Washington items of interest and land sale notes
The Sixtieth Congress adjourned with final actions in both houses. Lands in abandoned military reservations Nos 2 and 28 at Gig Harbor, Washington, will be sold at Seattle starting August 18 1908 with bids cash no less than appraised price. A bill to establish fish cultural stations on Puget Sound faces debate. Also progress on railroad safety inspections and a tug contract awarded to Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland for 115000 total.
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Washington, D. C
la Follette
Senate
Department of Justice
House
General Land Office
Seattle
Wash
T’s 22
R. E
W. M
Gig Harbor
Lomestead
Puget Sound
Washington
Willamette Iron & Steel Works
Portland, Or
Artillery Corps
Glendale
Portland & Seattle Railway Company
Rudolf Stubeck
McCreedie
Stuhcek
North Bank Road
Fountain City
Rock Creek
Klickitat County
Columbus
Elephant Eats Money Sparks Lawsuit Over Mangled Cash
Spokane reports a lawsuit over $235 stolen by an elephant from the Norrie & Rowe circus at Wallace Idaho. Charles Garretson and wife sued after the wallet was wrested from him and eaten, mangling the notes beyond acceptability by the government.
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Spokane
Norrie & Rowe Circus
Wallace
Idaho
Charles Garretson
Garretson
Spokane Clubhouse Destroyed by Fire at Four Saturday
Spokane Spokane's 400 lost its swellest resort when the Spokane Country Clubhouse burned at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. Mice and matches blamed for the blaze which wiped out the building. The reservoir was dry and firemen could not obtain water. Loss placed at about 15000 with 10000 insured. The fire may force sale of the grounds and construction of a new clubhouse farther from downtown.
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Spokane
State Senator Sued for 15000 Damages for Breach of Promise
A civil action has been commenced against State Senator Walter J. Reed by Mrs. Alice M. Wilgus for fifteen thousand dollars. She alleges he promised to marry over a year ago. Reed, a wealthy city resident, has remarried Lydia McMillan amid his illness.
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North Yaima
Walter J. Reed
Alice M. Wilgus
Reed
Lydia McMillan
Pennsylvania
Wilgus
Chamberlain Wins Oregon Senate Victory amid Prohibition Gains
Returns show Chamberlain winning Oregon's U S Senate race by 1000 to 1500 statewide with Multnomah County favoring him by about 1200 to 1500. Prohibition advances appear in many counties while Washington and Marion reject it. Legislature likely Republican, complicating Chamberlain’s path to the seat.
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Portland
Chamberlain
People of
Oregon
Multnomah
People’s Choice
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Representatives
Senate
Joint Assembly
United States
Hawley
Congress
Ellis
Campbell
Attchison
Marion County
State University
Gilliam
Morrow
Union
Clackamas
Malheur
Umatilla
Jackson
Washington
Marion
Tillamook
Josephine
Coos
Wasco
Four Montana Train Robbers: Youths Confess to Great Northern Holdup
In Great Falls Montana on May 31 three teenage boys aged 15 to 17 carried out a northbound Great Northern train holdup near the stock yards. A fourth youth admitted planning but not acting, all four confess. Names: Albert Hatch 15 William 17 Harry Rheams 15 George Cresswell 16. Hatch allegedly directed the operation and fired, wounding William Dempsey and narrowly missing Conductor Jack Hayes.
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Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Albert Hatch
William
Harry Rheams
George Cresswell
Randall
Rheams
Cresswell
Hatch
William Dempsey
Jack Hayes
Great Northern Purchases Hanford Project for New Rail Route
Line from Hanford near Priest Rapids to Pasco and another from the rapids to Trinidad will be built by Great Northern to connect with its main line. Joint owners Northern Pacific and Great Northern expect to capture most Big Bend wheat shipments via North Bank routes to Pasco and then to the sea.
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Hanford
Pasco
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Priest Rapids
Rapids
Trinidad
Great Northern
George Armstrong
Columbia Orchard Development Co
Northern Pacific
North Bank
Big Bend
Sea
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The
Merry Widow
Man of the Hour
BY Ryder
Washington, D
Ues
Doned Military Reservation
Humphrey
Williams, Spight and Canter
Mississippi
Payne
New York
Edward A. Moseley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
News OF the
Peter Napier
Olympia
State Supreme Court
Seatttle
Frank H. Donnellan
Snohomish County
Supreme Court
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