All Year Road Through Cascades Urged As Necessity
The Seattle P.I. reports Captain of Engineers F. W. Harris argues for an all year route through the Cascades. He favors a Stampede pass cut off from Easton to Kanasket to avoid winter closures, with snow sheds lighter than railroad ones, enabling ten month travel and benefiting Seattle and Tacoma. He notes Stampede pass would be shorter and safer for tourists and freight, backed by Northern Pacific rail presence.
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Seattle P.I
F. W. Harris
Cascades
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Easton
Kanasket
Stampede Pass
Snoqualmie Pass
Seattle
Tacoma
Sound
California
Columbia River
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
Cascade Mountains
Bolshevism Meaning in American Public Life
The piece questions what Bolshevism means in the United States and notes government actions against suspected discontent. It cites Commissioner Caminetti stating six thousand aliens to be deported and argues Bolshevism is framed as a European evil rather than a domestic American doctrine.
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Nelson
Minnesota
United States
Minneapolis
Russia
Germany
Wilson
Marshall Down
America
Caminetti
Europe
The Mighty Amazon River Compared in a School Letter
A reader questions why the Amazon is called the greatest river, and the writer argues it tops the Mississippi and Missouri in volume and width. It drains 2.5 million square miles, runs about 3,500 miles, and is navigable for 30,000 miles, with vast potential for feeding and clothing the world as exploration resumes postwar.
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Amazon
Mississippi
Missouri
New Orleans
Amazon River
Americanization push and immigrant loyalties in wartime
The Education Department campaigns to Americanize foreign born citizens across the country. War actions shut down 483 German papers reaching 3 million readers daily. About 33 million foreign language readers exist weekly among 38 language groups. War tests loyalty, urging bonds be tightened and real Americanization achieved.
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Department of Education
Washington
United States
1918 Crop Prices Reach Highest Point Yet
A report shows crop production in 1918 remained high due to acreage gains despite lower yield per acre. Crop price indices climbed each year from 1914 to 1918, peaking at 224 in 1918, the highest composite price level on record.
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Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Casualties in Archangel Region Reported for American Forces
A cablegram from Archangel dated Feb 4 states total American losses in the Archangel region through Jan 31 include 180 killed or missing and 229 wounded, out of a 4925-strong force, totaling 409 casualties. The report also notes Western states enacting laws banning socialist teachers in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archangel
Russia
Notice of Real Estate Sale in Chelan County Probate
In Chelan County Washington the estate of J H McEvoy deceased will sell real property described as NW of Section 3 Township 26 North Range 16 EWM plus NE of SW in the same section with appurtenances. Bid details and filing options are provided for creditors and bidders. Nelson Forsythe administrator and Sam R Sumner attorney set March 1 or later for sale. First publication January 31 and final publication February 28.
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Leavenworth
Chelan County
Washington
United States
Philip J. Lonergan
P. O. Box
Messrs. Crollard & Crollard
Wenatchee
County of Chelan
Register of the
United States Land Office
Waterville
Douglas
State of
J. H. McEvoy
Nelson Forsythe
Township
North Range 16
E.W.M
Dardanelles
Sam R. Sumner
Columbia Valley Bank
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