 barrels. California and Colorado report 80 and 90 percent crops, while Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana lagged. Prices for winter barrels run 3 to 6 dollars and boxed apples 2.50 to 5 with fancy up to 7.50. At Spokane’s National Apple Show, boxes sold 2.50 to 10 dollars.
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Spokane
California
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Boston
New York
Chicago
Jas. J. Hill
United States
Babe
Wall Street Sees Big Money Trust Headed by Morgan
New York reports a growing money trust led by J. P. Morgan with power to call large loans, tighten credit, and potentially cripple government bond sales. The article describes a coordinated financial alliance shaping national policy without formal structure or board members.
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Wall Street
New York
J. P. Morgan
Taft Threatens Action Over Ballinger Attacks
Washington December 21 reports say Taft will purge the forest service over attacks on Secretary Ballinger. Officials hint at removing Assistant Forester Price and Law Officer Shaw. The president favors a congressional inquiry into Pinchot Ballinger if it can be fair.
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Forest Service
Ballinger
Washington
Taft
Forester Price
Shaw
Squirrels Raise Plague Alarm Across California Areas
Secretary Wilson warns the spread of bubonic plague by squirrels could threaten new regions. Isolated cases cover over 600 square miles in California, prompting testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Wilson
California
Switchmen Strike Near Settlement Expectation
Little change in the switchmen's strike as reports from various points indicate a settlement is near and the strikers anticipate concessions.
Copenhagen Finds Cook’s Pole Claim Lacks Proof
The University of Copenhagen declared Dr. Frederick A Cook failed to prove his claim of reaching the North Pole. The consistory adopted a report stating Cook’s notebooks lack original calculations and his records have no value. Washington reports say President Taft agreed to a public investigation into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy following Ballinger’s ultimatum.
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Copenhagen University
Cook
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Washington
Taft
Ballinger
Ballinger-Pinchot
No Bible in Schools Prohibited in Washington
The attorney general rules Washington public schools must not open with prayer or read the Bible, citing constitutional limits on church and state funded by taxation. The Anti-Saloon League notes 18 of 24 local option elections since Aug 15 have favored wet outcomes, with several towns and counties listed and remaining dates in late December.
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Olympia
Stevens County
Washington
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bell
Washington Anti-Saloon League
Oats Prize Won at National Corn Exposition
Henry Hintz of Wilson Creek, Washington, won the James J. Hill prize for the best peck of oats in the Western states. Washingtonians also took several Hill prizes in Bluestem Wheat Winter Wheat field crops and different oats and corn categories with winners from Waterville Friday Harbor and Riverside among others.
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Omaha
James J. Hill
Washington
Henry Hintz
Wilson Creek
Joe Walman
Waterville
C. E. Roads
Bluestem
Seattle Grain Co
Tupple
Hammond Milling Co
Douglas
Charles Christensen
Trinidad
F. M. McCaslin
Colville
George C. Winser
Lake Chelan
Henry Heintz
E. P. Bailer
Friday Harbor
Charles Cissna
Edison
A. Piffner
Frank Wilson
A. F. Ackley
Argyle
Flint
E. W. Rathbun
N. A. Peterson
C. A. Leddy
Wenatchee
Geo. W. Butler
Cashmere
Methow Trading Co
Winthrop
S. B. Roberts
Riverside
J. Morse
Joseph Walmar
Wm. Stoddard
Meeker and McNamara united in Wenatchee wedding
Meeker and Miss May McNamara wed last Tuesday in Wenatchee with Father officiating. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Featherstone Miss Edna Featherstone Harry Maston and Mrs Meeker. The bride, longtime Leavenworth resident, joins rancher groom from California in a dairy venture with his brothers. They left for an extended coast trip after the ceremony.
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Thomas R. Meeker
May McNamara
Wenatchee
California
Meeker
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