State notes on highway aid and public funds unseen
Olympia notes report a bold push by the state highway committee to secure federal aid for Washington roads, with plans to assign contracts as federal aid and prepay with existing funds. It also covers veterans care, referendum law enforcement, a rail line sale victory, land reserves for public beach use, and state treasury improvements.
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Olympia
State Highway Committee
Washington
Highway Committee
Federal Bureau of Roads
Congress
Highway Division
C. V. Savidge
Hood Canal
Navy Yard
State Park Committee
Northwest fair plans and state office moves reported
Mr French will tour smaller fairs starting with Skagit county at Burlington to urge prize displays to Yakima for the state fair. State treasurer offices moved to the new insurance building along with other departments. A 12000 dollar fire and burglar proof vault was built for securities. Auto license enforcement begins August 1 with ar rests possible. Public Works fined 1050 dollars for late reports as many transportation firms seek certificates.
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Seattle
French
Skagit County
Burlington
Yakima
Northwest
Department of Public Works
City Council Meeting of July 26 1921 and Public Works Contracts
City council meeting called to order by the mayor with councilmen present. Minutes approved. Numerous bills paid for sidewalk street labor water and supplies. Ordinance 218 passes for a supplemental assessment. Committee roles named for vault construction viaduct repairs and sidewalk contract in L I D No 10 awarded to W J Moon for 8 590 72.
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Nelson
Ball
Stelzig
Walker
Potter
W. J. Moon
L. I. D. Indenee
Geo. Longway
R. J. Howerton
G. Montgomery
Shaw & Borden
Wat
Secree Py
T. H. Cannon
Special Police
L. LL. D
City Hall
Ball, Potter and Sharkey
Barclay and
Water system limits prompt need for larger supply
The town reports reduced pressure since water restrictions began and notes many residents still use water. The mayor prepared notices and proposes extending the 14 inch main to Harding lane and a 10 inch line past the bridge to boost supply. Fire safety urges immediate shutoff of taps during alarms to conserve pressure.
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Harding Lane
Card of Thanks for Wife and Daughter
We express deep appreciation for the kindness and sympathy of relatives neighbors and friends during illness and after the death and funeral of our beloved wife and daughter and for the flowers and tokens.
Beehive Holdup Ordeal Disrupts Rail Yard Scene
Wednesday night in the railroad yards, Officer Tom Cannon confronted two armed youths described as bees who attempted a stickup with a razor. Shots were fired, both fled toward the roundhouse area, and witnesses reported men fleeing from the devilish chase. A tent, razor, blanket, raincoat, fish hooks, a coat, and bread were found later, with no clear identification of suspects.
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Tom Cannon
Roundhouse
Cannon
No. 28
Frank Cassidy
Bull Pine Critique Sparks Editor’s Disquisition
The San Poil Eagle editor rails against bull pine as merchantable saw timber. He condemns misclassified timber, jokes about corkscrews, and laments the timber’s moral corruption while criticizing the Indian bureau for declaring timber land over a 40 acre tract.
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EAGLE
Indian Bureau
Dismissal of Chelan Drugstore Liquor Sale Case
The state case against Alva Greaves J H Greaves and Ina Greaves druggists of Chelan for selling intoxicating liquor to Fred Mull was dismissed by Justice of the Peace John E Porter. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney plans new charges for unlawful possession. Witnesses from Chelan testified. Albert Jacobson Seattle chemist failed to prove bottle contents. Mull testified he bought Pela tonic but did not become intoxicated. Defense attorneys were O P Barrows and I D Smith.
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Alva Greaves
J. H. Greaves
Ina Greaves
Chelan
Fred Mull
Manson
Court of Justice of the Peace
John E. Porter
Frank Lebeck
Albert Jacobson
Seattle
Greaves Drug Store
O .P. Barrows
Wenatchee
I. D. Smith
Okanogan
Botanists Visit White River and Glacier Peak Explorations
Harold St John and W I Nightengale arrived Wednesday to collect plant specimens for Idaho State College in Pullman. They will spend about three weeks studying White River from its head to Glacier Peak and later move to the Olympian mountains for more samples. They have previously surveyed other areas in the state.
