Pinchot spellbinds crowd on conservation clash at NY Club
Gifford Pinchot warned publishers that special interests target the United States forest service while the nation must choose between the many and the few. He contrasted Roosevelt policies with opposition and warned monopoly harms workers’ livelihoods as he urged conservation for public welfare.
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New York
Gifford Pinchot
United States
University Club
United States Forest Service
Pinchot
Francis Joseph
Vienna
French Republic
Kingdom of Italy
Germany
Empire of
Japan
Sabine
Rocky Mountains
Marco Polo
Asia
Africa
Mungo Park
America
Europe
Ocean
City Council Ends Brief Session with Yard Work and Alley Talk
The 1909 Leavenworth City Council met briefly on Tuesday in a near unanimous pause for the retiring members. They postponed farewell duties until January while a kid band rehearsed nearby and the body approved minor bills and discussed opening an alley between Commercial and River streets for spring restoration.
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Woldenberg
Messrs. Woldenberg
McCoy
R. T. King
G. W. Hathaway
D. A. Harshbarger
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Leavenworth
G. W. Hoxey
Cheel McKenzie
J. R. Ramsey
Wood
Guy Hamilton
J. W. Teshera
Leavenworth Echo
E. Lynold
F. P. Brooks
Phair
Massie & Shugart
F. Templin
G. W.hoxey
Frank Yama
Milltown
J. G
W. H
Orpha Franklin
Leavenworth Land Co
L. J. Nelson
Gatherless
Dame
Spokane
Street lights turn on and city marvels noted in Portland
The first street lights in the city were illuminated on Tuesday evening from the Clifford hotel to the viaduct on Front street, with 43 eighty candle power Tungsten lamps in residences. Observers praise the town’s civic spirit as utilities improve. An Idaho visitor, Owen Donnelly, newly exposed to trains, trolleys, elevators and electric lights, finds city life wondrous. Washington and Idaho wheat crops are reported with significant values and yields.
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Clifford
Front Street
Leavenworth
Owen Donnelly
Placerville
Idaho
Portland
Donnelly
Boise
Rose City
Mr. Donnelly
England
California
Mountain Trail
Modern irrigation codes reshape western water control
Randall R. Howard notes in Pacific Monthly that Wyoming and Idaho led new irrigation laws with Western states largely copying them while older states avoided reform fearing litigation. California’s tangled water laws have cost state government $27,000,000 in litigation through 1902, exceeding total past water development spending of $26,000,000.
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West
Wyoming
Idaho
Commonwealth
California
Randall R. Howard
Pacific Monthly
Lafean Apple Bill Sets Standard Packages For Apples
A Washington bill on standard packages for apples aims to regulate closed packages used in interstate and foreign shipments. It defines standard sizes for boxes baskets and barrels and requires clear marking of short packages with specific lettering under penalty. The measure also details standard apple grades and minimum fruit sizes for Size A and Size B classifications.
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Lafean
Congress
Wenatchee Valley
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
District of Columbia
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A. Brown
the Hub Clothing Store
Leavenworth and
Serena
Andrew Jackson
William IV
Louis Philippe
France
Nicholas I
St. Petersburg
Isabella II
Madrid
Ferdinand I
Washington
National Department of Agriculture
Lafean Apple
Bill
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