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Harold St. John
W. I. Nightengale
White River
State College
Pullman
Mr. St. John
Mr. Nightengale
Olympian Mountains
Calder Herring Dies by Poison in Seattle Hotel
Seattle Post Intelligencer reports Calder Herring took strychnine and died in his room at the New Avon Hotel on Second Avenue. A note read death by own action and no relatives notified. He had been in business at Leavenworth, bankrupted, then living in Seattle. about 65, single.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Calder Herring
New Avon
Second Avenue
George Andrews
Herring
Florida
Leavenworth
Astoria
South
Few Veterans to Get Farms in State Land Program
Olympia reports a $300000 land settlement fund will likely fund fewer than 100 veterans and families on new farms. Director Dan A. Scott screens applicants, prioritizing experienced veteran farmers with private money, aiming to settle land by January 1. Land costs vary by location from $100 to $200 per acre plus development and buildings, making total per-farm costs around $3000. private funds remain necessary. The Klatawal Klub of Wenatchee plans a trip to Snow Lakes Saturday.
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Olympia
Dan A. Scott
Department of Conservation and Development
Sequim
Clallam County
Seattle
Richland
Yakima County
Spokane County
White Bluffs
Lake Cheland
Wahkiakum County
California
Scott
Leavenworth Chautauqua Opens With Liberty Belles
The Leavenworth Chautauqua opened Sunday with the Liberty Belles of Boston, receiving a warm reception. The program included lectures by Dr. Robert Parker Miles and Dean Ellwood C. Perisho, musical performances by the Stone-Platt-Bragers Trio, and a parade.
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Leavenworth Chautauqua
Liberty Belles of
Boston
Robert Parker Miles
Stone-Platt- Bragers
Dean Ellwood C. Perisho
Electra Platt
Lowell Patton
Winifred Windus
EK. B. Fish
Dorothy Leslie
Miss Liberty
Constance Campbell
Daisy
Niel Walton
Jarnell Welsh
Grandma
Juanita Burgess
Jigg
Grover Cannon
Jiggs
Chief Strongheart
Washington, D. C
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Keighley New York Players
Irwin Pushes Spokane on Blewett Pass Information
W C Irwin of the Irwin Ferguson Agency now in Spokane joined the Spokane Chamber of Commerce to ensure accurate Blewett Pass details. He claimed Daily World car guides misled tourists by saying the pass is closed, seeking widespread correction. Chamber Managing Secretary J A Ford replied that the Chamber promotes Blewett Pass and Wenatchee Valley accurately, while denying influence over false reports.
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W. C. Irwin
Irwin- Ferguson Agency
Spokane
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Blewett Pass
Irwin
Chamber
Daily World
J. A. Ford
Wenatchee Valley
Lake Chelan
Peshastin Community Picnic Announced at Hensel Place
A Pe shastin community picnic will be held at the Hensel place on Peshastin creek on August 5. The event invites all residents to attend and share in food and fellowship.
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Peshastin
Hensel Place
Peshastin Creek
Word to Local Sportsmen from L A Hart
L A Hart cautions anglers and hunters to support the county game program. He notes that about 75 percent of license revenue funds game and fish propagation, with only a small amount for enforcement. He urges fair play, condemns fingerling Dolly theft, and asks sportsmen to protect investments and not harm small fry.
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Billy Lynn
Leavenworth
County Game Commission
Chewawa
Justice of the Peace
Game Commission
Sunflower Production for Silage Bulletin Issued
A bulletin from the agricultural experiment station details E. G. Schafer and R. O. Westley findings that sunflowers yield about twice the digestible nutrients per acre as corn when silage is made. It notes sunflowers suit cold or dry areas where corn fails, and that sunflower silage can substitute for corn silage in dairy beef and sheep rations.
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Pullman
Agricultural Experiment Station
E. G. Schafer
R. O. Westley
Washington
New Bulletin
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Steilacoom Asylum
Steilacoom
J. Grant Hinkle
War Department
Joyce
Lake Pleasant
Louis I. Hart
C. W. Clausen
L. L. Thompson
Thompson
FE. L. French
City Council
Taz
Rokes
Glacial Peak
Oan
Klatawals Klub of
Snow Lakes
THE
Peshastin Community Picnic
L. A. Hart
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